Play softly

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ID: 244022

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From: The Drummer's Bargain

You need only fulfil your obligation to the ruler of the land. No more and no less. What is done in the dark need not be heard in the light.

Game Instructions: This will reduce the Iconoclasm, the Evangelism and the Ostentation of your church but increase the Isolationism, the Humility and the Orthodoxy.

Unlocked with Church: The Drummer's Due exactly 2

Success

The agony of wanting

[...] You tap against the skin [...] the Drummer stirs. Its long mandibles twitch and thrum.

[...] the Drummer is in an agony of expectation. It writhes behind the glass, its limbs contorted in a rictus of yearning. [...]

You have done enough. You put the sticks down[...]

Description summary:
You beat the drum softly enough that only the Drummer and its bees can hear. The Drummer is (barely) mollified; the only noticeable aftereffect is that all of your church's bells have mysteriously broken.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

•  You know the Drummer's intention. (Sets Church: The Drummer's Due to 3)
• You've lost 3 x Church: Iconoclasm
• You've lost 3 x Church: Ostentation
• You've lost 3 x Church: Evangelism
•  You've gained 3 x Church: Humility
•  You've gained 3 x Church: Orthodoxy
•  You've gained 3 x Church: Isolationism