Lamentable tastes

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ID: 12215

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'[…] Today I found myself bullied into reading Tennyson to a bandaged, bedridden harridan. Do you have any idea how boring Tennyson is to read at length? It's like being trapped in a train on a bumpy track.[…]'

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Card drawn in Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Can not be discarded except by effects clearing your hand.

Options:

'I abandoned the endeavour'

•  Spoiler ID: 123200
  

   

  Success

   

  •  Austere is dropping… (-3 CP)
  •  Hedonist is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
  •  Scandal is dropping… (-1 CP)

  ^

'I persevered for hours. Hours!'

•  Spoiler ID: 123201
  

  Action Cost: 3
  

   

  Success

   

  •  Austere is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
  •  Scandal is dropping… (-6 CP)
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've gained 2 x Appalling Secret
  •  Hedonist is dropping… (-3 CP)

  ^

'I escaped upstairs'

•  Spoiler ID: 242777
  

  Unlocked with Haunted by Stairs, Transformed by Stairs 20-29
  

   

  Success

   'That scent of rain...'

  •  Scandal is dropping… (-1 CP)
  •  Haunted by Stairs is dropping… (-18 CP)

  ^