Making Your Name: Getting to the Ball
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Game Instructions: To obtain Scraps of Incendiary Gossip, look for ‘Moving in Rarefied Circles’ or ‘Her Barbed Tongue’ in your Opportunity Deck.
Unlocked with 
A Name Signed with a Flourish exactly 3
Locked with 
The Darling of the Ambassador's Ball
Storylet appears in 
Veilgarden
Options:
Practise your little speech beforehand
- Spoiler Locked with
Tutorial: Claimed Confident Smiles (hidden)
Success
Practiced, polished, perfect
Success Instructions: Confident Smiles offer you Second Chances on Persuasive checks. You can use Second Chances to retry a failed check – but you must choose to spend them before attempting it. If you fail, you get another shot. You lose the Second Chance either way.Second Chances are particularly useful for branches that you can only attempt once, or where failure would set you back to some degree. You may find these useful for securing an invitation to the ball.
You can also spend Second Chances in Your Social Engagements to improve your skills.
An occurrence! Your 'Tutorial: Claimed Confident Smiles' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
You've gained 3 x Confident Smile
Calling in favours
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Favours: Society, 
5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, 
500 x Silk Scrap
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 60 || 41 - very chancy (41%) || 51 - chancy (51%) || 61 - modest (61%) || 71 - very modest (71%) || 81 - low-risk (81%) || 91 - straightforward (91%) || 100 - straightforward (100%)Success
"Good evening, ambassador... "
Persuasive is increasing…
You have a new Accomplishment... The Darling of the Ambassador's Ball!
You've lost 1 x Favours: Society
You've lost 5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
You've lost 500 x Silk Scrap
You've gained 1 x Blackmail Material
You've gained 30 x Cryptic Clue- Your 'Tutorial: Claimed Confident Smiles' Quality has gone! (hidden)
Redirects to: A Royal Invitation
Failure
Something is not quite right, yet
- Persuasive is increasing…
Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)
Hinting at one or two things you know
- Spoiler Unlocked with
5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, 500 x Silk Scrap, 
200 x Whispered Hint
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 60 || 41 - very chancy (41%) || 51 - chancy (51%) || 61 - modest (61%) || 71 - very modest (71%) || 81 - low-risk (81%) || 91 - straightforward (91%) || 100 - straightforward (100%)Success
"Good evening, ambassador... "
- Persuasive is increasing…
- You have a new Accomplishment... The Darling of the Ambassador's Ball!
You've gained 5 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
You've lost 200 x Whispered Hint- You've lost 500 x Silk Scrap
- You've lost 5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
- Your 'Tutorial: Claimed Confident Smiles' Quality has gone! (hidden)
Redirects to: A Royal Invitation
Failure
Something is not quite right, yet
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)
