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A season of Exceptional Stories: Heart's Blood

Hannah Flynn Administrator Posts: 491 12/22/2015	Exceptional Friends! A season of three Exceptional Stories begins with Flint. The theme of this season is Heart's Blood. Both January and February’s stories will follow the theme, and each Exceptional Story in this season will grant a unique item, related to the theme. If you’ve already completed Flint, you will have received the first item. You'll automatically get these items in the course of completing the story; you won't need to choose a particular ending. At the end of the season, we'll release a new option in Fallen London. If you've collected all three items, you can trade them in for a substantial reward and a snippet of new story and lore. If you want to keep the individual items as curios, you're welcome to do so! The option will remain available so you can cash them in later, if you choose to. Flint will change over to the next Exceptional Story on 31 December, so sign up for a subscription before then to enjoy the whole season at the optimal cost. The Art of Murder Art of Murder is the Exceptional Story for January, and the second story in Heart’s Blood! -- Wields the news canon, aboard the hype train.
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babelfishwars Administrator Posts: 1152 12/22/2015	Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook wrote: That's one hell of a breakfast machine. I take crumpets very seriously indeed. edited by babelfishwars on 12/22/2015 -- Mars, God of Fish; Leaning Tower of Fish
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 12/22/2015	That's one hell of a breakfast machine. -- Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron. Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Hobnail Posts: 179 12/22/2015	TREMENDOUS -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Hobnail
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metasynthie Posts: 645 1/31/2016	Wait, some of you never got to meet the Thief of Faces? Are you sure you didn't run into him? ....very sure? How would you know, if you did? Perhaps you did. -- Positively antique http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/metasynthie
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 12/24/2015	[spoiler]Nothing says "refined taste" like an orangutan with a straight-razor screaming in tongues![/spoiler] -- Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron. Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 1/21/2016	Exceptional Stories rarely give something unique, though this time we got a Vial of Murderer's Blood pretty early on into the story. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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Manu Traveler Posts: 29 12/22/2015	I wonder if The Society of Connoisseurs in Murder is still active on Fallen London. Such a fine institution should have thrived in the Neath, even if the Opium-Addled Essayist who made it famous died years before London fell. -- Manu Traveler, the inquisitive professor Red Christine, the conflicted revolutionary Tyler Glen, God's mad disciple - GONE NORTH A Morel, the unrepentant heartbreaker Omphale the Magnificent, the titanic crossdresser
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Màiread Posts: 385 12/22/2015	It's the wrong trousers, Gromit! Also, the themed story thing looks great. I can't wait to get started on Flint once Sackmas has passed. -- Màiread - Correspondent, composer, lover of cats. Can probably bake you a d__n fine cake. Useful Links: Traveller's Friend (Progress Tracker & Notability Calculator) \| phryne's Guide to Favours & Renown \| Peggy the Nowoman lived to see the Feast. Thank you for the memories, Snow Lady. I'm happy to accept most social actions except for lethal sparring and loitering suspiciously. Please challenge my plant! Currently not accepting calling cards.
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myrese Posts: 22 12/22/2015	So...is the story going to be about a rivalry between old-fashioned, artisan murderers and industrializing mass murderers? That's a very Failbetter way to explore the consequences of the Industrial Revolution. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/myrese A former Constable with a soft spot for children.
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malthaussen Posts: 1060 12/23/2015	@Manu Traveler: De Quincey died in '59, so not many years before London fell. His Society should still be around. And interested parties may read the essay here: http://readbookonline.net/readOnLine/20972/ (it is, incidentally, hilarious) -- Mal edited by malthaussen on 12/23/2015 -- "Of two choices, I always take the third." Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards. http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/malthaussen
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Pnakotic Posts: 266 12/28/2015	Nigel Overstreet wrote: The &quotArt&quot of Murder? Clearly the Bellicose Prince, the horse sized grub that he is, has turned to murder most foul! More likely the Repentant Forger, overwhelmed by turpentine fumes and unruhe from stripping so many layers away from black canvases, has devolved into homicidal mania. Which is apparently much less illicit than forgery in London these days... -- J. Ward Dunn, Glassman Book of All Hours 9:99: Journey's end in lover's meeting. Progress is ascendancy.
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Pnakotic Posts: 266 12/28/2015	Nigel Overstreet wrote: the truthseeker wrote: Then which character(s) offer &quotThe Science&quot of Murder? I don't know. Did the Empress have a kid named &quotScience?&quot I'm thinking it involves the Professor Denunciata making some surreptitious and unsolicited modifications to someone's Ratwork Velocipede. -- J. Ward Dunn, Glassman Book of All Hours 9:99: Journey's end in lover's meeting. Progress is ascendancy.
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Schmidt Posts: 114 12/22/2015	Not at all Mal. All you need to do is have done the story portion that takes place at the House of Chimes. Beyond that, the story will remain unlocked for your playing enjoyment whenever you want. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Atticus%20Schmidt I'll accept any actions, except loitering and Affluent Photographer (will accept dupes).
