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Shifting Sands: avante en garde

You find yourselves in a tastefully-appointed stateroom with linens and upholstery in avante gold. At one side is a closet full of Victorian-era costumes and a box of props—whatever you might need to play a role.

There's a desk, and someone has left written instructions on the blotter. Maybe you should read them!

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- Military (3)
- High Society (3)
- Engineering (3)

Prevent war between your nation and another (offscreen) country. (Maybe it's Danse Macabre?)

Collect 2 Low Society to get popular support for peace; collect 2 Politics to make initial outreach and 1 Underworld to spy on the other country’s proceedings.

When you've collected the above, or if you want to do something different with your goal, reply to this comment and link relevant threads.

Collect 3 Finance to assist with overtures toward trade rather than war, and 2 Military and 2 Anthropology to determine the likeliest strike locations and secure the borders just in case.

When you've collected the above, or if you want to do something different with your goal, reply to this comment and link relevant threads.

The roles available to your unit are as follows. Only one of each!

Reply with which role you selected. If you accomplish your goal, reply to your own comment with links to the relevant thread(s).

General: Assert your authority at representatives from other nations until someone challenges you in a contest or duel, and when they do, put them in their place.

Young Heir: find a suitable marriage partner from another nation.

Explorer: Find someone to examine an unusual plant with blood-red leaves that fold up during the day that you found on your travels (prop provided).

Black Sheep Noble Scion: Convince someone from another unit to take you on as an apprentice in something artsy or spiritual.

Doctor: Help someone who has some manner of disease or physical ailment.

Military Officer: Convince someone of higher station than you from another nation to engage you in a contest of strength, and win.

Artiste: Find an artistic muse, create a work based off them, and convince someone of high station to buy it or put it in their museum.

Priest: Find someone who is troubled, convince them to tell you about it, and give them decent advice for their situation.

[looks at instructions, looks at unit.]

Raise your hand if you know how to roleplay.

Edited 2020-11-14 21:00 (UTC)

...

[Doesn't... raise hand]

[has been scarcer than usual the last few days but made it here at least]

...Like with dice and stuff?

[Definitely evaluating her carefully, but moving on with the conversation. They look puzzled.]

What? No, I mean when you pretend to be someone.

That's what I thought... Well, pick a role and I'll give you some tips. Pick something that complements your personality. I'm going with "Artiste".

Well... I'm used to being the black sheep, so I'll go with that one?

[There's exhaustion in the line of her shoulders and the tone of her voice, and she seems to be making an effort to come off as close to normal as she is, which is still fairly withdrawn for her]

Yeah, like a dwarf or an orc or something. I done that before. This's basically the same with no dice, right?