The training facility is a steel-and-concrete hive of tension. Outside, federal vehicles idle in rows, their silhouettes smeared by wet Portland light. Inside, The Rose keeps the token hidden, while Mara Keene points hard toward a side entrance where a gray coat slips through the door.
Mara Keene
That’s the relay contact. If he gets inside, he reaches the records before we do.
Mark V tilts his head, processing the signal trace. Sally feels the whole room snap toward the same conclusion, the county annex is not sealed, and someone on the cleanup side is still active.
Mark V
The token is pinging again. Same gray-coat code, same route. It is still live.
The Rose lowers her voice, urgent and controlled. If Sally wants the truth about the Soviet project and the buried file, this is the opening. Follow the gray coat, and the trail may lead straight to the office that erased her name.
The Rose
Sally, if we move now, we may catch the cleanup office before they wipe the annex clean.
At the far wall, the unconscious maintenance man stirs once, then goes still again. The room holds its breath, waiting for Sally to decide whether to chase the trail or lose it.
✓ Quest Accepted
Follow the gray coat into the annex
✓ Quest Accepted
Reach the cleanup office before they erase the file
“I signal for the others to follow me as I pursue the contact into the annex. I want to be there first. That thought activates Sally's super speed for the first time and she zooms to intercept with a surprised look on her face.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +1)