Unfinished Business In Veilgarden

When your Persuasive is 61-70

51-60

Unfinished Business in Veilgarden.

For the most part, you've outgrown this place. But a few trifles call you back.

This storylet unlocks with Persuasive at 70 but individual options all require that one be A Person of Some Importance. This storylet allows one to accumulate specific items necessary for the acquisition of the more expensive items obtained in the Bazaar Sidestreets.

Take a consignment of old props The play was a little too ambitious, a little too radical, a little too awful. It didn't last a week. Nobody will mind if you walk off with a few props. Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance 1 This storylet will cost you 2 actions! (A matter of luck: it could go either way.) Lucky spoiler The detritus of art A dozen powdered wigs. A pig's bladder on a stick. A lady's bag of some sort. An empty marble jar carved with two leering faces. Wait a moment, that's not empty… Gain: 100 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey Unlucky spoiler Meandering through an ancient city You walk among backdrops depicting the desert sun, a crocodile-infested river, dense green jungle. Here's a spirited attempt at a pagan temple. You prise a crate open. Cheap brass lamps and clay tablets. Perhaps they're not all fakes… Gain: 12 x Relic of the Second City

Your crowd of admirers Do they still read you here? Do they still perform your works? Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance 1 This storylet will cost you 5 actions! (Persuasive challenge; straightforward at 105) Reward spoiler (Old) A bottle of fame 'You're back! I knew you wouldn't forget us even now you're a proper toff! Come in! Have a drink!' You pass an afternoon soaked in cheap wine and rough honey. You leave, soused and adored, with your pockets full of bottles. Persuasive increase Gain: 100 x Greyfields 1879 Reward spoiler A bottle of fame 'You're back! I knew you wouldn't forget us even now you're a proper toff! Come in! Have a drink!' You pass an afternoon soaked in cheap wine and rough honey. You leave, soused and adored, while your admirers follow behind you with crates of wine. Persuasive increase Gain: 520 x Greyfields 1879

Shake down your agent You're owed some royalties from recent adaptations of your work. Getting hold of them is another matter, though. Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance 1 This storylet will cost you 6 actions! (Persuasive challenge; straightforward at 115) Reward spoiler A friendly stroll to the bank Your agent is just off to the bank. You're no fool, and you stick to her like a friendly limpet. Why she has to pay your royalties in sterling is a mystery, but at least she does pay you this time. Persuasive increase Gain: 230 x Surface Currency

Get in on a card game Amber stakes and four-card brag in a cramped back room in a honey-den. A night out unique to Veilgarden. Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance 1, 25 x Deep Amber (Persuasive challenge; straightforward at 105) Reward spoiler Are they letting you win? Perhaps that fading, hoarse actor wants to win your favour? Does the Florid Impressario want to stage your work? Amber chips fly to you like iron filings to a magnet. Persuasive increase Gain: 100 x Deep Amber (This is not the best action for Deep Amber. More can be scored per action at Mahogany Hall through the Work for Jasper and Frank storylet, which is a Shadowy action.).

Rewards spoiler (Rare)

Heavy of eye

Is it past dawn? Is it far past, and back into what would be night? You're not sure. But you do have your winnings to keep you company. If only they would shut up for a while.
Persuasive increase
Gain: 1 x Aeolian Scream

An admirer among the clergy A sly cleric is extremely fond of your work. Perhaps you could turn this to your advantage. Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance 1 (Persuasive challenge; straightforward at 105) Reward spoiler Who can tell? What did you do that night in the vestry? Partake of a chaste supper and some improving literature? Or perhaps something the Bishop would not approve of? One thing is certain - you come away with a smile and a fat packet of candles. Persuasive increase Gain: 100 x Foxfire Candle Stub

Doing the decent thing. A Hollow-Eyed Hedonist is giving it all up. Not a single drop of honey will pass his lips from now on. You'd best look after it for him. (Persuasive challenge; straightforward at 105) Reward spoiler Good of you You stack the jars neatly away. How decent of you to rescue this poor honey-mazed wretch from himself. Oh, you'll definitely pour the devilish stuff away. At some point. Possibly. Persuasive increase Gain: 50 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey

Rewards spoiler (Rare)

Oh my

You stack the jars neatly away. How decent of you to rescue this poor honey-mazed wretch from himself. Oh, you'll definitely pour the devilish stuff away. At some point. Possibly. Perhaps it wouldn't be too awful to try a little now. Who knows what might happen in a dream?
Persuasive increase
You've gained 1 x Stolen Kiss
Gain: 50 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey

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