A Card Catalogue
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You stand at […] A place filled end to end with books. Shelves as tall as the Shuttered Palace. Staircases as tall as the Bazaar […]
A library the size of Europe. […]
There is, however – either as an unfathomable mercy or as a profound cruelty – a card catalogue.[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
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Storylet appears in 
The Midnight Moon and in 
Zenith
Options:
Search for the ambergris miners
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Firmament 197
Success
Between pages
You have moved to a new area: The Stacks- You have moved to a new setting: Lost Time (Setting) (hidden)
An occurrence! Your 'Apocrypha Sought:' Quality is now 101!
The light in the library has the quality of a low, weak winter sun. (Sets 
The Hour in the Library: to 1: An Hour of Weak Pale Sunlight)
The Duchess, Tatterdemalion, and the Lost Shepherd are with you. (Sets 
Wandering the Stacks with: to 10: Several Officers of your Crew)
You've gained 1 x In Search of Lost Time
Look for a copy of the Index of Banned Works, 1899 Edition
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Firmament 200, 
An Interloper in the Library
Success
Inwards
- You have moved to a new area: The Stacks
- An occurrence! Your 'Apocrypha Sought:' Quality is now 201 - A Ministry Index of Banned Works!
- The light in the library has the quality of a low, weak winter sun. (Sets The Hour in the Library: to An Hour of Weak Pale Sunlight)
- Tatterdemalion is with you. (Sets Wandering the Stacks with: to Tatterdemalion)
- An occurrence! Your 'In Search of Lost Time' Quality is now 1!
Conclusion: Open the Index
^
Look for a copy of the Annal of Lost Stars
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Firmament 200, An Interloper in the Library
Success
A hint of a direction
- You have moved to a new area: The Stacks
- An occurrence! Your 'Apocrypha Sought:' Quality is now 202 - A Starved Registry of Dead Stars!
- The light in the library has the quality of a sickly, dying sun. (Sets The Hour in the Library: to An Hour of Sickly Pale Sunlight)
- The Lost Shepherd is with you. (Sets Wandering the Stacks with: to The Lost Shepherd)
- An occurrence! Your 'In Search of Lost Time' Quality is now 1!
Conclusion: Open the Annal
^
Look for a copy of Le Précipice de la Tombée
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Firmament 200, An Interloper in the Library 4
Success
An accounting of a reckoning
- You have moved to a new area: The Stacks
- An occurrence! Your 'Apocrypha Sought:' Quality is now 203 - Le Précipice de la Tombée!
- The light in the library has the quality of dim, pale moonlight. (Sets The Hour in the Library: to An Hour of Dim Pale Moonlight)
- The Duchess is with you. (Sets Wandering the Stacks with: to The Last Duchess)
- An occurrence! Your 'In Search of Lost Time' Quality is now 1!
Conclusion: Open Le Précipice de la Tombée
^
Look for a copy of A Codex of Unreal Places
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Acquaintance: The Clamorous Cartographer 6, 
The Stacks: Mapping with the Cartographer (hidden)
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- You have moved to a new area: The Stacks
- An occurrence! Your 'Apocrypha Sought:' Quality is now 204 - A Codex of Unreal Places!
- The library is lit only by lanterns and candles. (Sets The Hour in the Library: to An Hour of Darkness)
- The Clamorous Cartographer is with you. (Sets Wandering the Stacks with: to The Clamorous Cartographer)
An occurrence! Your 'The Stacks: Mapping with the Cartographer' Quality is now 1! (hidden)- An occurrence! Your 'In Search of Lost Time' Quality is now 1!
Look for a copy of The Book of Proper Speech
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An Interloper in the Library, Firmament 365
Success
The Tongues of the Saints
- You have moved to a new area: The Stacks
- An occurrence! Your 'Apocrypha Sought:' Quality is now 205 - The Book of Proper Speech!
- The light in the library is cold, like a moon just hanging over the horizon. (Sets The Hour in the Library: to An Hour of Cold Pale Moonlight)
- The Duchess is with you. (Sets Wandering the Stacks with: to The Last Duchess)
- An occurrence! Your 'In Search of Lost Time' Quality is now 1!
Conclusion: Open The Book of Proper Speech
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Turn away from the threshold
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