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ID: 251392

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From: Hinterland City Streets (Card)

Your glance slides over [a passenger]: you know a tourist when you see one. But what about the others?

Description summary:
The identity of the passenger varies based on your Airs of Passengers.

Airs of Passengers	Passenger
0	a person in a dove-grey suit
1001 - 1029	a lady in a blue gown
1030 - 1049	a gentleman in a grey silk waistcoat
1050 - 1059	a Rubbery man in fawn-coloured gloves
1060 - 1064	a Gondolier of upper rank with the uniform to prove it
1065 - 1069	an agent of the Bazaar
1070 - 1079	a judge from the Evenlode
1080 - 1089	a friend of the Veteran Privy Counsellor
1090 - 1099	a very bureaucratic-looking man
1100 - 1109	a woman dressed in Bohemian style but very expensive fabrics
1110 - 1119	a man with a briefcase covered with Correspondence sigils
1120 - 1124	a man in a very thick fur coat
1125 - 1129	a woman with a mink stole
1130	a determined Baroness with a hand-stamped letter of recommendation to the gates of Hell
2001 - 2049	a mushroom-farmer
2050 - 2059	a Rubbery man dressed for the factory
2060 - 2069	a down-at-heels ex-Gondolier
2070 - 2074	an escapee from the prisons of the Evenlode
2075 - 2136	a speechless woman with a lamp affixed to her hand
3001 - 3009	a scholar in Benthic robes
3010 - 3024	a palaeontologist (bag of tools uncouthly on the table)
3025 - 3049	a scholar in Summerset robes
3050 - 3059	a scholar of Rubbery linguistics
3060 - 3064	a professor interested in the sociology of the Gondoliers
3065 - 3069	an archaeologist investigating the Sere Palace
3070 - 3130	a legal scholar of the Evenlode
4001 - 4009	a determined-looking Tracklayer
4010 - 4019	a Tracklayer wearing the insignia of the Prehistoricists
4020 - 4049	a solicitor employed by the Tracklayers' Union
4050 - 4059	a Rubbery man in a Tracklayer's uniform
4060 - 4069	a Tracklayer recruited from the Gondoliers
4070 - 4079	a burly Tracklayer
4080 - 4089	a wiry Tracklayer
4090 - 4099	a scrawny Tracklayer
4100 - 4109	a Tracklayer with a book of psalms
4110 - 4119	a Tracklayer with thick protective boots
4120 - 4129	a Tracklayer who hasn't bothered removing her helmet
4130 - 4137	a Tracklayer in fire-proof gloves
5001 - 5009	a vicar
5010 - 5024	a deacon
5025 - 5039	a rector
5040 - 5049	a lay preacher
5050 - 5059	a lay theologist translating the Bible to Rubbery speech
5060 - 5069	the vicar-sailor of the floating Church of Saint Barbara
5070 - 5079	a prison chaplain
5080 - 5089	a dour-looking rector
5090 - 5099	a factory chaplain
5100 - 5109	a lay preacher of the Church in the Wild
5110 - 5119	a Church historian
5120 - 5124	a monk in black robes
5125 - 5129	a Follower of the Anchoress
5130 - 5138	a militant preacher against devils
10001 - 10009	a sardonic-looking Devil
10010 - 10019	a grim-looking Devil
10020 - 10029	a glum Deviless
10030 - 10049	a smug Deviless
10050 - 10059	an expert in Rubbery souls
10060 - 10130	one of the regulars of the Fiddler's Scarlet

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

Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 120

• 82 - very chancy (41%)
• 102 - chancy (51%)
• 122 - modest (61%)
• 142 - very modest (71%)
• 162 - low-risk (81%)
• 182 - straightforward (91%)
• 200 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Public places

Description summary:
The description varies depending on the city's Chosen Site.

Chosen Site	Description
Ealing Gardens	Rubbery Men sometimes pass through town, and may […] be found wearing tracklayers' uniforms. If they stay more than three days, they do their work shifts, […] like anyone else. There's one now, […] carving lettering on […] a building. The letterforms are a bit free.
The Magistracy of the Evenlode	A man in prisoner's garb sits on a low wall, eating a hunk of bread. He looks as though he has recently had a dunking; his hair is dried against his skull, and his clothes have come out stiff and briny. All the same, it's plain he's glad to be here [...]
Balmoral	On the corner stands a man with a striking ginger beard and a disreputable cloak. He is offering to sell Magisterial Lager, dried flowers, and 'genuine Surface meats' to the tracklayers for a tidy sum.
Station VIII	The local population is quiet and cautious. People meeting on the street don't exchange many words; [...] The lights of Station VIII can be seen just a little distance to the south, and one has a strong impression of being watched.
Burrow	Somewhere, a few houses away, choir practice is in session: the melody and cadence of a track-laying song are unmistakable, but they have received a new and more pious set of verses. There is more about gratitude and daily bread, [...]
Moulin	Two photographers from Moulin are trying to capture a [...] View of the Town, intended for an audience of [...] armchair travellers in London. By their expressions and oaths, it's hard going: one already lost a lens this morning to the hoof of a goat-demon.
Marigold	A devil in tracklayer's gear is […] asking passers-by whether they would be interested in divesting themselves of […] their souls […] He has warm blankets to offer, and chocolates, and cigars […] capturing just how tracklayers speak amongst themselves.

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

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
•  You've gained 0 - 1 x Rumour of the Upper River
•  You've gained (200 + Hinterland Efficiency) x Hinterland Prosperity

Failure

Curious

[...]

The sight leaves you unsettled. Even when there is no one on the streets, the city is watching you. It sees every place you go.

Description summary:
First paragraph dependent on the city's Chosen Site, and repeated from success

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

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
• [Airs of Passengers change…] (random) (hidden)