Try a little eavesdropping

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From: Make use of the Struggling Artist


Offer to take him out for tea, but arrive at his lodgings early. You never know who else you might see.


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 13

  • 9 - very chancy (41%)
  • 12 - chancy (55%)
  • 14 - modest (64%)
  • 16 - very modest (73%)
  • 18 - low-risk (83%)
  • 20 - straightforward (92%)
  • 22 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Now that's interesting

You arrive at the young man's garret door and secrete yourself in a hallway closet. Through a crack in the door, you observe some very interesting comings and goings. Surely clergymen and devils don't usually meet in artists' studios?


Failure

Aaaa-choo!

You arrive at the young man's garret door […]. You settle down to watch the landing through a crack in the door... but after five minutes, […] sneezing so loudly, not only the artist […] appear. Explaining this one away is tricky.

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