See another of her lectures

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From: A Public Lecture

Today she is speaking to [see first table below] about [see second table below]. [See table above] is ahead of you for tickets.

Description summary:
The phrases in the description are taken from the table below, based on the Randomizer qualities before taking this action.

The Airs of London	Who she is speaking to	Who is ahead of you
1 - 9	schoolchildren	A child
10 - 14	the students of Sinning Jenny's school	A student
15 - 16	a cluster of skeptical academics	A professor of Cryptopalaeontology
17 - 19	a cluster of skeptical academics	A professor of Theosophistry
20 - 24	a crowd of Rubbery Men	A non-Rubbery woman
25 - 29	an avid audience of monster hunters	A man with a harpoon
30 - 34	an audience of vicars	A Bishop
35 - 39	officials from the Department of Menace Eradication	An austere official
40 - 44	a gathering of nuns	A woman in a crumpled wimple
45 - 49	Ministry representatives (all of them rather grim-faced)	A grim official
50 - 54	a Society Salon	A woman in a fantastical hat
55 - 59	a set of Constables-in-Training	A beardless Constable
60 - 64	the closest intimates of the Duchess	A Viscountess
65 - 69	a group of would-be investors and industrialists	A gentleman in a striped suit
70 - 79	a collection of curious Bohemians	A young man wearing a barrel
80 - 84	a faction of Union members	A worker
85 - 89	an audience liberally populated with Revolutionaries	A girl wearing a red flag pin
90 - 94	a small group of dedicated Nocturnalist landscape painters	A painter
95 - 100	a delegation from the Labyrinth of Tigers	A zookeeper

Fads	Topic
1 - 2	the evolutionary place of Devils
3 - 4	the evolutionary place of humans among other creatures
5 - 9	the question of whether ancient animals had Souls
10 - 19	the age of the oldest lizards
20	the Surface relatives of Flukes
21 - 22	creatures of the Palaeogene
23 - 24	creatures of the Mesozoic
25 - 27	creatures of the Jurassic
28 - 29	creatures of the Cretaceous era
30 - 34	creatures of the Triassic
35 - 44	ancient birds as large as horses
45 - 49	the formation of beaks and wings
50 - 54	the common Surface fear that dinosaur bones in fact come from the Neath, and are a threat to Surface inhabitants
55 - 59	bones dug up on the Surface that turned to dust as soon as they were exposed to the sun
60 - 69	the evolution of sightless cave-dwelling amphibians
70 - 79	the division of ancient time into various eras
80 - 84	a giant fossil under Mrs Plenty's Carnival
85 - 89	features unique to skeletons found in Parabola
90 - 94	the twisted and sometimes helical bones found in Flute Street
95 - 100	a type of cattle unique to Bullbone Island

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

Unlocked with Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter

Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 220

• 151 - very chancy (41%)
• 187 - chancy (51%)
• 224 - modest (61%)
• 261 - very modest (71%)
• 297 - low-risk (81%)
• 334 - straightforward (91%)
• 367 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Things that were, and that might be again

[Topic - see table below]

[audience question] The Carpenter's Granddaughter gives a patient explanation. Some question like this arises every time she speaks.

Description summary:
The lecture ends with an audience question, listed in the table below.

Familiarity	Topic
2	[…] there is a good deal of new material in this version. This time, she speaks about her excavation work, the process of pulling bones out of the ground, the difficulty of finding responsible diggers who will neither damage the evidence nor steal it.
3	This variant of her speech is aimed at raising funds. She wants to go on digging on the Surface, but the local societies are not offering her enough support. She does not say why. […] Perhaps the Neath is a more comfortable place for her, after all.
4	Today's speech includes a few minutes on Whitsun – […] how they might be related to the Beasts above and below. […] Someone who looks very much like a disguised Ministry employee wants to know about how the eggfall could be prevented in future.
5	She has updated her materials since last you saw her speak. […] She has imagined winged and tusked mammoths, Zee-beasts […] things with vanes and wings. Bohemians have painted them all.
6	This variant of her speech is aimed at raising funds. She wants to go on digging on the Surface, but the local societies are not offering her enough support. She does not say why. […] Perhaps the Neath is a more comfortable place for her, after all.
7+	Even after all these lectures, you are still finding fresh things to wonder at. Anecdotes you have heard before offer details you had not previously noted.

Fads	The person asking a question is...
1 - 9	A journalist
10 - 24	A newspaperwoman
25 - 39	An enthusiast of Rubbery Men
40 - 49	A Society matron
50 - 54	A professor of Cryptopalaeontology
55 - 57	A professor of Theosophistry
58 - 59	A student
60 - 68	A frog-collector
69 - 74	A Constable
75 - 79	A detective
80 - 84	A vicar
85 - 89	A Bishop
90 - 97	An Urchin
98 - 100	A well-dressed child

London Airs	(The person) asks about...
1 - 9	her evidence.
10 - 24	how someone else might enter the field of palaeontology.
25 - 49	her colleagues.
50 - 74	her expenses.
75 - 89	the risks of her work.
90 - 100	the security of palaeontological digs.

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

• Watchful is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter
•  You've gained 4-5 x Incisive Observation
• [Palaeontological Fads change…] (random) (hidden)
• [The Airs of London change…] (random)

Failure

Things that were, and that might be again

[Topic - see table above]

Something she said troubles your dreams.

• Watchful is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
• [Palaeontological Fads change…] (random) (hidden)
• [The Airs of London change…] (random)