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| The Clairvoyant Doctress | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 283533 |
The Clairvoyant Doctress is a Sunless Skies Story Event.
Story description[]
She is wearing modish fashions, but without any adherence to society's opinion regarding colour or pattern. Paisleys in magenta layer stripes of emerald and indigo. Her hair is a mousy colour; her eyes unremarkable. Her face is pleasing brown, but not particularly distinguished. The overall impression she gives is one of dazzling colour and clashing patterns. A deliberate misdirection? She draws gruesomely hand-painted cards and lumpen crystals from a clinking, beaded reticule, and constantly smokes cigars.
Trigger conditions[]
Area: Limbo
Frequency: Always (100%)
Interactions[]
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| Introduce yourself
"You were promised help? Well, here it is!" The Clairvoyant Doctress tosses the edge of her floral embroidered capelet, and runs a hand down an equally elaborate bodice.
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The plan
"I'm to be the Heiress' replacement. We'll swap clothes... and perhaps a few other items. No one will know to look for her, because she'll still be here. Clever, yes?"
Perhaps your scepticism shows. She grins. "Ah, you think we don't look alike? Allow me to reassure you: that is a temporary inconvenience. I'll worry about that – you worry about finding an escape route. I'd recommend gossiping with the debutantes, chaperones, and servants. Every cage, no matter how gilded, has a hatch through which someone can remove the sh_t." You mention the complication of the surplus sister, and that the Heiress refuses to leave without her. "Quite. Is our employer forgetful, do you think, or manipulative? It doesn't matter, of course. We were paid for a single sister, and I can't split myself in two. You'll just have to convince the Misses Macabre to separate, won't you?"
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| Tell her all is ready for your escape
The sisters are willing to part. An avenue of escape has been identified. Is she prepared to do her part?
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Set in motion
"Yes, yes. Give me a sign in the evening, and we'll meet in the passages between Evening and the Parlour."
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| Get to know her
You like to know the people you are committing crimes with. Easier to predict the likely moment of betrayal.
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Right and tight
"Never you mind about that. Just stick to the plan, and it'll all be right and tight."
The Clairvoyant Doctress yawns elaborately, and dismisses you with the majesty of a dowager duchess. What's that smell on her breath, under the bitterness of the cigars? Candle-wax? That can't be right.
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| Return to the morning room
She finishes your reading with an elaborate flourish. "You will meet a handsome stranger in a mask this evening. Y'know I think I'm getting the hang of this."
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 The Half-Light Masque: Morning
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| Return to the dining room
She finishes your reading with an elaborate flourish: "You are about to come into a vast fortune!" She lowers her voice. "We both are, eh?"
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 The Half-Light Masque: Afternoon
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Links[]
Links In[]
The Half-Light Masque: Morning, The Half-Light Masque: Afternoon
Links Out[]
The Half-Light Masque: Morning, The Half-Light Masque: Afternoon
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