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From: Heart's Desire – the Topsy King 4


You once traipsed all over Watchmaker's Hill asking about a monkey. You don't remember the experience with affection, but it taught you a lesson. You need an oblique approach to the problem.


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 56

  • 39 - very chancy (41%)
  • 48 - chancy (51%)
  • 57 - modest (61%)
  • 67 - very modest (71%)
  • 76 - low-risk (81%)
  • 85 - straightforward (91%)
  • 94 - straightforward (100%)

Success

A possibility...

On Wednesdays, […] the public is admitted to the Umber Wing of the Shuttered Palace […] the Bale Collection of antique and exotic musical instruments. The curator […] can shed light on the Topsy King's past. To the Shuttered Palace, then...

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


Failure

No promising leads

A careful series of enquiries turns up nothing. You can't just turn up at the Shuttered Palace and ask if anyone there knows the Topsy King. You'd be lucky not to be fed to the roses.