The file on David LaTour just got reclassified: a +20 over his 826 rating, posting an 846 round that dragged him from tag 9 to tag 3. The static didn't corrupt the leaderboard — it climbed it. Six positions up the clearance ladder, which for a record that technically doesn't exist is a remarkable piece of bureaucratic resilience. Dead Letter was still owed a score, and today it collected, even if the only witness was an exhausted narrator filing the paperwork in triplicate.
Dead Letter
Season Arc · Skinwalker - Creekside
6All-In league: Dead Letter stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleDuring the Great Audit of 2019, the Bureau discovered that thousands of player files had been improperly classified and 'lost' during system migrations. Rather than admit the error, they created the Dead Letter classification - officially these records don't exist, but they still occupy server space somewhere in the Containment Zone's deepest archives. The classification was meant to be temporary, but the backlog grew too massive to process.
Exists in digital limbo, unreachable through normal Bureau channels. Contains fragmented and potentially corrupted competitive data. Marked with a distinctive black ink stamp that resists digital scanning. Access requires Level 7+ security clearance - the highest in the Bureau's hierarchy. The data within shifts and reforms each time it's accessed, never presenting the same complete picture twice.
Dead Letters represent the Bureau's darkest secrets - players whose records contain information that could compromise the organization if fully revealed. Accessing a Dead Letter is technically a clearance violation, but ambitious agents with high clearance sometimes risk it to uncover hidden competitive histories or discover which players have been 'quietly removed' from the active roster.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyDead Letter is leaving the server farm for a field op at Skinwalker - Creekside. David LaTour’s the designated vessel, carrying the static into the trees. It’s a side quest, not a reboot—just corrupted data looking for a local narrative thread. Let’s see if the ink sticks.