The shadows of the ring

ID: 7746

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From: The Secrets of Journalists

You've found out that the Careworn Journalist and the Hacking Reporter meet once a month, at a bare-knuckle fight. Just how stealthy are you?

Game Instructions: Warning – you only get one chance at this.

Challenge information

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• 17 - very chancy (42%)
• 21 - chancy (52%)
• 25 - modest (62%)
• 29 - very modest (72%)
• 33 - low-risk (82%)
• 37 - straightforward (92%)
• 40 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Someone at the Ministry

[…Both] work for the Ministry of Public Decency […] Someone inside the Ministry is collecting stories of romance and obsession. They joke that their employer is 'munificate' and 'protrusive'. You feel as if you've learned something important […]

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  An occurrence! Your 'Raking the Muck of the Neath' Quality is now 11!
•  You've gained 12 x Cryptic Clue
•  You've gained 1 x Appalling Secret

Failure

A night at the fights

[They] aren't here for the blood and sawdust. They're here because the noise makes it impossible to eavesdrop on their conversation. At one point the pair of them wave cheerily at you. They won't meet here again, the trail is cold. […]

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  You've gained 20 x Piece of Rostygold
• Your 'Raking the Muck of the Neath' Quality has gone!

[Wiki note: You can now play the story again from the beginning.]