A Ciphered Diary

"This details a growing obsession with an individual by the name of (Previous Characer)."

- Card text

 is a Bright Young Thing legacy card obtained during the series of events when working with This and That. It can be studied to unlock Talk and get 1 Reason as well as other starting items for your Desire.

Studying a Troubling Diary
''Papa's diary. It's a catalogue of obsessions. But perhaps it will make some sort of sense of recent events?'' ''The name of (Previous Character) appears again and again in these pages. They were 'a locus for impossibility', a 'fount of the future'...'one who has cut the eye.' And, on the last page, there is a correspondence address, and a name.''
 * Takes 10 seconds.
 * Removes .
 * Gives 1 Reason.
 * Gives a level-2 lore fragment - A Red Secret.
 * Unlocks Talk, initialized with Summoning a Stranger.

Talk
Automatically starts Summoning a Stranger when unlocked.

Summoning a Stranger
''I've contacted the individual named in this troubling document. I have little reason to believe they will be able to enlighten me on the nature of what went before. But perhaps they can help with what is to come.'' ''My new acquaintance speaks authoritatively of Papa. He knew he was dying. He had hoped to taste unknown pleasures before his end - pleasures denied to healthy society. My new acquaintance suggests that I might finish what he began - that if I do so, I might save myself from the despair which haunts my family.''
 * Takes 60 seconds.
 * Gives Temptation: Sensation.
 * Acquaints Poppy Lascelles.