Brood, ostentatiously

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From: The Supper Room

Who isn't intrigued by a melancholy and dreadful stranger in the corner of the room?

Unlocked with The Bloodied Travelling-Coat of Mr Cups, 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

Darkest gloom

You adopt an unimpeded corner, and a magnificent scowl. Even without glancing up, you can feel the interest of strangers.

Helicon House Companion	Last Paragraph
	None
Starry-Eyed Scoundrel	The Starry-Eyed Scoundrel adopts a similarly distant […] gaze. A couple of artists […] applaud. "I am beginning a historical series about the doomed heroes of the Fourth City," says one. "[…] we might have to take some liberties […] but you […] capture the mood..."
Stormy-Eyed Scoundrel	The Stormy-Eyed Scoundrel adopts a similarly […] tragic gaze. A couple of artists actually applaud. "I am beginning a historical series […] you very much capture the mood... Though that one is a little intense." The Scoundrel blinks, slowly.
Celebrated Artist's Model	The Celebrated Artist's Model picks up the mood of the scene you are creating, and droops beside you. An artist catches the pair of you. "Are you posing in groups now? Perhaps for illustrations of classic plays? I have just begun a new series..."
Infamous Mathematician	The Infamous Mathematician leans her head on your shoulder with a cheerful smile. "I do enjoy your brooding; it's very Byronic."
Master Jewel Thief Roguish Semiotician Blooming Wallflower Flexible Intelligencer Joyful Charter Clerk Joyful Illuminator Soothing Palaeontologist	Your companion does not – quite – smirk.
Platonic Partner in Crime	Your platonic partner in crime goes for a more droopy sort of melancholy, as though all her favourite flowers come in black, and they have all died.
A Bewildering Procession of Companions, Lovers, Suitors, and Paramours	A couple of your companions join you in a tableau of exotic melancholy. Others mingle with the room and loudly wonder who the brooding individual might possibly be.
Both your spouses	Your spouses try to join you in pondering your tragic existence, but they break out in suppressed giggling after a few minutes.
Esoteric Accomplice Fabulous Accomplice	Your Accomplice smoulders beside you. The pair of you really do make quite the impression.
Genre Painter	The Genre Painter isn't quite sure what you're doing. He gamely joins in, calibrating his expression from observing yours.
Prescient Automatist	The Prescient Automatist isn't quite sure what you're doing. He gamely joins in, calibrating his expression from observing yours.
Noman	Your Noman attempts to emulate the pose.
Player Spouse	Your spouse is accustomed to this sort of thing and tolerates it without comment.

• Persuasive is increasing…
• You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House
•  You've gained 3 x Fitting in at Helicon House
•  Fascinating... is increasing… (+5 CP)

Rare Success

Darkest gloom

You adopt an unimpeded corner, and a magnificent scowl. Even without glancing up, you can feel the interest of strangers.

Wiki note: The description probably includes the companion text from the regular success.

• Persuasive is increasing…
• You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House
•  You've gained 3 x Fitting in at Helicon House
•  Fascinating... is increasing… (+10 CP)

Failure

Unfamiliar

You attempt to scowl meaningfully in the corner. In practice, you lean on a decorative pedestal, smash an alabaster vase, and encounter the unmistakeable displeasure of the Clay Doorman.

• Persuasive is increasing…
• Your popularity this evening has just suffered a setback. (Removes 1 x Fitting in at Helicon House)
•  Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
• You've lost 1 x Time Remaining at Helicon House