Approaching Escape Velocity
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Description summary:
The description changes as you proceed.
 Preparing | Description |
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| 5 | Your gaoler is asleep, snoring behind his sackcloth hood. The gaslights are low on the walls, sending eery flickers dancing along the smooth surface of the stalactite. It is time. |
| 6 | […] you pass […] row upon row of cells, where grim faces peer out through the bars […]
At last you reach […] the […] berth. The light of the False-Stars washes over you as you step out under the […] roof. A dirigible waits […] All that stands between you is a lone gaoler […] |
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Unlocked with various redirects from A Moment's Hesitation
Storylet appears in 
New Newgate Prison
Options:
Wriggle out of your manacles
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with
Acausally Manacled
Locked with Acausally Manacled 10
Success
Amateur escapology
You have taken off your manacles. You are still manacled. You cannot take off your manacles. (Sets 
Acausally Manacled to 10)
Make your escape
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Preparing for Another Daring Escape exactly 5, Acausally Manacled 10 ("The keys would be in reach... if your hands weren't bound!" when locked; "Your hands are free!" when unlocked)
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 105 || 72 - very chancy (41%) || 90 - chancy (51%) || 107 - modest (61%) || 125 - very modest (71%) || 142 - low-risk (81%) || 160 - straightforward (91%) || 175 - straightforward (100%)The difficulty is equal to 70% of your base
Shadowy, rounded. The given example is for base Shadowy 150.Success
Quiet as the grave
Shadowy is increasing…
You're putting your escape plan into action. (Sets Preparing for Another Daring Escape to 6 - Underway)
Failure
Too soon
- Shadowy is increasing…
Knock out the gaoler
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Preparing for Another Daring Escape exactly 6
Challenge information
Broad,
Dangerous 1 || 1 - chancy (60%) || 2 - straightforward (100%)Success
Precision
Dangerous is increasing…- You're putting your escape plan into action. (Sets Preparing for Another Daring Escape to 7 - Underway)
Your 'Learning the Gaolers' Schedule' Quality has gone!
Redirects to: An Accomplice in Escape?
Failure
A helping hand
- Dangerous is increasing…
- You're putting your escape plan into action. (Sets Preparing for Another Daring Escape to 7 - Underway)
- Your 'Learning the Gaolers' Schedule' Quality has gone!
Redirects to: An Accomplice in Escape?
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Really wriggle out of your manacles
- Spoiler Unlocked with
An Overpowering Sense of Déjà Vu, 
Seven ("a key a key a key a key a key")
Locked with Acausally Manacled 10
Success
Amateur escapology
- Your 'Learning the Gaolers' Schedule' Quality has gone!
You've lost 1 x Seven- With Acausally Manacled 3 - 5:
- Another link in the chain loosens. You are closer to true freedom than you were. (Lowers Acausally Manacled by 1)
- Otherwise:
- Another link in the chain loosens. You are closer to true freedom than you were. (Sets Acausally Manacled to 5)
- You're putting your escape plan into action. (Sets Preparing for Another Daring Escape to 6 - Underway)
Redirects to: An Accomplice in Escape?
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