The courthouse conference room is spare and brightly lit. Will still holds Leah’s repository access report; the burned-out paramedic keeps the screenshots secured, while the compliance supervisor remains behind maintaining the preserved export.
A middle-aged judge, a woman with a broad face and steady dark eyes with close-cropped white hair and dark robes sits at the head of the table. Across from Leah, a lean middle-aged man, with a narrow clean-shaven face and neatly combed dark hair in a navy suit arranges Northstar’s objections.
Judge Miriam Holt
I am Judge Miriam Holt. Counsel, identify one narrowly supported fact that justifies immediate disclosure, not a general demand for Northstar’s security material.
Leah Morgan
Your Honor, Northstar’s preserved authorization chain links Adrian Cole’s surveillance directive and threatened police referral to Lena Velez’s unresolved movement records. The company has not shown where Lena was sent or who authorized that chain.
Northstar’s counsel
The authorization chain concerns protected security operations. It does not establish that disclosure of Lena’s location is appropriate, immediate, or safe.
Judge Holt studies the report in Will’s hands, then looks to the burned-out paramedic’s sealed screenshots. The room waits, focused on the gap between Northstar’s surveillance authority and Lena’s whereabouts.
Judge Miriam Holt
Mr. Will, you are holding the access report. Does it contain a specific record that can narrow this request without exposing more than necessary?
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure a court order for targeted disclosure of Lena's movement records
“Your honor, Lena Velez is missing and Northstar has already admitted that she was transported by them when she disappeared. They've even made specific attempts to block Lena's own sister from attempting to find her, by even using threat of police. Maya simply wants to find her sister and know she's ok. Northstar has the ability to help provide this and are intentionally blocking it, which is leading us to believe Lena is in fact not ok and that Northstar knows this and may possibly even be involved in why. So I ask, is this court proceeding really neccessary, or is this just more ways to stop Lena from being found?”
SUCCESS (Legendary Diplomacy, rolled -1)
Will
Your Honor, Lena Velez is missing, and Northstar has admitted transporting her when she disappeared. They blocked Mara Velez with threats of police. She only wants to know her sister is safe. Northstar can help but refuses, suggesting they know more, or may be involved. Is this proceeding necessary, or another way to stop Lena from being found?
Will keeps the Repository Access Report open to the narrow movement-record permissions and the administrator’s control. Reads Patients catches Judge Holt’s concern about Lena’s safety; her appearance remains unseen, while Addiction pulls his attention briefly toward Mara’s secured phone before he returns to the evidence.
Judge Miriam Holt
Mr. Will, your argument identifies a specific and urgent issue: Northstar’s control of Lena Velez’s movement information while obstructing her sister’s search. I find immediate, limited disclosure justified.
Leah Morgan
Your Honor, I request the movement records, transfer identities, destination information, and authorization history, with Lena’s location restricted to the court and counsel.
Judge Miriam Holt
Granted. Northstar shall produce those specific records under restricted handling immediately. Any material identifying Lena’s current location will not enter a public filing.
Northstar’s counsel’s objection dies before it forms. Leah receives the signed order, while the judge directs Northstar’s counsel to identify the custodian and produce the sealed movement records without further delay.
Northstar’s counsel
Understood, Your Honor. I will identify the records custodian and begin the restricted production.
Quest Complete
Secure a court order for targeted disclosure of Lena's movement records