Professor Strix
Posts: 616
3/25/2016
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A little interlude about pets. Will make another (and thanks a lot to Johnny Felix for the Parabola Kitten. It's adorable and I'll include it in the next pet interlude).
Now the bat has a name. I couldn't keep calling it "you" for the whole game. And I got the salt weasel in one of my first days playing. I tend to be luckier than it's good for me. It's taking me ages to grind my stats.
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The Inescapable Professor, London's Most Academic Detective. Open to consultation from Mondays to Fridays, above the Silver Binding bookshop, Veilgarden. Half the payment in advance, half after closing the case. No refunds.
"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
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Social actions welcomed. Will take menaces if not currently grinding that one stat. Send them and cross your fingers.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor%20Strix
My alt loiters suspiciously if you want to:
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Professor Strix
Posts: 616
3/26/2016
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I'm sure most of you will relate to this feeling:
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The Inescapable Professor, London's Most Academic Detective. Open to consultation from Mondays to Fridays, above the Silver Binding bookshop, Veilgarden. Half the payment in advance, half after closing the case. No refunds.
"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
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Social actions welcomed. Will take menaces if not currently grinding that one stat. Send them and cross your fingers.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor%20Strix
My alt loiters suspiciously if you want to:
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Derek%20Davis
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Rysiek
Posts: 693
3/26/2016
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Professor Strix wrote:
I'm sure most of you will relate to this feeling:
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can't relate to say the truth. I never had the heart to smash her. I always left her alive.
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The silesian Detective
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Rysiek
The incredible Warsovian. She certainly didn't steal your diamond necklace. That idea is RIDICULOUS...
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Maria~Konstantynopolska
The silesian vengeance seeker
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Agata~Grym
I apologize for any and all anachronisms. I am too lazy to check some facts if I am sure they are from the 1890s or sometimes think they are.
Oh, and by the way, I am not polish, I am GERMAN to clarify for heavens sake... tylko po polsku mowie. Um Himmelswillen...
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Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
3/26/2016
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You should get a Ruthless Henchman.
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Estelle Knoht, a juvenile, unreliable and respectable lady.
I currently do not accept any catbox, cider, suppers, calling cards or proteges.
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The Master
Posts: 804
3/26/2016
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Never saw someone do this here before, quite a suprise since I saw other communities make comics like this alot, go on, we would love to see more!
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Lolwolfking
A very ruthless and daring doctor of the neath.
No more gift exchanges, im getting too many and I can barely hold these.
He has knowledge of a certain enigma, ask, you will get a clue.
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Shadowcthuhlu
Posts: 1557
3/27/2016
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Rysiek wrote:
Professor Strix wrote:
I'm sure most of you will relate to this feeling:
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can't relate to say the truth. I never had the heart to smash her. I always left her alive.
I did, though with all the Dirae Erinyes has learned throughout the years in London, their choice would be different.
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https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Dirae%20Erinyes. Closed to calling cards, but open for all other social action. I also love to roleplay.
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Professor Strix
Posts: 616
3/27/2016
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The thing about Comtessa is that anything you do can and WILL haunt your nightmares. Letting her alone there is unnerving, too, to say the least. You can't really win in this mission. -___-'
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The Inescapable Professor, London's Most Academic Detective. Open to consultation from Mondays to Fridays, above the Silver Binding bookshop, Veilgarden. Half the payment in advance, half after closing the case. No refunds.
"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
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Social actions welcomed. Will take menaces if not currently grinding that one stat. Send them and cross your fingers.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor%20Strix
My alt loiters suspiciously if you want to:
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Derek%20Davis
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vanillafog
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3/27/2016
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The Comtessa's fate is scary. Really, I just wish you knew whether it was what she really wanted or not. It didn't seem like it, but does that give you the right to kill her?
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Professor Strix
Posts: 616
3/27/2016
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Nothing gives you the right to kill her, but there's simply no guarantees that she will keep living as a statue. Or, worse, that she won't be trapped there for all eternity, aware but unresponsive. There are fates worse than final death, my friend. And some of them do start as good intentions.
Others just start horrible and get worse. I know one or two things about those.
[[OOC: I chose to break her for rp reasons, but letting her alive and trapped would have given me nightmares about being trapped in a claustrophobic space all the same.]]
