The ring is quiet now, not from fear, but from waiting. Fighters crowd the apron, and Regina stands at center while the shredded fee page lies already dealt with, no longer a secret.
Malik
That page is plain for everyone to see now. Nobody has to guess where the money goes.
Leo
Line up, keep it calm. If you want answers, you get them one at a time.
Regina King
The room is watching her hands more than her face.
A few fighters lean in closer. Some look relieved, some still skeptical, but the edge in the room has softened into conversation.
Malik
Regina made it public. That means the fee stops being a rumor and starts being a fact everyone can challenge.
Leo
And if you are here to fight, you do it clean. If you are here to complain, you say it straight.
Regina stays in the middle of it all, surrounded by the noise of a gym finally talking out loud. The tension turns into a small, shared pause, like the whole room can breathe for once.
✓ Quest Accepted
Win the fighters’ trust in the public bracket
“The entry fee fir the tournament will go into funding the next tournament so it can be bigger and better”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +2)
Regina lets the room sit with it, then points at the fee page and the scattered cash records. The fighters quiet down, waiting for the meaning to land.
Regina King
The entry fee goes back into the next tournament, bigger and better.
That lands cleanly. Malik straightens the page beside the ledger, making the loop of money visible to everyone.
Malik
Then the bracket grows with the gym, not against it. That is how it stays honest.
Leo
If people pay in, they can see where it goes. No shadows, no surprises.
A few fighters nod, shoulders easing. The printed fee page stays in full view, and the open doorway to the empty corridor holds steady behind them.
Malik
Say the word and I will put that rule on paper too.
Put the new funding rule on paper
Quest Complete
Win the fighters’ trust in the public bracket