The Rite of Raving

The Rite of Raving
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	311097

The Rite of Raving is a Sunless Skies Story Event.

Story description

The Well of Wonders is smothered in stories. They say it is the place where possibility went to die. They say it is the grave-prison of the First Storyteller. They say that if you can endure the winds, you will learn that which was never known.

Trigger conditions

Area: Limbo
Frequency: Always (100%)

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Forsake your current rite Let it slip from you, like the skin from a snake.	You Have Taken Part in a Well-Rite ≥ 1	What if what if what if You open an exterior hatch and let the wind whistle in. There is a voice in it. It hounds you with questions. Did you mean to come here? Do you think it was a good idea? Have you undertaken a well-rite before? Are you sure? What was it like? Did you really do those things? Why would you have done such a thing? Your answers cannot satisfy it, nor ease the beating pressure of its doubt. Your memories falter. Perhaps you never visited a well, or took part in a well-rite. Perhaps it's just a story you told yourself. The Rite of Wrongs = 0 [You have forsaken the Rite of Wrongs.] The Rite of the Rack = 0 [You have forsaken the Rite of the Rack.] The Rite of Wedlock = 0 [You have forsaken the Rite of Wedlock.] The Rite of Raving = 0 [You have forsaken the Rite of Raving.]	Game note: You have no well-rite, now. Game note: This will remove your current well-rite, allowing you to take another.
Enact the Rite of Raving You climb out of an exterior hatch. You fasten yourself to the hull with a secure chain. The wind seizes you.	You Have Taken Part in a Well-Rite ≤ 0 Vision of the Heavens ≥ 1	The Tale of Tales The well gapes like a bullet-wound. A voice on the wind smothers you with histories and with lies. It says it is the First Storyteller. It says it will tell you a story. For three days and nights you hang there. By the end of the first, the truths you're told seem less likely than the falsehoods, and the lies more pleasing than the facts. By the end of the second, the well's black mouth is a mirror, a sheet of black glass. Your reflection is in it, vast and distorted, and it is yourself that tells you the tales you hear. By the end of the third you are dragged back onto your engine. You can no longer tell What-Is from what Is-Not. It makes lying easier. +15 x Terror -1 x Vision of the Heavens +1 x Well-Rite (if ≤ 0) The Rite of Raving = 1 [You have undertaken the Rite of Raving.] Endured the Rite of Raving = 1 Triggers event:  Approaching the Well of Wonders	Game note: You may only be subject to one well-rite at a time. This one increases your Veils at a cost of your Mirrors and Hearts.
Perform no rite It is the wiser choice.		Triggers event:  Approaching the Well of Wonders