Editing A Boxful of Intrigue (Guide)

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{{ActivitySummary
|Activity=A Boxful of Intrigue
|Length=Fixed
|Starting Actions=0
|Progress Actions=13
|Ending Actions=1
|Progress Details=Raise {{IL|A Boxful of Intrigue}} to 13.
|Output Items=*{{IL|Correspondence Plaque}}
*{{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe}}
*{{IL|Compromising Document}}
*{{IL|Mourning Candle}}
*{{IL|Stolen Correspondence}}
*{{IL|Favours: Criminals}}
*{{IL|Aeolian Scream}}
*{{IL|Favours: Urchins}}
*{{IL|Stolen Kiss}}
|Raw EPA = 1.64
}}
This is a combined guide of the storyline of {{IL|A Survivor of the Affair of the Box}}, as well as {{IL|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]]===
[[File:Spite.png|right]]
A Survivor of the Box starts in Spite with {{IL|A Name Whispered in Darkness}} 3.
You will be able to find the box and gain {{IL|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]]===
[[File:Flit.png|right]]
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 {{IL|Shard of Glim}}.
Eventually, you will increase {{IL|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]]===
[[File:Mahoganyhall.png|right]]
Unlocked with {{IL|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 {{IL|Tales of Mahogany Hall}} up to 14.
Eventually you'll discover that the key to the box is carried by some of the performers, and you'll need to increase {{IL|Tales of Mahogany Hall}} up to 22 in order to get the key. This should set your {{IL|A Survivor of the Affair of the Box}} to 12

*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]]===
[[File:Spite.png|right]]
Starting at {{IL|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. Most options require {{IL|A Boxful of Intrigue}} 13 (exceptions noted in footnotes below).

*12: [[The Troubles So Far]] - Unlocks [[A Boxful of Intrigue]], see carousel below <ref name = None>No {{IL|A Boxful of Intrigue}} requirement</ref>

*12: [[The D nable Box{{!}}The D__nable Box]]
*15: [[A Key at Last]] - Requires {{IL|Moon-Pearl|1 x}}
*16: [[Opening the box]] 
*17: [[Finally Opening the Box]] - Requires {{IL|Mourning Candle|10 x}}
*18: [[Finding out More]] - Requires {{IL|Puzzling Map|1 x}} <ref name = Some>Only requires {{IL|A Boxful of Intrigue}} 1, resets {{IL|A Boxful of Intrigue}} to 0</ref>
*19: [[Speaking to the Widow]] - Requires {{IL|Romantic Notion|100 x}}
*20: [[Yesterday's King]]
*21: [[A Devil of a Plan]]
*22: [[What to do about the box?]] <ref name = None>No {{IL|A Boxful of Intrigue}} requirement</ref>

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===Mr Stones===
*30: [[Meeting Mr Stones]] - Requires {{IL|Shard of Glim|5000 x}}
*31: [[Looking into Fires]] - Requires {{IL|A Boxful of Intrigue}} 13

===Mr Fires===
*40: [[Finding Fires]] - Requires {{IL|A Boxful of Intrigue}} 13
*41: [[Spying on Stones]] - Requires {{IL|A Boxful of Intrigue}} 13

===Newspaper===
*50: [[Baring All]] - Requires {{IL|Newspaper}} and {{IL|A Boxful of Intrigue}} 13
*51: [[A very special edition]] - Requires {{IL|Defender of Truth -}} 3 and a cycle of your {{IL|Newspaper}}

==[[A Boxful of Intrigue]]==
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In the following table, any success that follows your side provides {{IL|Empire's Kingmaker}}, which is needed for one of the rewards. Any success on the opposing side changes your side and gives you {{IL|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 {{IL|Correspondence Plaque|6 x}}.

