Amalgamate
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3/8/2018
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evapillar wrote:
An acquaintance has invited me to a lethal sparring bout! I'm very excited, but it's a point of personal pride that I've never died. Luckily, I have a horsehead amulet. Am I correct in believing it will save me from death?
Yes
If so, is it unsporting to use an amulet in an interplayer duel?
No, the winner gets the same rewards regardless of whether the loser actually dies.
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Tyrconnell
Posts: 271
3/8/2018
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annalibertas wrote:
If you try to sell 900 echos worth of a thing & the sale engine freezes up (the little loading circles just going around infinitely) is there any way of cancelling the transaction that wont result in me writing an email to support?
If you close the window either the transaction will go through, leaving you 900 echoes richer and missing whatever you sold, or it won't, in which case nothing will change. I've never encountered getting stuck in-between where you've lost your goods but gotten nothing for them.
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Henricus
Posts: 38
3/9/2018
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Do we know if the Bishop of St Fiacre's face came from an actual churchman, or if he just flayed some random man? If the latter, how did he manage to rise through the church hierarchy without anybody realising what he is?
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millea
Posts: 45
3/9/2018
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When you talk to him in Flint, the Bishop says he takes his faces from the dead and the willing, explaining the first one is easy for a churchman to access and the other is "more common than you think".
I'm pretty sure it has also been implied somewhere that he's already changed face during the course of being a Bishop - but take this with a grain of salt, as I can't give you a concrete source.
edited by millea on 3/9/2018
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Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
3/9/2018
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millea wrote:
When you talk to him in Flint, the Bishop says he takes his faces from the dead and the willing, explaining the first one is easy for a churchman to access and the other is "more common than you think".
I'm pretty sure it has also been implied somewhere that he's already changed face during the course of being a Bishop - but take this with a grain of salt, as I can't give you a concrete source.
One of the Rag Trade conversion mentions that the Bishop had to get a new mitre because his face or head changed shape.
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ChangelingChilde
Posts: 231
3/9/2018
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Just what happened to Oscar Wilde in this world? I've heard it was as tragic as his real-life fate. Did he go North or the like?
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DO you recall how the Hunger began?
I'm sorry, my darling, I don't think I can!
OUT past the High Wilderness and beyond
I fear I've gone Seeking, for of Him I'm fond.
--The Elfin Cannibal
Seven scars, seven chains, a soul too stained for Hell, and seven sainted candles burning at the well.
Gone to Grieve on the 17th day of the 7th month, 1897. Will be Vake-hunting next.
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
3/9/2018
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GuesssWho wrote:
Just what happened to Oscar Wilde in this world? I've heard it was as tragic as his real-life fate. Did he go North or the like?
Mr Pages happened to him.
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A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
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Gonen
Posts: 817
3/9/2018
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Umm.
Could you kindly remind me how to post a picture on the forum?
I've got the link to the Image host but I can't quite manage the command here...
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Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness.
The long journey to eccentricity:
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Arensen
Posts: 69
3/10/2018
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I'm pursuing a Fate-locked option to retrieve my Soul, and declared that the Quiet Deviless took it. The first few cards showed up within two decks, but I've been flipping opportunity cards in Spite for a day or so now, with "Looking For Your Soul" at 6, finding nothing. Is the card of comparable rarity to the previous ones, or am I just unlucky, or flipping cards in the wrong location?
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
3/10/2018
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Gonen wrote:
Umm.
Could you kindly remind me how to post a picture on the forum?
I've got the link to the Image host but I can't quite manage the command here...
Just click the image button in the editor and paste the URL in. Alternatively, if you're using the editor's source mode, use [img ] and [/img ] around the URL (minus the spaces of course).
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I'm pursuing a Fate-locked option to retrieve my Soul, and declared that the Quiet Deviless took it. The first few cards showed up within two decks, but I've been flipping opportunity cards in Spite for a day or so now, with "Looking For Your Soul" at 6, finding nothing. Is the card of comparable rarity to the previous ones, or am I just unlucky, or flipping cards in the wrong location?
You might need a storylet next, so I suggest checking all the main areas to see if there's something new. If not, you're just getting unlucky.
(For the future, note that the Fate-locked option to retrieve your Soul isn't really worth it. You can get it back with a bit of grinding and luck and no real-life money spent, while spending Fate makes the cost go up each time.)
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 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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ChangelingChilde
Posts: 231
3/10/2018
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suinicide wrote:
GuesssWho wrote:
Just what happened to Oscar Wilde in this world? I've heard it was as tragic as his real-life fate. Did he go North or the like?
Mr Pages happened to him.
And to think that Mr. Pages is one of the nicer Masters . . .
We don't know anything more specific, though?
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DO you recall how the Hunger began?
I'm sorry, my darling, I don't think I can!
OUT past the High Wilderness and beyond
I fear I've gone Seeking, for of Him I'm fond.
--The Elfin Cannibal
Seven scars, seven chains, a soul too stained for Hell, and seven sainted candles burning at the well.
Gone to Grieve on the 17th day of the 7th month, 1897. Will be Vake-hunting next.
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Harry P.
Posts: 116
3/10/2018
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suinicide wrote:
GuesssWho wrote:
Just what happened to Oscar Wilde in this world? I've heard it was as tragic as his real-life fate. Did he go North or the like?
Mr Pages happened to him.
More specifically, Mr Pages took something of great importance to him. Oscar Wilde is better known as the Wilting Dandy, and you meet him while Ascending the Reliables list of Mr Pages. There, you are tasked with finding a book stolen from Mr Pages'library. You trace it to the Wilting Dandy and track down his address, where you are giving 2 choices.
