Eavesdrop (Hinterland City)

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From: London Voices in the Streets


The Grey Man stands under the window and calls out in a sweet voice, a lady's voice, teasing and laughing.


Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 170

  • 117 - very chancy (41%)
  • 145 - chancy (51%)
  • 173 - modest (61%)
  • 202 - very modest (71%)
  • 230 - low-risk (81%)
  • 258 - straightforward (91%)
  • 284 - straightforward (100%)

Success

A voice not his

[…] "Celia?" asks the tracklayer, bewildered […] and hopeful.

"Come home, you fool," says Celia's voice from the Grey Man's mouth. The invitation is […] calling back to London a worker who […] determined to forget his heartbreak. […]

In the morning this house will be empty […]

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Failure

A call to you instead

[…]

But you haven't been stealthy enough[…] The man turns towards you, and he calls your name. He reminds you of things, a dozen different particular things, that you have left undone at your lodging […] Why aren't you there, after all? Why are you dallying here?

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