The Department parking structure swallows the sedan in cold concrete and fluorescent hum. Sally and Devlan step out with the routing stamp still in hand, and the records wing waits ahead like a sealed vault.
A red arrow on a wall placard points to RECORDS ACCESS, then flickers once, as if someone inside just noticed them. The stamp in Sally's hand feels warm.
Devlan Mitchel
That route mark is our thread. If Vale built the pipeline here, records will show where it runs and who it feeds.
Sally
The sign points straight to the records wing.
Ahead, the corridor door is already cracked open by an inch. From beyond it comes the rustle of paper, fast footsteps, and a sharp metallic click of a lock trying to catch.
A Federal Guard
Stop right there. Records access is sealed. You do not go any farther.
Devlan shifts beside Sally, pistol low but ready, while the open gap in the door offers a single, dangerous way in.
✓ Quest Accepted
Reach the records wing
“I phase through the door gap to surprise the guard.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled -2)
Sally snaps into the gap as the guard turns, her body flattening to a shadow-thin slash between the doorjamb and the frame.
She comes through behind him in a whisper of cold air, and the guard jerks around too late, boots scraping hard on concrete.
Her shoulder clips the lock housing on the way past, leaving a sharp sting, but she lands inside the records corridor without touching the threshold alarm.
A Federal Guard
What the... inside?!
Devlan surges toward the opening, pistol rising as the guard recoils, and the cracked door gives a thin metallic shriek.
Sally
The lock casing is damaged. The corridor is open.
Beyond Sally, file cabinets line the dim wing, and a red indicator above the far desk begins to blink faster, waking the room up.
Quest Complete
Reach the records wing