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The Inescapable Professor, London's Most Academic Detective. Open to consultation from Mondays to Fridays, above the Silver Binding bookshop, Veilgarden. Half the payment in advance, half after closing the case. No refunds.
"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
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Social actions welcomed. Will take menaces if not currently grinding that one stat. Send them and cross your fingers.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor%20Strix
My alt loiters suspiciously if you want to:
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Derek%20Davis
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vanillafog
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3/27/2016
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You make some very good points. I left her be, and sometimes I wonder how she's doing: has she become a Clay Woman, forever to be with her beloved? Is she still trapped in that statue, her green eyes forever bricked away behind stone? Sometimes I think I should've smashed her instead.
(OOC: I chose to leave her, for different rp reasons. To my character, smashing her felt like playing god with her life, and they decided that they'd rather leave someone to a potentially terrible fate than play god, which may or may not be questionable ethics. Failbetter Games made a blog post about it too: http://www.failbettergames.com/dissecting-the-comtessa/ . This makes me think of the conclusion of the Absconding Devil case, when the Bleary Entertainer asks you "What gives you the right to decide other peoples' lives?". I really wish you had the option to say, "Nothing. I don't have that right.")
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Rysiek
Posts: 693
3/27/2016
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I did the absconding devil back when my English was bad and I didn't understand. Back then, I warned him... Don't ask me why anymore. Now, as I know the language better, I simply let them go. Every single case leaves the answer open and would open questions. Expect the detective, but every other is ambiguous. I wonder whether smashing wouldn't be better, but leaving her alive felt... optimistic, they could be together...
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The silesian Detective
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Rysiek
The incredible Warsovian. She certainly didn't steal your diamond necklace. That idea is RIDICULOUS...
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Maria~Konstantynopolska
The silesian vengeance seeker
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Agata~Grym
I apologize for any and all anachronisms. I am too lazy to check some facts if I am sure they are from the 1890s or sometimes think they are.
Oh, and by the way, I am not polish, I am GERMAN to clarify for heavens sake... tylko po polsku mowie. Um Himmelswillen...
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Professor Strix
Posts: 616
3/27/2016
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Stupid Persuasive quests that try to force you into someone's pants. None of the people I tried to charm ended our relationship particularly charmed. In the Intrigue: the Curate and his Sister, there's a point in which you spend the night with the Curate (what the hell, people). My headcanon is that we spent all night talking about some obscure theology point until I fell asleep by his side. He felt so insulted by this that he pretended to not remember me during the Vake hunt. But my Persuasive increased anyway, so who cares.
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The Inescapable Professor, London's Most Academic Detective. Open to consultation from Mondays to Fridays, above the Silver Binding bookshop, Veilgarden. Half the payment in advance, half after closing the case. No refunds.
"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
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Social actions welcomed. Will take menaces if not currently grinding that one stat. Send them and cross your fingers.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor%20Strix
My alt loiters suspiciously if you want to:
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Derek%20Davis
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NiteBrite
Posts: 1019
3/27/2016
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I like these comics. It's fun to remember the early storylines. It reminds me of when my character was another new face in London who didn't have any worries beyond a rat home invasion. My how things have changed since they got into the late game.
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I AM currently accepting calling cards.
Stats loss counter: reset, irrigo equivalent: none
[00:34] <@ortab> NiteBrite's laugh is that of a condemned soul gazing into the abyss.
Merciless Modiste avatar by Paul Arendt (based on an original image by Joe England)
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/TheBriteModiste
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Shadowcthuhlu
Posts: 1557
3/27/2016
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In my mind, it was probably endless night of Parcheesi whenever the church is involved. (Thanks to old Phil Foglio joke. . .)
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https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Dirae%20Erinyes. Closed to calling cards, but open for all other social action. I also love to roleplay.
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vanillafog
Posts: 16
3/27/2016
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It's nice how that's left deliberately vague, so that you can work your own headcanons in. Also, I totally feel your pain concerning seduction and theft quests that are necessary to advance storylines, but require out-of-character and/or distasteful actions.
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Professor Strix
Posts: 616
3/28/2016
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@NiteBrite: I'm still relatively new, and still get all nostalgic drawing those sketchs.
@Shadowcthulhu: Or that. xD
@vanillafog: Shadowy quests are my next target. Hate them, too.
