The Keeper and the Coil
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Description summary:
The description varies with 
Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil.
| Beneath the Gaze | Description |
|---|---|
| 20 | […]
[…] "Please – my lord. My love." The Tiger Keeper's […] voice is plaintive. "We must go. Your court takes too long to gather, and our time is short." […] The words are not for you. Something vast shifts in the deep, jewelled jungle. Eyes like glim-lamps roam. |
| 18 | […] "It is not that. You know it is not that." […] "But you could bring such clarity to—"
[…] We know. […] a vast serpentine coil moves […]. It is banded red, gold and black, with […] scales of purest white[…]. We have tasted the airs of your dreams, and the blood of your heart. […] |
| 16 | [...] One by one, you creep through the forest. [...]
Not like these graceless recusants. [...] the creature hauls itself out from the forest now, mountains of scale and flesh. The Keeper's eyes do not move from its great, swaying pupil, still ensconced in shadow. |
| 14 | But not you. You came of your own will, dear consort. [...] the Seventh Coil's face [...] touch the Tiger Keeper's forehead. Together, we will bathe in eternity.
You are almost at the front [...]; the final figures to lurch from the darkness are tigers, ragged and thi[…] |
| 12 | A forked tongue. Whiskers like copper wire […]. Those vast ophidian eyes, commanding the Keeper's adoring gaze, roving at last across its assembled court, silver-eyed, obeisant [...].
You are in place. You are not hidden. The Seventh Coil sees you at last. |
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Unlocked with a redirect from Set up the Xanthous Arrays
Storylet appears in 
The Sixth Coil (Location)
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Challenge information
Broad,
Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil 20 || 14 - very chancy (42%) || 17 - chancy (51%) || 21 - modest (63%) || 24 - very modest (72%) || 27 - low-risk (81%) || 31 - straightforward (93%) || 34 - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Shadowy adds 0.02 points of Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil.Success
An oath between distant bodies
A dip of scale and whisker. More Tributes to add to its court. (Lowers Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil by 2)
Redirects to: The Keeper and the Coil
Failure
An oath between distant bodies
- A dip of scale and whisker. More Tributes to add to its court. (Lowers Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil by 2)
Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
Creep onwards
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Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil exactly 18
Challenge information
Broad,
Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil 20 || 14 - very chancy (42%) || 17 - chancy (51%) || 21 - modest (63%) || 24 - very modest (72%) || 27 - low-risk (81%) || 31 - straightforward (93%) || 34 - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Insubstantial adds 1 points of Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil.Success
A summons to the court
- A dip of scale and whisker. More Tributes to add to its court. (Lowers Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil by 2)
Redirects to: The Keeper and the Coil
Failure
A summons to the court
- A dip of scale and whisker. More Tributes to add to its court. (Lowers Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil by 2)
- Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
Redirects to: The Keeper and the Coil
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Adopt a silver-eyed tribute's gait
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Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil exactly 16
Challenge information
Broad,
Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil 20 || 14 - very chancy (42%) || 17 - chancy (51%) || 21 - modest (63%) || 24 - very modest (72%) || 27 - low-risk (81%) || 31 - straightforward (93%) || 34 - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Watchful adds 0.02 points of Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil.Success
Tributes of the Third
- A dip of scale and whisker. More Tributes to add to its court. (Lowers Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil by 2)
Redirects to: The Keeper and the Coil
Failure
Tributes of the Third
- A dip of scale and whisker. More Tributes to add to its court. (Lowers Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil by 2)
- Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
Redirects to: The Keeper and the Coil
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Prowl as a tiger prowls
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Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil exactly 14
Challenge information
Broad,
Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil 20 || 14 - very chancy (42%) || 17 - chancy (51%) || 21 - modest (63%) || 24 - very modest (72%) || 27 - low-risk (81%) || 31 - straightforward (93%) || 34 - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Monstrous Anatomy adds 0.5 points of Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil.Success
Incomplete hold
- A dip of scale and whisker. More Tributes to add to its court. (Lowers Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil by 2)
Redirects to: The Keeper and the Coil
Failure
Incomplete hold
- A dip of scale and whisker. More Tributes to add to its court. (Lowers Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil by 2)
- Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
Redirects to: The Keeper and the Coil
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Turn on the lights
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil exactly 12
Success
The too-long caesura between action and consequence
- A dip of scale and whisker. More Tributes to add to its court. (Removes Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil)
Centuries of Coil-thralled Tributes tense. (Sets 
Labyrinth's Exodus to 1)
A signal – released at last – flashes through the treacheries of the device in your palm. (Sets 
Of Stripes, and Coils to 420)
Redirects to: The Shock of Noon After an Age of Night
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Prevaricate
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Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil exactly 12
Success
A tide of gleaming want
- A dip of scale and whisker. More Tributes to add to its court. (Removes Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil)
- Centuries of Coil-thralled Tributes tense. (Sets Labyrinth's Exodus to 1)
- A signal – released at last – flashes through the treacheries of the device in your palm. (Sets Of Stripes, and Coils to 420)
Redirects to: The Shock of Noon After an Age of Night
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Attempt to negotiate with Keeper and Coil
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Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil exactly 12
Success
The chasm between minds and hearts
- A dip of scale and whisker. More Tributes to add to its court. (Removes Beneath the Gaze of the Seventh Coil)
- Centuries of Coil-thralled Tributes tense. (Sets Labyrinth's Exodus to 1)
- A signal – released at last – flashes through the treacheries of the device in your palm. (Sets Of Stripes, and Coils to 420)
Redirects to: The Shock of Noon After an Age of Night
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