Editing Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out (historical)

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''THE BENENIMOUS MASTER OF THE BAZAAR, Mr. CHIMES, graciously invites YOU to take part in a CELEBRATION of SUBTERRANEAN PURSUITS – the GRAND CLEARING-OUT!''

''The MASTERS call on ALL LONDONERS to EMPTY OUT YOUR ATTICS and RECLAIM BURIED TREASURES from beneath LONDON’S OWN STREETS. Participants will be rewarded handsomely with THE SPOILS OF EXCAVATION.''<ref>[https://www.failbettergames.com/announcing-mr-chimes-grand-clearing-out/ Announcing Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out], Failbetter Games Blog</ref>

Mr Chimes’ Grand Clearing-Out was a new, one-off festival in Fallen London. It began on 20 July 1899 (2021). The festival was open-ended and consisted of player collaboration in excavating materials out of 5 dig sites opened around London. Included with the possibility of purchasing items from past years' elections, five new items were launched. These (and past election items) could be purchased through the use of Chthonic Scrip, a new in-game currency introduced for use during the festival alone.

* ''See [[Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out (Guide)]] for the mechanics of this event''

The event was reprised in [[The Sacroboscan Calendar (Guide)|The Sacroboscan Calendar]] on 13 October 2022.<ref>[https://www.failbettergames.com/news/the-waswood-remembers-the-grand-clearing-out The Waswood Remembers the Grand Clearing-Out!], Failbetter Games Blog</ref>

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==Daily Progress==

This is how much progress was made every day at each dig site, recorded at midnight BST. Dig sites also had to be funded by [[Purchase Chthonic Scrip at (dig site)|purchasing]] {{IL|Chthonic Scrip}}, but this goal was completed for every site on the first day of the event.

===Progress Graph===
[[File:GOC progress chart.png]]

===Table of Figures - {{IL|Digging beneath (location name)|Appearance=Digging}}===

{|class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!style="width: 10%"|Day
!style="width: 17%"|{{IL|Moloch Street}}
!style="width: 17%"|{{IL|The Blind Helmsman}}
!style="width: 17%"|{{IL|The Singing Mandrake}}
!style="width: 18%"|{{IL|The University}}
!{{IL|Spite}}
|-
|style="width: 10%" rowspan=1|20 July<ref name="day1">Data wasn’t recorded for the end of the first day, so these values are calculated based off of [https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/867452979636469771 a graph Bruno posted in the discord].</ref>
|129090
|79090
|74230
|119800
|118920
|-
|rowspan=1|21 July
|334190
|209900
|201820
|297175
|306720
|-
|rowspan=1|22 July
|519840
|319930
|308100
|440530
|473040
|-
|rowspan=1|23 July
|692590
|414900
|399220
|565130
|618050
|-
|rowspan=1|24 July
|883285
|494745
|480375
|672005
|753195
|-
|rowspan=1|25 July
|1000005
|577685
|569715
|791115
|905110
|-
|rowspan=1|26 July
|1000005
|686965
|703930
|946800
|1000005
|-
|rowspan=1|27 July
|1000005
|844600
|862520
|1000005
|1000005
|-
|rowspan=1|28 July
|1000005
|1000005
|1000005
|1000005
|1000005
|}

===Table of Figures - {{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding}}===

{|class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!style="width: 10%"|Day
!style="width: 17%"|{{IL|Moloch Street}}
!style="width: 17%"|{{IL|The Blind Helmsman}}
!style="width: 17%"|{{IL|The Singing Mandrake}}
!style="width: 18%"|{{IL|The University}}
!{{IL|Spite}}
|-
|rowspan=1|20 July<ref name="day1">Data wasn’t recorded for the end of the first day, so these values are calculated based off of [https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/867452979636469771 a graph Bruno posted in the discord].</ref>
|102990
|59620
|41920
|99450
|57410
|-
|rowspan=1|21 July
|193400
|104860
|77900
|180560
|95120
|-
|rowspan=1|22 July
|289600
|155580
|108400
|250600
|129360
|-
|rowspan=1|23 July
|392800
|209220
|138340
|314240
|159540
|-
|rowspan=1|24 July
|515160
|261740
|164740
|365280
|182200
|-
|rowspan=1|25 July
|674300
|309780
|192060
|414260
|204020
|-
|rowspan=1|26 July
|1000020
|415773
|267118
|550671
|274089
|-
|rowspan=1|27 July
|1000020
|1000070
|825263
|1000001
|980056
|-
|rowspan=1|28 July
|1000020
|1000070
|1000038
|1000001
|1000018
|}