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The Inescapable Professor, London's Most Academic Detective. Open to consultation from Mondays to Fridays, above the Silver Binding bookshop, Veilgarden. Half the payment in advance, half after closing the case. No refunds.
"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
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Social actions welcomed. Will take menaces if not currently grinding that one stat. Send them and cross your fingers.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor%20Strix
My alt loiters suspiciously if you want to:
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Derek%20Davis
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Rysiek
Posts: 693
3/28/2016
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Professor Strix wrote:
@NiteBrite: I'm still relatively new, and still get all nostalgic drawing those sketchs.
@Shadowcthulhu: Or that. xD
@vanillafog: Shadowy quests are my next target. Hate them, too.
They are a hell to advance... I only did them on Maria and absolutely REFUSE to do anything of them on Rysiek... Expect catch cats. Oh, and my headcannon on Persuasive is similar, on Agata.
Agata: There is the idea: We let us be seen in society and you will receive 5 Pounds after the affair is finished
Jewel Thief: But... what about the Sex?
Agata *draws her trusty Lupara*: You know, hot lead doesn't feel nice in ones face. If you don't want to experience it, darling, stay urwał away, capisce? No, wait, I better will aim it at your crotch *smiles creepily*
Jewel Thief: U..u...understood! *thinks* I am going to overdose on Laudanum after this is finished
Agata: *thinks* Playing insane appears to work. Do I look as if I slept with everyone? London ist verrückt
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The silesian Detective
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Rysiek
The incredible Warsovian. She certainly didn't steal your diamond necklace. That idea is RIDICULOUS...
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Maria~Konstantynopolska
The silesian vengeance seeker
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Agata~Grym
I apologize for any and all anachronisms. I am too lazy to check some facts if I am sure they are from the 1890s or sometimes think they are.
Oh, and by the way, I am not polish, I am GERMAN to clarify for heavens sake... tylko po polsku mowie. Um Himmelswillen...
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Professor Strix
Posts: 616
3/28/2016
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How do a completely honest character, with strong ties to the Church and the Constables and a high steadfast plus magnanimous unlock Shadowy accomplishments without committing crimes?
I don't know. But I don't put past Professor Strix to do... this. The profits will be used to build an orphanage or something.
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[[Typo: It's "challenging fighter". I'll eventually correct this. Totally.]]
edited by Professor Strix on 3/28/2016
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The Inescapable Professor, London's Most Academic Detective. Open to consultation from Mondays to Fridays, above the Silver Binding bookshop, Veilgarden. Half the payment in advance, half after closing the case. No refunds.
"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
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Social actions welcomed. Will take menaces if not currently grinding that one stat. Send them and cross your fingers.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor%20Strix
My alt loiters suspiciously if you want to:
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Derek%20Davis
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Vavakx Nonexus
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3/28/2016
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Professor Strix wrote:
How do a completely honest character, with strong ties to the Church and the Constables and a high steadfast plus magnanimous unlock Shadowy accomplishments without committing crimes?
I don't know. But I don't put past Professor Strix to do... this. The profits will be used to build an orphanage or something.
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[[Typo: It's "challenging fighter". I'll eventually correct this. Totally.]]
edited by Professor Strix on 3/28/2016
And this is how my shadowy set looked for half the game.
P.S. Opera Cloak gives +2 to Shadowy, not +1
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Amets Estibariz, the Moulting Eidolon: Cradled by a sun all their own.
Blabbing, the Hobo Everyone Knows: The One Who Pulls The Strings. A Clarity In The Darkness.
Charlotte and the Caretaker: A family?
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Professor Strix
Posts: 616
3/28/2016
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Vavakx Nonexus wrote:
And this is how my shadowy set looked for half the game.
P.S. Opera Cloak gives +2 to Shadowy, not +1
I later acquired a prison shiv and a neurastenic assassin later for a slightly bigger boost in Shadowy. And another typo? My my. That's why you never publish a work with less than 30 Potential.
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The Inescapable Professor, London's Most Academic Detective. Open to consultation from Mondays to Fridays, above the Silver Binding bookshop, Veilgarden. Half the payment in advance, half after closing the case. No refunds.
"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
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Social actions welcomed. Will take menaces if not currently grinding that one stat. Send them and cross your fingers.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor%20Strix
My alt loiters suspiciously if you want to:
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Derek%20Davis
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