Help in Laying Rumours to Rest (sincere)
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Game Instructions: This will allow you to lower an Acquaintance's Scandal.
Unlocked with a redirect from accepting an offer for help via Ask someone for help in laying rumours to rest
Wiki note: This request for help might look identical to Help in Laying Rumours to Rest (dupe), but it leads to different results. You won't know if your friend was sincere unless you decide to try to help.
Options:
Write to the newspaper about your acquaintance's virtue
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When Sent
A heartwarming story The editor writes a complimentary introduction to your tale. Perhaps your acquaintance didn't truly have a heartwarming moment of reuniting a family with their missing kitten; but the public laps it up.
You've gained 25 x Cryptic Clue
Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)
In Messages Tab
You will receive:
- You wrote to the newspapers about [friend]'s virtues, in an attempt to lessen their Scandal. It worked!
- You completed Social Event: Help in Laying Rumours to Rest with [friend's name]
Your friend will receive:
[Your name] wrote to the newspapers to praise your virtues, in an attempt to lessen their Scandal. It worked!
Hoping for Help With a Scandal [your name] (-1)- Scandal is dropping… (-5 CP)
Inform London's tastemakers of your friend's virtues
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When Sent
Making praise fashionable Though it is currently in vogue to deride your acquaintance for their scandals, the tastemakers, inspired by tales of your acquaintance's virtues, pledge themselves to spreading uplifting stories about them. And that will be the delight of London's salons.
- Scandal is dropping… (-1 CP)
In Messages Tab
You will receive:
- You spoke to London's Tastemakers on [friend's name]'s behalf. There is now less interest in their Scandal.
- You completed Social Event: Help in Laying Rumours to Rest with [friend's name]
Your friend will receive:
[Your name] spoke to London's Tastemakers, to help resolve your Scandals. There is now less interest in your Scandal.
- Hoping for Help With a Scandal [your name] (-1)
- Scandal is dropping… (-4 CP)
Refuse the request
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Your friend needs
[your name]
When Sent
Their business is their own You're terribly sorry, of course, but you don't want your own good name anywhere near that tale of what they did behind the arras with the drunken dandy. That's untrue? Well, doesn't that prove your point?
In Messages Tab
You will receive:
- You refused to involve yourself in [friend's name]'s scandals.
- You completed Social Event: Help in Laying Rumours to Rest with [friend's name]
Your friend will receive:
[Your name] does not wish to associate themselves in your scandals.
- Hoping for Help With a Scandal [your name] (-1)
