Skulking about to good purpose

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From: Investigate the investigator


A cough like that is easy to follow. You might eavesdrop on his acquaintances and employer as well.


Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 24

  • 17 - very chancy (42%)
  • 21 - chancy (52%)
  • 25 - modest (62%)
  • 29 - very modest (72%)
  • 33 - low-risk (82%)
  • 37 - straightforward (92%)
  • 40 - straightforward (100%)

Success

What is he up to?

Nobody at the Unexpurgated London Gazette has heard of your Hacking Reporter. [...] The next day you follow him around town [...].

Towards the evening, [...], he [...] writes a letter. He pays an urchin to deliver his message. [...]


Failure

Gone

Cough or no, this fellow knows the back streets of Spite like a footpad. He loses you in the fog within minutes.