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Eglantine-Fox
Eglantine-Fox
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7/12/2016
Um. So, I bought the lodgings above the gambling den as part of my ongoing 'own all the houses' effort, and...

is it normal to be sent a bag of dead rats with a vaguely threatening note about how you are a sinner and they are your bedmates and christ's gonna smite you? no, really, I have no idea why an angry prophet person is sending me rats...

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Barse
Barse
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7/12/2016
As in, on your Messages tab? Could be an angry Bishop supporter, I guess... That's not related to the Den, not in my knowledge.

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Sara Hysaro
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7/12/2016
Yeah, there are no messages like that for buying any of the lodgings.

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Eglantine-Fox
Eglantine-Fox
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7/12/2016
it specifically references my lodgings. I'm so confused.

[spoiler](1 hours ago) The Furious Prophet (The Furious Prophet in Fallen London) has sent you a gift of rats! You've gained 100 x Rat on a String (new total 125). "You open the door to your room, unable to hear the sounds of the flies buzzing about within over the noise of the gambling den below. The smell hits you in an instant, and it's not hard to tell where it's coming from. There, on your bed, lies the bloody sack of dead rats. Its stench has filled the entire room and attracted many a curious fly. No doubt it'll leave quite the stain on your bedsheets. Along with all these lovely details comes a note, attached to the sack. "VERMIN AMONGST VERMIN - SINNERS AMONGST SINNERS - FIND COMFORT IN THE WRITHING, LURID MASS GRAVE OF THINE BEDMATES TIL THE LORD'S WRATH CASTS LIGHT ON THINE FILTHY AND HIDDEN SINS OF THE DARKNESS AND YOU ARE LEFT EXPOSED TO THE FURY OF CHRIST." How nice."[/spoiler]

So, uh, if you want rats and a side of judgement I guess they're being given out if you move into a gambling place?

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Barse
Barse
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7/12/2016
That is... very odd. Definitely from a player, though.

(Edit to echo Mordaine below: sorry that you received such an unpleasant message!)
edited by Barselaar on 7/12/2016

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Mordaine Barimen
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7/12/2016
That is some other player doing that, not the game itself. And they are being particularly unpleasant to boot. I'm sorry that they are being that way to you.

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Eglantine-Fox
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7/12/2016
Thanks peeps. Was trying to work out if it was game-based, if somebody's sending this stuff out for anyone else, or if I attracted their notice by playing my libertine poet here on the forums.

Strike one option off. Still confused! ...But hey, free rats.

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Hark DeGaul
Hark DeGaul
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7/12/2016
The Furious Prophet is currently my alt's protege. He's just kind of like that.
Great fun to RP with as long as you don't mind rats or being assaulted.

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Mordaine Barimen
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7/12/2016
Hostile RP without asking (or at least warning) first seems a bit of a faux pas.

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Amelia Syrus
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7/12/2016
Eglantine-Fox wrote:
Um. So, I bought the lodgings above the gambling den as part of my ongoing 'own all the houses' effort, and...

is it normal to be sent a bag of dead rats with a vaguely threatening note about how you are a sinner and they are your bedmates and christ's gonna smite you? no, really, I have no idea why an angry prophet person is sending me rats...



The Furious Prophet, right? I got a message from them a few days ago. I thought it was an official FL account for the Election. I didn't know until now it was another player though. ._.

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The Master
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7/12/2016
How unpolite! Doesn't he know that sending dead rats is considered a good thing in the Neath? If you truly want to insult a londoner you send live rats.

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Hark DeGaul
Hark DeGaul
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7/12/2016
Mordaine Barimen wrote:
Hostile RP without asking (or at least warning) first seems a bit of a faux pas.

I'm sure they weren't intending to offend, but I agree. I'll ask them to tone it down a little, or at least ask them not to send hostile RPs to strangers.

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IgnatuStone
IgnatuStone
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7/12/2016
I understand its a bit disconcerting, but you have to admire the quality of the message. I usually send something along the lines of "here's a sack of dead rats. Enjoy"
edited by IgnatuStone on 7/12/2016

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IgnatuStone
IgnatuStone
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7/12/2016
Also if anyone feels like sending me threatening messages feel free if they're as well written as the Prophet's.
edited by IgnatuStone on 7/12/2016

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Lady Sapho Byron
Lady Sapho Byron
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7/12/2016
IgnatuStone wrote:
I understand its a bit disconcerting, but you have to admire the quality of the message. I usually send something along the lines of "here's a sack of dead rats. Enjoy"
edited by IgnatuStone on 7/12/2016


I agree entirely. The quality is fantastic (how I would love to be threatened so!). But really, sending that to someone you have never interacted with ... Very Bad Form, it could be taken as a personal (rather than in-game) threat or insult.



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    th8827
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    7/12/2016
    In case you are wondering how they knew your lodging, people can see your current lodging on your profile page. Perhaps you had it as the active one at that time.

    Or it was a lucky guess. Most players own the common, low cost ones.

    It is a shame that they are so negative, though.

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    Luminen Walker
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    Posts: 172

    7/13/2016
    I ran into someone like that once... Crazy buggers.

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    Eglantine-Fox
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    7/13/2016
    All is well, got an apology sent my way, and it was mostly just the confusion and startlement in the first place. I don't think anybody expects that out of the blue - or out of the Neathy murk, as it were.

    Amelia Syrus wrote:

    The Furious Prophet, right? I got a message from them a few days ago. I thought it was an official FL account for the Election. I didn't know until now it was another player though. ._.

    Glad I'm not the only one who was confused on that score.

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    A Dimness
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    7/13/2016
    This... opens so many pathways. Hang on, I must send off some rats.

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    Zero
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    Posts: 136

    7/13/2016
    Sorry for your experience, it certanly wasn't nice.
    Having said so, I absolutely want to RP with this fool now.
    edited by Zero on 7/13/2016

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