Distract the Lugubrious Seamstress

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ID: MISSING

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From: A Confrontation with a Rival

She must be tired of having only spiders and ruins for company. She might welcome an evening of drinks and conversation.

Unlocked with  The Tomb of the Silken Thread,  1, ,

Challenge information

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• 50 - very chancy (41%)
• 62 - chancy (51%)
• 74 - modest (61%)
• 86 - very modest (71%)
• 98 - low-risk (81%)
• 110 - straightforward (91%)
• 120 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Getting it off your chest

You arrange a rendezvous […] She looks exhausted. You listen to her complaints over a decanter of absinthe […] The rest is unintelligible. You prop her up against a column to sleep it off, and slip some papers from her bag. […]

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

• Persuasive is increasing…
• You now have 1 x Rivals' Progress
• Your 'Hearing Rumours of the Lugubrious Seamstress' Progress' Quality has gone!
• You've lost 10 x Crate of Expedition Supplies
•  You've gained 3-5 x Archaeologist's Progress
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+5 CP)
•  Making Waves is increasing… (+1 CP)
• You've lost 10 x Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe

Redirects to: Pursuing an Archaeological Expedition

Failure

A deceptive appearance

[…] The Lugubrious Seamstress arrives at the appointed place several hours late. […]

Hours later, after the fifth hidden temple she'd mentioned proves to be little more than a caved in outhouse, you're forced to wonder whether you've been had.

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

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Rivals' Progress
• Your 'Hearing Rumours of the Lugubrious Seamstress' Progress' Quality has gone!
• You've lost 10 x Crate of Expedition Supplies
•  You've gained 1 x Inkling of Identity
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+5 CP)
• You've lost 10 x Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe