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Marlowe remained seated behind her desk, her posture unchanged from the moment Filly had entered. She did not shift in her chair, nor did she reach for a pen or open a notebook. Her paws remained folded atop the closed ledger, and her expression—though attentive—betrayed nothing of her internal...

The name Squid landed like a stone in still water. She didn’t react to it—no twitch, no shift in posture—but she filed it. Marlowe studied the ferret through the gap. This wasn’t a casual offer; it was a probe. But then came the last line, and that—finally—earned a reaction. Just a slow...

Marlowe didn’t react to the money. She didn’t flinch at the jingle, didn’t lean forward to peer into the pouch. Her gaze stayed fixed on the ferret’s face—on the shift of her ears, the tension in her jaw, the way her tail flicked once, just once, when she mentioned her boss. Still behind the...

Marlowe didn’t startle, the moment the ferret’s paw touched the door—before the knock, even—she heard it: the faintest shift in pressure on the warped wood. Then the scrape of metal. A lockpick. Not amateur. Not professional. Practicing. She set her pen down, no sound. No movement. Just...

A narrow, unmarked, and weathered door stands recessed into the stone wall of a leaning tenement. Above it, barely visible beneath layers of soot and rain-stain, a faint outline suggests a sign was once posted and later removed. To the casual passerby, it’s just another forgotten entrance in the...

Marlowe Thistle Skills Physical (Total: 3 Points) Marlowe avoids direct conflict. But she’s not helpless. Her physical skills are about evasion, precision, and survival — not combat. Stealth [Proficient] (3 Points) Grew up in a city where being seen could mean being moved on, questioned, or...