The Broker keeps one hand hovering near his hidden weapon, the other lifting in a careful, surrendering gesture from inside the booth.
Marek
Easy. We can still walk out of this clean. I give you the name, I give you the place, and I get a cut.
He flicks his eyes to the rain-smeared glass. Soft tapping answers again from outside, patient and close.
Marek
The case came from a vault in Sable Quay, under the old clinic block. Ask for Juno at the freight stairs.
Ki Akio
The case latch still glows green.
Ki Akio stays squared to the booth as the lobby reflections multiply into silhouettes, and the Broker swallows hard, suddenly more afraid of the perimeter than of the gun in his own hand.
✓ Quest Accepted
Get the name and place from the Broker
“I'll cut you in max 10% or we shoot it out and I promise I'm better in any combat situation”
SUCCESS (Good Willpower, rolled -1)
Ki Akio
Ten percent. You keep it, you keep breathing. We shoot, you lose the rest.
Marek
...Ten is ugly, but it is alive. Fine. Ten.
Marek
Sable Quay, old clinic block, freight stairs. Juno waits there, and if you are late, I was never seen.
He slides the decoy scrap across the booth counter with two fingers, keeping his eyes off the window. The tapping outside slows, listening.
Marek
You want my name too, or are we pretending this is business?
The green latch on the case throws a clean line across the chrome while Ki Akio holds the booth in silence.
Marek
Marek. And for what it is worth, I prefer cuts to funerals.
Quest Complete
Get the name and place from the Broker