Editing Brood, ostentatiously

{{Action
|Icon = master.png
|From Storylet title = The Supper Room
|ID = 243800
|Description = Who isn't intrigued by a melancholy and dreadful stranger in the corner of the room?
|Unlocked with = {{Unlock|The Bloodied Travelling-Coat of Mr Cups}}, {{Unlock|Time Remaining at Helicon House|4}}
|BroadDiff = 175
|BroadQuality = {{IL|Persuasive}}
|Success title = Darkest gloom
|Success description = You adopt an unimpeded corner, and a magnificent scowl. Even without glancing up, you can feel the interest of strangers.
}}
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!Companion
!Companion Response
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|{{IL|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..."
|-
|{{IL|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..."
|-
|{{IL|Esoteric Accomplice}}
|Your Accomplice smoulders beside you. The pair of you really do make quite the impression.
|}
*{{Success Increase|Persuasive}}
*{{Item Loss|Time Remaining at Helicon House|1 x}}
*{{Gain|Fitting in at Helicon House|3 x}}
*{{Gain|Fascinating...|+5 CP}}

{{Rare Success
|Rare Success title = Darkest gloom
|Rare Success description = 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.}}
*{{Success Increase|Persuasive}}
*{{Item Loss|Time Remaining at Helicon House|1 x}}
*{{Gain|Fitting in at Helicon House|3 x}}
*{{Gain|Fascinating...|+10 CP}}

{{Failure
|Failure title = Unfamiliar
|Failure description = 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.
}}
*{{Failure Increase|Persuasive}}
*{{Item Loss|Fitting in at Helicon House|message=Your popularity this evening has just suffered a setback.|1 x}}
*{{Gain|Scandal|+1 CP}}
*{{Gain|Nightmares|+1 CP}}
*{{Item Loss|Time Remaining at Helicon House|1 x}}