Here is where the tigers keep more excitable and dangerous exhibits. Escapes are an unfortunately common occurrence. From here, you could return to Coil 1 or work hard here to be asked to help out in Coil 3.
As you choose storylets here, your Time Passing in the Labyrinth quality will increase. As this quality increases, different opportunities appear. When your Time Passing in the Labyrinth quality increases to 9, completing any storylet will reset your quality to zero.
The links below will jump to the section of the page describing the storylets that appear under different conditions.
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Storylets that appear when Time Passing in the Labyrinth is 9 | ||
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Miscellaneous Coil 2 storylets | ||
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Storylets that appear if you are Engaged in Theological Husbandry | ||
Miscellaneous Coil 2 Storylets
These storylets are generally always available in Coil 2.
Scant work here, for now
The management has little work for you in the second coil at present…
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2 (No longer available at making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8)
Entertain and educate
People wander the Labyrinth aimlessly, peering into cages and avoiding food vendors. There's scant information about the exhibits; sometimes not even a nameplate. There's definitely a business opportunity here.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2Offer informative guided tours
All you need is a sign round your neck and a creative line in zoological 'expertise'. Careful, though. The animals' savagery seems to be catching.
(Dangerous challenge)
Gain: 99 x Glim
Penguin problems
Robert and Elizabeth are the Labyrinth's great love story. Yellow-eyed penguins, they mate for life. Everyone loves their affectionate antics.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2Where's Robert?
Elizabeth is flapping and shrieking in distress. Oh no! Robert has got stuck in the gap between two rocks. Again. If you rescue him, you'll be a hero. A hero that smells of old fish, but a hero nonetheless.
(Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 103)
An interview with the tiger
'The boss wants to see you. Something about heading to the next coil.' The Veteran Keeper shudders a little and rushes off, shaking his head.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8, Dangerous 104 (No longer available at making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 9)Speak to the Tiger Keeper
Third coil, eh? Wonder what's down there?
Leaving the second coil
You are in the second coil of the labyrinth. Where do you want to go next?
Unlocked with making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 3, in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2Return to the first coil
You should be able to find your way out easily enough.
old storylet:
Hire a guide to the third coil
A gossipy tiger knows the way to the third coil.
Unlocked with 101 x Cryptic Cluenew storylet (from mid-January 2012)
Hire a guide to the third coil
A poetic tiger knows the way to the third coil. [You can obtain Romantic Notions by using other Nostalgia items in your inventory.]
unlocked with Romantic Notion 8Find your way to the third coil
A keen eye, a stick of chalk and a fine sense of direction. What more could one need?
Unlocked with 10 x Cryptic Clue
Lose 101 x Cryptic ClueStorylets when Time passing in the Labyrinth is 0-6
A day at the fishponds
The second coil's aquarium is little more than a series of deep saltwater ponds. Fishpond duty is not relished among the keepers.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8Feed the fishies
'The beetles are for the encephalic sturgeon. Watch your fingers. The crocodiles were fed last week, so don't worry about them. Thomas is the bother, but he'll be fine once he has his glim.'
(Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 103)
Cat fight!
A pair of tigers are circling each other, hissing and roaring.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8Break up the fight
Most of the visitors are used to loose tigers. A reminder how dangerous they are could be bad for business.
(Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 103)Start the betting
'A hundred pearls on the green-eyed one'. Why not? The tigers bet on keeper fights, after all.
Unlocked with 100 x Moon-Pearl
(A matter of luck: it could go either way)
Gain: 49 x Primordial Shriek
Gain: 200 x Moon Pearl
Hedonist increase
The arena: Abraham the lizard
It's not much of an arena. Just a tussocky bit of waste ground near the cave-snake's cave. Still, fights tend to attract a throng of keepers, tigers and the occasional celebrity.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8Into the ring against Abraham
Abraham is vicious and unpredictable. Regrets? He doesn't know what regrets are.
(Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 103)
Clear glim from the beetle shed roof
These inch-long fuschia beetles don't get a mention in the Labyrinth's advertisements or guidebooks. They chirp rhythmically, almost musically. The chirpings draw down glim. The roof of their shed is covered in it, and more lands every day.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8Harvest the roof
The glim represents a nice little earner for the labyrinth. Of course, the beetles can reduce a man to bones in the time it takes to say 'Oh God! Oh God! Get them off me!'
(Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 103)
The escaping leopard
Percy the leopard has slipped his cage again. The odds are that a sympathetic tiger let him out.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8After him!
You are no match for Percy in a sprint. The labyrinth has thoughtfully provided a velocipede to assist keepers in exactly this situation.
(Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 103)
Gain: 98 x Jade FragmentStorylets when Time passing in the Labyrinth is 7-8
Arthur's pond
What happens to the remains of former exhibits at the Labyrinth? Some are stuffed or repurposed as hyaena feed. Some probably find their way to the Emporium in one form or another. The rest are sent to Arthur.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8, Time Passing in the Labyrinth 7Row across the pond
Nobody has a clear idea what Arthur actually is. He lives in one of the larger ponds and occasionally drowns keepers on corpse disposal duty.
(Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 105)
The tigress is back
The battered old tigress that you wrestled for a secret is lurking about the second coil.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8, Time Passing in the Labyrinth 7Have you got a secret?
She leaps for your belly, claws first. Is she after your secrets?
(Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 105)
Gain: 10 x Morelways 1872The arena: the Inhabiter of Wolves
Tigers and keepers are gathered for the next fight. A pair of workmen manhandle a wheeled kennel into the makeshift arena.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8, Time Passing in the Labyrinth 7The Inhabiter of wolves
It's that beast from your dreams! No, no it isn't. It looks d—ned similar though. It stands perfectly still, like a slavering, furry statue. It waits for you.
(Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 105)
The Thing in the Mirror
The Thing in the Mirror has been restive of late. The public haven't been allowed anywhere near it since that business with the busker.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8, Time Passing in the Labyrinth 7Feeding time
Nobody wants to go near the thing. It must be hungry now. It hasn't been fed in a while.
(Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 105)
Gain: 100 x Whispered Secret
The escaping hyaenas
A trio of notorious hyaenas has wandered from the first coil. Thankfully, the keeper that they buried was discovered in time.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8, Time Passing in the Labyrinth 7Take them back
Anne, Emily and Charlotte must be rounded up and returned before they amuse themselves any further.
(Dangerous challenge, straightforward at 105)
Storylets when Time passing in the Labyrinth is 9
The Fiddler's Fluke!
A gang of bold zailors has captured the nigh-mythical fiddler's fluke.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8, Time Passing in the Labyrinth 9Let's put it in pond seven
The Tiger Keeper is intrigued. He wants you to oversee the purchase and bring the thing back to the labyrinth.
(Dangerous challenge)
Gain: 300 x Rostygold
The Tiger Keeper wanders over
In a rare appearance outside his office, the Tiger Keeper pads over to you. The tassel on his smoking cap swishes in time with his tail.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8, Time Passing in the Labyrinth 9A salon of tigers
'Good afternoon. I hope we're keeping you busy? Capital. I need a little help with a salon I'm planning. The staff are basting a live gazelle with prisoner's honey. The only problem is keeping some of my more… enthusiastic acquaintances from getting to it before the salon starts. Could you help?'
(Dangerous challenge)
Gain: 150 x Drop of Prisoner's HoneyThe arena: the beast on two legs
The crowd gathered for this fight is mainly composed of tigers. They stretch themselves across the stones with such delighted langour that you can almost, for a moment, feel the sunshine. Nobody has said a word about your opponent, but there is a considerable prize on offer.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8, Time Passing in the Labyrinth 9The Deranged Keeper
Your opponent today is no animal, but a fellow keeper. The poor chap is deranged from extended contact with the labyrinth's more colourful specimens.
(Dangerous challenge)
The Bifurcated Owl
The Bifurcated Owl's lair looks more like a mausoleum than an aviary.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8, Time Passing in the Labyrinth 9Feed the owl
Nobody else wants to feed the thing. You'll be well paid for the secrets that it eats.
Unlocked with 100 x Cryptic Clue
Gain: 1 x Appalling Secret
George is loose!
George the cave-snake is a monster. Huge, vicious and dangerous to anyone or anything in his vicinity. And he's escaped.
Unlocked with in the Labyrinth of Tigers, Navigating Coil 2, making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 8, Time Passing in the Labyrinth 9Stop George!
Truth be told, 'escape' doesn't really apply to George: a cave-snake goes where it likes. However, this time he's heading for the public areas of the labyrinth.
(Dangerous challenge)
Engaged in Theological Husbandry
When your making progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers quality reaches 16 - Engaged in Theological Husbandry - the following storylet appears once in Coil 2.
Catching a Somnolent Hyaena
They say it was born from the dreams of zebras. They say it brawls with the Eater-of-Chains in an empty city. They don't half talk nonsense.
Catching the beast
The keepers occasionally find these oneiric pests harassing the real hyaenas. They can be trapped with a bait of honey.
Unlocks with 100 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey
(Dangerous challenge)
Gain: 1 x Somnolent Hyaena
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