A disgraceful spectacle 2

SPOILERS AHEAD! BE WARNED!

A gentleman proceeds along the street: he is soberly dressed in all respects except one. A constellation of shining stones orbits his hat! (…) [A] Fisher-King dangles a fishing rod (…) attempting to snare a lone stone which circles teasingly high.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

Locked with A Headful of Picaresque Tales or A Blue and Shining Stone

Occurs with Rare Frequency (10% as common as Standard)

Options:

Ask the man: what are they?

•  Spoiler 

  

   

  Success

  An enigmatic response

  • You've gained 1 x Memory of Distant Shores

  [Loops back to the card's options screen. You can do this repeatedly. However, if you click "Perhaps not", the card disappears, so be sure to pick one of the other options worth 12.5 Echoes each when you're done instead of "Perhaps not".]

  ^

Ask why he is thus adorned

•  Spoiler 

  

   

  Success

  Black beer and misery

  • You have moved to a new area: Wolfstack Docks
  • You've lost 5 x Penny
  • You now have 1 x A Headful of Picaresque Tales

  ^

Snatch a stone

•  Spoiler 

  

   

  Success

  A handful!

  • You now have 1 x A Blue and Shining Stone

  ^