A man above a bookshop

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From: Matters of State


"The Foreign Office would like to investigate a certain room above a certain bookshop in the Khaganian Quarter. They request you ask its occupant to tea."

Unlocked with Time Passing in Office 7-10, The Airs of Port Carnelian 71-90, Silver Horseheads 25, Imperial Legitimacy


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 135

  • 93 - very chancy (41%)
  • 115 - chancy (51%)
  • 138 - modest (61%)
  • 160 - very modest (71%)
  • 183 - low-risk (81%)
  • 205 - straightforward (91%)
  • 225 - straightforward (100%)

Success

An amicable drink

An old man with wispy grey hair and a gentle, kindly-seeming countenance waits […] "A small token. I'm much moved by your interest […]" […]

He gently deflects questions about himself, but happily discusses […] Port Carnelian, of which he has extensive knowledge. […]

Description summary:
An English couple is indignant that you are rubbing elbows with a Khaganian, but the old man is flattered by your interest in the Khanate and provides you with a translation of Khanate literary works. Apparently the very fact that you two are meeting is an indicator of positive relations between London and the Khanate.

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Failure

"Keeping the peace"

An old man with wispy grey hair and a gentle, kindly-seeming countenance waits […]

[…] extensive knowledge. Unnervingly extensive. He grins; a few of his teeth are silver[…] "Governor, I may be getting on in years, but I keep up well enough with the times. […]"

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