Evade them! (The Sound of His Horn)

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From: The Sound of His Horn

It would be foolish to take on a whole Grand Hunt of devils. Escape is your only option.

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 200

• 137 - very chancy (41%)
• 170 - chancy (51%)
• 204 - modest (61%)
• 237 - very modest (71%)
• 270 - low-risk (81%)
• 304 - straightforward (91%)
• 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Escape... for now

You crash through a tumble of grasping subterranean briars, […] hurl yourself into a torrent of black water that roars below! The sound of the pursuit is lost. The icy roar overwhelms you. Everything fades.

You open your eyes.

Description summary:
An escape into dreams.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Shadowy is increasing…
• You have moved to a new area: A state of some confusion
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+3 CP)
•  Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)

Failure

Too slow!

[…] "Trash!" he bellows. "Trash!"

The devils swarm over you, upend you, search you for valuables, scourge and blind you and fill your ears with madness. Lastly, they reinsert your soul. […] They hold you while you scream, faces wise and blissful.

Description summary:
You're caught in the midst of the Grand Hunt. The devils are very angry that you've sold them "damaged goods." They strip you of valuables and re-insert your stained soul in an excruciating and lethal manner.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  An occurrence! Your 'Wounds' Quality is now 15!
•  An occurrence! Your 'Nightmares' Quality is now 15!
•  You no longer have any of this: Penny
•  You no longer have any of this: Nevercold Brass Sliver
•  You no longer have any of this: Soul
•  You no longer have any of this: Brilliant Soul
•  You no longer have any of this: Coruscating Soul
•  You no longer have any of this: Silent Soul
•  You no longer have any of this: Bright Brass Skull
•  You no longer have any of this: Eyeless Skull
•  You no longer have any of this: Ray-Drenched Cinder
•  You no longer have any of this: Night-Whisper
•  You no longer have any of this: Vial of Cantigaster Venom
•  You no longer have any of this: Your very own Infernal Contract
•  Your 'Favours: Hell' Quality has gone!