A Boxful of Intrigue (Guide)

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A Boxful of Intrigue Summary
Fixed-Length Activity
Setup				Progress				End
0 A				13 A				1 A
Progress Details			Raise A Boxful of Intrigue to 13.
Items Inputs/Outputs Outputs Correspondence Plaque Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe Compromising Document Mourning Candle Stolen Correspondence Favours: Criminals Aeolian Scream Favours: Urchins Stolen Kiss
Raw EPA						1.64

This is a combined guide of the storyline of A Survivor of the Affair of the Box, as well as A Boxful of Intrigue, a carousel unlocked with A Survivor of the Affair of the Box 12

A Survivor of the Affair of the Box

Spite

A Survivor of the Box starts in Spite with A Name Whispered in Darkness 3. You will be able to find the box and gain A Survivor of the Affair of the Box 1

• 0: A box of secrets - You find a box
• 1: A mysterious box - Decide what you want to do with the box
• 1: Where has the Stuttering Fence gone? - Find out that you need to go to the Flit

The Flit

The story continues in The Flit, where you discover that you're not the only one interested in the Box. The box also seems to contain some Shard of Glim. Eventually, you will increase A Survivor of the Affair of the Box to 5.

• 1: Where in the Flit is the Stuttering Fence? - Find the Stuttering Fence
• 2: Just what is in the box? - Try to find out what the box contains
• 3: Cornering the Fence
• 4: Two fine gentlemen come to pay you a visit - You seem to be followed!

Mahogany Hall

Unlocked with Tales of Mahogany Hall is a storylet that lets you remember the story and find the box again if you've lost it.

Further options will unlock with Tales of Mahogany Hall up to 11. Eventually you'll discover that the key to the box is carried by some of the performers, and you'll need to increase Tales of Mahogany Hall up to 14 in order to get the key. This should set your A Survivor of the Affair of the Box to 12-14, at which point you can progress.

• 0-5: Remembering the Affair of the Box - This storylet allows you to start or continue the storyline
• 6: Talking to Jasper and Frank (with Tales of Mahogany Hall 9)
• 7: Find the Kashmiri Princess (with Tales of Mahogany Hall 10)
• 8: The Kashmiri Princess (with Tales of Mahogany Hall 11)
• 9: Get close to Esmeralda and Rose
• 10: Making Plans
• 11: Sunday's show (unlocked with Day of the Week 7 - this requires Tales of Mahogany Hall 14)

Back to Spite

Starting at A Survivor of the Affair of the Box 12, several options open up in Spite. In this section, you will learn what is in the box and you will also find some information that you can use to blackmail the Masters of the Bazaar.

All options for A Survivor of the Affair of the Box 12-51 require A Boxful of Intrigue 13, unless noted in footnotes below.

• 12+: The Troubles So Far - Unlocks A Boxful of Intrigue, see carousel below

• 12-14: The D__nable Box
• 15: A Key at Last - Requires 1 x Moon-Pearl
• 16: Opening the box
• 17: Finally Opening the Box - Requires 10 x Mourning Candle
• 18: Finding out More - Requires 1 x Puzzling Map
• 19: Speaking to the Widow - Requires 100 x Romantic Notion
• 20: Yesterday's King
• 21: A Devil of a Plan
• 22: What to do about the box? - Sets A Survivor of the Affair of the Box to 30, 40, or 50 (depending on choice)

Mr Stones

• 30: Meeting Mr Stones - Requires 5000 x Shard of Glim
• 31: Looking into Fires

Mr Fires

• 40: Finding Fires
• 41: Spying on Stones

Newspaper

• 50: Baring All - Requires Newspaper
• 51: A very special edition - Requires Defender of Truth - 3 and a cycle of your Newspaper (in Doubt Street)

A Boxful of Intrigue

In the following table, any success that follows your side provides Empire's Kingmaker, which is needed for one of the rewards. Any success on the opposing side changes your side and gives you A Turncoat. This is a menace that will cost favours to reduce, once it reaches 4. This should be avoided. For the most profit, it is advisable to side with the Conscience of Empire, aka common-folk, as this provides an additional 6 x Correspondence Plaque.

The storylets generally have broad Shadowy 130 checks, so you would need Shadowy to be at 217 to play them at a 100% chance of success. They give different menaces on failures, as noted by the table. This is a reasonable way to grind Shadowy at higher levels.

The whole carousel takes 14 actions to get through.

Progress

A Boxful of Intrigue	Storylet	Action	Side	Menace on failure
0-3	An Agent of the Masters	Expose him to the newspapers	Conscience
		Help cover up the sordid business	Guardian
	The Unionist	Help her escape	Conscience
		Join the hunt	Guardian
4-6	Doing the Rounds	Tell them the truth	Guardian
		Lie to them	Conscience
	The Course of Love	Keep its agents at bay	Conscience
		Help keep them together	Guardian
7-9	A Night of Desperate Ambushes	Wade in with the neddy men	Guardian
		Defend Spite from the neddy men	Conscience
	Encryption of a Sort	Intercept the messages	Conscience
		See that the messages arrive safely	Guardian
10-12	A Salon of a Sort	Steer the conversation to Mr Stones	Both
		Steer the conversation to Mr Fires	Both
	A Strong Box	Tell your larcenous colleagues when the strong-box will be moved	Conscience
		Tell the gentlemen in blue about any plans for robbery you hear about	Guardian

Rewards

Option	Items	(EPA)
Accept a gift for your efforts	35 x Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe 6 x Correspondence Plaque	20.5 (1.46)
Write it all down	35 x Compromising Document 6 x Correspondence Plaque	20.5 (1.46)
Speak of your work in intimate company	7 x Stolen Kiss 6 x Correspondence Plaque	20.5 (1.46)
Send your report to certain bandaged gentlemen	8 x Mourning Candle 6 x Correspondence Plaque	23.0 (1.64)
Share what you've learned with a Second-Storey Man	300 x Stolen Correspondence 6 x Correspondence Plaque 1 x Favours: Criminals	22.0 (1.57)
Share what you've learned with a Cross/Nought	6 x Aeolian Scream 6 x Correspondence Plaque 1 x Favours: Urchins	22.0 (1.57)