One branch of the Mysterious Benefactor story
A note from your benefactor
Opportunity Card
Unlocks: Protégé … 3, A Bag of Fierce Mint Humbugs 1, Persuasive 10
'Could you be a dear and get me some books? A few volumes of The Cryptospelunker's Almanack and anything similar you can find. Leave them under the big ash tree in Tyrant's Gardens.'
Option 1: You're having none of this
You're not gallivanting round the city on the orders of some unknown villain. Hang them, and their humbugs!
Option 2: The book and the Ministry
The Cryptospelunker's Almanack has been declared forbidden by the Ministry of Public Decency. Finding a bookseller who might part with a copy shouldn't be beyond you, though.
Persuasive ?? 10?
Your benefactor wants to meet
Opportunity Card
Unlocks: Protégé … 4, A Bag of Fierce Mint Humbugs 1, Persuasive 20
The note says: 'The alley behind Childcake Street. Midnight.'
Your benefactor
It's dark here. You can barely make out your benefactor. The figure is a head taller than you, but moves slowly and awkwardly. Surely only a man could be that tall, but the voice is feminine, almost girlish. You can't see the face at all.'It's good to meet you at last! - but to business. I have some valuables in a safety deposit box, but there are certain impediments to withdrawal. I need you to pretend to be a certain person - an agent of mine, unfortunately deceased - and make the withdrawal. You will receive a small percentage.'
Persuasive check — straightforward at ??
Your benefactor is back
Opportunity Card
Unlocks: Protégé … 5, A Bag of Fierce Mint Humbugs 1, Persuasive 30
Your benefactor buttonholes you in a dark little avenue. He (she?) wobbles along, walking with a long cane. Up close, he or she is remarkably tall.
Take up the next job
Your benefactor wants you to be the go-between for a little blackmail. Apparently all is arranged, and you just have to swap a bundle of letters for a sheaf of documents. And avoid any unfortunate happenstances.
Persuasive check — straightforward at ??
Take up the next job
Your benefactor wants you to be the go-between for a little blackmail. Apparently all is arranged, and you just have to swap a bundle of letters for a sheaf of documents. And avoid any unfortunate happenstances. That's all very well, but who is your benefactor? You aim to find out.
Watchful check — straightforward at ??
A knock on your door
Opportunity Card
Unlocks: Protégé … 6, A Bag of Fierce Mint Humbugs 1, Persuasive 40
Your benefactor calls on you at your lodgings.
One last thing
Your benefactor hobbles in. She (you think of her more and more as 'she') does not sit down.'I have one last task for you. I need you to write me a letter. Well, two letters. Do this last thing, and I will tell you who I am.'
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