Invite a Correspondent acquaintance to educate the orphans
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From: The Tower of Eyes: Behind Closed Doors at a Handsome Townhouse
Action Cost: 2
Game Instructions: This will invite a friend to speak at your Orphanage, if they have the appropriate Profession. Make sure they come, or the children will be terribly disappointed. They hope someone's head will catch fire.
Your friend needs Profession: Correspondent
When Sent
The invitation is sent
You prepare a room on the ground floor. Somewhere airy, with plenty of doors and windows should an abrupt exit be necessary. On reflection, you move the desks further from the blackboard, as well.
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
- Engaged in a Scheme: an Orphanage is dropping… (-15 CP)
Your friend will receive:
[Friend], a believer in progressive education, would like you to teach a class on the Correspondence at their orphanage.
Once Accepted
You will receive:
[Friend]'s class is a success, its solitary modest fire quickly smothered. You've rarely seen the children so quiet. The doodles they scratch into their desks over the next week are problematic, though.
- Making Waves is increasing… (+200 CP)
Your friend will receive:
The class is a success. Only one small fire. [Friend]'s orphans ask uncannily incisive questions. Afterwards, you collect their Correspondence-scrawled slates. A few bear oblique variations you've not seen before. Fruitful accident? Or design?
- Making Waves is increasing… (+5 CP)
- You've gained 15 x Correspondence Plaque
- You've gained 1 x Favours: Urchins (up to 7)