The Time Before

 is a Sunless Sea Story Event.

Trigger conditions
 is triggered when you do the Ask how she came to be here action in the Questions for the Acolyte event.

Story description
"Then she tells you what happened before. She was a doctor, healing the malaise of countesses and publishing research about the applications of mushroom-derived spirits.

''Her twin lived with her, at her expense, but preferred more bohemian entertainments. The Acolyte describes what their life together was: sepia anatomical charts next to dream-animals done in viridian paint. Prisoner's Honey jostling retorts full of medicine. Silk scraps in the bandage drawer.''

''The twin is gone now: something about an accident, a footbath full of silvery fluid, skin cracked and frozen. A resuscitation attempt that went wrong, preventing any return from death.''

''Afterward her memories are blurred, until they pick up again here. She regards her present occupation as penance of some kind."''