Find Mackay in dreams

ID: 4525

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From: Ambition: Nemesis – interrogating Mackay

Prisoner's honey physically transports its eaters to a dream-world. If your wits are very keen, you may be able to navigate through dreams and find Mackay, without resorting to unpleasantness in the real world. But there will be distractions...

Challenge information

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• 23 - very chancy (41%)
• 29 - chancy (52%)
• 34 - modest (61%)
• 40 - very modest (72%)
• 45 - low-risk (81%)
• 51 - straightforward (92%)
• 55 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

There were worse ways to reach your goal...

[…] you manage to find him[…]

[…] twenty years ago.[…] cross-breeding exile's rose with flowers from hell.[…] he delivered […] at the Shuttered Palace[…]

The key? […] in the Forgotten Quarter […] the red honey. […] he begins to sob […] "The boy"[…]

Description summary:
You track Mackay inside the dream. He tells you that 20 years ago he was paid to carry special honey, made from cross-breeding exile's rose and flowers from hell, up to the Shuttered Palace. He doesn't know who paid him or who accepted the honey. He begins to sob when asked what this honey does. The key you found is for a crypt in the Forgotten Quarter, where a jar of the red honey is stored.

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Success Instructions:

You can journey to the Forgotten Quarter from your map.

You can journey to the Shuttered Palace from your map.

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Ambition: Nemesis has increased to 9 - You can start further investigations in the Forgotten Quarter or the Shuttered Palace!
•  You've gained 1 x Mackay's Story
•  Hedonist is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
•  An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: the Forgotten Quarter' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
•  An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: the Archaeological Dig' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
•  An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: the Shuttered Palace' Quality is now 1! (hidden)

Redirects to: Ambition: Nemesis – who was it?

Failure

You've been distracted.

You wander in a hedge maze of wild roses, amid delicious scents, in the company of youths and maidens of extraordinary beauty and friendliness. […] Mackay is close. But […] you lose track of him. Eventually, you wake yourself with a stern effort […]

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Hedonist is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
•  Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)