Is there any ending which is bad for both Miss Petal and Poirot? Because they both manipulated me and I don’t like it.
None of the options appear to be “kill them both and entomb both with the irrigo lord”
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Not one found. For that matter I’m vaguely miffed the choice to kill the butler for suspiciously aiding and abetting the closure of the house is absent. Or for that matter, the choice to go on a killing spree of your own. None of these people are remotely sympathetic.
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Apparently, there is, but it’s exclusive to Midnighters. That said, did Miss Petal manipulate you? I gathered you agreed to her plan and then simply forgot having done so as a result of irrigo exposure.
(Also, to reiterate, the butler was definitely murdered. Even if one misses finding his body, he was actually one of the early victims.)
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Hang on. I have to admit I’m confused by this. The Butler was still there when the interrogations began - is he one of the earlier victims? Also, who killed him?
I believe Miss Petal killed him? I don’t remember at what point in the story he vanishes and can be found dead in the kitchens.
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Yeah, she definitely did. We have a whole story of walking around this house and she’s not telling me what’s going on, even though she knows and I don’t? Jerk move.
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Hrm. Not thrilled by the railroading, given that I figured out who Petal was less than a third of the way through (at the same time I knew what was going on with the irrigo – and, given that I’ve got a full neathbow of mirror-catch boxes, would have used). But the writing was solid (especially the constantly-updating room descriptions) and I liked the author’s somewhat cynical take on Poirot.
Speaking of mirror-catch boxes, I have the option to douse Petal in irrigo here at the end, and am sitting at the last decision trying to decide whether it’s worth it. I REALLY don’t want to help the Intellect, but neither am I convinced that her plan is remotely something I’d support (even though, apparently, I once did.)
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Update: dousing her in irrigo is NOT worth it.
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What happens if you do that?
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From here forward: Fallen London
TL;DR: She’s stripped of her memories and arrested for the murders. Poirot intends to continue preying on “criminals,” the smug little psychopath; the epilogue ends with you sitting alone in a room with him, fully realizing the depth of his depravity, and NOT just killing him.
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I don’t understand how this opinion exists. In terms of prose style—not even taking account the typos—this was the worst piece of writing in all of FL, and it’s not even close.
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Have you read much Christie? I felt it was actually a pretty passable Poirot pastiche.
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As for the story itself… I really wish there’d been an option to irrigogate (hem-hem, Mr Pages) BOTH the detective and the murderer!
This. I took that option thinking it was that, only to be disappointed.
I could see where the story was going almost from the beginning [been playing this game way too long, I know the signs and subversions] and was resolved not to let either of them walk away from this, Intellect for being who and what he is, Petal for being just as bad and involving me in this.
Unfortunately, there seems to be no such option.
That said, I do think they really nailed the Poirot character while utterly assassinating it in the process and hammering home the dark and cynical nature of this setting/universe in a way that feels so haunting if you’ve come to know and love the character.
The prolific spelling errors and dropped quotation marks were a little distracting, but it wasn’t too bad for my tastes. I also love that this ES was purely character focused and not some big grand lore reveal or city threatening plot or throwaway reference to some faction or other. You need those now and again to remind you that Fallen London is made up of actual people.
I just think what annoyed me most was just the lack of agency the PC had in the story. It makes sense given the events and premise, but at the same time, it does take away from the experience and leave a sour taste, particularly when there are almost certainly ways the PC could affect or upset things, especially if a mid to endgame player.
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So many people mentioning the spelling mistakes etc. I usually wait a bit in the hope someone will do us all a favour and send a bunch of corrections off to FB. (Otherwise I can generally not stop myself doing the deed.) Though if this ES is 20,000 words long…
But in a game where the text is the thing, it does suggest the process lacks a step. Or was maybe rushed this time around.
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I really enjoyed this one. It was longer and more detailed than usual and had fun with all the characters. I really liked that in the end it the entire thing felt ‘railroaded’ exactly because my character - along with Isabelle - had planned it it to unfold like this.
So you were solving a mystery and committing your plan at the same time.
It reminded me of Salon Scandal, which I also really liked.
Everyone is obviously entitled to their own taste and opinions. But I had a lot of fun with this one.
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I quite enjoyed this one. Does anyone have the echo for the midnighter ending. I’m curious how that ends up.