[spoiler]I an relying on memory, so this may not be perfect. You can either take the book from him by force and bring it back to Mr Pages. This involves beating him with a chair until he lets go. Another option is let him keep the book. In which case, you learn that it formerly belonged to his lover and that it is all that he has left of him. Mr Pages is not pleased, but is willing to let you both go if you just copy the entire book down. Though he is very impatient and will frequently remind you why angering a Master was a bad idea in the first place.[/spoiler]
edited by Harry P. on 3/10/2018
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A Socially-Awkward Dueling Trickster with a thirst for vengeance and a soft spot for urchins.
If you are ever in need of any assistance, do not hesitate to ask either of them. The second one is still finicky, though.
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ChangelingChilde
Posts: 231
3/10/2018
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Are you sure that isn't Bosie? The book makes me think of De Profundis.
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DO you recall how the Hunger began?
I'm sorry, my darling, I don't think I can!
OUT past the High Wilderness and beyond
I fear I've gone Seeking, for of Him I'm fond.
--The Elfin Cannibal
Seven scars, seven chains, a soul too stained for Hell, and seven sainted candles burning at the well.
Gone to Grieve on the 17th day of the 7th month, 1897. Will be Vake-hunting next.
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Arensen
Posts: 69
3/10/2018
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Optimatum wrote:
You might need a storylet next, so I suggest checking all the main areas to see if there's something new. If not, you're just getting unlucky.
(For the future, note that the Fate-locked option to retrieve your Soul isn't really worth it. You can get it back with a bit of grinding and luck and no real-life money spent, while spending Fate makes the cost go up each time.)
edited by Optimatum on 3/10/2018
I gave up and decided to go with Fate after grinding through some sixty-something bundles of oddities at zee  I need it back to continue my journey along the Seeking Road, and decided it may as well be done sooner rather than later. That being said, I've run across the Music-Hall Singer twice, the Solitary Glim-Sculptor four times, and a distinct lack of the next opportunity card. I do note that it's the only of the cards in this story arc on the wiki that does not have an entry, which does make me a little concerned that it's not functioning as intended. That being said, none of the four main areas offer any new storylets, so I imagine I'm just having a downturn of my luck.
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
3/10/2018
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It is a long time since I retrieved a soul but I remember that part of the story was at the Carnival.
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Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
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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a Nice Friend
Posts: 127
3/10/2018
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Harry P. wrote:
suinicide wrote:
GuesssWho wrote:
Just what happened to Oscar Wilde in this world? I've heard it was as tragic as his real-life fate. Did he go North or the like?
Mr Pages happened to him.
[...]Oscar Wilde is better known as the Wilting Dandy [...]
Oscar Wilde is the Epigrammatic Irishman in this story, not the Wilting Dandy! Mr Pages dealt with him in a much more permanent manner.
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Teaspoon
Posts: 866
3/10/2018
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GuesssWho wrote:
suinicide wrote:
GuesssWho wrote:
Just what happened to Oscar Wilde in this world? I've heard it was as tragic as his real-life fate. Did he go North or the like?
Mr Pages happened to him.
And to think that Mr. Pages is one of the nicer Masters . . .
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Nope nope nope.
Censorship department, remember? Censorship.
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ChangelingChilde
Posts: 231
3/10/2018
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Teaspoon wrote:
GuesssWho wrote:
suinicide wrote:
GuesssWho wrote:
Just what happened to Oscar Wilde in this world? I've heard it was as tragic as his real-life fate. Did he go North or the like?
Mr Pages happened to him.
And to think that Mr. Pages is one of the nicer Masters . . .
Nope nope nope.
Censorship department, remember? Censorship.
Okay, not nicer exactly. More likeable? More sympathetic? Something like that.
If we don't know what exactly happened to Wilde I think I'll decide that he went North or something. It's the sort of beautifully foolish thing I can imagine him doing somehow.
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DO you recall how the Hunger began?
I'm sorry, my darling, I don't think I can!
OUT past the High Wilderness and beyond
I fear I've gone Seeking, for of Him I'm fond.
--The Elfin Cannibal
Seven scars, seven chains, a soul too stained for Hell, and seven sainted candles burning at the well.
Gone to Grieve on the 17th day of the 7th month, 1897. Will be Vake-hunting next.
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Jolanda Swan
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3/10/2018
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It is said that Mr Pages ate the Epigrammatic Irishman (Wilde) because Wilde said something Pages did not like - and stood by it. His last lover (probably Bosie) holds on to his last work, a celebration of their love. I doubt the book is De Prfundis given that in this universe Wilde did not have to go to prison at all.
Page sends you to retrieve this and you can a) beat the poor guy and take it b) deny the Master and champion love, thus losing Masters: connected or c) Pay Fate to forge a perfect copy, and keep them both happy.
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Harry P.
Posts: 116
3/10/2018
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Huh. I knew I was forgetting something. If I had remebered that the lover's name was the Epigrammatic Irishman, I would have realized that he was the Irishman Oscar Wilde.
Still, where did you hear about him being eaten by Mr Pages? I did not even know they ate humans in the first place. Beasts, sure but humans?
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A Magnanimous Gentleman Author with a tendency for melancholic monologues.
Elizabeth K. Broker: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Elizabeth%20K%20Broker
A Socially-Awkward Dueling Trickster with a thirst for vengeance and a soft spot for urchins.
If you are ever in need of any assistance, do not hesitate to ask either of them. The second one is still finicky, though.
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