...is arguing with the Jovial Contrarian
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From: The Analgesic Rhetorician...
This kind of thing is a hazard to any proper evening. For the good of all, they must be stopped.
Unlocked with 
Time Remaining... exactly 1
Challenge information
- 79 - very chancy (41%)
- 98 - chancy (51%)
- 117 - modest (61%)
- 137 - very modest (71%)
- 156 - low-risk (81%)
- 175 - straightforward (91%)
- 192 - straightforward (100%)
Success
"Now you see, it's like this..."
The Jovial Contrarian responds to the Rhetorician's soporific tone of voice by speaking as loudly and abrasively as possible, [...]. They spar on topics diverse and trivial [...]
You swoop in and divert them with an inane but inflammatory observation [...].
Watchful is increasing…
You've lost 1 x Time Remaining...
Talk of the Town is increasing… (+1 CP)
You've gained 1 x Favours: Society (up to 7)
Failure
"Just as we were getting somewhere!"
The Rhetorician takes the Contrarian entirely in good faith, responding to each shift in position [...] with another of his own. [...] they are now debating [...] the kind of topic that threatens to put an abrupt end to any respectable evening. And, indeed, it does. [...]
- Watchful is increasing…
Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)- You've lost 1 x Time Remaining...
