A Game of Higher Stakes

ID: 285126, 285705

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The Cheery Man dwarfs his chair. The Last Constable, stiff-backed, faces him.

Between them, a circle of tankards stand […] They will drink, round on round, until one of them drinks the poisoned tankard.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

Unlocked with one of the four possible redirects:

• Favouring the Cheery Man:
  • if he has already asked you a question elsewhere:
    Inform the Cheery Man → It's time
  • otherwise:
    Inform the Cheery Man → It's time → Your reasons. A potentially final encounter (Cheery Man) → take any option
• Favouring the Last Constable:
  • if she has already asked you a question elsewhere:
    Inform the Last Constable → It's time
  • otherwise:
    Inform the Last Constable → It's time → Your reasons. A potentially final encounter (Last Constable) → take any option

Options:

Raise the stakes

•  Spoiler ID: 210870, 211304
  

  Locked with Double or Nothing, A Devilment with the Tankards
  

   

  Success

  To hell with it

  •  You have raised the stakes. (Sets Double or Nothing to 1 - You have gambled with both lives)

  ^

Let the game begin

•  Spoiler ID: 211305, 210871
  

   

  Success

  The beginning of the end

  •  An occurrence! Your 'Family and Law' Quality is now 13 - The game is on!

  Redirects to: The First Round

  ^

Leave

•  Spoiler ID: 210869, 211303
  

   

  Success

  The game goes on

  •  An occurrence! Your 'Family and Law' Quality is now 250 - You left your old friend to resolve their family dispute alone. Their decisions were made without you!
  •  Your 'Double or Nothing' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'A Devilment with the Tankards' Quality has gone!

  Redirects to: A Journey Back

  ^