Talk your way in

ID: 8688

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From: Room 122

The guards run a profitable sideline, charging their colleagues a fat fee to goggle at the 'Great Blue'. They don't admit just anyone, though.

Unlocked with

Challenge information

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• 80 - very chancy (41%)
• 100 - chancy (51%)
• 119 - modest (61%)
• 139 - very modest (71%)
• 158 - low-risk (81%)
• 178 - straightforward (91%)
• 195 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

The Thing in the cradle

[…]dim blue light,[…] from a metallic cradle[…]

[…] an enormous deep sea crustacean […] coated in sharp crystalline armour […] a dozen clawed legs, held […] with iron hoops.[…] Only half the eyes seem responsive[…] The creature pulses blue light […]

Description summary:
You see a metallic cradle, connected to all sorts of machinery. In it is a huge sea creature, which pulses blue light. It seems to be in really bad shape.

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• Persuasive is increasing…
•  Exploring the Orphanage is increasing… (+1 CP)
• You've lost 15 x Relic of the Third City

Failure

No admittance

The guard's eyes beneath his mask are blue and flinty, like glim. "I don't know you," he says. "Now bugger off before I call someone".

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  Attracting Attention in the Orphanage is increasing… (+1 CP)