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Storylets
The Case of the Honey-Addled Detective
His mind is half-gone, but his reputation remains. He contracts out his work to up-and-coming investigators. That's an opportunity for you. But you'll have to find him first.
Give up any other Case you may be working on
This will allow you to search for the Honey-Addled Detective, but cancel any progress you have made on another Case.
[Unlocked with Engaged in a Case: the Other Wax-Work, the Crooked Bridge, the Copper Thumb, the Early Grave, the Man with the Mirrors, the Starving Poet, the Honey-Sipping Detective or the Absconding Devil]Set out to track him down
It's a test, not an ordeal. Your skills will be sufficient.
[Unlocked with Engaged in a Case: No Current Case]Perhaps you already know his location
Purchase his location with Secrets.
[Unlocked with 100 x Whispered Secret]
Working with the Honey-Addled Detective
He was a great mind once. Now he haunts his cavernous rooms on Moloch Street, half out of his mind on prisoner's honey. He still takes clients, but he passes the work on to promising outsiders. Lucky for you.
[Unlocked with the Honey-Addled Detective 1]Abandon your current Case
Moral scruples? Or do you just want to try something different? This will erase all your progress in your current Case, and allow you to take another.
[Unlocked with Engaged in a Case: the Other Wax-Work, the Crooked Bridge, the Copper Thumb, the Early Grave, the Man with the Mirrors, the Starving Poet, the Honey-Sipping Detective or the Absconding Devil]The Case of the Starving Poet
The Honey-Addled Detective admires his reflection in the bowl of a silver honey-spoon. "The rumour is that this gentleman is plotting against the Masters of the Bazaar. Our client wishes you to determine if there's any truth in the rumours." Increase your Detective's Progress to 12.
[Unlocked when Engaged in a Case is: No Current Case]The Case of the Starving Poet
Ask the Honey-Addled Detective's advice.
[Unlocked when Engaged in a Case is: the Starving Poet]The Case of the Absconding Devil
"The Brass Embassy has lost a devil," the Detective says. "It happens. "Some poor idiot may have murdered this one. Or he may be up to some unsanctioned wickedness."
[Unlocked when Engaged in a Case is: No Current Case]The Case of the Absconding Devil
Ask the Honey-Addled Detective's advice.
[Unlocked when Engaged in a Case is: the Absconding Devil]The Case of the Other Waxwork
This case is not yet available.
[Unlocked with Impossible! 1]
[Unlocked when Engaged in a Case is: No Current Case]
Closing the Case: the Honey-Addled Detective
The inhabitants of Moloch Street are reticent. The Detective must have paid them for their silence. But you're certain that's his apartment - there on the top floor, where the candle-flame swims behind the window in a green glass lobster-pot.
[Unlocked when Engaged in a Case is: the Honey-Sipping Detective]
[Unlocked with 10 x Detective's Progress]Approach him boastfully
Sir. You will learn my value, very quickly…
Approach him humbly
Sir. I could learn so much…
Closing the Case: the Starving Poet
You have enough material to make a report. There is eye-witness evidence that he's been seen speaking to anarchists. For the full range of choices, ensure you've dealt with any Complication cards.
The Starving Poet has been associating with anarchists. That's enough to send him packing to New Newgate. What will you do with this information?
[Unlocked when Engaged in a Case is: the Starving Poet]
[Unlocked with 15 x Detective's Progress]Turn in the poet to the authorities
You'll be well-paid. And he's a villain by association, if nothing worse.
Go to the authorities, but warn the poet
Perhaps he's not all that bad. Or perhaps you'd like to impress his bohemian friends.
[Unlocked with Complication: a Revolutionary Connection 0]Warn the revolutionaries that the poet is being investigated
Never mind that simpering milksop. Your natural loyalties lie with men and women of action.
Give up on the whole business
This makes you uneasy. Walk away. This will abandon the case.
Missing Person: Find an Absconding Devil
The Absconding Devil has left a trail of mayhem. A brawl, a seduction, a complicated scheme to sell boxes of spiders to innocent widows. But again and again, you hear that he's been seen in the company of a certain music-hall singer…
[Unlocked when Engaged in a Case is: the Absconding Devil]
[Unlocked with Detective's Progress 12]Arrange a meeting with the singer.
If you can convince her to talk to you.
[Unlocked with Evidence in the Case of the Absconding Devil]
_ Persuasive challenge Look for more evidence of the devil's schemes
Perhaps you can divine his ultimate intention.
_ Watchful challenge (4.25% per point) Find the devil's lair
It'll be somewhere warm, and deep. Take something to bribe the landlord.
[Unlocked with 20 x Rostygold]
_ Watchful challenge (4.25% per point) Make enquiries about the singer
She seems to be the key to this affair.
[Unlocked with Connected: Bohemian 3]Speak to contacts at the Brass Embassy
It won't do your reputation any good, visiting the place. But it's their commission, after all.
[Unlocked with Connected: Hell 3]
Closing the Case: the Absconding Devil
Your informants report that the Absconding Devil is en route to the docks! If the evidence you've gathered is correct, he plans to elope with the music-hall singer to the tomb-colonies. What will you do?
[Unlocked when Engaged in a Case is: the Absconding Devil]
[Unlocked with Evidence in the Case of the Absconding Devil 5]Report his location to the Brass Embassy
They're paying you, after all.
Delay the music-hall singer until the ship sails
Eloping with a devil? Is she mad, or under some infernal charm?
