A little question and answer

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How are the above links here?

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From: The coffin trade


Rough up a few of Those in the Know and you should have answers.


Challenge information

Broad, 53

  • 37 - very chancy (41%)
  • 46 - chancy (52%)
  • 54 - modest (61%)
  • 63 - very modest (71%)
  • 72 - low-risk (81%)
  • 81 - straightforward (91%)
  • 89 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Roughly does it

A few heads knocked together and you've established a set of possible facts. The boxes were used for transporting tomb-colonists; […] they were ordered by Mr Cups […]

It takes some persuasion before the Reluctant Newsmonger agrees to pay you […]

Description summary:
You assemble an array of implausible and outlandish explanations. They are unconvincing, but salable.

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Failure

Painful answers

[…] no-one's forthcoming until the Ironclad Docksman gets wind of what you're after. He takes you aside conspiratorially, taps the side of his nose at your question, then punches you, hard, right in the gut. "Mind yer own business," he croaks […]

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