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Confess Thy Sins!

An Individual Posts: 589 6/18/2016	What is a sin? Anything that you feel was sinful. Here are mine: I spared the Repentant Forger on the final step of Secrets Framed in Gold. Knowledge requires sacrifice. I will not show such weakness again. I bombed a building because the revolutionaries paid me to do it. I am not in favour of blowing up the sky. Now I am cursed with this stupid card for all time. I was not a big fan of Flint. I didn't hate it and I really liked the lore. But the actual act of playing the story felt like making a string of fairly arbitrary decisions without the context or setup that would make them interesting. I did enjoy when those bees tried to use me as a hive though. -- 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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Kukapetal Posts: 1449 6/18/2016	I was so mad about getting kicked out of the university that when I got the Provost as a feast companion, I named him "Lousy in Bed" and stuck him up on my mantelpiece for everyone to see. I know it accomplished nothing, but it felt so good :P
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bjorntfh Posts: 216 6/20/2016	I Sought the Name.
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Estelle Knoht Posts: 1751 6/20/2016	Clicking without reading, especially during ES -- 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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Teaspoon Posts: 866 8/21/2016	I pursued the Once-Dashing Smuggler's storyline just long enough to earn a point of Connected: Master's so that I can offload my aunt for sweet, sweet action refreshes. For that matter I'm offloading my aunt on the Masters, which is probably not a thing to wish even on overlord bat-beasts. -- Truth lies at the bottom of a well. https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Alt%20Ern
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okmujnyhb Posts: 44 6/18/2016	I got kicked out of The Gift for nicking a few jewels. I can't help but feel I missed out on a lot more stuff that I would have seen if I showed a bit more restraint. I didn't read much of the text when I first started playing Fallen London. I really don't have any idea what the first few stages of my Ambition were about and I don't even remember the Sprifer and the Pianist or other early stories like that. edited by okmujnyhb on 6/18/2016 edited by okmujnyhb on 6/18/2016 -- My main: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/okmujnyhb My (Seeking) Alt: http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Melissa%20Edgecombe [GONE NORTH] Social actions welcome, excepting Suspicious Loitering and Affluent Photographer
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Luminen Walker Posts: 172 6/18/2016	I beat up the Wilting Dandy. I... wish that there was a way to replay that story. -- 1 - Cpt. Martin Walker, a Paramount and Marvellous Dreamer. 2 - Ariana Crivelli, a silent and sagacious lady.
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Zantumall Posts: 109 6/18/2016	My greatest sin was not sparing the Forger, actually, and now I'll never get him back. (Yes, I know you can pay fate in prison to get him back, but I'm sticking to the consequences of this one). -- My profile.
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Professor Strix Posts: 616 6/19/2016	I was going to let Comtessa with the Clay Man. Fallen London is a weird place, who knows if statues could talk? But my character freaked out at the prospect of the girl living an eternal life she would regret, but not be able to end (something that is a little too close to her own situation) and broke her. Boy, I would never think that a browser game would make me feel that guilty. The whole Shadowy storyline was pretty much a sin on its own. While it's technically possible for you to be a POSI and access any area without a high shadowy (just access Wilmot's End using persuasive and pay fate to skip the Shadowy 100 stroll in Spite), I was not keen in paying real money for that, so I had to find a way to squeeze some burglaries in the Professor's story. Some day, I think she will break the 4th wall with her cane and smack my head for making her do it. Another sin that bothered me a little was (spoilers for Pentecost Predicament): [spoiler]not letting Vespasian finish his book. But he had a spirifer fork in sight, and this is one of the sure ways to get the Professor to break you with gusto.[/spoiler] -- 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." --------- 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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Optimatum Posts: 3666 6/18/2016	I made a silly decision after the Nadir, and now [these words were blinded by irrigo] Vavakx Nonexus wrote: I didn't help the Princess in the Gift. Now some rando captain is reminding me of this failure with a card in my Opp deck. I don't even have a use for Docks favours from it. Hey, that one is a good decision! You didn't help further a monstrous plan, and now you have a steady source of the best option for Expedition supplies. -- 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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Passionario Posts: 777 10/3/2016	I did nothing wrong. (Except for, well, everything) -- Passionario: Profile, Story, Ending Passion: Profile, Appearance
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phryne Posts: 1351 6/18/2016	I've freed a One-Time Prince of Hell, though I'm not - yet - regretting it since I don't - yet - know what it will do..... -- Accounts: Bag a Legend • Light Fingers • Heart's Desire • Nemesis • no ambition Exceptional Stories, sorted by Season and by writer ― Favours & Renown Guide
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Glass Doll Posts: 52 6/20/2016	I falsely accused the Consumptive Cryptozoologist so I could continue with my career at the University. -- Glass Doll An odd little duck with a preoccupation for dolls and dreams. Maestra Valencia: An erstwhile primadonna from the Surface who wants to regain her former glory.
