He agrees to help her, but they have company

Yes/No (Even): Will Olan help Lux? | [6,3] Yes

Set the Scene: Lux and Olan set out to find Atara

Complication: [4] An NPC acts suddenly | Altered Scene: [5] Altered | Alteration: [4] Add a Scene Complication | Complication: [3] Wouldn't it suck if...

Lux uses some of the rags to clean herself up a little before pulling on the shirt that Olan gave her. It’s a bit like wearing a tent, but at least she’s covered, and warm, and for some reason the smell of it is oddly comforting.

“Well,” she says, “are we going to – ?”

Before she can continue, there’s a rattling sound from the door. Lux and Olan both freeze. A short, muttered conversation outside, then someone thumps on the door.

“Olan?” a voice calls out from the other side. “What are you doing in there? It’s us, you idiot!”

“Avin. And Radan,” Olan growls under his breath. He quickly finishes pulling on his clothes.

Lux hurries over and picks up the shackles that Olan freed her from. She meets Olan’s eye as she loops them around her wrists behind her back, leaving them loose enough to slip out of. Her heart skips a beat as Olan hesitates, but finally he gives a firm nod.

As Lux sits back down in the corner, Olan unlocks the door and slides it open. The two men – one tall, clean-shaven, not-unhandsome; the other short, unkempt, and simmering with anger – push their way past him and into the room.

“Finally,” the tall one says. “What took you so long?” Both he and the shorter man look over at Lux, who keeps her head down, huddled up, trying to look suitably cowed and frightened. “Where did she – did you really give her your shirt?”

“Couldn’t just make her sit around naked,” Olan mutters. “Relax, Radan. She’s no threat.”

Yes/No (Likely): Are Avin and Radan fooled? | [4,6] Yes and...

They fall for the trick, and lead Olan and Lux to Atara.

The one called Radan looks at him, then at Lux, who makes a point of not meeting his eyes. He glances over her shackles before nodding. “Fine,” he says finally, “let’s go.”

“Where to?” Olan asks.

“High-ups have plans for the old hag,” the other man, Avin, says. “They want the little bitch too.”