Up the back stairs...

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ID: 4678

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From: Delve into the secrets of the Curate and his sister...

Or you could just rifle furtively through their bedrooms, if you think you're stealthy enough. Don't get caught.

Unlocked with Shadowy 25

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 30

• 21 - very chancy (42%)
• 26 - chancy (52%)
• 31 - modest (62%)
• 36 - very modest (72%)
• 41 - low-risk (82%)
• 46 - straightforward (92%)
• 50 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Unexpected finds

[…]...a bill of sale for an extraordinary quantity of brass... Good Lord! a half-burned fragment of rather a frank love-letter, signed by his sister. Was it addressed to him? Hard to be sure. But it was in his desk.

Description summary:
You steal some correspondence from a desk drawer and find out that the Curate studied voodoo in the West Indies.

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  You've gained 6 x Stolen Correspondence
•  Investigating... is increasing… (+3 CP)

Rare Success

Unexpected finds

[…]...and an expired infernal contract! It's not in his name or his sister's. These things are bought and sold as conversation pieces. But it's unusual for a clergyman to keep one in his desk. To say the least.

Description summary:
You steal some correspondence from a desk drawer and find out that the Curate studied voodoo in the West Indies. You also find a bill of sale for a large amount of brass.

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

Wiki note: Rare success chance is approximately 8.5%.

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Infernal Contract
•  You've gained 2 x Stolen Correspondence
•  Investigating... is increasing… (+5 CP)

Failure

"Oh, excuse me — "

You poke through the curate's desk drawers, only to be interrupted by a polite cough. The man himself was sitting by the window, almost invisible in the dark. You imply that you were searching for the lavatory. […]

Description summary:
You don't offer any further explanation.

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  Investigating... is dropping… (-3 CP)
•  Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)