The Orrery
Astronomer-Royal Quince has waited forty years for an alignment. He will not be hurried, or helped.
OBJECTIVE
Get out through the floor hatch beneath the orrery's Moon.
The hatch opens on an alignment. Alignments can be hurried.
THE KEEPER
Quince · Astronomer-Royal
24 HP · moods: Absorbed, Peeved, Alarmed, Apocalyptic
YOUR CALLING
Gutter-Acrobat · Lv 1 · STR 2 · DEX 4 · INT 2 · MAG 2 · CHA 2
YOUR KIT
- Pocket Sundial Four minutes slow. Insists otherwise.
- Bag of Marbles Thirty-one. Formerly thirty-two.
- Unsent Letter To the Moon. Sealed. Not yours.
THE SHOWRUNNER
Good morning, contestants. Today's room has a schedule. The schedule has a gnome. Neither will be moved for you, but one of them can be.
HOW THE DAY WENT
| Escaped | 33 % |
|---|---|
| Most-tried move | Persuasion. Six polite chats with a gnome who only really listens to the Moon. |
| Top style | a departed contestant, style 80: “This contestant bled, lost an argument to a slow sundial, then forged a love letter's authorship and won. Quince is still crying.” |
THE ROOM REMEMBERS
- Quince now cross-checks every claim against forty years of margin notes.
Past rooms are closed to play for now. Play today's room.