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Catherine Raymond Posts: 2518 8/17/2016	Teaspoon wrote: My non-Seeker alt has all the luck in the Forgotten Quarter. I ground up to the Nadir with my Seeker. Never saw a skull (I had to ask a kind third party for that). The most valuable thing I got on any of the expeditions was one bottle of Airag - the rest was mostly trembling amber. Which sells for all of 12.5 echoes and has no function whatsoever. After doing all that, my non-Seeker had finally acquired enough Watchful to mess around in the quarter, and has since been buried in skulls and night-whispers. Night-whispers! On a plate! What I'm saying is, I'm pretty sure the RNG is punishing me for having a non-Seeker alt here. That's just one interpretation. Perhaps the RNG is rewarding your non-Seeker for being good, and thereby trying to induce you to give up your self-destructive curiosity. ;-) -- 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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Lady Sapho Byron Posts: 770 8/20/2016	I have sinned by not maxing out my Hedonist before being locked out of the Court and University. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Lady%20Sapho%20L%20Byron Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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Vincent Asmund Posts: 314 8/21/2016	I killed the Cheesemonger and many players of the Great Game. I refuse to spend fate on saving my aunt from the Devils. Aunt Esmerelda be damned! I killed some Heiress who had a romance with a Clay Man. edited by Vincent Asmund on 8/21/2016 -- Vincent Åsmund, an ex-Author searching to return to his former glory. Konstantin Sorokin, a newcomer to the Neath with revolutionary tendencies.
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An Individual Posts: 589 8/21/2016	I've traded my Shepard's Timepiece for a Spirifer's Fork because the cider grind is long and The Affairs of the Box and The Fidgeting Writer have been getting on my nerve and it turns out spirifage is shockingly profitable. Besides, I'm really just running a scam to steal the souls I sell from other spirifers. So it's not like I'm stealing the souls myself. And those souls were going to be sold to devils anyway. So I'm not actually a bad person. Right? -- 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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Cranston Pickle Posts: 14 8/23/2016	I have sinned, I blew a hole in the Embassy, voted for the Bishop of Southwark, encouraged him to enact his plan, and have usually acted against devils at any chance I get. I really dislike devils. I have sinned, I made it to the gate leading North but did not have the conviction to step through. I have sinned, I did not spare the Forger for the sake of a good story to tell the Bazaar. My greatest sin, however, is skipping through a large portion of the early game's text. A lot of it is a half-remembered haze at this point. -- Fallen London profile: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Cranston%20Pickle Open for any and all social actions.
