Steal one of the coins

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From: Ambition: Bag a Legend! – A Road of Silk and Spiders

Perhaps Mr Fires won't notice. It would be interesting to know what this is all for.

Game Instructions: Failure here may send you to the Boatman, though it will not end your Ambition. Doing this will rule out the option to wreck the machinery or speak to Mr Fires at this moment.

Unlocked with  exactly 180

Challenge information

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• 147 - very chancy (41%)
• 183 - chancy (51%)
• 219 - modest (61%)
• 255 - very modest (71%)
• 291 - low-risk (81%)
• 327 - straightforward (91%)
• 359 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Halt

You palm a coin from the factory line. […] Mr Fires does notice your presence, however. […] It says, "Mr Veils. We had an arrangement that I would use this warehouse and you would cease to visit. […]"

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  An occurrence! Your 'Ambition: Bag a Legend!' Quality is now 193!
•  You've gained 1 x Forged Justificande Coin
• An occurrence! Your 'Veils Impersonation' Quality is now (2/3 * original value)!

Redirects to: Ambition: Bag a Legend! – A Road of Silk and Spiders (3)

Failure

Halt

You try to take one of the coins casually. You fail. […]

[…] "Mr Veils! […] Collecting something other than your usual? […]

[…] "Do you know, I think this is not our friend Mr Veils. […]

The Clay men punish you […] But you hold on to the coin […]

Description summary:
You fail at nicking a coin unseen; Mr. Fires points this out aloud. Through some peculiar choice of words that you don't know how to respond to, Mr. Fires deduces that you are an impostor. You are whacked, but you get to hold onto the coin.

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

•  You've gained 1 x Forged Justificande Coin
•  Wounds is increasing… (+45 CP)
• An occurrence! Your 'Veils Impersonation' Quality is now (1/3 * original value?)!