Editing F.F. Gebrandt's Prelapsarian Exhibition (historical)

[[File:Prelapsarian exhibition poster.jpg|thumb]]<blockquote>''F.F. Gebrandt CORDIALLY INVITES All Londoners to participate in the Raising of a New Museum of Prelapsarian History & accompanying Exhibition, to put on Display Curiosities Historical, Palaeontological, & Philosophical.''</blockquote>

The Prelapsarian Exhibition was a one-off, experimental festival in Fallen London. Beginning on the 25th of July 1899 (2022), it had analogous mechanics to [[Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out (historical)|Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out]] - the previous year's summer event - with players collaborating to raise various World Qualities. Five new items, as well as items from Elections and the Grand Clearing-Out, were available to purchase for Estival Tokens, which could be saved and spent in future summer events.

== Data ==
=== Overall Progress Graph ===
[[File:F.F. Gebrandt's Prelapsarian Exhibition - World Qualities Progress graph.png]]

=== Stage 1 Progress Graph ===
[[File:F.F. Gebrandt's Prelapsarian Exhibition - Toil and Materials graph.png]]

== 25 July ==
''"who is ready to raise a musuem [sic]"<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Failbetter Games''<ref>[https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1551506250432757762?cxt=HHwWhIC-vd2th4grAAAA The FBG Twitter account]</ref></p>

The new items introduced for the event were:
* [[Verdant Hairpin]]
* [[A Rack of Carefully-Individuated Deaths]]
* [[A Hungry Little Snuffbox]]
* [[Overwrought Bathtub]]
* [[A Patron of the Pliable Arts]]
These could be purchased with {{IL|Estival Tokens}}. Each player could obtain 30 free tokens at the beginning of the event, and more could be purchased for 1 {{FontFate}} apiece. Unlike the Grand Clearing-Out, there was no option to turn in an unused {{IL|A Free Gift}} for festival currency. Also unlike the Clearing-Out, it was confirmed in the announcement<ref>[https://www.failbettergames.com/news/f-f-gebrandts-prelapsarian-exhibition FBG Blog Post]</ref> that Estival Tokens would remain usable in future summer events. At 12:17 UTC, an option was added to spend {{FontFate}} to send tokens to other players.

The museum could be reached by a universal storylet, [[The Exhibition: Visit the Museum of Prelapsarian History]]. As a universal storylet, this was available everywhere in London - including in the museum itself. This led to a number of jokes about revolving doors<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001390233557938208 Discord] "so when i'm at the museum, i have a "travel to the museum" storylet that just takes me... to the museum? am i missing something there?" - haelene, 7:21 UTC</ref> and Zeno's paradox<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001088499388268544 Discord] "you take a short stroll. you are halfway to the museum. you take a short stroll, you are halfway to the museum" - IGN=necromancybitch, 11:28 UTC</ref>.

Initially, the work on the museum required {{IL|Museum Construction: Toil|Appearance=Toil}} and {{IL|Museum Construction: Materials|Appearance=Materials}}. Toil could be increased by 1-2 by various options in [[The Prelapsarian Exhibition: Building a Museum]], and Materials by an amount scaling based off of how long the event had been going on by [[Set a course (The Salt Lions)|zailing to the Salt Lions]], [[The Work of the Unmakers|picking up]] {{IL|A Hold Full of Sphinxstone}} and [[Deliver a load of sphinxstone|delivering it to the museum]]. Picking up a load of sphinxstone started a living story, preventing the player from returning for another load for 23 hours. As a result, most people only managed to deliver a single load before the Materials bar filled up.

These paid out in an amount of {{IL|Curator's Gratitude}} scaling with the sum of the player's base stats, which could be cashed out once the museum was finished<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001083584569937980 Discord] "You won't be able to spend it until the museum is built" - Bruno (FBG), 11:08 UTC</ref>. It took about 12 minutes<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001084459510141028 Discord] "***637 CURATORS GRATITUDE,*** EACH ONE IS ALL BUT GUARANTEED TO BE VALUED AT ONE PENNY, THIS IS NOW A BASICALLY GUARANTEED, PAIN-FREE, BRAINLESS 6 EPA GRIND" - Carol J. (IGN: Ragged Martha), 11:12 UTC</ref> for people to realise that 1 Gratitude was going to be worth 1 penny, and as such the toil options were about 6 EPA. It was confirmed that there would be a unique item purchasable with gratitude<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001084926596239410 Discord] "But, there is a unique item you can only get with gratitude" - Bruno (FBG), 11:14 UTC</ref>.

