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From: An ode to the Empress


D--n me, an ode? Who writes odes these days? What do they think this is, the 1820s?


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 7

  • 5 - very chancy (42%)
  • 6 - chancy (51%)
  • 8 - modest (68%)
  • 9 - very modest (77%)
  • 10 - low-risk (85%)
  • 11 - straightforward (94%)
  • 12 - straightforward (100%)

Success

A very profitable half-hour

[…] the Empress. Ancient, deaf, probably half-insane... and there's the treachery thing. Eventually you dash off some high-sounding drivel about her vigilance and the fierceness of her wrath. The Patriot is delighted, and pays you a[…] chunk of glim.

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Failure

Defeat from the jaws of victory

[…] the Empress. Ancient, deaf, probably half-insane... […] you dash off some […] drivel about her vigilance […]. Your patriot friend […] notices 'NOSY, HUMOURLESS, BAD-TEMPERED' scrawled on the side of the page. If only you'd been more careful […]

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