Game Instructions: Increase your Investigating... or Seeking... to 5 to seize couriers' secrets. As you do, you will begin to learn more about the feuding powers that they serve.
Unlocked with 
A Name Whispered in Darkness 6
Storylet appears in 
The Flit
Options:
The Tricks of the Courier's Trade
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Shadowing Couriers
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Raid a Message-Drop
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Challenge information
Narrow,
investigating... 4
|| 5 - modest (70%)
|| 6 - very modest (80%)
|| 7 - low-risk (90%)
|| 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
The King in the Forest extends a hearty handshake...
- Shadowy is increasing… (+2 CP)
- 'Investigating...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You've gained 270 x Cryptic Clue
Rare Success
The King and the cats
- Shadowy is increasing… (+2 CP)
- 'Investigating...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You've gained 270 x Cryptic Clue
- Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 8)
Failure
How very rude
- Shadowy is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Suspicion is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Investigating... is dropping… (-5 CP)
More than just Messages
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Challenge information
Narrow,
Investigating... 4
|| 5 - modest (70%)
|| 6 - very modest (80%)
|| 7 - low-risk (90%)
|| 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
The cost of doing business
- 'Investigating...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You've gained 540 x Piece of Rostygold
Rare Success
A peculiar miscellany
- You've gained 540 x Foxfire Candle Stub
- You've gained 10 x Relic of the Second City
- You've gained 1 x Reprehensible Lizard
- 'Investigating...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
Failure
The bulging sack
- Investigating... is dropping… (-5 CP)
Encounters in the Smoke
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Challenge information
Narrow,
Seeking... 4
|| 5 - modest (70%)
|| 6 - very modest (80%)
|| 7 - low-risk (90%)
|| 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Nobody at all...
- 'Seeking...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You've gained 540 x Jade Fragment
Rare Success
A clandestine conversation
- You've gained 20 x Appalling Secret
- You've gained 200 x Cryptic Clue
- 'Seeking...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
Failure
Nobody of any consequence
- Seeking... is dropping… (-5 CP)
Intercept a Message
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Challenge information
Narrow,
Seeking... 4
|| 5 - modest (70%)
|| 6 - very modest (80%)
|| 7 - low-risk (90%)
|| 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
The cipher
- Shadowy is increasing… (+2 CP)
- 'Seeking...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You've gained 270 x Cryptic Clue
Rare Success
Ciphers and bats
- Shadowy is increasing… (+2 CP)
- 'Seeking...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You've gained 270 x Cryptic Clue
- Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 8)
Failure
Dust in the wind
- Shadowy is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Suspicion is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Seeking... is dropping… (-5 CP)
Dropping the Eaves
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Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 85
|| 59 - very chancy (41%) || 73 - chancy (51%) || 87 - modest (61%) || 101 - very modest (71%) || 115 - low-risk (81%) || 129 - straightforward (91%) || 142 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Under the bridge
- Shadowy is increasing…
- 'Seeking...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- 'Investigating...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You've gained 536 x Cryptic Clue
Rare Success
Bridges and theatres
- Shadowy is increasing…
- 'Seeking...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- 'Investigating...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You've gained 540 x Cryptic Clue
- Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 8)
Failure
'Nice weather we're not having...'
- Shadowy is increasing…
- Suspicion is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Seeking... is dropping… (-5 CP)
- Investigating... is dropping… (-5 CP)
Making Your Name: Wars of Illusion
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Unlocked with Embroiled in the wars of Illusion 2-5, A Name Whispered in Darkness exactly 6
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