| Testing the Cigar | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Linked to | Rosegate, Rosegate: The Fate of a Cigar |
| Data ID | 230559 |
Testing the Cigar is a Sunless Sea Story Event.
Story description[ | ]
The Crotchety Tobacconist kneels beside the tub, holding his latest creation. He is still, utterly focused, but the glint of a tear running down his cheek belies his composed posture. "It has to work," he mutters. "It has to work this time."
Trigger conditions[ | ]
Testing the Cigar is triggered when you do the Help him get to work or Offer yourself in place of the Apprentice actions in 
The Wrapper.
Interactions[ | ]
The rewards are linked to the level of the three flavours you have achieved.
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
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| The time has come
The cigar is in his hand. He must test it. |
Rosegate: The Final Flavour = 1 [A taste of hate]
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The Crotchety Tobacconist lowers the cigar into the water with shaking hands. He fumbles in his breast pocket for a cylinder of nevercold brass; it slips into the water with a hiss. Fishing it out, he holds it to the tip of the submerged cigar. The end starts to throb with a dull glow. "My god!" he cries. "It works!"
He lowers his face into the water, and draws on the cigar. He sits up, holding the smoke in. His eyes are closed, his expression is one of rapture. It feels like a long time before he speaks. "It burns with hate. At one moment, it has the rawness of... Rosegate: The Bitter Flavour. But this is tempered with such sweetness, like... Rosegate: The Luscious Flavour - that one revels in the taste. And this is united in a body of... Rosegate: The Robust Flavour. Oh, Addressed As - we've done it!"  Rosegate: The Bitter Flavour / 2 x Zee-ztory
 Rosegate: The Robust Flavour / 2 x Tale of Terror!!
 Rosegate: The Luscious Flavour / 2 x Vision of the Surface
 - Rosegate: The Robust Flavour x Hunger
 - Rosegate: The Luscious Flavour x Terror
 Rosegate: The Bitter Flavour x Fragment
 (( Rosegate: The Robust Flavour / 79) + (Rosegate: The Bitter Flavour / 79) + (Rosegate: The Luscious Flavour / 79) )+ 1 x Extraordinary Implication
 ( Rosegate: The Robust Flavour + Rosegate: The Luscious Flavour + Rosegate: The Bitter Flavour) / 299 x Secret
 Rosegate: The Fate of a Cigar = 40 [You aided the Crotchety Tobacconist in creating the underwater cigar]
Triggers event:  Rosegate: After the Cigar
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| It is time
The cigar is complete, and you still live - though the wound is raw enough that breathing causes intermittent flashes of agony. After your sacrifice, the Tobacconist has to go ahead. He must test the cigar. |
Rosegate: The Final Flavour = 2 [A taste of passion]
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Realisation
The Crotchety Tobacconist lowers the cigar into the water with shaking hands. He fumbles in his breast pocket for a cylinder of nevercold brass; it slips into the water with a hiss. Fishing it out, the Tobacconist holds it to the tip of the submerged cigar. The end starts to throb with a dull glow. "My God!" he cries. "It works!" He lowers his face into the water, and draws on the cigar. He sits up, holding the smoke in. His eyes are closed, his expression is one of rapture. It feels like a long time before he speaks. "It burns with passion. At one moment, it has the rawness of... Rosegate: The Bitter Flavour. But this is tempered with such sweetness, like... Rosegate: The Luscious Flavour - that one revels in the taste. And this is united in a body of... Rosegate: The Robust Flavour. Oh, Addressed As - we've done it!" +Rosegate: The Bitter Flavour / 2 x Zee-ztory
+Rosegate: The Robust Flavour / 2 x Tale of Terror!!
+Rosegate: The Luscious Flavour / 2 x Vision of the Surface
-Rosegate: The Robust Flavour x Hunger
-Rosegate: The Luscious Flavour x Terror
+Rosegate: The Bitter Flavour x Fragment
(( Rosegate: The Robust Flavour / 79) + (Rosegate: The Bitter Flavour / 79) + (Rosegate: The Luscious Flavour / 79) )+ 1 x Extraordinary Implication
( Rosegate: The Robust Flavour + Rosegate: The Luscious Flavour + Rosegate: The Bitter Flavour) / 299 x Secret
Rosegate: The Fate of a Cigar = 40 [You aided the Crotchety Tobacconist in creating the underwater cigar]
Triggers event: Rosegate: After the Cigar
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