Make the sacrifice

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ID: 5752

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From: A dream about a sacrifice (A Game of Chess)

Step forward. Close your eyes. Trust that you will know what to do when the time comes.

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Challenge information

A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 50%)

Success

You make your decision

You step forward, close your eyes, and push the girl over the edge. Thunder carries her away. You are left with only a cat for company. "Well, that's torn it," says the cat. "War's lost, then."

•  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
•  Having Recurring Dreams: A Game of Chess is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  Having Recurring Dreams: What the Thunder Said is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  Walking the Falling Cities is increasing… (+5 CP)
•  Approaching the Gates of the Garden is increasing… (+5 CP)

Rare Success

A rare wisdom

You step forward, and leap off the cliff. The thunder speaks. "You are foolish and brave. I will take you to the North, and […] I will save you from the sea and I will take you to the spring that the dead men long for."

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• Nightmares is dropping… (-1 CP)
•  Having Recurring Dreams: A Game of Chess is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  You've gained 30 x Cryptic Clue
•  Having Recurring Dreams: What the Thunder Said is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  Walking the Falling Cities is increasing… (+5 CP)
•  Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is increasing… (+5 CP)
•  Approaching the Gates of the Garden is increasing… (+5 CP)

Failure

You make your choice

You step forward, close your eyes and walk over the edge of the cliff. The wind whispers in your ear. "That was nobly done. The war is won. You, on the other hand, I must to take to sea." You keep your eyes closed.

•  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
•  Having Recurring Dreams: A Game of Chess is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  Having Recurring Dreams: What the Thunder Said is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  Walking the Falling Cities is increasing… (+5 CP)
•  Approaching the Gates of the Garden is increasing… (+5 CP)