The Hidden Institute: Recent Episodes
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Rising above your station can be deadly.
Cliffy is a child born on the streets of a Neo-Victorian world. Witnesses to a murder, he blackmails a nobleman, receiving a unique bribe. In exchange for his silence, the nobleman introduces him to the Malcolm Rutherford Holden Institute of Regentrification. There, Cliffy learns to walk, talk, and act like a nobleman, so that he may infiltrate high society. But that type of fraud is punishable by death, and when Cliffy uncovers a plot to assassinate a head of state, he's hunted by more than just the aristocracy.
Royal intrigue, daring escapes, sub-dermal machines, and bear polo. A grand adventure in a not-so-distant world.
Cliffy embarks upon a mission of self-destruction, but a last-minute change gives him a new opportunity.
Cliffy has settled safely into his new life, and is shocked to recieve an invitation to a royal ball.
Bear Polo! Also, we meet a character that reminds Cliffy of how he started out, and we lose a friend.
Cliffy attends the debutante ball, and finds that the hunt is far more dangerous than he had realized.
Cliffy faces his assailant, and finds that he has fallen into a trap at a debutante ball.
Cliffy has his "teacher" installed, and learns how economic forces created the government he lives in.
Cliffy attends his first classes and attempts escape. In the process, he uncovers a secret cabal.
Cliffy finds it difficult to leave home, and discovers that his fellow students aren't all very welcoming.
A street urchin in a neo-Victorian world stumbles upon a murder, and is embroiled in a unique form of blackmail.