Warn the devil
He may be in more trouble than he knows.
Leave them to it
Are they really in love? Are you best out of it in any case?
Clathermont's Tattoo ParlourOnce you complete the Absconding Devil story, you can continue investigating Clathermont's tattoo parlour.
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The case is closed…
This is the end. For now.
[AUTOPLAY when location is After the Case]Record the matter in your journal (0 Actions)
All those unanswered questions. Perhaps some day you'll know.
[Unlocked with 0-9 x Detective's Progress]Record the matter in your journal (0 Actions)
A kettle on the boil. An armchair awaiting your grateful weight. The temptingly creamy surface of an empty page. Perhaps one day you'll publish.
[Unlocked with 10 x Detective's Progress]
Pursue your current Case
These options are slow and steady. You will find better avenues of investigation on Opportunity Cards.
Ask anyone with an interest (3 actions)
Track down leads through sheer persistence.
[Unlocked with The Airs of London]
_ Watchful challenge (12% per point) Put together scraps of information (2 Actions)
……didn't you hear something about this? Find Whispered Secrets from performing other tasks in Ladybones Road. Use them up to progress more quickly.
[Unlocked with The Airs of London]
[Unlocked with 5 x Whispered Secret]
_ Watchful challenge (12% per point) Seek wisdom in the flights of bats
There are people who believe that truth is written in the sky above the Neath: that the bats sketch answers. Then again, there are people who believe that the Neath is a single fungus of unprecedented size.
A matter of luck: the odds are against you here.
[Unlocked with The Airs of London]Frequent key locations (3 Actions)
The places that have been important in the case - perhaps they're worth revisiting.
[Unlocked with The Airs of London]
_ Watchful challenge (12% per point) Seek truth in gossip
Everything from the scandal columns to the confidences shared in the square at Hangman's Arch. In a furious sea of rumour, sometimes one encounters an eyot of truth.
[Unlocked with The Airs of London]
[Unlocked with 1 x Intriguing Gossip]
_ Watchful challenge (12% per point) A friendly face
The Soft-Hearted Widow gave you shelter when you most needed it. She's a friendly sort, and curious with it. Perhaps she knows something?
A matter of luck: pretty good odds.
[Unlocked with The Airs of London]Reason it out
Start from the beginning. What do we know for certain? For a skilled detective, this is a safe option.
[Unlocked with The Airs of London]
_ Watchful challenge (2% per point) Follow persons of interest
You have some names and faces. But it's vitally important to remain unseen.
[Unlocked with The Airs of London]
[Unlocked with 5 x Detective's Progress]
_ Shadowy challenge (3% per point)
Opportunity Cards
You can work many of your contacts to increase your progress. There are also other cards specific to this venture.
A Complication: the Revolutionary Connection (Std)
The Starving Poet has been seen meeting with anarchists. How will you proceed? Complications will occupy card slots; but resolving them may give benefits and unlock better endings for a Case.
[Unlocked with Engaged in a Case is: the Starving Poet]
[Unlocked with Complication: a Revolutionary Connection 2]Watch and learn
Observe one of these meetings and you'll learn more. But what if you're spotted?
[Unlocked with Complication: a Revolutionary Connection 1]
_ Shadowy challenge Ask cautious questions
Sooner or later, someone will know something.
[Unlocked with Complication: a Revolutionary Connection 1]
[Unlocked with Detective's Progress 10]
A Complication: the Starving Poet is meeting with Anarchists (Std)
The Starving Poet, you learn, is employing his pitiful savings to purchase eel pies for a gang of anarchists… and receiving some sort of documents in return. How will you proceed? Resolving this situation will give you further Progress.
[Unlocked with Engaged in a Case is: the Starving Poet]
[Unlocked with Complication: a Revolutionary Connection 1]Inquire among your Revolutionary contacts (ASK)
Go straight to the heart of the matter.
[Unlocked with Complication: a Revolutionary Connection 1]
[Unlocked with Connected: Revolutionaries 5]Attend one of the Poet's readings
Is he spreading sedition?
[Unlocked with Complication: a Revolutionary Connection 1]
[Unlocked with Detective's Progress 12]
_ Watchful challenge Ask your Benefactor, the Fierce Anarchist
He'll know.
[Unlocked with Complication: a Revolutionary Connection 1]
[Unlocked with 1 x Brass Knuckledusters]
[Unlocked with 1 x the Protégé of a Mysterious Benefactor] ≤ 6
A Complication: the Surly Goat-Demon (Std)
Some splinter faction of Hell has taken an interest. Everywhere you go, the Goat-Demon is ahead of you, menacing witnesses, stepping on leads.
[CAN'T DISCARD]
[Unlocked with Complication: a Surly Goat-Demon 3]Show it the door
Roll up your sleeves and trounce the swine.
[Unlocked with Complication: a Surly Goat-Demon 1]
_ Dangerous challenge (0.6% per point) Invite clerical assistance
The Church has had to adapt to the presence of devils. But it's never liked it.
[Unlocked with Complication: a Surly Goat-Demon 1]
[Unlocked with 2 x Rostygold]
[Unlocked with Connected: The Church 10]Bribe your infernal contacts
"He's such a nuisance. Can't you do something about it? By the way, I think these are yours…"
[Unlocked with Complication: a Surly Goat-Demon 1]
[Unlocked with 50 x Soul]
[Unlocked with Connected: Hell 5]
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