== 26 July ==
[[File:Neathbow.png|thumb]]''"[banging hands on table ] TOIL TOIL TOIL TOIL"<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Bruno (FBG)''<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001509357164437584 Discord] 15:20 UTC</ref></p>

At 11:16 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001447921771876422 Discord] ''A screenshot of a rare success for the Sphinxstone turnin'' - StarvedKing IGN Vrashnig-spazrak, 11:16 UTC</ref>, it was discovered that the Sphinxstone turnin had a rare success with extra text, describing a room being constructed from the sphinxstone. Based on this, people soon guessed that the extra text depended on the level of {{IL|Museum Construction: Materials}}, and two other variants were soon uncovered. As nobody had reported any rare successes the previous day, it seemed that the earlier variant or variants had been missed.

At 14:35 UTC, Materials reached 100% completion, with a final value of 1000260<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001497914788548689 Discord] "it's done" - Alan (ebzfan), 14:35 UTC</ref>. At 16:49 UTC, Toil reached 100% completion, with a final value of 1000007<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001531725547053196 Discord] "Huh, I got the same number" ''followed by a screenshot of the Toil world quality at the value 1000007''</ref>. At 16:51 UTC, after some cajoling from wiki admin Asarta, Bruno revealed the missing variant text<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001532151692525754 Discord]</ref>.

At 17:00 UTC, the second stage began. Three different kinds of exhibits could be contributed; [[The Prelapsarian Museum: Optical Exhibits|Optical]], which took various filled mirrorcatch boxes; [[The Prelapsarian Museum: Osteological Exhibits|Osteological]], which took various antique bones and skeletons; and [[The Prelapsarian Museum: Archaeological Exhibits|Archaeological]], which took various Relics, {{IL|Rusted Stirrup}}s and {{IL|Nicatorean Relic}}s.

It was soon realised that turning in {{IL|Cosmogone-filled Mirrorcatch Box}}es filled five at a time at the [[Perched on Top of the Dome|top of the Dome of Scales]], or {{IL|Peligin-filled Mirrorcatch Box}}es filled in the {{IL|The Magistracy of the Evenlode|Appearance=Magistracy of the Evenlode}} was extremely profitable, approaching around 15.3 and 22.83 EPA respectively with sufficiently large numbers of mirrorcatch boxes. Also profitable was trading an {{IL|Oneiric Pearl}} for a Peligin box, which had the added advantage of providing an extra empty box with which to pursue the other strategies.

At 17:22 UTC, Bruno revealed that the unique item would only require 20,000 Gratitude to obtain<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001540137177591980 Discord] "Since this seems to cause an undesirable level of anxiety for some players: You need 20k gratitude (so the equivalent of 200e) to get a unique reward; I've changed the quality's metatext to reflect this. Note that you'll still be able to generate gratitude for it until the event ends, so you won't miss out if you miss a day or phase of the event." - Bruno (FBG), 17:22 UTC</ref>, quelling speculation that it would cost a vast amount.

At 18:20 UTC, Failbetter's Twitter account released<ref>[https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1551995924435664897 FBG Twitter Account]</ref> a never-before-seen piece of Neathbow art (which may be seen at the top of this section) to celebrate the start of the second stage.

Throughtout the evening, in response to numerous complaints that the Osteological and Archaeological options were nowhere near as profitable as the Optical options - and indeed, were scarcely worthwhile compared to normal in-game activities - Bruno carried out a number of bugfixes and adjustments.
* At 17:35 UTC, he corrected the Gratitude payout for supplying a {{IL|Leviathan Frame}}<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001543418918477826 Discord] "(It looks like the formula for Leviathan Frame rewards was incorrectly giving 4-6 echo fewer than intended - should be fixed)" - Bruno (FBG), 17:35</ref>
* At 18:13 UTC he increased the payout of relic deliveries by "80% [...] or so"<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001552911718953034 Discord] "I've uptuned relic deliveries so that they are substantially better (like 80% better or so)... as long as you are not a PoSI" - Bruno (FBG), 18:13 UTC</ref> for non-{{IL|PoSI}}
* At 18:43 he provided a smaller bonus to relic deliveries for {{IL|PoSI}} without {{IL|Moulin}} access<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001560455925485569 Discord] "I've further adjusted archaeology donations – it should now give you a (smaller) bonus if you are a PoSI but you don't have a railway to Moulin." - Bruno (FBG), 18:43</ref>
* At 20:01 he adjusted the turn-in option for complete skeletons to give a scaling reward for {{IL|Skeleton: Antiquity}}, in the vein of the [[An Investment-Minded Ambassador|Investment-Minded Ambassador]], as well as giving (and being locked by) {{IL|Bone Market Exhaustion}}<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001579958344351774 Discord] "I have adjusted full skeleton gifting so it now does take into account antiquity" - Bruno (FBG), 20:01 UTC</ref><ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001580473476206842 Discord] "And yes it now does give exhaustion" - Bruno (FBBG), 20:03</ref>

