#dagyne_draftes

“Hm, sir, Dolores Michaels would like to see you.”

Kirin arches an eyebrow. He responds with a “let her in” in the loudspeakers. Dolores is one of his best clients, if not the best, with the sentinels, arc pylons or, obviously, the Vault inside her bank.

She comes to him panicked, as he barely sets foot in the guest area.

“Kirin, you… you won’t guess…”

“Indeed. Please, let me know how I can help you.”

Dolores looks surprised. Well, maybe he just didn’t read the newspaper yet. Their meeting is going to be very embarrassing then.

“Well, it appears that someone broke into the bank the other day, they managed to skip all the security systems and finally… you see…” Dolores scratches the back of her neck, as confused as possible. She swallows and continues: “they got to the Vault and destroyed all its locks. It crashed all through the bank into the sewers. The thief also looted the deposit boxes that were inside.”

Kirin is looking at her with open eyes, a sign of his current disbelief. He coughs on his fist, trying to clear his throat and put things in order in his mind.

Pardon?

Dolores swallows once more, as Kirin finally speaks.

“I… see. In fact, not really. How did you… I only know one person who could have done this, maybe two. Make it a three, if we take the Knife of Dunwall into account. But, I know for sure that two of them are currently in Dunwall. Daud would be the best guess, unless it is one of his Whalers. I can hardly imagine the Howlers or any other street gangs in Karnaca doing this. That being said, I don’t understand why a Whaler would break into your bank just for some coins. To prove their worth? Defy the greater? Or maybe one of your deposit boxes had some important treasure inside - one or more.”

Dolores blinks a few times.

“Hm, and so what?”

And Kirin lets out a sigh.

“What I mean is that this thief got my interest. I’d like to know who they are, how they did that and why. Do you have any other information?

“Well, our best guess is they used something to make the staff fall asleep, through the vent. No sentinels, guards or anyone had been hurt. Oh! Maybe I should have said ‘she’, one of the few that woke up has talked about a woman. Anyway, Kirin, I came here today to seek your help, unfor-”

“Oh by the Outsider, Dolores Michaels, I like you but there’s nothing I can do for you. All you can do is prepare yourself for a quick bankruptcy. Never your business could recover from this incident. I am preparing myself to receive some negative criticisms from all this. Most of your security system comes from my work, that break-in will only leave sequels on my reputation as well I’m afraid. Take this friendly advice instead, you should start to think about a reconversion.”

She is already well aware of all this, but hearing it from Kirin, with that cold and hard tone, just finished her. In any case, he is right about something. The thief left with the Twin-Bladed Knife, but that was not a subject she could inform him about.

And Kirin has a flash of insight.

“A woman? This reduces quite a lot of possibilities. Then, I have no idea who could have done this. That’s… very interesting.”

And then, he turns his back to her, about to go back to his occupations. He will have to send a letter to Corvo about the matter, maybe he will have an idea.

“I would have loved to say it was a pleasure, but given the news, that would be lying. However, I still wish you good luck for what’s next.”