A matter of the press

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From: The Careworn Journalist


The Careworn Journalist doesn't look much like a recording angel. More of a threadbare scandal-hound. He wants you to follow the daughter of an M.P. and he's willing to pay.


Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 10

  • 7 - very chancy (42%)
  • 9 - chancy (54%)
  • 11 - modest (66%)
  • 12 - very modest (72%)
  • 14 - low-risk (84%)
  • 16 - straightforward (96%)
  • 17 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Gin and elopement

"Right, so you followed her to a public house in Veilgarden. And she met her father's under-gardener, and there was talk of eloping to the surface? Hah! More than enough. The Neathy Eye will take this in a heartbeat." [...]


Failure

She didn't come

You wait for an hour in a fog that's greasier than workhouse gruel, peering at passing silhouettes. None of them resemble the woman you are supposed to follow. D__n.