== 27 July ==
''kids these days are "pinging" when they could be "donating relics"<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– suriname0''<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001889858186395648 Discord] suriname0, 16:32 UTC</ref></p>

Early on in the day, work on producing graphs for this page uncovered unusual jumps in the progress of the Osteological and Archaeological tracks at each hour were noted. After checking that the scripts were working correctly, and by manually observing the values in-game, it was concluded that Failbetter were manipulating the progress numbers<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/765443037592551424/765443037592551427/1001746295708471307 Discord] "Yup, its getting manipulated" - Asarta, 7:02 UTC</ref>, and that about three quarters of the progress on the Archaeological and Osteological tracks were from this manipulation. When revealed, this led to a great deal of arguing in the FBG Discord, and a few feedback emails, as people assumed that FBG were trying to keep the event to some kind of schedule and felt that the collaborative nature of the event was being undermined.

At 8:13 UTC, Bruno explained that this was an intentional balancing mechanism - that progress on one track gave some bonus progress on the other two, and that if the players simply stopped contributing the bonus progress would also diminish to nothing<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001766117607477248 Discord] "Yeah - although this is actually not true. If the community sat back the rubberbanding would eventually fall to zero because of how it's set up." - Bruno (FBG), 8:13 UTC</ref>. At 8:30 UTC, he uptuned the rewards for Archaeology for non-{{IL|Moulin}} players again<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001768417721860166 Discord] "I have adjusted the numbers on archaeology again; there's now a higher ceiling on the stat scaling and a higher base for players who don't have access to Moulin. This should be enough to make it a reasonable thing for midgame players  who fell in that 'hole' in game progression." - Bruno (FBG), 8:30 UTC</ref>, and at 8:35 UTC revealed that one of the cash-in options for Gratitude would be sellable for {{IL|Hinterland Scrip}}<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001769898059517972 Discord] "Well, to an item that is sellable for scrip." - Bruno (FBG), 8:35 UTC</ref>. The pre-{{IL|Moulin}} boost made buying {{IL|Relic of the Second City}} from the Bazaar and donating them into a profitable activity, reaching around 7.5 EPA for those with high base stats.

At 9:00 UTC, it was revealed that Gratitude would also be the reward quality for the museum wheel when the event was over, rather than just being a one-time thing<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/728292783584051220/1001775962859503637 Discord] "Gratitude is a permanent feature (it's the reward quality for the wheel that will unlock when the museum is completed), so it's similar to the rewards from Brawling et al in that it's aimed at early-railway players looking to kickstart, well, the railway.
So it gives stuff that's relevant there." - Bruno (FBG), 9:00 UTC</ref>.

At 10:05 UTC, Optics reached 100% completion, with a final value of 10000182. At 10:18, Bruno informed the Discord that he would lock the option for picking up Sphinxstone "the phase ''after'' the next one"<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001795617913319424 Discord] "ah you know what, the phase ''after'' the next one" - Bruno (FBG), 10:18 UTC</ref>, implying the existence of a heretofore-unknown fourth stage.

At 16:26 UTC, it once again become possible to sell skeletons to the museum even with 4 {{IL|Bone Market Exhaustion}}, albeit with a linearly scaling bonus payout rather than the usual quadratic scaling<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001888253194022992 Discord] "I've made a tweak to osteology donations: If you have bone market exhaustion, you can still donate, but the reward you get will only scale linearly with antiquity (though it gives you a little bonus relative to a normal linear bone market sale)" - Bruno (FBG), 16:26 UTC</ref>. Soon after, at 17:53 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1001910196580401264 Discord] "Bye bye osteology" - Darkroot [IGN], 17:53 UTC</ref>, Osteology reached 100% completion, with a final value of 10000003.

At 20:50 UTC, Archaeology reached 100% completion, with a final value of 10000083. As a result, stage 3 began at 21:00 UTC. The Museum had its grand opening, with His Amused Lordship supplying the wine from his [[Return home (Fait Accompli)|cancelled New Year's party]]. Participating in the [[Opening Revels]] allowed players to build up a new progress quality, {{IL|Revelling...}}, which could be [[Breathe a sigh of contentment|cashed in]] for a week-long {{IL|Shadowy}} and {{IL|Persuasive}} Mood, the {{IL|Lingering Contentment}}, as well as a {{IL|Nightmares}} wipe and an indication that the fourth stage would begin 23 hours after the third, at 20:00 UTC on the 28th, and would involve the Shuttered Palace.

