The Trifling Diplomat

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[…] the Trifling Diplomat spends most of his time leaking information to anyone who'll listen, changing his mind about what kind of bone he's collecting, and taking prodigious bribes – though he seems utterly oblivious to the value of Khaganian money.

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Game Instructions: What the Diplomat is buying will change each week; selling him very valuable skeletons can cause Bone Market Exhaustion.

Unlocked with Discovered: the Copper Quarter (hidden)

Storylet appears in The Copper Quarter

Options:

Take tea with the Diplomat

•  Spoiler ID: 249763
  

  Unlocked with 5 x Scraps of Incendiary Gossip
  

   

  Success

  Delightful

  •  You've gained 1-14 x Moves in the Great Game
  •  You've gained 5 x Jasmine Leaves
  • You've lost 5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip

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Skeleton Sale Available This Week

Each week a different one of these options will be available, depending on the World Quality The Diplomat's Current Fascination. This week, the Diplomat is fascinated by Fossilized fish (Fish Skeletons).

Sell the Diplomat a fossil fish

•  Spoiler ID: 250252
  

  Unlocked with The Diplomat's Current Fascination is Fossilized fish (World Quality, now available), Skeleton in Progress 190-199
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Success

  Sold!

  •  You've gained 1 + ( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies/50) x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage
  •  You've gained ([1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 / 100) x Bone Market Exhaustion (rounded down)
  •  You've gained [1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 x Compromising Document
  • You are no longer working on a skeleton. (Resets Skeleton in Progress to 0)
  • Your 'Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Torso Style' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Skulls' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Arms' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Legs' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tails' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Wings' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Fins' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tentacles' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Amalgamy' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Antiquity' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Menace' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology' Quality has gone!

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Options Available Other Weeks

Sell the Diplomat an antique skeleton

•  Spoiler ID: 249776
  

  Unlocked with The Diplomat's Current Fascination is Antique skeletons (World Quality, now locked), Skeleton in Progress 100, Skeleton: Antiquity 5
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Success

  Sold!

  •  You've gained 1 + ( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies/50) x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage
  •  You've gained (( Skeleton: Antiquity)² / 100) x Bone Market Exhaustion (Rounded down)
  •  You've gained ( Skeleton: Antiquity)² x Compromising Document
  • You are no longer working on a skeleton. (Resets Skeleton in Progress to 0)
  • Your 'Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Torso Style' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Skulls' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Arms' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Legs' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tails' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Wings' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Fins' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tentacles' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Amalgamy' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Antiquity' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Menace' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology' Quality has gone!

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Sell the Diplomat an amalgamous skeleton

•  Spoiler ID: MISSING
  

  Unlocked with The Diplomat's Current Fascination is Amalgamous skeletons (World Quality, now locked), Skeleton in Progress 100, Skeleton: Amalgamy 5
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Success

  Sold!

  •  You've gained 1 + ( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies/50) x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage
  •  You've gained (( Skeleton: Amalgamy)² / 100) x Bone Market Exhaustion (Rounded down)
  •  You've gained ( Skeleton: Amalgamy)² x Compromising Document
  • You are no longer working on a skeleton. (Resets Skeleton in Progress to 0)
  • Your 'Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Torso Style' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Skulls' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Arms' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Legs' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tails' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Wings' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Fins' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tentacles' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Amalgamy' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Antiquity' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Menace' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology' Quality has gone!

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Sell the Diplomat a menacing skeleton

•  Spoiler ID: 249777
  

  Unlocked with The Diplomat's Current Fascination is Menacing skeletons (World Quality, now locked), Skeleton in Progress 100, Skeleton: Menace 5
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Success

  Sold!

  •  You've gained 1 + ( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies/50) x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage
  •  You've gained (( Skeleton: Menace)² / 100) x Bone Market Exhaustion (Rounded down)
  •  You've gained ( Skeleton: Menace)² x Compromising Document
  • You are no longer working on a skeleton. (Resets Skeleton in Progress to 0)
  • Your 'Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Torso Style' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Skulls' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Arms' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Legs' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tails' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Wings' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Fins' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tentacles' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Amalgamy' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Antiquity' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Menace' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology' Quality has gone!

  ^

Sell the Diplomat a skeleton with multiple heads

•  Spoiler ID: 250250
  

  Unlocked with The Diplomat's Current Fascination is Skeletons with multiple heads (World Quality, now locked), Skeleton in Progress 100, Skeleton: Skulls 5
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Success

  Sold!

  •  You've gained 1 + ( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies/50) x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage
  •  You've gained ([1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 / 100)? x Bone Market Exhaustion (rounded down)
  •  You've gained [1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 x Compromising Document
  • You are no longer working on a skeleton. (Resets Skeleton in Progress to 0)
  • Your 'Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Torso Style' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Skulls' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Arms' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Legs' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tails' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Wings' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Fins' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tentacles' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Amalgamy' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Antiquity' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Menace' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology' Quality has gone!

