Talk the urchin into giving it back

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From: Retrieve a courier's correspondence


She can't have got far – she's probably still in earshot.


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 9

  • 7 - very chancy (46%)
  • 8 - chancy (53%)
  • 10 - modest (66%)
  • 11 - very modest (73%)
  • 13 - low-risk (86%)
  • 14 - straightforward (93%)
  • 15 - straightforward (100%)

Success

There she is! Up on that roof!

[…] You hint at the consequences of inconveniencing her Imperial Majesty. The package lands at your feet with a thump.

"Thanks for the warnin', guv!" she shouts. "I owe yer one." The courier is grateful. She rewards you with secrets […]

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Failure

Is she even there?

You call up to the silent rooftops, appealing first to the urchin's decency, then to her avarice, and finally – and at length – to her sense of self-preservation. There is no answer. Tch. The youth of today.