Alexis Kennedy
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10/24/2013
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They're Sunless Sea teaser content. They may allow you a glimpse of the ultimate endgame. One of them has a toque.
More about them - and how to find them - here:
http://www.failbettergames.com/?p=1298
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Diptych
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10/31/2013
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I think it's not inappropriate to mention, with specific hope that FBG might happen to read it: this event's been pretty damn amazing! And frightening and extraordinary, giving glimpses of our characters operating on a scale far beyond what we're accustomed to. So many stories, so much colour, so many mysteries! And, overall, fun!
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Alexis Kennedy
Posts: 1374
10/31/2013
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> planning to directly remove the extra,
or rather, it will harmlessly vanish when we fix the bug.
Happy Hallowmas to all of you. I'm very glad people feel it was worth the wait. :-)
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Flyte
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10/24/2013
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Seconding Spacemarine. People who get drunk enough to fall in gutters are in urgent need of temperance, a virtue you generously promote by relieving them of the means to buy alcohol. You are essentially stuffing sobriety in their pockets -- with such selfless abandon, in fact, that no room is left for vulgar worldly goods, which are swept away by the overflowing tides of your benevolence.
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Theus
Posts: 311
10/29/2013
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Moonish-light saving time. The bazaar has "sequestered" a year from all of us and has it saved away, for some unknown purpose.
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Fhoenix
Posts: 602
10/31/2013
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You get a snail-mail from Alexis with the design of the Correspondence sign. Then you have to make a tattoo with it. That gives you the next candle.
Actually, I think, I remember a conversation a long time ago with Mr.Eaten's twitter involving tattoos.
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Laluzi
Posts: 456
10/29/2013
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Oh, that's easy. I set this year on fire. Hardly my fault, you understand. The woman with the tattered stockings wouldn't stop yapping about her silly fossil collection, and there's only so many times you can shove a concubine down the stairs before it becomes improper, you know. And that cat - positively dreadful! Something had to be done, and that charlatan of a manager cared nothing about the state of the place. So I took the camphor and set Time ablaze. Lovely! All silver and green. Danced with the false-stars, it did. And the tea-cakes are the most delightful temperature, once you peel off the wax. Time melts quite dreadfully, you know. Or does it? It's hard to remember these days. Sometimes, I think my thoughts march right out of my head! None of them can be bothered to stick around, though. Pity. I'd love to get their opinion on things. Where was I?
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Alexis Kennedy
Posts: 1374
10/29/2013
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We have always been at war with Eastasia.
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
10/30/2013
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Caffeine versus The Name: A dissertation on compulsively progressing in a video game.
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Erik Vimes
Posts: 182
10/31/2013
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Oh my. I went Pricked Finger and then the fate-locked. That was possibly the best decision I've ever made.
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Diptych
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10/29/2013
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I think we can safely put this one down to one of the more outré plotters among the Calendar Council. Probably a run of false almanacs, which would have baffled space and muzzled time had the Ministry not located and seized them. Like that one year we had three Shrove Tuesdays! I ate so many pancakes. Too much pancakes.
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Corran
Posts: 401
10/31/2013
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FBG has done it again. This event has been amazing, thanks to everyone involved!
I hope that between this and The Sunless Sea you've managed to get any sleep.
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Alexis Kennedy
Posts: 1374
10/29/2013
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All things considered, you lot are pretty cool.
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streetfelineblue
Posts: 1459
10/24/2013
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Aximillio wrote:
Done. Thanks for journalling it =).
Thanks to you, for the excellent work on the wiki! For me it's become an essential part of enjoying Fallen London ^^
BTW: the attribute for the dream of roses is "A possible future: A pricked finger" (#5). Slightly less ominous than Chill of the Void or Taste of Blackest Brine, hmm?
Anyway. I was reading the text of the Navy Lieutenant storylet, and I noticed that apparently the name of the Carnelian Coast is misspelled. Any ideas on possible omophones or similes? Cornelian? Cornerian? Coniglia? XD
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Zeedee
Posts: 276
10/25/2013
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streetfelineblue wrote:
I was reading the text of the Navy Lieutenant storylet, and I noticed that apparently the name of the Carnelian Coast is misspelled. Hahaha, I like that lady. I'm excited to meet her again in Sunless Sea! But, yeah, not "carnelian". For an area loaded with sapphires, it should probably be named the Cerulean Coast.
*feels the flaming gaze of resident geology geeks* ...Uh, I'll add that rubies and sapphires are colored varieties of the same mineral: corundum. Red corundum is known as a ruby, and any other color of corundum is typed as a sapphire.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sapphire
http://geology.com/minerals/corundum.shtml
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Owen Wulf
Posts: 715
10/25/2013
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If we already met our desired visitor, can we get rid of our Nightmare Quality? Or do we need it for future Hallowmas events?
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aira
Posts: 32
10/26/2013
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How rare is the visitors card? I got it once and chose to buy a fish, thinking it might be necessary. Now I can't get it to come back. It's been two days... My nightmares and making waves are high enough, though that doesn't seem to be necessary anyway. How often are others getting this card? I'm starting to worry I might not get it again before the event is over...
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
10/26/2013
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my question is this: why is the thread title Hallowmas 1892 if the ingame year is 1891?
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
10/26/2013
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Even the blog post says 1892, so it's probably not a typo. Maybe a misnumbering.
Or maybe we're going to fall asleep for a year and get woken up by a kiss from a snake or something.
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
10/26/2013
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Yeah, the card has no requirements and isn't location specific, so it should show up anywhere.
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
10/27/2013
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I don't think anyone has bought the hesperidian cider because you'd need to grind for practically as long as the game's existed to afford it
i mean there was that one kickstarter backer who got it but that doesn't count
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
10/27/2013
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you could even feasibly own two goats and become the envy of goatherds everywhere
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
10/27/2013
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Goats do not breed. They fuse
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Diptych
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10/28/2013
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Agreed - the best kind of prank is the kind that delights all parties!
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Diptych
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10/29/2013
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To add to the general sense of confusion, I cannot but read the title of this thread to a mangled imagining of the tune of David Bowie's "5:15 The Angels Have Gone."
Ninety-two / Hallowmas / Visitors gone / I've gone to zee / Rubbery Men / deep underground / all of my crew / all tentacles / flesh-covered eyes / ninety-two / steamer has sunk / visitors gone / we have no names anymore / forever I will devour you / wrong steamship / here in the Neath / forever I can't remember.
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Dolan
Posts: 296
10/29/2013
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The question is, what did the Bazaar do with the Stolen Year while it was missing? WHAT HAVE THEY CHANGED
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Dolan
Posts: 296
10/29/2013
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And did they get a full refund when they returned it, or just Bazaar credit?
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Diptych
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10/24/2013
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Alexis Kennedy wrote:
On the 31st of October, the Visitor you last chose will unlock a glimpse of a possible future for you. Until the 31st comes, you’ll be able to change your choice easily: after then, it’ll be harder to change.
This is a rather ambiguous prediction of a prediction! Does this mean that, come the 31st, we'll receive our prophecy, and it will be harder after that point to receive a different prophecy (and so better acquaint ourselves with a range of possible futures) - or, does it mean that once we've had our glimpse of the future, we'll have to work extra-hard to prevent it from coming true?
Spacemarine9 wrote:
Does "fishermonger" count as a possible endgame?
Are you already trying to work out what species of fish could be described as "the rats of the sea?"
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
10/24/2013
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I could tell you, but then I'd have to bribe you with various species of rodent to ensure your silence.
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
10/24/2013
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I expect that a lot of the outcomes will be posted here, and on the wiki, unless it is Fate-locked.
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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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streetfelineblue
Posts: 1459
10/24/2013
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LukeMcMillan wrote:
I just looked at the wiki and I noticed that the Special Constable option is marked to give "dream of the liberation of night"... so do same characters bring different dreams?
Which wiki? I went HERE and it wasn't updated yet.
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Laluzi
Posts: 456
10/31/2013
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Oh, indeed. These stories are quite amazing. Par for the course, of course. But it's a wonderful way to start Halloween morning.  Thank you, FBG!
