fractions rework

npc/vetch.md

@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ He's been using for two years. He's burned through his savings, his job, his lod
 **Will share for free (desperate for conversation):**
 - The assassins and cultists don't like each other. Water is wet.
 - Orenn was kind to everyone, even him. This fact upsets him more than the murder itself.
-- Tallow has Veil Dust. Tallow always has Veil Dust. Vetch can't afford it.
+- Orenn confiscated Vetch's last packet of Veil Dust two nights ago after finding him collapsed by the cellar stairs. He said he was locking it "below the barrels, where you can't follow it."
 
-**Will share if you help him get Veil Dust (buy him a dose, steal one, or convince Tallow to front him):**
+**Will share if you agree to recover the Veil Dust from below:**
 - The Ethereal Plane is more active than usual tonight — he can feel it, like static before a storm. Even without the dust, his chronic use has given him a faint residual sensitivity (DC 15 Perception to notice — Vetch auto-succeeds).
 - Bren's "imaginary friend" is real. "I've seen it. On the dust. It's... it sits beside him like a — like a thing made of string. With legs. It's *in* his head." He's never told anyone because who would believe the addict?
-- The cellar feels *wrong*. He's been down there trying to find Tallow's stash. "The air gets thin. Like standing on a mountain, except it's a basement."
+- He followed Orenn into the cellar later and found a cold draft behind the northern barrel racks. The stone there has a seam and fresh drag marks, but Vetch couldn't open it. If he shows the party the exact place, they find the [concealed door](../location/cellar.md#the-concealed-door) without a check; it is still Arcane Locked. "The air gets thin there. Like standing on a mountain, except it's a basement."
 
 **Will share during/after a shared trip:**
 - He's seen something else in the Ethereal Plane recently — something bigger and darker than Skein. "It moves like smoke but it has *intent*. And teeth. Definitely teeth." He didn't realize it was a fiend. He thought it was a particularly bad hallucination.
@@ -89,11 +89,10 @@ If players take Veil Dust with Vetch, he's an experienced guide. See [Ethereal T
 
 - If players only give him dust: He trips, helps them, and goes back to being an addict. Nothing changes.
 - If players help him trip AND show him what's really happening (the fiend, the possession, the murder): The experience shocks him. For the first time, the Ethereal Plane isn't beautiful — it's terrifying. It might be the push he needs to quit.
-- If players refuse him dust entirely: He's useless as an ally but might try to steal from Tallow during the session's chaos, potentially causing a scene.
+- If players refuse him dust entirely: He's useless as an ally but may try to steal Orenn's black key during the session's chaos and reach the hidden door himself, potentially causing a scene.
 
 ## Relationships
 
-- **Tallow:** Dealer. Vetch hates and needs him in equal measure. Tallow charges full price, always.
 - **Bren:** Vetch avoids Bren. He knows what's attached to Bren and it scares him. There's also a horrible recognition — they're both prisoners of something.
-- **Orenn:** Was kind. Always gave Vetch water and bread. Vetch is quietly gutted about the murder but can't process it through the need.
+- **Orenn:** Was kind. Always gave Vetch water and bread, and finally confiscated his dust rather than watch him die on the stairs. Vetch is quietly gutted about the murder but can't process the grief separately from his fury and need.
 - **Mags:** Mags is indifferent to Vetch. She doesn't have the bandwidth to care about his addiction tonight.