Ask where Furnace got her name

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From: Offices of the Tracklayer's Union: Ealing Gardens Branch


These people have known her for some years. Perhaps they can offer some insight.

Locked with Hinterland City - Founding Body


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 200

  • 137 - very chancy (41%)
  • 170 - chancy (51%)
  • 204 - modest (61%)
  • 237 - very modest (71%)
  • 270 - low-risk (81%)
  • 304 - straightforward (91%)
  • 334 - straightforward (100%)

Each point of Tracklayers' Displeasure increases the base difficulty by 10 points.

Success

Old names and new

"She used to be called Beatrice," the Secretary tells you. "But then she was working for Mr Fires.[…]"

[…]

"These days," says the Secretary, "she wears a helmet at all times. And they call her Furnace because what else contains a fire?"

Description summary:
Part of the description varies based on your level of Repeat Dentistry. Wiki note: Numbers unaccounted for: 5 – 17

Repeat DentistryDescription
0The other Union man interrupts. "I heard she blew it up."

"No," says the Secretary. "That was someone else, working with the Revolutionaries."

"Not what I heard," says the Union man.
1 - 4The other Union man interrupts. "I heard she bit it!"

"No, no! If she'd bit Mr Fires, why'd they call her Furnace? Why not Teeth?"

"I heard a story about someone biting Mr Fires," says the Union man truculently. "And not just once, either."
18 - 777The other Union man interrupts. "I heard she bit it!"

"No, no! If she'd bit Mr Fires, why'd they call her Furnace? Why not Teeth?"

"I heard a story about someone biting Mr Fires," says the Union man […] "Over and over again, is what I heard."

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


Failure

Why do you want to know?

What was meant as a confidential and friendly question came out sounding a bit more like an interrogation. The Union man invites you to go back to one of your London Clubs and grub up gossip there.