Persuade the Tentacled Entrepreneur/Tables
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Difficulty[edit]
Success[edit]
Question before the Board | Success Description |
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3, 240 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in its waistcoat pockets and produces a ruddy amber card, which it holds up for you to view. Someone else has written on it, in a businesslike hand, 'I agree despite certain reservations.' |
5 | He writhes a cautious approval. |
7, 9 - 19, 21 - 24, 26 - 33, 35, 37, 280, 320 | You still have a hard time recognising which gurgle means agreement, but you know when the tentacles are waving assent. |
100, 105, 115 - 170 | The Entrepreneur raises a pale amber card of approval, or at least tolerance. It does not obviously have very strong views on architecture, but it must have overseen a few of the decisions made in Ealing. |
181 | The Entrepreneur's tentacles knot up in concern, but he holds up the amber card of approval. |
182 - 187, 720, 800, 850, 931-934, 940 - 941, 1000, 1020, 1030, 1200 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur holds up the amber card of approval. |
210 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in its waistcoat pockets and produces one of its amber cards of agreement, but it follows that up with gestures at its book of images. […] it would like to decorate a more luxurious train with an assortment of art […] |
230, 250 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in its waistcoat pockets and produces a card the colour of lacre, which it holds up […]. Someone else has written on it, in a businesslike hand, 'I support this decision, and am very curious to see the outcome.' |
300 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in his waistcoat pockets and produces a vibrant orange. Apparently he considers this idea too obvious for debate. |
310 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur produces a card so light as almost to be white. He doesn't disapprove, but... is that meant to suggest his doubt about how you'll carry out the plan? No matter; he does agree. |
400 | Is the Entrepreneur rubbing his tentacles together? He must have learnt the gesture from someone. |
500 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur holds up its various tentacles in a fashion expressing enthusiasm and curiosity. |
510 | The Entrepreneur reaches through his collection of cards and turns up the slime-green one. You don't have to read it to know what it indicates: this is the card for 'I believe the venture will prove extremely profitable.' It is his favourite card. |
520 - 523, 525 - 529 | You still have a hard time recognising which gurgle means agreement, but you know when the tentacles are waving assent. This time there is an undercurrent of discomfort, something you might even call anxiety. But it is a yes. |
610, 620 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur writhes its response: it will tolerate this decision, but it is angry about the whole affair, and it will not forget how fundamentally it has been misunderstood. […] It's astonishing a tentacled face can hold a scowl. |
700 | The Entrepreneur spends some time writhing his opinion on this point. His view appears to include approval for the Highlander's beard, which is the next best thing to having a full face of tentacles. |
710 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur holds up a card which... has he had that painted in plaid? He has! |
905 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur holds up the amber card of approval and waves it frantically. At last the Dean catches what he is up to and gives him a grateful smile. |
910 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur holds up the amber card of approval and tosses it in the Bishop's direction. The Bishop wipes away the slime on the sleeve of his cassock. |
1100, 1110 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur gurgles amiably. It is apparently keen to see your train in action. |
Board Member | Second paragraph of Success Description |
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Board Member: The Dean of Xenotheology | The Dean of Xenotheology draws something […]. Is that a sketch of the position of the Entrepreneur's tentacles? The Entrepreneur notices and shifts its tentacles into a new, visibly more menacing configuration. […] Evidently Rubbery men can laugh. |
Failure[edit]
Question before the Board | Failure Description |
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4 | He writhes his dislike of the territory. |
5 | The card he holds up – it is the shade of "certainly not." |
10 - 19, 21 - 24, 26, 28 - 33, 35, 37, 200 - 210, 220, 240 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in its waistcoat pockets and produces a dark brown card. The text – written in a human hand – reads 'No, This Displeases Me.' |
27 | […] if you breed a creature using a specific essence and amber, you must not blame it for displaying the qualities that you bred for. And also that the Rubbery Yes-Man would be made very sad […] and that it is doing no harm at all.
[…] |
181 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur's face is a tense knot that indicates disapproval. |
230, 250 - 280 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in its waistcoat pockets and produces a card the colour of a pint of lager. The text – written in a human hand – reads 'No, Unfortunately, Even Though I Am Curious.' |
400 | […] it takes out a small booklet of images and gestures with several tentacles at the image of an empty purse with moths flying out. Then it produces an image of a calendar, and an image of a person sitting in a waiting chair. […] |
500 | The Entrepreneur fishes desperately in its waistcoat and appears to be unable to find the response card it seeks. Perhaps it has something meaning 'absolutely not, under no circumstances.' |
510 | The Entrepreneur's 'no' card is accompanied by a gurgle of apprehension. Perhaps it has some notion what a Hellworm might involve. |
610, 620 | The Entrepreneur writhes its offence and its very strong disapproval. |
700 | The Entrepreneur holds up a very sticky, heavily used card that indicates its disapproval. |
710 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur quivers with disapproval. It is less clear what he has against September, but his antipathy is clear. |
720, 800, 850, 905, 910, 931 - 934, 940 - 941, 1000, 1020, 1030 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur writhes No. |
1100, 1110 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur writhes No. It is very fond of the paintwork on your train's chassis and has no wish to see it damaged. War sounds a messy affair. |
1200 | The Tentacled Entrepreneur writhes No. If Londoners want to get away from the tedium of the city, let them tour Ealing Gardens and spend their money there. |