There's something familiar about this tale...
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From: Spread your Tale of Terror
'The Mottled Man?' That's a familiar phrase...
Game Instructions: This may give you a Sense of Déjà Vu, beginning a story of chance and madness.
Challenge information
A matter of luck: Pretty good odds (success chance: 70%)
Success
A slim, cheaply-produced volume
It's the work of a Fidgeting Writer whose clear talent never translated into success.[…] But something about it is familiar, like an itch on the inside of your skull. This poem in particular, in which the protagonist is scrutinised by bestial giants.
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Success Instructions: Use a Sense of Déjà Vu in your inventory to investigate further.
- You've gained 1 x Sense of Déjà Vu
- You've lost 1 x Tale of Terror!!
Failure
This is driving you to distraction!
There's something about this poem-cycle and its convoluted stanzas about gulfs of time and predatory eyes that's d__nably familiar. But you just can't place it!
In the end, frustration wins and you hurl the book from the window.[…][Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- You've lost 1 x Tale of Terror!!