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Artificer posted:Fascinating sure but I sure as hell wouldn't want to live there. It sounds absolutely miserable. Such is the life of all sailors. Long periods of boredom followed by short, bright segments of wonder and terror that grow in the remembering, Zailors are much the same, only several million times more so. Fallen London itself, on the other hand, isn't half bad as long as you mind the drownies and the sorrow-spiders. You've got to go to a lot of effort to seriously inconvenience people in a city where the difference between a morgue and a hotel is that people stay in hotels for longer.
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Redeye Flight posted:That's about the only good news relating to anything relating to the Revolutionaries. Typical bourgeoisie propaganda. 
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Journal entry forty-one – Loyalties From The Journal of Captain Petra Blackwood, January 9th, 1889 This has been an amazing experience on many levels.   Even the trip was illuminating, in a way. I didn't imagine a system of locks could travel so far up.  Everything here is bright in a way it never is in the Neath. The breeze comes in strong, and there are birds and insects everywhere. It is as unlike the 'Neath as deep amber from marmalade.  Fortunately, the trip wasn't far, and largely kept to the shallow waters near the coasts. I've been told the Mediterranean is the shallowest and calmest of all the surface seas, and even so, I don't think the Checkmate is built for the kind of weather they see up here.   We put into port in Naples. The city was vibrant. Alive. Noisy and hot. It was like London in many ways, but more different than similar.   To my surprise, as we prepared to disembark from the ship, Phoebe came on-deck and made a request of me. She wanted to go visit her homeland. Of course, I wasn't going to refuse; The ticket was not insignificant, but not expensive enough that it mattered, not in the long run. I hope the woman finds peace up here that she never could have below.  Say hello to one of the Legacy items. 'A Dream of Red' gives all future captains +25 Hearts. You get it for finding Phoebe a proper home. There's two places to do it, but the surface is really far, far easier of the two.  Unfortunately, I had to go even further inland if I was to properly sell off the coffee I'd brought. A ride on a train was all it took, of course... The Surface is so vast. There are no railways this long in the 'Neath. Hardly any rails at all, in fact.   Vienna seems to have a problem. The revolutionaries that plot in London seem to have taken nest here, as well. Probably no small number of English ex-patriots, displaced by the selling of their city, have come here and now brood in hate and resentment. An individual even recognized me as a 'Neather, probably because of my skin, and asked if I'd be returning below soon. And if I could bring something with me. I said I'd think about it and moved on.   I eventually found a man interested in buying my coffee. The owner of a coffee shop – an establishment that looked like it would be right at home in Veilgarden, a place after my own heart. The owner is a dreary man, but he knows good coffee when he tastes it and offered a more-than-fair price for the load I'd brought up. It was, indeed, enough to cover the trip.  Upon my return to Naples, I checked in with my crew. I'd left a few orders while I was away.  Slaan had done well in terms of provisioning the ship. Food here is so very cheap, compared to below, and for such quality! We could eat like kings here. Kings of the 'Neath, at least. It does, a little, make me wonder what the kings up here eat. I cannot imagine how one can make food more luxurious than this.  The crew had gotten a chance to taste the life of the surface. As I prepared to depart, the crew assembled, and we all noticed Lotus was missing. Maybe she has decided to stay. Perhaps the Sun got her. Either way, we don't have time to stay and look for her.    Finally, we returned to the Neath. I can now say what few of my generation can – I've visited the Surface and returned unharmed. I enjoyed myself, certainly, but I feel like... Whatever I was meant to do, to learn, went undone. I'll have to consider that, and make a return trip soon. Perhaps the oddest thing of all of this – Upon returning to the 'Neath, everyone is insisting it's still January 9th, despite me spending four days on the surface. Well. I'm not going to argue with every person I meet. I think it's best just not to think about this. For now, we head north, to return to London and restock. January 10th, 1889  Having seen cities comparable in London in size, now, I feel more happy than ever to be coming home. There's just something comforting about this place.    As soon as we arrived in London, the Hands-On Diplomat told me it was time to complete my charge. I oversaw docking as quickly as possible and started to fill me in on the details of the mission.  It was enough to start giving me second thoughts. On the other hand, if he is working with Snuffers, maybe he's not the man I thought he was. Voting time! On two different issues, in fact. First, do we support the anarchists? I should point out, Supremacy – London and Supremacy – Anarchists are, naturally, mutually exclusive. And we're almost done with the London supremacy. Finishing Port Carnelian should do it. Second, do we let the Hands-On Diplomat get her hands on the dapper chap, or do we save him?
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For the sake of the kid, save the Dapper Chap. London orphanages are not a good place to be in, not at all.
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Save The Dapper Chap! You wouldn't betray your own lover, would you? And support Anarchy, too.
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Oh, yeah, support London. Given the year, the anarchists above the surface are likely people crying against the laws of absolutist tyrants, but the ones below the surface... Well, they're also crying against the laws of absolutist tyrants, but the laws in question also happen to be the laws of nature, and things would get kinda hectic without them. 
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Jul 16, 2015 19:38
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Save the Dapper Chap! We can double-date, cap'n! And Rule Britannia! I don't trust these 'liberation of night' jackanapes.
