Timeline: TC1853.02.15 (Evening)
Location: Blackhawk Guild Fortress, Seventh Ring
Team Consultation
Two hours later, after Drake had systematically questioned each team member individually—probing for contradictions, testing consistency, evaluating whether they were dealing with genuine cosmic revelation or elaborate contamination-induced shared delusion—she called everyone together in a larger conference room.
The space was designed for tactical briefings, with maps covering one wall and a central table scarred from years of planning sessions. Evening light filtered through high windows, painting everything in amber tones that made the assembled team look almost surreal—warriors and specialists who'd survived the impossible, now waiting to learn if their commander believed them.
