A Request from Zaira | |
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Category | Story Event |
Type | Story |
Linked to | Isle of Cats |
Data ID | 169506 |
A Request from Zaira is a Sunless Sea Story Event.
Zaira is one of the Patrons in the Isle of Cats.
Trigger conditions[ | ]
Zaira can be visited in the Isle of Cats if you have the following:
- Isle of Cats: Lady of the Cages' Patronage = 1 [Accepted Zaira's Patronage]
Story description[ | ]
When you enter, the Lady of the Cages is sitting on the window-sill, staring out at her gardens. On the desk is an open casket: within are ten gleaming vials of red honey, carefully packed.
"Freshly harvested by the Melliferous Sisters. Touch them, go on. They're still warm from the honey-spinner!" Zaira turns toward you. "They are for the Merchant Venturer, over in London. You'll take them for me, won't you? Unless you already have? No. Clearly not. No."
Interactions[ | ]
Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
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Accept
You are hardly squeamish about smuggling red honey. If you change your mind, you could always turn the shipment over to the Admiralty instead. |
"Do say hello to the Merchant Venturer for me, won't you? He was such a awful child." Zaira's lips curve into something like a smile. "I drank the memories of someone that went to school with him." You must make some sort of sound, because she gives you a little shrug. "I like to know my business partners. It was Leopold's idea, of course. He's very thorough."
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Refuse
You think of lamplighter bees and Cage-Gardens, and your mouth, of its own volition, shapes a refusal. |
"You are a smuggler aren't you? Or are you the painter? No, that's someone else." Zaira sighs. "It seems very strange - a smuggler that doesn't want to smuggle. But maybe you - ? No. Oh dear. I've been insensitive, haven't I? I'm terribly sorry. I'm sure you can't help it. The cowardice, I mean." |
Isle of Cats story events | |
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A Message for Zaira • A Request from Zaira • Cavendish Abbey • The Honeyed Tongue • The Rose and Tiger |