Heart's Desire – the Topsy King 9

ID: 13914

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The woman you inherited the monkey from is connected to the Topsy King. The Topsy King owned a copy of the book you bought...the one the Devious Bookseller wrote the address in. What does it all mean?

Unlocked with 77 x First City Coin, Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King exactly 9

Options:

Purchase a replacement copy of 'on the Maladies of Goats'

•  Spoiler ID: 5883
  

  Unlocked with 3 x Journal of Infamy
  Locked with On the Maladies of Goats, volume 1
  

   

  Success

  The purchase is made

  •  You've gained 1 x On the Maladies of Goats, volume 1
  •  You've lost 3 x Journal of Infamy

  ^

Visit that address in the Forgotten Quarter

•  Spoiler ID: 5884
  

  Unlocked with 1 x On the Maladies of Goats, volume 1
  

   

  Success

  An abandoned place

  •  Watchful is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)

  ^

Go back to the Topsy King and try to get some sense out of him

•  Spoiler ID: 5881
  

  Unlocked with 1 x On the Maladies of Goats, volume 1
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 80 || 55 - very chancy (41%) || 68 - chancy (51%) || 82 - modest (61%) || 95 - very modest (71%) || 108 - low-risk (81%) || 122 - straightforward (91%) || 134 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Terrible things

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've lost 1 x On the Maladies of Goats, volume 1
  •  You've gained 1 x Appalling Secret
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)

  Failure

  Garbels

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've lost 1 x On the Maladies of Goats, volume 1

  ^

Search the book for hints

•  Spoiler ID: 5880
  

  Unlocked with 1 x On the Maladies of Goats, volume 1, 1 x Patent Scrutinizer Deluxe!
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Watchful 84 || 58 - very chancy (41%) || 72 - chancy (51%) || 86 - modest (61%) || 100 - very modest (71%) || 114 - low-risk (81%) || 128 - straightforward (91%) || 140 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  The faintest of marks

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King has increased to 10 - Continue in Wolfstack Docks!

  Failure

  Knout-knee, black-udder, spin-eye...

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)

  ^

Go back to the Devious Bookseller

•  Spoiler ID: 5879
  

  Unlocked with 3 x Extraordinary Implication
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 87 || 60 - very chancy (41%) || 74 - chancy (51%) || 89 - modest (61%) || 103 - very modest (71%) || 118 - low-risk (81%) || 132 - straightforward (91%) || 145 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Success!

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King has increased to 10 - Continue in Wolfstack Docks!
  •  You've lost 3 x Extraordinary Implication

  Failure

  He shakes his head firmly

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+1 CP)

  ^