A trail of breadcrumbs

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From: Lay out a false trail for a spy

A scandalous secret whispered here, an intriguing document carelessly left there. This will be interesting.

Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 48

• 33 - very chancy (41%)
• 41 - chancy (51%)
• 49 - modest (61%)
• 57 - very modest (71%)
• 65 - low-risk (81%)
• 73 - straightforward (91%)
• 80 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

"It's all happening in the prison!"

[…] The spy eagerly listens to your lies and rushes to the next item on the trail with gusto. A few days of this, and the spy is convinced that there's a cabal of orientals and churchmen running Fallen London from a secret lair in New Newgate […]

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• Watchful is increasing…
• You've gained 50 x Silk Scrap

Rare Success

Blushing at your observations

You lay out a trail of dead-drops, meetings and and assignations. But what's this? You set up the meeting to ensure your spy would be alone. But she's with someone. And they're... Good Lord! Does her mother know she does that sort of thing?

• Watchful is increasing…
• You've gained 9 x Romantic Notion

Failure

Spies spying upon the spies

The false trail […] is both intriguing and plausible. […] The spy rushes back to the surface to report her findings. Unfortunately, a week later another half-dozen spies arrive to follow up her investigations! Your employers are far from pleased.

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

• Watchful is increasing…
• Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)