Greasing Fires and Feeding Wheels

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ID: 371543

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The engines are hungry, and so are the fires. The dissolution of the real creates a tremendous amount of friction, and the law-furnace writhes like an empty stomach.

Locked with Void Ab Initio 8

Storylet appears in A Haze of Heat and Chaos

Ceteris Paribus 0–50

Incinerate a stack of infernal paperwork

•  Spoiler ID: 272172
  

  Unlocked with Ceteris Paribus 0-50, Infernal Contract 100
  Locked with Void Ab Initio 8
  

   

  Success

  Corpus juris

  •  Stability through Combustion is now (new value). (Raises Stability through Combustion by ?)
  •  You've lost 100 x Infernal Contract
  •  You've gained 2000 x + variable (571?-580 x) Actus Reus
  •  You've gained 1 x Pro Tempore
  • With increasing probability (unknown formula, 100% with 8?) as Pro Tempore increases:
    •  Void Ab Initio is increasing… (+1 CP)
  • Everything seems to have changed. Perhaps one day it will stop. [Ceteris Paribus change…] (random)
  • Categories shift. Ontologies fidget on restless wings. [Inter Alia change…] (random)

  ^

Fuel the fires with legal errata

•  Spoiler ID: 272201
  

  Unlocked with Ceteris Paribus 0-50 Sworn Statement 4
  Locked with Void Ab Initio 8
  

   

  Success

  Animus contrahendi

  •  You've gained ? Stability through Combustion
  •  You've lost 4 x Sworn Statement
  •  You've gained 1000 x + variable (571?-580 x) Actus Reus
  •  You've gained 1 x Pro Tempore
  • With increasing probability (unknown formula, 100% with 8?) as Pro Tempore increases:
    •  You are closer to becoming undone. (Increases Void Ab Initio by 1 CP)
  • Everything seems to have changed. Perhaps one day it will stop. [Ceteris Paribus change…] (random)
  • Categories shift. Ontologies fidget on restless wings. [Inter Alia change…] (random)

  ^

Feed the furnace ancient promises

•  Spoiler ID: 272202
  

  Unlocked with Ceteris Paribus 0-50 Cave-Aged Code of Honour 2
  Locked with Void Ab Initio 8
  

   

  Success

  Nudum pactum

  •  Stability through Combustion is now (new value). (Raises Stability through Combustion by ?)
  •  You've lost 2 x Cave-Aged Code of Honour
  •  You've gained 2500 x + variable (571?-580 x) Actus Reus
  •  You've gained 1 x Pro Tempore
  • With increasing probability (unknown formula, 100% with 8?) as Pro Tempore increases:
    •  Void Ab Initio is increasing… (+1 CP)
  • Everything seems to have changed. Perhaps one day it will stop. [Ceteris Paribus change…] (random)
  • Categories shift. Ontologies fidget on restless wings. [Inter Alia change…] (random)

  ^

Ceteris Paribus 51–100

Provide a village of souls

•  Spoiler ID: 272171
  

  Unlocked with Ceteris Paribus 51-100, 1000 x Soul
  Locked with Void Ab Initio 8
  

   

  Success

  Quaere

  •  Stability through Combustion is now (new value). (Raises Stability through Combustion by ?)
  •  You've lost 1000 x Soul
  •  You've gained 2000 x + variable (571?-580 x) Actus Reus
  •  You've gained 1 x Pro Tempore
  • With increasing probability (unknown formula, 100% with 8?) as Pro Tempore increases:
    •  Void Ab Initio is increasing… (+1 CP)
  • Everything seems to have changed. Perhaps one day it will stop. [Ceteris Paribus change…] (random)
  • Categories shift. Ontologies fidget on restless wings. [Inter Alia change…] (random)

  ^

Hand over a collection of souls to the imps

•  Spoiler ID: 272200
  

  Unlocked with Ceteris Paribus 51-100, 20 x Brilliant Soul
  Locked with Void Ab Initio 8
  

   

  Success

  Casus fortuitus

  •  Stability through Combustion is now (new value). (Raises Stability through Combustion by ?)
  •  You've lost 20 x Brilliant Soul
  •  You've gained 1571? - 1580 x Actus Reus
  •  Time passes. You recognise some of these seconds. (Raises Pro Tempore by 1)
  • With increasing probability (unknown formula, 100% with 8?) as Pro Tempore increases:
    •  You are closer to becoming undone. (Increases Void Ab Initio by 1 CP)
  • Everything seems to have changed. Perhaps one day it will stop. [Ceteris Paribus change…] (random)
  • Categories shift. Ontologies fidget on restless wings. [Inter Alia change…] (random)

  ^

Offer an imp a pair of silent souls

•  Spoiler ID: 272203
  

  Unlocked with Ceteris Paribus 51-100, Silent Soul 2
  Locked with Void Ab Initio 8
  

   

  Success

  Novus actus interveniens

  •  Stability through Combustion is now (new value). (Raises Stability through Combustion by ?)
  •  You've lost 2 x Silent Soul
  •  You've gained 2500 x + variable (476?-580 x) Actus Reus
  •  You've gained 1 x Pro Tempore
  • With increasing probability (unknown formula, 100% with 8?) as Pro Tempore increases:
    •  You are closer to becoming undone. (Increases Void Ab Initio by 1 CP)
  • Everything seems to have changed. Perhaps one day it will stop. [Ceteris Paribus change…] (random)
  • Categories shift. Ontologies fidget on restless wings. [Inter Alia change…] (random)

  ^