With the museum complete, it became possible to cash in {{IL|Curator's Gratitude}}, both for the event exclusive {{IL|A Bronze Plaque Dedicated to Your Good Self}} and {{IL|Sample of Lacreous Affection}} - the latter of which had only previously been available as a one-off reward at the end of the [[Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out (historical)| Grand Clearing-Out]] - as well as the normal payouts of the now-unlocked [[The Osteology Lab|bone identification]] and [[The Archaeology Wing|artifact-donation]] activities in the museum, which remained available after the event. Most notable among the permanently available rewards was the {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Patent Illuminating Cap}}, available for the first time since the Grand Clearing-Out, and the {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Patent Neathoscope, Containing and Displaying All Seven Colours of Exotic Light}}.

Other opportunities became available, both in the museum itself - with players able to [[Have a taste of the Toxicology Exhibit|poison themselves]] or [[Gaze into the Neathoscope|expose themselves to dangerous Neathbow colours]] - and in the Flit, where an option to carry out a heist of [[The Museum of Prelapsarian History (Heist)|the museum]] appeared. This heist paid out in either [[...the Archaeology Wing|various relics]] or [[...the Osteology Wing|bones]], including {{IL|Obsidian Chitin Tail}}s, making this the first non-seasonal source of said tails.

== 28 July ==
''"the best thing about this year's event is it obliterates all guesses about next year's event"<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Hannah''<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002308196003762176 Discord] HannahFBG, 20:14 UTC</ref></p>

At 10:16 UTC, a bug was fixed with the [[The Osteology Lab|bone identification]] activity, making identifying {{IL|Fossilised Forelimb}}s more profitable<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/728292783584051220/1002157631529570335 Discord] "Hey - an issue has been fixed with the osteology lab where examining the Fossilized Forelimb wasn't giving any bonus value.
It should now give 2500 more curator's gratitude when completed." - Bruno (FBG), 10:16 UTC</ref>. At 11:00 UTC, an option was added to empty filled mirrorcatch boxes, to make them more convenient to work with<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002168717129560136 Discord] "Also: Mirrorcatch boxes filled with neathbow light now have an 'item use' storylet.
It just lets you empty them with no other effects.
But should help those who need to reclaim excess boxes." - Bruno (FBG), 11:00 UTC</ref>.

At 20:00 UTC, it became possible to [[ A Royal Visitor|encounter the Traitor Empress at the museum]], where she was [[Basalt, silence, dissolution|visiting the machine]] built of all the Sphinxstone in an attempt to bring back the Consort in full. An apparition of the Consort appeared in great distress, and in her attempts to soothe him the Empress forbade Gebrandt from deactivating the machine. As a result, the machine broke, having some nauseating effects on [[Time: Extruded Like Too Much Forcemeat into Not Enough Casing|Time]] and [[Space: Cracked and Shattered like Cheap Crockery Exposed to Too Much Heat|Space]] and conjuring up Second City buildings across London, interspersed between existing buildings in gaps that had not existed until that moment. On investigating these buildings, players find eerie, oddly proportioned ushabtiu whose heads turn to follow them. Players could either leave the house undisturbed or steal some smaller relics in passing.

Outside the house, players could choose whether or not they wanted to [[The Spread of a Novel Fad|purchase one of the ushatbiu]], with game instructions informing them that the choice had to be made to move on to the next step of the story; that buying the ushabti would later give a unique item; and saying, rather ominously, '''''buyer beware'''''.

As of 21:07 UTC, 94% of players who had made the choice bought the ushabti<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002321400356417566 Discord] "As of just now, 94% of players who have gone through the choice to buy or not buy an ushabti have done so." - Bruno (FBG), 21:07 UTC</ref>.

On making the choice, players were informed that the next stage would begin at 10:00 UTC the next day.

== 29 July ==
''"Easter Egg scavenger hunt but you're also hunted by the Easter eggs, and the eggs contain dead bodies of Second City residents."<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– hops (aka Malachi Cinder)''<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002545621225443419 Discord] hops (aka Malachi Cinder), 11:58 UTC</ref></p>

At 10:00 UTC, the ushabtiu became a problem. They [[Unlock the door (Spite and Malice)|rearranged possessions]], [[A new exhibit... (With Ushabti)|attacked random people]], became [[A Stalking Stone Shadow of your Very Own|a Burden]] to anyone had bought them (only the second time the Burden slot had ever been used) and generally made a nuisance of themselves through various black-bordered cards. As a result, the players (along with a number of other Londoners) descended on the museum to demand an explanation from Gebrandt. Alas, Gebrandt also had no idea what was going on, and so the players had to go hunting for Clues. Instructions told players that there were 18 clues in total, and that in order to progress to the next stage they would have to go out, find the clues and bring them back to Gebrandt, contributing to the {{IL|Progress in an Investigation}} World Quality.