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Mark Posts: 63 8/29/2016	I have sinned... Zinaida Gorenko is quite religious - extremely unorthodox, but religious. (Gettting Scarlet Saint for her wasn't just a matter of bragging rights.) In particular, she's a member of the CVR, and she takes it very seriously. But when the only route forward to finding her lover's murderer lay through a devil, she paid his bribe. -- Zinaida Gorenko, the Scarlet Saint - Accepting any social action except loitering, cats, and photographer
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Vavakx Nonexus Posts: 892 6/18/2016	I've assisted the Cheesemonger. Just because killing half of your current closest to faction seemed fun and cool. I immediately went for the Yacht. Instead of properly exploring the Zee, I've spent weeks trying to get the fanciest ship. I didn't make an Acquaintance: the Captivating Princess during FotER. And just got all the 10 Masquing companions. I didn't help the Princess in the Gift. Now some rando captain is reminding me of this failure with a card in my Opp deck. I don't even have a use for Docks favours from it. edited by Vavakx Nonexus on 6/18/2016 -- 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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folklore364 Posts: 136 6/18/2016	I have sinned, I killed a large portion of the game participants at the behest of the Cheesemonger. I have sinned, in potentially damning everyone in London by agreeing to the Bishops plan for war. I have sinned by blowing up the embassy at the behest of a radical group. Worse I created the bifurcated owl and feed it regularly. Such a nice little abomination. -- A correspondent who hungers for knowledge. May have doomed london to war with Hell. http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/folklore364
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Grenem Posts: 2067 6/18/2016	I sold my dreadful surmise to buy an overgoat. This was folly of the highest order, and cost me a vial of lacre- admittedly, one that would have cost me ~1050 echoes, but i would have paid that. -- Married!:http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/takuza I will accept all social actions that do not consume free evenings- and i will provide patronage to anyone who requests it, though it will be split between all requesters. On psudeo-hiatus. Will be inactive and active and fluctuate without warning. Grinding Favors without cards: http://community.failbettergames.com/topic22266-storylet-favors-grinding.aspx
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The Absurd Rogue Posts: 1049 6/18/2016	Kukapetal wrote: I was so mad about getting kicked out of the university that when I got the Provost as a feast companion, I named him "Lousy in Bed" and stuck him up on my mantelpiece for everyone to see. I know it accomplished nothing, but it felt so good :P I saw that! I was wondering what the story for that was. -- "There is never another story. There is only one, and I try to tell it with every page. I fail, and I try again. There are no new stories; I have this one." -S.N RemainProfane#2532
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Eglantine-Fox Posts: 872 10/3/2016	I have sinned. I have sold my soul. Three times. I have manipulated London's people to my own ends. I have committed obscene acts upon the throne of the Traitor-Empress herself. I have deliberately sought exile to pursue lewd associations with certain bandaged individuals. I have so deeply immersed myself in carnality that even one of the Masters has expressed a wish that it could desire me. My sin, by and large, is Lust, and I have raised it up above the thrones of the heavens. And OOC, I have sinned... by unleashing the creature confessing above. :'D edited by Eglantine-Fox on 10/3/2016 -- Eglantine Fox, the charming and androgynous Correspondent, teetering between hobbies of seduction and self-destruction. Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite). Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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Sir Joseph Marlen Posts: 575 6/19/2016	I didn't spare the Forger in Secrets Framed in Gold. Sure, I got him back on my next trip to New Newgate, and pushing him was probably for the best, but dang if I didn't feel bad about it. I wasn't able to fulfill all my confessions during Hallowmas. Seriously, this one bothered me so much when it happened. I bit off more than I could chew, and while some probably didn't mind, I hated that I couldn't follow through with it. I joined SMEN without the intention of completing it as my ending. If SMEN's ending involves a complete ending for FL, I was planning to complete it to the last point of backing out without causing permanent damage. A bit hypocritical for a Seeker, I suppose. I actually loved Five Minutes to Midday. A lot of people had their issues with it, and a few even hated it. But save for a few minor gripes, it was one of my favorite Exceptional Stories. I especially loved how [spoiler] If the Protestor's message gets out after the explosion and the Embassy finally gets repaired, half of the watchers turn into a mob against the devils and would have torn the Embassy apart again if not for the Goat-Demons. It really felt like you made some change in the people of London, however minor it may seem. I even started getting emotional when a frail old man raised an oar with the help of others, demanding the freedom of his fellow man.[/spoiler] edited by Sir Joseph Marlen on 6/19/2016 -- Sir Joseph Marlen - The Romantic Sophist Alexus Harven - The Defiant Fatalist Rose Reinhelm - The Respectful Revolutionary Cappuccino - The Perfidious Spycraft Available for any and all social actions.
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