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SORRY SILENT PARTNER i wanted the failure text,,,
In Fallen London there's a companion item that's just a Rat That Makes You A Little Worse At Everything Because He Won't Shut Up, and you can in fact equip your agents with this Helpful Companion to make them a little worse at everything, and then send them out to do tasks for you that they will almost certainly fail. What a great game.
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There's a bit in Fallen London where you can meet AND HIRE??? an incomplete sliver of your own reflection, which does not seem to be able to speak and is described at one point as having "the stink of thwarted ambition." Obviously I started thinking too hard about this; if this is a deviated version of Samuel who wasn't able to finish his ambition, what happened? Then I realised Light Fingers has an answer built in... maybe thwarted ambition smells like grave soil and Lethean Tea. Extra fun that Sam did in fact lose his voice from screaming for a while after getting buried alive -- I kind of love the idea of this incomplete reflection sliver just being locked in that particular moment and not quite remembering why.
anyway, some doodles of the Silent Partner since im kind of attached to him. Samuel has a normal number of weird dopplegangers dont worry about it.
oh my goodness i never posted this, kicks this out of my drafts..... @little-red-notebook made a comment about Peter mistaking one of Sam's reflections for Sam and going up to kiss him before realising his mistake, and what an amazing thought.... I feel like his normal reflection would be pretty chill about it but the silent partner never made it to Dating, HE WOULD BE SO CONFUSED. Also he is the reflection entity least able to quickly correct this mistake. Sorry I'm just so entranced by having an Even More Sopping Wet Samuel
asking the important questions!!!
perhaps relevant context here is that Samuel got his silent reflection to work for him by PUTTING HIM IN A HEADLOCK UNTIL HE COOPERATED. Sam's reasoning was that it would work on him, which, ISNT WRONG...
omg I can't believe I forgot to post about these two hanging out. Soggy reflections gotta stick together!!!
While @reliably-derogaffectionate's flondon guy Daryn was off doing.... whatever he was doing over the winter, the reflection that's usually possessing him was instead making a new friend in Parabola!!! Mochi and I got really excited about the idea of the Silent Partner and Reflection-Daryn smooching; two reflections who are fully aware they're "Not Real" being able to find affectionate company behind the glass that doesn't disappear when a dream is over. ITS JUST V CUTE TO ME...
Their originals, on the other hand, have never met. Samuel has no idea his hired reflection is going on dates when he's not around.
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"Left where you are right, in all things -- including the heart."
Stumbled across some more reflection lore recently and UMMMMM I CANT BELIEVE DRY SAMUEL CANONICALLY SOLD MY CHILD TO MR FIRES?????????
(context under the cut)
Everytime I get a dream where Sam's reflection smirks or smiles at him I think that’s gotta look so surreal bc Samuel doesn’t often……… do that……..
[no hints or spoilers about the recurring dreams in tags/reblogs/replies please! I enjoy stumbling through things myself and I'm progressing very slowly lmao]
Birthdays are weird as an adult.
When you're a kid, its exciting: the gifts, the friends, balloons, cake - Oh! The Cake! everything is this smorgasbord of gifts and a sugar high. Later, you don't remember more than one or two of these birthdays, beyond the general cheer and fun. As you get older you may not ever remember the names of the kids who came to your birth extravaganza.
Teen birthdays are low(er)-key, but still no less exciting. Friends, snacks, cake (still the Cake) - hoping your mom or dad doesn't ruin it. Or your younger sibling. Those you remember more clearly. I remember my 18th birthday party more than my 16th.
As an adult, birthdays are...less important. The older you get the less important it becomes - even if all you want is to enjoy a overly bright, too sugared Cake with friends and balloons. Most of the time you get a cupcake at work - maybe someone prompts everyone to sing. Maybe they take you to lunch - and those people sing. And often you buy your own gifts - a little gift to me! - or point anyone who asks to certain things.
And sometimes you write self-reflective nonsense online while listening to blues music, and thinking you need to shoot (with an insulin needle) your diabetic cat. And probably harvest the last of the rosemary and mulch the beds.
But it's also rainy and autumnal and I'm thinking about Tennessee whiskey, and smokey blues bars
Happy birthday to me, and happy Halloween week.
