Under the training room lights, The Rose traces the torn page again, thumb following the faint marks that the tear tried to hide.
The Rose
This is not an archive stamp. It is a black-site routing mark.
Her face tightens as she angles the page, and the hidden signature finally lines up, cold and precise.
The Rose
This came through a defunct Soviet research division. Not a normal government file. A cover project.
The room seems to drop a few degrees. Milton Voss goes pale, Devlan stiffens, and Mara stares at the page like it might burn her fingers.
The torn edge was never an accident. It was placed there to hide where Sally was made, and who kept the records moving afterward.
The Rose
Someone buried this trail on purpose, and they kept it alive. Sally, this links you to the old experiments, and to whoever is still protecting them.
✓ Quest Accepted
Uncover who kept Sally's records moving
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure the evidence against the conspiracy
“I demand that Milton Voss tell us exactly who ordered him to hide this file.”
SUCCESS (Good Persuasion, rolled +3)
Sally
Who ordered you to hide it, Milton? Tell us exactly.
Milton flinches under the lights, then the panic cracks. The name comes out in a rush, followed by a black-site unit and a dead drop schedule that matches the routing mark.
Milton Voss
It was a Soviet liaison chain. Doctor Vladamir Polpovich's people, then a federal cleanup office after that. I was told to move your file whenever the gray coat showed up.
The Rose
Polpovich... that name fits the mark. And now we have a paper trail that points past the Americans, not just through them.
She pulls the torn page flat and slides it to Sally beside the smaller metal token, both items now together under the harsh training room glare.
Mara Keene
Then we stop treating this like a loose record and treat it like evidence. I can lock copies, and I know who can verify the annex transfer before it vanishes.
Devlan exhales, half relief and half disbelief, while Milton keeps staring at the page like it has already ruined him. The room settles into a tense, workable silence, waiting on Sally to decide whether the originals stay in the open or get sealed away.
Quest Complete
Uncover who kept Sally's records moving
Quest Complete
Secure the evidence against the conspiracy