Regina steps into the quiet office area, blue ink still staining her glove. The ajar door and scattered papers make the room feel recently searched, and the missing packet suddenly matters more than ever.
Elias
Someone was here for the noon file.
Malik
This is not random. They are trying to choke the paper trail.
On the desk, a fresh routing slip lies half-hidden under a torn envelope. It points upstairs, to the office that controls the final approval for the noon title session.
Regina King
That packet goes clean, or the title session stalls.
Elias
Then we find who pulled it, and we file it before they can bury it again.
Malik
Check the drawers. If they came hunting the stamp, they left a trail.
Regina closes on the desk, the blue ink flashing as her fist tightens around the packet. Above them, the lit office window still hangs over the gym like a locked gate, and the noon title path now depends on what she pulls out of this ransacked room.
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure the noon file
“I check the drawers for the missing stamp trail.”
SUCCESS (Mediocre Perception, rolled +1)
Regina pulls the top drawer open, then the next, and the office answers with receipts, staples, and a smeared stamp pad. In the third drawer, a torn routing stub sticks to the bottom like it was hidden in a hurry.
Regina King
The tear is fresh.
She peels the stub free and finds a partial office mark, then a narrow pencil note with an initials trail leading to the upstairs approval room.
Elias
That is not a filing mistake. Someone pulled the packet and tried to rebuild the path.
Malik
And they did it from inside the system.
Regina shuts the drawer with the stub in hand, the blue ink on her glove flashing against the paper as the empty corridor gapes through the open door behind them.
Elias
The initials match the upstairs office log. I can name the filer if we compare it to the ledger case.
✓ Quest Accepted
Identify who pulled the noon packet
− Scene Quest Removed
Secure the noon file
“I call an all employee meeting to confront everyone at once so we can figure out who's responsible for this”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +1)
Regina clicks a finger against the desk bell, and the sharp ring cuts through the wrecked office. Malik looks up at once. Elias straightens, already turning toward the door, as if he expects the rest of the room to answer.
Regina King
Everyone in. Now.
Her voice carries into the hall. Shoes scrape the corridor, and the open doorway fills with movement as office staff and gym hands gather at the threshold, drawn by the summons.
Elias
No one leaves until we match the logs.
Malik
Good. Put every set of hands where we can see them.
Elias lifts The Ledger Clerk’s case onto the desk and flips it open beside the shredded envelope scraps. The printed fee page stays flat under Regina’s blue-marked glove.
Elias
The noon packet went through this room. The initials trail is ours, but the pull was made by someone with approval access.
A tense murmur runs through the small crowd in the doorway. One clerk’s face drains as Elias taps the matching mark in the ledger case, then angles the torn routing stub toward the group.
Elias
It was Vance. His initials match the pull mark and the sign-out line.
The room goes still on the name. Malik folds his arms by the door, and the empty corridor beyond the open frame feels colder as everyone waits for Regina’s next call.
Quest Complete
Identify who pulled the noon packet