The Fifth House has parts missing

"Missing?" Preston Sharper says. "Show me."

Across a broad table in the Tutor's Office of House Leontes, under a wall of trophies and commemorative plaques, the Tutor gestures to an unrolled map from the Fifth House's official plans updated by the last survey before its dramatic abandonment.

Your little survey party is all here, except Dorothy, though she had mostly been your advance scout and reserve. There's yourself, Rebecca, Marina, Andrew and Peter.

Peter Crisp had been put in charge of the survey tokens, a set of magically stamped markers. He describes how there were a few places where he was expecting to place tokens, but there was no place for them.

Rebecca nods along earnestly, lips pursed, ready to prompt the awkward redheaded scholar if he forgets anything, or if he starts stammering or freezes up. But Peter Crisp continues with assurance. Prefect Ish's confidence-building mercy fuck seems to have made a lasting difference for him. Or maybe Crisp believes Sharper thinks well of him for picking him to take care of the survey tokens.

"So here's our map laid out over the official one," Peter continues, his voice steady.

The front of the Fifth House matches the map fairly well, but some of the prominent locations further back simply seem absent, and the sizes and shapes of things don't match up.

Crisp points these out as he continues to outline the differences.

"And this courtyard, marked with the little buildings and things, that was just empty, and not as deep as it shows here. The little turrets here and here are squared off instead, closed corners."

"What's this?" the Tutor asks, tracing a line marked on your new map.

"The baths are supposed to be down that way, but Dorothy told us not to go there because she couldn't help us if we got in any trouble."

Rebecca clears her throat. "Peter?"

"Oh. Oh. right, there was warm damp air coming out of the tunnel like their baths were still there. Dorothy said that this was one of the places that her mops and brooms got confused."

Preston Sharper frowns and strokes his chin. He moves a finger in a familiar gesture. Mental note, you're pretty sure. "Good. Continue."

Rebecca Honeybee raises her hand. "Tutor, I..." she stammers.

"Go on, Honeybee."

"How many survey tokens are there supposed to be?" she asks. She points to the little pile beside the map.

Peter Crisp jumps in. "They line up with the grid, see? Even ones we couldn't place."

He spills the tokens across the map and they slide across the traced outlines, arraying themselves in rank and file into a square grid covering the area.

Rebecca gasps and points at the gap in the grid.

Roll three times for RANDOM EVENT to suggest what parts of the Fifth House are missing, and what they might mean for the story.

• Transform Current Need
• Create Enemies
• Oppose Future Plans

in the light of the map as Create (Technical) History (Physical), and the plot hook of Escort, opposed by Outlaws, where success will Further A Plot Arc