The Night Circus

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Opportunity Cards:

The Sights of the Circus

The circus paths are many, and tangled like black and white yarn. It can be difficult to find your way. It can be harder still to know where to start.

Set your course

There's enough gossip by the circus gates to spark some ideas.

[This will give you a number of 'Find Me' mementoes. Follow them all to unlock something special.]

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Find us…

We've added seven Mementoes to your treasures below. Use them to find what you're looking for. In your own time. You can just settle back and enjoy the circus.

You now have 1 x Find Me: A Cloud Story

You now have 1 x Find Me: Young Love in Red

You now have 1 x Find Me: Cinnamon

You now have 1 x Find Me: The Green-eyed Man

You now have 1 x Find Me: The Heart of the Circus

You now have 1 x Find Me: The Living Statues

You now have 1 x Find Me: The Woman Who Makes Birds

The rêveurs of Le Cirque des Rêves

With the circus came travellers. Men and women dressed in black and white, each with a touch of red somewhere about their person. A scarf, a pair of gloves, a hat, a ruby necklace. There's a group of them over by the bonfire, now.

Join them

Aren't you curious to find out who they are, and why they dress to match the circus?

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A gift?

You wander over to the little group, who smile and nod politely. There is a distinct sense of uniformity to them, in their severe monochromatic clothing. 'Oh, hello, it's you,' says a woman, taking your hand. She has a scarlet scarf wound jauntily around her throat. 'I think this is yours, isn't it?' She presses a small black notebook into your hands. It's a scrapbook; articles clipped from newspapers in dozens of languages, handwritten letters, ticket stubs, pressed flowers. There are many references to 'rêveurs'. You look up to tell her that the notebook is not yours, but the group has dispersed, melted into the crowd while you turned the pages. Are these people in their black-and-white garb the rêveurs mentioned in the notebook?

You now have 1 x Notebook of Circus Clippings

The Pavilion of Memories

This tent is full of bottles, boxes and jars, arranged higgledy-piggledy on tables and shelves. The sign outside invites you to open as many or as few as you wish.

Open a small clear bottle

Friendly, short and round and pleasing to the hand.

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A riot of colour

You uncork the bottle. Nothing tangible escapes, but suddenly your head is filled with the scents of a summer meadow. Hot hay, warm mud, thyme, woodsmoke. A bitter spike of rosemary. There's a path leading across the field, through tall grass sprinkled with poppies, cornflowers, cow parsley. The glow of a buttercup under the chin of a bonny child. Soft murmuring. Warm skin near your own… You recork the bottle, and the tent snaps back into focus. A red-headed boy is watching you. 'Please, with my compliments,' he says, offering you the bottle.

[Click on the bottle in your Mementoes at any time to use it.]

You now have 1 x Bottled Vision

Open an etched bottle

Opaque frosted glass, tall and slim, decorated with a pattern of spiralling threads.
To unlock, you need 1 x Piece of Dresden Lace - Ticket to the Second Performance .

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Open a heavy black bottle

Large, solid, imposing.
To unlock, you need Rêveur Rank 4.

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The Gravedigger

The sign outside invites you to 'Uncover what is Secret'. You duck through the tent flap, but the scene that awaits you the other side is not a tent. You are standing in a midnight garden, a place of shadows and black brambles, thorns and silver-edged leaves.

Look around you

Learn the secret of this gloomy tent.

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A melancholy guide

It's difficult to see clearly, because all you have is the faintest of starlight. But it appears that this garden is also a cemetery. Thorny roses ramble around the humped shapes of headstones. There are black-barked yews, granite paths, heavy cypress trees casting caves of shadow upon shadow. Spiny grasses sprout from graves. The gravedigger hands you his silver shovel, and points. You plant it in the earth, and almost immediately turn up an object. It's a heavy cut-glass jar. Two silvery-grey eyes float inside, serene and beautiful, shining softly in the starlight. Glass, pearl, marble?
You now have 1 x Pair of Silver Eyes

The Night Sky

They say the Observatory was never part of the circus before it came to Saint Petersburg. But they don't seem to agree which visit it first appeared in.

See the early show

The sign at the entrance promises to show you 'The Intricacies of the Night.'

