Fallen London: Hello, Delicious Playgrounders

[CarpeGuitarrem]

Yeah. I feel the same. Just reading hte descriptions makes me salivate. I think I wouldn't even want to trade them in, if those are for that purpose, too.

Precisely! It'd seem like an absolute waste.

I guess I forgot to post here - in FL I'm Szadovar.

Sorry about the cat business earlier - should have checked that before trusting some unverified information.

Ah, no worries. But yeah, you're better off sending catboxes directly to recipient.

[Pseudo_Nym]

I am now "Attending to the Needs of a Singular Plant." Judging by the game's insistance that it's perfectly harmless, it will no doubt soon discover a taste for human flesh.

I never liked my neighbors, anyway.

In other news, what use is a Talkative Rattus Faber? When equipped, all my attributes become negative, everything is "almost impossible" (with a 0% chance of success), and my discription becomes merely "a gentleman." That's nice. I suppose I could feed him to the plant...

[CarpeGuitarrem]

I am now "Attending to the Needs of a Singular Plant." Judging by the game's insistance that it's perfectly harmless, it will no doubt soon discover a taste for human flesh.

In the long run, I haven't found the plant to be worth it. (Avoid the luck-based Opportunity cards for it like the plague, I would say. Even odds of decreasing your plant quality.) But you'd probably find the story to be enjoyable the first time through.

In other news, what use is a Talkative Rattus Faber? When equipped, all my attributes become negative, everything is "almost impossible" (with a 0% chance of success), and my discription becomes merely "a gentleman." That's nice. I suppose I could feed him to the plant...

Very sneaky use! Some stories are stat-capped, so you're no longer able to access them when your stats are at a certain level. This is a great way for you to replay them if you liked them; it effectively lets you play back through them for a few more levels.

Also, you get more change points in a stat for attempting more challenging tasks. If you're trying to level a stat, you'll be able to keep tasks difficult this way so that you level it faster.

[Hiro Protagonest]

Well, mine is a hell-plant, and the game doesn't give you the option to just kill and uproot the damn thing after learning what it is.

[Luzahn]

Hell is a problem, isn't it? Rest assured, there are plans in place.

By the way, is anybody interested in a cat-pass?

[Eldan]

Hell is a problem, isn't it? Rest assured, there are plans in place.

By the way, is anybody interested in a cat-pass?

Memememe! I still don't have a Starveling cat.

[Pseudo_Nym]

By the way, is anybody interested in a cat-pass?

I'd be.
Edit: But I think Eldan wants it more.

[Divayth Fyr]

If another is available I'll gladly take it (though Eldan and Pseudo_Nym have precedence).

[Luzahn]

Sent it out to Eldan. Hmm, I suddenly have a nagging suspicion that I spelled "apprised" wrong.

I'll have to get a starveling of my own one day. But I've already got some impressive pets, so it's no worry. My current profession gives me a great dog.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

By the by, for your amusement: I've been following the day-to-day activities of Doctor Taupe-Wainscot, the Most Boring Man in Fallen London. It's quite an amusing read. Here's his profile, should you wish to send him requests. A number of people are currently sending various Feast of the Extraordinary Rose gifts...that poor fellow.

[Hydranova]

A certain Someone has a profile. I really, REALLY want to see what happens if someone proposes to him.

[Pseudo_Nym]

That sounds like a bad idea. A terribly, irresistably, deliciously bad idea.

I'm thinking he's a buttered chess piece kind of guy.

[Hydranova]

What? No, GOOD HEAVENS MAN! What do you think he is, a BARBARIAN? Only low-lifes, scoundrels, and the devil (or chief Overgoat as the case may be) of Hell lower themselves to eat butter!

[Pseudo_Nym]

Certainly not ordinary butter. I say, sir, I say. The very thought of it.

But there are creatures of the Neath that produce, as it were, a most respectable buttery-like substance...

Edit: Sent Eldan a cat. I assume he'll tell us if he ever tires of the things.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

If Eldan tires of cats, we can also wait for the Square of Lofty Words cards to send him rats.

