Smooth the matter over (and keep the errant crate)

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From: Tucked at the Back of a Freight Car


Make it sound like you're being magnanimous in waiving the fees. Take their non-payment as concession that the crate wasn't their property to begin with.


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%)

Property "Against" (as page type) with input value "" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[Category: Challenge]]Narrow, 8 (50% base)

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

Success

"Other crate? But the inventory just lists these!"

The Dauntless Gentleman is very grateful.[…] [Y]ou recognise the importance of your relationship.

You assure him that he […] fulfilled all necessary obligations[…] his cargo shall be released forthwith. (His cargo[…] being just that […] on the original manifest.)

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


Failure

Throwing his tonnage around

Things were going so well [...] Then the station manager went and made that gesture at him [...] The Dauntless Gentleman turns out to be one of the larger shippers [...]

He ends up with all his crates, a significant discount [...], and an effusive, handwritten apology [...]
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