The Boots

12/23/2025

• #South Shore
• #Namel Cove
• #One-Shot
• #Pre-Time Skip

Contract: Retrieval Attempt – Boots Status: Failed (As Intended)

A local group was dispatched to acquire a pair of boots held in a secured commercial location. Entry was attempted via municipal infrastructure and adjacent substructures. Movement patterns were predictable. Timing was not.

Secondary assets were deployed independently to observe response behavior. Engagement occurred earlier than scheduled. Outcome favored secondary assets.

Primary retrieval was unnecessary.

Notes:

Objective fixation was successfully misdirected.

Environmental familiarity proved decisive.

Property loss exceeded projections but remained acceptable.

One establishment survived intact. This mattered.

Inventory:

Boots retained. Mundane. No further action required.

※ Attention was correctly drawn to the room, not the object. ※ First threshold crossed. No intervention required. ※ The door held.