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===
{|class="article-table"
!{{IL|A Boxful of Intrigue}}
!Storylet
!Action
!{{IL|A Power in Waiting -|Appearance = Side}}
!Menace on failure
|-
!rowspan="4"|0-3
!rowspan="2"|[[An Agent of the Masters]]
|[[Expose him to the newspapers]]
|Conscience
|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance = }}
|-
|[[Help cover up the sordid business]]
|Guardian
|{{IL|Scandal|Appearance = }}
|-
!rowspan="2"|[[The Unionist]]
|[[Help her escape]]
|Conscience
|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance = }}
|-
|[[Join the hunt]]
|Guardian
|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance = }}
|-
!rowspan="4"|4-6
!rowspan="2"|[[Doing the Rounds]]
|[[Tell them the truth]]
|Guardian
|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance = }}
|-
|[[Lie to them]]
|Conscience
|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance = }}
|-
!rowspan="2"|[[The Course of Love]]
|[[Keep its agents at bay]]
|Conscience
|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance = }}
|-
|[[Help keep them together]]
|Guardian
|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance = }}
|-
!rowspan="4"|7-9
!rowspan="2"|[[A Night of Desperate Ambushes]]
|[[Wade in with the neddy men]]
|Guardian
|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance = }}
|-
|[[Defend Spite from the neddy men]]
|Conscience
|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance = }}
|-
!rowspan="2"|[[Encryption of a Sort]]
|[[Intercept the messages]] <ref name = Plaque>Also provides {{IL|Correspondence Plaque|2 x}}</ref>
|Conscience
|{{IL|Nightmares|Appearance = }} <ref name = Plaque>Also provides {{IL|Correspondence Plaque|2 x}}</ref>
|-
|[[See that the messages arrive safely]]
|Guardian
|{{IL|Wounds|Appearance = }}
|-

!rowspan="4"|10-12
!rowspan="2"|[[A Salon of a Sort]]
|[[Steer the conversation to Mr Stones]] <ref name = Salon>Doesn't provide {{IL|Empire's Kingmaker}}</ref>
|Both
|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance = }}
|-
|[[Steer the conversation to Mr Fires]] <ref name = Salon>Doesn't provide {{IL|Empire's Kingmaker}}</ref>
|Both
|{{IL|Scandal|Appearance = }}
|-
!rowspan="2"|[[A Strong Box]]
|[[Tell your larcenous colleagues when the strong-box will be moved]]
|Conscience
|{{IL|Scandal|Appearance = }}
|-
|[[Tell the gentlemen in blue about any plans for robbery you hear about]]
|Guardian
|{{IL|Suspicion|Appearance = }}
|-
|}
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===Rewards===

{|class="article-table"
!Option
!Items
!{{E}} (EPA)<ref>With Consience of Empire and no failures </ref>
|-
|[[Accept a gift for your efforts]]
|{{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe|35 x}}<br/>{{IL|Correspondence Plaque|6 x}}
|20.5 (1.46)
|-
|[[Write it all down]]
|{{IL|Compromising Document|35 x}}<br/>{{IL|Correspondence Plaque|6 x}}
|20.5 (1.46)
|-
|[[Speak of your work in intimate company]]
|{{IL|Stolen Kiss|7 x}}<br/>{{IL|Correspondence Plaque|6 x}}
|20.5 (1.46)
|-
|[[Send your report to certain bandaged gentlemen]] <ref>Requires {{IL|Empire's Kingmaker}} 40</ref>
|{{IL|Mourning Candle|8 x}}<br/>{{IL|Correspondence Plaque|6 x}}
|23.0 (1.64)
|-
|[[Share what you've learned with a Second-Storey Man]]
|{{IL|Stolen Correspondence|300 x}}<br/>{{IL|Correspondence Plaque|6 x}}<br/>{{IL|Favours: Criminals|1 x}}
|22.0 (1.57)<ref name =favour>Valuing the favour at 4 {{E}}</ref>
|-
|[[Share what you've learned with a Cross|Share what you've learned with a Cross/Nought]]<ref name="airs">depending on {{IL|The Airs of London}}</ref>
|{{IL|Aeolian Scream|6 x}}<br/>{{IL|Correspondence Plaque|6 x}}<br/>{{IL|Favours: Urchins|1 x}}
|22.0 (1.57)<ref name = favour>Valuing the favour at 4 {{E}}</ref>
|-
|}

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