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|ID = 258610
|Icon = magnifyingglass.png
|From Storylet title = Making Your Name – Closing the Case: the Honey-Addled Detective
|Description = He doesn't look like much. Is he truly the Detective they say he was?
|Success title = Even ghosts aren't yet departed
|Success description = {{...}} It's clearly an effort {{...}} But as he takes you in, {{...}} his eyes narrow, and he ''looks''.

"Why, {{Af}}, it's not difficult to get the measure of you." {{...}}

He turns his attention to your hands. {{...}}

{{...}} "Well, you're certainly perspicacious, if you've found me. {{...}}"
|Success summary = The second and third paragraphs will vary based on your current Lodgings and Profession.
{{Incomplete|Reason=needs variant text for other lodgings & professions}}
{{Variant table|Condition = Lodgings|Condition type = Raw|Effect = Second Paragraph|Compact = yes
|Value {{IL|New Newgate Prison Cell}} = No second paragraph
|Value {{IL|An Abandoned Family Crypt}} = ?
|Value {{IL|An Attic Room}} = "You live in some old attic room, no doubt." He gestures vaguely at your clothing, as if that explains it.
|Value {{IL|A Spare Bedroom}} = "You live at the generosity of someone kindhearted. And easily manipulated, no doubt."
|Value {{IL|Rooftop Shack}} = "You live somewhere high. Draughty." He gestures at your attire, as if this somehow explains it.
|Value {{IL|A Smoky Flophouse}} = "You live somewhere insalubrious. A dormitory, perhaps? Or flophouse?" He eyes your clothes warily, as if nervous of fleas.
|Value {{IL|Lair in the Marshes}} = "Is that mud round your ankles? You live somewhere where the fungus thrives."
|Value {{IL|Cottage by the Observatory}} = "Is that mud round your ankles? You live somewhere where the fungus thrives."
|Value {{IL|Rooms above a Gambling Den}} = "Your living situation is somewhat... fractious? Somewhere insalubrious." He gestures at your attire, as if this somehow explains it.
|Value {{IL|Rooms above a Bookshop}} = He takes a deep breath. "Mmm. ''Books.'' You keep many at your home? Ah, but surely even you wouldn't keep ''that'' many. A shop, then?"
|Value {{IL|Handsome Townhouse}} = "You keep a respectable address. That much is obvious."
|Value {{IL|Decommissioned Steamer}} = He takes a deep breath. "Mmm, zee water. The smell gets into the clothing, no matter what you do. You live, then, on a boat?"
|Value {{IL|The Deep Cellars of Old Newgate}} = The Detective leans back in his rocking-chair. He chuckles. "You appreciate your privacy, no matter what that might mean for your comfort."
|Value {{IL|A Zee-Znail's Zhell}} = ?
|Value {{IL|A Dripstone-Snared Third City Sub-Temple}} = The Detective leans back in his rocking-chair. He chuckles. "You appreciate your privacy, no matter what that might mean for your comfort."
|Value {{IL|A guest room at the Brass Embassy}} = ?
|Value {{IL|A Room at the Royal Bethlehem Hotel}} = ?
|Value {{IL|Premises at the Bazaar}} = ?
|Value {{IL|A Sanctum at the Brass Embassy}} = ?
|Value {{IL|A Suite at the Royal Bethlehem}} = ?
|Value {{IL|A Spire-Emporium of the Bazaar}} = ?
}}
{{Variant table|Condition = Profession:|Effect = Third Paragraph|Compact = yes
|Value None = "You have no work, at the moment. Perhaps that's why you have come here."
|Value {{IL|Campaigner}} = "You're passionate about something. Enough to be spurred to habitual action."
|Value {{IL|Enforcer}} = "You know how to use your hands. You're not too particular about it, either."
|Value {{IL|Rat-Catcher}} = "You carry a weapon. Perhaps a professional adornment?"
|Value {{IL|Trickster}} = "You have a way with words. One that favours you, time after time."
|Value {{IL|Journalist}} = "Are those ink-stains I see? The pen must never stray far from your hand."
|Value {{IL|Watcher}} = His gaze shifts up to meet your eyes. "Yes, always looking, aren't you? Always looking."
|Value {{IL|Tough}} = "Would you be offended if I suggested you were a thug?"
|Value {{IL|Minor Poet}} = "Are those ink-stains I see? The pen must never be far from your hand."
|Value {{IL|Pickpocket}} = "Keep those where I can see them, if you would. You look to have rather light fingers."
|Value {{IL|Enquirer}} = His gaze shifts up to meet your eyes. "Yes, always looking, aren't you? Always looking."
|Value {{IL|Author}} = "Are those ink-stains I see? The pen must never stray far from your hand."
|Value {{IL|Murderer}} = ?
|Value {{IL|Stalker}} = His gaze shifts up to meet your eyes. "Yes, always looking, aren't you? Always looking."
|Value {{IL|Agent}} = His gaze shifts up to meet your eyes. "Yes, always looking, aren't you? Always looking."
|Value {{IL|Mystic}} = ?
|Value {{IL|Conjurer}} = ?
|Value {{IL|Tutor}} = ?
|Value {{IL|Undermanager}} = ?
|Value {{IL|Correspondent}} = ''Presumably nonexistent, as it is impossible to become a Correspondent without starting A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets''
|Value {{IL|Licentiate}} = ?
|Value {{IL|Monster-Hunter}} = ?
|Value {{IL|Midnighter}} = ''Presumably nonexistent, as it is impossible to become a Midnighter without starting A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets''
|Value {{IL|Silverer}} = ?
|Value {{IL|Crooked-Cross}} = ?
|Value {{IL|Notary}} = ?
|Value {{IL|Doctor}} = ?
}}
}}
*{{Gain|Route: Moloch Street|message=Moloch Street is found in the Ladybones Road area of the map.|now=– in the Ladybones Road map area}}
*{{Gain|Subtle|cap=5|+1 CP}}
*{{Gain|Acquaintance: the Honey-Addled Detective|message=You are now acquainted with the Honey-Addled Detective.|now=1 - You are now acquainted with the Honey-Addled Detective}}
*{{Gain|Watchful|+10 CP}}
*{{Gain|Whispered Hint|20 x}}
*{{Progress Reset|On the Trail}}
*{{Gone|Engaged in a Name-Making Case}}
*{{Gain|Compilation of Case-Notes|1 x}}
{{Redirect|Reconnecting to Reality}}