Help in Laying Rumours to Rest
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Help in Laying Rumours to Rest (your friend genuinely wants your help)
- Spoiler Unlocked with a redirect from accepting an offer for help via Ask someone for help in laying rumours to rest
Options:
Write to the newspaper about your acquaintance's virtue
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When Sent
A heartwarming story The editor writes a complimentary introduction to your tale. Perhaps your acquaintance didn't truly have a heartwarming moment of reuniting a family with their missing kitten; but the public laps it up.
You've gained 25 x Cryptic Clue
Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)
In Messages Tab
You will receive:
- You wrote to the newspapers about [friend]'s virtues, in an attempt to lessen their Scandal. It worked!
- You completed Social Event: Help in Laying Rumours to Rest with [friend's name]
Your friend will receive:
[Your name] wrote to the newspapers to praise your virtues, in an attempt to lessen their Scandal. It worked!
Hoping for Help With a Scandal [your name] (-1)- Scandal is dropping… (-5 CP)
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Inform London's tastemakers of your friend's virtues
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When Sent
Making praise fashionable Though it is currently in vogue to deride your acquaintance for their scandals, the tastemakers, inspired by tales of your acquaintance's virtues, pledge themselves to spreading uplifting stories about them. And that will be the delight of London's salons.
- Scandal is dropping… (-1 CP)
In Messages Tab
You will receive:
- You spoke to London's Tastemakers on [friend's name]'s behalf. There is now less interest in their Scandal.
- You completed Social Event: Help in Laying Rumours to Rest with [friend's name]
Your friend will receive:
[Your name] spoke to London's Tastemakers, to help resolve your Scandals. There is now less interest in your Scandal.
- Hoping for Help With a Scandal [your name] (-1)
- Scandal is dropping… (-4 CP)
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Refuse the request
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Your friend needs
Hoping for Help With a Scandal [your name]
When Sent
Their business is their own You're terribly sorry, of course, but you don't want your own good name anywhere near that tale of what they did behind the arras with the drunken dandy. That's untrue? Well, doesn't that prove your point?
In Messages Tab
You will receive:
- You refused to involve yourself in [friend's name]'s scandals.
- You completed Social Event: Help in Laying Rumours to Rest with [friend's name]
Your friend will receive:
[Your name] does not wish to associate themselves in your scandals.
- Hoping for Help With a Scandal [your name] (-1)
- Spoiler
Help in Laying Rumours to Rest (your friend is trying to deceive you)
- Spoiler Unlocked with a redirect from accepting an offer for help via Use someone as your dupe
Options:
Write to the newspaper about your acquaintance's virtue
- Spoiler Locked with
A Victim of Frequent Betrayals 6
When Sent
Betrayed! The editor sends you a very stern letter. […] your acquaintance has used you. 'We already received a true account of this narrative,' the letter reads. 'We know that you were the responsible party; […] we will clear the innocent and name the guilty.'
- Scandal is increasing… (+6 CP)
Making Waves is increasing… (+2 CP)
A Victim of Frequent Betrayals is increasing… (+3 CP)
In Messages Tab
You will receive:
- You wrote to the newspapers about [friend's name]'s virtues, in an attempt to lessen their Scandal. But by your acquaintance's design, they now d__n you!
- You completed Social Event: Help in Laying Rumours to Rest with [friend's name]
Your friend will receive:
[Your name] wrote to the newspapers to praise your virtues, in an attempt to lessen their Scandal. And by your design, the newspapers are instead d__ning your acquaintance.
- Hoping for Help With a Scandal [your name] (-1)
- Scandal is dropping… (-6 CP)
- Making Waves is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Spoiler
Inform London's tastemakers of your friend's virtues
- Spoiler Locked with A Victim of Frequent Betrayals 6
When Sent
Betrayed! […] Evidently, your acquaintance has used you; […] the tastemakers would clear your acquaintance's name. "We must keep London entertained though," they say. "If we remove your friends name from circulation, we'll have to add another. Yours will do […]"
- Scandal is increasing… (+4 CP)
- A Victim of Frequent Betrayals is increasing… (+3 CP)
In Messages Tab
You will receive:
- You spoke to London's tastemakers on [friend's name]'s behalf. There is now less interest in their Scandal; and more in your own!
- You completed Social Event: Help in Laying Rumours to Rest with [friend's name]
Your friend will receive:
[Your name] spoke to London's tastemakers, to help resolve your Scandals. By your design, the tastemakers now have another interest: your acquaintance!
- Hoping for Help With a Scandal [your name] (-1)
- Scandal is dropping… (-5 CP)
- Making Waves is increasing… (+1-2 CP)
- Spoiler
Refuse the request
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Your friend needs Hoping for Help With a Scandal [your name]
When Sent
Their business is their own You're terribly sorry, of course, but you don't want your own good name anywhere near that tale of what they did behind the arras with the drunken dandy. That's untrue? Well, doesn't that prove your point?
In Messages Tab
You will receive:
- You refused to involve yourself in [friend's name]'s scandals.
- You completed Social Event: Help in Laying Rumours to Rest with [friend's name]
Your friend will receive:
[Your name] does not wish to associate themselves in your scandals.
- Hoping for Help With a Scandal [your name] (-1)
- Spoiler