Also, I note that the Buttered Chess-Piece says "triply creamy zee-butter"...and I wonder what sort of butter that may be.

[Pseudo_Nym]

Speaking of rats, I seem to have an infestation. They're in my lodgings, my lunches, and my dreams, and it's really quite the nuisance. No painless answer to that, is there?

[Eldan]

I sent Mr Eaten a cat in the name of the playground.

[Hydranova]

I originally was going to send him a Jar of Teeth. However I looked up what happened to the guy who sent Mr Eaten a calling card back in December. I swiftly rescinded the offer.

[Pseudo_Nym]

I'm really taking a beating from these rats.

Technically, I'm taking a beating from my own senseless attempts to get rid of them, despite them causing far less harm than I'm causing myself. I'm paying large amounts of rostygold for the privilage of having my lodgings sprayed with large amounts of poison, giving me large amounts of wounds. And I'm still barely making progress. Not going to stop me, though.

What happened to the guy who sent Mr. Eaten a calling card? Do we need to worry about Eldan?

[Hydranova]

Well, what I heard happen is, you can choose to go someplace where you can fail leaving. And you can't have more than a certain amount of menaces to even try leaving. And the only way to lower those menaces is through Time, the Healer. I'd look up Mr Eaten's Calling Card for the juicy details.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

As a quick sum-up, it was a chain of meta-events (and a glitch or two) which eventually led to a bit of a fiasco that suspended Seeking Mr. Eaten's Name until such time as they could rework it.

[Eurus]

Man, that's really sad. Mr. Eaten was probably the most unique and fascinating experiment in that game, and it's unfortunate that people reacted so negatively to what you'd think was always going to be inherently experimental and risky content (and any new content is always rough and potentially glitchy, that's just how it works and one of the risks of racing ahead).

[Luzahn]

Does anybody know what the "The Neath's Mysteries" card actually does when someone is invited? I'm thinking it might be useful for a new player to receive, but I honestly have no idea.

[Hydranova]

As a quick sum-up, it was a chain of meta-events (and a glitch or two) which eventually led to a bit of a fiasco that suspended Seeking Mr. Eaten's Name until such time as they could rework it.

Wait, SMEN was actually postponed?

Does anybody know what the "The Neath's Mysteries" card actually does when someone is invited? I'm thinking it might be useful for a new player to receive, but I honestly have no idea.

I think it increases one of your Neath's mysteries qualities (Seeing Through the Eyes of Icarus, Walking through the Fallen Cities, Touched by Fingerwork, and Seeking the Gates of the Garden).

[Eldan]

Wait, SMEN was actually postponed?

Seems to be, yes. I was already a bit into it (Seeking the Number, IIRC), but now I can't find any way to advance further. Annoying, really, since I had already invested several prison terms and deaths into it.

[Pseudo_Nym]

Wait, SMEN was actually postponed?

What Went Wrong, What Came After

Rather depressing. I was looking forward to immense suffering and loss, and now it seems I've lost the opportunity. It will return, but 'it can't be exactly the same,' and 'it'll keep its fangs, but it'll have to be domesticated.' I'm not sure I like the sound of a domesticated Mr. Eaten...

[Iruka]

What Went Wrong, What Came After

Rather depressing. I was looking forward to immense suffering and loss, and now it seems I've lost the opportunity. It will return, but 'it can't be exactly the same,' and 'it'll keep its fangs, but it'll have to be domesticated.' I'm not sure I like the sound of a domesticated Mr. Eaten...

That link gives me a server error.

Thanks to everyone who sent me a gift! If I can gather enough stuff in time, I'll send you something in return.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

They're planning on bringing SMEN (with a little less brutality, it seems) in a couple months or so, I think.

[Luzahn]

I'm scraping together some of my odd items to send some gifts, so be on the lookout for those. Hopefully I'll be able to manage one for most people.

[Iruka]

I just found the Delicious Guide to Fallen London, would be a good link for the first post.