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Evening spread out against the sky

There is no telescope at the Observatory, and the roof of the tent is plain black canvas. Cushions are scattered on the ground. You take one and wait. After a while, dots begin to appear on the canvas, as if someone above is pushing pins through the material. Soon, the canvas has melted into the sky, and familiar constellations wheel above you. They're close, though, as if the roof of the tent were a vast telescopic lens. The lens shifts, and now you're seeing the Southern Cross and Carina, the keel of the Argo - stars unknown to this part of the world. When the tour deposits you back in familiar skies, it's like coming home after months in a strange land.

You now have 1 x Sweet Sorrow

See the midnight show

The sign at the entrance promises to show you 'The Heart of the Galaxy, and Further.'
To unlock, you need 1 x Antique Glass Beads - Ticket to the Third Performance ,
Rêveur Rank 2

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See the late show

The sign at the entrance promises to take you 'Back to When the Universe was Young.' Perhaps this will help take your mind off your sadness? This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need 1 x Stone Bottle of Qimiz - Ticket to the Final Performance ,
Rêveur Rank 3
1 x Profound Sorrow

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A dazzle of blue

You cannot help but walk past the circus, even though it is only noon, and the gates will not open for half a day. A flash of bright colour by the fence catches your eye.

See what it is

There it is again - a glimpse of blue, brighter than the cloudless sky above you.

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A butterfly

Vivid, shocking, cerulean blue wings edged with black. The butterfly sits on the fence, blinking those wings occasionally. You reach out. It hops onto your sleeve, where it seems content to sit.
You now have 1 x Blue Butterfly

Sweet Mechanics

The popcorn vendors and spun-sugar sellers of the circus rely on visible machinery to create their wares. Do such mechanical matters interest you?

Too industrial

No. You would rather buy something beautifully packaged and quite clearly hand-made.

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'Machinery? Oh no!'

'We make all our sweets in our own kitchen,' says the stallholder. 'Unless you count saucepans as machinery, of course.' You buy a bag of their very best fudge, in case you caused any offence.
You now have 1 x Honeyed Cream and Chocolate Fudge

Inspect the sugar-spinner

A tiny pinch of sugar, transformed into an airy, cotton cloud. How do they do it?
To unlock, you need 1 x An Interest in Clockwork .

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The Illusionist and the Birds

The Illusionist performs at the centre of a ring of seats, the better to amaze her audience. Her tent is always crowded.

Take a seat

It doesn't matter where you sit. The Illusionist's show is designed to be seen from all angles.

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A stream of birds

The Illusionist is wearing a long ivory cloak over a midnight-black dress. She raises her arms, palms turned up to the canvas roof. Her cloak seems to shiver, then it fractures into a hundred scraps of white, birds leaping upwards as if startled by a farmer's gun. They fly in formation around the tent, dipping and swirling and changing direction, until finally the Illusionist calls them back with a gesture. They sink around her and she is cloaked once more. What just happened here? The tent is still filled with the whisper of their wings. The audience sits in silence for several seconds, uncertain of what they've seen. Then the applause crashes like a wave.

You've completed a goal! Find Me: The Woman Who Makes Birds You now have 1 x Circus Secret

The Stagehand

The Cirque des Rêves has wonders without number, but almost all the staff one sees are performers. This heavyset gentleman looks like a stagehand. He is dressed in a simple white shirt, with black trousers, waistcoat and bowler hat.

Bid the fellow a good evening

One should not interfere with the smooth running of such a place.

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A frown

The Stagehand keeps to the shadows between the brilliant white lamps. No-one else notices him. He slips through the crowd noiselessly, despite his heavy boots. He wrinkles his brow at you at you, as if you were bending the rules of an important game. Then he turns on his heel and slides unnoticed past a knot of elegantly dressed ladies admiring a living statue of an angel.

Try to get him talking about the circus

Perhaps you might learn something interesting for Mr. Wise.
To unlock, you need 1 x An Interest in Magic
3 x Scrap of Black Rope .

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A Parade of Kittens

One of the most popular acts is a troupe of black-and-white kittens that performs tricks. How could anyone resist that?

Join the crowd

Take a few minutes to watch the kittens' antics.

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Tumbling fur

The red-headed girl and boy who run the show handle their little charges with confidence. It's as if they've been doing this their whole lives. The kittens tumble and dance, and the twins direct their clumsy play into something fluid and mesmerising.

