The devils and the Correspondence

ID: 5595

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From: The Western Tower: a Guest Room at the Brass Embassy

The deviless Virginia is currently busy in another part of the city. Perhaps you can find out what the Embassy knows of the Correspondence while she is gone.

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Challenge information

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• 69 - very chancy (41%)
• 85 - chancy (51%)
• 102 - modest (61%)
• 119 - very modest (71%)
• 135 - low-risk (81%)
• 152 - straightforward (91%)
• 167 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

The patience of Hell

It takes weeks of work to piece together the morsels you find in the Embassy. The devils' interest in the Correspondence […]go back a long way. To at least the Third City, in fact. They have been looking for something for at least a thousand years.

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

• Watchful is increasing…
•  You've gained 22 x Cryptic Clue
•  You've gained 3 x Appalling Secret

Failure

Not this time

The Embassy protects its secrets, and the secrets of the Correspondence better than most. Whatever the truth is, you don't get near it. For nights afterwards, you dream of goat-demons menacing you with complex brass devices.

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)