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ID: 364089

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You have what you came for. Now all that remains is escape. Escape from the library is mercifully more straightforward than fumbling your way forwards; all you must do is retrace your steps, back to where you came from.

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Find your way back to your entrance

•  Spoiler ID: 266543
  

  Unlocked with Unwound Thread
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 250 || 171 - very chancy (41%) || 213 - chancy (51%) || 255 - modest (61%) || 296 - very modest (71%) || 338 - low-risk (81%) || 380 - straightforward (91%) || 417 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Each point of Inerrant adds 15 points of Shadowy.

  Success

  The place of origin

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Unwound Thread is dropping… (-32 CP)

  Rare Success

  The place of origin

  Wiki note: The chance of this result increases with the number of Library Keys in your possession.

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Unwound Thread is dropping… (-12 CP)

  Redirects to: Overdue

  Failure

  Not quite

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Unwound Thread is dropping… (-12 CP)

  Rare Failure

  The place of origin

  Wiki note: The chance of this result increases with the number of Library Keys in your possession.

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Unwound Thread is dropping… (-12 CP)

  Redirects to: Overdue

  ^

Return to the Midnight Moon

•  Spoiler ID: 266547
  

  Unlocked with Dead Letter: To be held back just shy of a threshold
  Locked with Unwound Thread
  

   

  Success

  Always returning

  • You have moved to a new area: The Midnight Moon
  • You have moved to a new setting: The Midnight Moon (hidden)
  •  Your 'Apocrypha Sought:' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'Dead Letter:' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'Perusing the Stacks' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'Finding the Centre' Quality has gone!
  •  'In Search of Lost Time' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
  •  Your 'Noises in the Library' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'The Hour in the Library:' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'Wandering the Stacks with:' Quality has gone!

  Without Lost Time: Run Abandoned:

  •  You've gained 1 x An Interloper in the Library
  •  The gaoler-librarians continue their unceasing toil. (Lowers Anathema Unchained by 1)

  Otherwise:

  •  Your 'Lost Time: Run Abandoned' Quality has gone! (hidden)

  ^

Return to Zenith

•  Spoiler ID: 364089
  

  Unlocked with Dead Letter: The impossibility of leaving unchanged
  Locked with Unwound Thread
  

   

  Success

  Always returning

  • You have moved to a new area: Zenith
  • You have moved to a new setting: Zenith (hidden)
  •  Your 'Apocrypha Sought:' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'Dead Letter:' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'Perusing the Stacks' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'Finding the Centre' Quality has gone!
  •  'In Search of Lost Time' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
  •  Your 'Noises in the Library' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'The Hour in the Library:' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'Wandering the Stacks with:' Quality has gone!

  Without Lost Time: Run Abandoned:

  •  You've gained 1 x An Interloper in the Library
  •  The gaoler-librarians continue their unceasing toil. (Lowers Anathema Unchained by 1)

  Otherwise:

  •  Your 'Lost Time: Run Abandoned' Quality has gone! (hidden)

  ^