Sense of Déjà Vu

ID: 982

You're sure you've heard about the Mottled Man before... Click on this in your inventory to begin the case of the Fidgeting Writer.

You can create one of these by using a Tale of Terror!! in your inventory.

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See Curiosity Grinding (Guide) for information on grinding this item.

A Sense of Déjà Vu

What is it about this poem that's so familiar? The uncanny turn of phrase? The unsettling phantasmagoria? The appearance of a mottled giant and his companions?

Options:

Put the thought aside

•  Spoiler ID: 9688
  

  Unlocked with 1 x Sense of Déjà Vu
  

   

  Success

  The world needs a mystery or two to make it tolerable

  • You've lost 1 x Sense of Déjà Vu
  •  You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  Touched by Fingerwork is increasing… (+5 CP)

  ^

Track down the Fidgeting Writer

•  Spoiler ID: 9689
  

  Unlocked with 1 x Sense of Déjà Vu, Watchful 60, 1 x Vision of the Surface
  

   

  Challenge information

  A matter of luck: Pretty good odds (success chance: 70%)

  Success

  You make clear you're paying and his reluctance disappears

  Success Instructions: Use a Glimpse of Something Larger in your inventory to investigate the surface-poem.
  

  • You've lost 1 x Vision of the Surface
  • You've lost 1 x Sense of Déjà Vu
  •  You've gained 1 x Glimpse of Something Larger
  •  Touched by Fingerwork is increasing… (+5 CP)

  Failure

  A week too late

  • You've lost 1 x Sense of Déjà Vu
  • You've lost 1 x Vision of the Surface

  ^