Remind them of what the city is
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From: Drained
Spoken, it is only a history lesson. Sung, it is a shared identity.
Game Instructions: This will significantly reduce The City Waning.
Unlocked with 1 x Captivating Ballad
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It takes considerable confidence in one's material to stand on an empty street corner in the cold and [style description]
What sounds thin and silly when it is only you, sounds much better together. [site description]Description summary:
The second half of the first paragraph with certain City's Style, and the second paragraph varies based on the city's Chosen Site.
Style | First Paragraph |
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None First City School of Beatrice Attenuated True Beatrice | belt out these words. But you are heard, and a crowd gathers, and a chorus joins you. |
Bethlehem | belt out these words. The ears on the closest building swivel like a cat's, malevolently attentive. But you are heard, and a crowd gathers, and a chorus joins you. |
Porous | belt out these words. The never-ceasing breath of the city draws in sharply when you begin. But you are heard, and a crowd gathers, and a chorus joins you. |
Ivory | belt out these words. The avenues are wide and a voice could be echoed until meaning is lost. But you are heard, and a crowd gathers, and a chorus joins you. |
Remembered Celestial Auroral | belt out these words. The city may be your double, but that doesn't mean it always approves of you, any more than the mirror does. |
Nocturnal | belt out these words. belt out these words. The city may be your double, but that doesn't mean it always approves of you, any more than the mirror does. But you are heard, and a crowd gathers, and a chorus joins you. |
Bazaarine | And they must be strange words, full of allusions and references, because a Bazaarine city would respond to nothing less. But you are heard, and a crowd gathers, and a chorus joins you. |
Mycologene | FATE |
Terpsichorean | FATE |
Heliconian | FATE |
Cartographical | FATE |
Cenotaphic | begin the dirge. But you are heard, and a crowd gathers, and a chorus joins you. |
Chosen Site | Second Paragraph |
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Ealing | Even the Rubbery counterpoint doesn't ruin it. |
Evenlode | Under the last verse you can hear the keening of the barrows, a desolate wind-tune that only makes the rest of the song jollier: the way a hearthfire is warmest when it rains. |
Balmoral | The pipes come in on the last verse, a remembrance of where you are. |
Station VIII | Just at the end of the last verse, and perfectly in tune, comes the distant whistle of shift change at Station VIII. |
Burrow | In the last verse, a devil picks up the tune with a brassy instrument, and it carries everyone home. |
Moulin | An imp comes in over the last verse, in a falsetto both comical and perfectly right. |
Marigold | At the end of the last verse, a violin comes in, a wistful heartraising lily-song of Infernal understanding; of what it means to be seen thoroughly without either kindness or condemnation. |
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