The Auditor plants a palm on the glass wall and kills the office lights one by one. Dust floats over the cargo district below, while they step back from 2-6 and let Jax have the room.
Jax
Good. No handlers, no script. 2-6, look at me.
Jax keeps his portable rig low, its screen dim and trembling with static. He looks wrecked, but his eyes stay locked on 2-6 like this is the only clean channel left.
Jax
They are trying to take you out through the office, off the books. I can show you where the purge starts.
2-6
The rig is patched into an open local mesh.
The Auditor does not interrupt. Their posture stays calm, but one hand rests near their sidearm as the door seal glows red behind them.
Jax
You walk with the Auditor, and I keep feeding you the holes they miss. That is the only way out I see.
Below the glass, cargo cranes crawl through haze. In the room, the choice tightens around 2-6, leave now under watch, or trust the shadowed line Jax is opening.
✓ Quest Accepted
Leave with the Auditor
“Let's go home Jax. The auditor will take us.”
SUCCESS (Great Willpower, rolled +1)
2-6
Let's go home, Jax. The Auditor will take us.
The words settle the room. The Auditor lowers their hand from the wall, then angles their sidearm toward the floor, not at 2-6.
The Auditor
Understood. You are coming with me, on my terms.
Jax
Good. Then use that door and let me keep the signal open.
Jax taps his rig, and the shared link between him and 2-6 flickers alive in amber static, carrying the procurement logs and the logistics order in a thin, ugly thread.
Jax
If we leave clean, we keep the trail alive long enough to hit the office behind the seal.
The red door seal clicks, then opens with a hard hiss. The Auditor steps aside and waits, making room for 2-6 to move first, while the city glows cold through the glass.
Quest Complete
Leave with the Auditor
Skill Upgrade: Hacking Superb→Legendary