Listen for scraps of dialogue
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From: A Stage in Shadows
Challenge information
- 137 - very chancy (41%)
- 170 - chancy (51%)
- 204 - modest (61%)
- 237 - very modest (71%)
- 270 - low-risk (81%)
- 304 - straightforward (91%)
- 334 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of 
Insubstantial adds 15 points of Watchful.
Success
Scraps of dialogue
You strain your ears—
[See below]
And that is all. The performance fades back into noise.Description summary:
What you hear varies with 
Crimson Airs.
| Crimson Airs | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 - 20 | "—experiment? And if I should refuse?" A regal voice. A second speaker: dusty, old, untrustworthy. "No retribution, Lady, but for this: You'll live not knowing if it could be done." |
| 21 - 40 | A voice of red command. "Constrain your feedings, little wyrms, for it is not yours to judge a crime from holy truth." Wheedling, a chorus in reply, with an undercurrent like thunder. "Our appetites are sharpened to your whim—" |
| 41 - 60 | "With our teeth so sharp as starlight – begging, of course, your pardon." Bright and keen and crystal, […] "You belong to him. I see crystal poison in your orbit." Her voice is […] wracked with suspicion. […] interlocutor's footsteps, like the tick of the clock. |
| 61 - 80 | "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." They must be performing Lear; already the thunder rattles. Lear's voice is aged and precise, with a hint of a European accent. |
| 81-100 | A fierce dialogue […] a princely voice in conversation with someone quiet and mumbling. "Has not heaven an ear? Is all the lightning wasted?" A pause. No thunder […]. Their interlocutor mutters a reply. "Full mad," […] "He shall not live to see the Moon change." |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
You've gained 1-5 x Dubious Testimony
You've gained 1-4 x Tempestuous Tale
[Crimson Airs change…] (random)
Failure
The ring of truth
Indistinct voices, bounced and echoing off a ragged labyrinth of stone. […] speaking voices, moving into whispers, culminating in a shouted confrontation.
[…] That scream is clear as crystal, and desperately believable. What is happening down there?[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
You've gained 100 x Whispered Hint
Nightmares is increasing… (+? CP)- [Crimson Airs change…] (random)
