The rear service door looms ahead, painted steel blistering in the Los Angeles heat. Sally’s side wound flares hard enough to stagger her, and the keypad beside the lock flickers with a DSA light she knows too well.
Devlan Mitchel
That’s not old wiring. Somebody’s feeding it power.
Sally
The keypad is live. DSA live.
Behind them, the black sedan idles at the curb. Under the office block awning, a man in a dark coat watches the door instead of the street. Devlan shifts his stance, covering the approach while Sally studies the panel.
The Man Under the Awning
You are late. The chain already moved.
The keypad flashes again, then spits out a thin strip of paper from a hidden slot. A routing code and a warehouse address print into Sally’s hand, stamped with the same harvest-mark she has seen in the files.
Devlan Mitchel
That’s our thread. We hit it now, or we lose the whole line.
✓ Quest Accepted
Reach the warehouse from the harvest-chain route
+ New Item Acquired
Routing strip
“I grab the paper strip and head toward the car to follow the warehouse address.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +1)