Flirt with a parlour-maid

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ID: 6275

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From: Disporting with the servantry

She is shy, but you have noticed the flash of interest in her eyes when your paths cross. Leave a rose where she will find it one morning.

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Challenge information

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• 60 - very chancy (41%)
• 74 - chancy (51%)
• 89 - modest (61%)
• 103 - very modest (71%)
• 118 - low-risk (81%)
• 132 - straightforward (91%)
• 145 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

A fine smile

Among the parlour-maid's duties is the daily blackleading of the fireplaces. A backbreaking task that can only be improved by a small token of affection. […] the dimples on the parlour maid's cheeks are inches deep. Her smile is infectious.

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• Persuasive is increasing…
•  Hedonist is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
• Fascinating... is dropping… (-6 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Confident Smile (up to 21)

Alternative Success

A well-judged gesture

[…]indeed, your rose - stolen from the gardens the evening before and left by a coal-scuttle - has disappeared, and the dimples on the parlour maid's cheeks are inches deep. It is rare that one so lowly is noticed at all by the notables of the court.

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

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  Hedonist is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
• Fascinating... is dropping… (-6 CP)
•  You've gained 3 x Romantic Notion

Failure

A thorny problem

Oh dear. You thought that leaving a rose by the coal-scuttle would help brighten the parlour-maid's day. […] she is blinking back tears […] the young lady gashed her hand quite painfully that morning on the thorns of a thoughtlessly discarded flower.

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

• Persuasive is increasing…
• Hedonist is dropping… (-1 CP)