babelfishwars
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6/1/2016
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The grind of keel against shingle announces the ferry boat. The Boatman does not greet you.
The Family Ties Season has finished. If you played the Frequently Deceased, the Seven-Day Reign and the Pentecost Predicament, you will have gained an item unique to each tale. You can trade in these items to unlock a short tale suffused with lore and adorned with an alluring reward.
This option opens today, and will remain permanently, so there is no need to trade in your items by any deadline.
The story can be found anywhere in London. Bask in it.
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Mars, God of Fish; Leaning Tower of Fish
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Diptych
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6/1/2016
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[spoiler]I was obligated to take the option saying that I wouldn't dream of obligating the Boatman to do something he didn't want to do, because of course I wouldn't dream of obligating the Boatman to do something he didn't want to do! So we had a nice chat, and I learned some interesting and pleasant things. And he gave me a nice little present, which was jolly kind.[/spoiler]
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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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An Individual
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6/2/2016
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Really enjoyed this. I took the hard path and stared steely eyed into the abyss. I let the forger off the hook that one time and its haunted me ever since.
Big thanks to RandomWalker for echoing the other path though. There's some really interesting lore down both tracks. This is one of those situations that makes me really tempted to get EF on an alt account.
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An Individual's Profile
The RNG giveth and the RNG taketh away.
Goat Farming or Cider Brewing? This browser extension may help.
Want a Cider sip? Please refer to this guide before requesting.
Scholaring the Correspondence? A Brief Guide to Courier's Footprint.
Contemplating Oblivion? First Steps on the Seeking Road.
Gone NORTH? Opened the gate? Throw your character in a well.
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Optimatum
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6/1/2016
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I wonder what "opening the mirrors" means. Fingerking foreshadowing?
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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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Gilphon
Posts: 93
6/1/2016
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[spoiler]Does anyone have any clue who the boatman was referring to when you ask him about family? Somebody 'close to' the Boatmen who's preaching what sounds like the Liberation of Night? Because I'm drawing a blank at who that could mean. Did the Thief-of-Faces join the revolutionaries when I wasn't looking? [/spoiler]
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Harlocke
Posts: 506
6/1/2016
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Quixoticcat wrote:
Sardonyx is having the exact same problem. I've worked very hard to have never met the Boatman (because zie wants to see the Surface again, even if zie doesn't want to live there again). This is a VERY difficult choice for me.
If it helps, the text makes very clear that you are not dying and are a rare living passenger on the boatman' ferry. Since you don't die, that probably wouldn't disqualify you from returning to the surface.
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I welcome social actions, and can visit your salon as an author.
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Optimatum
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6/1/2016
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From the text unlocked with Boatman's Opponent, it seems to just be a nod to the Boatman being acquainted with you.
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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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MrBurnside
Posts: 188
6/1/2016
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Optimatum wrote:
From the text unlocked with Boatman's Opponent, it seems to just be a nod to the Boatman being acquainted with you.
Thanks! That was just what I needed to hear.
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Miss Perative
Posts: 46
6/1/2016
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Darkroot wrote:
Hm, it seems the entrance storylet has different options depending on your level of The Boatman's Opponent - 0-4 is a tier, not sure whether its 5+ or there are multiple higher tiers.
I have The Boatman's Opponent 40 but my option was opened with 5+.
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I've removed my profile link for the time being as I don't play often enough these days to engage in social actions.
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RandomWalker
Posts: 948
6/1/2016
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So I was very rude with one alt, insisting that I go as close as possible to the shore, and my main had a fascinating chat with the boatman.
Delightful. The reward for being rude is harder to come by than the reward for being pleasant, but both routes have value.
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Gonen
Posts: 817
6/3/2016
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I am getting addicted to those trade-in short stories. Each of them is a concentrated thrill.
Lovely idea!
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 The Ashen Anesthesiologist - Paramount Londoner
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness.
The long journey to eccentricity:
On March 10th, 2018, reached 15 on all quirks, simultaneously. The Quirky Anesthesiologist
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maleclypse
Posts: 259
6/3/2016
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Asking about The Mountain
[spoiler]He says he knows more of the daughter, I presume this means Mt Nomad? [/spoiler]
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Maintaining a controlling interest in my soul requires a pretty constant negotiation between the various shareholder interests. Thankfully the Fingerkings 23% control makes a pretty good foil to unite the other factions enough to get to 51%.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Maleclypse
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Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
6/3/2016
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
Playing the Family Ties trade-in was very in-character for my main, but I was disappointed in the non-text part of the reward
Given how the Boatman likes to be Cryptic, I am happy it just doesn't pay a truckload of Cryptic Clues on both routes.
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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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malthaussen
Posts: 1060
6/4/2016
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Well, now you've given them an idea.
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"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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Mr Sables
Posts: 597
6/5/2016
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Julias Stokes wrote:
Will the family ties stuff come to the Fate page? Will it replace something else, like Heart's Blood?
Do you mean the individual stories?
If so, they will eventually come up on the Fate page. I think each EF story comes up on the Fate page around three months after it's release, but - so far - Fate stories remain Fate stories and don't become free . . . so you can probably expect this latest story around August time. (Edit: I just spotted someone else say it's five months after release, so the time may be longer than I expressed).
If you mean this extra item trade-in storylet, then no. It'll only unlock once you buy all three stories in the season, at which point it should - I'm led to believe - automatically appear to you without extra cost.
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The Duke of Waltham
Posts: 150
7/26/2016
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I've just played this, and I very much enjoyed it. I'd like to draw attention to something else that hasn't been commented on, though: in two occasions I saw an action's result that was actually a storylet, where the message about the alteration of a quality appeared right above the branches to be followed next. I've never seen before storylets and results fused like this; has anyone else? It might be a bug, or an experiment of some sort.
