Give the gift of a conversation

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From: The Starved Embassy

In the right circumstances, it is a gift. Admittedly, the gifts you will be receiving in return are rather more tangible.

Game Instructions: This is a poor gift. You will gain Scandal.

Unlocked with

Success

Not quite in the spirit

You regale the Starved delegation with an account of some of your recent adventures. Your fellow delegates from London regard you levelly. Each clutch wrapped parcels, no doubt procured at some personal expense.

[...]

Description summary:
The rest of the description varies depending on which you are given.

Starved Gifts	Description
1	One of the Starved[...] offers you a leather bag[...] Press your ear to it[...] you can hear rushing wind. "A lot of us revere the wind, formless and ever-changing[...] many of us revile it for the same reason.[...]The bag is[...] part of the gift. The leather is home-grown."
2	[...] "Please accept this in the spirit it is given," they say hastily. The Starved Man steps forward and vomits a series of jewels from his mouth. [...] "Some of us believe [...] the stomach is more than simply a receptacle for sustenance. Please just take them."
3	A Starved Woman flops forward. "She has made a gift of her skeleton," says the [...] Lithologer. "Both to enable anatomical study and to show our own rather flexible attitude towards its containment." An extensive sequence of bones clatter onto the table.
4	A Starved Man steps forward [...] "He has spent [...] time learning your language, though [...] he lacks a mouth in the standard location." [...] his hand, though, buzzes with [...] mouths. "He wishes to explain some [...] cultural fixations over the course of a long handshake." [...]
5	A bored-looking Starved Man plonks a cauldron of amber onto the table. "Amber..." says the [...] Lithologer, looking to their compatriot for substantiation. "...is very important to us. [...]" The Starved Man shrugs and shambles to the back of the group.
6	The Starved Man places a blue lump [...] "Every change he has made [...], he has documented in the amber, along with his reasons for doing so. [...]" He adds a second lump. "This one is blank. He hopes, if you feel inspired, that you might follow his example."

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

Success Instructions: You will be able to join a fresh delegation once Time, the Healer comes.

• You have moved to a new setting: The Fifth City (hidden)
•  An occurrence! Your 'Recent Participant in a Starved Cultural Exchange' Quality is now 1!
•  You've lost 1 x Extraordinary Implication
•  You've gained 1 x A Shaper of Starved Culture
•  An occurrence! Your 'Starved Gifts' Quality is now 1-6! (hidden)
•  Scandal is increasing… (+() CP)

With 1:

•  You've gained 6 x Aeolian Scream

With 2:

•  You've gained 1 x Emetic Revelation
•  You've gained 50 x Venom-Ruby

With 3:

•  You've gained 1 x Human Ribcage
•  You've gained 5 x Headless Skeleton

With 4:

•  You've gained 8 x Stolen Kiss

With 5:

•  You've gained 2000 x Nodule of Deep Amber

With 6:

•  You've gained 2 x Nodule of Trembling Amber