Maybe a Mother is a Sunless Sea Story Event.

Maybe a Mother[]

That night -
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	180551

Maybe a Mother
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Linked to	Learning About: Maybe's Daughter
Data ID	180196

The Daughter leaves with the woman in lilac. You see nothing of them for the rest of the night. But in the morning, the Daughter returns, her eyes bright with purpose. "Show me your tattoo," she demands.

Trigger conditions[]

Maybe a Mother is triggered by successfully doing the Help Maybe's Daughter find her mother action in Irem, Khan's Shadow, Naples, Port Carnelian, the Isle of Cats, The Chelonate, or Whither.

Interactions[]

Actions	Requirements	Effects
"I don't have a tattoo." You've kept your skin untouched.	Memoirs: Your Own Sweet Skin ≥ 0 and ≤ 1 Memoirs: A Pirate's Tattoo ≤ 0 [Your skin has never known a rusty needle]	"Aha!" "So you're the messenger, not the message." Perhaps you look confused: she grins. "Messengers are sacred in the Neath, you know. Messengers like the Echo Bazaar. My mother forged an alliance with the Bazaar. That's how she came to learn the Great Signs, the tattoos no one wears." Her grin turns feral. "I'll show her." Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 2000 [Visit Penstock, in London] +1 x Secret Triggers event: That night -
The Dauntless Hand "You mean this?"	Memoirs: Your Own Sweet Skin = 2 [The Dauntless Hand]	"Oh!" "Force: force is always the answer. My mother wouldn't tell me. But her other daughters knew her secrets." The Daughter's grin is not quite sane. "My mother forged an alliance with the Bazaar. That's how she came to learn the Great Signs, the tattoos no one wears. We must return to London. That is - please can we return to London? Please. We must find Penstock, who watches the secret wicket-gate of the Bazaar." Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 2000 [Visit Penstock, in London] +1 x Iron Triggers event: That night -
The Wheel of Mists "You mean this?"	Memoirs: Your Own Sweet Skin = 3 [The Wheel of Mists]	"Oh!" "I've seen that one before. That's Clathermont work, isn't it? I bet they told you 'we are not the messenger, but the message'. Well, you're the message, today." The Daughter's grin is not quite sane. "My mother forged an alliance with the Bazaar. That's how she came to learn the Great Signs, the tattoos no one wears. We must return to London. That is - please can we return to London? Please. We must find Penstock, who watches the secret wicket-gate of the Bazaar." Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 2000 [Visit Penstock, in London] +1 x Veils Triggers event: That night -
The Unflinching Eye "You mean this?"	Memoirs: Your Own Sweet Skin = 4 [The Unflinching Eye]	Aha! "The eye: the eye sees, and the heart understands. My mother wouldn't tell me. But her other daughters knew her secrets." The Daughter's grin is not quite sane. "My mother forged an alliance with the Bazaar. That's how she came to learn the Great Signs, the tattoos no one wears. We must return to London. That is - please can we return to London? Please." Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 2000 [Visit Penstock, in London] +1 x Mirrors Triggers event: That night -
The Splendour "You mean this?"	Memoirs: Your Own Sweet Skin = 5 [The Splendour]	"The Sun! The Sun, from which the Great Signs came. My mother wouldn't tell me. But her other daughters knew her secrets." The Daughter's grin is not quite sane. "My mother forged an alliance with the Bazaar. That's how she came to learn the Great Signs, the tattoos no one wears. We must return to London. That is - please can we return to London? Please." Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 2000 [Visit Penstock, in London] +1 x Hearts Triggers event: That night -
The Gambit "You mean this?"	Memoirs: Your Own Sweet Skin = 6 [The Gambit]	"The Game! It extends farther than we know. Up to the Surface... and up to the stars. My mother wouldn't tell me. But her other daughters knew her secrets." The Daughter's grin is not quite sane. "My mother forged an alliance with the Bazaar. That's how she came to learn the Great Signs, the tattoos no one wears. We must return to London. That is - please can we return to London? Please." Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 2000 [Visit Penstock, in London] +1 x Pages Triggers event: That night -
The Pirate-Poet's Revenge "You mean... this?"	Memoirs: A Pirate's Tattoo = 1 [Obscene. Illegal. Anatomically most improbable.]	"Oh my..." The Daughter blushes as she laughs... "Why did...? No, don't tell me. In this case, I prefer the mystery. Though they are all mysteries, aren't they, in their way? A moment of frozen time, like a butterfly behind glass. Perhaps one day I shall tell you the story of my butterfly. Perhaps event the wicked things it did to be pinned." "My mother knew other tattoos - the Great Signs, the ones no one wears. She forged an alliance with the Bazaar to learn them. We must return to London. That is - please can we return to London? Please. We must find Penstock, who watches the secret wicket-gate of the Bazaar." Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 2000 [Visit Penstock, in London] +1 x Iron Triggers event: That night -
The Pirate-Poet's Mark "You mean this?"	Memoirs: A Pirate's Tattoo = 2 [An indelible reminder of an unforgettable night]	"Oh..." The Daughter's mouth curls into a sad smile. "So much pain. Not love, but loneliness." She traces it with a finger. "You could not cure it, but I think you were a consolation. My mother would approve, I think." "Did you know she forged an alliance with the Bazaar? That's how she came to learn the Great Signs, the tattoos no one wears. We must return to London. That is - please can we return to London? Please. We must find Penstock, who watches the secret wicket-gate of the Bazaar. " Learning About: Maybe's Daughter = 2000 [Visit Penstock, in London] +1 x Hearts Triggers event: That night -

That night -[]

Story description[]

You walk beside a river of serpents, through a green and fervid jungle, beneath an orange sun: in the company of a tiger. It watches you with weary, humorous eyes.

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Speak with the tiger

"I understand you've become involved in my daughter's intrigues. Well, you look like the sort who can take care of yourself. But let me repay you as best I may - "

Parabolan Panther

Tiger tales

This cat walks in the Mirror-Marches, at the edge of dream. Consequently, it sees many and curious things through mirrors. It shares them with you, as you walk with it beside the Writhing River. When you wake, you remember them clearly.

Maybe: Port Carnelian

Maybe: The Chelonate

Maybe: The Isle of Cats

Maybe: No Lilac

+1

Strategic Information

+1

Memory of Distant Shores

+1

Secret