The Mirrored Salon
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Description summary:
The second paragraph varies based on who accompanied you.
 Helicon House Companion | Second paragraph |
|---|---|
 Starry-Eyed Scoundrel | The Scoundrel discreetly notes his reflection in all these many mirrors. |
 Stormy-Eyed Scoundrel | The Scoundrel discreetly notes his reflection in all these many mirrors. In many, his eyes are flecked with distant storms. |
 Master Jewel Thief | The Jewel Thief has settled in the one spot in the room where his every move will not be telegraphed throughout. |
 Celebrated Artist's Model | The Celebrated Artist's Model presents to the world not one but two magnificent profiles. |
 The Admiralty Lackey | The Admiralty Lackey goes to great effort not to look at any mirrors at all. The overall effect is rather twitchy. |
 Roguish Semiotician | Your spouse stares into his myriad reflections, pondering the slight distortion in each subsequent copy. |
 Infamous Mathematician | Your spouse finds the exact spot to stand on that maximizes the number of visible reflections in the various mirrors – it gives her no small satisfaction. |
 Blooming Wallflower Flexible Intelligencer | Your spouse tries to avoid being reflected too many times. |
 Joyful Charter Clerk Joyful Illuminator | Your spouse grins into the mirror. |
 Soothing Palaeontologist | Your spouse arranges a few bones on a low table in front of a trifold mirror, where they will be displayed to best advantage. |
 Platonic Partner in Crime | Your platonic partner in crime has settled in the one spot in the room where her every move will not be telegraphed throughout. |
 Everyone Both your spouses | Your companions are unnecessarily duplicated and triplicated in all the available glass. |
 Your Spouse, Returned Your Lover, Returned Your Brother, Returned Your Daughter, Returned | Your companion keeps a step behind you, as though this is more exposure than desired. |
 Esoteric Accomplice Fabulous Accomplice | A special smile lurks on the face of your accomplice. All her very best accomplice-ing is achieved in rooms much like this one. |
 Genre Painter | The Genre Painter gives his own reflection a thoughtful nod. He was never one for self-portraiture, alas. |
 Prescient Automatist | The Prescient Automatist gives his own reflection a thoughtful nod. Does he recognise himself in the image, or something buried deeper? |
 Noman | Your Noman is showcased from all possible angles. |
 Player Spouse | Your spouse makes a low-voiced comment about how the lighting compares to Mahogany Hall. |
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Unlocked with 
Time Remaining at Helicon House 1, 
Discovered: the Mirrored Salon (hidden)
Storylet appears in 
Helicon House
Options:
Astonish the company with an illusion
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Time Remaining at Helicon House 2
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 125 || 86 - very chancy (41%) || 107 - chancy (51%) || 128 - modest (61%) || 148 - very modest (71%) || 169 - low-risk (81%) || 190 - straightforward (91%) || 209 - straightforward (100%)Narrow,
Glasswork 3 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (20%) || 1 - high-risk (30%) || 2 - tough (40%) || 3 - very chancy (50%) || 4 - chancy (60%) || 5 - modest (70%) || 6 - very modest (80%) || 7 - low-risk (90%) || 8 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
A volunteer from the crowd
Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained 2 x Fitting in at Helicon House
Making Waves is increasing… (+4 CP)- You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House
[Airs of Passengers change…] (random) (hidden)
Failure
A volunteer from the crowd
- Persuasive is increasing…
Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)- You've lost 1 x Fitting in at Helicon House
- You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House
Inspire them with the light of your False-Star
- Spoiler Unlocked with
A False-Star of your Own, Time Remaining at Helicon House 4
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 175 || 120 - very chancy (41%) || 149 - chancy (51%) || 178 - modest (61%) || 208 - very modest (71%) || 237 - low-risk (81%) || 266 - straightforward (91%) || 292 - straightforward (100%)Success
Unshuttered
- Persuasive is increasing…
- You've gained 2 x Fitting in at Helicon House
- You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House
Inspired... is increasing… (+8 CP)
Failure
Wrong azimuth?
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Your popularity this evening has just suffered a setback. (Removes 1 x
Fitting in at Helicon House) - You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House
Sell off a few Glass Gazettes
- Spoiler Unlocked with
5 x Glass Gazette, Time Remaining at Helicon House 2
Success
Drawn to the Smoking Shore!
- You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House
You've lost 5 x Glass Gazette- You've gained 1 x Fitting in at Helicon House
You've gained 29 x Hinterland Scrip
Advance your Spouse's Career
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Master Jewel Thief, 
Train Luxuries 5, 
Casing... 3
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 400 || 274 - very chancy (41%) || 340 - chancy (51%) || 407 - modest (61%) || 474 - very modest (71%) || 540 - low-risk (81%) || 607 - straightforward (91%) || 667 - straightforward (100%)The difficulty is modified by 50 x (
Bizarre - 
Respectable). Note that Bizarre and Respectable can be negative even though they appear as 0.
Broad, Time Remaining at Helicon House 2 || 1 - high-risk (30%) || 2 - chancy (60%) || 3 - low-risk (90%) || 4 - straightforward (100%)Success
A sea of light
- Persuasive is increasing…
- You've gained 2 x Fitting in at Helicon House
- You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House
You've gained 3 x Sapphire
You've gained 6 x Ostentatious Diamond
Casing... is dropping… (-3 CP)- [Airs of Passengers change…] (random) (hidden)
Failure
Excessive
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
- Your popularity this evening has just suffered a setback. (Removes 1 x Fitting in at Helicon House)
- You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House
- [Airs of Passengers change…] (random) (hidden)
