The garage hums under red alarm strobes. Devlan spreads the crumpled map on his hood, and the monitor’s blurred roster line hangs in Sally’s mind like a bruise. Psyche Delic is the leak.
Devlan Mitchel
That fits too well. He always knew where we were headed before we did.
Sally
Psyche Delic. The name clicks into place with the office feed and the warning signs.
Devlan taps the map, marking the DSA building, the records annex, and the routes between them. His hand is steady, but his jaw is not.
Devlan Mitchel
We do not beat him by chasing him blind. We build a team he cannot read.
The red folder on the nearby table quivers once more, as if answering the choice. Evidence for the truth, or truth for the evidence. Sally has one clean opening to decide how much to hand over.
Devlan Mitchel
If we trade anything, we trade once. Then we move fast, Rose, Amilia, Mark V, whoever we can trust. You with me?
✓ Quest Accepted
Assemble a trusted team around the harvest-chain evidence
“I agree. We can trust all of those people. But theres another hero i met down in Cali. Amilia met her too. Her name is glamor. I think she could really help us.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Persuasion, rolled +1)
Sally
Yeah, we can trust them. And there is one more hero I met in California, Glamour. Amilia met her too. I think she could help us.
Devlan’s hand lifts off the map, then settles again, slower this time. The alarm lights keep strobing across the garage, but his attention stays on Sally.
Devlan Mitchel
Glamour. That is the one with the public face, right? The one who looked like she was thinking five moves ahead.
He gives a short nod, already filing the name into the plan as real and useful.
Devlan Mitchel
If Amilia has met her and you trust her, she goes on the list. We do not need perfect. We need people who will answer when it counts.
The red folder stays where it is, but the tension around it eases a fraction. For a moment, the garage feels less like a trap and more like a table being set.
Devlan Mitchel
Tell me what she is good at, and I will figure out where she fits.
“She's not much for discretion so we may be able to use her as a distraction while we move in on Psyche.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Persuasion, rolled +1)
Sally
She is not subtle. We could use her as the distraction while we move on Psyche.
Devlan’s eyes narrow, then sharpen with immediate understanding. The red alarm lights wash over the garage in pulses, turning the map and folder into flashes of color and shadow.
Devlan Mitchel
Good. A loud front gives us a quiet angle. If she pulls eyes, we hit Psyche from the side.
He drags one finger across the map, marking a route with brisk, practiced confidence, then taps the red folder once as if sealing the decision.
Devlan Mitchel
That gives us an opening. Glamour can draw attention, and we keep the evidence close enough to cut the traitor off from the rest of the team.
The plan lands cleanly. In the strobing light, the garage stops feeling like a waiting room and starts feeling like a staging point, with the next move already taking shape.
Devlan Mitchel
Then we make the call, and we do it before Psyche notices the net closing.
“I get on the phone and call glamor. Once she picks up I say, "Hey Glamour! Its Sal! I could really use your help on a case. You interested?”
SUCCESS (Legendary Persuasion, rolled +0)
Sally keys up Glamour on the phone while the alarm strobes wash the garage in red. Devlan falls quiet, giving her the floor as the red folder waits between them.
Sally
Hey, Glamour. It’s Sal. I could really use your help on a case. You interested?
A beat passes, then Glamour answers, her voice warm and alert through the speaker.
Glamour
For you? Yeah. Tell me where, and tell me what kind of trouble you’re in.
Glamour
If Sally is calling like this, it is not casual. It is either trust, or a line she is finally willing to cross.
Devlan Mitchel
Good. We keep it tight. Glamour draws eyes, we keep the evidence moving, and we cut Psyche out before he learns the route.
Sally hears the paper in the red folder rustle as Devlan flips it open again, already thinking in roles and angles. The garage stays sealed in alarm light, but the plan now has a second voice on the other end of the call.
“I bring Glamour in on the Psyche plan”
SUCCESS (Legendary Persuasion, rolled -1)
Glamour’s answer lands clean through the speaker, and the garage feels a little less like a trap and a little more like a war room. Devlan’s shoulders loosen by a fraction as he leans over the map again.
Glamour
Then I’m in. Tell me the shape of it, and I’ll help you pull Psyche into the open.
Devlan taps the route with one knuckle, then slides the red folder closer to Sally, his expression hardening into focus. The alarm keeps stroking the concrete in red pulses.
Devlan Mitchel
She can be our moving cover. We keep the evidence sealed, we keep our lane quiet, and we use Glamour to flush him where he can be boxed in.
Glamour
If Psyche is watching this close, then Sally calling me is already a signal. Better make it one he can’t misread.
On the phone, paper rustles as Glamour shifts in place, already sounding like she is walking toward her next decision.
Glamour
Send me the time and place. I’ll clear my schedule, and if you need me to look innocent in public, I can do that too.
Devlan nods once, then flips the map flat between them, marking the final approach with a sharp line. The plan is no longer a discussion, it is a deployment, and somewhere beyond the garage, Psyche’s window of surprise starts to close.
Quest Complete
Assemble a trusted team around the harvest-chain evidence
New Gift: Collaborative Tactical Synergy