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From: An Atrium
Cross-reference the numbering on the shelves. Which direction is best?
Locked with In Search of Lost Time 2
Challenge information
- 205 - very chancy (41%)
- 255 - chancy (51%)
- 305 - modest (61%)
- 355 - very modest (71%)
- 405 - low-risk (81%)
- 455 - straightforward (91%)
- 500 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of Fragmentary Ontology adds 15 points of Watchful.
Success
Decoding
The strings […] are more like coded messages[…] categories […] abstruse; 'waterfowl', for example, are divided into 'those that are claimed as property by monarchs' and those that are not. […]
But you find a reference that might[…] point towards what you are looking for.[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained 5 x Perusing the Stacks
- You've gained 1-2 x Route Traced through the Library
- You've lost 1 x Fragmentary Ontology
Failure
Spirals
There is a logic to how the library is constructed – but that logic is circular, self-serving, self-justifying. Are you looking for […]
Description summary:
The terminology varies with the Apocrypha Sought.
Apocrypha Sought: | Remainder of Description |
---|---|
101, 201 | 'ontology'? 'Phenomenology'? The category of 'experiences that signal their veracity by being doubted'? |
202 | 'stars'? 'Arthropods'? 'Shapelings'? The category of 'those that emit fraudulent light?' |
203, 204 | 'mountaineering'? 'Dialectics'? The category of 'that which was too near truth'? |
205 | 'martyrology'? 'Applied Linguistics'? The category of 'those who wear more than one mask'? |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Perusing the Stacks
- Noises in the Library is increasing… (+1 CP)