Perhaps you sympathise

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From: Make Friends with a Young Stag


You could distract the aunt from her tirade on Chuffy's intolerable status as a bachelor, his worthless friends and his unbecoming habits.


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 80

  • 55 - very chancy (41%)
  • 68 - chancy (51%)
  • 82 - modest (61%)
  • 95 - very modest (71%)
  • 108 - low-risk (81%)
  • 122 - straightforward (91%)
  • 134 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Smoothly done

[…] Appealing to the aunt's vanity works a treat, and Chuffy is spared the fighting edge of her tongue […]. You, on the other hand, have to sit through a catalogue of relatives whose images hang in various London galleries. Chuffy winks at you […]

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Success Instructions: Head to the Bazaar Sidestreets to continue.


Failure

Perhaps not

The aunt in question throws you a glance that would rout a company of grenadiers. You retreat before your eyes melt.