Work in your Cabinet Noir
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Slip inside, unnoticed. Step back out later at a time of your choosing, perhaps looking entirely different.Description summary:
The first paragraph of the description varies based on 
Cabinet Noir.
| Cabinet Noir | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | A small room, well-lit, lined with files and bookshelves. It looks as though it might be any sort of administrative office – if one did not look too closely at the materials […] inside those drawers, or open […] the chests in which your disguises are kept. |
| 2 | What was once a small office is now a substantial suite […] An entire cabinet is devoted to medallions from militaries in which you have never served […] badges for employments you don't hold; a license to work as a professional interpreter in the Khanate. |
| 3 | The Cabinet is supplied with everything you might need to build up the history of a person who did not exist. Letterhead stationery of ministries and companies both on the Surface and below. […] Lineages of […] families who have mysteriously lost an heir […] |
| 4 | More than half of your Cabinet Noir is concealed by false walls and swinging book-cases. Shadows further confuse the place. Even if someone reached this room, they would not easily find its primary purpose. |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Unlocked with a redirect from Offices of the Tracklayer's Union: Balmoral Branch
Storylet appears in 
Balmoral
Options:
Cover your tracks
- Spoiler Locked with
Shrine to Saint Joshua
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 175 || 120 - very chancy (41%) || 149 - chancy (51%) || 178 - modest (61%) || 208 - very modest (71%) || 237 - low-risk (81%) || 266 - straightforward (91%) || 292 - straightforward (100%)Narrow,
A Player of Chess 2 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Newspaper clippings and crossed identities
Shadowy is increasing…
Disappearing... is increasing… (+5 CP)
Failure
Crossed and doubled
- Shadowy is increasing…
- Disappearing... is increasing… (+1 CP)
Cover your tracks
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Shrine to Saint Joshua
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 175 || 120 - very chancy (41%) || 149 - chancy (51%) || 178 - modest (61%) || 208 - very modest (71%) || 237 - low-risk (81%) || 266 - straightforward (91%) || 292 - straightforward (100%)Narrow,
A Player of Chess 2 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Newspaper clippings and crossed identities
- Shadowy is increasing…
- Disappearing... is increasing… (+6 CP)
Failure
Crossed and doubled
- Shadowy is increasing…
- Disappearing... is increasing… (+3 CP?)
Eliminate a good deal of suspicion
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Disappearing... 10, 
Suspicion 5
Success
From here...
- Your 'Disappearing...' Quality has gone!
Suspicion is dropping… (-33 CP)
Crack a code
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Intercepted Document
Locked with
Codename: Sugarplum 100
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 175 || 120 - very chancy (41%) || 149 - chancy (51%) || 178 - modest (61%) || 208 - very modest (71%) || 237 - low-risk (81%) || 266 - straightforward (91%) || 292 - straightforward (100%)Narrow,
A Player of Chess 2 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Accounting
Watchful is increasing…
Deciphering... is increasing… (+5 CP, or +6 CP with 
Shrine to Saint Joshua)
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
[Airs of Balmoral change…] (random)
Failure
Not a code
- Watchful is increasing…
Nightmares is increasing… (+3 CP)
Crack a code
- Spoiler Unlocked with Intercepted Document, Codename: Sugarplum 100
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 175 || 120 - very chancy (41%) || 149 - chancy (51%) || 178 - modest (61%) || 208 - very modest (71%) || 237 - low-risk (81%) || 266 - straightforward (91%) || 292 - straightforward (100%)Narrow,
A Player of Chess 2 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- Watchful is increasing…
- Deciphering... is increasing… (+5 CP, or +6 CP with Shrine to Saint Joshua)
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
- [Airs of Balmoral change…] (random)
Failure
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- Watchful is increasing…
- Nightmares is increasing… (+3 CP)
Make a leap of code-breaking insight
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Intercepted Document
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 175 || 120 - very chancy (41%) || 149 - chancy (51%) || 178 - modest (61%) || 208 - very modest (71%) || 237 - low-risk (81%) || 266 - straightforward (91%) || 292 - straightforward (100%)Narrow,
A Player of Chess 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Piercing clarity
- Watchful is increasing…
- Deciphering... is increasing… (+7 CP, or +9 CP with Shrine to Saint Joshua)
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
- [Airs of Balmoral change…] (random)
Rare Success
A leap of insight!
- Watchful is increasing…
- Deciphering... is increasing… (+10 CP, or +15 CP with Shrine to Saint Joshua)
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
- [Airs of Balmoral change…] (random)
Failure
Unfortunate error
- Watchful is increasing…
- Nightmares is increasing… (+3 CP)
- Deciphering... is dropping… (-3 CP)
Work with the Codebreaking Courier
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Intercepted Document, 
Codebreaking Courier
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)Narrow,
A Player of Chess 1 (50% base) || 0 - tough (40%) || 1 - very chancy (50%) || 2 - chancy (60%) || 3 - modest (70%) || 4 - very modest (80%) || 5 - low-risk (90%) || 6 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Accounting
- Watchful is increasing…
- Deciphering... is increasing… (+4 CP, +5 CP if you are a Midnighter)
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
- [Airs of Balmoral change…] (random)
Failure
Not a code
- Watchful is increasing…
- Nightmares is increasing… (+3 CP)
Interpret your Intercepted Document
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with Intercepted Document, 
Deciphering... 5 (for 1-12), 15 (for 21-40)
Success
Bring the candles closer
- Your 'Deciphering...' Quality has gone!
Redirects to: Deciphering a Document
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- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with Cabinet Noir 2
Success
In the background
Redirects to: Your Cabinet Noir: The Back Room
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