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The Duke of Waltham welcomes requests for assistance from those troubled by menaces, and His Grace's townhouse is always open to visitors who will not attempt to steal the silverware or extract support for yet another ill-advised scheme concerning photographers.
H. Cartwright, secretary.
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ArtificerProdigy
Posts: 30
6/2/2016
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My character has waffled between attempting to procure a heptagoat or cider. He had decided on the goat... until he saw this. Immortality is definitely at the very top of his to-do list now.
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Social actions welcome, excepting photographers and loitering.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/ArtificerProdigy
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Catherine Raymond
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6/2/2016
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Playing the Family Ties trade-in was very in-character for my main, but I was disappointed in the non-text part of the reward:
[spoiler] It was a Starstone Demark. I already had two of them; now I have three of the blasted things! They are too hard to come by for me to want to sell them, but they're not unique either! Arrgh...[/spoiler]
The text, as always, was splendid, and the information therein tantalizing (pun intended!).
edited by cathyr19355 on 6/2/2016
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http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/cathyr19355
Catherine Raymond aka Mrs. Rykar Malkus http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Catherine%20Raymond (Gone NORTH)
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ochrasy
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6/3/2016
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if I buy these stories later on (with fate), will I also have access to the item trade-in?
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Ochrasy. Monster-Hunter. Dangerous and Watchful, favors the Constables.
Robitaille. Persuasive and Shadowy, fond of the Devils.
Herr Horst. Seeker of Revenge.
Open to all social actions on all accounts. Preferably, send any MW-providing actions to Ochrasy.
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babelfishwars
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Posts: 1152
6/1/2016
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Ian Hart wrote:
Unlike the last item trade in, this one seems to have left me with a permanent quality. I'd love confirmation one way or the other on if that quality blocks me from repeating the story (and choosing the other ending) once all this season's stories are available for Fate.
Hello! If you have, could you let me know? Support@failbettergames.com
You should be able to repeat this, if you replay the EFs - if you've been left with any quality other than the reward, it's a bug.
Thanks!
edited by babelfishwars on 6/1/2016
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Mars, God of Fish; Leaning Tower of Fish
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Mysterion
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6/1/2016
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Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook wrote:
[spoiler]I was obligated to take the option saying that I wouldn't dream of obligating the Boatman to do something he didn't want to do, because of course I wouldn't dream of obligating the Boatman to do something he didn't want to do! So we had a nice chat, and I learned some interesting and pleasant things. And he gave me a nice little present, which was jolly kind.[/spoiler]
You're too nice (for an esotericist). I'm not one to make others do unpleasant things, either, but this is one of the mysteries of the Neath we're talking about here. I couldn't resist, even though I feared for the others. I wasn't comfortable, though.
Congratulations to the writers. This was harder than I expected. My heart was racing.
EDITED: I echoed the less polite alternative, if anybody wants to take a look.
edited by Mysterion on 6/1/2016
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Mysterion - The Morose Bibliophague
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RandomWalker
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6/1/2016
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Harlocke wrote:
RandomWalker wrote:
So I was very rude with one alt, insisting that I go as close as possible to the shore, and my main had a fascinating chat with the boatman.
Delightful. The reward for being rude is harder to come by than the reward for being pleasant, but both routes have value.
Do you have journal echoes for each route? I'm likely to be polite, but I'm curious what awaits on the far shore.
And in terms of sheer mechanical value, are the rewards similar? I don't particularly care about the monetary value if its just something you'd sell, but I'd hate to miss out on an otherwise limited companion or other unique item like that.
Rude: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/third~walker
Polite: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/RandomWalker
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Darkroot
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6/1/2016
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Hm, it seems the entrance storylet has different options depending on your level of The Boatman's Opponent - 0-4 is a tier, not sure whether its 5+ or there are multiple higher tiers.
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Mr Sables
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6/1/2016
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Greatly enjoying this so far; so rare I get to see the Boatman, let alone learn from him and get little tidbits of lore  Thanks for this update
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suinicide
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6/1/2016
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Man, both choices seem to be full if lore. I'm not sure what to pick.
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/profile/sunnytime
A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
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Ian Hart
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6/1/2016
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babelfishwars wrote:
Ian Hart wrote:
Unlike the last item trade in, this one seems to have left me with a permanent quality. I'd love confirmation one way or the other on if that quality blocks me from repeating the story (and choosing the other ending) once all this season's stories are available for Fate.
Hello! If you have, could you let me know? Support@failbettergames.com
You should be able to repeat this, if you replay the EFs - if you've been left with any quality other than the reward, it's a bug.
Thanks!
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Likely just confusing a "quality set to 0" with gaining a new quality. I don't see anything new in my quality list now that I look closely. Thanks!
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Victoria Astra Ludlow
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6/2/2016
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I was reluctant to trade in those items, but for me it was certainly worth it. This was the perfect follow up to what my character did at the Brass Embassy. Thank you for this great piece of lore!
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Victoria Astra Ludlow, The Rebellious Flâneuse, a Glasslady and Insurgent
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absimiliard
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6/1/2016
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Umm, D___ but I'm torn. My character has never met the Boatman. So, while I really want the cool stuff, I don't know that I can do that. I'm oddly proud of the fact that Absimiliard has no clues about anything where the Boatman is involved, this would make them far more clueful.
I guess we'll see how long my Will can hold out against my Curiosity.
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"Because, Parabola!" -- the Curious Captain
Eating nightmares from friends -- and I'm easy to befriend.
Absimiliard: the Black Rose of Wolfstack Docks
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