Disentangle the red tape

ID: 4695

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From: Scrutinise Infernal Contracts

A bespectacled devil locks you into a stifling, windowless room, stacked with reams of ribbon-tied parchment. Well, it looks like parchment. Somewhat oily parchment, perhaps, and occasionally tattooed.

Challenge information

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• 35 - very chancy (41%)
• 44 - chancy (51%)
• 52 - modest (61%)
• 61 - very modest (71%)
• 69 - low-risk (81%)
• 78 - straightforward (91%)
• 85 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

adultery, arsenic poisoning, arson...

'For details on completing form b7124 (autocannibalism), please read guidelines on form X987ii (victimless crime). Please note that[…]'

[…] grim[…] but fascinating.[…] a few intriguing titbits[…] and several[…] hushed-up crimes[…]

[…]keep these secrets in lieu of payment.

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

• Watchful is increasing…
•  You've gained 27 x Cryptic Clue

Failure

Hell is other people's handwriting

The combination of horror and extreme petty-mindedness, all rendered in spidery red ink, makes your head swim […] There's no air in here! You can't breathe! […] admit defeat. A sniggering succubus from the secretarial pool escorts you to the rear exit.

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

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)