Unwanted Guest is delivered to Spectre Vyix 9a who summarily prunes the target.
Heightened Serendipity asks to keep the Stun Gun lent by 9a but he's unwilling to part ways with it. He says he can lend it again for Elegy work where they cross paths.
Digging into the files of one of Vitruvius's Bots, Serendipity gets more of an idea of internal politics in the Elegy - the Chorister is definitely taking payments to avoid making certain names targets, and that seems to include large payments from an unknown source referring to the security of Unwanted Guest (now deceased), Uninvited Guest (residing somewhere on Kylal), Overstayed Guest (Ace's World), and Ninth Life (location unknown).
Given that Vitruvius is the only Chorister in system, Serendipity is hesitant to ask for a new target, but given the good work that they did for 9a, and Spectre Vyix 9a's difficulties with their current targets, Spectre Vyix 9a opts to take de facto Chorister responsibility and offers a new contract for Serendipity: to take on tracking down Overstayed Guest.
Master Languid pulls some Dynastic strings to help advise Captain Wuthering Inkwork on defusing tensions on Muse IX. The immediate rioting ceases for the time being as Inkwork makes concessions to food distribution, though the ship remains a tinderbox. Inkwork remains on edge about their own safety, though, and starts seeking assistance for their own security.
Master Languid then devotes time to fixing up his prototype Thermal Stealth Suit, and checks on the Dynastic grapevine for any rumours about goings-on that the Elegy seem to be aware of. Dynasts in the system don't seem to have much idea of who Languid is beyond his rank. Whatever information the Elegy has is outside of what's being talked about by the Dynasty.