Lead her tail a merry chase

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From: Help a spy distract an inconvenient tail


With a precise air of professional nonchalance you take her folded copy of The Magazine Formerly Known as The London Magazine, and head into the street.


Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 21

  • 15 - very chancy (42%)
  • 18 - chancy (51%)
  • 22 - modest (62%)
  • 25 - very modest (71%)
  • 29 - low-risk (82%)
  • 32 - straightforward (91%)
  • 35 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Well, well. She certainly wasn't being paranoid.

At least three nondescript gentlemen drift after you into the busy street[…] you set off at a brisk pace[…] you deposit your magazine in a passing hansom-cab, and watch one of the tails hurry after it[…] you've[…] earned[…] the payment[…]

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Failure

Whoever they are, they're good.

You spend the day acting as suspiciously as possible[…] At one point[…] they swap out the tail for someone new, and you can't pin them down[…] your reward[…] it's being watched by[…] constables. Rather than risk being collared you slink away.

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