===Table of Percentages===

{|class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!style="width: 10%"|Day
!style="width: 12%"|Progress Type
!style="width: 12%"|{{IL|Moloch Street}}
!style="width: 14%"|{{IL|The Blind Helmsman}}
!style="width: 16%"|{{IL|The Singing Mandrake}}
!style="width: 10%"|{{IL|The University}}
!style="width: 10%"|{{IL|Spite}}
!Total Progress
|-
|rowspan=3|20 July<ref name="day1"/>
|{{IL|Digging beneath (location name)|Appearance=Digging}}
|12.91%
|7.91%
|7.42%
|11.98%
|11.89%
|'''''10.42%'''
|-
|{{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding}}
|10.3%
|5.96%
|4.19%
|9.95%
|5.74%
|'''''7.23%'''
|-
|% Overall
|'''11.6%
|'''6.94%
|'''5.81%
|'''10.96%
|'''8.82%
|'''''8.83%'''
|-
|rowspan=3|21 July
|{{IL|Digging beneath (location name)|Appearance=Digging}}
|33.42%
|20.99%
|20.18%
|29.72%
|30.67%
|'''''27%'''
|-
|{{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding}}
|19.34%
|10.49%
|7.79%
|18.06%
|9.51%
|'''''13.04%'''
|-
|% Overall
|'''26.38%
|'''15.73%
|'''13.97%
|'''23.89%
|'''20.09%
|'''''20.02%'''''
|-
|rowspan=3|22 July
|{{IL|Digging beneath (location name)|Appearance=Digging}}
|51.98%
|31.99%
|30.81%
|44.05%
|47.3%
|'''''41.23%'''
|-
|{{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding}}
|28.96%
|15.56%
|10.84%
|25.06%
|12.94%
|'''''18.67%'''
|-
|% Overall
|'''40.47%
|'''23.78%
|'''20.83%
|'''34.56%
|'''30.12%
|'''''29.95%'''''
|-
|rowspan=3|23 July
|{{IL|Digging beneath (location name)|Appearance=Digging}}
|69.26%
|41.49%
|39.92%
|56.51%
|61.81%
|'''''53.80%'''
|-
|{{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding}}
|39.28%
|20.92%
|13.83%
|31.42%
|15.95%
|'''''24.28%'''
|-
|% Overall
|'''54.27%
|'''31.21%
|'''26.88%
|'''43.97%
|'''38.88%
|'''''39.04%'''''
|-
|rowspan=3|24 July
|{{IL|Digging beneath (location name)|Appearance=Digging}}
|88.33%
|49.47%
|48.04%
|67.2%
|75.32%
|'''''65.67%'''
|-
|{{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding}}
|51.52%
|26.17%
|16.47%
|36.53%
|18.22%
|'''''29.78%'''
|-
|% Overall
|'''69.92%
|'''37.82%
|'''32.26%
|'''51.86%
|'''46.77%
|'''''47.73%'''''
|-
|rowspan=3|25 July
|{{IL|Digging beneath (location name)|Appearance=Digging}}
|100%
|57.77%
|56.97%
|79.11%
|90.51%
|'''''76.87%'''
|-
|{{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding}}
|67.43%
|30.98%
|19.21%
|41.43%
|20.4%
|'''''35.89%'''
|-
|% Overall
|'''83.72%
|'''44.37%
|'''38.09%
|'''60.27%
|'''55.46%
|'''''56.38%'''''
|-
|rowspan=3|26 July
|{{IL|Digging beneath (location name)|Appearance=Digging}}
|100%
|68.7%
|70.39%
|94.68%
|100%
|'''''86.75%'''
|-
|{{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding}}
|100%
|41.58%
|26.71%
|55.07%
|27.41%
|'''''50.15%'''
|-
|% Overall
|'''100%
|'''55.14%
|'''48.55%
|'''74.87%
|'''63.7%
|'''''68.45%'''''
|-
|rowspan=3|27 July
|{{IL|Digging beneath (location name)|Appearance=Digging}}
|100%
|84.46%
|86.25%
|100%
|100%
|'''''94.14%'''
|-
|{{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding}}
|100%
|100%
|82.53%
|100%
|98.01%
|'''''96.11%'''
|-
|% Overall
|'''100%
|'''92.23%
|'''84.39%
|'''100%
|'''99%
|'''''95.13%'''''
|-
|rowspan=3|28 July
|{{IL|Digging beneath (location name)|Appearance=Digging}}
|100%
|100%
|100%
|100%
|100%
|'''''100%'''
|-
|{{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding}}
|100%
|100%
|100%
|100%
|100%
|'''''100%'''
|-
|% Overall
|'''100%
|'''100%
|'''100%
|'''100%
|'''100%
|'''''100%'''''
|}

