Blackmailing the Press
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Whatever the Careworn Journalist and the Hacking Reporter are up to, they want it kept secret.
Unlocked with 
Raking the Muck of the Neath 7
Storylet appears in 
Spite
Options:
Get the lay of the land first
- Spoiler Locked with
Tutorial: Claimed Warning Notes (hidden)
Success
Knowing where you stand and who's standing behind you
Success Instructions: Hastily Scrawled Warning Notes offer you Second Chances on Shadowy checks. You can use Second Chances to retry a failed check - but you must choose to spend them before attempting it. If you fail, you get another shot. You lose the Second Chance either way.Second Chances are particularly useful for branches that you can only attempt once, or where failure would set you back to some degree. You may find these useful for concluding this affair.
You can also spend Second Chances in Your Social Engagements to improve your skills.
You've gained 3 x Hastily Scrawled Warning Note (up to ?)
An occurrence! Your 'Raking the Muck of the Neath' Quality is now 6!
An occurrence! Your 'Tutorial: Claimed Warning Notes' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
"Wouldn't it be a shame if..."
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 26 || 18 - very chancy (41%) || 23 - chancy (53%) || 27 - modest (62%) || 31 - very modest (71%) || 36 - low-risk (83%) || 40 - straightforward (92%) || 44 - straightforward (100%)Success
A little book of scandal
Shadowy is increasing…
You've gained 25 x Proscribed Material- An occurrence! Your 'Raking the Muck of the Neath' Quality is now 10!
- Your 'Tutorial: Claimed Warning Notes' Quality has gone! (hidden)
Redirects to: A Toast in the Shadows (if
A Name Whispered in Darkness = 1)
Failure
Hacking no more
- Shadowy is increasing…
- Your 'Raking the Muck of the Neath' Quality has gone!
[Wiki note: You can now play the story again from the beginning.]
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