I would have added something along the lines of, "You will only be assessed the penalty if you return to Mouse Adventure Central with an answer to this quest, if you open the clues and give up, you will not be penalized." Because in past events with similar penalty-for-clue scenarios, you were penalized simply for opening the envelope whether you went on to actually attempt the quest or not.
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