==20 July==

''“MAN-EATING CHASM OPENS UNDER MOCKING HILL”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– The Unexpurgated London Gazette, 20 July''<ref>[[The Grand Clearing-Out: An Announcement is Made]]</ref></p>

The new items introduced at the beginning of the event were:
* {{IL|Strangling Willow Ring}} 
* {{IL|Polythremean Peacoat}} 
* {{IL|Honey-Stained Shackles}} 
* {{IL|Elevating Silk Slippers}} 
* {{IL|Horseless, Driverless, Remorseless Carriage}}

These were made available to purchase with {{IL|Chthonic Scrip}} only. Each player could obtain 30 Chthonic Scrip (one-time only) for {{IL|Shard of Glim|200 x}}, and otherwise purchase Chthonic Scrip for {{FontFate}} at a 1:1 conversion rate. If a player had an unused {{IL|A Free Gift|Appearance=Free Gift}} from a past election, they could turn it in for another 30 Chthonic Scrip.

Alongside these new 'paid' items, players also obtained a {{IL|Sturdy Pick}} at no cost, and contributing at various locations discovered two more items obtainable without Chthonic Scrip, made available by individual digging or feeding progress:
* {{IL|M. D_____' A_____ for _______: F____ Edition}} 
* {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Patent Illuminating Cap}} 

In addition, specific items from past elections (which could be obtained with {{IL|A Free Gift}} or had cost {{FontFate}} previously) were included in excavation spoils as well. These were:
* {{IL|A Pre-Lapsarian Speaking Tube}}
* {{IL|A Poisoned Pen}}
* {{IL|Polythreme Drinking Vessel}}
* {{IL|Wax-Hardened Boots}}

Digging and feeding could also notably give out {{IL|Anticandle|Appearance=Anticandles}} as a reward, an item that shares the same name as [[Anticandle (Second Chance)|a retired Advantage]], and at the time of the event had no other sources that were allowed to be recorded on the wiki.

Within two hours of the event opening, each of the five locations had been fully funded by Chthonic Scrip.

==21 July==

''“Is this skin? It's warm, blood-warm, a living thing. […] No – there's nothing there. It's just a wall of stone and earth.”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– [[Reach out and touch it|Reports from diggers]], 21 July''</p>

Community efforts to compile and elucidate the revelations glimpsed through [[In Their Wake]] began.

At around 10:30 AM UTC, players had just about used up any sustenance items ({{IL|Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits}}, {{IL|Basket of Rubbery Pies}}, {{IL|Jasmine Leaves}} and {{IL|Hand-picked Peppercaps}}) stockpiled between the time of the announcement of the event on 12 July and the time the event started.<ref name="day2.2">[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/867352005977571328 Bruno in Failbetter Games Discord]. "fun fact: You have just about depleted stockpiles of GCO-relevant sustenance items to just below pre-GCO announcement levels"</ref> This meant that progressing the digs through {{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding the Workers}} would be slower from that point on, since more items had to stockpiled again, and more profitable options through the Bone Market could be locked by {{IL|Bone Market Exhaustion}} for some players. In response, Failbetter made it possible to go {{IL|Brawling with Dockers}} for Incorruptible Biscuits without having started a [[Railway Beginning (Guide)|Railway]], so that more mid-game players could contribute to feeding progress.

==22 July==

''“AUDITOR REBUKES VEILGARDEN SPIDER ALARMISTS: NOISE IS ‘NATURAL PHENOMENON’ ”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– The Unexpurgated London Gazette, 22 July''<ref>https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1418164020431962112</ref></p>

{{IL|Cave-Aged Code of Honour|Appearance=Cave-Aged Codes of Honour}} were made sellable at the Bazaar for {{IL|Legal Document|1 x}} each, valuing them at {{e}}12.50. This was done because they have few uses, and since they were previously unsellable, the reward for [[Nothing...?|finding them]] through {{IL|Feeding the Workers at (location name)|Appearance=Feeding the Workers}} had been relatively unprofitable compared to [[The Opening of a Chamber|other Feeding rewards]].

