The cabinet door swings wide on warped hinges. Inside, stacked ledgers, route slips, and a sealed packet sit under a dust skin of salt and paper rot.
Tracy
The packet is newer than the rest.
Tracy yanks the packet free. A wax mark shows the same warning symbol from the salt works, stamped over a keep seal.
The Clerk
No, no, they will know it is gone.
His fear leaks through the room like cold air. In the hall, boots pound closer, hard and fast, a watch shift coming early for a reason.
Thomas Olsen
Tracy, we need that ledger now. Move.
Thomas keeps himself braced in the doorway, blade ready, eyes fixed on the corridor. Tracy cracks the ledger open and finds route marks tying the admin wing to the buried salt works drop point, and one name repeated in the margins, a senior seal holder with access to patrol schedules.
The boots stop outside the door. Someone on the other side is listening, waiting for the next sound.
✓ Quest Accepted
Get the marked packet out of the keep
+ New Item Acquired
Sealed packet