The gurney rattles into the holding wing, past bleach-white walls and buzzing fluorescent lights. The corridor smells sharp and damp, with disinfectant over something stale underneath.
Sally Tavener lies rigid under her straitjacket as the wheels bump over seams in the floor. The pressure in her bladder turns from nuisance to panic with every jolt.
The Undocumented Nurse
Keep moving. Don’t let him see her face change.
The Head Administrator
Straight to holding. No stops.
The nurse walks tight to the gurney, one hand hovering near Sally’s shoulder as if to steady her, the other still pinching the bent file against her ribs.
Sally Tavener
The holding wing is farther than it looks.
The Head Administrator
If she wakes up, sedate her properly. I want her logged before she reaches the cell.
At the end of the corridor, a frosted door swings open on a quiet hinge, revealing a dim alcove with a locked toilet room beside the holding cells. The nurse’s eyes flick there, then back to the administrator.
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure a moment of privacy
“Can I catch the nurse's eye to signal my need for the toilet room?”
YES, BUT (Likely, rolled 57)
Sally shifts her gaze toward the nurse, but the woman keeps her eyes locked firmly on the administrator's back. The nurse catches the movement in her peripheral vision, yet she offers only a microscopic shake of her head, her expression hardening into a silent warning to remain still.
“I keep perfectly still”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +0)
Sally goes very still on the gurney. Even the tiny tremor in the straps dies out, and the wheel rattle around her seems louder for it.
The Undocumented Nurse
Good. Stay like that.
The nurse does not look back. She simply shifts the gurney a fraction, using the administrator's bulk as cover while the corridor bends toward the holding wing.
The Head Administrator
If she stirs again, she gets a dose. Immediately.
The administrator keeps talking, but his eyes flick once toward the toilet room sign ahead, then away, as if he has noticed the nurse noticing it.
The Undocumented Nurse
Understood.
Sally's stillness holds. The nurse takes the opening, steering the gurney toward the toilet room door while the administrator lags half a step behind, distracted by his own suspicion.
“I keep still and watch for her opening”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +0)
The gurney rolls up to the toilet room threshold. The nurse angles it into the doorway, just enough to break the corridor line of sight.
The Undocumented Nurse
Now.
Sally keeps her face empty and her body slack as the turn carries her out of the administrator’s direct view. The file shifts under the nurse’s arm, shielding Sally like a second door.
The Head Administrator
Not there. Keep moving.
The nurse does not answer him. She nudges the gurney inside, using the doorway and the administrator’s own glance backward to buy a narrow pocket of privacy.
Sally Tavener
The door frame blocks him.
For one brief beat, the toilet room swallows the sound of the corridor. Sally is inside the doorway, hidden from the hall while the nurse crowds in beside her with the file still clutched tight.
Quest Complete
Secure a moment of privacy
Fault Removed: Naive