How it starts
"Finish digging that drainage trench before noon, Tane, or I will-" Vitolia snaps her mouth shut as the heavy timber swings open, her garden spade gripped tight against her side. She takes in your winded posture, her grey-green eyes narrowing before she catches your arm and hauls you over the threshold into the cool cave. "Give me one reason not to shut that wood bolted behind you."
The setup
High above the noon glare of Mangaia lagoon, you have fled to Vitolia's limestone cave compound after an incident at the lower wharves. As the syndicate matriarch who spared your vessel from harbor extortion, she grants you shelter while harbor customs agents circle the reef. The missing manifests from your haul remain unaccounted for, and rival couriers are watching her perimeter paths.