  ^

Sell the Diplomat a skeleton with numerous legs

•  Spoiler ID: MISSING
  

  Unlocked with The Diplomat's Current Fascination is Skeletons with a surfeit of legs (World Quality, now locked), Skeleton in Progress 100, Skeleton: Legs 10
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Success

  Sold!

  •  You've gained 1 + ( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies/50) x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage
  •  You've gained ([1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 / 100) x Bone Market Exhaustion (rounded down)
  •  You've gained [1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 x Compromising Document
    • Wiki note: Formulas are assumed based on similar actions
  • You are no longer working on a skeleton. (Resets Skeleton in Progress to 0)
  • Your 'Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Torso Style' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Skulls' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Arms' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Legs' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tails' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Wings' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Fins' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tentacles' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Amalgamy' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Antiquity' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Menace' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology' Quality has gone!

  ^

Sell the Diplomat a fossil bird

•  Spoiler ID: 250255
  

  Unlocked with The Diplomat's Current Fascination is Primaeval birds (World Quality, now locked), Skeleton in Progress 180-189
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Success

  Sold!

  •  You've gained 1 + ( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies/50) x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage
  •  You've gained ([1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 / 100) x Bone Market Exhaustion (rounded down)
  •  You've gained [1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 x Compromising Document
  • You are no longer working on a skeleton. (Resets Skeleton in Progress to 0)
  • Your 'Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Torso Style' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Skulls' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Arms' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Legs' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tails' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Wings' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Fins' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tentacles' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Amalgamy' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Antiquity' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Menace' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology' Quality has gone!

  ^

Sell the Diplomat a fossil amphibian

•  Spoiler ID: 250256
  

  Unlocked with The Diplomat's Current Fascination is Ancient amphibians (World Quality, now locked), Skeleton in Progress 170-179
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Success

  Sold!

  •  You've gained 1 + ( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies/50) x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage
  •  You've gained ([1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 / 100) x Bone Market Exhaustion (rounded down)
  •  You've gained [1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 x Compromising Document
  • Your 'Skeleton in Progress' Quality has gone!
  • 'Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
  • Your 'Skeleton: Torso Style' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Skulls' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Arms' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Legs' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tails' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Wings' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Fins' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tentacles' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Amalgamy' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Antiquity' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Menace' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology' Quality has gone!

  ^

Sell the Diplomat a fossil reptile

•  Spoiler ID: 250257
  

  Unlocked with The Diplomat's Current Fascination is Reptilian fossils (World Quality, now locked), Skeleton in Progress 160-169
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Success

  Sold!

  •  You've gained 1 + ( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies/50) x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage
  •  You've gained ([1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 / 100) x Bone Market Exhaustion (rounded down)
  •  You've gained [1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 x Compromising Document
  • You are no longer working on a skeleton. (Resets Skeleton in Progress to 0)
  • Your 'Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Torso Style' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Skulls' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Arms' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Legs' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tails' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Wings' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Fins' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tentacles' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Amalgamy' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Antiquity' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Menace' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology' Quality has gone!

  ^

Sell the Diplomat a fossil arachnid

•  Spoiler ID: 250253
  

  Unlocked with The Diplomat's Current Fascination is Ancient arachnids (World Quality, now locked), Skeleton in Progress 200-209
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Success

  Sold!

  •  You've gained 1 + ( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies/50) x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage
  •  You've gained ([1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 / 100) x Bone Market Exhaustion (rounded down)
  •  You've gained [1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 x Compromising Document
  • Your 'Skeleton in Progress' Quality has gone!
  • 'Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
  • Your 'Skeleton: Torso Style' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Skulls' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Arms' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Legs' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tails' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Wings' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Fins' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tentacles' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Amalgamy' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Antiquity' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Menace' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Number of Segments' Quality has gone!

  ^

Sell the Diplomat a fossil insect

•  Spoiler ID: MISSING
  

  Unlocked with The Diplomat's Current Fascination is Prehistoric insects (World Quality, now locked), Skeleton in Progress 210-219
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Success

  Sold!

  •  You've gained 1 + ( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies/50) x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage
  •  You've gained ([1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 / 100) x Bone Market Exhaustion (rounded down)
  •  You've gained [1/3 × ( Amalgamy + Menace + Antiquity)]^2.2 x Compromising Document
  • You are no longer working on a skeleton. (Resets Skeleton in Progress to 0)
  • Your 'Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Torso Style' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Skulls' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Arms' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Legs' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tails' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Wings' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Fins' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Tentacles' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Amalgamy' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Antiquity' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Menace' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology' Quality has gone!

  ^