A Conversation with Mr Spices
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Unlocked with Status of the Station VIII Dirigible exactly 20
Storylet appears in Station VIII
Options:
Observe the behaviour of a Storm-bird in the vicinity of Mr Spices
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Watchful Gains 12,
Storm-bird
Challenge information
Narrow,
Glasswork 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
A melting
You've lost 1 x Storm-bird
You've gained 2 x Blackmail Material
Failure
A melting
You've lost 1 x Storm-bird
You've gained 2 x Blackmail Material
Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
Ply it with aspic dosed with its own drug
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Current Culinary Concoction exactly 7 (Suspend the pickle in a Venison Aspic – spiked with Mr Spices' new drug)
Success
A Master, plied
You've gained 5 x Extraordinary Implication
You've gained 5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
Your 'Current Culinary Concoction' Quality has gone!
Your 'Culinary Ingredient Value' Quality has gone!
You've gained 1 x Meals Served at Station VIII
Offer Mr Spices your medical opinion on its peculiar health
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Watchful Gains 15-18,
Base Watchful 215,
3 x Blackmail Materials,
1 x Halcyonic Tonic,
1 x Fillip of Effervescence
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 215 || 147 - very chancy (41%) || 183 - chancy (51%) || 219 - modest (61%) || 255 - very modest (71%) || 291 - low-risk (81%) || 327 - straightforward (91%) || 359 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of
Kataleptic Toxicology reduces the base difficulty by 10 points.
Success
Symptoms both intellectual and emotional
Success Instructions: You can investigate the tears at your Laboratory.
Watchful is increasing…
Your maximum Watchful is now 218. (Sets
Watchful Gains to 18)
You've lost 1 x Halcyonic Tonic
You've lost 1 x Fillip of Effervescence
Failure
An alarming sequence of symptoms
Watchful is increasing…
Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
Return to Mr Spices with the results of your investigation
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Watchful Gains exactly 21
Locked withLocomotive Plans from Mr Spices
Success
A confession, and a request
Success Instructions: Until you begin building the locomotive in your Laboratory, you can still consult with the Solicitor-Baroness in London. This will give you another option for how to eventually resolve this story, but it is not required to keep raising your Watchful Gains.
You now have 1 x Locomotive Plans from Mr Spices
Without
A Design for an Unusual Locomotive:
An occurrence! Your 'A Design for an Unusual Locomotive:' Quality is now 1 - Plans Supplied by Mr Spices!
With
A Design for an Unusual Locomotive: 3 - Plans Supplied by the Solicitor-Baroness
An occurrence! Your 'A Design for an Unusual Locomotive:' Quality is now 2 - Competing Plans Supplied by Mr Spices and the Solicitor-Baroness!