'Research' disguises

ID: 7882

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From: Find a way to watch the Grand Illusion

For a thief of your skills, this should be easy.

Challenge information

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• 76 - very chancy (41%)
• 94 - chancy (51%)
• 112 - modest (61%)
• 131 - very modest (71%)
• 149 - low-risk (81%)
• 167 - straightforward (91%)
• 184 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

A fine hairpiece

[…T]he scents and sounds of the jungle fill the air. Huge green leaves push through the doorway. A hot, fresh breeze carries birdsong and the perfume of lilies through the auditorium. The front rows gasp as a shower of raindrops bursts over them.[…]

Description summary:
You watch the complex illusion act and manage to figure out how this is all done with mirrors. A cat next to you mutters something about 'Bloody Fingerkings'.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

Success Instructions: This is not the end of The Wars of Illusion. They will continue! In the meantime, you can still participate in shows at Mahogany Hall.

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  You've gained 8 x Appalling Secret
•  You've gained 40 x Cryptic Clue
• Your 'Day of the Week' Quality has gone!
• Tales of Mahogany Hall is dropping… (-14 CP)

Failure

Bats everywhere!

[…] The illusionist warms up by sawing a sequinned young lady in half and producing a flock of bats from his hat. It's a lovely effect. Until the bats spot you and start flapping round your head, squeaking and pinching you with their little claws.[…]

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)
• Your 'Day of the Week' Quality has gone!
• Tales of Mahogany Hall is dropping… (-20 CP)
•  Plagued by a Popular Song is increasing… (+3 CP)