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A Weft of Unravelling Time
Sigil7
Category Story Event
Type Story
Data ID 294899


A Weft of Unravelling Time is a Discovery in Albion.

Log Entries[ | ]

A distortion in the sky, like looking through a glass of water.
A stifling rush of deja vu. Have you done this before? Will you do it again?
Time is loose, here. A crewman looks at his fingers, suddenly wizened with age, and laughs with childlike delight.
Here, the clock ticks thirteen times. The dates in your logbook writhe like burning witches. Time is broken.
Bells chime in the distance. Time ticks erratically here.
"Unravelling time. Nothing to worry about there, I'm sure." The Fatalistic Signalman laughs, hollowly.


A Weft of Unravelling Time[ | ]

You have strayed into a place where the weave of time has frayed. The sky groans. The borders that separate past and future crumble, and your engine is dragged in.

Interactions

Actions Requirements Effects Notes
Allow youself to be pulled into the Weft
You will not emerge unchanged.
The sky boils
The boiler rumbles. The chimneys spume. You urge your locomotive forward into the churn of time. The present quivers, falters, and is torn away... An Encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time(QuestInfo)
Command your crew to escape the Weft
They falter, haunted by times they thought they'd left behind, or cowed by glimpses of fate's plans. You bark your orders.
Failed event
Ensnared
The tear in time is too wide and too frantic. Your locomotive is snared. The present is buffeted by ragged days from times long ago, and swamped by the swells of solemn ages yet to come. Everything changes. When are you? An Encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time(QuestInfo)
Successful event
A narrow escape
You drag your locomotive away, and don't stop until the past is behind you and the future in front. As it should be. An Encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time(QuestInfo)
Take the helm and escape the Weft
Your engine lurches madly! Your driver is flung aside! You leap for the controls.
Failed event
Ensnared
The tear in time is too wide and too frantic. Your locomotive is snared. The present is buffeted by ragged days from times long ago, and swamped by the swells of solemn ages yet to come. Everything changes. When are you? An Encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time(QuestInfo)
Successful event
A narrow escape
Your commands are clear and urgent, substituting for sense when fear drives it out. Steam is coaxed from the engines; a course set. Gradually, minute by minute, your locomotive pulls itself from the thrashing tangle of past and future. Time returns to its proper and acceptable order. An Encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time(QuestInfo)
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