Persuade the Delightful Reverend

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From: Debating Matters of Business with the Board

Still delightful?

Game Instructions: She is affected by Respectability. Other branches in this story may offer chances to reassure her.

Unlocked with Board Member: The Delightful Reverend

Locked with Delightful Reverend's Vote

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 100

• 69 - very chancy (41%)
• 85 - chancy (51%)
• 102 - modest (61%)
• 119 - very modest (71%)
• 135 - low-risk (81%)
• 152 - straightforward (91%)
• 167 - straightforward (100%)
  

Base difficulty is 100, which is increased by 60 per point of Board against the Church, and 20 per point of Board against the Status Quo, Board against Own Financial Interests, Board for the Fingerkings and Board against the Constables. Every level of Respectability Factor reduces the difficulty by 40 points.

Success

She is convinced!

"Oh, yes; why not?" Why not, indeed.

Description summary:
The text varies with the Question before the Board. The text above is the generic result; questions with more specific results are listed below.

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Question	Success Description
10 - 12	"Oh, certainly!" says the Delightful Reverend. "I can think of nothing better."
13	"A fellow woman of the cloth. But I suppose I should be glad you have found me the superior," the Reverend says, giving Jenny a sad wave, who surprise, returns it.
14, 15	"Oh, certainly!" says the Delightful Reverend. "I can think of nothing better. Too many voices produces a discord. Trust me, I have considerable experience on this matter."
16, 17	"Well, I suppose I shall have to go along with it," the Reverend sniffs. "Lest you get any ideas about throwing other founding members off their rightful positions elsewhere!" The Reverend shakes her head in despair at the perfidies of the Board.
18	The Delightful Reverend looks pained. "A fellow member of the cloth... but then I think it might be for the best."
19	The Delightful Reverend waves a hand airily. "Yes, yes. Goodbye very sad and all that. Now what's the next order of business?"
20	The Delightful Reverend sighs. "A shame. But he is rather...mercenary?" Her shoulders slump, despondent at the state of the world.
21, 22	"Oh that's a shame. I was doing rather well at convincing her to come to Burrow next Sunday. But if you're certain!"
23, 24, 28, 29	The Delightful Reverend clasps her hands. "Such a nice young man. But I suppose we cannot always afford to be nice when it comes to running an organisation properly."
26, 30, 35	"A shame it has not worked out. But hers is not a moderate temperament. And we must all sing from the same hymn-sheet!"
27	"I think for the Yes-Man it has to be a no." The Reverend's eyes are very bright when she's being ruthless.
31, 37	"It's a little bit of a shame," says the Delightful Reverend. "But we have somewhat different notions of the Church."
33	The Delightful Reverend gulps. "Well, on your head be it. But I shan't be best pleased if Burrow's fallen into a giant smoking crater when next I visit."
100, 105	"Well... I suppose I can see how the one at Burrow was chosen," she says, with a laugh that is not quite complimentary.
115	"Good heavens!" exclaims the Delightful Reverend. "Who knew that a construction could be so, ah, blasphemous?"
120	[…] I cannot help wondering whether […] there is a purpose in […] shops where there are no people? Or are they more in the nature of ritual shops? Where no one buys anything, but the concept of marketing is carried forward?" But she votes yes […]
130	"Hm," says the Delightful Reverend. "One cannot miss the point of it, I suppose?"
140	"It looks like a bit of nothing to me," says the Delightful Reverend. "But I suppose that is the purpose."
150	"Charming," says the Delightful Reverend.
160	"It's no charming little Alpine chalet," the Reverend notes. "But it'll do."
300 - 320, 340	"Oh, certainly!" says the Delightful Reverend. "I can think of nothing better."
520	"It does seem a little daring," admits the Delightful Reverend. "The stories we hear in Burrow, from people who have been out that way... but I am sure it will go well."
521	"He has been this way before," the Reverend says. "And besides. Better he goes first than us. Joking of course!" She says, reaching across the table to clasp his hand. "Ho ho!" There is no response from behind Feducci's bandages.
522	"Oh, yes. Let's clean up the bombs. It will delight the Burrow Ramblers' Association no end."
523	The Reverend has put on one of the more daring scarves and is polishing off her second glass of wine. "What? Oh, that. Yes, well whatever she says." Across the table, Virginia gives you a very self-satisfied smile.
525	"Well if his Grace thinks it best, I shall not contradict him," the Delightful Reverend says primly. The subsequent coughing fit from the Bishop of Southwark requires several people slapping his back and full carafe of water to put right.
526	"Well, he does know what he's talking about. And there is something funny about taking the conventional route to Hell."
527	The Delightful Reverend nods. "He knows his business I'm sure. And he's such a nice young man besides." The Wandering Gondolier beams, delighted to be praised.
528	"It shall be our Noah's arc. Except we shall correct his error and include all of the dinosaurs and other wonderful beasts that he turned up his holy nose at."
529	"The Viscountess is a lady of sense and means. I see no reason to decline her generous offer!" The Viscountess begins to purr, smugly.
700	The Delightful Reverend inclines her head. "He seems the right man for the job." She smiles happily. "I believe people should do what makes them happy. And he seems like a man who very much would enjoy ordering people about in a big castle."
710	The Delightful Reverend bangs the table. "Yes! I can think of no one better suited to the position." She ignores the alarmed looks from around the table.
720	The Delightful Reverend frowns before at last nodding. "I just hope she's sincere about opening the place up to everybody. It's no use beginning something new without flinging the doors wide."
932	[...] Our critics shall shake their heads. They shall pour foul scorn upon our ideas, but [...] they shall be laughing on the other side of their faces (no offence meant to our dear friend Furnace, of course) when we're through!" [...] Has she been at the sherry?
940	"Well, we must all do our bit," says the Delightful Reverend, piously. "Even for the residents of Ealing Gardens who once chased me down the high street with big sticks for spouting 'alarming and heretical doctrine.' Humph!"
941	"I am decidedly in favour," says the Delightful Reverend. It is plain she thinks better of Jenny than she did a few minutes ago.
1000 - 1020	The Delightful Reverend nods. "A very unusual and exciting ally," she says. "We should include it in our plans immediately."
1100, 1110	"Well, as long as you don't expect me to drive! Ho ho!" The Delightful Reverend beams.
1200	"Oh, certainly!" says the Delightful Reverend. "It will foster a communal spirit."

