Absintheuse
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10/27/2016
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Delicious friends, the Exceptional Story for November is here!
The wreck of the Bellot is well-known to navigators on the Stolen River. But a chance discovery there will lead to a different mystery. A failing theatre. A singular plant. The first performance of The Mirror'd Chariot. Must the show go on?
The Final Curtain is the final story in the Season of Wrecks, and was written by Olivia Wood. The Season of Wrecks consists of three linked stories that send you to deal with three very different shipwrecks at the behest of the dying Severe Bluejacket.
All players are able to visit the Bluejacket and his household. Exceptional Friends were able, over the course of three months, to help him settle his final regrets. Each month's story stands alone, but playing all three unlocks the season's bonus content.
Editing and QA: Chris Gardiner, James Chew, and Cash DeCuir.
Art by Paul Arendt.
EXCEPTIONAL FRIENDSHIP
In addition to a new, substantial, stand-alone story every month, Exceptional Friends enjoy:
- Access to the House of Chimes: an exclusive private member's club on the Stolen River, packed with content
- An expanded opportunity deck: of ten cards instead of six!
- A second candle: Twice the actions! 40 at once!
Finishing all three stories in the Season of Wrecks will make you eligible for an additional opportunity, to follow.
If you want to keep an Exceptional Story beyond the month it’s for, you must complete the related storylet in the House of Chimes. This will save it for you to return to another time.
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Diptych
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10/27/2016
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Wooooooo Olivia! Can't wait to play! Literally can't wait; starting to play it exactly now.
Edit: Already fulfilled my long-held desire to stop someone being noisy by being even noisier.
edited by Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook on 10/27/2016
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Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Mr Sables
Posts: 597
10/27/2016
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Absolutely loving this so far 
I was sceptical at first, as this season's theme didn't appeal to me and I was worried as the last two stories weren't my favourites, but this is absolutely delightful!
The mechanics are good; no artificial action sinks, a lot to explore and rich characters to interact with, and there are zero-action costs where necessary. I thought initially the story was extremely short, but I love the fact that expectations were twisted with a whole 'other' story after the initial journey, which has been extremely well-written and engaging, as well as providing some very memorable moments.
Sadly, my main was low on action points (I forgot they released today, lol), while my alt has used them all up . . . sometimes I'm desperate for action refreshes just to finish, like for the first story in this season, but this time I'm desperate as I so want to know what'll happen next and how it'll resolve!
It's very good
Edit: Just wanted to say I appreciate that there are options for both 'moral' and 'immoral' characters, so there's an actual choice to be made, as well as clear sign-posting (I know the marking of which quirks used to be affected annoyed me, but - after a seemingly arbitrary quirk effect in the last story - this was well-appreciated and helped a lot in making an informed choice). Awesome
Second Edit: Fantastic through to the end! An excellent array of choices; it felt like everything we did had meaning and purpose, with a direct effect, and I very much appreciate the clear sign-posting, such as telling us whether there will be an epilogue or not (as it seemed that caused some confusion in the past). Can't praise this enough
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
10/27/2016
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I've finished the ES, except for the Epilogue.
Very odd. But not at all bad. To the contrary, I felt as though I've gotten two good solid stories for the price of one
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Hattington
Posts: 210
10/27/2016
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Early wrote:
This is interesting. Has anyone messed around with getting Inspired recklessly high?
Yes! Mostly you apparently get shouted at by the theater manager on occassion, hissed at by the cat and take the time to rearrange some bones lying around.
On that note, I wonder why the choice at the end that references-and therefore implicitly is linked to-The Trust of the Heart-Catcher is the one that alters the play such that it is sacrificed but a seed is passed over, not the one where you carry it on as planned? One would think the thing would prefer you, well, do what it was going to.
I chose it anyway. As a Dreadful doctor destined to become a space bat someday (seriously why did the Bluejacket think I was the right person to handle his affairs) I can sympathise with an exiled terror, but...art demands sacrifice. Insofar as anything to do with Fingerking un-logic can, it feels right.
Also, because cats are snobs.
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Chris Gardiner
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10/28/2016
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Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook wrote:
I'm guessing that the post-season roundup will see the end of the Bluejacket's story, now that we've dealt with the distracting business of the theatre... and the cults... and the lifeberg.
Yes, the Bluejacket's fate - and that of his Secret Duty - will be explored in the season's close.
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Julius Stokes
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10/27/2016
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Wonderful. The new ES comes out a few hours before my Exceptional Friendship expires, so I can unlock in just it time without it auto-renewing and my mother yelling at me that the game is stealing her money.
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Relixe Hemlock Hyem
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10/28/2016
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This story has delightful writing so far, and I'm very relieved to see there's more than meets the eye after making the first big decision. I was wondering, however; does reporting the outcome of said decision to the Severe Bluejacket affect the other part of the story? Or should I look at the theater-related portion before I let him know what happened at the ship? I'd hate to lock myself out of something.
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Akernis
Posts: 255
10/28/2016
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Acharn wrote:
When I finished the story I was told that I would find a conclusion to it in my opportunity deck, I haven't seen it? Is it out yet, or has anyone else seen the card?
Not yet, still waiting, and so, to my limited knowledge, is most others. It seems considerably rarer than usual for ES conclusion cards.
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Zoviir
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10/30/2016
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I'll admit that my first, knee-jerk reaction, was utter horror at inviting them in or really anywhere near our reality. That I was helping a creation of theirs AND wildly sacrificing people put me firmly on the cat's side.
Then I went and slept on it, listened a bit more on the plant's side of things, and now I'm not quite so... angry. Might even send the seedling through.
Though I think what really changed my mind was the Director. That she rolls up her sleeves and sides with you when she's aware of what it plans...? I'm kinda impressed. Probably going to take the middle road so she can have her time in the spotlight.
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Mimay
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10/31/2016
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This has been my favorite Exceptional story out of all those I've played. Brilliant, immersive writing. Loved the subject, and the two main characters, both flesh and vegetable, were wonderfully drawn.
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Barse
Posts: 706
10/27/2016
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I won't be able to play this for a few hours and I'm very upset about this fact - extremely excited.
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Cthonius
Posts: 362
10/27/2016
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Still waiting on the Opportunity Card conclusion, but that was an enjoyable if unexpected story. Chose to let the play commence with certain alterations. I've it echoed, the reward was...a Searing Enigma
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Prospero Rune
Posts: 68
10/27/2016
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Very high quality story! Best of this series.
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Estelle Knoht
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10/27/2016
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Tofan Bogdan wrote:
How much fate you get if you subscribe for a month?
0. You don't get any Fate for subscribing.
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Early
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10/27/2016
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This is interesting. Has anyone messed around with getting Inspired recklessly high?
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suinicide
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10/27/2016
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I saw at least one option at 10. But the cat was too cute for me to keep it high.
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Mr Sables
Posts: 597
10/27/2016
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Sir Joseph Marlen wrote:
Just to be clear, there's a choice early on in the game that affects quirks, but it doesn't explain how. Can anyone specify how it does? [spoiler] I would think that killing the First Mate would raise steadfast and sparing him would raise melancholy, but the morality of the action seems pretty vague. Which options raise or lower magnanimous and heartless respectively?[/spoiler]
[spoiler]I don't think either was raised . . . my alt had magnanimous lowered for killing him, while my main had heartless lowered for sparing him . . . assuming I remember correctly, as I didn't pay much attention to my alt at that stage . . . I was worried at first, too, thinking maybe the effects were different to what I assumed, but luckily they fitted pretty much what I expected. Edit: I may not have noticed any gains due to being around 10 for some, and I think this story doesn't let you go past the cap.[/spoiler]
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suinicide
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10/27/2016
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Yeah, my quirk didn't increase because it was past 10.
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Catherine Raymond
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10/27/2016
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Robin Alexander wrote:
Sir Joseph Marlen wrote:
Just to be clear, there's a choice early on in the game that affects quirks, but it doesn't explain how. Can anyone specify how it does? [spoiler] I would think that killing the First Mate would raise steadfast and sparing him would raise melancholy, but the morality of the action seems pretty vague. Which options raise or lower magnanimous and heartless respectively?[/spoiler]
[spoiler]I don't think either was raised . . . my alt had magnanimous lowered for killing him, while my main had heartless lowered for sparing him . . . assuming I remember correctly, as I didn't pay much attention to my alt at that stage . . . I was worried at first, too, thinking maybe the effects were different to what I assumed, but luckily they fitted pretty much what I expected. Edit: I may not have noticed any gains due to being around 10 for some, and I think this story doesn't let you go past the cap.[/spoiler]
edited by Robin Alexander on 10/27/2016
It doesn't let you go past the cap, true. By the way, the Forum software only allows one set of spoiler tags per post.
