A Conversation with Mr Fires
SPOILERS AHEAD! BE WARNED!
Mr Fires holds domain over the factories of London. It has come to examine the operations at Factory VIII. It keeps the dirigible extremely well lit.
Unlocked with 
Status of the Station VIII Dirigible exactly 30
Storylet appears in 
Station VIII
Options:
Present Mr Fires with Flambéd Peppercap Pâté
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Current Culinary Concoction exactly 25 (Drown it in absinthe. Prepare it for ignition.)
Success
A gift
You've gained 1 x Bazaar Permit
You've gained 5 x Hinterland Scrip
You are no longer in the middle of preparing anything. (Resets Current Culinary Concoction to 0)- Your 'Culinary Ingredient Value' Quality has gone!
- You've gained 1 x Meals Served at Station VIII
Discuss the matter of Mr Spices
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Watchful Gains 12
Locked with
Deceived the Dean concerning an Experimental Outcome
Success
Devilspawn
Your maximum Watchful is now 215. (Sets Watchful Gains to 15)
Discuss the matter of Mr Spices, delicately
- Spoiler Unlocked with Deceived the Dean concerning an Experimental Outcome , Watchful Gains 12
Success
Devilspawn?
- Your maximum Watchful is now 215. (Sets Watchful Gains to 15)
A Transaction with Mr Fires
- Spoiler Unlocked with
A Kitten-Sized Diamond, Liberated from the Mountain , 
Edicts of the First City
Success
Stronger connection
You've lost 1 x Edicts of the First City
Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP) (up to 11)
You've gained 1 x Oil of Companionship
You've gained 1 x Salve of Righteousness
You've gained 5 x Crystallised Euphoria
Without 
Furnace's Fate Revealed
Ply it with aspic dosed with Mr Spices' drug, then stow away aboard
- Spoiler Unlocked with Current Culinary Concoction exactly 7 (Suspend the pickle in a Venison Aspic – spiked with Mr Spices' new drug)
Locked with Furnace's Fate Revealed
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)The above rating is if the player has
Deceived the Dean concerning an Experimental Outcome. Without it, the rating is 220.Success
A Master, plied
Shadowy is increasing…
You've gained 5 x Extraordinary Implication
You've gained 5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip- You are no longer in the middle of preparing anything. (Resets Current Culinary Concoction to 0)
- Your 'Culinary Ingredient Value' Quality has gone!
- You've gained 1 x Meals Served at Station VIII
Redirects to: Hillchanger Tower, Changed
Failure
'
- Shadowy is increasing…
Identify yourself to the pilot as a fellow worker
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Cover Identity: Ties exactly 3, 
Cover Identity: Elaboration 2
Locked with Furnace's Fate Revealed
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)The above rating is if the player has
Deceived the Dean concerning an Experimental Outcome. Without it, the rating is 220. (The reason for this is unclear.)Success
A Servant, deceived
- Shadowy is increasing…
Your 'Cover Identity: Backstory' Quality has gone!
Your 'Cover Identity: Nuance' Quality has gone!
Your 'Cover Identity: Credentials' Quality has gone!
Your 'Cover Identity: Ties' Quality has gone!
Your 'Cover Identity: Witnesses' Quality has gone!
You have exhausted the usefulness of your most recent cover identity. (Removes all Cover Identity: Elaboration)- You've gained 1 x Fabricator of Past Lives
Redirects to: Hillchanger Tower, Changed
Failure
Suspect
^
Use what you know from its Lackey
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Investigating... 4, 
Leader of the Tracklayers 3-4 or Leader of the Tracklayers exactly 0 and 
Following up Rumours of Cornelius 0-9
Locked with Furnace's Fate Revealed
Success
The schedule memorised
Investigating... is dropping… (-10 CP)
Redirects to: Hillchanger Tower, Changed
^
Get it to invite you to see Furnace
- Spoiler Unlocked with
A Kitten-Sized Diamond, Liberated from the Mountain
Locked with Furnace's Fate Revealed
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)Narrow,
Mithridacy 3 || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
An invitation, cadged
Persuasive is increasing…
Redirects to: A Contract Proposed
Failure
An invitation, cadged
- Persuasive is increasing…
Nightmares is increasing… (+? CP)
Redirects to: A Contract Proposed
^
Wait until the dirigible takes off, then follow on your steed
- Spoiler Unlocked with
A Winged and Taloned Steed Formerly Mr Veils
Locked with Furnace's Fate Revealed
Challenge information
Broad,
Dangerous 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)Narrow,
Monstrous Anatomy 3 || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
A Steed, commanded
Dangerous is increasing…
Redirects to: Hillchanger Tower, Changed
Failure
'
^
With Furnace's Fate Revealed
Ask Fires about its plans for London (sided with Furnace)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with
The Scheme of a Phoenix 6, Furnace's Fate Revealed exactly 1
Success
A gambit?
^
Ask Fires about its plans for London (sided with Fires)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with The Scheme of a Phoenix 6, Furnace's Fate Revealed exactly 2
Success
A gambit?
- You've gained 1 x The Scheme of a Phoenix (up to 7)
Ask it about the Hillchanger Tower (sided with Furnace)
- Spoiler
Ask it about the Hillchanger Tower (sided with Fires)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with Furnace's Fate Revealed exactly 2
Success
Oblique
Redirects to: A Conversation with Mr Fires
^
