The Exceptional Rose

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ID: 5497

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From: The Perfumed Pleasure Garden

Mrs Plenty invites NOTED PERSONS to view the MARVEL of the VEGETABLE WORLD, the EXCEPTIONAL ROSE. GASP in AWE at the CHILD-LIKE FACE of this REMARKABLE FLORAL WONDER.

Unlocked with 2 x Carnival Ticket

Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 70

• 48 - very chancy (41%)
• 60 - chancy (51%)
• 72 - modest (61%)
• 83 - very modest (71%)
• 95 - low-risk (81%)
• 107 - straightforward (91%)
• 117 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

An exceptional hoax

It is a fake. A really good fake. How they squeezed that child into that velvet rose you'll never know. He does put on a sterling performance, though. He'll go far on the stage. […T]he carnies buy your silence with a roll of tickets.

• Watchful is increasing…
•  A Connoisseur of Neathy Delights is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 3)
•  You've gained 10 x Carnival Ticket
•  You've gained 1 x Tale of Terror!!

Rare Success

An exceptional hoax

[…]Seeing that you are about to expose them, the carnies buy your silence[…]One of them winks. 'It in't like the crowd don't know,' he says. 'But they know 'oo keeps a real one, hidden in that there Labyrinth, and they's grateful we've got this 'un.'

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

• Watchful is increasing…
•  A Connoisseur of Neathy Delights is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 3)
•  You've gained 1 x Tale of Terror!!
•  You've gained 20 x Carnival Ticket
•  You've gained 3 x Romantic Notion
•  You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication

Failure

A most exceptional flower

It is a marvel! See how it growls at its handler and nips at the crowd! […] the Exceptional Rose is a magnificent botanical specimen. How are the gardeners keeping it blooming for so long? No matter - this is the place to see and be seen this season.

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

• Watchful is increasing…
•  A Connoisseur of Neathy Delights is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 3)
• You've lost 2 x Carnival Ticket
•  Persuasive is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 200 + Persuasive Gains)