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From: The Business of a Correspondent


Light, they say, is law. A mirrorcatch box squats on your dresser, accompanied by a return address on the Bazaar's flank and a single-word command: 'Translate'.

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Challenge information

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  • 137 - very chancy (41%)
  • 170 - chancy (51%)
  • 204 - modest (61%)
  • 237 - very modest (71%)
  • 270 - low-risk (81%)
  • 304 - straightforward (91%)
  • 334 - straightforward (100%)

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  • 8 and below - almost impossible (10%)
  • 9 - high-risk (20%)
  • 10 - high-risk (30%)
  • 11 - tough (40%)
  • 12 - very chancy (50%)
  • 13 - chancy (60%)
  • 14 - modest (70%)
  • 15 - very modest (80%)
  • 16 - low-risk (90%)
  • 17 and above - straightforward (100%)

Success

Coded contraband

[…] You arrange a series of […] prisms […] You drill a pinprick […] and a fierce blade of sunlight scatters through […] bathing the walls in complex, scorching patterns. […]

[…] Your mind burns with possibility. Your transcription is hurried; your migraine lasting. […]

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Failure

Intoxicating

[…] you fail to account for one […] thing: the allure of unadulterated sunlight. […] The light is a glory […] Towers rise and the Sun speaks your name and the light breathes you in like a thin wisp of smoke—

[…] the box is […] bare. So that's why this stuff's illegal.

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