Finally threw my mitre in with the man in white. As much as I dislike running against someone who is, by all accounts, a saint who just happens to also be an escort, I promised that I'd help that silly man vanquish Hell itself, and that's exactly what I'm going to do. We can elect Jenny after we kick the Brass Embassy back where they came from.
Also I got really lucky and someone gave me 100 fate (had it manually transferred since that Gift of a Great Fate option is still locked). Probably gonna get Lost in Reflections, Flute Street and The Gift with it, waiting til the election's over because until then I'm spending all that time either campaigning or raising Notability (so close to that 5-card version of the Embassy!)
Hmm. Does Flute Street have any Axile-related content? I loved my interactions with the Principles, and I know they and the Rubbery Men both come from there (along with the Lorn-Flukes).
Nothing particularly delving. It's sort of like the University, if you remember that. A bunch of really short storylets that have two separate parts and a finale.
The thing that bugs me about Flute Street is that it gives you nothing until you're near the end of the carousel, but it still gives you menaces. There is one thing that's important from it if you ever intend to get an Owl, though.
You know how in 2008 literally every candidate was running for Change, to the point where the Republicans tried to re-invent John Mccain as a free-thinking maverick? It's like that.
I just watched someone get to the end of seeking, by catching a snippet of it in their lodgings and then reloading their journal.
Their "they say..." was "Mistakes have been made" and then they changed it to "But all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well" after making the final decision, and changing their scrapbook from "Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 77 - Damned" to "Well star".
It was oddly affecting, watching it happen that way.
So, campaign stuff, as far as I can piece together.
The Bishop of Southwark hates Hell because his [lover?/husband?] was taken by the devils. His campaign is being funded by devils using false names.
Sinning Jenny has had a major falling out with Mr Wines and presumably the Bazaar in general, and has taken to blackmailing the rich and powerful to secure funds.
The Jovial Contrarian doesn't want the Liberation of Night to go ahead, but has his own plans for the city, plans that, according to the Manager of the Royal Beth, are an amazingly bad idea.
So, campaign stuff, as far as I can piece together.
The Bishop of Southwark hates Hell because his [lover?/husband?] was taken by the devils. His campaign is being funded by devils using false names.
Always look to love. :(
Also, I got my MW from 4 to 28 less than 48 hours after my TtH and I wasn't even being very efficient. The salon owns, and that was just with one usage of it.
Seeking has left me in a dilemma, re: roleplaying vs. the need to know.
To get St. Cerise's Candle, you need to throw one of the following down a well: An Overgoat/Ubergoat, a Noman, a classic short story, 7 fluke cores, or your daughter. And I need to know what happens if you pitch your daughter down the well. I must know. But the question is, would Aletheopia really do such a thing?
I won't be at that point for a while, but I know I'll reach it some day, and I'll be at a crossroads.
...Hah, that's what Seeking is all about, ain't it. Knowledge at any cost. Funny.
Seeking has left me in a dilemma, re: roleplaying vs. the need to know.
To get St. Cerise's Candle, you need to throw one of the following down a well: An Overgoat/Ubergoat, a Noman, a classic short story, 7 fluke cores, or your daughter. And I need to know what happens if you pitch your daughter down the well. I must know. But the question is, would Aletheopia really do such a thing?
I won't be at that point for a while, but I know I'll reach it some day, and I'll be at a crossroads.
...Hah, that's what Seeking is all about, ain't it. Knowledge at any cost. Funny.
Well, practically speaking (and Seeking) it seems like the easiest option...
Also, they added new text to the campaign investigations/Flash Lays, which makes me glad I didn't max out Campaigner just yet. Re-investigating Jenny just made me love her even more.
Seeking has left me in a dilemma, re: roleplaying vs. the need to know.
To get St. Cerise's Candle, you need to throw one of the following down a well: An Overgoat/Ubergoat, a Noman, a classic short story, 7 fluke cores, or your daughter. And I need to know what happens if you pitch your daughter down the well. I must know. But the question is, would Aletheopia really do such a thing?
I won't be at that point for a while, but I know I'll reach it some day, and I'll be at a crossroads.
...Hah, that's what Seeking is all about, ain't it. Knowledge at any cost. Funny.
