The garage remains sealed beneath Razor’s residence. Hardened displays preserve Mara Venn’s authorization chain while filtered armor telemetry scrolls beside the silent, tarp-covered bounty hunter.
A police access route unlocks behind the vehicle bay. Gwen Armitage, an athletic young adult woman with pale skin and long blonde hair pulled high, steps through in a rain-dark detective coat.
Gwen Armitage
Gwen Armitage, Night City Police. I am here for the evidence handoff, not a raid.
Her badge projects across the concrete, followed by a narrow chain-of-custody seal. Reina shifts near the equipment array, while Vesper keeps watch beside the maintenance tarp.
Gwen Armitage
Lazarus will bury this authorization if they reach the servers first. Give me a controlled copy, and I will lock it into the serial-murder case.
Reina Sato
Controlled means no automatic police cloud, no department-wide access, and no unexplained duplicate. We verify the destination before anything leaves this room.
Vesper
She came through a police route and knew exactly what to ask for. That is either reassuring or very well rehearsed.
✓ Quest Accepted
Hand the evidence to Gwen Armitage
✓ Quest Accepted
Prevent Lazarus from burying the authorization
“She’s my new contact don’t worry about her. She is Ruckers partner. If he trusts her then I do.”
SUCCESS (Good Willpower, rolled -1)
Razor
She’s my new contact. Rucker was her partner. If Rucker trusted her, I do too.
Razor’s endorsement settles over the garage. Gwen holds his gaze while the chain-of-custody seal pulses between them, then lowers her badge projection.
Reina Sato
That is enough for me. I will verify the destination, but I will not treat Gwen as an intruder.
Gwen Armitage
Rucker’s judgment mattered to him. I will honor it here. Give me the controlled copy, and I will keep the case sealed.
Reina authorizes the police route after a final checksum. The transfer key burns out once, consuming the garage’s only spare forensic export token, but the evidence reaches Gwen’s locked case file.
Vesper
Fine. She gets the copy, and nobody outside this room gets a convenient version of it.
The handoff completes under layered encryption. Gwen receives Mara Venn’s authorization chain and the Lazarus telemetry, while the original remains preserved on Razor’s hardened array.
Quest Complete
Hand the evidence to Gwen Armitage