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From: The Business of a Correspondent

Among the more dangerous works of Correspondence – and the most illuminating – are those without beginning or end.

Unlocked with Airs of Industry 70-100, A Professional Specialisation: is Epistolant

Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 180

• 123 - very chancy (41%)
• 153 - chancy (51%)
• 183 - modest (61%)
• 213 - very modest (71%)
• 244 - low-risk (81%)
• 273 - straightforward (91%)
• 300 - straightforward (100%)
  

Narrow, Artisan of the Red Science 10 (50% base)

• 6 and below - almost impossible (10%)
• 7 - high-risk (20%)
• 8 - high-risk (30%)
• 9 - tough (40%)
• 10 - very chancy (50%)
• 11 - chancy (60%)
• 12 - modest (70%)
• 13 - very modest (80%)
• 14 - low-risk (90%)
• 15 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

One to learn, the other to watch

[…] The danger is inherent: it is fascinating, compelling, truthful – and infinite.

[…] you make arrangements. A private reading room. […] Senior scholars to assist you – working in shifts […] One takes dictation; the other watches them, ears stopped with wax. […]

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

• Watchful is increasing…
•  A Scholar of the Correspondence is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 13)
•  You've gained 1 x Services Rendered: Benthic
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 410 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies
•  You've gained 1 x Mysterious Client Attention Odds (hidden)

Failure

Unravelled!

[…] your mind is hardened against […] the endless fascination of the words […] the job can wait until you've assessed the material, for an hour, say […]

Your professional instincts save you. […] You have contained the danger, but trammelled its secrets. […]

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

• Watchful is increasing…
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 200 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies