Editing Associating with a Youthful Naturalist

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*[[Dinner with the Youthful Naturalist]]

==Levels==
:1: You are acquainted with the Youthful Naturalist
:10: You are acquainted with the Youthful Naturalist.
:15 - 19: Meet the Youthful Naturalist at the Medusa's Head
:20 - 25: Retrieve forbidden documents from Orchard House
:30 - 37: Analyse the Implacable Detective's research with the Youthful Naturalist
:38: Retrieve a Stone Tentacle-Key from Hunter's Keep
:40 - 42: Smuggle the Youthful Naturalist to the tomb-colonies
:50 - 61: Assist the Youthful Naturalist and his mentor with their research
:70: Return to the Dilmun Club to apply for funding
:80 - 85: Wait for the Dilmun Club to contact you again
:90 - 91: Set zail for the tomb-colonies to meet the Youthful Naturalist again
:96 - 97: Reunite with the Youthful Naturalist
:100 - 120: Zail to the Principles of Coral with the Youthful Naturalist
:125 - 165: Continue the Youthful Naturalist's research at Port Cecil
:170: Report to Orchard House on Ladybones Road
:175: Wait for the Dilmun Club to contact you again
:180 - 185: Zail to the Principles of Coral to meet the Youthful Naturalist again
:190: Disembark with the Youthful Naturalist from Port Cecil
:200: Zail to Godfall with the Youthful Naturalist
:210 - 220: Continue the Youthful Naturalist's treatment at Godfall
:230 - 300: Battle the Wax-Wind in the Shattered Citadel
:310 - 315: Speak with the Youthful Naturalist at Godfall
:320: Contact the Giggling Charwoman in London
:325: Prepare to continue your research in London
:330: Proceed with caution
:340 - 355: Return to Godfall to continue your research
:360: Gather more information on Godfall
:365 - 369: Speak with the Rowdy Corsair at Godfall on the Pilgrim's Path
:370: Find the Rowdy Corsair's crew at Gaider's Mourn
:371 - 375: Work with the Rowdy Corsair's crew at Gaider's Mourn
:380: Hunt the ''Delight'' as a target with your Blue Prophet at zee
:400 - 410: Rescue the Youthful Naturalist from the Delight
:415 - 430: Contend with the Prester's Hand
:435 - 450: Keep floating with the Youthful Naturalist
:460: Compare notes with the Youthful Naturalist
:470: Return to the Dilmun Club to retrieve the Shell of Regret
:475: Wait for the Unlikely Florist to contact you again
:480 - 484: Retrieve the Shell of Regret from Orchard House
:490 - 500: Bring the Shell of Regret to the Youthful Naturalist aboard your ship
:510 - 550: Acquire materials to build the experimental diving-bell
:560: Zail to Godfall to seek assistance
:565: Build the diving-bell in the Shattered Citadel
:570: Consult the Youthful Naturalist aboard your ship
:580 - 586: Zail the Unterzee to chart the Ebb and Flow of Regret
:587:
:590: Zail the Unterzee to locate the spiral's centre
:600: Keep diving
:610: Keep rowing
:620 - 625: Recuperate, contemplate, chat
:630: Wait for the Implacable Detective to contact you again in London
:661 - 665: Continue dining with the Youthful Naturalist
:670: Zail to Irem with the Youthful Naturalist
:680-700: Complete your research in Irem
:777: Weave the Youthful Naturalist's fate in Irem
:800: The Hierophant
:900: The Wheel of Fortune
:1000: The Hanged Man

