Light a candle

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From: The Hour of Dusk


Illumination is the duty of every citizen. And no fuel has arrived from Hell in several years.

Game Instructions: Some may claim that the light of the Sun is a poison. You should report all such persons to the Ministry.


Challenge information

Narrow, Memory of Sunlight 2 (50% base)

  • 0 - high-risk (30%)
  • 1 - tough (40%)
  • 2 - very chancy (50%)
  • 3 - chancy (60%)
  • 4 - modest (70%)
  • 5 - very modest (80%)
  • 6 - low-risk (90%)
  • 7 and above - straightforward (100%)

Success

Seven candles

One candle lit and you suddenly miss it: the light that didn't nestle in your retinas [...] the light that didn't leave afterimages dancing in your eyes for hours. You light another candle, and another, and another- [...] This is not a thread worth following.


Failure

A light in the darkness

The Sun barely dips below the roof-horizon. Londoners leave candles on every windowsill, willing it to return. It does. All is as it should be.