An Infestation of Lamp-Cats
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Description summary:
The description changes with 
Cat-Wrangling! progress.
| Cat-Wrangling! | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | —an awful, juddering groan […] from within the bowels of the vessel. The Urchin […] claps a hand over her mouth – more guilt than surprise. […] Lamp-cats! […] […] "They wanted to come! So's I let them aboard, sneaky-like." Another juddering groan. […] "I didn't do that, though." |
| 12 | As you watch, a cat perches on a valve, […] causing a corresponding pressure gauge to crawl inexorably into the red. Are they trying to sink you? The Urchin Detective gasps, […] "Stop that!" The cats, alas, are still cats. They pay no heed at all. |
| 24 | The scraping lasts for far too many seconds. There shouldn't be any outcroppings close to your intended route – where are you? Have you been pulled off course? […] Rough. Swirling. Riven with stalactites. You are in the Snares. |
| 36 | With the ship back under […] control, and most of the lamp-cats' attention focused on cheering up the […] Urchin Detective, the immediate peril seems to have passed. This leaves you […] with a moment to think. What will you do about all these lamp-cats on your ship? |
| 50 | […] "I s'pose... I s'pose I shouldn't have let them on board?" […] it's clear she has an answer in mind […] "You should prob'ly go," she says. "When you've finished your fish, I mean." […] the lamp-cats stretch […] one by one, leaping onto a railing and diving into the zee. […] |
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Unlocked with a redirect from Look for the Urchin Detective
Storylet appears in 
Zailing the Unterzee
Options:
Rush to the engine room
- Spoiler Locked with
Cat-Wrangling!
Success
Fey and disrespectful
You've gained 12 x Cat-Wrangling!
Redirects to: An Infestation of Lamp-Cats
^
Herd the creatures away from the engines
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Cat-Wrangling! exactly 12
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Monstrous Anatomy adds 10 points of Watchful.Success
Less liable to explode
Careful, now; you are zailing the Snares. (You've moved to The Snares)- You've gained 12 x Cat-Wrangling!
Redirects to: An Infestation of Lamp-Cats
Failure
Ouch!
- Careful, now; you are zailing the Snares. (You've moved to The Snares)
- You've gained 12 x Cat-Wrangling!
Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
Redirects to: An Infestation of Lamp-Cats
^
Rush back to the helm
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Cat-Wrangling! exactly 24
Challenge information
Narrow,
Zeefaring 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
Back on course
- You've gained 12 x Cat-Wrangling!
Redirects to: An Infestation of Lamp-Cats
Failure
Back on course
- You've gained 12 x Cat-Wrangling!
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
Redirects to: An Infestation of Lamp-Cats
^
Round them all up with your fishiest rations
- Spoiler
Success
Just desserts
The Light of the Mountain; the fungal-green waters of Shepherd's Wash. (You've moved to Shepherd's Wash)- You've gained 14 x Cat-Wrangling!
Redirects to: An Infestation of Lamp-Cats
^
Chastise her
- Spoiler Unlocked with Cat-Wrangling! 50
Success
Scolded
You have moved to a new area: Aeschaven- You have moved to a new setting: Godfall
- 'Cat-Wrangling!' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
You are progressing your investigation. (Sets 
Candlefinder: Progress in a Case to 90)
Refocus on the case
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Cat-Wrangling! 50
Success
Distracted
- You have moved to a new area: Aeschaven
- You have moved to a new setting: Godfall
- 'Cat-Wrangling!' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
- You are progressing your investigation. (Sets Candlefinder: Progress in a Case to 90)