Once one person had found a given clue, [[Where have clues been found?|a cryptic hint]] would become visible, telling others where to find it; once a sufficiently large number of players had found and turned in a clue, the cryptic hint became a clear and straighforward description of where the Clue was. There were two exceptions to this; one hint remained "(This hint will never appear.)", and another "(This hint will never appear. It is uncertain if anyone will find this clue at all. If you did – good job!)" throughout the investigation.

Instructions also revealed that turning in three Clues would give a special reward, turning in ten clues would give a vanity quality, and that it would remain possible to gather and turn in clues until the end of the festival, which would be the 5th of August at the earliest.

A Google Doc<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gv0VeaF-oDfu9MH0deEXSxBFIVxfXypYzeteXE79EBY/edit# Google Docs]</ref> was created for people to list the various places they had tried, and where Clues had been located.

Also at the museum was the opportunity to gain a {{IL|Lingering Excitation}}, another new week-long mood.

The clues, hints and people who first reported them were:

* ''By purchasing an ushabti of your very own'' - {{IL|Clue: Ushabti Malice}}, [[Arrive at a conclusion|obtained]] (by those who purchased an ushabti) en route to the museum to confront Gebrandt.

* ''In a hard-to-reach place, invisible to most players.'' - {{IL|Clue: Ushabti Purpose}} at the conclusion of the [[A Second City Vengeance]] campaign in Parabola, to those with a particular ending of [[The Attendants]] {{FontFate}} story. First reported to the FBG Discord by ProfessorLizzard, at 11:07 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002532854850400317 Discord] "Found one in parabola war... drank a lot of coffee to get through it fast" - ProfessorLizzard, 11:07 UTC</ref>.

* ''At a meeting with an intoxicating old friend.'' - {{IL|Clue: Dimensional Toxicology}}, available in {{IL|Jericho Locks}} to those with a particular ending of [[The Swan Bride]] {{FontFate}} story. First reported to the FBG Discord by mouseyMoment, at 10:15 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002519837949567006 Discord] ''A screenshot of the option [[Meet with the Swan Bride to discuss the present crisis]]'' - mouseyMoment, 10:15 UTC</ref>.

* ''At an exclusive place in London.'' - {{IL|Clue: Emergence of Feral Crocodilians}}, on the card [[An Evening at Sophia's]]. First reported to the FBG Discord by Finn', at 10:19 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002520828644184155 Discord] "Sophia's card." ''followed by a screenshot of the option [[Hear reports of curious crocodilians]]'' - Finn', 10:19 UTC</ref>.

* ''Under a cat lovers' gaze.'' - {{IL|Clue: Apocryphal Egyptology}} in [[An Evening at the Duchess' Salon|the Duchess' salon]]. First reported by Carol J. (IGN: Ragged Martha) at 10:06 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002517414887567390 Discord] "'''''AAAAA AN EVENING AT THE DUCHESS' SALON'''''" - Carol J. (IGN: Ragged Martha), 10:06 UTC</ref>.

* ''Somewhere nostalgic, though not all players can find this.'' - {{IL|Clue: The Mother Superior}}, available in the {{IL|The Waswood}} to those who had completed {{IL|Ambition: Bag a Legend!}}. First reported by The Fierce Greybeard at 10:09 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002518324703399957 Discord] "Found this in the Waswood." ''followed by a screenshot of the result for [[Find the Mother Superior]]'' - The Fierce Greybeard, 10:09 UTC</ref>.

* ''Far away from London.'' - {{IL|Clue: The Tomb-Colonies}}, on the card [[Remnants]] in {{IL|Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies}}. First reported by 🃏Mr. Cards🃏 (aka Sans Cipher) at 12:32 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002554292944769065 Discord] "Remnants card" ''A screenshot of the [[Remnants]] card, including the option [['Inquiries about Limestone']]'' - 🃏Mr. Cards🃏 (aka Sans Cipher), 12:32 UTC</ref>.

* ''About as far away as you can get.'' {{IL|Clue: Khaganian Historiography of the Second City}} - in [[The Imperial Colleges]] in {{IL|Khan's Heart}}. First reported by Amy Griswold at 11:23 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002536756559749212 Discord] "Found one in the Khanate!" - Amy Griswold, 11:23 UTC</ref>.

