A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis
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[…] MR ____ ______, Assistant to Mr Slowcake. "I have dispensed with my name[…]Along with other encumbrances.[…] I am not significant. You. You, 
[formal address], may be more significant than we had thought."
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Game Instructions: This is an opportunity to increase your Notability! If you ever have trouble finding this card, "Attend to matters of society!" in Your Social Engagements.
Unlocked with 
A Person of Some Importance -
Locked with 
Obscurity 3
Card drawn in 
Fallen London
Occurs with Infrequent Frequency (80% as common as Standard)
Learn about 
Notability:
Chat to the Assistant
- Spoiler
Success
"Allow me the liberty of a metaphor."
Success Instructions: To put this another way, Making Waves will drop quickly each week. Notability will remain indefinitely, as long as your Making Waves is at least equal to your Notability when Time the Healer comes calling. In other words, to maintain Notability at 5, you'll need to ensure your Making Waves is at least 5.
Making Waves is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 3)
Redirects to: A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis
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"And why would I care how Notable I am?"
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Success
"Well..."
Success Instructions: Notability may unlock advanced Professions and Lodgings, among other things.
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Redirects to: A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis
Purchase an entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals
- Spoiler Unlocked with
2900 x Penny
Locked with
1 x Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals
Success
A stroke of the pen
You've lost 2900 x Penny
You now have 1 x Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals
Redirects to: A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis
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Alter your Notability:
"I deserve a more emphatic type-face, at the very least."
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals, 
Making Waves [20 - (
B+
D+
R) + 4 * N]
Locked with
Notability 15
Success
An Achievement Unsealed!
Success Instructions: Careful! Your Notability will drop each week if it is higher than your Making Waves.
You've gained 1 x Notability (up to 15)- An occurrence! Your 'Making Waves' Quality is now [equal to your new Notability level]!
Recommend an unknown acquaintance
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Acquainted With [friend's name], 2 x Notability
Your friend needs A Person of Some Importance -, Acquainted With [you], no Notability
When Sent
The Amanuensis' eyes gleam "Another soul in need of recognition? We would be delighted. Delighted."
- You've lost 1 x Notability
Redirects to: A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis
In Messages Tab
You will receive:
[Playername] has received your Notability.
Your friend will receive:
[Playername] has recommended you to Slowcake's Amanuensis! You have gained one point of Notability.
- You now have 1 x Notability (up to 15) - A little star next to your name in Slowcake's!
- Making Waves is increasing… (+2 CP)
Throw the Amanuensis out on his oily little ear
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Notability 3, Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals
Success
A squawk and a bump
- You've lost 2 x Notability
Nightmares is dropping… (-1 CP)
You've gained 1 x Confident Smile (up to 21)
Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is dropping… (-1 CP)- Making Waves is increasing… (+1-10 CP (random))
Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)- You no longer have any of this: Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals
You've gained 1 x Favours: Revolutionaries (up to 7)
You've gained 1 x Favours: Bohemians (up to 7)
You've gained 1 x Favours: The Docks (up to 7)
You've lost 1 x Favours: Hell
You've lost 1 x Favours: Society
Gain St Destin's Candle
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Profession: None, Notability 12, 
Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 35
Locked with
St Destin's Candle
Success
And he thought he'd seen everything
You've gained 1 x St Destin's Candle- Your 'Notability' Quality has gone!
- Your 'Making Waves' Quality has gone!
- Your 'Favours: Society' Quality has gone!
You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
Make Waves:
Boast wildly
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Tale of Terror!!, 
1 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, 
1 x Confident Smile
Challenge information
A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 50%)Success
A cautious simper
- Making Waves is increasing… (+ + [1 upto current Making Waves level] CP)
- You've lost 1 x Confident Smile
You've lost 1 x Tale of Terror!!
You've lost 1 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
Redirects to: A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis
Failure
A nervous simper
- Making Waves is dropping… (- - [( 1 to current Making Waves level) x 1.2] CP)
- You've lost 1 x Confident Smile
- You've lost 1 x Tale of Terror!!
- You've lost 1 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
Redirects to: A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis
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"The company I keep speaks for me."
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals, 
Renown: Society 25, 1 x Favours: Society
Success
"Oh, I say!"
- You've lost 1 x Favours: Society
- Making Waves is increasing… (+6-10 CP (random))
Redirects to: A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis
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Bribe the man
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals, 
1000 x Soul
Success
Clandestine deliveries
You've lost 1000 x Soul- Making Waves is increasing… (+6-10 CP)
Redirects to: A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis
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Flirt with the Amanuensis
- Spoiler Unlocked with
A Person of Some Importance - is: A Legendary Charisma or A Paramount Presence, 1 x Confident Smile
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 350 || 240 - very chancy (41%) || 298 - chancy (51%) || 356 - modest (61%) || 415 - very modest (71%) || 473 - low-risk (81%) || 531 - straightforward (91%) || 584 - straightforward (100%)Success
"Er...I...um...it...fhuh..."
Persuasive is increasing…- You've lost 1 x Confident Smile
- Making Waves is increasing… (+5 CP)
Failure
"Extraordinary!"
- Persuasive is increasing…
- You've lost 1 x Confident Smile
- Making Waves is dropping… (-1 CP)
Spread gossip about a rival
- Spoiler Unlocked with
25 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, 
1 x An Identity Uncovered!, Acquainted With [friend's name]
Your friend needs
Slighted! [you] no more than 0
When Sent
He takes copious notes
- Making Waves is increasing… (+11-20 CP)
- You've lost 10-20 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
You've lost 1 x An Identity Uncovered!
In Messages Tab
You will receive:
You said some choice things about [Friend's name] to Mr Slowcake's Amanuensis, raising your own comparative social standing.
Your friend will receive:
It appears [name] has said some vicious things about your good self to Mr Slowcake's Amanuensis.
You've gained 1 x Slighted!
