Following the safe-zone quartermaster's lead, Chuck and the crew reach a shuttered recording studio concealed behind reinforced apartment frontage. Chuck carries the microphone stand; his shoulder is healed, with no bandage remaining.
The security door stands open just enough to show Trapreem, light-brown-skinned and marked by a small scar at his left eyebrow, a wary adult man with a lean build, tired eyes, short dark hair, and a charcoal hoodie. Scattered production notes and disconnected audio equipment cover the room behind him.
Meech
Nobody crowds him. We came for answers, not a forced entry.
Meech secures the entrance while Seven watches the apartment corridor. Lucose and Rasan remain beside Chuck, leaving their weapons lowered as the studio's stale quiet settles around them.
Trapreem
You are Chuck's crew. I know that beat, and I know what it became. Say what you came to ask.
Trapreem keeps one hand near the door while his eyes move over the microphone stand and Chuck's LED mask. A handwritten page on the desk shows frequency marks, route names, and one unfinished question.
Seven
Before we start, tell us whether those notes identify the person who weaponized the stolen beat.
Identify the person who weaponized the stolen beat