An empty vessel

From Fallen London Wiki
Bag.png
Spoiler warning!
This page contains details about Fallen London Actions.

From: Use the Struggling Artist's Model


Take her out to tea at Beatrice's, and wait for an opportunity to rifle through her reticule.


Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 8

  • 6 - very chancy (45%)
  • 7 - chancy (52%)
  • 9 - modest (67%)
  • 10 - very modest (75%)
  • 11 - low-risk (82%)
  • 13 - straightforward (97%)
  • 14 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Very interesting. Very, very interesting

[…] offer to hold her purse for safe-keeping. A quick rummage yields you her diary; a treasure trove of secrets! And some rough outlines for a new sonnet about faeries and snow. You manage to memorise some decent scraps of gossip before she returns.

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


Failure

'Add a pinch of peppermoss and stir.'

The lady excuses herself and disappears to the powder-room; you offer to hold her purse for safe-keeping. Unfortunately, it contains nothing more interesting than a bottle of sal volatile and a recipe for cold puffball soup.