Serve the tea and solve mysteries - Tally Ho! [Choice of Games]

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Parenthesis: Jan 3, 2013

Make Valentine laugh and relax (1), we've been a bit hard on her.

You can pick the false choice.

# ? Jan 30, 2018 16:04

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 00:24

Slaan: Mar 16, 2009; ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH

Just a bit of a lark, old bean

Votes for the vote God

# ? Jan 30, 2018 16:08

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

Memorable tips and let us vote

# ? Jan 30, 2018 21:54

Maugrim: Feb 16, 2011; I eat your face

Scare and you pick

# ? Jan 30, 2018 22:33

Epicurius: Apr 10, 2010; College Slice

Pangurban posted:

The parallel's between Rory Wintermint and Bertie Wooster are very, very real.

This author wants so badly be Wodehouse, it hurts. Sadly for them, though, Wodehouse was funny.

# ? Jan 30, 2018 22:59

rchandra: Apr 30, 2013

Laugh and we will vote - but feel free to call the vote sooner.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 03:38

where the red fern gropes: Aug 24, 2011

for laffs

# ? Jan 31, 2018 08:36

Pangurban: Apr 29, 2015

rchandra actually raises a good compromise I can't believe I didn't think of. I'll just call that vote a bit early.

And I know this game's writing style isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I'm glad that overall people seem to be enjoying it, and I'm really glad that I've convinced a few people to check it out who might not have otherwise. I think the narration is pretty snappy, overall, and honestly I think this is one of the best games that Choice Of has put out.

quote:

The most important thing Valentine needs to do is relax a bit. One cannot perform one's tasks if one is terrified, and a funny story will be just the thing.

"We in service share stories about our employers at times. It is, of course, confidential."

"I would never tell anyone, Butler. I promise."

And so you tell the story. It is a rather funny story, and you embellish it with a number of gestures and expressions intended to express Rory in his many moods.

It makes Valentine laugh a great deal, and she seems a touch more relaxed by the end.

quote:

Aunt Primrose's estate is surrounded by massive oak trees dressed in vivid lemon yellows, with just a few red-brown oak leaves dotting the ground to mildly suggest that this beauty might come to an end someday, but not soon.

The cab stops at the green gates announcing that this is Ritornello, where two servants bar the way. They examine the cab carefully, presumably ensuring that Figs is not hiding in the back seat, and then wave you through. The cab curves around the great circular driveway with a white marble statue in the center of it in the shape of the goddess Minerva emerging from Jupiter's forehead. You pay the fellow over Valentine's objections, and are about to collect the luggage when you hear someone running from behind you, and then the world goes dark.

"Guess who!" calls a high-pitched and giggling voice. "Guess, Butler!"

"Mrs. Patterson, is that you?"
"Mr. Wintermint, I believe?"
"Col. Firesnuff, is that you?"
"Mopsie?"
"Helen of Troy?"

Most current stats posted:

Reginald Butler

Your Sundry Skills
Bold: 58%
Culture: 25%
Intellect: 43%
Observe: 38%
Persuade: 42%
Skulduggery: 19%
Soothing/Abrasive: 34%/66%

Your Reputation
Renown: 35% (+7%)
Tranquility: 18% (-2%)
Suspicion: 10%

Rory: 36%
Valentine: 40% (+15%)
Frankincense: 44%
Aunt Primrose: 21%
Col. Firesnuff: 34%

Ready Monies: 23

# ? Jan 31, 2018 13:30

SimplyUnknown1: Aug 18, 2017; Cat Cat Cat

Using logic, Mrs. Patterson is too dignified to giggle, Rory doesn't have a high-pitched voice, this doesn't seem the style of Col. Firesnuff, and Helen of Troy is dead. So, it must be Mopsie.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 13:52

Kitala: Sep 2, 2012; Not Some Opera Floozy

Mopsie

# ? Jan 31, 2018 13:55

Avalerion: Oct 19, 2012

Helen?.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 14:11

achtungnight: Oct 5, 2014; I get my fun here. Enjoy!

It may amuse Mopsie to call her Helen of Troy

# ? Jan 31, 2018 14:13

Parenthesis: Jan 3, 2013

Mopsie (4).

# ? Jan 31, 2018 14:32

FoolyCharged: Oct 11, 2012; Cheating at a raffle? I sentence you to 1 year in jail! No! Two years! Three! Four! Five years! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
Somebody call for an ant?

Avalerion posted:

Helen?.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 15:36

ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

Helen

# ? Jan 31, 2018 16:02

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

Helen

# ? Jan 31, 2018 16:34

Slaan: Mar 16, 2009; ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH

Avalerion posted:

[b]Troy?l/b].

# ? Jan 31, 2018 16:36

rchandra: Apr 30, 2013

Helen launched a thousand figs.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 16:50

Thesaya: May 17, 2011; I am a Plant.

Helen of Troy. We don't want to accidentally insult one of our many, many former lovers now, do we?

# ? Jan 31, 2018 16:57

Ratoslov: Feb 15, 2012; Now prepare yourselves! You're the guests of honor at the Greatest Kung Fu Cannibal BBQ Ever!

Helen, is that you?

# ? Jan 31, 2018 17:54

Pangurban: Apr 29, 2015

Like I said, calling this vote a bit early.

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"No, someone even more beautiful!" she laughs, releasing you. "Did you really think I was Helen of Troy? Did you?"

