The warehouse settles into a tense hum. Green server lights blink steady again, and the rear security door keeps sealing with a slow, hungry grind.
Alexandra Voss
Identify yourself. Why was the data link severed? Stand down for immediate extraction by Matsuda assets.
A side door hisses open. A slim figure in a rain-dark courier coat slips in, hands raised, visor lit with neutral white.
The Courier
Easy, Voss. No one’s shooting in here. I’m just here to pick up the hardware and keep the mess off the floor.
The Dealer
Good. Good, someone sane. Tell them the leak’s dead. Tell them we are done.
The Courier glances from the sealed door to Zara’s tools, then back toward the speakers, measuring exits and risks in one smooth scan.
✓ Quest Accepted
Stay anonymous to the corporate handler
“Wipe my digital signature from the augment before the courier takes it.”
SUCCESS (Great Hacking, rolled -1)
Zara slips into the machine’s ghosts. Her mesh flashes once, then the augment’s hidden tag evaporates into clean static.
The courier’s visor tilts toward the workbench, where the device now reads as anonymous scrap instead of a traceable handoff.
The Courier
That’s better. No signature, no trail.
The Dealer
Good. Then nobody can pin this on us.
Over the speakers, Alexandra Voss keeps her tone flat, but the silence after her scan is loaded with doubt.
Alexandra Voss
Signal origin unconfirmed. Courier, report your visual.
The rear door gives another wet grind as it seals tighter, and the courier’s hand shifts toward the hardware, waiting for Zara’s next move.
Quest Complete
Stay anonymous to the corporate handler