* ''Somewhere loud.'' - {{IL|Clue: Stone Desire}} on the card [[TRANSFIGURE]], in {{IL|The Maze-Garden}} in Polythreme. First reported by AnturK at 11:04 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002532100534177873 Discord] "POLYTHREME HO!" ''followed by a screenshot of the option [[Ask for advice on the matter of the ushabtiu]]'' - AnturK, 11:04 UTC</ref>

* ''Dug up from the muck.'' {{IL|Clue: Moulin}} - on the card [[A Lesser Find]], when on a {{IL|Moulin}} [[Moulin Expeditions (Guide)|expedition]] to [[The Deep Layer]]. First reported by rjb at 12:32 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002554086194946128 Discord] "Have people already found the Moulin one?" - rjb, 12:32 UTC</ref>.

* ''At a popular London destination.'' - {{IL|Clue: The Carnival}}, in [[The Sideshows]]. First reported by mouseyMoment at 10:07 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002517667200110653 Discord] ''A screenshot of the [[The Sideshows]] storylet, including the option [[A new exhibit...]]'' - mouseyMoment, 10:07 UTC</ref>.

* ''By sinking'' - {{IL|Clue: The Fathomking}}, in [[In the Court of the Fathomking]]. First reported by Yeet at 11:41 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002541261464543292 Discord] "FATHOMKING
I WAS RUSHING TO THE KHANATE AND I DROWNED" - Yeet, 11:41 UTC</ref>.

* ''In a bright place, in uneasy sleep.'' - {{IL|Clue: Zee-Dreams}}, on the cards for {{IL|Having Recurring Dreams: I Shot the Albatross}}. First reported by an unknown Discord member before 11:11 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002533856580218941 Discord] "Good job whoever found the dream card" - St.Jericho [Jericho Veranis], 11:11 UTC</ref>.

* ''By doing your civic duty.'' - {{IL|Clue: Ushabti Contents}}, by hunting and [[Destroy the d__ned thing!|killing]] an ushabti in [[The Department of Menace Eradication]]. First reported by beo [unclevinny] at 10:10 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002518449538478170 Discord] "there's opne in dept of menace eradication" - beo [unclevinny], 10:10 UTC</ref>.

* ''In a desolate place.'' - {{IL|Clue: All Living Things}}, available on {{IL|The Convent|Appearance=Abbey Rock}} to those who had completed {{IL|Ambition: Bag a Legend!}}. First reported by Yeet (maybe, really not sure for this one) at 10:39 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/728292783584051220/1002525718296666133 Discord] "there's a clue at Abbey Rock
(again, only available with Bag a Legend)" - Yeet, 10:39 UTC</ref>.

* ''By doing your own research.'' - {{IL|Clue: Internal Structure of a Limestone Specimen}}, gained by hunting and [[Capture it alive!|capturing]] an ushabti in [[The Department of Menace Eradication]], then [[Perform the final dissection|dissecting it]] in your {{IL|University Laboratory (Place)|Appearance=Laboratory}}. First reported by Carol J. (aka Ragged Martha) at 10:16 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002520048218423377 Discord] "YOU CAN STUDY THE USHABTI" - Carol J. (aka Ragged Martha), 10:16 UTC</ref>.

* ''(This hint will never appear.)'' - available in within the deeper areas of the {{IL|Adulterine Castle}}. First reported by Docteur (aka The Viric Voice) at 10:10 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002518556421914685 Discord] "Hahah, what a great one." ''followed by a screenshot of the storylet [[The Anchorhold]] including the option [[Meditate upon London's ongoing predicament]]'' - Docteur (aka The Viric Voice), 10:10 UTC</ref>.

* ''(This hint will never appear. It is uncertain if anyone will find this clue at all. If you did – good job!)'' - {{IL|Clue: Movements of Limestone Men}}, found on the card [[Bat's-Eye View]] in {{IL|The Mind of a Long-Dead God}}. First reported at 14:28 UTC, by Bondrewd did nothing wrong<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002583308745588787 Discord] "Please, please, please, give me 2 mins" ''followed a few minutes later by a screenshot of the result of [[I will look for limestone men]]</ref>.