You now have 1 x Memory of Play

Look more closely

There are a few fully grown cats watching from the shadows. Have you met any of them before? This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need 1 x Friendship with a Surly Cat ,
1 x Piece of Dresden Lace - Ticket to the Second Performance .

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The Hall of Mirrors

When you enter the Hall of Mirrors, take care. It's very unlucky to get caught between two mirrors. Everyone knows that.

Pass through the Hall

From west to east should be straightforward enough, surely? (A matter of luck: pretty good odds.)

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Through the cabinet of reflections

Though you walk in a straight line, infinite reflections curve away from you at every step. They move with you, and towards you, and away from you. You feel quite fortunate that they allow you to reach the exit.
You were fortunate!
You now have 1 x Curious Reflection

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Search for symbols

Are there any to be found here?
To unlock, you need 1 x An Interest in Love .

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Explore

Why not spend a little time here, getting to know the ways of the Hall? This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need Rêveur Rank 4

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Meeting a Well-known Rêveur

You've seen that serene, red-scarfed fellow before, all around the circus. He must spend all his time here. He beckons you over to a fire-juggling show and asks your opinion. You are soon discussing the circus like old friends.

Discuss the beauty of the show

The severe black costumes. The harsh white flame of the burning clubs. Intricate patterns on the retina.

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Herr Thiessen makes your acquaintance

The gentleman shakes your hand and introduces himself as Herr Thiessen. He calls for a glass of eiswein and listens intently to your views. He even takes a few notes in a journal.

You've gained 1 x Smile from a Well-known Rêveur
You now have 1 x A Taste for Beauty

Discuss the deftness of the performers

The show is beautiful, yes. But it is the skill of the performers that you are here to see. That is art.

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Herr Thiessen is pleased to meet you

The gentleman shakes your hand and introduces himself as Herr Thiessen. He says, 'Yes - precision is the foundation of art! Exactly!'
You now have 1 x Smile from a Well-known Rêveur
You now have 1 x A Taste for Skill

Ask if he has an interest in clockwork

It is always worth asking. This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need 1 x An Interest in Clockwork .

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The Lovers

A pair of statues stand on a smoke-wreathed podium between two tall tents. You examine the scene. The woman is captured in a pleading pose, reaching out her striped gloves to a black-suited man. He stands his back to her. Did her wrist move, just a little?

Pass on by

The circus has many temptations, and perhaps your tastes run to the more dramatic.

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Watch for a moment

The tableau is both calming and beautiful. And you must know if these are statues or actors. [These are the first of the Living Statues you're looking for. Collect ten Smiles from Living Statues to meet your goal.] (Unlocked with Find Me: The Living Statues 1)

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Watching the lovers

You stand and watch as the crowd flows around you, smelling of caramel, cinnamon and frost. The statues are moving - too slowly for you to follow, but their positions change over time, flowing like glass or the dance of years. She opens an imploring hand. He casts a backwards glance. The great clock at the circus entrance marks an hour gone. Time to move on. Did he just smile at you?
You now have 1 x Smile from a Living Statue

Read the Notebook more closely

A lady in a scarlet scarf gave you her notebook. Letters, postcards, articles cut from newspapers. They chart the circus appearing everywhere from Prague to Lima, from Damascus to Kyoto, from Stockholm to Buenos Aires. What will you read first? (This will choose a storyline for you! But you'll be able to change your mind later if you like.)

A private letter

The handwriting is strong and austere. Letters score the paper like daggers. The words 'magic' and 'illusion' seem to leap off the page.

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A newspaper article

'These intricate machines appear to bring dreams literally to life. It seems there is no limit to the possibilities, save imagination itself.'

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A pressed rose

A crimson flower, tucked behind a sepia photograph of a child and a cat. Desiccated, delicate, only slightly faded. Even some scent remains, like an old lady's perfume.

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A love story? Or a spy game?

