Invite a Midnighter acquaintance to honour a tradition of St Joshua
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From: The Tower of Eyes: Behind Closed Doors at a Handsome Townhouse
Action Cost: 2
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Game Instructions: This will invite a friend to speak at your Orphanage, if they have the appropriate Profession. Make sure they come; it'd be bitterly ironic if they forgot.
Your friend needs Profession: Midnighter
When Sent
High spirits
A few orphans have caught whispers[...] and have invented a new game to play while they kick over your carefully-arranged furniture: "Spies and Snuffers." How excited they are! [...] shame if your friend fails to turn up. Though you can always blame the irrigo.
- Engaged in a Scheme: an Orphanage is dropping… (-15 CP)
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
Your friend will receive:
[Friend] invites you to honour an ancient tradition of St Joshua by rendering a tithe of secrets to the children at their orphanage.
Once Accepted
You will receive:
[Friend] regales your orphans with tales of terror, hinting at dreadful, secret things. At the end of the story of the Forgotten Dragon, a girl gasps, then dashes out of the room! You find her on the roof hours later, gazing up at the false-stars.
- Making Waves is increasing… (+200 CP)
Your friend will receive:
You turn your secrets into thrilling ghost stories; of Forbidden Masks, the Many-Faceted Man, the Tattoo-Head. [Friend]'s orphans listen with rapt attention, eyes wide. When they begin to whisper, you raise a finger to your lips. Shhh.
- Making Waves is increasing… (+5 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Favours: The Great Game (up to 7)
- You've gained 15 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip