Absintheuse
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8/21/2017
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We hope you know where your fishing supplies are, as the Fruits of the Zee Festival is upon us! The festival begins today, 21st August, and will end 4th September. As summer winds down, enjoy calming fishing trips and indulge in a cornucopian repast of delights plucked fresh from the bounteous Zee.
Hire a fishing boat, land a Strange Catch and trade it at the festival for special rewards! Things you may also experience include: the famous wishing well, maypole dancing, Drownie serenades, and beer.
Secure an invitation to a secret feast and catch a glimpse of your Destiny. Will it be a vision of victory or a dream of darkness?
You may even see a few familiar faces from the recent election...
Catch a ferry from Wolfstack Docks to Mutton Island to join the festivities!
The Fruits of the Zee Festival is open to all players, no matter your level. You don’t need a boat, and if you don't know the way to Wolfstack Docks, there's a helpful urchin at your lodgings who will be happy to ferry you for a reasonable price.
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gronostaj
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8/21/2017
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Anne Auclair wrote:
Um, who do you think would be his Paramour though?
my tinfoil theory is that feducci invented the paramour rumour himself so people don't question him whenever he retires to his rooms at weird times of day because wink wonk someone is waiting there for him, but the only thing waiting for him is a pillow he cries into about bureaucrats being mean
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genesis
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8/21/2017
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Tay1or wrote:
why start a week later than last year?
FBG's release calendar seems to be tied to weeks rather than dates (this is quite common in UK academia, at least, so it's not surprising to me). By that reckoning they are not late - the festival started on the penultimate Monday of August (a week before the UK August bank holiday), just like last year.
Similarly, EF stories are released on the last Thursday of the month regardless of the date.
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dov
Posts: 2580
8/21/2017
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
Perhaps he'll show up unexpectedly within a few days. I can't believe FBG has no surprises for the Festival this year.
But why would he? It's not as if attending the Festival on Mutton Island is some kind of official Mayor duty.
We only expected to see him because we happened to meet Jenny there last year. But she was there for her own (non-festival-related) reasons.
If, for example, FBG are planning some romance (real of fictional) for Feducci, they might plan for him to make an appearance during the Feast of the Rose, for example. No need to confine them to *have* to write in the new Mayor in one specific holiday event.
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Siankan
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8/22/2017
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Anne Auclair wrote:
We only really saw Jenny at one festival. She didn't make anything but her usual appearances at the Feast of the Exceptional Rose, her Christmas interactions required fate, and she didn't actually appear during Hallowmas - Sister Lydia did.
Certainly. However, she was the first mayor, and Failbetter has already shown they're not bound by her precedent. No mayor here. Failed candidates here. I think we can expect that, whatever Feducci does, it will not be following in Jenny's footsteps.
While we're at it, can I please say a huge thank-you to the writers for including the Campaigner and Detective in post-election London? You remember I was hoping for it back after the election, and they've certainly delivered. I'm loving it - and I can't wait to see how things develop over the next year. And did anyone else think the Detective's comments here foreshadow [spoiler]the promised Dilmun storyline extension?[/spoiler]
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Aardvark
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8/22/2017
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Ah yes, the one thing we can predict about our esteemed mayor is that he'll do his best to be unpredictable.
I'll also take this opportunity to thank the creative team for maintaining quite a bit of spotlight on all three of this year's candidates. With the quite polarizing and charged course of the Election, it is good to see they haven't given up on either their plans or public appearances.
The Detective's appearance quite clearly foreshadows the delicious Elder Continent content we've been told to expect, and I am likewise looking forward to see what the Campaigner is up to. Both ladies seem posed to subvert Feducci's own scheming to the best of their abilities...
Also, the idea of the Paramour actually being Jenny made me chuckle 
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Anne Auclair
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8/23/2017
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For those who are staying at or returning to London, there is some new Fruits of the Zee content at Jenny's Finishing School.
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Lady Sapho Byron
Posts: 770
8/23/2017
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This text from the Fruits of the Zee is so sad!
A Clay Man
They hung heavy chains around his crate, and packed it with straw to reduce chipping. He would be grateful, were someone to free him, but he expects nothing.
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James Sinclair
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8/22/2017
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gronostaj wrote:
speaking of jenny, she might very well be the paramour she and feducci lived together for a week. maybe what we thought were rivalry quarrels was actually ambient sexual tension all along (i'm kidding. would still read that fanfiction though)
You just wait: at the conclusion of the Feast of the Exceptional Rose 1896, Feducci's paramour will be revealed to be none other than...
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[spoiler]The Dauntless Temperance Campaigner[/spoiler]
Remember, friends: you read it here first.
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Siankan
Posts: 1048
8/22/2017
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Anne Auclair wrote:
"We're here to establish some guiding principles for the rest of the year's campaigning..."
This is a bit different from her usual activities, wherein she supports a grab bag of good causes. Here she's talking about a single, organized, year long effort - i.e., combating the mayor.
Never having had any insight into her plans before this year, I do not know that we have grounds for comparison. Do we have any evidence that she has not had long-range plans in years past? I do not know of any, and one cannot argue from a vacuum.
(In fact, now I reread it, "some guiding principles for the rest of the year's campaigning" sounds not like a new offensive against Bythenhale but a continuation of her work from the first half of the year.)
Also, we do not know precisely what she intends to do over the next year. Her speech is interrupted by people complaining about Feducci, which mostly annoys her. While further action against Feducci is highly probable (given that she's protesting him already), we cannot say with any certainty how much the mayor is affecting her long-term plans.
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Saklad
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8/22/2017
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I do wish that there was more new content this year, though I appreciate that they haven't added more Fate-locked items.
It may be unreasonable, but I'd rather Failbetter stopped adding Fate-locked items without any content entirely. Or at least dramatically reduced the quantity of them. Between Exceptional Friends and the wonderful Fate-locked stories, surely you could do without them?
They leave a bad taste in the mouth, and might mislead potential players into dismissing Fallen London as yet another pay-to-win game.
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Sunaina Hussain
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8/23/2017
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This is actually the first time I've participated in this event. (and my first time on these forums oh my god)
My first Strange Catch went to the Hooded Lady since she was new and I ended up with A Faceted Decanter of Drownie Effluvia. Then I saw you could give it to the Drownies to determine your Destiny, so I went back into the ocean, got something good and ultimately decided on The Oath because Nora is a sweetheart.
Might go back in to try and free the Clay Man because I've read the flavor text in previous messages and damn is it sad.
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
8/21/2017
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gronostaj wrote:
Anne Auclair wrote:
Um, who do you think would be his Paramour though?
my tinfoil theory is that feducci invented the paramour rumour himself so people don't question him whenever he retires to his rooms at weird times of day because wink wonk someone is waiting there for him, but the only thing waiting for him is a pillow he cries into about bureaucrats being mean
I agree with gronostaj about the Paramour, but disagree about the pillow. Feducci would be likelier to swear privately than to sob privately, I think.
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suinicide
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8/21/2017
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Well, it seems there are no new items. You can, however, talk with the implacable detective and the campaigner. But fedduci has skipped.
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gronostaj
Posts: 403
8/21/2017
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Dudebro Pyro wrote:
So what's new, then? Is there at least new text for the Campaigner and Detective?
there is. the campaigner is about to eat her shoe because people come to her picnic to complain about losing things in gambles, and the detective is throwing a huge elder continent-themed feast. love me a woman who knows how to party
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gossip about Feducci's absence (rumor has it that the Mayor has a new paramour)
realistically, he's probably just dead in a ditch somewhere, but i hope he does have a new lover and i hope i can meet them to ask them this one very important question; the moment they realized feducci is not a real tomb-colonist under his bandages, were they relieved or disappointed
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Anchovies
Posts: 421
8/21/2017
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I love that the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner is implied to actually have "Dauntless" as her surname, via Chuffy McAvoy-Dauntless.
Also, a tip: getting a destiny will warp you back to London. You can save a small pile of actions by making it the last thing you do on the island.
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Gillsing
Posts: 1203
8/21/2017
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dov wrote:
(rumor has it that the Mayor has a new paramour).
Perhaps this means that Feducci will have more of a presence during the Feast of the Exceptional Rose next year?
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Aardvark
Posts: 119
8/21/2017
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Jolanda Swan wrote:
What if he has nothing planned, and he is simply dissolving under the stress of the mayoral position?
Being a swindler might be a tough job, but if you run for Mayor and do get elected after all, the change in lifestyle might do to you what law and order failed to do in the previous year. I imagine we will see more of that in the Cristmas story.
Wouldn't that be something to see - a nigh-immortal duelist, head agent of a neathy superpower, a veteran of infernal revolutions, a captain of a brass trireme - finally cracking under the vicissitudes of a political position within London's bureaucracy!
That would be one Kafkaesque regime
Incidentally, both the Dauntless Campaigner and the Implacable Detective are growing ever more near and dear to my heart. The expedition looms on the horizon, and we definitely have a lot left to look forward to this year!
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Teaspoon
Posts: 866
8/21/2017
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Why is the Jenny's Lighthouse option still there from last year?
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Anne Auclair
Posts: 2215
8/21/2017
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
gronostaj wrote:
Anne Auclair wrote:
Um, who do you think would be his Paramour though?
my tinfoil theory is that feducci invented the paramour rumour himself so people don't question him whenever he retires to his rooms at weird times of day because wink wonk someone is waiting there for him, but the only thing waiting for him is a pillow he cries into about bureaucrats being mean
I agree with gronostaj about the Paramour, but disagree about the pillow. Feducci would be likelier to swear privately than to sob privately, I think.
I think he's more likely to stab the pillow, to be honest. Blythenhale's pillow replacement bills are going to be exorbitant.
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phryne
Posts: 1351
8/21/2017
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dov wrote:
It's just confusing since unlike the regular Airs of London (or the Forgotten Quarter, etc.), the options' unlock requirements don't show us the needed range. This has in fact been changed from recent years. The Sights at the Festival value for each storylet used to be displayed. Not sure I like this change...
It's displayed on your Profile though if you choose it as your Scrapbook quality.
The values themselves don't seem to have changed from previous years. For anyone who's interested, here's the list of Feast storylets:
[spoiler]Spy on a delivery for the Custodial Chef: 0-5
Dance with a Drownie: 0-33 (Map Scraps or Zee-Ztories)
Listen to the Drownies' songs: 0-33 (Tales of Terror or Zee-Ztories)
Offer your Strange Catch to the Drownies: 0-33 (Destiny)
"Oi! You stepped on my invisible rat!": 34-50
Accompany a passing crowd of drunken revellers: 34-66
Follow them to the well: 34-66
Escape the attentions of the Mary Lloyd: 51-66 (Hard-Earned Lessons)
Stoke an argument between the Custodial Chef and the Melancholy Curate: 67-75
Ask the Custodial Chef to prepare your Strange Catch: 67-100 (Wounds cure)
Give your Strange Catch to the Melancholy Curate: 67-100 (Nightmares cure)
Eat at the Custodial Chef's table: 67-100 (lowers Austere!)
Eat at the Curate's Table: 67-100 (lowers Hedonist!)
Gossip about the Mayor: 67-100 (new)
Take tea with the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner: 76-85 (new)
Attend the Implacable Detective's dinner: 86-100 (new)
Confront a Hooded Lady of Mysterious Provenance: 86-100
Drink with a Hooded Lady of Mysterious Provenance: 86-100
Offer a Hooded Lady your Strange Catch: 86-100 (Wreckers' Cove)[/spoiler]
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gronostaj
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8/22/2017
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Anne Auclair wrote:
Oh, speaking of Sister Lydia - maybe Feducci's new paramour is going to be his defacto assistant?
edit: does he even have an assistant? he probably wouldn't keep lydia (unless he forgot about firing her and hiring a new assistant, which would be hilarious) and seems to have let his manager devil go.
speaking of jenny, she might very well be the paramour she and feducci lived together for a week. maybe what we thought were rivalry quarrels was actually ambient sexual tension all along (i'm kidding. would still read that fanfiction though)
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Siankan
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8/21/2017
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Anne Auclair wrote:
The Festival of the Exceptional Rose is the very last festival before the next election. If you wanted to build up and stretch out the suspense over just what Feducci is up to for the longest possible time, then the Feast is the place for him to make his appearance.
Assuming of course that he only makes one. It is possible (and I daresay many would say desirable) to see the mayor at multiple festivals.
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
8/21/2017
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Yeah, I'm trying to decide it its even worth it to go over there.
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Saklad
Posts: 528
8/22/2017
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Maybe some up-and-coming Black Ribbon duelist put Feducci out of commission again. Ah, memories…
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Diptych
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8/23/2017
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I voted for the Campaigner and saw the Detective - not as often as her or the rumours about Feducci, but she has been there. Echo's in my journal!
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Kaijyuu
Posts: 1047
8/22/2017
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gronostaj wrote:
theres a line between a female silver fox and a venerable grandma who you only kiss on the hand and you're crossing it. Implacable detective, however....-
I'm pretty sure Feducci is the oldest one by a long shot. Though of course, not the most mature.
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Siankan
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8/21/2017
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Anne Auclair wrote:
Equally significant, just what are the Campaigner and the Detective plotting? I mean, they're obviously plotting something... The Campaigner is talking about a year long campaign and the Detective is all "wink, hint hint, wink" about Feducci & the Elder Continent.
I rather got the feeling that the Campaigner is doing what she always does. Doesn't she spend every year campaigning?
In complete other news, has anyone else caught something that made them want to skip all the cash-in options and just get it mounted for the den? "Luxurious rainbow fins" seem wasted in the lump-pot.
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Anchovies
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8/22/2017
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Feducci can recover from being reduced to chunky salsa by a player character. If Feducci were to drown, though, would he forever remain a Drownie? He's certainly got a lot to lose if that were the case, so it'd be understandable for him to avoid festivals where Drownies come up on shore to sing and dance and entice tourists to join them under the waves.
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gronostaj
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8/21/2017
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
Feducci would be likelier to swear privately
why would he swear privately and not in public @failbetter ya cowards let feducci say [CENSORED]
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Kaijyuu
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8/21/2017
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So uh, no new collectables?
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Jolanda Swan
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8/21/2017
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Perhaps. Jenny was a Docks Lady, so the Festival of the Zee suited her. The paramour rumor may be leading to a Feducci storylet in the Feast.
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8/21/2017
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You just need to be patient and keep playing the main Festival options. It'll cycle the festival quality, and those options will turn up once it's in the correct range.
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8/21/2017
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It's just confusing since unlike the regular Airs of London (or the Forgotten Quarter, etc.), the options' unlock requirements don't show us the needed range.
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Gonen
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8/21/2017
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Sara Hysaro wrote:
You just need to be patient and keep playing the main Festival options. It'll cycle the festival quality, and those options will turn up once it's in the correct range.
Thank you!
(I even did not find the option to return Jenny's Wimple, and missed that one out).
Right.
Time to soak the atmosphere.
*Deeply Inhales*
Ahhhhh... Yes....
Something is terribly wrong with this Island.
*shrugs* *steps down towards the rocky beach*
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Tay1or
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8/21/2017
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Oh boy, I've been building up my cache of zee stories, partial maps, etc. for a week on my main and 3 alts...if there are no new items, that was a pretty massive waste of my time. Here's hoping whatever still has the Jenny option there is holding back some stuff...
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8/21/2017
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babelfishwars wrote:
dov wrote:
Teaspoon wrote:
Why is the Jenny's Lighthouse option still there from last year?
I was wondering that myself...
Found it! (We hope. ) Fixed!
It wasn't too bad, actually. It referenced Jenny, but not her being Mayor, so it didn't cause a contradiction.
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DeserterKalak
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8/21/2017
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Could we get a word of god confirmation that there are no new treasures, and it wasn't just that everything wasn't updated from last year?
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Jolanda Swan
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8/23/2017
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Thank you! As soon as I posted, there she pops... along with the Hooded lady though, so I will still be making use of your journal, good Sir. Teatime for London, by the way.
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Diptych
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8/23/2017
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Teatime endures!
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Optimatum
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8/23/2017
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Skinnyman wrote:
Optimatum wrote:
Drownies don't necessarily drown, they just have to eat the flesh of the Lorn-Flukes at a Drowning-Feast. As I understand it at least.
Care to share a link or more details about this matter?
I'm just recalling something I read a year or two ago on saint-arthur so I don't know the exact source. (And may be misremembering details.)
Saklad wrote:
I do wish that there was more new content this year, though I appreciate that they haven't added more Fate-locked items.
It may be unreasonable, but I'd rather Failbetter stopped adding Fate-locked items without any content entirely. Or at least dramatically reduced the quantity of them. Between Exceptional Friends and the wonderful Fate-locked stories, surely you could do without them?
Have they actually added any recently? All of the FotZ items were originally free, though the older ones are now Fate-locked. The Election added a couple but iirc the new ones were all obtainable as your free gift (which is a nice mechanic and I wish they'd implement it elsewhere). The revamped Hallowmas content had one indirectly Fate-locked item but that's it. Sacksmas sometimes adds new Incarnadine Robe items but FBG is trying to provide alternative Home Comforts and Transports through Renown.
The FotER is the one holiday where I definitely agree there's to much focus on Fate-locked items and not enough on content. Even the free items are more grinding than Feast content. The Feast hasn't had many changes in a while so hopefully it'll receive some reworking next year.
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8/23/2017
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Does anyone else see the Campaigner as a person of indeterminate gender with a pompom beard? Can't help myself, the picture resolves that way every time.
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Yes, Running Battle translates 1:1 into your Strange Catch quality. Strange Catch doesn't exactly translate 1:1 to the Wrecker's Cove quality, however - it could be a little lower.
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Siankan
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8/24/2017
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Qube wrote:
sounds easy enough... next question: I saw on the wiki that if wounds or nightmares gets too high, I lose the festival quality, and it is officially capitol-o Over for me. is this the case? and if so, what are good ways to reduce menaces without traveling back to the mainland?
Yes, there are excellent ways to reduce menaces at the festival.
1. If your wounds are too high, have the Custodial Chef cook up your Strange Catch for you.
2. If your nightmares are too bad, donate your Strange Catch to the Curate's mission work, and he'll preach you a cheering sermon.
These options can be found among the other festival actions when the RNG cooperates, and they will drop your menaces significantly. (I have had 7 Nightmares reduced to 0 in one action.) So, if your Wounds are getting bad, go fishing and give the Catch to the Chef instead of the Lady. Just be aware that, since the RNG does have to be placated, you may have to go a few rounds before you are able to get the option; don't flirt too close to 8 on a menace if you can help it.
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lady ciel
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8/24/2017
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and turning in your catch for menace reduction gives you the items needed to buy Running Battle when fishing, if you are lucky enough to get those options.
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Lily_de_Mort
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8/24/2017
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Okay, still new so this is probably a stupid question but if I don't ask I won't know: do the festival rewards like the Wrecker's boots and the Jillyfluer Cloak that I get stick around after the festival, or will they disappear from my inventory when it's over?
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phryne
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8/26/2017
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You do realize it's the weekend? And a long one at that - Monday is another of the UK's bank holidays.
If something new should be added for the second week of the festival, it's most likely to happen on Tuesday. After that, I wouldn't expect anything.
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Gillsing
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8/28/2017
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What fish? The Strange Catch? It went all the way up to 12 last year, according to the wiki. With the same text as for 11. Which was when I gave up on fishing, because after getting all the items, I was just looking for the biggest catch.
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Catherine Raymond
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8/28/2017
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Oh, to land a fish of level 11 OR 12! In fact, I'd be delighted at this point to land something that doesn't have pedipalps. :-) The best fish I've had so far was up to 9 right before I landed it.
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Posts: 348
9/4/2017
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The Fruits of the Zee festival will be winding down to a close today around noon (BST). We hope you enjoyed your time at zee!
As a little tease, we will be announcing our annual Fan Art Competition this week, too
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Qube
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8/24/2017
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so this is my first year with the festival, and I'm a little confused as to how the strange catch thing works. like I've saw one option that required 5 strange catches, but I can apparently only hold one at a time?
I'm confused.
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Gonen
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8/24/2017
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Qube wrote:
so this is my first year with the festival, and I'm a little confused as to how the strange catch thing works. like I've saw one option that required 5 strange catches, but I can apparently only hold one at a time?
I'm confused.
Yes, one at a time. But each catch has a QUALITY, and that is the 5 you saw (not 5 catches).
You build that quality by going fishing and getting that catch. each action spent at fishing further raises that quality of your catch.
But after each full round of fishing (about 9 actions, if I'm not mistaken) you are given the option to throw the catch back at zee and continue raising your catch's quality (at the price of halving your current catch, when throwing it back at zee and going for another full round).
Using several rounds of this, and sacrificing Zee Stories and Partial Maps, you are able to raise that Catch quality above 5, to heights of even 10 and 11 (though much investments in actions and maps are needed for that, and luck).
With that Catch quality you can choose a prize when meeting a mysterious lady.
The higher the catch's quality, the valuable (and rarer) the item.
One last thing, which makes it a bit more confusing.
when meeting that mysterious lady and offering that catch in exchange for a prize, the Catch's quality will decline with a random number (somewhere between 1 to 4). So even a quality of 11 can lead you to only 7 when arriving to pick your prize.
You may spend several rounds of fishing and catching in order to finally achieve all desired prizes.
Hope I was understandable.
Good luck!
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Tay1or
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8/24/2017
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How can I get a 3 strange catch for the knife? I can't keep my strange catch below 4 no matter how I try--I actually did once, but when I turned it in, I got only got a choice of the repeatable items. That actually happened at 5 or 6, too, but the second time, I got the cloak or the boots, whichever it was. Playing a newish alt--I can't remember how I did it with my main last year. It seems like every time I'm on a run of failing chancy challenges, I get 3 or 4 in a row with a 100% chance of success. I've only hit 3 one time in all my tries, and like I said--it didn't give me the knife as a choice.
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Jolanda Swan
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8/23/2017
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Lady Sapho Byron wrote:
This text from the Fruits of the Zee is so sad!
A Clay Man
They hung heavy chains around his crate, and packed it with straw to reduce chipping. He would be grateful, were someone to free him, but he expects nothing.
Yes! Which is why I keep freeing him instead of getting anything else - no chance to resist this text.
By the way I have been on the island forever and have not seen the Implacable Detective once. Perhaps she only appears to those who voted for her? And in that case, can I get a link to her echo?
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Dudebro Pyro
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8/23/2017
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Yup, she appears only at the exact same airs as the Hooded Lady.
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8/22/2017
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Kaijyuu wrote:
I'm pretty sure Feducci is the oldest one by a long shot. Though of course, not the most mature.
mmhm. aged like a fine wine, this one
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8/22/2017
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I just wish I could get a "for your own good" compass without having to pay fate for one.
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Jolanda Swan
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8/22/2017
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It was beautiful, no complaints... it was just unexpected.
If I was focused on gains, I admit the festival would have made me go ballistic but I am treating it as a summer adventure and having fun so far.
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Anne Auclair
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8/21/2017
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Aardvark wrote:
Jolanda Swan wrote:
What if he has nothing planned, and he is simply dissolving under the stress of the mayoral position?
Being a swindler might be a tough job, but if you run for Mayor and do get elected after all, the change in lifestyle might do to you what law and order failed to do in the previous year. I imagine we will see more of that in the Cristmas story.
Wouldn't that be something to see - a nigh-immortal duelist, head agent of a neathy superpower, a veteran of infernal revolutions, a captain of a brass trireme - finally cracking under the vicissitudes of a political position within London's bureaucracy!
That would be one Kafkaesque regime
I'm sure he's plotting something. He just has the gamblers laziness and contempt for actual work. He wants thrills and being Mayor isn't all that thrilling (just ask Jenny).
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Anne Auclair
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8/22/2017
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gronostaj wrote:
Anne Auclair wrote:
Oh, speaking of Sister Lydia - maybe Feducci's new paramour is going to be his defacto assistant?
edit: does he even have an assistant? he probably wouldn't keep lydia (unless he forgot about that, which would be hilarious) and seems to have let his manager devil go.
Jenny didn't have an assistant until...the Fruits of the Zee festival, when Sister Lydia made her grumpy debut. Sister Lydia then had further appearances during Hallowmas and the Feast of the Exceptional Rose. Having an assistant lets the mayor be discretely involved in things from afar, so I wouldn't be surprised if Feducci has some sort of assistant at some point.
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Anne Auclair
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8/21/2017
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You know, I think that all the explanations for Feducci's unexpected absence are true. Feducci is plotting some mischief, the people who organized the Zee festival hate him, and he's really lazy and would rather goof off than do actual mayor stuff. So he just stayed in London.
Um, who do you think would be his Paramour though?
Equally significant, just what are the Campaigner and the Detective plotting? I mean, they're obviously plotting something... The Campaigner is talking about a year long campaign and the Detective is all "wink, hint hint, wink" about Feducci & the Elder Continent.
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dov
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8/21/2017
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Dudebro Pyro wrote:
So what's new, then? Is there at least new text for the Campaigner and Detective?
You can meet the Detective (who is eating exotic Elder Continent foods), the Campaigner (who is being harassed by society types), or gossip about Feducci's absence (rumor has it that the Mayor has a new paramour).
That's it.
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What if he has nothing planned, and he is simply dissolving under the stress of the mayoral position?
Being a swindler might be a tough job, but if you run for Mayor and do get elected after all, the change in lifestyle might do to you what law and order failed to do in the previous year. I imagine we will see more of that in the Cristmas story.
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Sara Hysaro
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8/21/2017
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Yes, just keep cycling. You'll get back to it eventually.
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dov
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8/21/2017
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Teaspoon wrote:
Why is the Jenny's Lighthouse option still there from last year?
I was wondering that myself...
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babelfishwars
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8/21/2017
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dov wrote:
Teaspoon wrote:
Why is the Jenny's Lighthouse option still there from last year?
I was wondering that myself...
Found it! (We hope. ) Fixed!
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Gonen
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8/21/2017
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Where are those two - The Temperance Campaigner and the Detective?
I remember not finding Jenny last year also, until some got soul here pointed the right direction for me.
What am I missing (again?!)
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Tay1or
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8/21/2017
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Wow, I was really looking forward to this. If there's nothing new, why start a week later than last year? An extra week of anticipation just increases my disappointment that much more. This really takes a lot of the fun out of playing right now.
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