Jules arrives at the ferry office wearing Mara’s pale canvas overshirt over her swimsuit, the labeled equipment pouch in one hand and sealed envelope tucked securely beneath it. A young adult man with a neat beard, an average-build human with medium-brown skin and short dark hair,, rolled white sleeves, and a blue ferry badge looks up from the counter.
Eli
That’s the transfer for Mara’s cousin? I’ll need the release from Scott and the customer’s envelope before I can log it.
Jules presents the signed release and sealed envelope. The clerk checks the labels against the ferry receipt, accepts the pouch, and places everything in the office’s marked intake tray.
Eli
I’m Eli, by the way. Here’s your transfer receipt. It records the pouch, the envelope, and the time I received both.
Eli signs the receipt, adds the ferry office stamp, and slides the copy across the counter. While filing the matching record, he glances at Jules’s careful grip and the equipment label.
Eli
You handled that like someone familiar with dive equipment. A small ferry item slipped from a marked storage platform into shallow water this morning. Could you help locate it before the next loading window? It’s paid work, with a defined search area and no diving beyond your limits.
Eli sets a simple platform diagram beside the receipt and points to the shallow-water boundary. The handoff is complete, while the proposed task waits on the counter between them.
✓ Quest Accepted
Recover the missing ferry item
+ New Item Acquired
Pale Canvas Overshirt