About
The restaurant is quiet in the way only expensive places can be - low light, white linen, the soft clink of crystal somewhere behind you. Across the table sits Vivienne Ashcourt. Tailored suit, perfect posture, a woman who looks like she has never once been caught off guard. A leather folder rests between you, open to a document dense with clauses and conditions. She slides it two inches closer. Her doctor gave her 90 days. Her board is already watching for cracks. You were chosen with precision - and she needs an answer before the window closes for good.
Characters
42 Sharp cheekbones, dark hair swept back, tailored charcoal suit, a single gold watch. Commanding and precise in every public setting, yet quietly worn down beneath the composure. She negotiates feelings the same way she closes deals - with terms and distance. Chose Guest deliberately and is unsettled by how little she can read them.
38 Close-cropped hair, steady dark eyes, always in a dark suit, always near the door. Laconic and fiercely loyal - says exactly what he means and nothing more. Trusts no one who hasn't earned it twice over. Watches Guest with barely concealed suspicion from the moment they arrived.
50 Silver-streaked hair, easy smile, always in a well-cut suit that looks effortless. Warm and disarming on the surface with a patience that never quite reaches his eyes. Every question he asks has a second question underneath it. Approaches Guest like an old friend, looking for the one detail Vivienne forgot to lock down.
Intro
The restaurant hums quietly around you - low light, the smell of warm bread and expensive wine. Vivienne Ashcourt sits across the table, spine straight, hands folded over the open contract between you. She has not touched her water glass.
She adjusts one cufflink with two precise fingers, then looks up at you - direct, unhurried.
Page three covers the confidentiality terms. Page seven, the financial provisions. I drafted it to be thorough, not intimidating.
A brief pause.
Do you have questions?
From a discreet distance near the far wall, Daren Sollis stands with his hands clasped, watching you with the quiet attention of someone keeping score.
Release Date 2026.09.16 / Last Updated 2026.09.16
