Editing The Scheme of a Phoenix (Storylet)

{{Storylet
|Icon = lyrebird_firebird.png
|ID = 359881
|colour = bronze
|location = The City of the Tracklayers
|Description = [...]

Certain kinds of inquiry are easier to conduct from {{tlc}} than from London. You are less observed, and you have potent allies.
|Description summary = The beginning of the description varies based on your current investigation of {{IL|The Scheme of a Phoenix}}.
{{Variant table|Condition = The Scheme of a Phoenix|Condition alias = Scheme|Effect = Description|Compact = yes
|Value 6 = Mr Fires corresponded by ciphered note with someone {{...}} That person led Mr Fires to dream of a future in which London was lifted back to the Surface {{...}} With the sun overhead, there would be no risk of anyone leaving the factory {{...}} Has that scheme continued?
|Value 7 - 8 = Mr Fires corresponded by ciphered note with someone at the top of the dumbwaiter {{...}}

<p>But this scheme did not go forward, and eventually the person who proposed it ceased to answer {{...}} It would be interesting to know whether this was a betrayal or {{...}} mischance.
|Value 9 = There is a loose association on the Surface, the Order of the Hollow Earth, established by a Scotsman decades ago {{...}}. They now meet in that townhouse above Balmoral. {{...}} The most notable person you have identified so far is an Ottoman dignitary.
|Value 10 = The Ottoman Empire is keeping a close watch out for Masterly interference on the Surface. {{...}} They have heard rumours of Masters in Paris, in Berlin, and in Buenos Aires. {{...}} That gives them a reason to want London back on the Surface.{{...}}
|Value 11 = {{...}} the Ottoman Empire is sincerely trying to arrange for London to be returned to the Surface, in collusion with Mr Fires{{...}}. Mr Fires sees an opportunity to preserve London {{...}}.

<p>But these are not the only powers in play, on the Surface or in the Neath.
|Value 12 = The Ottoman Empire was sincerely trying to arrange for London to be returned {{...}}. {{...}} The Chinese wanted to sabotage the entire arrangement. {{...}}

<p>The play has reached a temporary stalemate, because the Ottoman dignitary's daughter is in her last days. {{...}}
|Value 13 = {{...}}

<p>The play had reached a temporary stalemate, because the Ottoman dignitary's daughter was in her last days. You have removed this blockage again. {{...}}
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|Game Instructions = (With {{Use|Exploration of a Hinterland City|Appearance=Exploration|Type=Text}} 80 - 90) This path is its own story. It is not required to resolve the matter of the Grey Man.
|Unlocked with = {{Unlock|Habituated to the Hinterland}}, {{Unlock|The Scheme of a Phoenix|6-14}}, {{Unlock|Exploration of a Hinterland City|80}}
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=={{IL|The Scheme of a Phoenix}} 6==
{{Options|Contemplate how to learn more}}
{{Options|Find out more about who was writing to Mr Fires via the Balmoral dumbwaiter}}

=={{IL|The Scheme of a Phoenix}} 7==
{{Options|Find out whether Mr Fires has continued his correspondence via the Balmoral dumbwaiter (no Twilit Smuggler){{!}}Find out whether Mr Fires has continued his correspondence via the Balmoral dumbwaiter|(without {{IL|Twilit Smuggler}})}}
{{Options|Find out whether Mr Fires has continued his correspondence via the Balmoral dumbwaiter|(with {{IL|Twilit Smuggler}})}}

=={{IL|The Scheme of a Phoenix}} 8==
{{Options|Trace the location of that townhouse in Edinburgh}}
{{Options|Trace the location of that townhouse in Edinburgh, using the Society of the Three-Fingered Hand}}

=={{IL|The Scheme of a Phoenix}} 9==
{{Options|Investigate the Ottoman interest in the Neath}}
{{Options|Make your inquiries in person}}

=={{IL|The Scheme of a Phoenix}} 10==
{{Options|Infiltrate further, using your own station}}
{{Options|Find out why the Ottomans dropped the plan}}

=={{IL|The Scheme of a Phoenix}} 11==
{{Options|Identify the other Surface Powers involved}}
{{Options|Read the secrets that remain}}

==The Endgame==
{{Options|Have the dignitary's daughter assassinated}}
{{Options|Divulge all you have discovered to Mr Fires}}
{{Options|Divulge all you have discovered to the Russet Spindlewolf}}
{{Options|Use your discoveries to set Surface and Neathy powers against one another}}
{{Options|Destroy the evidence so that no one can learn more}}