Maintain the candle-guides

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From: The Midnight Trade


Fires flicker on the safe walkways between the myriad layers of the Moon. When they go out, smugglers fall.

Unlocked with Airs of the Leviathan 34-67, Peligin Work 1-4


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%)

Each point of Inerrant counts as 15 extra points of Watchful.

Success

Keendle teening

[see below]

Description summary:
Description varies based on Airs of the Leviathan.

Airs of the LeviathanDescription
1-25Many walkways lead to the Cage – the exposed ribs […], open to the Roof […]. Ships dock there for severe repairs, or substantial alterations. […] within the belly of the whale, there is little risk of falling, but still the […] candles guide airfarers up and out […].
26-50Mooring poles crowd the airspace above and below the […] leviathan, connected by a webbing of ladders, platforms and walkways. Redundancy is the watchword – you light the candles of […] pathways safe to travel, and leave those in need of repairs in the dark.
51-75You light the candles[…] Would it not be more efficient to use lamps, or even bulbs from the Khanate?

"The candles keep us vigilant," a fellow Candle-Man intones. "They require regular replacement, and so we walk to the Moon daily. Laxity kills."

76-100Candles flicker peligin and smoky in your wake. A smuggler sees your own lit taper, and touches her hand to her forelock. You recognise her face; she guided you into dock with a taper of her own, as you first arrived.

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Failure

Safety through obscurity

Some stubs are left unlit for a reason. You […] light the candles beside a shortcut that is almost entirely rotted through. You are lucky that the unfortunate smuggler lands on the leviathan below, rather than the empty air that waits beneath.

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