Unfinished Business In Watchmaker's Hill

When your Dangerous is 61-70

51-60

Unfinished Business in Watchmaker's Hill

Your concerns range far beyond the Hill now, but perhaps a trace of blood and beer stays with you.

This storylet unlocks with Dangerous at 70 but individual options all require that one be A Person of Some Importance. This storylet allows one to accumulate specific items necessary for the acquisition of the more expensive items obtained in the Bazaar Sidestreets.

A spot of footpadry Mr Stones ensures that the blind men at the observatory get their moon-pearls. You've learned to spot the couriers. Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance 1 (Dangerous challenge; straightforward at 105) Reward spoiler The perils of snuff You bid the courier a good morning as she takes a little snuff before climbing the hill. Then you club her and grab her velvet pearl-bag before she hits the cobbles. You're away into the river-fog before anyone notices. Dangerous increase Gain: 100 x Moon-pearl (This is not the best action for Moon-pearls. More can be scored per action at Mahogany Hall through the Box Office Burglary storylet, which is a Shadowy challenge).

Rare Success

Shut up, you noisy baggage!

You bid the courier a good morning as she takes a little snuff before climbing the hill. Then you club her and grab her velvet pearl-bag before she hits the cobbles. You're away into the river-fog before anyone notices. The bag is very light today. You open it, and it howls like an urchin deprived of spore-toffee.
Dangerous increase
Gain: 1 x Aeolian Scream

A sure bet Bet the Strawberry-Nosed Hunter that you can drink more gin than him. A Person of Some Importance 1, Unlocked with Jade Fragment 20, This storylet will cost you 2 actions! (Dangerous challenge; straightforward at 105) Reward spoiler I can no longer feel my legs You slam your tin cup down on the much-carved table, covering up what Jeremy will do for a penny. Your opponent is defeated! And possibly dead, although his compatriots don't look worried. You claim what might be your winnings and stagger off. Dangerous increase Gain: 240 x Jade Fragment

Wade into the Ring Fights Throw off your coat and take on all comers for rostygold. Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance 1. This storylet will cost you 5 actions! (Dangerous challenge; straightforward at 105) Reward spoiler Miles away This isn't a fair fight. This is barely exercise. You outclass every fighter that the Medusa's Head has to offer, battering them senseless without needing to concentrate. Did you pay that bill? When is the coalman coming tomorrow? Why are people giving you rostygold? Oh, that's right. Dangerous increase Gain: 550 x Rostygold

A literary sort of fist-fight 'What, no! The imagery is banal! The characters are lifeless!' This nonsense will not stand! You must demand satisfaction! Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance 1 (Dangerous challenge; straightforward at 115) Reward spoiler The last word You silence the critic with a savage backhander fortified with a sturdy hardback. And what's this he was reading? Oho! Dangerous increase Gain: 25 x Proscribed Material

Contracts and legs Yesterday it was the office of a fledgling law firm. Today it is full of sorrow-spiders. Regardless of the connection between the two states, a Panicked Solicitor wants you to retrieve some documents. Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance 1 (Dangerous challenge; straightforward at 105) Reward spoiler And a few for your troubles You turf a pair of nesting spiders out of a filing cabinet and grab handfuls of documents. You shove them into your coat pockets and hat and run for it. The Panicked Solicitor hugs you in the street, and lets you keep a few of the contracts. Dangerous increase Gain: 5 x An Infernal Contract

The rubbery monograph A Rubbery Man undulates nervously around the Hill. It's braver than most - they throw bricks at Rubbery Men here without a second thought. You can't help but wonder what your Surface acquaintances would make of these boneless specimens. Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance 1,Connected: Rubbery Men 1 A matter of luck: pretty good odds. Reward spoiler How thoughtful You describe the cartilaginous gait, the twitching face-tentacles, the water-over-stones language. The Rubbery Man sees you writing and helps out with a deposit of genuine Rubbery slime for your friend. He has a little present for you too, a sticky mass of amber. You were fortunate! Gain: 140 x Deep Amber Connected: Rubbery Men increase (caps at 10)

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