Well, practically speaking (and Seeking) it seems like the easiest option...
Also, they added new text to the campaign investigations/Flash Lays, which makes me glad I didn't max out Campaigner just yet. Re-investigating Jenny just made me love her even more.
The thing is, I already have a Classic Short Story. So it's not even an easiest path thing.
Related, I'm now at SMEN 13. 1001 more appalling secrets, and I'll be able to move onto brutally killing myself!
Look, slam dunking your daughter into a well is its own reward.
Meanwhile, investigating the bishop's campaign was interesting. He's having fundraising problems, presumably because someone told him about where all the money was coming from, and the church may have withdrawn its support. Also, he plans to publish the identities of everyone without a soul in Fallen London, and I'm really curious where that's going.
I still have hope that "raising Touched by Fingerwork will gradually open stories on this card" ends up being true, and something incredible happens when I get to 50.
Anyway, it did my deck a world of good getting rid of the Sardonic Music-Hall Singer, I tell you what.
So now that I'm at Campaigner 20 and don't feel like grinding MW to get another point of Notability, I'm at a loss for what to do. I did "A Boxful of Intrigue" because I had somehow completely missed the next step of that, and ended up as a Fist of the Bazaar (despite being on the unionists' side the whole time--but I didn't have a newspaper, so I had to pick between Stones and Fires, and I figured Fires was less likely to go nuts on me when he heard what'd happened with the box).
Then I was like, "how about all those other storylines?"
So now I'm in the foreign office, and
You have Shroom-hopping Results Measured Against Unterzee Vulcanism, The Belgians are Coming!, The Tsar's Mechanical Ferret Army and On the Wisdom of not Inviting the Bishop of Southwark to State Dinners. All - apart from the last one - are complete nonsense. Detailed, highly consistent nonsense, but nonsense nonetheless.
So I did the Chimney Pot Wars. I was all excited to give the thing to the Fisher Kings because they were my favorite, but "they will give it to the Bazaar and break the contract with Storm" made this old zailor wary.
So instead I generously donated it to the Rubberies, and in their gratitude they gave me something to advance our mutual understanding. Or at least, that's how it happened in my version of the story. I guess that also technically broke the contract with Storm though. Whoops.
You gulp down pint after pint. The beer isn't strong, but the sour aftertaste is overpowering beyond your third tankard. You feel more bloated than drunk. You must have swallowed a gallon, and you're not halfway through yet.
You're sleepy now. Your stomach hurts. You've cut yourself. How did that happen? Perhaps you should lie down. That's it. On your back. Close your eyes and it will all go away. The hunger. The need for the name. Just take a little sleep. Seven tankards empty, just as it should be. There's blood in the bedclothes. Just a little sleep.
And all manner of thing shall be well.
Was this how it was before? Bleeding from everywhere. Vision slowly darkening? Did they know the name, then? Those who held the knives? You will know the name if it kills you. And it will, soon now.
Can you bear to do this seven times? Stop now before it destroys you.
Not the slow darkening spiral into black. Not this time. A sharp moment of agony and then nothing. How could this be? A knife through the heart, but still there had to be the well and the drowning? What manner of creature bore the Name? Perhaps you'll know. You must know. You will know. The knife grows heavy in your hand. Enough.
Can you bear to do this seven times? Stop now before it destroys you.
I ended up doing the right thing, even if it means the greatest prize of all (a really fancy quality in my scrapbook saying I was destined to save Paris) is forever lost to me. But the ending was sweet enough in its way that I don't care.
You grip the stone. Your hands only tremble a little. You leap into the mouth of the well. You're halfway down before an obsidian blade tears through your shoulder. Cold black water around you, above you.
Your blood slicks the water. Not too much, not yet. You'll have a scar. Your body fights you. It wants to live. You gasp and splutter at the surface. No, you'll go under again. And again.
Your shoulder doesn't even hurt now. You've been under six times. Six times you came back up. Not this time. Seven is the number. Seven is the number.
Monster breeding has convinced me that Fallen London is secretly a JRPG.
[SQ25] The Bifurcated Owl
Prerequisite Quests: The Labyrinth of Tigers [MQ6], Getting a Ship [SQ5], Flute Street [SQ10], A Voyage of Scientific Discovery [SQ12]
Getting a Bifurcated Owl is a long and arduous process, but the reward is more than worth it, with the Owl providing the best boost to your BDR stats in the entire game, on par with the incredibly expensive Ubergoat [SQ14].
Beating the Labyrinth of Tigers will unlock the ability to capture and breed 4 monsters. You will need all of these to get your very own Owl.
Somnolent Hyena: You can find these in the second coil of the Labyrinth of Tigers, but only if you are afflicted with the Nightmare status. Be careful, because they can inflict Raving.
Tomb-Lion: These are found in the Tomb Colonies [SQ3]. Make sure to buy a tincture of vigour before you go!
Rubbery Hound: One can be found at the end of Flute Street. Failure to capture it will necessitate completion of the entire dungeon again.
Plated Seal: You will need 2 of these. They can be found in the roughest parts of the Zee. Be wary, for they hit incredibly hard.
Once you have captured all 5 monsters, you will need to wait for a random encounter with Mr Hearts, who will give you a choice between medicines and the Empyrean Redolence. Take the Redolence.
Now, you must go through the following process, once for each monster: Kill 11 devils in the Labyrinth of Tigers, go through the monster taming minigame, and collect 11 fungi from the Chyrtid Wood. Once all of this is complete, you will unlock a new breeding option, Pulling Out The Stops. Use this in conjunction with the Empyrean Redolence on all of your monsters except one of the Plated Seals, which should be bred without Redolence.
You will now have 5 new monsters. But you're not done yet! Now you must go on a voyage to Bullbone Island until you find the key item, Cryptopaleontological Notes. Once you have this, take it to your lodgings and use it, and voila, you are the proud owner of a Bifurcated Owl!
The Blythehale mansion is a constant flurry of activity. Jenny entertains every other evening; balls for society types, half-penny theatre for the common woman. The Mayor has hired out-of-work Wolfstack dockers to renovate the east wing. Once finished, it'll become the Office for Public Works; Jenny's former employees stand ready to move in.
Jenny's work on London proceeds at similar pace. Soup kitchens are already attached to several theatres. Gin houses will be forced to provide beds - within weeks! She's even organised voluntary glaive training with the sisters.
Your questioning draws attention; a handsome youth in sable-livery approaches you with a smile. "The Masters present a gift. For your continued silence." The diamond gleams long after his smile has faded.
The low and the hungry are fools. You lay out a trail of blood and lies for them to follow. The lustful Constable. The judge who dotes upon his wastrel daughter. Words of sedition and blackmail pour from you like frosted breath. It is done.
They will come for you tonight. They will take your secrets. And they will take you. Seven chains shall lie heavy on you. Just as you planned. How many times must you endure this? Many. Many.
They think you a fool and a wastrel. You scatter the sparkling seeds of your incarceration, and London is generous. She gives you a regiment of thieves. Half of them wear badges on their hats.
Your jewels are gone. But what are they next to the name? The dust on the road, nothing more. They are coming now. Seven blue men to take you away to the chains, the blessed and accursed. All for the name. Everything for the name.
Can you bear to do this seven times? Stop now, before it destroys you.
This is the last time. They will take your secrets and your wine. And they will take you. The seventh mark will be upon you. Seven is the number. Seven chains mark your mind. You will never dream without a chain, a manacle, a rope, a cell. But that is nothing before the name. Seven is the number. Seven is the number.
Finished the new Exceptional Story. A lot of very interesting lore in there.
From what I can gather:
There was a scribe who had an affair with the Duchess, a love that could never be realised due to her status as a princess. In a moment of passion, she poisoned her betrothed and in doing so, she put the scribe in grave danger. And the Duchess, knowing of the plans of the Masters, turned to them. She sold them her city, and in doing so, her betrothed became the Cantigaster.
And in doing so, she knowingly betrayed them. She sold them not a false love story, but a false city. The city of Amarna. That is why they hate her. She delayed their plans by giving them a city they couldn't use, a city with no history and no love.
Comments
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Also I got really lucky and someone gave me 100 fate (had it manually transferred since that Gift of a Great Fate option is still locked). Probably gonna get Lost in Reflections, Flute Street and The Gift with it, waiting til the election's over because until then I'm spending all that time either campaigning or raising Notability (so close to that 5-card version of the Embassy!)
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Well, as long as your metaphors are on point.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
The Bishop of Southwark hates Hell because his [lover?/husband?] was taken by the devils. His campaign is being funded by devils using false names.
Sinning Jenny has had a major falling out with Mr Wines and presumably the Bazaar in general, and has taken to blackmailing the rich and powerful to secure funds.
The Jovial Contrarian doesn't want the Liberation of Night to go ahead, but has his own plans for the city, plans that, according to the Manager of the Royal Beth, are an amazingly bad idea.
Also, I got my MW from 4 to 28 less than 48 hours after my TtH and I wasn't even being very efficient. The salon owns, and that was just with one usage of it.
To get St. Cerise's Candle, you need to throw one of the following down a well: An Overgoat/Ubergoat, a Noman, a classic short story, 7 fluke cores, or your daughter. And I need to know what happens if you pitch your daughter down the well. I must know. But the question is, would Aletheopia really do such a thing?
I won't be at that point for a while, but I know I'll reach it some day, and I'll be at a crossroads.
...Hah, that's what Seeking is all about, ain't it. Knowledge at any cost. Funny.
Also, they added new text to the campaign investigations/Flash Lays, which makes me glad I didn't max out Campaigner just yet. Re-investigating Jenny just made me love her even more.
Related, I'm now at SMEN 13. 1001 more appalling secrets, and I'll be able to move onto brutally killing myself!
Also give me a way to get Mirrors and Clay out of my deck. ;_;
And all shall be well.
And all manner of thing shall be well.
Scarred.
Seven is the number.
[SQ25] The Bifurcated Owl
Prerequisite Quests: The Labyrinth of Tigers [MQ6], Getting a Ship [SQ5], Flute Street [SQ10], A Voyage of Scientific Discovery [SQ12]
Getting a Bifurcated Owl is a long and arduous process, but the reward is more than worth it, with the Owl providing the best boost to your BDR stats in the entire game, on par with the incredibly expensive Ubergoat [SQ14].
Beating the Labyrinth of Tigers will unlock the ability to capture and breed 4 monsters. You will need all of these to get your very own Owl.
Somnolent Hyena: You can find these in the second coil of the Labyrinth of Tigers, but only if you are afflicted with the Nightmare status. Be careful, because they can inflict Raving.
Tomb-Lion: These are found in the Tomb Colonies [SQ3]. Make sure to buy a tincture of vigour before you go!
Rubbery Hound: One can be found at the end of Flute Street. Failure to capture it will necessitate completion of the entire dungeon again.
Plated Seal: You will need 2 of these. They can be found in the roughest parts of the Zee. Be wary, for they hit incredibly hard.
Once you have captured all 5 monsters, you will need to wait for a random encounter with Mr Hearts, who will give you a choice between medicines and the Empyrean Redolence. Take the Redolence.
Now, you must go through the following process, once for each monster: Kill 11 devils in the Labyrinth of Tigers, go through the monster taming minigame, and collect 11 fungi from the Chyrtid Wood. Once all of this is complete, you will unlock a new breeding option, Pulling Out The Stops. Use this in conjunction with the Empyrean Redolence on all of your monsters except one of the Plated Seals, which should be bred without Redolence.
You will now have 5 new monsters. But you're not done yet! Now you must go on a voyage to Bullbone Island until you find the key item, Cryptopaleontological Notes. Once you have this, take it to your lodgings and use it, and voila, you are the proud owner of a Bifurcated Owl!
Behold the owl!
I wonder what the implications of this are.
Seven chains.
The mind is the number.
Scarred and Chained.
From what I can gather:
There was a scribe who had an affair with the Duchess, a love that could never be realised due to her status as a princess. In a moment of passion, she poisoned her betrothed and in doing so, she put the scribe in grave danger. And the Duchess, knowing of the plans of the Masters, turned to them. She sold them her city, and in doing so, her betrothed became the Cantigaster.
And in doing so, she knowingly betrayed them. She sold them not a false love story, but a false city. The city of Amarna. That is why they hate her. She delayed their plans by giving them a city they couldn't use, a city with no history and no love.