Aquatic Alchemy
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Description summary:
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Something in the Water | Description |
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14 | F.F. Gebrandt has a notebook open and pen […] The reins of the experiment are in your hands. The elements of the Custodial Chef's midnight rite crowd your mind. The words; the movements; the spilling of piscine blood. […] feeling of being watched. |
15 - 17 | F.F. opens a vial-shaped slot in the oversized device on her desk […] "Well, I was hardly going to drink it." Your vial of […] water is black and oily, still frothing slightly from its infusion of guts. Just as well; it looks poisonous in the extreme. |
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Options:
Perform the ritual erroneously
- Spoiler Unlocked with exactly 14
Success
An empty performance
- Hardly a successful experiment. But, perhaps, a safe one. (Sets Something in the Water to 15 - Attempt to replicate Mutton Island's well-water with F.F. Gebrandt)
- Your 'Strange Catch' Quality has gone!
Redirects to: Aquatic Alchemy
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Perform the ritual perfectly
- Spoiler Unlocked with exactly 14
Success
Black alchemy
- Can water be thirsty? (Sets Something in the Water to 16 - Attempt to replicate Mutton Island's well-water with F.F. Gebrandt)
- Nightmares is increasing… (+5 CP)
- Your 'Strange Catch' Quality has gone!
Redirects to: Aquatic Alchemy
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Attempt to neutralise the rite's troublesome aspect
- Spoiler Unlocked with exactly 14
Challenge information
Narrow, 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Neutralising poison
- Time to put your improvisations to the test. (Sets Something in the Water to 17 - Attempt to replicate Mutton Island's well-water with F.F. Gebrandt)
- Your 'Strange Catch' Quality has gone!
Failure
Unsuccessful improvisation
- Hardly a successful experiment. But, perhaps, a safe one. (Sets Something in the Water to 15 - Attempt to replicate Mutton Island's well-water with F.F. Gebrandt)
- Your 'Strange Catch' Quality has gone!
Test your sample of water
- Spoiler Unlocked with 15 - 17
Success
The results are in
- You've gained 10 x Something in the Water
Redirects to: F.F. Gebrandt's Travelling Exhibition
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Drink the treated water
- Spoiler Unlocked with , exactly 16
Success
For I was an hungered
- An occurrence! Your 'Wounds' Quality is now 7 - Agony and Desperation!
- An occurrence! Your 'Nightmares' Quality is now 7 - THEY ARE COMING THEY ARE COMING THEY ARE COMING!
- It is delicious – the water, the glass, the sharp, sharp metal. But it is not enough. Never enough. (Sets Something in the Water to 40 - You consumed F.F. Gebrandt's experiment at the Fruits of the Zee. So crunchy. So delicious)