Certainly, the flower might be a memento of love, or passion at least. But whose love? Does passion still burn between them, or are both parties long dead? The photograph's significance is unclear - until you peel it away from the page and turn it over. 'Thank you. Please bring me any more inscriptions or markings you find. You can leave notes on the Paper Tree.' It's dated the 2nd of July 1888 - it's recent. Perhaps whoever this is is still collecting inscriptions? There's a little diagram underneath the message, a design of spirals and swirls. It's entirely distinctive. You'll recognise this language again.
You now have 1 x An Interest in Love

A lady with ribbons in her hair

At the contortionist's platform, she stands slightly apart from the crowd. The look on her face speaks of assessment; she hasn't given way to open-mouthed wonder as others have. But she has definitely glanced in your direction once or twice.

Intrigued?

Make eye contact with her.

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A small smile

When you catch her eye, one corner of her mouth turns up slightly. There's a glint in that eye, too, and it's not just the firelight. She nods at you and glides away.
You now have 1 x Connection with a Delightful Lady

Uninterested?

Keep yourself to yourself.

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The Cave of Voices

Wait - you stepped into a tent! But here is vast dark space before and above and around you, chilly as a cavern. A distant glimmer of lights above, not quite like stars. A black lake lapping at your feet, stirred by the breeze from outside.

Turn back

The air is sluggish and cold. The edge of the lake is lost in the darkness, but you have a sense of impossible distance. Something is wrong here.

You now have 1 x Degree of Wariness

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The sounds of the circus

The tent-flap falls closed behind you. No-one else is lingering here. Perhaps there are wiser places to be.

Walk a little way along the shore

How far does this place go? (A matter of luck: it could go either way.)

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Fling a Quartz Sliver into the lake

Will it rise and fly, or sink without trace? This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need 1 x Sliver of Quartz , 1 x Piece of Dresden Lace - Ticket to the Second Performance .

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Toss a pebble from the shore out into the dark water

Just to hear the splash. This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need 1 x Antique Glass Beads - Ticket to the Third Performance.

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Toss a Memory Pebble into the lake

Let it sink and be forgotten. This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need 1 x Memory Pebble , 1 x Chased Silver Oil Lamp - Ticket to the Fourth Performance .

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A Blue and Silent Sunrise

The eastern sky begins to lighten. Soon it will be time for the circus to close. Will it still be here by nightfall?

Play this card if you are ready to leave this performance and try a new one. You will be able to return to the circus at any time.

Linger by the bonfire

It's the centre of the circus, after all.

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A last cup of cocoa

Sometimes, it's chilliest just before dawn.

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Turn back at the gates for a moment

Spend the last few minutes you have watching the circus settle down to sleep.

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The last few stars

Almost nobody remains, now. The bustle died down a while ago, and the last sparks of activity are disappearing with the stars. Soon there will be silence. The gates swing shut behind you, and morning mist settles over the circus like a blanket. By the time you look back, the sun is up, and the circus has disappeared in a shimmering golden haze.

You've moved to a new area: At the Gates
You've gained 1 x Sweet Sorrow (new total 4).

The Paper Tigers

This isn't the Big Cats' enclosure, but the sign outside says 'TIGERS'. It's a small tent to be holding tigers.

Look inside

Can there really be tigers here?

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White tigers

Four huge cats prowl around a gaggle of visitors. They are tigers by their black stripes, but their fur is icy white with not a hint of orange. They act like house-cats; they're nuzzling the spectators with their huge heads, eyes half closed in pleasure. A red-headed boy strokes one affectionately, and a moment later, the beast has vanished. The boy is holding a folded origami feline. The stripes have become ink. Were they always? He folds the paper smaller and smaller, until he's holding a fat notebook. He riffles the pages, and a tiger-shaped scribble seems to race across the paper, like a child's kineograph book. Again and again. It's impossible not to smile at the evident delight on his face.

Are there symbols to be found here?

They turn up in the strangest places.
Unlocked with An Interest in Love 1

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Paper and ink

Four huge cats prowl around a gaggle of visitors. They are tigers by their black stripes, but their fur is icy white with not a hint of orange. They act like house-cats; they're nuzzling the spectators with their huge heads, eyes half closed in pleasure. A red-headed boy strokes one affectionately, and a moment later, the beast has vanished. The boy is holding a folded origami feline. The stripes have become ink. Were they always? He folds the paper smaller and smaller, until he's holding a fat notebook. He riffles the pages, and a tiger-shaped scribble seems to race across the paper, like a child's kineograph book. On the cover you see a pawprint. But refocus your eyes, and it is a symbol from the strange alphabet you have been searching for. You note it down for the Paper Tree.
You now have 1 x Unreadable Symbol
You've gained 1 x An Interest in Love.