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Jul 16, 2015 19:40
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my dad posted:For the sake of the kid, save the Dapper Chap. London orphanages are not a good place to be in, not at all. It should be noted, we don't have a child at this point - we have a scion. They're different qualities, and letting the Dapper Chap die won't remove us having a scion. Our kid's already out at zee, anyway. An orphanage (although not THE orphanage) might be safer.
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Jul 16, 2015 19:41
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Save the Chap, and support London. Monarchy over Anarchy!
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Jul 16, 2015 19:45
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For the Chap and for London!
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mcclay posted:For the Chap and for London! This. Also can someone remind me when did we receive this grim commission against our own beloved?
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Jul 16, 2015 19:55
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Not sure what to do about the chap but I'm fairly certain we should Support London over the Anarchists.
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Jul 16, 2015 20:00
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Let him die and support the anarchists. loving around with creatures that steal the faces of people is never ever a good idea.
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Black Wombat posted:It should be noted, we don't have a child at this point - we have a scion. They're different qualities, and letting the Dapper Chap die won't remove us having a scion. Oh! Well, in that case, I change my vote to geting rid of that Chap-lookalike
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paradoxGentleman posted:Also can someone remind me when did we receive this grim commission against our own beloved? Last update it was revealed that the snuffer in Port Carnelian was sent by a possibly-rogue Presbyterate agent from London. Everyone hates snuffers, and we took the Hands-on Diplomat on to root out whoever had been working with them. Plot twist, the Chap's in charge of Presbyterate affairs over there! Doopliss fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Jul 16, 2015 |
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Jul 16, 2015 20:35
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Support London and save the Dapper Chap. Making a potentially ill-advised decision in the name of love is practically a public service in a Fallen City, after all.
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I say we Save the Chap and Support London. I've always had my suspicions about this part of the mission... and I think it a little odd that we were to deliver the snuffer alive, and shortly after take a brand new agent with us... Also, I think there's a third way to get the Hearts book, since I stumbled on the other way during a playthrough and while tougher, I wouldn't call it much much harder. Befriending the Station III Acolyte got me the book. I assume the really hard way is an embassy at Aestival?
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Jul 16, 2015 20:49
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Save the Chap, and Support London! If the Anarchists lose I'll have a writeup on them ready sharpish.
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Jul 16, 2015 21:03
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London Kill the Chap
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I'm suspicious of the diplomat as well as the dapper chap, now. At least the child is safe so I am ambivalent on the matter. However, London forever.
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Jul 16, 2015 21:15
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Support London, and thus kill the Chap.
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Jul 16, 2015 21:46
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London is the greatest city on the Unterzee, and don't you forget it! Also Kill the Chap
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You have to imagine Naples does fantastic business on the food side of things. "Huh. Miraculous bullshit from deep beneath the earth. You don't say. Well, this is food that is not made of either mushrooms or fish." "Glad to do business with you."
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Long live London and help your Dapper Chap live longer.
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It's good to see that Kalan made it through her hellish ordeal on the surface. She's a true survivor! Also, support London and Scrap the Chap
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Kill that dang chap! As a side note, this thread convinced me to both buy Sunless Sea and start sinking my time into Fallen London. It's very much fun, thanks!
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Elfface posted:I've always had my suspicions about this part of the mission... and I think it a little odd that we were to deliver the snuffer alive, and shortly after take a brand new agent with us... The snuffer you captured was working as an aide to the governor, I think that would mean it already understood English.
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Kill the chap and for London!
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Nothing changes loyalties like the homeland sending a hitman after you, so save our chap, for London! Also thanks for showing this off, would have gone under my radar otherwise.
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A chap with this much dap is a rare thing. Best save him. Besides, it's not like YOU told him about the whole eating-people thing. A healthy relationship allows both participants some breathing room for personal secrets. Also, for the sake of novelty and the pleasing sounds big expensive things make when you smash them, down with london.
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paradoxGentleman posted:They have their moments, yes. I meant to post this earlier, but there's more by that artist on their tumblr. They're all just as great.
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Save the chap and strike a blow against the tyrant oppressors! 
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It occurs to me that you could pretty easily test for Snuffers in public positions just by subjecting suspects to a little light killing -- a stabbing, a cut throat, something of that form. An actual human will recover within a few days, while a Snuffer will die permanently on the spot. The things that the Neath lets you do, huh?
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Down with London but Save that Man. No reason not to stir the pot a little, and see what bubbles on up.
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Antivehicular posted:It occurs to me that you could pretty easily test for Snuffers in public positions just by subjecting suspects to a little light killing -- a stabbing, a cut throat, something of that form. An actual human will recover within a few days, while a Snuffer will die permanently on the spot. The things that the Neath lets you do, huh? On the other hand even though in the 'Neath people do not always die when they are killed it's still very painful and inconvenient.
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Neruz posted:On the other hand even though in the 'Neath people do not always die when they are killed it's still very painful and inconvenient. So just another part of securing a public office, then. Serve London, save the Chap.
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mcclay posted:For the Chap and for London! I also agree with this vote.
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