==23 July==

''“CONSIGNMENT OF MINIATURE FIREARMS SEIZED IN WOLFSTACK – CONSTABLES URGE VIGILANCE”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– The Unexpurgated London Gazette, 23 July''<ref>https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1418496863062331392</ref></p>

Among Fallen London communities, a new '[[Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)/Recipes#Brass Lollipop|Brass Lollipop]]' strategy began to gain traction. As part of this strategy, players changed their profession to [[Licentiate]] ''en masse'' in order to receive free skeletons that only needed a skull by [[Supply a skeleton of your own|supplying a skeleton of their own]]. Players that were not Licentiates could use {{IL|Headless Skeleton|Appearance=Headless Skeletons}} instead. They then capped these with {{IL|Bright Brass Skull|Appearance=Bright Brass Skulls}} and sold the completed skeletons to {{IL|A Theologian of the Old School}} for {{IL|Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits|Appearance=Crates of Incorruptible Biscuits|31 x}}.

==24 July==

''“AUDITORS SHUTTER BENTHIC SEMINAR ON EARLY POST-LAPSARIAN CRIMINOLOGY, SEIZE ARTEFACTS”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– The Unexpurgated London Gazette, 24 July''<ref>https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1418867554584600589</ref></p>

At 02:10 UTC, there was [[A Stirring Below|a stirring below]], the same stirring that had been giving Londoners [[A Dream of Immobility|strange new dreams]]. Following the excavation efforts across the city, Londoners felt tremors coming from underground, both [[Investigate a rumbling|within the tunnels]] and [[Rumblings|above the ground]]. According to Bruno in the FBG Discord,<ref>https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869231507137519646</ref> the rumbling was triggered by overall progress reaching a particular threshold, albeit with a bit of a delay due to behind-the-scenes implementation details; therefore, it appears to have been triggered by reaching 40% on digging and feeding combined, although this is not certain.

==25 July==

''“MINISTRY WARNS AGAINST CONVERSATION WITH ITEMS UNEARTHED IN SPITE”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– The Unexpurgated London Gazette, 25 July''<ref>https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1419271216486141959</ref></p>

At 05:56 UTC, 50% completion for combined Digging and Feeding progress across all dig sites was reached. Later in the day at 12:28 UTC, Moloch Street also became the first site to have its Digging progress completed.

==26 July==

''“MOLOCH STREET: EXPERTS AUTHENTICATE FOURTH CITY BRASS ARTEFACTS”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– The Unexpurgated London Gazette, 26 July''<ref>https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1419568157174476800</ref></p>

Spite became the second site to have its Digging progress completed at 11:21 UTC. Additionally, as the dig sites progressed and supplies for workers were being rushed all over the city, Londoners began to run into [[An Upturned Cart|the occasional upturned cart]] with food and tools. They were generously able to point the carts’ drivers in the direction of one of the dig sites, so the supplies could be put to good use feeding the workers. This was triggered by reaching a total of 2000000 {{IL|Total Feeding Done during the Grand Clearing-Out|Appearance=Combined Feeding}}.

At 21:16 UTC, Moloch Street was the first site to be fully excavated. This revealed a number of new fueling options, each of which was locked behind the completion of a particular dig - Moloch's option was [[Fuel the excavation with fervor]]. This, combined with the grind revealed by the excavation, rapidly led to the development of a new fueling method; collecting {{IL|Apostate's Psalm|Appearance=Apostate's Psalms}} from [[Take in the air|Marigold station]] and {{IL|Verse of Counter-Creed|Appearance=Verses of Counter-Creed}} from [[Give a binder of documents to the Brass Embassy|below Moloch Street]], then [[Fuel the excavation with fervor|spending them]]. This method was slightly better than non-Licentiate Brass Lollipops, and had the significant advantage of not requiring you sell most of the things you dug up.

