Try to calm the Inspector down

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From: The Knuckle-Scarred Inspector is Indisposed

His cases have gone badly of late. He never got to the bottom of that Veilgarden soul ring. And now it sounds like he's rearranging the station furniture with a hammer.

Locked with The Jack-of-Smiles Case 1

Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 126

• 87 - very chancy (41%)
• 108 - chancy (51%)
• 129 - modest (61%)
• 150 - very modest (71%)
• 171 - low-risk (81%)
• 192 - straightforward (91%)
• 210 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

The real problem

[…] the Inspector confesses his real problem. 'It's Jack-of-Smiles. […]'

'[…] I've had lads hard after Jack over the years. And you know what happened to them? Every one became Jack, sooner or later. Every last one. It's a tragedy, and no mistake.'

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

• Your 'Riding the Savage Cobbles' Quality has gone!
• You've gained 1 x Uncanny Incunabulum
• You've gained 2 x Journal of Infamy
• You've gained 2 x Extraordinary Implication

Failure

A heartfelt tirade

The Knuckle-Scarred Inspector takes a break from punching his steel locker to inform you […] that spirifage is 'a bleeding disgrace[…]' and that he's going to 'sort it out and put the boot in'. Then he throws an evidence chest at your head.

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

• Your 'Riding the Savage Cobbles' Quality has gone!
• Wounds is increasing… (+? CP)
• You've gained 3 x Extraordinary Implication
• You've gained 4 x Journal of Infamy