Steal Tales of Terror from a noted author

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From: Thefts of Particular Character

Her stories make stone-faced matrons drop their crumpets in horror. She's affable and a bit dotty in person, but her menagerie of pets might present a problem.

Unlocked with Casing... 10

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 120

• 82 - very chancy (41%)
• 102 - chancy (51%)
• 122 - modest (61%)
• 142 - very modest (71%)
• 162 - low-risk (81%)
• 182 - straightforward (91%)
• 200 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

The bold approach is best

Yes, of course you're the courier from her publisher, here for the new manuscript. No, you've not time to stay for tea. Yes, you'll deliver it safely. Heh heh.

• Shadowy is increasing…
• Casing... is dropping… (-32 CP)
• You've gained 25 x Tale of Terror!!

Failure

A book at bedtime

Your accomplice suffered an enthusiastic slobbering from a Labrador while posing as a vicar, but that was the worst of it. You were in and out of the conservatory like an arrow. Now, let's see if this writer still has ink in her pen...

• Shadowy is increasing…
• Casing... is dropping… (-51 CP)
• You've gained 25 x Tale of Terror!!