At 15:05 UTC, an option was added to {{IL|The Mind of a Long-Dead God}} to allow those with the clue to leave more easily<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002592695912501320 Discord] "PS: I've made it *a little bit* easier to get out of the Mind if you have collected the clue." - Bruno (FBG), 15:05 UTC</ref>. At 15:12 UTC, it was revealed that the Clue qualities themselves would be wiped in 'the last step in the story'<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002594442844311702 Discord] "Clue qualities will also be gone with the last step in the story." - Bruno (FBG), 15:12 UTC</ref>, and that {{IL|Investigating the Affair of the Ushabtiu}} couldn't go higher than ten<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002594327643570206 Discord] "And yeah, you can only raise Investigating the Affair of the Ushabtiu up to 10. FOMO mitigation." - Bruno (FBG), 15:11 UTC</ref>, so there were no vanity-quality reasons to find more than 10 Clues. At 15:41, it was confirmed that there would be two more equippable items revealed over the course of the event<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002601827822477472 Discord] "Equippable items from this event:
* Patron of the Pliable Arts / Rack of Carefully Individuated Deaths / Floral Hairpin / Hungry Little Snuffbox / The Forbidden Bathtub (Will return in next year's summer event for Estival tokens)
* Neathbow box (Evergreen from here on out)
* Bronze Plaque with Your Name On it (Exclusive to this event)
* Something you haven't seen yet (Exclusive to this event)
* Something you haven't seen yet (Exclusive to this event)
* Something you haven't seen yet (Exclusive to this event)" - Bruno (FBG), 15:41 UTC (later edited)</ref>; later (at 16:23), Bruno realised he'd forgotten about one and corrected this number to three<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002612427898241105 Discord] "PS I forgot: there's actually three 'somethings' you haven't seen yet. I've updated the pinned post to reflect that.
(One of them is the promised reward for having bought an ushabti)" - Bruno (FBG), 16:23 UTC</ref>, including the rewards for turning in three Clues and buying an ushabti.

At 15:51, Bruno sent some of the earliest players to seek the Mind Clue some {{IL|Darkdrop Coffee}}, as a 'reward for their bravery'<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002604346275545139 Discord] "(Also: I've sent the handful of players who got the Mind of a Long-Dead God clue some darkdrop coffee.. so they can recoup some of their actions once they make it out. This is a one-off reward for their bravery, if you're going to go for it now you do so at your own risk.)" - Bruno (FBG), 15:51 UTC</ref>. At 16:06, it was explained that most of the {{IL|Progress in an Investigation}} was being 'held back' until Monday, both to give players more time to find Clues and (presumably) to avoid having the developers working on the weekend<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002608091520565299 Discord] "ftr: Most of the Investigation Progress is held back until the weekend is over, so it'll start going up quickly (in hourly ticks) on Monday." - Bruno (FBG), 16:06 UTC</ref>.

== 30 July ==
''"O hey y'all found the crocs"<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">- LukeFBG''<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1002852549080141874 Discord] LukeFBG, 8:17 UTC</ref></p>

A new [[Hunting the Beasts of the Zee|zee-beast hunt]] for [[Hunt a feral crocodile|the newly-emerged Second City feral crocodiles]] was discovered, unlocked by [[Clue Propagation: Emergence of Feral Crocodilians|enough people turning in the Sophia's clue]].

At 15:29 UTC, {{IL|Clue: Ushabti Purpose}} became the final clue to have the 'straightforward' version of its hint become visible.

== 31 July ==
''"Like I can imagine while the FL PCs are off killing themselves at Zee and staring into the Wax Wind, classes in the Department of Pseudoethics at Benthic are having a field day with impromptu class discussions over the nature of the ushabtiu and whether it’s ethical to hunt them or not"<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">- Hespiderean Cheesemonger''<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1003398724745175090 Discord] Hespiderean Cheesemonger, 20:28 UTC</ref></p>

Very little of note happened in-game, although the Discord played host to discussion of the ethics of hunting ushabtiu, and then a series of jokes about cooking and eating the contents of an ushabti.

== 1 August ==
''the highest praise you can give my work is "this makes me scream and cry and throw up"<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Bruno''<ref>[https://twitter.com/NotBrunoAgain/status/1553897302762430464 Bruno on Twitter] 00:16 UTC</ref></p>

At 00:01 UTC, {{IL|Progress in an Investigation}} reached 50% completion. At 8:49, it was confirmed<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1003585129370882121 Discord] "Once the next stage unlocks, you'll be able to turn in clues until you play the branches that progress the story (or until the event closes). It should be pretty obviously meta-texted" - LukeFBG, 8:49 UTC</ref> that Clues could be obtained and turned in until you played the branches that progressed to the next stage of the story, which would be available from when {{IL|Progress in an Investigation}} reached 100% until the end of the event.

At 10:01 UTC, 72 hours after the beginning of the stage, {{IL|Progress in an Investigation}} received its first 'bump' of held-back progress, going from 53.4% to 62.5%. At 11:01, it jumped from 62.8% to 72.8%. At 14:00 UTC, the fifth bump pushed the progress to 100%, opening the next stage.

