Before the sealed vessel can be moved, the laboratory door opens. A middle-aged palace examiner enters with two young adult guards, all bearing the crown’s silver writ and drawn swords.
The examiner is a lean woman with ash-brown hair, bronze spectacles, and a severe navy coat fastened by silver clasps. Her escorts wear polished scale armor beneath crimson cloaks.
the palace examiner
By crown authority, this laboratory and its quarantined stock are under examination. No vessel, residue, or seal is to be disturbed.
She studies the traditional healing stamp, the layered cloth, and the iron clasps before crouching beside the salt ring. The gray residue clings motionless within it.
the palace examiner
These methods differ from the royal protocols. Explain why you abandoned rune-work, how you contained this corruption, and why I should grant you emergency authority.
the hospital attendant
Examiner, Lady Nohara’s treatment stabilized both critical patients. The contaminated draughts were isolated, and no further ward deterioration followed her sealing.
The examiner rises and extends the silver writ across the cleared table, waiting for Doku’s justification while the armed escorts watch the vessel and the attendant remains ready to testify.
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure emergency medical authority from the palace examiner
“"You don't know who I am do you? I am Doku Nohara, I own this hospital and I'm a noble from the Nohara Clan. I'm also the lead head doctor of this entire town. If anyone knows about medical procedures and ways to save lives is me. So a better question why don't you follow my instructions when I tell you to?"”
SUCCESS (Superb Diplomacy, rolled -1)
“"You don't know who I am do you? I am Doku Nohara, I own this hospital and I'm a noble from the Nohara Clan. I'm also the lead head doctor of this entire town. If anyone knows about medical procedures and ways to save lives is me. So a better question why don't you follow my instructions when I tell you to?"”
SUCCESS (Superb Diplomacy, rolled +0)
Doku Nohara
You do not know who I am. I am Doku Nohara, owner of this hospital, a noble of the Nohara Clan, and the town’s lead head doctor. If anyone knows how to save lives, it is me. Why do you not follow my instructions?
Doku’s words strike through the laboratory with quiet authority. The guards lower their swords by a fraction, and the hospital attendant straightens beside the sealed vessel.
the palace examiner
I know your name now, Lady Nohara, and I recognize the evidence before me. Your containment succeeded where the royal protocols failed.
the palace examiner
I will follow your instructions. The guards will not disturb the vessel, residue, or seals, and the laboratory staff will continue under your medical authority.
The examiner folds the silver writ and steps back from the salt ring. Her escorts sheath their swords, leaving the black vessel enclosed beneath Doku’s traditional seal.
the hospital attendant
Understood, Lady Nohara. I will keep the wards operating by your instructions and ensure every contaminated material remains isolated.
Quest Complete
Secure emergency medical authority from the palace examiner