Let them down gently (Surface Ties: the Admirer 7)
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From: Surface Ties: the Admirer 7
You are building something new for yourself down here. This burgeoning life does not have room for students, however talented.
Challenge information
Broad, Persuasive 1
- 1 - chancy (60%)
- 2 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Honeyed words
You lace your rebuttal with compliments, assuring them of your confidence in their rising star. By the time they leave you with a tearful hug, they no longer believe they need your help. Perhaps they are even right.
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Magnanimous is increasing… (+1 CP)
- An occurrence! Your 'Recalling the Surface: Persuasive' Quality is now 4 - Only Memories!
Failure
And the scales fell from their eyes
Perhaps something in your tone betrays insincerity. Perhaps they had never considered that you might turn them away. The resulting argument does not go the way you had hoped, but regardless, you do not expect to see them again.
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Ruthless is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
- An occurrence! Your 'Recalling the Surface: Persuasive' Quality is now 4 - Only Memories!
- Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)