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Art Shrival
Posts: 51
10/27/2016
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Before I finish this ES, I just want to note that the writing is especially beautiful this month. I have not done much other than climbed a dubious ladder and trampled fruit, but the experience has already been viceral and immersive.
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Hattington
Posts: 210
10/28/2016
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Thanks for the info.
You know, I wonder if choosing to spare the plant in some capacity will come back if one chooses to enter into a partnership with a certain Fingerking from Lost in Reflections. Sadly I chose to steal a city's contract instead. I prefer hedging my bets as a free agent on the off chance, should that ever come back to haunt me, that I may be in a position to cut a favorable deal with a supernatural benefactor.
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Diptych
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10/28/2016
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I'm guessing that the post-season roundup will see the end of the Bluejacket's story, now that we've dealt with the distracting business of the theatre... and the cults... and the lifeberg.
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Hattington
Posts: 210
10/28/2016
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HT_Black wrote:
So...what in God's holy name happened to the bluejacket? Unless I am very much mistaken, wasn't this supposed to be the final part of the trilogy--the capstone, the finale, the conclusion to his saga?
As far as I can tell, he used to travel the world hunting lifebergs and dallying near the Elder Continent, one day he decided to seek Nothing of Importance beneath the waves and his first mate sold him out to the Admiralty. Only for his son to offer his services in lieu as a hitman so that he could live in relative comfort. Also his mistress started a fire cult to fill her midlife crisis, but that's neither here nor there.
And now he's just kind of...hanging out waiting to die in his house. Telling you there are still three things he must set right when you go visiting, but providing no options except to leave. Personally, I blame the dementia.
I was promised an epilogue from the cards after completing The Final Curtain, however. Has anyone received it yet? I overdid it with Nightmares a little in recent times and had to go insane for a while, does it only show up if you're not being stalked by the Manager of the Royal Bethlehem?
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Hattington
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11/2/2016
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I do hope our friendship with the plant will not be forgotten, should any future Fingerking-related ESes come up in the future.
There's something poetic to be said about seeds and friendship here, but for the life of me I can't think of it.
Zack Oak wrote:
So... awful memory on my part, but can someone remind me what exactly happened with the bluejacket to begin with?
From what I can infer from his tasks: He used to hunt lifebergs and visit exotic locations on the Elder Continent with his wife and mistress. Then he gained a curiosity for looking for Nothing Of Importance in the Unterzee, and when he tried to explore further his first mate ratted him out to the Admiralty. To atone for that, his son first traveled to the Avid Horizon to make attonement there before resigning himself to hunt down likeminded people in service to the Admiralty in exchange for convincing them to allow his father a relatively comfortable retirement. Soon afterwards or concurrently, his social life fell to shambles; one of his old fishing buddies got Donner Party'd by a particularly spiteful lifeberg and his mistress took to leading an animescence cult on a remote island mostly because it was better than having a midlife crisis.
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Cthonius
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10/30/2016
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Still haven't seen it. Though hearing that no one else has makes me wonder if it's a bug
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
10/30/2016
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No epilogue here.
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Dominitus
Posts: 14
11/14/2016
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Really enjoyed this month's story, and also think it's the best of the season! Interesting characters, zero-AP actions where appropriate, not grindy, and above all an intriguing and well-written story with some great choices. More like this, please! 
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Tay1or
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3/14/2017
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I am very late to this thread, but I really wanted to post and say how much I enjoyed the theater part of the story! This is one of my favorite stories here so far, I was careful to read every snippet after actions as I went along, didn't want to miss a single word--it was hilarious, and somehow, I could just picture it in my mind! Bravo to the writers on this one!
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genesis
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11/14/2016
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For those curious, there are eight epilogues, though two are possibly near-duplicates. There are three cards (the cat, the heartfruit and the manager); on the heartfruit and the manager cards there are two options each. On the cat card there are four options - two for evacuating and two for not evacuating, but the two pairs seem nearly-identical
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Absintheuse
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2/20/2017
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The best thing to do would be to send a ticket to support@failbettergames.com (and include your character name). Thanks!
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The Sellsword
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11/4/2016
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I just got the Epilogue card, its called "An Epilogue:Where Ignorance is Bliss". There may be different cards for different endings.
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yetanotherone
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11/5/2016
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
I have not seen the Epilogue card, though I can't speak for anyone else, and I haven't played as much as I sometimes have done.
Just got an epilogue card "The Difficult Second Play". I told him not to be an idiot!
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babelfishwars
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11/5/2016
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Robin Alexander wrote:
Are all the possible epilogue cards out?
Maybe the RNG just hates me, but I've been flipping cards since the very first epilogue was reported, but still haven't seen diddly squat regarding it in my deck :-S
They're all out.
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Mr Sables
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11/5/2016
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babelfishwars wrote:
Robin Alexander wrote:
Are all the possible epilogue cards out?
Maybe the RNG just hates me, but I've been flipping cards since the very first epilogue was reported, but still haven't seen diddly squat regarding it in my deck :-S
They're all out.
Thanks for the head's up. I'll continue to keep an eye out then 
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Edit: Just got the epilogue "The Second Play" Great closure!
[spoiler]Plus, the fact my character inadvertently sparked a play about the masters, as a huge supporter of them, is a massive bonus that I really adore  [/spoiler]
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Hattington
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11/5/2016
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Robin Alexander wrote:
babelfishwars wrote:
Robin Alexander wrote:
Are all the possible epilogue cards out?
Maybe the RNG just hates me, but I've been flipping cards since the very first epilogue was reported, but still haven't seen diddly squat regarding it in my deck :-S
They're all out.
Thanks for the head's up. I'll continue to keep an eye out then
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Edit: Just got the epilogue "The Second Play" Great closure!
[spoiler]Plus, the fact my character inadvertently sparked a play about the masters, as a huge supporter of them, is a massive bonus that I really adore [/spoiler]
Aww. That sounds much more interesting than what I got, which seems to be just leaving the Director to work on a play-rite forever with two right hands
I just hope the plant's doing okay, apart from the whole being reduced to a single seed thing.
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HarperMargrave
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11/9/2016
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I just wanted to chime in my agreement with those who enjoyed this story. I've been contemplating subscribing for a while, but was finally swayed for this one when someone elsewhere described it as "You're basically a stage manager for the King in Yellow."
I have not been disappointed in the least. The mechanics for advancing were good, and the story itself is fantastic. Even now, I'm really torn on how to end things, as all four of the options are really intriguing, though I suspect all will be well (or at least entertaining) regardless of how the story ends for me.
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Gul al-Ahlaam
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10/27/2016
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This was one of the best Fallen London stories I've ever read. Period. It's now my number 2 favorite, beating out The Art of Murder to sit right under Flint, growing strong in its shade.
[spoiler]It has almost 100% of the things I like. Parabola? Check. The theatre? Check. A new way to get intoxicated/brainwashed/infected? Check. And of course, my absolute favorite thing, monsters! I love the Heart-Catcher so much. SO much. It was the cutest thing ever. Honestly, I was expecting to have to kill the audience myself to send it home, and I was... kind of disappointed when they just disappeared? Still, this is probably better. More dramatic and mysterious! ^_^ Literally any exceptional story that gives me the option to make friends with strange beasties is 100% the best in my book. Thank you so much for this INCREDIBLE story!!!![/spoiler]
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Franzibald Fauntleroy
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10/28/2016
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So...what in God's holy name happened to the bluejacket? Unless I am very much mistaken, wasn't this supposed to be the final part of the trilogy--the capstone, the finale, the conclusion to his saga?
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Sir Joseph Marlen
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10/27/2016
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Just to be clear, there's a choice early on in the story that affects quirks, but it doesn't explain how. Can anyone specify how it does? [spoiler] I would think that killing the First Mate would raise steadfast and sparing him would raise melancholy, but the morality of the action seems pretty vague. Which options raise or lower magnanimous and heartless respectively?[/spoiler]
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11/1/2016
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Yeah, I enjoyed this one a lot, both because of the "King in Yellow" vibes and because I love everything to do with Parabola (I was very tempted to sacrifice the audience). It was also a nice twist from the previous two stories in the season, in that the Bluejacket's story took a back seat to the main event.
Also, I did this pretty much back to back with Our Lady of Pyres, but since a month has passed between those two and Where You And I Must Go I feel kind of bad that I only have Fulfilling the Bluejacket's Requests 25 (or whatever the quality's called) when I gained 10 from each of these stories and 5 from Where You And I Must Go, like I'm kind of worried that from the beginning I locked myself out of the True Ultimate Ending of this season somehow.
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Zack Oak
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11/2/2016
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So... awful memory on my part, but can someone remind me what exactly happened with the bluejacket to begin with?
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Optimatum
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10/29/2016
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The first two stories didn't give items upon completion. Both only set a quality determining how you fulfilled the Bluejacket's wishes.
...if the only thing we've been given is a bullet, will we be asked to end the Bluejacket's misery ourselves? To punish him for whatever his crime was?
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Catherine Raymond
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10/30/2016
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sorciechan wrote:
I have to admit, I'm at a loss here. [spoiler]I'm at the end where I have to choose what to do for the play and...I don't know which to choose...
I'm afraid I'm aware of the fallen london lore enough to make a good choice to choose between the plant and the cat. [/spoiler] ...I hope that spoiler tag worked. I didn't show in the forum preview. ><'
The forum preview never shows the spoiler tag even if it's working fine. There's no help for it; you have to complete the post to see if the spoiler tag worked, and simply delete the post and start over if the tag did not. By the way, you cannot have two or more spoiler tags in the same post. So if you quote another commenter who has used a spoiler tag and the quote includes a spoiler tag, you won't be able to use a spoiler tag yourself; it will simply not function and the text you tried to conceal will be plainly visible.
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Catherine Raymond aka Mrs. Rykar Malkus http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Catherine%20Raymond (Gone NORTH)
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ValentinV
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10/30/2016
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I guess this is as good time as any to start posting. One thing that I'm slightly disappointed on is that the part actually related to the Bluejacket's request was so brief, that said I otherwise really enjoyed the story (no epilogue yet though). It was rather brief but I think that actually increased the feeling of the "rush" of preparations and it didn't interfere with the ongoing festival. The writing was good and I had the impression of progress pretty much every couple actions rather than feeling like I'm grinding forever to unlock the next interesting bit. Also, while it touched on lore that I'm yet unfamiliar with (I'm still rather new to the game I probably missed a lot of stuff and as I only treat myself to a little FATE every month it takes me forever to unlock the older content) I feel like I had just enough knowledge to make a choice that my character would make, which may turn out to be a horrible mistake later on but that's bound to happen eventually when you deal with forces beyond your reckoning.
As for the actual choice [spoiler] I decided to alter the play to send the seed through, I tend to roleplay my character as someone who is into all the eldritch stuff and will sacrifice a lot for new knowledge, and is generally perfectly okay with leading people to a horrible fate... as long as it is their choice or consequence of their stupidity and recklessness (which of course is never going to happen to me), so I wasn't too happy about the prospect of sacrificing the public (without a clear prospect of gain) but on the other hand wasn't too pleased about potentially angering the plant's "masters". In the end this seemed like the choice that would put me in good graces with the most parties (the manager, whom I found particularly endearing, will be happy with the play, the audience will enjoy the show while staying none the wiser, whoever is allied with the plant may at least perceive what I did as a gesture of good will, even the plant itself sorta got what it wanted and at least it is not suffering any more) while displeasing the least (the cat is probably angry with me, but eh).[/spoiler].
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Stygota
Posts: 64
10/27/2016
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suinicide wrote:
Yeah, my quirk didn't increase because it was past 10.
Yes, same here. I think it was the Melancholy and Heartless choice, if I'm remembering correctly.
I had Heartless 2, which got completely wiped. My Melancholy is somewhere above 12, so it wasn't affected even the slightest.
[spoiler]On a side note: I love the headcanon that my character is so sad, depressed, and jaded by what he's been experiencing as a Monster Hunter and Seeker that the fate of the First Mate just rolls off him like water on an oiled cloth. He "feels" sad, but it no longer affects him properly in the emotional sense.[/spoiler]
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kimeekat
Posts: 7
10/27/2016
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Akernis wrote:
Does anyone have the end results echoed?
[spoiler]I have the end where the audience was evacuated and the theater burned echoed to my journal here. However, I have not yet run into the epilogue opportunity card.[/spoiler]
edited by kimeekat on 10/27/2016
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Buy me last pape, mistah? -coughs pathetically-
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Cthonius
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10/27/2016
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But you must earn it's trust to be allowed to change anything is the idea. To change nothing requires nothing, no one need trust you if you're not going against the grain here.
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Arcanuse
Posts: 89
10/27/2016
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Well now. Powered through, and quite happy to have done so as the story was quite interesting. Not very grindy either, which is always a plus.
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
10/27/2016
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wOOGIE wrote:
This is probably kind of a dumb question, but how do I embark to get to the shipwreck? I know last month, I was able to embark from my lodgings. But this time I can't find the option at my lodgings, at Wolfstack, or at Zee.
Watchmaker's Hill
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No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
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10/27/2016
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Still getting through the story, but a detail I'm particularly enjoying: story/area descriptions changing in small ways as one explores their contents.
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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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