Waldin Donos opens the registered apartment without resistance. He is a large-framed adult orc with olive-gray skin, unkempt dark hair, tired eyes, and a loose shirt hanging from broad shoulders.
Waldin
Jostan. I figured you would come eventually. Come in before the building decides to notice us.
Rodney enters first, keeping the paper ledger visible. Maya and Caelen follow, while Daven watches the corridor before the door seals behind them.
Old corporate correspondence covers one wall. Neglected equipment gathers dust beneath it, and a disconnected terminal sits dark on a scarred desk, its untouched records waiting.
Rodney
Your identity authorized a proxy beneath Len Varro’s office. The ledger says someone used your name to reach Jostan.
Waldin
I know. I stopped opening Helix correspondence after the debt notices began. The terminal has the records I avoided, if they still matter.
Waldin steps aside from the terminal, exhausted rather than surprised. Rodney keeps the ledger in view as Maya and Caelen leave Jostan a clear line to question his father.
✓ Quest Accepted
Establish a reliable account of the ledger's origin
“I inspect Waldin’s untouched terminal for the ledger’s origin. and ask waldin who gave him the proxy authorization and why, feeling anger boiling I tell daven to punch him in the face and tell caelen to tie him because im injured right now”
SUCCESS (Legendary Reasoning, rolled -1)
Jostan steps to Waldin’s untouched terminal and wakes it with a direct interface handshake. The ledger’s paper trail overlays the old records, exposing its origin beneath the apartment’s neglected corporate files.
Jostan Ordomo
Who gave you the proxy authorization, Waldin, and why? Daven, punch him in the face. Caelen, tie him. I’m injured right now.
Daven crosses the room and strikes Waldin once, hard enough to drop him into the chair without lasting injury. Caelen binds the orc’s wrists to the chair frame while Jostan keeps the terminal open.
Waldin
A Helix debt broker called Sorn Vey gave me the authorization. He said it would keep collectors away. I did not know it could classify you as recoverable property.
The terminal confirms Sorn Vey as the proxy’s originator, using Waldin’s inherited corporate credentials to seed the altered ledger. Payment records show the broker received access to Jostan’s identity profile in return.
Waldin
He promised the account would only cover my debt. I signed because I was desperate and lazy, and because I thought your name was already buried. I was wrong.
A final terminal entry provides Sorn Vey’s current relay address and a payment deadline. The ledger’s origin is secured, Waldin is restrained, and the room now has a concrete name to pursue.
✓ Quest Accepted
Confront Sorn Vey about the altered ledger
Quest Complete
Expose who altered the corporate record
Skill Upgrade: Surveillance Fair→Good
Quest Complete
Establish a reliable account of the ledger's origin
“I copy sorn veys relay address and payment deadline and question waldin about where sorn can be found, scanning the area i find a 34 nrp rifle in the corner, grabbing it and looking at waldin and putting it in my chest compartment, I spit on waldin and tell him moms a fool for letting you near anything, you have a oppurtuniy right now father, join me and the outsiders”
SUCCESS (Legendary Persuasion, rolled +1)
Jostan copies Sorn Vey’s relay address and payment deadline from the terminal, preserving both in his cybernetic buffer. The records include a municipal sector marker beneath Leonidas.
Jostan Ordomo
Where can I find Sorn Vey, Waldin? Give me the location, not another excuse.
His scan sweeps the apartment and catches a 34 NRP rifle in the corner beneath discarded corporate cases. Jostan retrieves it, checks its condition, and stows it inside his chest compartment.
Waldin
Sorn is at the old municipal relay in Habitation Sector Seven. He meets clients through a service kiosk marked 4C, usually before the payment deadline.
Jostan spits beside Waldin’s chair, then faces him across the glowing terminal. The insult lands harder than the restraint, and Waldin lowers his tired eyes.
Jostan Ordomo
Mom’s a fool for letting you near anything. You have an opportunity right now, father. Join me and the Outsiders.
Waldin
I will join you. I know the relay’s access habits, the broker’s debts, and the people who kept me useful. Let me help end what I started.
+ New Item Acquired
34 NRP Rifle
“Feeling faint i snap into a vision of a old man laughing in my face I then whisper back loc but wake up to not see how it ends, I untie waldin and give a handshake, solidfiy the partnership, outloud I say, Lets go to the old municpal relay in habitation sector seven, looking at the gang I let a chuckle and almost cant contain it making the vibes kinda awkward, we move out”
SUCCESS (Great Agility, rolled +1)