Allow an Acquaintance to Alleviate your Fears (dupe)

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A concerned acquaintance has noticed you've been acting oddly of late. Have your Nightmares had so great an effect on you? Perhaps your friend can help.

Unlocked with a redirect from accepting an offer for help via Make scientific study of your friend's Nightmares


Wiki note: This offer for help might look identical to Allow an Acquaintance to Alleviate your Fears (sincere), but it leads to different results. You won't know if your friend was sincere unless you decide to let them help.

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Talk through your troubles with them
  •  Spoiler 
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    Your friend needs  [you]

     

    When Sent

    Betrayed! It starts so promisingly. Your friend smiles […], and urges you to be open about your nightmares. But as the evening goes on, they press you for details […] Their posture has changed: their eyes are wide and eager; their smile is fiendishly curious.

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    You will receive:

    • [Friend's name] heard your Nightmares. You feel worse for sharing them.
    • You completed a Social Event: Allow an Acquaintance to Alleviate your Fears with [Friend name]


    Your friend will receive:

    [Your name] confessed their fears to you. You pulled the most hideous details out of them.

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Allow them to watch over your rest
  •  Spoiler 
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    Your friend needs  [you]

     

    When Sent

    Betrayed! You drift to sleep, your friend watching […] In that void of sleep, […] the inside of a your own coffin. […] eternal and unmerciful. You wake in the morning in a foul sweat. Your acquaintance is heading out of the door with a thick sheaf of notes[…]

    In Messages Tab

    You will receive:

    • [Friend's name] kept vigil over you, and studied you while you were in the throes of your Nightmares.
    • You completed a Social Event: Allow an Acquaintance to Alleviate your Fears with [Friend name]


    Your friend will receive:

    You kept vigil over [your name]'s sleep, and made a study of how Nightmares plagued their rest.

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Refuse your visitor
  •  Spoiler 
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    Your friend needs  [you]

     

    When Sent

    Isolation You are safe alone. You are safe alone? You are safe alone.

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    You will receive:

    • You refused [friend's name]'s offer to assist with to your Nightmares.
    • You completed a Social Event: Allow an Acquaintance to Alleviate your Fears with [Friend name]


    Your friend will receive:

    [Friend name] refused your offer of assistance with their Nightmares.

    ^