Distract the volumes
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From: A Gallery of Faces
"Make sure they don't notice me," says the Apostate. "I've got research to do."
Game Instructions: This will always raise Noises in the Library, and give a variable number of Routes.
Challenge information
Broad, 
Persuasive 230
- 158 - very chancy (41%)
- 196 - chancy (51%)
- 234 - modest (61%)
- 273 - very modest (71%)
- 311 - low-risk (81%)
- 349 - straightforward (91%)
- 384 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of 
Monstrous Anatomy adds 15 points of Persuasive.
Success
Autobiographical
The face-books' speech is slurred, […] what they are – single lives excised from time, deemed dangerous enough to seal the volume's exterior with the skin of the life inside, […] the Apostate scans the assembled faces.
"Some faces are in here twice," […][Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
You've gained 1-3 x Route Traced through the Library
Noises in the Library is increasing… (+1-3 CP)
You're surviving alongside the Graven Apostate. (Raises 
Acquaintance: The Graven Apostate by 1, up to 3)
Failure
Difficult reading
You call to the mangled faces gracing the covers of the volumes on this shelf, but the Apostate's jewellery clinks, drawing the faces' attention. The books' eyes roll. Lips flap around boneless, muscle-barren mouths. They scream.
- Noises in the Library is increasing… (+6 CP)
