Glimpse of Something Larger

ID: 983

The Mottled Man, the Cinnabar Bird - you're on the edge of a deep mystery, here...

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A Glimpse of Something Larger

A Fidgeting Writer and an anonymous Surface poet have written – years apart! – about watchful giants: a mottled man, a bird of cinnabar, another with snakes instead of hands. You've a copy of the surface poem […] it's signed with a strange ideogram...

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

Options:

Publish a paper on the subject and think no more about it

•  Spoiler ID: 9691
  

  Unlocked with 1 x Glimpse of Something Larger
  

   

  Success

  Again and again

  •  You've lost 1 x Glimpse of Something Larger
  •  You've gained 2 x Volume of Collated Research
  •  Approaching the Gates of the Garden is increasing… (+5 CP)
  •  Making Waves is increasing… (+1-8 CP)

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Cancel your appointments and investigate the ideogram

•  Spoiler ID: 9692
  

  Unlocked with Watchful 70, 2 x Correspondence Plaque, 1 x Glimpse of Something Larger
  

   

  Challenge information

  A matter of luck: Pretty good odds (success chance: 70%)

  Success

  Going deeper

  •  You've gained 1 x Deal with a Devil
  •  You've lost 1 x Glimpse of Something Larger
  •  You've lost 2 x Correspondence Plaque
  •  Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is increasing… (+5 CP)

  Failure

  The perils of academia

  •  You've lost 1 x Glimpse of Something Larger
  •  You've lost 2 x Correspondence Plaque
  •  Making Waves is increasing… (+1-3 CP)

  ^