The Ice Garden

An expanse of fresh snow. Flowers and trees sculpted in ice, as clear and delicate as crystal. Silence, apart from the crackle of frost underfoot.

Look around

Be careful not to breathe too warmly on the fragile rose-petals.

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Frozen in time

The Ice Garden is like a perfect summer's day, frozen in an instant by the breath of a frost-giant and preserved for ever after. It's an impossibly perfect carving in ice, and yet still a living, breathing garden. You examine tiny rosebuds and vast oaks. There are vines rambling across pergolas and a fountain burbling softly in the centre of the lawn. The air is clear and cold and crisp and perfect. It is a wrench to leave the garden behind.
You've gained 1 x Sweet Sorrow (new total 2).

Stay awhile

It is very cold in the Ice Garden, but so peaceful away from the crowds. This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need Rêveur Rank 4.

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Look for patterns

Here in this frosty garden, there are patterns everywhere. Hopefully the right ones will catch your eye. This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need 1 x An Interest in Love ,
1 x Chased Silver Oil Lamp - Ticket to the Fourth Performance .

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The Frozen Symphonies

There's a side tent, leading away from the Orchestra of Winds. From outside, you catch a glimpse of glittering towers of ice.

Go inside

Step through the rime-encrusted doorway. Find out what kinds of sculptures these are. (A matter of luck: it could go either way.)

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A hundred thousand chimes

What you took to be towers are more like vast arrangements of windchimes, suspended from the tent roof in spirals and chandeliers. Each is made up of a thousand strings, each ending in a glittering drop of ice. Each is the ghost of a symphony performed long ago. As you wander through the mobiles, a breeze stirs life into the strings, and forgotten melodies ring out, just for a moment.
You were fortunate!
You now have 1 x Note of Music

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The Coconut-Shy

Three balls, three chances to win…

Throw carefully

Accuracy is the key here. (A matter of luck: it could go either way.)

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Well done!

You aim and throw with all the precision you can muster. A coconut wobbles as the second ball strikes home, and your third knocks it off the post altogether. Your prize is a bag of coconut ice - sweet, ivory cubes like lumps of milky quartz.
You were fortunate!

You now have 1 x Coconut Ice

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Alas

You throw the wooden balls as best you can, but the coconuts don't budge. The stallholder takes pity on you nonetheless and gives you a little prize.
You were unfortunate…
You now have 1 x Wooden Spoon

Throw hard

Forget precision. Force is the answer. (A matter of luck: it could go either way.)

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Good throw!

You throw the wooden balls with gusto. The third takes a coconut clean off its post. The stallholder bows to you, and presents you with a bag of sweets. They're beautiful, like cubes of snowy marble.

You were fortunate!

You now have 1 x Coconut Ice

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The Clock

Just inside the gates stands the clock, an exquisite counterpoint to the raw power of the cauldron. It's a large wooden edifice, painted black with a pearly face and a gleaming silver pendulum. It's a beautiful piece of work. Visitors stand and watch, waiting for something to happen.

Join the crowd

There are many rêveurs amongst the crowd. It's well-known that the clock changes, ever so slowly, throughout the day.

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The flow of time

The clock face divides time into neat, numbered, equal segments. The clock's art, though, unfolds without pause, concerned only loosely with the measurement of time. Tiny silver figures appear, perform, dance and retreat; little fairy tales unfold; stars rise and set across the ever-changing clock face. It would be perfectly satisfying to spend the whole night in front of this display.
You now have 1 x Hint of a Mystery

Examine the clock

It must represent the pinnacle of modern horological art. However does it work? This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need 1 x An Interest in Clockwork .

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A cup of Russian coffee?

Something rich and strong, to keep the chill from your bones. The coffee sellers discovered it in St Petersburg, where ladies in silver fur hats take delicate sips from small, black-and-white enamelled cups.

Order a cup

Join the crowd around the samovar.

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Invite a friend to take coffee with you

Ask a friend who hasn't visited the circus to join you. If they accept your invitation, your own standing amongst the rêveurs will improve. And as your Rêveur Rank rises, new opportunities will unlock for you at the circus.