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've lost 1 x Uncommitted Board Members
•  The Delightful Reverend has agreed to vote your way. (Sets Delightful Reverend's Vote to 1)

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Failure

Unconvinced

"Nnno," says the Delightful Reverend cautiously. "No, I don't think that's quite how we ought to proceed."

Description summary:
The text varies with the Question before the Board. The text above is the generic result; questions with more specific results are listed below.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

Question	Failure Description
10 - 12, 14 - 17, 20, 21, 23, 26 - 31, 35, 37	"Oh, dear," says the Delightful Reverend. "I've always prided myself on being able to work with quite a varied parish council. Is the railway board so very different?"
13	"No, she is a fellow woman of the cloth! Admittedly, she is currently without her wimple. But while the wimple may be theoretical the principle of solidarity is not!"
18, 19	"No, no! The clerical insights are so valuable."
22	"I don't think we should do that. I do not wish to have to try and get through a sermon while she's rolling bombs down the aisles at Burrow."
24	"I don't think we should do that. I do not think I could survive the lecture that would follow."
33	"I think things would go very badly if we tried to remove Him," the Delightful Reverend says nervously. A single rolling boom fills the silence. The Reverend jumps in her seat.
100, 105, 115 - 170, 181 - 184, 186, 187	"The building communicates so much," says the Delightful Reverend. "Are we sure this is what we want to say about the GHR? Thinking about this from the perspective of outreach, that is."
520	"I don't think that can be the right way," says the Delightful Reverend. "Not even with a great deal of prayer and preparation."
521	"Well, no offence dear but you left Hell a long time ago? Who knows how it's changed in your absence! Perhaps you should have stayed." The Delightful Reverend chortles merrily to herself. Feducci's expression is unreadable behind his bandages.
522	The Delightful Reverend frowns. "That sounds like it will take forever! And I'm not getting any younger." April contemplates a blueprint of a grenade made to resemble a flower arrangement contemplatively.
523	The Delightful Reverend shrugs. "I've never paid much attention to people telling me I'm not allowed to do such and such or go to such and such a place." Virginia's expression is acid.
525	The Reverend makes a face like somebody's stuffed lemons up her nostrils. "It's a bit... much, isn't it? Almost a bit too churchy." Opposite her, the Bishop of Southwark turns puce.
527	"Well, no offence to the Gondolier who is a very nice young man indeed." The Wandering Gondolier beams at the Reverend's praise. "But we can't all fit on a gondola now can we?" The Gondolier's face falls.
528	[…] "I don't think we should be putting animals in danger now should we? I'd be thrown out of the board of several very respectable charities if they got wind of it!" […] "Assuming I've not already been thrown off for other reasons of course."
529	The Delightful Reverend shakes her head. "This is the leopard and the scorpion all over again!" She does not elaborate further. The Viscountess emits a low but continuous growl.
700	"He reminds me of a very disagreeable and ambitious vicar who was very rude to me at a community luncheon. No, he will not do."
710	"Oh no. Not him." Has the Reverend perhaps had prior experiences that colour her view of September?
720	"I find her position incoherent. There are some ambiguities that are too treacherous to safely navigate." Considering her line of work, this is some condemnation from the Delightful Reverend.
932	"I don't hold with primordial horrors," the Reverend says ruminatively. "They tend to be very close-minded."
940	"Oh, no," […] "That isn't a very effective use of the funds at our disposal. […] it sounds as though they might be misapplied." You have the strong sense that she understands the Widow's intent perfectly well, but finds it easier to pretend not to.
941	"Will it be efficient?" the Reverend asks dubiously. "The intent, of course, is admirable..."
1000 - 1020	"I do believe it means well," says the Delightful Reverend. "I have doubts only about the details of the plan. Perhaps there is a more mutually beneficial way to go about this?"
1100, 1110	"I'd need to check my Bibles on the subject of war," the Reverend says cautiously. "It might take some time!"
1200	"I have heard," says the Delightful Reverend, "that they are more than usually unorthodox. One might find it difficult to engage in a fruitful theological exchange."

• Persuasive is increasing…

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