==27 July==
''“yours is not to reason why; yours is but to dig or die”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Bruno Dias''<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869619093886619738 Bruno in the FBG Discord]</ref></p>
At 6:59 UTC,  the University became the third site to have its Digging progress completed; at 12:07 UTC, it became the second site to be completely excavated. At 18:32 UTC, the Blind Helmsman became the third site to have its Feeding progress completed, and the first to be fully fed before being fully excavated. Then at 23:37 UTC, Feeding progress at Spite was completed as well, making it the third site unveiled.

==28 July==
===== Completing the Dig Sites =====
''“-ORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE H-”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Fallen London players, 28 July''</p>
At 00:25 UTC, Feeding progress was completed at The Singing Mandrake, meaning all Feeding progress was done. This quickly sent Londoners into a panic, however, as more and more [[An Upturned Cart|upturned carts]] began to pile up in the streets with no dig sites to be sent to.<ref>Mechanics-wise, the Upturned Cart opportunity cart is only removed from the deck once all Dig Sites are unveiled; here, not all Dig Sites had been completed yet so the card still showed up and was non-discardable, but all Feeding was complete, meaning none of the options on the card were playable to remove it from your hand either.</ref> The community united in the face of this unexpected turn of events by making many memes and an unbridled neigh-mber of horse puns. Some embraced their new horse overlord, even calling for a horse mayor (perhaps London wasn't quite ready to say goodbye to having [[The (Former) Lord-Mayor of London|an animal in the mayor's office]]?). Others coped by begging the Masters (Bruno in the FBG Discord) to remove the carts, who only responded by telling them to get back to work unearthing the rest of the dig sites.<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869768818472415292 Bruno in Failbetter Games Discord.] "You can rid yourselves of horse by finishing the other digs :))))))"</ref>

However, Bruno changed his mind - and the requirements on the card - at 8:38 UTC,<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869861371272134657 Bluebell on the Failbetter Games Discord.] "wait the horse is gone"</ref> which lead to a vast outcry from people who now regretted complaining about the horse. A great many [[Seeking Mr Eaten's Name|Seeking]] and [[Steward of the Discordance|Discordance]] (Disc-horse-dance?) references were made, along with some poetry<ref>https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869864048529915904</ref><ref>https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869868292855197736</ref> and even more horse puns.

At 11:05 UTC, the Singing Mandrake was the fourth site to be fully excavated. Then finally at 12:38 UTC, the Blind Helmsman was fully excavated, meaning all dig sites were unveiled. There was briefly an issue where people were getting stuck in the revealed carousel, resulting in the dig completion option being locked, but this was soon resolved.

===== London's Plight =====
''“[switches from `work-playlist.m3u` to `jrpg-boss-music-10-hour-mix.m3u`]”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Bruno Dias''<ref>https://twitter.com/NotBrunoAgain/status/1420374896958377992</ref></p>

Then [[The Stone Pigs Awaken|the Stone Pigs woke up]]. [[A Person of Some Importance -|Persons of Some Importance]] were [[London in Disarray|invited to an emergency meeting]] by the Masters, where it was revealed they were building a device to put the Pigs back to sleep again; everyone else found this out [[London in Disarray (Pre-PoSI)|second-hand]]. Players could [[Building a Device|contribute objects of great value]] to the device, increasing {{IL|Assisting the Masters}} and conferring the status of {{IL|A Preserver of London}} on them; they could also [[Saving the Citizens of London|save the citizens of London]] from peril by searching [[Among the Rubble in (Location)|amongst the rubble]].

At 17:41 UTC, Bruno added an option<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869998127095115816 Bruno on the Failbetter Games Discord.] "I have added an option to Building a Device which shows up if you have nothing that you can use there."</ref> to [[Assistance from Pinnock|exchange other Tier 8 items]] for a {{IL|Breath of the Void}} that could be used to contribute to building the machine. The Masters received the last of the materials they needed to make the device at about 17:59 UTC,<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/870002660126892093 mp on the Failbetter Games Discord.] "Fully assisted!"</ref> but they continued accepting materials anyway.

At 20:47 UTC, {{IL|Saving the Citizens of London}} reached its goal, beginning the process of incrementing {{IL|A Reckoning Postponed}}. This counted up once per hour, essentially beginning a 21-hour countdown until {{IL|Saving the Citizens of London|Appearance=Saving the Citizens}} became unavailable, and a 24-hour countdown until the Masters were no longer accepting item donations.