==Level Change Text==
:1: ''You're chatting with the Youthful Naturalist.''
:10: ''You've thrown the Youthful Naturalist overboard.''
:15 - 16: ''The Youthful Naturalist has invited you to the Medusa's Head.''
:17: ''Someone bellows. Apparently, that's how it sounds to lose a bet.''
:18: ''A few drunks are throwing daggers at a dart-board.''
:19: ''Splinters fly as a chair cracks over a debtor's head.''
:20: ''Did the Youthful Naturalist just ask you to rob Orchard House?''
:22: ''You're descending the staircase with His Amused Lordship.''
:23: ''You're descending the staircase with the Bishop of St Fiacre's.''
:24: ''You're descending the staircase with the Impacable Detective.''
:25: ''You're descending the staircase.''
:30: ''You've obtained the Implacable Detective's old research.''
:35: ''The Youthful Naturalist is eager to help you analyse the file.''
:36: ''You've collated the necessary research.''
:37: ''Have you heard about this key before?''
:38: ''The Youthful Naturalist has requested a Stone Tentacle-Key.''
:40: ''It appears the Youthful Naturalist is on the run.''
:42: ''You're not the only one with an Ambition around here.''
:50: ''You've smuggled the Youthful Naturalist to the Tomb-Colonies.''
:51: ''You've found the Youthful Naturalist's mentor.''
:52: ''You're working with the Dusty Ornithologist.''
:53: ''Your research is progressing.''
:55: ''You have a testable hypothesis, and you have the tools to test it.''
:60: ''The Dusty Ornithologist is setting out the bone-saws and scalpels.''
:61: ''The Youthful Naturalist is washing off the blood – what little there is.''
:70: ''You have much to report in London.''
:80: ''You've given the Dilmun Club something to consider.''
:85: ''It's time to present your research to the Dilmun Club.''
:90: ''You've secured funding for the Youthful Naturalist.''
:91: ''Just keep well ahead of that dark brig on the horizon...''
:96: ''May the Newest go forth and deliver the News.''
:97: ''You've delivered the news to the Youthful Naturalist.''
:100: ''You have your next destination.''
:110: ''En garde!''
:111: ''The Youthful Naturalist is fighting to overturn the great tripod.''
:112: ''The Fluke's Folly is starting to burn.''
:115: ''Your vessel is gaining speed as you reach clearer waters.''
:120: ''You've evaded the Prester's agents – for the moment.''
:125: ''You've brought the Youthful Naturalist to Port Cecil.''
:130: ''It's time to grease a few palms.''
:135: ''With your maps and measures ready, the tide pools await...''
:140: ''Click. Click. Click.''
:141: ''You do not belong. You will never belong.''
:142: ''You are not worthy. You will never be worthy.''
:143: ''You don't remember. You don't want to remember.''
:145: ''More science awaits!''
:150: ''Let the procedure commence.''
:151: ''You've opened a path through the human body.''
:165: ''Click. Click. Click.''
:170: ''What will His Grace have to say about this?''
:175: ''Sometimes she is sibylline, but she is always discreet.''
:180: ''Zail to the Principles of Coral to meet the Youthful Naturalist again.''
:185: ''Sometimes zailors have the strangest dreams...''
:190: ''Arise, and walk the path again.''
:200: ''Is something ringing? It sounds like a bell in the distance...''
:210: ''You've brought the Youthful Naturalist to Aeschaven.''
:215: ''Naturalist, meet Abbot-Commander.''
:220: ''The wind roars and bangs at the door.''
:230: ''Another pilgrim embarks on a pilgrimage.''
:240: ''The Youthful Naturalist has performed the first rite.''
:250: ''The Youthful Naturalist has performed the second rite.''
:260: ''The Youthful Naturalist has performed the third rite.''
:270: ''The Youthful Naturalist has performed the fourth rite.''
:271: ''Blood and tallow trickle down the walls.''
:272: ''Would anyone care to wrestle?''
:275: ''You have unmasked one of the Prester's hired mercenaries.''
:280: ''The Youthful Naturalist has performed the fifth rite.''
:290: ''The Youthful Naturalist has performed the sixth rite.''
:300: ''No mortal escapes the Wax-Wind.''
:310: ''The Youthful Naturalist has performed the seventh rite.''
:315: ''Monks clink their glasses, drinking to commemorate the dead.''
:320: ''When the Naturalist zailed from London, you recall a Giggling Charwoman at the docks...''
:325: ''Even bribery doesn't buy enough these days.''
:330: ''You've given the Dilmun Club quite a mess to clean up.''
:340: ''You've acquired schematics for an experimental diving-bell.''
:350: ''Your lookout has called your attention to something foreboding.''
:355: ''Your lookout has called your attention to something beautiful.''
:360: ''The Prester's Hand has taken the Youthful Naturalist.''
:365: ''Perhaps there's still hope...''
:366: ''You're speaking with the Rowdy Corsair.''
:367: ''You're gathering information.''
:368: ''You're gathering more information.''
:369: ''You're gathering even more information.
:370: ''St Stalactite's zee-shanty still echoes down the tunnels as you leave.''
:371: ''You've located the Rowdy Corsair's crew.''
:372: ''You've reached an agreement, and nobody even had to fire a pistol!''
:373: ''Enough celebration. Let's get down to business.''
:374: ''You've learned the Delight's zailing routes, but how will you get aboard?''
:375: ''The Prester's Hand demands tribute from loyal servants.''
:380: ''You have a (mostly cooperative) offering to deliver.''
:400: ''First objective: Find the Youthful Naturalist. Second objective: Get out alive.''
:410: ''How the tallow spits and sizzles!''
:415: ''How many hands does the Prester's Hand have?''
:420: ''Pop, pop, pop – joints cracking – pop, pop, pop!''
:425: ''It might be a good idea to leave now.''
:430: ''In the hold, the caged birds are shrieking.''
:435: ''Bubbles rise from the depths – pop, pop, pop.''
:440: ''He may not have a tongue, but the Naturalist can still talk.''
:445: ''The Boatman has been waiting very patiently for a replacement...''
:450: ''You've given the Youthful Naturalist something to consider.''
:460: ''Feet back on your own deck!''
:470: ''You've delivered the Giggling Charwoman's plans to the Youthful Naturalist.''
:475: ''You've secured an unlikely ally in the Dilmun Club.''
:480: ''You've entered Orchard House.''
:481: ''It's worse than a hothouse in here!''
:482: ''Pollen covers the furniture like unswept dust.''
:483: ''In the damp heat, your clothes stick to your skin.''
:484: ''You're moving deeper into Orchard House.''
:490: ''Orchard House will need a thorough pruning.''
:500: ''The Bishop of St Fiacre's has fingers in many pies...''
:510: ''You have an experimental diving-bell to build.''
:520: ''You've begun to gather materials.''
:530: ''You've gathered more materials.''
:540: ''You've gathered even more materials.''
:550: ''You've gathered nearly everything you need. Speak to the Naturalist for the final steps.''
:560: ''The Abbot-Commander might lend a hand – or six.''
:565: ''In the amber depths, the pools bubble.''
:570: ''You've built something wonderful.''
:580: ''In your vessel's wake, the water swirls and eddies.''
:581: ''You're beginning to chart the spiral.''
:582: ''You're continuing to chart the spiral.''
:583: ''You've charted nearly half of the spiral.''
:584: ''You've charted roughly half of the spiral.''
:585: ''You've charted a great deal of the spiral.''
:586: ''You've charted almost all of the spiral.''
:587: ''You've charted the spiral. Now you just have to collate the Naturalist's notes.''
:590: ''The Unterzee will open to you.''
:600: ''You're diving with the Youthful Naturalist.''
:610: ''You've spiralled to great depths, indeed.''
:620: ''Storm settles. Stone brightens. Salt is nowhere to be found.''
:625: ''Fathoms yawn in your memory.''
:630: ''As you stand on your own deck again, the Noble Garter zails towards London's lights.''
:662: ''You'll need a napkin to mop up this gravy.''
:663: ''Would someone pass the vinegar?''
:664: ''Whoever tinned these eels forgot to kill a few.''
:670: ''All around you, threads stretch into the future from the past.''
:680: ''Gently-falling snow will fill the footprints in the road, erasing the paths you've taken.''
:681: ''Snowflakes will melt in your coffee like sugar.''
:682:
:683: ''Another needle will thread another stitch.''
:684: ''Ice will break around your ship as you cut through the Pillared Sea.''
:685: ''You will follow the thread.''
:686: ''His teardrops, running down his cheeks, will freeze.''
:700: ''The Seven-Serpent will tower above the crossroads.''
:777: ''The Naturalist follows a thread that could still lead to three different fates.''
:900: ''The Thirsty Croupier reclaims the card and reshuffles the deck.''

==Progress==
===1/10===
*[[Read the water-logged letter]] or [[Read the water-logged letter 2]]
===15-19===
*[[Drinks with the Youthful Naturalist]]
===20===
*[[Revisiting Orchard House]]
===22-25===
*[[Spiralling Deeper]]
===30===
*[[Locating the Youthful Naturalist]]
===35-39===
*[[Working with the Youthful Naturalist]]
===40-42===
*[[Sandwiches and Secrets]]
*[[Set a course for the Tomb-Colonies]]
===50===
*[[Reconnecting with a Mentor]]
===51-53===
*[[Consulting the Dusty Ornithologist]]
*Optional, with Scandal < 7: [[Surrounded by scandal]]
===55===
*[[An eager volunteer]]
===60===
*[[On the Transmutation of Species]]
===61===
*[[The Results of the Emergence]]
*[[Parting ways, temporarily]]
===70===
*[[A Private Meeting]]
===80===
*[[Summoned to the Club]]
===85===
*[[The Noble Process of Peer Review]]
===90===
*[[Travel to the Tomb-Colonies]]
===96===
*[[Reuniting with the Youthful Naturalist]]
===100===
*[[Blood in the Water]]
===120===
*[[The Naturalist on the Shore]]
===130===
*[[How to Advance a Science]]
===135===
*[[Survey the terrain with the Youthful Naturalist]]
*[[Conduct an experiment]]
===140===
*[[The Fruits of Science]]
===145===
*[[The Youthful Naturalist Volunteers]]
===160===
*[[Approach a figure on the shore]]
===165===
*[[Green About the Gills]]
===170===
*[[Reporting to Orchard House]]

===175===
*[[Luke 11:33]]

===180===
*[[More Blood in the Water]]

===185-190===
*[[Revitalising the Youthful Naturalist]]

===200===
*[[Arriving with the Youthful Naturalist]]

===210-215===
*[[The Gospel of Change]]

===220-300===
*[[Battling the Wax-Wind]]
*Follow the Youthful Naturalist's pilgrimage
**[[Follow the Youthful Naturalist's pilgrimage (St Stalactite of the Lesser Waterfall)|Lesser Waterfall]]
**[[Follow the Youthful Naturalist's pilgrimage (St Stalactite the Albatross-Eaten)|Albatross-Eaten]]
**[[Follow the Youthful Naturalist's pilgrimage (St Stalactite of the Riven Way)|Riven Way]]
**[[Follow the Youthful Naturalist's pilgrimage (St Stalactite of the Broken Jaw)|Broken Jaw]]
**[[Follow the Youthful Naturalist's pilgrimage (St Stalactite of the Halocline)|Halocline]]
**[[Follow the Youthful Naturalist's pilgrimage (St Stalactite the Hendiadic)|Hendiadic]]
**[[Follow the Youthful Naturalist's pilgrimage (St Stalactite of the Utmost Aven)|Utmost Aven]]
*[[Return to Aeschaven (The Pilgrim's Path During Evolution)|Return to Aeschaven]]

===270-274===
*[[Duelling the Masked Corsair (On Godfall)]]

===310-315===
*[[Illuminating the Path]]

===320===
*[[In Search of a Giggling Charwoman]]

===325-330===
*[[Pursuing Leads for the Youthful Naturalist]]
**[[Report to the Dilmun Club]]
**[[Prepare to continue your research]]

===340===
*[[Clouds on the Horizon]]

===350-360===
*[[Blood and Feathers]]

===365-369===
*[[Interrogate the Rowdy Corsair]]

===370-375===
*[[Working with the Rowdy Corsair's Crew]]

===380===
*[[Hear the name of the Delight|Hear the name of the ''Delight'']]

===400===
*[[Aboard the Delight|Aboard the ''Delight'']]

===410-430===
*[[Blessed by the Prester's Hand]]

===435-450===
*[[Adrift with the Youthful Naturalist]]

===460===
*[[Comparing Notes with the Youthful Naturalist]]

===470===
*[[Retrieving the Shell of Regret]]

===475-484===
*[[A Meeting with the Unlikely Florist]]

===490===
*[[Cornered by the Implacable Detective]]

===500===
*[[Discuss the Shell of Regret]] or [[Discuss the Shell of Regret (Twice-Slaughtered Shell)]]

===510-540===
*[[Reuniting with the Burly Surveyor]]
*[[Hatch plans with two Shifty Scholars]]
*[[Petition the Banded Prince with the Youthful Naturalist]]
*[[Encode signals to a Subtle Machinist]]

===550===
*[[Prepare to build the diving-bell]]

===560===
*[[Back to the Brotherhood]]

===565===
*[[St Stalactite's Shaping Pools]]

===570===
*[[Putting the Diving-Bell Together]]

===580-587===
*[[The Ebb and Flow of Regret]]

===590===
*[[Spiralling Into Sorrow]]

===600===
*[[Spiralling Deeper with the (Diving-Bell)]]

===610===
*[[Rowing Through Regrets]]

===620-625===
*[[Aboard the Noble Garter]]

===660-664===
*[[Dinner with the Youthful Naturalist (Pillared Sea)]]

===670===
*[[In the Youthful Naturalist's Footsteps]]

===680-700===
*[[Unlocking Destiny]]

===700===
*[[Approach the Seven-Serpent]]

===777===
*[[A Forking Future]]
*[[A Manifold Future]]
*[[A Mortal Future]]
*[[A Vivisected Future]]

===800-1000===
*[[Another File for the Archives]]
*[[A dream about jellyfish]]

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