Astonish the company with an illusion
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From: The Mirrored Salon
(see table below)
Description summary:
The description varies based on your level of 
Connected: Glass.
| Connected: Glass | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | You know little of how professional illusionists perform, but your experience with Parabola suggests how you might dazzle the people here. |
| 1 - 5 | This will combine your own Glasswork expertise with the tricks and tips you've observed among the Glass. |
| 6 | To everything you've gleaned from your acquaintance with the Glass, you'll add your own knowledge of what lies behind the mirror. |
| 15 - 20 | There are magicians who claim to perform Grand Illusions. But how many of them are experts in the ways of the Glass and also veterans of Parabola? |
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Game Instructions: This will provide both Fitting In and Making Waves.
Unlocked with 
Time Remaining at Helicon House 2
Challenge information
Broad, 
Persuasive 125
- 86 - very chancy (41%)
- 107 - chancy (51%)
- 128 - modest (61%)
- 148 - very modest (71%)
- 169 - low-risk (81%)
- 190 - straightforward (91%)
- 209 - straightforward (100%)
Narrow, 
Glasswork 3 (50% base)
- 0 - high-risk (20%)
- 1 - high-risk (30%)
- 2 - tough (40%)
- 3 - very chancy (50%)
- 4 - chancy (60%)
- 5 - modest (70%)
- 6 - very modest (80%)
- 7 - low-risk (90%)
- 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
A volunteer from the crowd
[…] you send him through into the mirror – and bring him back again through a warped surface. He emerges just an inch tall.
[…] he kneels on the face of his own watch and puts his ear to the crystal, fascinated.
In the crowd, [varies] applauds […]Description summary:
The identity of the applauder varies depending on 
Airs of Passengers, for which the possible values depend on the Stations you've opened and your 
Charter of the Great Hellbound Railway.
| Airs of Passengers | Passenger |
|---|---|
| 0 | a person in a dove-grey suit |
| 1001 - 1029 | a lady in a blue gown |
| 1030 - 1049 | a gentleman in a grey silk waistcoat |
| 1050 - 1059 | a Rubbery man in fawn-coloured gloves |
| 1060 - 1064 | a Gondolier of upper rank with the uniform to prove it |
| 1065 - 1069 | an agent of the Bazaar |
| 1070 - 1079 | a judge from the Evenlode |
| 1080 - 1089 | a friend of the Veteran Privy Counsellor |
| 1090 - 1099 | a very bureaucratic-looking man |
| 1100 - 1109 | a woman dressed in Bohemian style but very expensive fabrics |
| 1110 - 1119 | a man with a briefcase covered with Correspondence sigils |
| 1120 - 1124 | a man in a very thick fur coat |
| 1125 - 1129 | a woman with a mink stole |
| 1130 | a determined Baroness with a hand-stamped letter of recommendation to the gates of Hell |
| 2001 - 2049 | a mushroom-farmer |
| 2050 - 2059 | a Rubbery man dressed for the factory |
| 2060 - 2069 | a down-at-heels ex-Gondolier |
| 2070 - 2074 | an escapee from the prisons of the Evenlode |
| 2075 - 2136 | a speechless woman with a lamp affixed to her hand |
| 3001 - 3009 | a scholar in Benthic robes |
| 3010 - 3024 | a palaeontologist (bag of tools uncouthly on the table) |
| 3025 - 3049 | a scholar in Summerset robes |
| 3050 - 3059 | a scholar of Rubbery linguistics |
| 3060 - 3064 | a professor interested in the sociology of the Gondoliers |
| 3065 - 3069 | an archaeologist investigating the Sere Palace |
| 3070 - 3130 | a legal scholar of the Evenlode |
| 4001 - 4009 | a determined-looking Tracklayer |
| 4010 - 4019 | a Tracklayer wearing the insignia of the Prehistoricists |
| 4020 - 4049 | a solicitor employed by the Tracklayers' Union |
| 4050 - 4059 | a Rubbery man in a Tracklayer's uniform |
| 4060 - 4069 | a Tracklayer recruited from the Gondoliers |
| 4070 - 4079 | a burly Tracklayer |
| 4080 - 4089 | a wiry Tracklayer |
| 4090 - 4099 | a scrawny Tracklayer |
| 4100 - 4109 | a Tracklayer with a book of psalms |
| 4110 - 4119 | a Tracklayer with thick protective boots |
| 4120 - 4129 | a Tracklayer who hasn't bothered removing her helmet |
| 4130 - 4137 | a Tracklayer in fire-proof gloves |
| 5001 - 5009 | a vicar |
| 5010 - 5024 | a deacon |
| 5025 - 5039 | a rector |
| 5040 - 5049 | a lay preacher |
| 5050 - 5059 | a lay theologist translating the Bible to Rubbery speech |
| 5060 - 5069 | the vicar-sailor of the floating Church of Saint Barbara |
| 5070 - 5079 | a prison chaplain |
| 5080 - 5089 | a dour-looking rector |
| 5090 - 5099 | a factory chaplain |
| 5100 - 5109 | a lay preacher of the Church in the Wild |
| 5110 - 5119 | a Church historian |
| 5120 - 5124 | a monk in black robes |
| 5125 - 5129 | a Follower of the Anchoress |
| 5130 - 5138 | a militant preacher against devils |
| 10001 - 10009 | a sardonic-looking Devil |
| 10010 - 10019 | a grim-looking Devil |
| 10020 - 10029 | a glum Deviless |
| 10030 - 10049 | a smug Deviless |
| 10050 - 10059 | an expert in Rubbery souls |
| 10060 - 10130 | one of the regulars of the Fiddler's Scarlet |
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Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained 2 x Fitting in at Helicon House
Making Waves is increasing… (+4 CP)- You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House
[Airs of Passengers change…] (random) (hidden)
Failure
A volunteer from the crowd
[…] He emerges just an inch tall. He kneels on the face of his own watch and pounds its crystal with tiny fists.
His sisters fret. […] By the time you have him restored to his usual stature, both he and his relatives are inconsolable.[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- Persuasive is increasing…
Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)- You've lost 1 x Fitting in at Helicon House
- You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House
Categories:
- Pages Without Guide Restrictions
- Connected: Glass Text Uses
- Time Remaining at Helicon House
- Persuasive Challenge
- Glasswork Challenge
- Airs of Passengers Text Uses
- Actions
- Fitting in at Helicon House Gain
- Making Waves Gain
- Time Remaining at Helicon House Loss
- Airs of Passengers Gain
- Scandal Gain
- Fitting in at Helicon House Loss
