Round 1 Transcript

The Narrator lets the room settle and lays out the immediate proposition in concrete terms, making clear that the cast must answer what is being asked of them before anything can move forward.

Jeane studies her unholy symbol and considers. Rebuild a church? In this city of ghosts and ash? We'll need more than prayers. She taps her fingers on the rusted key. Gravedigger's tale about 'something moving under the streets'—is that a confirmed threat or just his superstition? Because either way, I intend to have guards bribed before we start digging foundations.

Silra examines the unholy symbol with a practiced eye. Rebuild a church? For what purpose, precisely—salvation of souls, or salvation of our purses? Because there's a world of difference between holy work and lucrative fraud. She looks at each face in turn. Gravedigger is terrified of something specific—not vague 'ghosts' terror, but the kind that shows teeth. So either he's stupider than he looks for us to trust his judgment, or we have an actual monster problem we need to solve before we start hammering lumber.

I look at each of my companions with the measured patience I've learned in harder places than this ash-strewn road. The work we're being asked to do is not merely physical—it's spiritual and political. Rebuilding a church here means offering hope to those who have none, yes, but it also means confronting whatever darkness has taken root in this city and reclaiming sacred ground for the living.