'The Greenfinch'

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ID: 255653

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From: The Business of a Licentiate

An opera singer has devised an ingenious manner of 'importing' goods from the Surface, packaged in the costumes and jewels she purchases. Someone wants her removed.

Unlocked with Airs of Industry 30-70

Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 90

• 62 - very chancy (41%)
• 77 - chancy (51%)
• 92 - modest (61%)
• 107 - very modest (71%)
• 122 - low-risk (81%)
• 137 - straightforward (91%)
• 150 - straightforward (100%)
  

Narrow, Kataleptic Toxicology 0 (50% base)

• 0 - very chancy (50%)
• 1 - chancy (60%)
• 2 - modest (70%)
• 3 - very modest (80%)
• 4 - low-risk (90%)
• 5 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Silenced

You fill an atomizer with a special mixture […]. When she opens her mouth to thank you, spray the 'perfume'. It paralyses her vocal chords, steals the scream from her throat. You lay her down […] as the toxin spreads to her lungs. It'll be over soon.

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• Dangerous is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Services Rendered: The Gracious Widow
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 320 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies
•  You've gained 1 x Mysterious Client Attention Odds (hidden)

Depending on Mysterious Client Attention Odds:

•  An interested party has made a request on your skills. (Sets Attracting the Attention of a Mysterious Client to 1)

Failure

A ringing sound

Dear G_d, the scream on this one! Half the constables in the city must have heard that. Doubtless you'll hear the thumping of their boots any— Ah, well, you might not. Not until your hearing returns. Time to leave.

• Dangerous is increasing…
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 200 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies