babelfishwars
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"Prepare oven number three."
The Season of Heart's Blood is complete. If you played Flint, the Art of Murder and the Waltz that Moved the World, you will have gained an item unique to each tale. These three items can be traded in to unlock a morsel of story, a soupçon of lore and a toothsome reward.
This option opens today, and will remain permanently, so there is no need to trade in your items by any deadline.
The story will be found anywhere in London. Enjoy!
edited by babelfishwars on 2/17/2016
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Optimatum
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2/17/2016
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Rewards:
[spoiler]Eating gives an Elemental Secret whereas not eating gives a Dreadful Surmise.[/spoiler]
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Juno
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2/17/2016
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Yummy.
After I read the "Our Chef de Cuisine requires certain sanguine ingredients for a new recipe..." text, I was breathlessly prepared to announce on the forums that de Gustibus had returned to Fallen London, in a new guise. Fortunately I saw this post before I embarassed myself.
Be kind, I have yet to experience de Gustibus.
Edit: A difficult choice. Having come thus far, one seems more obvious than the the other.
edited by Juno on 2/17/2016
Edit: I chose not to partake. The choice, and its rewards, are in my Journal.
edited by Juno on 2/17/2016
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Zero
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2/18/2016
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How nice! I only played The Waltz that Moved the World but I was deeply fascinated with it, so I'm eager to read the other stories. If I understood correctly, I can buy them with Fate and obtain the items anyway, right? I want to eat gross things too.
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Passionario
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2/19/2016
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Sir Joseph Marlen wrote:
I'd just like to say how much I love you all. When faced with the option of partaking in a sanguine dish fit for a Seeker's abhorrent diet and would repulse any standard individual with modern "morals" or what not, what do the majority of us do? Why, we eat of course! Cannibalism is such a restrictive faux pas anyway, and we need not concern ourselves with what we're eating so much as how it tastes. It's wonderfully ridiculous, and I love it.
For what's the sound of the world out there?
Those crunching noises pervading the air?
It's man devouring man, my dear -
And who are we to deny it in here?
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TheThirdPolice
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2/17/2016
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Our friendship has become even more delicious.
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Catherine Raymond
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2/17/2016
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If you are interested, Lemexis, my character could not bring herself to eat. I echoed the relevant text here:
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/cathyr19355
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metasynthie
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2/17/2016
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Mmmm. Blood, in sausages, blood in cubes in soup.
I admit it's an acquired taste! I like the notion that two of the 312.5€ items may actually be the same thing in some cases, just viewed from a different perspective. And I enjoy the continued role of the Apicius Club as the high-end gustatory garbage-disposal of the Fifth City: snuffling along the storylets, rooting for various valuable, truffley odds-and-ends that clutter up inventories.
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Sir Joseph Marlen
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2/18/2016
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I'd just like to say how much I love you all. When faced with the option of partaking in a sanguine dish fit for a Seeker's abhorrent diet and would repulse any standard individual with modern "morals" or what not, what do the majority of us do? Why, we eat of course! Cannibalism is such a restrictive faux pas anyway, and we need not concern ourselves with what we're eating so much as how it tastes. It's wonderfully ridiculous, and I love it.
Also, while I fully understand why many wouldn't finish the last dish, I can't help but find the action humorous within its context. Like, "How dare you serve me this disgusting dish after I knowingly provided you the ingredients and happily accepted the invitation to dine with you!" Again, it makes perfect sense, which makes its reasoning in the whole affair even funnier.
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Guest
2/18/2016
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The Procurer General's offer came as a lovely surprise. Of course it's not the first offer that I've had from a procurer, and I expected that it would lead to biting down on strange things, but I'm not so jaded that it was not an extraordinary experience. I admit that I balked somewhat at the nature of the pudding, but you know, 'ever forward, no regrets', even if it means burrowing further into wherever we are burrowing, and besides, what sort of manners would I have if I refused, after my hosts had been so graceful? Time will tell, I suppose, but it has always been my experience that innocence is something best left behind, like one's old school clothes. No regrets.
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Toran
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2/18/2016
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I was deeply torn on the final decision and nearly chose not to eat. Ultimately I decided that in matters of protecting humanity itself, engaging in a most minor act of cannibalism in order to consume Mountain Essence (which might lead to necessary powers) was the lesser evil. The horror that it did nothing was its own sort of reward.
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RandomWalker
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2/17/2016
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The words were delicious.
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Optimatum
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2/18/2016
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Sir Joseph Marlen wrote:
I'd just like to say how much I love you all. When faced with the option of partaking in a sanguine dish fit for a Seeker's abhorrent diet and would repulse any standard individual with modern "morals" or what not, what do the majority of us do? Why, we eat of course! Cannibalism is such a restrictive faux pas anyway, and we need not concern ourselves with what we're eating so much as how it tastes. It's wonderfully ridiculous, and I love it.
Also, while I fully understand why many wouldn't finish the last dish, I can't help but find the action humorous within its context. Like, "How dare you serve me this disgusting dish after I knowingly provided you the ingredients and happily accepted the invitation to dine with you!" Again, it makes perfect sense, which makes its reasoning in the whole affair even funnier.
edited by Sir Joseph Marlen on 2/18/2016
Hey, it's not entirely cannibalism! We're just imitating the god-eaters 
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Optimatum, a ruthless and merciful gentleman. No plant battles, Affluent Photographer requests, or healing offers; all other social actions welcome.
Want a sip of Cider? Just say hi!
PM me for information enigmatic or Fated. Though the forum please, not FL itself.
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Penelope Vespers
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2/17/2016
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Bravo, glad to have come and seen and tasted terrible, terrible things. I fear that in doing this I have taken part in something truly fell and yet it is that very fact that made it so tantalizing. What manner of hedonist would I be if I let such an opportunity be crashed upon the floor like so much wasted potential?
I would like to note, that while by no means do I feel ripped off by the reward, I just wish it had been something a tad more unique in scope. If I had the chance over I may have stuck with my sanguine curiosities. Ah - such is life!
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KShep
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2/17/2016
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I was very, very torn about what to do for my final choice -- I eventually refused to eat the last morsel. Partly out of spite, and partly as an attempt to protect my fellow diner. I really enjoyed this! Part of me wishes for a more unique souvenir of the season, something worth the same value as the Dreadful Surmise (which I totally appreciate!) but tied to the storyline. Either way, very content with this resolution! I'd love to see more multi-parters like the Heart's Blood Season!
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mnemosius
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2/17/2016
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That was a delightful feast. I'm only, ah, a little concerned about who I was dining with. Oh, I know who they look like, but...
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Catherine Raymond
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2/17/2016
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Robin Mask wrote:
Strangely, the story presents me with the most difficult choice in the game so far . . .
I both dread and eagerly await the final click XD
Edit: I think I may regret my choice . . .
I'm very curious what I would have gotten had I chosen otherwise, hmm . . .
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I'm with you, Robin, on all counts. Yet my character simply could not have simply devoured that final indulgence.
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Catherine Raymond aka Mrs. Rykar Malkus http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Catherine%20Raymond (Gone NORTH)
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Toran
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2/17/2016
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I think that was definitely who it appeared to be. Seekers and all that.
I thoroughly enjoyed the text. Had hoped to have a unique item or similar to commemorate the three-month experience. I may have kept the other items had I known the reward.
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metasynthie
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2/17/2016
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That's a very FL way of looking at things, metasynthie. Perhaps I'm atypical in wanting a cluttered inventory. :-)
Oh, I think having a cluttered inventory and having / trying to keep "one of everything" is quite common especially among long-time players! De Gustibus struck me as a kind of "miscellaneous gobble-up" that exists partially in tension with that tendency, and such tensions are very very FL, if you ask me.
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Emain Ablach
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2/17/2016
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Very nice reward (for the choice I made, which is to be daring), thank you.
I hope I won't seem too bad-mannered, but it was... a bit disappointing. Its very short, so I feel like it needed especially strong text, something very... fleshy ? carnal ? I had pleasure reading it, I just expected more.
Anyway thank you !
PS : I would have kept the unique items instead of the reward if I'd known, since the reward is just a very expensive item. But it's a BIG reward, you've been generous, so I can't complain. ^^'
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Dante Kinkade
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2/17/2016
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What a tasty and strange journey it was. It was a very interesting one and makes me hope I came away from it ok and curious what the path would have been like.
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Hobnail
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2/17/2016
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DELICIOUS
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maleclypse
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2/21/2016
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Being a good church going man, I believe that the powers of the essences Transubstantiated the human parts into divine ambrosia. That we are what we eat and what we eat are the hearts of our fallen gods. Let the reckoning be postponed for we will grow strong enough to bring that reckoning.
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Catherine Raymond
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2/18/2016
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Sir Joseph Marlen wrote:
I'd just like to say how much I love you all. When faced with the option of partaking in a sanguine dish fit for a Seeker's abhorrent diet and would repulse any standard individual with modern "morals" or what not, what do the majority of us do? Why, we eat of course! Cannibalism is such a restrictive faux pas anyway, and we need not concern ourselves with what we're eating so much as how it tastes. It's wonderfully ridiculous, and I love it.
Also, while I fully understand why many wouldn't finish the last dish, I can't help but find the action humorous within its context. Like, "How dare you serve me this disgusting dish after I knowingly provided you the ingredients and happily accepted the invitation to dine with you!" Again, it makes perfect sense, which makes its reasoning in the whole affair even funnier.
edited by Sir Joseph Marlen on 2/18/2016
Too true, but human beings are nothing if not self-contradictory. :-)
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Catherine Raymond aka Mrs. Rykar Malkus http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Catherine%20Raymond (Gone NORTH)
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Schurchk
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A more delightful dinner I couldn't have asked for.
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