Ambition: Heart's Desire – the Prince's Prison
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[…] a hollow, and at the bottom of the hollow a hole, barred with rusting iron.
From within comes a nagging drone, the speech of locusts. A chain rattles, musically. Something wraps around the bars from below. Not fingers. Fingers lack chitin.[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Unlocked with 
Ambition: Heart's Desire! exactly 150, or a redirect from A Brief Stop at the Prince's Prison
Storylet appears in 
Corpsecage Island
Options:
Free it
- Spoiler
Success
Loosening the last bar, you scrabble from the hollow
You have moved to a new area: Your Cabin
Meet with Virginia back in London and convince her to play in the Marvellous. (Sets 
Ambition: Heart's Desire! to 160 - Meet with Virginia back in London and convince her to play in the Marvellous)
Ruthless is increasing… (+5 CP, up to level 15)
Magnanimous is dropping… (-5 CP)
Wind from the North. You zail the Stormbones. (Sets 
Zailing on: to Stormbones) (hidden)
Bargain with it
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Ambition: Heart's Desire! 150
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 170 || 117 - very chancy (41%) || 145 - chancy (51%) || 173 - modest (61%) || 202 - very modest (71%) || 230 - low-risk (81%) || 258 - straightforward (91%) || 284 - straightforward (100%) Persuasive, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (170 + 
Steadfast + 
Magnanimous + 
Austere - 
Heartless - 
Ruthless - 
Subtle). The above ranges are listed assuming all quirks have the same level (e.g. all quirks are at level 5)Success
The bargain
Persuasive is increasing…- You have moved to a new area: Your Cabin
- Meet with Virginia back in London and convince her to play in the Marvellous. (Sets Ambition: Heart's Desire! to 160 - Meet with Virginia back in London and convince her to play in the Marvellous)
Subtle is increasing… (+5 CP, up to level 15)
Forceful is dropping… (-5 CP)- Wind from the North. You zail the Stormbones. (Sets Zailing on: to Stormbones) (hidden)
Failure
It finds you wanting
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Subtle is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
- Forceful is dropping… (-3 CP)
Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
Redirects to: Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Prince's Prison
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