Players could progress to this stage by attending a [[In Which a Potential Solution is Found|demonstration]] from Gebrandt, where whe showed that a suitable perfume could lure nearby ushabtiu through a mirror and into Parabola, and then [[The Perfumer's Labours|requested help]] manufacturing vast amounts of the perfume. Players could either [[Render your assistance to Gebrandt's assistants|assist her assistants]] or gather up to five shipments of the necessary ingredients. Instructions explained that helping the assistants or delivering a shipment would unlock a unique item later, and that making further deliveries would increase a vanity quality. There were five different ingredients that could be delivered:

* {{IL|Sample of Delicately Distilled Grief}}, obtained from [[An Empress' Grief]] in {{IL|The Shuttered Palace}}
* {{IL|Firkin of Poisonous Waters}}, obtained from [[Collect poisonous water flowing out of the Sere Palace (With Gonfaloniere 0-1)|the Sere Palace]] (cost {{IL|Esteem of the Guild}} 5) in {{IL|Jericho Locks}}
* {{IL|Vial of Nile Crocodile Gall}}, obtained from [[Finish off the crocodile, and collect its gall]] when hunting a feral crocodile
* {{IL|Mirrorcatch Box Filled with Honeyed Cosmogone}}, obtained from [[Obtain a box full of honeyed cosmogone]] (cost a {{IL|Mirrorcatch Box}} and honey) atop {{IL|The Dome of Scales}}
* {{IL|Quantum of Transposed Time}}, obtained from [[Manufacture a quantum of transposed time]] (cost a {{IL|Searing Enigma}}, required a {{IL|Betrayer of Measures}}) in {{IL|Reflection of your Laboratory}}

The ingredients had warnings that they would disappear after a week and thus couldn't be hoarded.

Each ingredient delivery gave 500 {{IL|Curator's Gratitude|Appearance=Gratitude}}, and all but the first needed 5 in a relevant advanced skill (aka MAGCATSZD); as such, there were numerous complaints about the wildly differing costs and requirements of the ingredients, with the Grief costing a single action (and possibly some menaces) and the Firkin, Box and Quantum costing the equivalent of 62.5{{e}}.

Each ingredient delivery or assistant-helping increased the {{IL|Perfumer's Progress}} World Quality; once this reached 1000000 and {{IL|The Final Distillation}} reached 24 (i.e. 24 hours after the stage opened, 13:00 UTC the next day), the next stage would be unlocked. {{IL|Perfumer's Progress}} reached 100% completion at 16:19 UTC.

== 2 August ==
''"I would usually post a gif of some sort here, demonstrating the frequency and intensity of the vibration I am currently exhibiting, but those are FORBIDDEN, so I would request instead for you all to instead IMAGINE such an image."<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Neonir (Lord Gregory)''<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/770266641762091079/1003978722040369232 Discord] 10:54 UTC</ref></p>

At 13:00 UTC, {{IL|The Final Distillation}} reached 24 and the next stage was unlocked; by this time, {{IL|Perfumer's Progress}} had reached 393.5% of the target value.

Gebrandt switched on her perfume machine, and the ushabtiu entered Parabola. Afterwards, the player could [[In Which a Rare Meteorological Phenomenon, Seldom Seen in London, is Recorded|walk through the rainfall triggered by the perfume clouds]] and consider how they felt about what had taken place, recieving a {{IL|Vestige of a Starlit Reverie}} - the first time this item had been available since the Clearing-Out.

Afterwards, the three remaining event-exclusive items became available; two ({{IL|An Initiate into the Perfumer's Arts}}, a {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} [[Affiliation]] and the reward for helping with the perfume; and {{IL|Your Name in F.F. Gebrandt's Address Book}}, a {{IL|A Player of Chess}} [[Affiliation]] and the reward for turning in at least three clues) available from [[Speak with Gebrandt, the Museum Curator|Gebrandt]] in the museum, and the third ({{IL|A Stalking Stone Shadow Beyond the Glass}}, a {{IL|Mithridacy}} affiliation and the reward for buying an ushabti) in Parabola, at the conclusion of a newly available [[Search Parabola for a Second City vessel|hunt]].

== 5 August ==
At 13:00 UTC, the event came to a close an hour earlier than expected, unlocking the epilogue card [[An Unexpected Gift]]. By this point, {{IL|Progress in an Investigation}} reached 9681928, 968.1% of its target value; and {{IL|Perfumer's Progress}} reached 6274200, 627.4% of its target.

At 13:31, the event was reopened due to its early closing, with a new end time of 15:00 UTC. When the event re-ended, {{IL|Progress in an Investigation}} had reached 9862594 (986.3%) and {{IL|Perfumer's Progress}} had reached 6285200 (628.5%).

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