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From: Unanticipated Ecologies
Induce a Starved Lithographer to comment. They must see a very great deal, all the way up there...
Unlocked with 
520-523
Locked with 
200
Challenge information
Broad, 
177
- 121 - very chancy (41%)
- 151 - chancy (51%)
- 180 - modest (61%)
- 210 - very modest (71%)
- 239 - low-risk (81%)
- 269 - straightforward (91%)
- 295 - straightforward (100%)
Success
For all, without sight
Description summary:
The description varies based on your level of 
.
| Lead: Ecology | Description |
|---|---|
| 520 | In a language of rattling clacks and broken bones, the Lithologer demonstrates the processes of ascension written upon their own flesh. They were not always thus. Their parents were different still. |
| 521 | The Lithologer produces discs of burnished bone, upon which lie recorded the histories of his own Starved Citadel. Peoples rise and fall, citadels are incorporated and destroyed, each component replaced – and yet it remains the same. |
| 522 | You pore over amber relics of the Shapeling Arts, noting the forms that survive from Flukedom and those that have branched like a tree struck by lightning. There are breakages and dead ends[…] you emerge with an overwhelming sense of 'flourishment'. |
| 523 | The Starved Men have their own records of London. Those[…]convey a sense of[…]mystification, and of yearning. […]not for London's lifestyles nor its people, but rather for its carriages, hansoms and ships. […]the Starved Men have begun to have their own ideas... |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained 39 x Librarian's Progress
You have a lead in the Unanticipated Ecologies section of the library. (Increases Lead: Ecology by 1 x)
You have a lead in the Ambiguous Cartography section of the library. (Sets 
Lead: Cartography to 520)
Failure
Cultural differences
They are new to London, and newer still to London's customs. Books, for instance. So very malleable. And their spines sever even more easily... The aesthetic effect is striking, but you were hoping to use that Reading Room again.
Watchful is increasing…- You've lost 2 x Librarian's Progress
