Blessed by the Prester's Hand

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Description summary:
The description changes as the story advances.

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410[…] you see no face […] But concealed by the Sacristan's knotted cravat, there are more lumps where most zailors would have a face. Long arms extend with long claws at their ends. Too many elbows. […] Segmented limbs […] prepared to seize you in their grip.
415Arms writhe from the ruptured coat. […] Each one still connected to the Second Sacristan, with its faceless face obscured by its […] silk cravat. Its elbows have knocked over the […] Naturalist's chair. He is struggling to untie ropes from his own limbs. […]
420If you fell into a […] nest, the serpents wouldn't thrash so viciously. Arms still cascade from the coat […] They wrestle with themselves […] Furniture burns (too many candles overturned). […] Another hand in yours […] the […] Naturalist is pulling you toward the door […]
425All around you, streams begin to trickle from the walls. […] Shouting zailors battle to ascend the flooding stairs, but there are hands everywhere. […] Entire corridors are jammed with popping joints. Undeterred, the Youthful Naturalist nods his head: Up.
430[…] Zailors are leaping overboard. The braziers are toppled […] Flames touch the sails. There is a great Crack! that runs, shivering, through the vessel. […] masts buckle and snap. The Youthful Naturalist wordlessly meets your gaze; his own is resolute.

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Unlocked with redirects from The Traitor Tongue Speaks

Storylet appears in Zailing the Unterzee

Options:

With Associating with a Youthful Naturalist 410

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Evade the right arm
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Challenge the left arm

With Associating with a Youthful Naturalist 415

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Negotiate with a beckoning hand
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Brawl with a clenched fist
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Dodge a grasping claw
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Associating with a Youthful Naturalist exactly 415

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Shadowy 140 || 96 - very chancy (41%) || 119 - chancy (51%) || 143 - modest (61%) || 166 - very modest (71%) || 189 - low-risk (81%) || 213 - straightforward (91%) || 234 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Fleet footwork

    Failure

    Pulled into the pell-mell

    ^

With Associating with a Youthful Naturalist 420

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Beat back a burning hand
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Avoid an outstretched palm
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Slip past a silver blade
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Pry interlocked elbows apart
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Leap over limbs on the floor

With Associating with a Youthful Naturalist 425

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Climb around the fingers
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Crawl over the knuckles

With Associating with a Youthful Naturalist 430

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Abandon ship!