==29 July==
''“[[User:Alan|@Alan (ebzfan)]] the [[Template:Clearing-Out Progress|cider stat]] is a work of genius<br>good job”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Bruno Dias''<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/870047013343993897 Bruno, on Discord] (also Alan, when [https://fallenlondon.wiki/w/index.php?title=Mr_Chimes%27_Grand_Clearing-Out_(historical)&oldid=420661 adding this quote]: ''"shameless self-promotion, hooooooooo"'')</ref></p>
At 17:00 UTC, {{IL|A Reckoning Postponed}} reached 21, locking [[London's Plight]]. In the end, {{IL|Saving the Citizens of London}} reached a total of about 6,135,095, or 613% of the original goal.<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/870467373059158066 Camphor (IGN: Kirié) in FBG Discord]</ref>

At 20:00 UTC, {{IL|A Reckoning Postponed}} reached 24, locking [[Building a Device]]; all told, {{IL|Assisting the Masters}} reached 2,415,693, or 241% of the original goal, representing about '''4.86 million Echoes (~30.36 Ciders)''' worth of materials donated. Those who had donated to the Masters were able to [[The Hour Approaches|be present]] for when the Masters activated their device; the others were able to [[The Streets of London, July 1899|watch from the streets of London]]. When the device was activated, it drew all of London into a shared reverie of [[The Dreams of London|London]] and [[The Dreams of the Streets|its streets]] (save for a select few, who dreamed of [[The Dreams of the Bazaar|something else]]), and put the Stone Pigs back to sleep. Players returned to their lodgings to rest, with those who had helped out finding that they had acquired {{IL|Singed and Stained Work Gloves|Appearance=some gloves}}.

==3 August==
''“We are pleased that London has not collapsed into a pile of rubble”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Mr Wines, [[Have a drink with Mr Wines|at its celebratory revels]]''</p>

In [[The Aftermath of the Great Sink of 1899|the aftermath]] of the Great Sink, Londoners could [[Invest in reconstruction|contribute]] to {{IL|The Recovery of London}}, which notably gave a new item, an {{IL|Exigent Note}}. They could also even [[Search through the hardest-hit districts|adopt]] {{IL|Haunted Clydesdale|Appearance=a certain horse}}. The card with both of these options is intended to stick around until next year's July event, as indicated by the 48 {{IL|Weeks After the Great Sink}} requirement,<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/728292783584051220/872076859632943124 Bruno in the FBG Discord]: "It's just under a year. We might adjust the specific timing based on the needs of the actual festival - 48 weeks is a guess"</ref> effectively as a replacement for the [[The Lord Mayor of London|Lord Mayor of London]] opportunity card. {{IL|The Recovery of London}} has a target of 1,000,000 like the Digging and Feeding qualities did, and is being tracked [[Template:Clearing-Out Progress|here]].

Those who had helped the Masters with their device were additionally rewarded at a special meeting, depending on their {{IL|A Motivation:|Appearance=Motivation}}: either at [[A Return to the Revels|a revel]] thrown by Mr Wines, at [[A Much-Needed Cup of Tea|Beatrice's Tea Parlour]], or [[A Dream of Clocks|in their dreams]]. As a reward they received a {{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1861 'Sporeburst'}} if they were motivated to save the Masters, an {{IL|Unusually Loyal Map of London}} if they were motivated to save London, a {{IL|'Look Always to Love' Telescope}} if they were motivated to save the Bazaar, or a {{IL|Decemberist Pocketwatch}} if they were motivated to safeguard the Revolution. Per Bruno in the FBG Discord, these items are only intended as mementos.<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/728292783584051220/872072906052608030 Bruno in the FBG Discord]</ref>

==5 August==
''“URCHIN RESCUED FROM COLLAPSING BUILDING FOR THE SEVENTH TIME”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– The Unexpurgated London Gazette, [[Turn the page (The Viscountess' Return)|5 August]]''</p>

Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out officially ended on 5 August, 1899 (aside from the collapsed buildings and streets that still needed to be repaired). Players with at least 10 remaining {{IL|Chthonic Scrip}} could either [[Exchange the last of your Chthonic Scrip|exchange it]] for a {{IL|Darkdrop Coffee}} and an {{IL|Exigent Note}}, or [[Discard three Chthonic Scrip|get rid of 3]] to keep 7 Chthonic Scrip as a memento. The Viscountess also [[The Viscountess' Return|finally returned to London]], making her eligible for [[Invite the Viscountess to the Board|the Railway Board]] once more.

==References==
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