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ID: 8392

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From: Inside the Cock and Magpie

Who's that woman in the fading lithograph above the bar?

Challenge information

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• 79 - very chancy (41%)
• 98 - chancy (51%)
• 117 - modest (61%)
• 137 - very modest (71%)
• 156 - low-risk (81%)
• 175 - straightforward (91%)
• 192 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Miriam?

[…] Miriam used to run this place a'fore me, with 'er 'usband. Both of 'em tangled up with them Masters up in London. Terrible business. Still, I hear she's played fair well with a bad hand. Even had a go at making Rubbery Lumps. In London! […]

Description summary:
The landlord notices you looking at the picture (see failure description). Afterwards you just smile at the laughing landlord.

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• Watchful is increasing…
•  You've gained 145 x Whispered Hint
•  Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  Acquainted with Miriam Plenty's Past is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 3)

Rare Success

Miriam?

[…] Did you 'ear what they say he did? I never did know if that were true. […]

She's gone far from 'er roots if she can stomach doin' 'em in that water.' The Landlord roars with laughter. You smile politely.

Description summary:
It builds up upon the success description but adds a few precarious details about her husband and her

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• Watchful is increasing…
•  You've gained 2 x Inkling of Identity
•  You've gained 2 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
•  Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  Acquainted with Miriam Plenty's Past is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 3)

Failure

Behind brown eyes

It's Mrs Plenty! From her apron and tankard-cloth, she used to be the landlady at this very establishment. But there's something about her eyes in the picture. […] It's a hunger born of fear. The face is expressionless but the eyes scream for escape.

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• Watchful is increasing…
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
•  Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago is increasing… (+1 CP)