Give an impassioned speech on Freedom and Darkness

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From: Liberate Ealing Gardens or Adjust the Lighting in Ealing Gardens


Living in the light is monstrous!

Game Instructions: This increases the Liberation of Night and gains Romantic Notions. It is easier if you already have a reputation for siding with the Liberationists among the Tracklayers' Union.


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 300

  • 205 - very chancy (41%)
  • 255 - chancy (51%)
  • 305 - modest (61%)
  • 355 - very modest (71%)
  • 405 - low-risk (81%)
  • 455 - straightforward (91%)
  • 500 - straightforward (100%)

Difficulty is 400 – (50 * Supporting the Liberationist Tracklayers). Example shown is with 2 x Supporting the Liberationist Tracklayers

Success

An emotive speech

[...] You speak with conviction. You tell your listeners a story of how it has always been- the light of the stars, the light of law, keeping the best people in the worst places. You speak about the world that might be if that light were gone at last.

Description summary:
The first paragraph varies, depending on your Ealing Gardens Commemorative Development.

StatueFirst Paragraph
NoneThe crowd gathers in a derelict courtyard.
Sinning JennyThe crowd gathers by the statue to Sinning Jenny. She is remembered around here as having a great kindness for the poor. The reputation is more straightforward than the reality, but it suits for now.
FeducciThe crowd gathers by the statue to Feducci. The bronze Feducci has an aura of dangerous swagger, as though he is about to stab someone: it does set a certain tone for the speech.
The Jovial ContrarianThe crowd gathers by the statue to the Jovial Contrarian. Even with your back to the Contrarian, you can feel the radiance of his smirk. He might very well give just this speech himself, if he were in a mood to stir trouble.
VirginiaThe crowd gathers by the statue to Virginia. Virginia is not exactly an icon of the Revolution, but she is no pawn of the Masters, either. Perhaps some of your audience will find the Devils inspiring.
The Tentacled EntrepreneurThe crowd gathers by the statue to the Tentacled Entrepreneur. The Tentacled Entrepreneur could be taken as a symbol of the system successfully defied, wealth in the possession of an outsider..
Yourself, Poet-LaureateThe crowd gathers by the statue […] It is a slightly awkward juxtaposition, but perhaps your audience will not notice that you are the person in the statue. Or maybe they'll be moved by your eloquence rather than distracted by your social position.

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Failure

The wrong tone entirely

You notice almost at once that the crowd is not with you, from the pelting of mushrooms and the shouts of "Landlord!"