A Masque in the Marshes

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From: The Heron Tower: Events at a Lair in the Marshes

The idea came to you in a dream. Blind-fold twelve guests with parabola-linen. Hire servants and supplies for suitable scents and sounds, to simulate the Surface. Ensure no-one steps in quicksand.

Game Instructions: This will exchange your Parabola-Linen for a substantial quantity of Making Waves.

Unlocked with Renown: Bohemians 5, A Person of Some Importance 1, Touched by Fingerwork 5, 1000 x Penny, 1 x Parabola-Linen Scrap, 1 x Key to a Lair in the Marshes

Success

A series of surprises

[…] One talks delightedly of mountains. One acquires an intense fear of fire. A third giggles lasciviously and will not speak of what she experienced. A fourth tears off his blindfold and eats it. […]

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• Making Waves is increasing… (+64-75 CP)
• You've lost 1 x Parabola-Linen Scrap
• Persuasive is increasing… (+10 CP)
• Touched by Fingerwork is dropping… (-10 CP)
• A Connoisseur of Neathy Delights is increasing… (+1 CP)

Rare Success

A series of surprises

They see[…] peculiar things through the bindings of Parabola-linen. […]All agree it was[…] worth the journey out to Bugsby's Marsh. […]You do not speak of the thirteenth guest you saw: a long-necked gentleman, […]who watched from the party's edge[…]

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• Making Waves is increasing… (+ ~82 - ~108 CP)
• You've lost 1 x Parabola-Linen Scrap
• You've gained 1 x Direful Reflection
• Persuasive is increasing… (+? CP)
• Touched by Fingerwork is dropping… (-10 CP)
• A Connoisseur of Neathy Delights is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 11)