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Ian Hart Posts: 437 2/8/2016	genesis wrote: I don't believe there ever was a suggestion that that might be possible. Or at least that's my understanding. Replaying stories has always been at least 3 months since the end of the relevant month so the usual timeframes would not work and there has never been any suggestion that there might be an exception for Heart's Blood. Ah, so is the assumption that the Heart's Blood reward will be a limited time opportunity? Many of my friends have unlocked but not finished several of those stories (especially Flint, which is quite the time investment to make during the holiday season.) So that would good to announce so no one misses out on the reward they earned... -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Antifinity
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 1/23/2016	True, every story gives a unique quality which may or may not be reflected later down the line. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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TheThirdPolice Posts: 609 1/31/2016	It felt strange that this season's stories circled around a character that I never met in person. Flint II & Art of Murder even looked like they were leading to him, but he never showed. I'm hoping the upcoming "snippet" gives us a glimpse, even if it's not a full denouement. -- Excessive Corpse & Tender to Irreal Ravens Lover of Flawed Souls And with especial pride, Worst Screwup of the Decade!
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Guest 12/24/2015	[spoiler]At least he has good breeding history for this kind of murderous orange beast! It's an English thing.[/spoiler]
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Nigel Overstreet Posts: 1220 12/27/2015	The "Art" of Murder? Clearly the Bellicose Prince, the horse sized grub that he is, has turned to murder most foul! -- The Romantic Egotist: Most Hedonistic Man in All of Fallen London Are you or someone you know Overgoated? Please, let me know! Cider Club
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Nigel Overstreet Posts: 1220 12/27/2015	the truthseeker wrote: Then which character(s) offer "The Science" of Murder? I don't know. Did the Empress have a kid named "Science?" -- The Romantic Egotist: Most Hedonistic Man in All of Fallen London Are you or someone you know Overgoated? Please, let me know! Cider Club
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Guest 12/24/2015	"Many" Chin wrote: Any reference to the Saw series of movies? How...gauche. Think Murder in the Rue Morgue before such brute visuals.
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Pnakotic Posts: 266 12/22/2015	Kukapetal wrote: Hannah Flynn wrote: If you’ve already completed Flint, you will have received the first item. You'll automatically get these items in the course of completing the story; you won't need to choose a particular ending. Do you promise? I'm not going to find out I've gotta feed a busload of orphans to a meat grinder and then pee on the remains in order to get the &quotgood&quot ending or cool reward? :P No tangible rewards for that, though I'm sure the stone pigs will applaud your Sackmas spectacular... -- J. Ward Dunn, Glassman Book of All Hours 9:99: Journey's end in lover's meeting. Progress is ascendancy.
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Guest 12/22/2015	I look forward to the "murder mystery" (and hoping your crew will be in it Nitebrite!)
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 12/23/2015	Oh, man, that'd be great - I love The Set, and would adore to see more of them. (Sorry, NB - I sided with the Poet over the Modiste despite or perhaps because of the fact that she tattooed something obscene on my trousery area.) -- Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron. Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Saevitia Posts: 58 12/23/2015	Jonquil wrote: I did the Flint story, but I fear I did the wrong thing by surrendering the item to the person who commissioned the trip. Is there any way to reacquire it? You may not have actually lost it. You should still have the item you'll need to combine with the others for the big seasonal story reward(s). I seem to recall the text mentioning you giving what was asked for over, but the relevant/important item stays in your inventory. -- Saevitia's profile and appearance! [Gone NORTH] Now playing Esméralda, Saevitia's former helmswoman and moralistic Campaigner; she looks like this. I'm usually up for RP. Social actions are generally accepted; those with in-character RP invitations are most likely to be reciprocated.
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Lacunae Posts: 49 12/22/2015	If you sign up before the 31st, both Flint Part 1 and 2 should be available to play immediately. ON the 31st the new story comes out: from that day onwards you would have to buy Flint separately with fate. edited by Lacunae on 12/22/2015 -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Lacunae
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Catherine Raymond Posts: 2518 12/22/2015	NiteBrite wrote: With a title like "Art of Murder" I really hope this one will be about my crew, The Set. It would be a crime against art not to include us (I'm teasing) ;-) At this point, NiteBrite, I wouldn't be surprised if FBG did write your crew into a story! -- Cathy Raymond http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/cathyr19355 Catherine Raymond aka Mrs. Rykar Malkus http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Catherine%20Raymond (Gone NORTH)
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Màiread Posts: 385 12/22/2015	The EF stories change over on the last Thursday of each month. It just happens that the last Thursday of this month is the 31st. -- Màiread - Correspondent, composer, lover of cats. Can probably bake you a d__n fine cake. Useful Links: Traveller's Friend (Progress Tracker & Notability Calculator) \| phryne's Guide to Favours & Renown \| Peggy the Nowoman lived to see the Feast. Thank you for the memories, Snow Lady. I'm happy to accept most social actions except for lethal sparring and loitering suspiciously. Please challenge my plant! Currently not accepting calling cards.
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malthaussen Posts: 1060 12/22/2015	Confirm something for me: if one has started an Exceptional Story, does he have to finish it before the next one comes out? I've been a bit busy lately, so barely started Flint. -- Mal -- "Of two choices, I always take the third." Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards. http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/malthaussen
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