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Be Illuminated

Tell me more about this book…

What is The Night Circus?

A magical love story set to be the publishing sensation of 2011. Click Proceed to find out more…

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The Circus of Dreams

In 1886, a mysterious travelling circus becomes an international sensation. Open only at night, constructed entirely in black and white, Le Cirque des Rêves delights all who wander its circular paths and warm themselves at its bonfire.

Although there are acrobats, fortune-tellers and contortionists, the Circus of Dreams is no conventional spectacle. Some tents contain clouds, some ice. The circus seems almost to cast a spell over its aficionados, who call themselves the rêveurs - the dreamers. At the heart of the story is the tangled relationship between two young magicians, Celia, the enchanter's daughter, and Marco, the sorcerer's apprentice. At the behest of their shadowy masters, they find themselves locked in a deadly contest, forced to test the very limits of the imagination, and of their love…

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The Contortionist

The Contortionist does not perform in a tent; she stands on a platform in the open air. Tattooed symbols wind around her milky body. They move as she does, defining each pose in baroque contours.

Watch the show

It is the only one of its kind at the circus.

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What is that shape?

Tattooed on her ankle, there. Can you make it out? (Unlocked with An Interest in Love 1)

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A language you recognise

The Contortionist's tattoos form a dense syllabary written across her skin. Some symbols are familiar, some are beautiful, some are disturbing. One or two, though, are definitely from the alphabet you have been following. You note them down for the Paper Tree.
You've gained 1 x Unreadable Symbol.

Watch with an acquaintance

You have introduced a few people to the circus by now. Perhaps one would like to see the Contortionist's show with you?
To unlock, you need Rêveur Rank 4 (you have 1).

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A Ride on the Carousel

You find yourself riding a nine-tailed fox of black-lacquered wood. Beside you a gentleman in a red scarf bestrides a pale-feathered gryphon. As you emerge from the last clockwork tunnel, he asks you which beast you would like to ride next time.

The serpent!

The polished silver scales. The darting forked tongue. The slow rhythmic dance of its movement.

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The gryphon!

The fierce beak. The detail on the feathers! And how was it made to appear to breathe?

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The white lion!

Its mane like a double handful of moonlit cloud! Its quartzy eyes, so fierce, so bright! True, it is not the most elegant creature, but certainly the grandest!

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The phoenix-of-clouds!

The story of this one is written in one sentence, around and above and beneath and between its wings and limbs. (Unlocked with Find Me: A Cloud Story 1)

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An unusual story

'..even when she stood alone in a field where the sunlight found her grey as cloud and in her eyes no tears for there will be no weeping now that the lines which were drawn are passed in time like sand under the gaze of the Watchful and the Silent before she is never reborn…' The last line of the story is the first. When you look up, the man in the red scarf is watching you. "Not a story to read alone,' he says. 'I don't understand it either. But it makes me want to weep.' He straightens and shakes himself. 'My manners. My name is Thiessen. Will you take eiswein with me?

You've gained 1 x Smile from a Well-known Rêveur (new total 3).

You now have 1 x Shiver down your Spine

You've completed a goal! Find Me: A Cloud Story

You've gained 1 x Circus Secret.

The rabbit!

All these great beasts are very fine. But look at the rabbit's little nose!

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Carousels are for children

These mechanisms are all very well to entertain the simple-minded, but those past the age of majority should seek more sophisticated entertainment.

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Actually, you are interested in the mechanics

Ask the gentleman which beast would help you learn the most about the clockwork. (Unlocked with An Interest in Clockwork 1)

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The Enigmatic Visitor

A man is waiting outside the Fortune-Teller's tent. His eyes are bright, unnaturally so, and in the flickering firelight they're positively unsettling. It's hard to make out features; there's something about his face that makes the eye slide away.

Walk past him

Try to get a closer look. Perhaps you might recognise him? This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need 1 x Find Me: The Green-eyed Man.

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Speak to him

Why not? He is just another visitor to the circus. He isn't even wearing the red token of a rêveur. This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need Rêveur Rank 5 (you have 2).

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This one, again

And again outside the Fortune-Teller's tent. Interesting. This choice is locked for now.
To unlock, you need 1 x Stone Bottle of Qimiz - Ticket to the Final Performance.

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