Implacable Detective's Business Card

Implacable Detective's Business Card
Your paths are bound to cross again soon. Almost any contact with the Implacable Detective will give you one.

A meeting with the Implacable Detective

Perhaps you've met as friends, perhaps as adversaries. But if your skills are sufficient, she may pass on some of her casework… for a finder's fee.

Find what happened to an Absentee Aunt

'Something about the Neath attracts aunts. Zailors, possibly. If you can't locate her, ensure that her Journals of Infamy are safely disposed of. Payment is in Jade if you return them.' [Warning: the fee is non-refundable if you fail!]
unlocked with Implacable Detective's Business Card 1, 200 x Whispered Secret, Watchful 60

Reward spoiler

the Absentee Aunt

'She had a fondness for prisoner's honey, I hear. Perhaps you might bait your trap accordingly?' [Use the 'Cat and Mouse' story in Ladybones Road to track down your target. Gain 50 Cat: Getting Warmer tokens before time runs out to find her, or 60 for an extra bonus.]

You've moved to a new area: Ladybones Road
You've lost 1 x Implacable Detective's Business Card
An occurrence! Your 'Playing Cat and Mouse with an Evasive Target' Quality is now 4 - An Absentee Aunt!
You now have 1 of this: 'Cat: Getting Warmer'
You now have 10 of this: 'Mouse: So Little Time'
You've lost 200 x Whispered Secret

Recover the haul of an Eccentric Burglar

'This one steals the strangest things. Milk, honey, parakeets… and scholarship. Her latest haul was of Correspondence Plaques. But listen carefully: the client wishes only to know that you recovered them. The plaques themselves will be your payment.' [Warning: the fee is non-refundable if you fail!]
unlocked with Implacable Detective's Business Card 1, 150 x Cryptic Clue, Watchful 60

Reward spoiler

Accepting a commission: the Eccentric Burglar

'Why? Why indeed. I suspect some silly intrigue among the gentry. They do enjoy their midnight roof-top games. Try not to upset anyone important.' [Use the 'Cat and Mouse' story in Ladybones Road to track down your target. Gain 50 Cat: Getting Warmer tokens before time runs out to find her, or 60 for an extra bonus.]
You've lost 1 x Implacable Detective's Business Card
An occurrence! Your Playing Cat and Mouse with an Evasive Target Quality is now 5 - An Eccentric Burglar!
You now have 1 of this: 'Cat: Getting Warmer'
You now have 10 of this: 'Mouse: So Little Time'
You've lost 150 x Cryptic Clue

Locate a Deranged Medium

'She overturned a paraffin-lamp in a Hollow Street parlour, and shredded a dressing-room at Mahogany Hall. Be careful. The payment is small, but if you're looking for Memories of Light, you should consider it…'[Warning: the fee is non-refundable if you fail!]
unlocked with Implacable Detective's Business Card 1, 200 x Cryptic Clue, Watchful 60

Reward spoiler

Accepting a commission: the Deranged Medium

'Have you heard of the Shroud? A society of mediums, anmong other things. They are the client. She was of their number… but something went wrong. Were I given to fanciful notions I might suggest you looked among mirrors…' [Use the 'Cat and Mouse' story in Ladybones Road to track down your target. Gain 50 Cat: Getting Warmer tokens before time runs out to find her, or 60 for an extra bonus.]

You've lost 1 x Implacable Detective's Business Card
An occurrence! Your Playing Cat and Mouse with an Evasive Target Quality is now 6 - A Deranged Medium!
You now have 1 of this: 'Cat: Getting Warmer'
You now have 10 of this: 'Mouse: So Little Time'
You've lost 200 x Cryptic Clue

Dangerous pastimes

'I understand you're engaged on other business just now. But perhaps you'd care for a game of chess?' [This will always exchange Whispered Secrets for Incendiary Gossip, but winning the game is better.]
unlocked with Implacable Detective's Business Card 1, Playing Cat and Mouse with an Evasive Target
Watchful challenge, straightforward at 125

Reward spoiler

A notable battle

The conversation is fascinating enough that it's hard to maintain your concentration… but at last the Detective nods and topples her king with one dark, withered finger. 'Not bad,' she concedes. 'And don't repeat what I told you about the Consort's condition. I trust to your discretion.
You now have 5 x Incendiary Gossip
You've lost 100 x Whispered Secret
You've lost 1 x Implacable Detective's Business Card

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