Contribute – and install – a hard tip for the driller
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From: Your Labour, and its Fruits
Unlocked with 
Ostentatious Diamond
Challenge information
- 61 - very chancy (41%)
- 75 - chancy (51%)
- 90 - modest (61%)
- 105 - very modest (71%)
- 119 - low-risk (81%)
- 134 - straightforward (91%)
- 147 - straightforward (100%)
Success
A good example
The noise of the factory cannot drown out the sound of furious squeaking. A large pack of rats has gathered around a stilled machine. […]
[…] You step over the rat pack, and adjust the machine. Your diamond proves the perfect end piece for a drill.
[…]Description summary:
The last paragraph varies with your 
Work Team quality.
| Work Team | Last paragraph |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Grizzled Gaffer sets the machine working. It drills through a sheet of metal; the sound is abominable. The noise startles the arguing rats, […] You and the Grizzled Gaffer get down to work while the other rats sidle off, shamefaced. |
| 2 | The Masterly Machinist sets the machine working. It drills through a sheet of metal; the sound is abominable. The noise startles the arguing rats, breaking them apart. You and the Masterly Machinist get down to work while the other rats sidle off[…]. |
| 3 | The Eager Engineer sets the machine working. It drills through a sheet of metal; the sound is abominable. The noise startles the arguing rats, […] You and the Eager Engineer get down to work while the other rats sidle off, shamefaced. |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Shadowy is increasing…
You've gained 29 x Foreman's Favour
[Ratterbox change…] (random)
You've lost 1 x Ostentatious Diamond
Rare Success
A good example
[…]A pack of rats gathers around a stilled machine. From the chattering, it seems like a fight might break out at any moment.
Well, while they squabble, you can prove your worth. You step over the rat pack[…]. Your diamond proves the perfect end piece[…].Description summary:
The last paragraph varies with your Work Team quality.
| Work Team | Last paragraph |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Grizzled Gaffer sets the machine screeching through a sheet of metal. The noise startles the arguing rats, […] The Grizzled Gaffer stares down at them. "A Londoner knows what to do while you sit about gawking? What has the world come to?" |
| 2 | The Masterly Machinist sets the machine screeching[…]. The noise startles the arguing rats, breaking them apart. The Masterly Machinist stares down at them. "A Londoner knows what to do while you sit about gawking? What has the world come to?" |
| 3 | The Eager Engineer sets the machine screeching through a sheet of metal. The noise startles the […] rats, breaking them apart. The Eager Engineer stares down at them. "A Londoner knows what to do while you sit about gawking? What has the world come to?" |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- Shadowy is increasing…
- You've gained 30 x Foreman's Favour
- [Ratterbox change…] (random)
- You've lost 1 x Ostentatious Diamond
Failure
The claw of blame
[…] [Team leader] wades in[…] with the diamond you've provided, ready to fix up the drill.
[…] "They need to work out who was responsible for breaking it before there's any point fixing it.[…] they see you as just trying to get the culprit off the hook."
[…]Description summary:
The text varies with your Work Team quality.
| Work Team | Work team leader in first paragraph | Third paragraph |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Grizzled Gaffer | The Grizzled Gaffer sighs. "My team has the maturity and experience to behave better. But these lot aren't assigned to me." |
| 2 | The Masterly Machinist | The Machinist clicks his tongue in frustration. "They aren't my assigned workers. Mine would never dare waste time like this." |
| 3 | The Eager Engineer | The Engineer licks her bruised paw. "And I thought I knew all the ways to get out of work." |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- Shadowy is increasing…
- [Ratterbox change…] (random)
- You've lost 1 x Ostentatious Diamond
