A compact sedan stops at the service lane. Leah Morgan, a middle-aged woman with warm brown skin, silver-streaked curls, and a navy suit beneath a raincoat, approaches carrying a signed engagement letter and a sealed preservation notice.
Leah Morgan
Mara, I’m taking custody of every screenshot now. The notice preserves them and demands Northstar retain the underlying records without alteration.
Mara keeps her phone against her chest. The quiet lane becomes a conference room without walls, with Will beside her and the compliance supervisor still inside maintaining the export.
The Burned-Out Paramedic
You can review them, but I’m not handing over anything that could expose where Lena is or put her in greater danger.
Leah Morgan
I’m not asking you to surrender Lena’s location. I’m asking for protected custody of the evidence, and I need your account of her disappearance before Northstar defines it for everyone.
Leah opens a document folder but leaves her hands visible. Mara studies the signed letter, then the phone, weighing legal protection against the risk of creating another record about Lena.
The Burned-Out Paramedic
I’ll tell you what happened, but the screenshots stay with me until I know exactly who can access them and where they will be stored.
“I clarify Leah's safeguards for the screenshots”
SUCCESS (Good Psychology, rolled -1)
Will
Before you take custody, clarify the safeguards: where the screenshots will be stored, who can access them, and how Lena’s location stays protected.
Will breaks Leah’s proposed custody into access, storage, and disclosure questions. Reads Patients catches her prepared answer shifting toward precise protections, while Addiction pulls his attention to Mara’s guarded phone for one distracting second.
Leah Morgan
The screenshots go into an encrypted case repository with access limited to me, my designated paralegal, and a forensic consultant if needed. Every opening is recorded.
Leah Morgan
I will keep Lena’s location out of general filings, use a restricted exhibit for anything that identifies her, and disclose it only when necessary to protect Mara’s legal position.
Leah writes those limits on the preservation notice and adds that any requested disclosure will be reviewed with Mara first whenever law and timing permit. The safeguards answer Will’s questions, but checking the repository’s actual access list will take another appointment.
The Burned-Out Paramedic
That protects Lena better than sending the images around. I’ll release the screenshots under those terms, and I want the access list before anything is shared.
✓ Quest Accepted
Obtain Leah's evidence-repository access list
“Can I review the repository access list before any images are shared?”
YES (VeryLikely, rolled 67)
Leah Morgan
Yes. You can review the repository access list before any image is shared. I’ll show you the current permissions, the named users, and the audit settings.
Leah adds a review condition to the preservation notice: no screenshot leaves Mara’s possession until the access list has been examined and the storage controls have been confirmed.
The Burned-Out Paramedic
Then I want the list in writing, including anyone with administrative access and the date each permission was granted.
Leah Morgan
You’ll receive that before release. I’ll identify every account, explain the forensic consultant’s limits, and record any later access for your review.
Leah marks the repository review as a prerequisite and places the signed notice beside the phone rather than reaching for it. The custody terms now include inspection before transfer.
The Burned-Out Paramedic
Good. Once I see who can open the images, I’ll decide whether the safeguards are strong enough for custody.
Leah nods and prepares the repository access report for review. No image changes hands, and Lena’s location remains outside the material being examined.
“I review Leah's repository access report”
SUCCESS (Fair Reasoning, rolled +0)
Leah hands Will the repository access report. He borrows the document, then works through its permissions, account history, administrative roles, and audit controls line by line.
Will
The forensic consultant has less access than the administrator, but the administrator can change retention settings.
Tech Savant lets Will follow the repository’s nested permissions without losing the trail. He identifies the administrator account, its recovery authority, and the record of each permission grant.
Reads Patients catches Leah watching the report instead of steering him toward a reassuring summary. Her posture stays open, and she waits while he checks the access boundaries himself.
Addiction pulls Will’s attention toward Mara’s phone for a distracting moment. He returns to the report and finds no hidden user, but the administrator can still alter permissions.
Leah Morgan
You found the administrative backdoor: not a second account, but the ability to change who can open, retain, or export the images. I’ll restrict it before custody.
Will completes the review and has the access list he requested. The cost is concrete: the report needs a second check after Leah changes that administrator permission, delaying the image transfer.
Quest Complete
Obtain Leah's evidence-repository access list
Attribute Upgrade: Reasoning Fair→Good
+ New Item Acquired
Repository Access Report