Thread:ZDee/@comment-3400522-20130329121837/@comment-6042046-20130330030207

I thought Cabinet Noir connected in Nex-locked content if you pursued the supernatural path? That's my guess, though; I never bought those Nex-locked story branches. My memory's a bit hazy on this, but your CN character gets a mention of "some bad business in London" during the introductory storylets. I thought this was the CN nod back to FL for FL's nods to CN.

"Either way, France was one of the big powers in Europe around 1900, so it's not too surprising they've developed networks in the Great Game. Colonies and all, you know."

Yes, maybe they're merely references to the past rivalries of England and France for historical flavor and I'm overthinking it. This is the most plausible explanation. I'll stick with this theory!

My alt is spinning 'round the carousels for the sake of PoSI status. She needs a Whirring Contraption, a Legal Document, and Strong-Backed Labour to put together a Velocipede to impress the Ambitious Barrister. Using the Bazaar Side-streets' conversion options is so expensive! But considering how many loops I have to jump through to get those Velocipede ingredients in Wilmot's End, maybe I should have sucked it up and paid for them in the Side-streets? My alt also fails the Wilmot's End challenges 25% of the time. D:

I don't like Wilmot's End, either. These spies are the worst conversationalists! They come up to you, mumble something incoherent or vague, abruptly stop talking halfway through a sentence and then they walk away. Hmph, I hope they don't talk to their mothers like that!

Zeedee chose The Great Game as his alignment faction for the Spending Secrets story and I rather regret it. The Great Game is one of my least liked factions. When the Numismatrix asked me to choose a side, I wasn't familiar enough with the factions to make an informed choice; I wanted to continue the storyline so I immediately chose one, and The Great Game seemed like a good option at the time (secrets, money and power going hand-in-hand). If I had to do it again, I'd probably choose the Urchins. I can only hope FL releases the next portion of Spending Secrets soon, the one that allows us to change factions.