Sneak up and push the cab-driver off the seat! Steal the cab!

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From: Dragsman's work

That horse doesn't look very biddable, though.

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 19

• 13 - very chancy (41%)
• 17 - chancy (51%)
• 20 - modest (61%)
• 23 - very modest (71%)
• 26 - low-risk (81%)
• 29 - straightforward (91%)
• 32 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

A daring escape

The driver topples into the street [...] You [...] lash the horse into motion. The cab careers off down the road!

[...] you exchange the cab and horse for a sack of glim, a meat pie and the promise of a kind word in the ear of the Topsy King [...]

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
• You've gained 100 x Shard of Glim

Failure

A difficult conversation

The driver topples into the street [...] You [...] lash the horse into motion. The cab careers off down the road!

[...] [An] old woman pokes her head out of the cab window. 'Are we there yet?'[...]

[...] You [...] fade into the shadows of the Neath

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

• Shadowy is increasing…