Read shared case files
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From: Read incoming mail
A quiet evening in, with a lengthy letter.
Game Instructions: This will spend your Shared Case File and increase your Watchful.
Unlocked with 
(Write some case notes into a letter)
Success
[Title of the case]
You sit and read, gripped by the pages.
[Quote from the case]
Your tea has gone cold; you will not notice until the morning, when it is also bitter.Description summary:
You read a summary of a case, varying by 
.
| Airs | Case Name | Case Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 0-20 | 'The Case of the Viennese Carpenter | 'I eventually located him at the home of one Mr _______, who presently resides in Spite but at the time had recently purchased an elegant townhouse in Veilgarden. He had been contracted to make some alterations to the cabinetry, […] particular nature. |
| 21-40 | 'The Locked Rookery Murders | 'I had become so fixated on the mirrors that I neglected to truly examine the room itself. So, though it pained me to return to the gloomy rookery, I once again paced the floor of the space. I paid close attention to the sounds of my footsteps […]. |
| 41-60 | 'A Study in Violant | '[…] the "treatises on the nature of the Correspondence" being sold by Mme ______ were forgeries, as evidenced by the density of nonsense sigils she had contrived and included within them, […] they were not on fire. |
| 61-80 | 'The Affair of the Amnesiac Postman | 'The postman, […] a small notebook into which he recorded small details of […]. This immediately piqued my interest; somehow, the poor man's lost memory had created a ready-made puzzle. |
| 81-100 | 'The Matter of the Mirror-Mazed Zailor | '[…]two particular zuperstitions. First: It is ill luck to bring a mirror aboard a ship larger than her portholes. Second: A zailor[…] is liable to develop dreams of a particularly monstrous character, and thus should stay away from prisoner's honey. |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
You've gained 1 x Sudden Insight (up to 20)
You've lost 1 x Shared Case File
Watchful is increasing… (+see below CP, up to level 200 + 
)
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
You've gained 1 x Mired in Mail
Starting  Mired in Mail | 0–3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ≥9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CP[1] | 70 | 69 | 63 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 14 |
| Ending Mired in Mail | 1–4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ≥10 |
- ↑ Assumes level 69+. Lower levels gain less CP
