The warehouse door shudders with the idle thump of a heavy engine inside. Scott grips the damp receipt, and Mara Keene crouches by the loading steps, peering into the dark bay.
Mara Keene
That name on the receipt, he is the one Thorne uses when he wants a property gone quiet fast.
A strip of light slips under the bay door. Inside, a hard case in a suit stands beside a compact demolition rig, talking to someone off-frame.
The Suit
The report says the building is unstable. If the residents panic, the offer becomes generous.
Scott spots the rig, its couplings wired to a pallet of pressure gear, the kind that could crack a foundation or a front wall in seconds. This is not just paperwork, it is the hand reaching for O'Malley’s.
Mara Keene
If you stop him here, you stop the chain before it reaches your pub.
The engine cuts for a beat, and the warehouse door starts to rise from the inside.
✓ Quest Accepted
Discover the extent of Thorne’s infiltration into the business network
✓ Quest Accepted
Stop the demolition rig from reaching O'Malley’s
“I run inside the warehouse and cksp my hands together, creating a thunderous shockwave of energy that knocks the demolition machine over”
SUCCESS (Legendary Strength, rolled +0)
Scott charges through the rising gap and brings his palms together with a crack of thunder. The shockwave slams the demolition rig sideways, metal legs skidding across the wet floor as the pallet of gear jolts loose.
The Suit whips around, one boot catching for balance, his cold composure breaking for a split second. Mara stays low at the threshold, staring at the toppled machine and the open bay beyond it.
The Suit
What are you doing in here?
Inside the warehouse, a desk lamp swings from the vibration, throwing hard light across stacks of folders and shipping tags. Scott has the receipt in hand, and the papers near the rig show names, routes, and scheduled pickups.
The receipt matches the labels on the nearest crates.
Mara Keene
Look at the manifests. That is the network, Scott.
The Suit reaches toward the scattered paperwork instead of the rig, but the tipped machine blocks his path. Outside, the warehouse door keeps climbing, exposing more of the operation and leaving the next move hanging in the air.
Quest Complete
Stop the demolition rig from reaching O'Malley’s
Quest Complete
Discover the extent of Thorne’s infiltration into the business network
“I grab the suit and tell him to keep Thorne away from O'Malley's Pub, or else!”
SUCCESS (Legendary Strength, rolled +3)
Scott clamps a hand around The Suit’s collar and hauls him off balance, pinning him against a rack of tagged crates. The wet concrete shudders under both of them.
Scott O'Malley
Keep Thorne away from O'Malley's. Or you answer to me.
The Suit
You think I am the one you need to frighten? You have already found the paperwork.
The words land with a new weight. A loose manifest slips from The Suit’s sleeve, and Scott catches a supplier code stamped beside O'Malley’s delivery route.
Mara Keene
That code should not be here. Thorne is inside your chain, Scott.
The Suit
He knows the receipt matches the crates. If he traces the route, the whole relay is exposed.
The Suit’s free hand loosens and a slim keycard drops into Scott’s palm, marked for a back-office loading gate. Mara straightens at the threshold, reading the same route line on the manifest.
Mara Keene
If that gate is real, it leads to the rest of the names. Do you want the route, or the man?
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure the route to Thorne's names
+ New Item Acquired
Supplier code manifest
“I release the suit and adk him to help me protect my business from Thorne”
SUCCESS (Legendary Intimidation, rolled +0)
Scott lets go of The Suit’s collar. The man catches himself on the crate rack, straightens his tie, and looks less annoyed than measured now. The warehouse door groans upward behind them, spilling a pale stripe of streetlight across the wet floor.
Scott O'Malley
Help me keep Thorne away from O'Malley’s.
The Suit
That is a much cleaner request than your first one.
The Suit
Yes. I will help you.
He glances at the receipt in Scott’s hand, then at the manifest, and the calm on his face turns sharp and practical.
The Suit
Thorne has buyers, carriers, and clerks threaded through your route. Not all of them know it. I can tell you which names are loyal, and which ones are poisoned.
Mara Keene
That is what I came for, Scott. The names, the path, all of it.
Mara steps closer to the threshold, eyes moving between the keycard and the code on the paper. The Suit nods once, like a deal has finally been named out loud.
The Suit
Then choose. Do you want me to start with the loading gate, or with the first supplier Thorne leaned on?
“I ask the Suit which names are poisoned so i can cut them out before they can effect us”
SUCCESS (Good Reasoning, rolled +0)
Scott lifts the receipt and the keycard together, pinning The Suit with a hard look. The warehouse goes very quiet except for the faint swing of the desk lamp and water ticking off the broken rig.
Scott O'Malley
Which names are poisoned, so I can cut them out before they reach us?
The Suit
Good. Specific. I can work with that.
The Suit
First supplier on the receipt is clean enough to talk, but his dispatch clerk is Thorne’s. The loading gate contact is already marked, and two carriers after him are compromised.
Mara Keene
That is the route. Not just a list, a chain.
The Suit points once at the manifest, then taps the line of names with two fingers, fast and exact. Mara leans in over Scott’s shoulder, reading as he speaks, the wet floor reflecting the paper between them.
The Suit
Take out those four links, and Thorne loses the hand moving cargo into your pub. If you want the rest, start with the clerk before he vanishes.
Quest Complete
Secure the route to Thorne's names
New Gift: Thunderous Crowd Control