Low Tide in the Scintillack Pools
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Activity for today is focused on a tide pool near the waterline […] Coral formations shimmer weakly ahead of the miners' relentless push towards the water – the […] diminishing remains of the silver substance that once bathed the Principles in light.
[…]Description summary:
The second paragraph changes with 
Tides of Port Cecil:.
| Tides | Second paragraph |
|---|---|
| 6 | The light of the Impostor Moon is dim and distant. The zee has receded to its usual depth. The mines are accessible, and open for business. |
| 7 | Zeewater is being noisily drained from the pit by the miners' pump, while some lamp-cats are sniffing curiously at an outcropping shaped like a horse's head. |
| 8 | Work begins in earnest. Miner and cat vie for access to the richest veins of scintillack against the backdrop of the fleeing tide. |
| 9 | The air hangs thick with silver dust; one of the pit's house-sized steps has been utterly stripped of its coral cladding. |
| 10 | Lamp-cats are paddling around a jut of coral just beyond the waterline, pawing and licking its luminous surface. |
| 11 | The Impostor Moon's curious gaze is pulling at the zee; the water trickles inland, over booted toe and velvet paw. |
| 12 | The tide is breaching the pits once again – miners wade through rising waters that swirl with silver dust. They climb out of the pool before the tide catches them. |
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Game Instructions: Both the miners and the lamp-cats will make progress as the tide comes in. Actions here may impede one faction or the other.
Unlocked with 
Tides of Port Cecil: 6-12, 
Deed to a Port Cecil Business, Encoded in Chess Notation
Storylet appears in 
Port Cecil
Options:
Check the lay of the land
- Spoiler
Distract the lamp-cats with local wildlife
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)Success
Cat and... mouse?
Watchful is increasing…
Feline Argentation is dropping… (-3 CP)
Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction is increasing… (+[1 + 
Preparations] CP)
You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
You've gained 4 x Withered Tentacle
Failure
Survival instincts
- Watchful is increasing…
- Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction is increasing… (+[1 + Preparations] CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
Deploy advanced cat-wrangling tactics
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)Success
Irresistible
- Watchful is increasing…
- Feline Argentation is dropping… (-3 CP)
- Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction is increasing… (+[1 + Preparations] CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
You've gained 30 x Silvered Cat's Claw
Failure
Disdain
- Watchful is increasing…
- Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction is increasing… (+[1 + Preparations] CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
Bring the scintillack miners some 'refreshments'
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)Success
On the house
Persuasive is increasing…- Scintillack rattles by rail and pulley towards the maw of the Iron & Misery Co. Clarifying Station. (Decreases Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction by 3 CP)
- Feline Argentation is increasing… (+[1 +
Receptivity] CP) - You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
You've gained 4 x Memory of Distant Shores
Failure
Dangerous working conditions
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Feline Argentation is increasing… (+[1 + Receptivity] CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
Prey on the miners' health concerns
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)Success
Fire hazards
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Scintillack rattles by rail and pulley towards the maw of the Iron & Misery Co. Clarifying Station. (Decreases Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction by 3 CP)
- Feline Argentation is increasing… (+[1 + Receptivity] CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
You've gained 6 x Journal of Infamy
Failure
Diffused
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Feline Argentation is increasing… (+[1 + Receptivity] CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
Convince the miners and lamp-cats of their commonality
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Narrow,
Mithridacy 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Common ground
- Feline Argentation is increasing… (+ Receptivity CP)
- Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction is increasing… (+ Preparations CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
You've gained 20 x Romantic Notion
Failure
The spectre of authority
- Feline Argentation is increasing… (+[1 + Receptivity] CP)
- Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction is increasing… (+[1 + Preparations] CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
Liberate some raw scintillack
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 120 || 82 - very chancy (41%) || 102 - chancy (51%) || 122 - modest (61%) || 142 - very modest (71%) || 162 - low-risk (81%) || 182 - straightforward (91%) || 200 - straightforward (100%)Success
Broken remnants
Shadowy is increasing…- Feline Argentation is increasing… (+[1 + Receptivity] CP)
- Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction is increasing… (+[1 + Preparations] CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
You've gained 1 x Knob of Scintillack
Failure
Spotted!
- Shadowy is increasing…
- Feline Argentation is increasing… (+[1 + Receptivity] CP)
- Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction is increasing… (+[1 + Preparations] CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
Options Exclusive to Evolution
Survey the terrain with the Youthful Naturalist
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Associating with a Youthful Naturalist exactly 135
Locked with
Surveying Progress 3
Challenge information
Narrow,
Monstrous Anatomy 8 (50% base) || 4 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 5 - high-risk (20%) || 6 - high-risk (30%) || 7 - tough (40%) || 8 - very chancy (50%) || 9 - chancy (60%) || 10 - modest (70%) || 11 - very modest (80%) || 12 - low-risk (90%) || 13 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Anatomy and geography
You're surveying the Principles of Coral... (Increases 
Surveying Progress by 2 CP)- Feline Argentation is increasing… (+[1 + Receptivity] CP)
- Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction is increasing… (+[1 + Preparations] CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
You've gained 1 x Partial Map
Failure
Walking in circles
- Feline Argentation is increasing… (+[1 + Receptivity] CP)
- Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction is increasing… (+[1 + Preparations] CP)
- You've gained 1 x Tides of Port Cecil:
