| A Visit to the Bazaar | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 180347 |
A Visit to the Bazaar is a Sunless Sea Story Event.
Story description[ | ]
She's down the gang-plank as soon as she's docked. "I need to talk to Penstock," she says. "The land agent. The one at the Bazaar." She hesitates; she bites her lip. "Will you come with me?"
Trigger conditions[ | ]
A Visit to the Bazaar is triggered in 
Fallen London if you have the following:
Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 2000
Interactions[ | ]
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| Go with her
Penstock's Land Agency: a modest office in an immodest location, hard against the eastern flank of the Bazaar - that spired fortress of commerce that towers over London. Penstock stoops like a clerk and coughs like a miner, but his eyes are very wise.
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 Objective: Deliveries from the Salt Lions ≤ 49 [You've run several loads of Sphinxstone]
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The Sundered Sea
"There is another sea beneath the Bazaar," Penstock declares. "A paler sea. Yes, I would imagine you might make the bargain your mother made. Yes, I helped her go down there. But she took a terrible chance even then... and the Bazaar is not well. Not now. Are you certain?"
 Penstock's Wicket
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| Go with her
Penstock's Land Agency: a modest office in an immodest location, hard against the eastern flank of the Bazaar - that spired fortress of commerce that towers over London. You've met Penstock before. He spares you a single regretful glance.
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Objective: Deliveries from the Salt Lions ≥ 50 and ≤ 99
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The Sundered Sea
"There is another sea beneath the Bazaar," Penstock declares. "A paler sea. Yes, I would imagine you might make the bargain your mother made. Yes, I helped her go down there. But she took a terrible chance even then... and the Bazaar is not well. Not now." (Another glance at you.) "Are you certain?"
Penstock's Wicket
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| Go with her
Penstock's Land Agency: a modest office in an immodest location, hard against the eastern flank of the Bazaar - that spired fortress of commerce that towers over London. You've met Penstock before. He cocks an eyebrow at you. "Don't you have business elsewhere?"
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Objective: Deliveries from the Salt Lions ≥ 100 and ≤ 149
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Sundered Sea
"There is another sea beneath the Bazaar," Penstock declares. "A paler sea. Yes, I would imagine you might make the bargain your mother made. Yes, I helped her go down there. But she took a terrible chance even then... and the Bazaar is not well. Not now." He looks meaningfully at you. "Which is why she needs help." He turns back to the Daughter. "Are you certain?"
Penstock's Wicket
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| Go with her
Penstock's Land Agency: a modest office in an immodest location, hard against the eastern flank of the Bazaar - that spired fortress of commerce that towers over London. You've met Penstock before. He gives you a long hard look, then turns his attention to the Daughter.
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Objective: Deliveries from the Salt Lions = 150 [You've delivered your last load of Sphinxstone]
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The Sundered Sea
"There is another sea beneath the Bazaar," Penstock declares. "A paler sea. Yes, I would imagine you might make the bargain your mother made. Yes, I helped her go down there. But she took a terrible chance even then... and the Bazaar is not well. Not now." (Another hard stare at you.) "Are you certain?"
Penstock's Wicket
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| Go with her
Penstock's Land Agency: a modest office in an immodest location, hard against the eastern flank of the Bazaar - that spired fortress of commerce that towers over London. You've met Penstock before. He gives you a warm smile, then turns his attention to the Daughter.
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Objective: Deliveries from the Salt Lions ≥ 151 [You've delivered your last load of Sphinxstone]
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The Sundered Sea
"There is another sea beneath the Bazaar," Penstock declares. "A paler sea. Yes, I would imagine you might make the bargain your mother made. Yes, I helped her go down there. But she took a terrible chance even then... although the Bazaar is healthier than she has been. It might be safer." He smiles at you. "A little safer." He turns back to the Daughter. "Are you certain?"
Penstock's Wicket
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| Let her go alone
...to an uncertain fate. You might never see her again.
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She returns
She moves with the assurance of an empress, but that's still the same smile. "No," she says. "If you wanted to know, you should have come with me." She winks. "I will say I have a new tattoo. But it's not one that anyone, ever, will see." Maybe's Daughter = 0
Maybe's Rival = 1
 +1 x Secret
Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 5000 [She passed through the Wicket, and has achieved an understanding with the Bazaar]
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| Rare event (30%) | |||
| She never returns
A day passes, and a bonded courier arrives. "Mr Penstock asked me to give you this," she says quietly, "and I'm to tell you that your officer's never coming back. That's all." "This" is the Daughter's golden necklace. It's not gold, of course; it's silver-gilt." Maybe's Daughter = 0
 +1 x Tale of Terror!!
 +1 x Outlandish Artefact
Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 4000 [She passed through the Wicket, and is gone]
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Penstock's Wicket[ | ]
| Penstock's Wicket | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 180274 |
Penstock's Wicket is a Sunless Sea Story Event.
Story description[ | ]
The Daughter follows Penstock back into the shop, to a redly lit grotto hollowed from the Bazaar's carapace. A heavily chained cage-lift awaits you there. It must descend into the most secret spaces of the Bazaar. "Penstock's Wicket," she says. "He has an understanding with the Bazaar. He let my mother pass through, long ago, to make her bargain. Now I will follow." Is that really such a terribly good idea?
Trigger conditions[ | ]
Penstock's Wicket is triggered when you do any of the Go with her actions in A Visit to the Bazaar.
Interactions[ | ]
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
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| Discourage her from passing through the Wicket
She has wanted this for so long. But you've known her long enough to realise that beneath her bravado, she is genuinely terrified.
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"Perhaps you're right."
She talks constantly as you return to the ship. How happy she is that you dissuaded her. How lucky she was not to fall prey to that temptation. How her mother was unhappy, obviously, truly. How she's more interested in engines than the Great Signs, anyway. How happy she is. But she needs to sleep for a while; to sleep for a while. Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 3000 [You discouraged her from passing through the Wicket]
Maybe's Daughter = 0
Nobody's Daughter = 1
 -10 x Terror
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| Let her go down under the Bazaar
"I want to match my mother," she says, reasonably. "I want to learn the Great Signs. The Courier - the Bazaar - is the only one who will teach me. I have to go."
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An ascent
The cage rises, rattling, into view. Your officer is shivering, caked with lumps of something like ivory-coloured snow - but grinning brilliantly. "The Sundered Sea!" she cries. "The Bazaar - oh, he's so much more than any Bazaar. My mother - I have back what she took from me." She taps you playfully on the shoulder as you haul back the lift door. "Thank you. Here's a little present I picked up on the shore." Did she get what she wanted? "Oh, yes. And so much more. I have one more tattoo now. But it's one that no one, ever, will see." Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 5000 [She passed through the Wicket, and has achieved an understanding with the Bazaar]
Maybe's Daughter = 0
Maybe's Rival = 1
+1 x Outlandish Artefact
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Game note: There is a possibility that she may never return. | |
| Rare event (25%) | |||
| A long and sorrowful wait
The lift descends rattling into the darkness, and is gone. You wait. At last Penstock comes to lead you away by the arm. "I have to close up now," he says. "It's almost midnight. You won't see her again." He looks up at the place where the Bazaar's carapace meets the ceiling. "The Bazaar... she's not cruel. But she's not kind either. I'm sorry, Addressed As. You won't see your officer again." Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 4000 [She passed through the Wicket, and is gone]
Maybe's Daughter = 0
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| Let her go down under the Bazaar
"I want to match my mother," she says, reasonably. "I want to learn the Great Signs. The Courier - the Bazaar - is the only one who will teach me. I have to go."
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Objective: Deliveries from the Salt Lions ≥ 151 [You've delivered your last load of Sphinxstone]
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An ascent
The cage rises, rattling, into view. Your officer is shivering, caked with lumps of something like ivory-coloured snow - but grinning brilliantly. "The Sundered Sea!" she cries. "The Bazaar - oh, he's so much more than any Bazaar. My mother - I have back what she took from me." She taps you playfully on the shoulder as you haul back the lift door. "Thank you. Here's a little present I picked up on the shore." Did she get what she wanted? "Oh, yes. And so much more. I have one more tattoo now. But it's one that no one, ever, will see." Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 5000 [She passed through the Wicket, and has achieved an understanding with the Bazaar]
Maybe's Daughter = 0
Maybe's Rival = 1
+1 x Outlandish Artefact
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Game note: There is a possibility that she may never return - but the work you've done to assist Penstock and the Bazaar means it's only a very small possibility. |
| Rare event (1%) | |||
| A long and sorrowful wait
The Daughter descends rattling into the darkness, and is gone. You wait. At last Penstock comes to lead you away by the arm. "I have to close up now," he says. "It's almost midnight. You won't see her again." He looks up at the place where the Bazaar's carapace meets the ceiling. "The Bazaar... she's not cruel. But she's not kind either. I'm sorry, Addressed As. You won't see your officer again." Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 4000 [She passed through the Wicket, and is gone]
Maybe's Daughter = 0
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