Mopsie is looking lovely as ever in a twirly pink-and-purple floral chiffon dress with a large floppy bow at the neck and six big cloth-covered buttons down the front. Her hair is somewhat wild, an explosion of curls and tendrils. She is flushed, probably from charming at you from behind. Mopsie appears as sweet as can be. But you have seen that gleam in her eyes before. Mopsie usually means trouble - she has a tendency to provoke chaos around her sooner or later.

You see Valentine directing some of Aunt Primrose's help to take the luggage up to Mr. Wintermint's room. For a moment, you consider whether Valentine needs help, but soon realize that Mopsie will not brook any distractions.

"Oh, Butler, Butler, Butler!" she says. "I can't believe you're here! I just can't believe it! You're here at last!"

"I am."

"And we'll spend so much time together!"

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Valentine clears her throat. "I think I will go ahead in with the luggage and make my presence known to the household staff. I will see you soon, Butler. And thank you for your company."

You big Valentine farewell, as Mopsie waves her hands in increasingly large motions to get your attention.

"Did you...did you happen to see dear Figaro on your journey?"

"I did see the gentleman in question."

"I believe he goes by 'Figs' among his friends," Mopsie says, and a tear starts to swell and roll.

"Indeed."

"Did...did he mention me?"

"In fact, he asked me to kiss your dewy brow on his behalf," I say, kissing her dewy brow.
"He spoke of you with obvious affection and longing."
"As a matter of fact, I don't believe he did."

Most current stats posted:

Reginald Butler

Your Sundry Skills
Bold: 58%
Culture: 25%
Intellect: 43%
Observe: 38%
Persuade: 42%
Skulduggery: 19%
Soothing/Abrasive: 34%/66%

Your Reputation
Renown: 35%
Tranquility: 18%
Suspicion: 10%

Rory: 36%
Valentine: 40%
Frankincense: 44%
Aunt Primrose: 21%
Col. Firesnuff: 34%
Mopsie: 100%

Ready Monies: 23

# ? Jan 31, 2018 23:35

Parenthesis: Jan 3, 2013

"He spoke of you with obvious affection and longing." (2), let's not go crazy here.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 23:54

Odysseus S. Grant: Oct 12, 2011; Cats is the oldest and strongest emotion
of mankind

"As a matter of fact, I don't believe he did."

# ? Jan 31, 2018 23:58

sullat: Jan 9, 2012

You know, I don't believe he did.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:07

FoolyCharged: Oct 11, 2012; Cheating at a raffle? I sentence you to 1 year in jail! No! Two years! Three! Four! Five years! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
Somebody call for an ant?

dewey brow

# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:11

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

"He spoke of you with obvious affection and longing."

# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:11

achtungnight: Oct 5, 2014; I get my fun here. Enjoy!

I don't believe he did. His mind seemed more on his dreadful painting, if I recall correctly. Breaking up Mopsie's Romance is probably a net gain for us- Aunt Primrose will appreciate it and maybe we can step in as the Romancer. If she doesn't appreciate it, well, we can work on that.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:23

ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:23

Ratoslov: Feb 15, 2012; Now prepare yourselves! You're the guests of honor at the Greatest Kung Fu Cannibal BBQ Ever!

Dewey Brow! Let's get weird.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 04:01

Avalerion: Oct 19, 2012

He spoke of you.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 14:16

Pangurban: Apr 29, 2015

quote:

"Of course he did," Mopsie says comfortably. "I would imagine he speaks of nothing else. I feel terrible for him. I'm like a bird in...what is that thing that birds are in?"

"Gilded cages?"

"Yes, like a bird in a gilded cage. But I know you will free me, Butler. You will help us be together. For what can stand in the way of true love?"

"How exactly do you want me to help?" you ask. Rory did seem to desire that Figs and Mopsie be united, but the situation appears rather difficult. "I believe your aunt is firmly opposed."

"I d-don't know," she says, and then begins to seriously weep, and without warning dives into your chest, moistening you considerably. How do you respond?

I simply hold her and pat her back parentally.
I help her put this all in historical perspective.
I suggest how she can protest to Aunt Primrose effectively.

Most current stats posted:

Reginald Butler

Your Sundry Skills
Bold: 58%
Culture: 25%
Intellect: 43%
Observe: 44% (+6%)
Persuade: 42%
Skulduggery: 19%
Soothing/Abrasive: 34%/66%

Your Reputation
Renown: 35%
Tranquility: 18%
Suspicion: 10%

Rory: 36%
Valentine: 40%
Frankincense: 44%
Aunt Primrose: 21%
Col. Firesnuff: 34%
Mopsie: 100%

Ready Monies: 23

# ? Feb 1, 2018 19:35

achtungnight: Oct 5, 2014; I get my fun here. Enjoy!

#3 sounds good

# ? Feb 1, 2018 19:44

Avalerion: Oct 19, 2012

Hold and pat. I'm kind of siding with Primrose on this one.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 20:39

Niric: Jul 23, 2008

Make a suggestion. Why be at an upper class retreat if you can't stir up some conflict for your own amusement?

# ? Feb 1, 2018 20:53

Slaan: Mar 16, 2009; ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH

Make a bold suggestion

# ? Feb 1, 2018 21:03

Ratoslov: Feb 15, 2012; Now prepare yourselves! You're the guests of honor at the Greatest Kung Fu Cannibal BBQ Ever!

Suggestion time! Elope with your terrible beloved!

# ? Feb 1, 2018 21:38

Parenthesis: Jan 3, 2013

pat her back (1)

# ? Feb 1, 2018 22:09

rchandra: Apr 30, 2013

Hold on.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 23:08

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

I propose a protest!

# ? Feb 2, 2018 01:01

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Suggest

# ? Feb 2, 2018 01:25

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