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Master Polarimini
Posts: 310
10/31/2013
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These are the options for the silvered future, except the Bishop
[spoiler]http://www.image-share.com/ijpg-2322-228.html[/spoiler]
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Lawrence Growe
Posts: 96
10/31/2013
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The fate-locked option of the silvered future is horrifying and immensely satisfying at the same time.
In a way, this IS what I have always wanted to be in the Fallen London.
*shudders*
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Fhoenix
Posts: 602
10/31/2013
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streetfelineblue wrote:
Little note: you probably have noticed already, but "Gleam" and "Gloom" are the metaqualities awarded in Storynexus for basically happy and sad endings, respectively. It was a strong reason for me to choose the former ^^"
I don't know. With a green candle for the image, Gleam does not look all that happy)
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
10/31/2013
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Lady Red wrote:
I have a new candle! Hurrah! But how dare you suggest I would be so common as to get a tattoo, Alexis
the fifth candle involves biting back your dignity and... getting a tattoo...
the most difficult task of all
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streetfelineblue
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10/31/2013
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MidnightVoyager wrote:
Mordenn wrote:
So is there still an opportunity to draw a card? Because the event related action is gone from my lodging now.
Then your Nightmares/Making Waves is probably too high. Get it lower than 7 and 11 respectively, I believe.
(For the record, I literally just drew the card after I posted this)
edited by MidnightVoyager on 10/31/2013
It's called Power of Posting. We verified it works on the forums as well as in escape games blogs XD
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
10/29/2013
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I think I would have preferred it if the entire game had been shunted forward a year just to make the thread title correct. Sure it'd completely mess up canon and continuity, but it'd be funny
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babelfishwars
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10/30/2013
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streetfelineblue wrote:
babelfishwars wrote:
I know. I had my optimistic face on. See? *OPTIMISTIC FACE*
I am one of those people. So really I want the card 3 times!
But the card gods are unkind. I've probably said something bad in front of my computer, and she's passed on the sulk to the card giving out machine. WE. SHALL. SEE.
Edit: *deep breath* my alt, on the other hand, has drawn this card twice in a row, but being low level, as access to almost no options. DAMMIT. *claws desk in frustration*
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That is a dangerous gamble. If all you need is a quality, and you can get it with just one card, why not go for it? Better to keep a spare fish for future use (or just as a souvenir: I chose the hook-handed magician path, but I got me an extra fish just because) than to wait for three cards of which only two could appear in time.
Because I am a seeker. Anything that has a seeking option MUST BE PURSUED AT ALL COSTS. I actually now offset coffees I would have bought against fate I have to acquire instead.
DAMN YOU FAILBETTER. Yes, you heard me. LESS caffeine and it's YOUR FAULT. *glares* *twitches*
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Anstruther Barron
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10/31/2013
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The captivating princess story may be found here http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Eliza~Flame
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Flyte
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10/31/2013
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I've enjoyed this festival and all its portents. One thing I wonder about, though: what's their real relation to the endgame? I seem to remember that it will be possible to continue playing after reaching it, but given the... definiteness of many of these outcomes, it would seem that they must represent quite distant futures set in motion, perhaps, but not actually contained within the endgame.
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Dolan
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10/31/2013
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Saharan wrote:
Does the SMEN destiny require the Drownies quality, or could I just have the sighty-more-sane encounter with the Rubbery Man, and then take the SMEN destiny from there? What exactly are its unlocks?
Just SMEN. I took the Blackest Brine on an alt who only had SMEN 1, and he had the option of choosing that one.
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Jonquil
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10/31/2013
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I loved the writing of the Blaze of Distant Light option so much; it was remarkably evocative. I'm a low-level user (highest attribute is Persuasive 76 + bonuses), so I wasn't at all familiar with the context of the decision I was making. It was satisfying nonetheless; I took the option that seemed ethical to me, and now December is my friend, everybody else is cross at me, and I have Gloom. Couldn't be more chuffed, even if I have doomed us all.
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NiteBrite
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11/9/2013
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drink many bottles of oblivion then flounder around failing all the challenges, this is the nitebrite way of gaining much menace.
Pretty much any problem in fallen london can be solved by getting super drunk on irrigo booze.
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