Make Your Name: Getting to the Ball

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The Ambassador's ball is a highlight of the season. You are tired of gatecrashing: this time you're getting an invitation.

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:

Practice your little speech beforehand

•  Spoiler 
  

  Locked with Tutorial: Claimed Confident Smiles (hidden)
  

   

  Success

  Practiced, polished, perfect

  •  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 gained 30 x Cryptic Clue
  • You've lost 1 x Favours: Society
  •  Your 'Tutorial: Claimed Confident Smiles' Quality has gone! (hidden)
  • You've lost 500 x Silk Scrap
  • You've lost 5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
  •  You've gained 1 x Blackmail Material

  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 lost 200 x Whispered Hint
  •  You've gained 5 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
  •  Your 'Tutorial: Claimed Confident Smiles' Quality has gone! (hidden)
  • You've lost 500 x Silk Scrap
  • You've lost 5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip

  Redirects to: A Royal Invitation

  Failure

  Something is not quite right, yet

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)

  ^