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

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

Stand still, sir!. Need to keep exercising that Bold Stat on our end.

# ? Feb 5, 2018 21:36

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rchandra: Apr 30, 2013

Jump!

# ? Feb 5, 2018 23:08

Alumnus Post: Dec 29, 2009; They are weird and troubling. We owe it to our neighbors to kill them.; Pillbug

Stand still you wee bloody fop.

# ? Feb 6, 2018 01:34

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

Jump! Jump for your life!

# ? Feb 6, 2018 01:58

where the red fern gropes: Aug 24, 2011

jump!

# ? Feb 6, 2018 03:30

Pangurban: Apr 29, 2015

quote:

"I shall."

Rory also does a number of floor exercises, including some lunges and running in place until he is quite out of breath and slightly disheveled.

"Better, sir?"

"A bit."

"Good. Then let us dress you."

You dab at Rory to wick away any faint perspiration and make an effort to groom him so that he does not look like someone who just ran in place.

You put the finishing touches on Rory's outfit, making minute adjustments to ensure that he looks to his best advantage.

The result, if you do say so yourself, is certainly an improvement. Rory strikes various poses in front of the mirror, admiring himself in his dark green wool tweed jacking jacket with a hound's-tooth pattern. A crisp pair of cream-colored breeches and dark brown boots complete the outfit.

"The three buttons, of course, remain closed during the hunt, sir," you note.

"Naturally," Rory says, adjusting his tie, and accepting his top hat from you. "What do you think? How do I look?"

"Perfectly adequate, sir."
"Frankincense's heart will skip a beat, no doubt."
"To be perfectly honest, you look rather unwell."

Most current stats posted:

Reginald Butler

Your Sundry Skills
Bold: 64%
Culture: 25%
Intellect: 43%
Observe: 44%
Persuade: 42%
Skulduggery: 19%
Soothing/Abrasive: 31%/69%

Your Reputation
Renown: 51%
Tranquility: 18%
Suspicion: 10%

Rory: 50% (+8%)
Valentine: 40%
Frankincense: 44%
Aunt Primrose: 21%
Col. Firesnuff: 34%
Mopsie: 100%

Ready Monies: 23

# ? Feb 6, 2018 14:29

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?

her heart will skip

# ? Feb 6, 2018 14:37

Avalerion: Oct 19, 2012

Perfectly adequate.

# ? Feb 6, 2018 14:59

Parenthesis: Jan 3, 2013

Perfectly adequate.

# ? Feb 6, 2018 15:05

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

"Frankincense's heart will skip a beat, no doubt."

# ? Feb 6, 2018 15:07

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

heart-skippingly good

# ? Feb 6, 2018 15:28

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

Like a heartskipper.

# ? Feb 6, 2018 15:57

Maugrim: Feb 16, 2011; I eat your face

We can turn a compliment without missing a beat.

# ? Feb 6, 2018 15:59

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

As normal, sir, Quite unwell

# ? Feb 6, 2018 18:02

rchandra: Apr 30, 2013

Adequate

# ? Feb 7, 2018 04:48

Pangurban: Apr 29, 2015

quote:

"That is kind of you to say so," Rory says. "I hope I don't look too good. There are only so many heartbeats that ought to stop, all in a row. There are limits."

"I look forward to seeing the two of you together," you say. "You will be a happy couple."

"Y-yes," Rory says, hesitating, and lingering before leaving the room. "It's just..."

He falls silent.

"Sir?"
"...just that you don't want to be married?"
"...just that you love her more than you can say?"

Most current stats posted:

Reginald Butler

Your Sundry Skills
Bold: 64%
Culture: 25%
Intellect: 43%
Observe: 44%
Persuade: 42%
Skulduggery: 19%
Soothing/Abrasive: 31%/69%

Your Reputation
Renown: 51%
Tranquility: 18%
Suspicion: 10%

Rory: 50%
Valentine: 40%
Frankincense: 44%
Aunt Primrose: 21%
Col. Firesnuff: 34%
Mopsie: 100%

Ready Monies: 23

Pangurban fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Feb 8, 2018

# ? Feb 7, 2018 23:09

SimplyUnknown1: Aug 18, 2017; Cat Cat Cat

Sir? No need to push him in a direction that he might not be happy with.

# ? Feb 7, 2018 23:13

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

SimplyUnknown1 posted:

Sir? No need to push him in a direction that he might not be happy with.

# ? Feb 7, 2018 23:37

Avalerion: Oct 19, 2012

Sir?

# ? Feb 7, 2018 23:55

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

Avalerion posted:

Sir?

# ? Feb 7, 2018 23:56

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

SimplyUnknown1 posted:

Sir? No need to push him in a direction that he might not be happy with.

We're BOLD drat it

No marriage in your future, then?

# ? Feb 8, 2018 00:05

SimplyUnknown1: Aug 18, 2017; Cat Cat Cat

Slaan posted:

We're BOLD drat it

No marriage in your future, then?

Being bold doesn't mean that we're a jerk too.

# ? Feb 8, 2018 00:17

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

SimplyUnknown1 posted:

Sir? No need to push him in a direction that he might not be happy with.

# ? Feb 8, 2018 02:06

rchandra: Apr 30, 2013

Sir? - I don't know what I want, let Rory pick.

I love the Mopsie relationship stat in this game.

# ? Feb 8, 2018 02:09

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

rchandra posted:

I love the Mopsie relationship stat in this game.

I know I don't want to see that sucker go down.

Sir?

# ? Feb 8, 2018 02:19

Parenthesis: Jan 3, 2013

Sir?

# ? Feb 8, 2018 06:56

Pangurban: Apr 29, 2015

I feel you should all know that I'm a touch sick at the moment, which is probably why I found a long comment chain of "Sir?"s funnier than it had any right to be.

quote:

"Nothing," Rory says. "Let's join the others. I'll tell you what. Kindly observe Frankincense and me when we are together. Then offer your candid opinion about the two of us."

"Certainly," you say. And then, together, you leave the room and head down the stairs.

"I'm sure you are right," Rory says as you walk. "There is much in favor of this marriage."

"I believe you will complement each other well."

"Thank you," Rory says. "As always, you are my pillar and my rock."

"Of course."

And, thus engaged in serious conversation, you reach the first floor.

quote:

The great front hall of Ritornello is busier than when you entered: Assorted servants are rushing about making preparations for the feast to come. Footmen, bearing wicker cornucopias full of sunflowers, orange dahlias, and pied red-and-yellow daisies for centerpieces shimmer past, preparing the dinner table for the evening's repast.

As you cross the hall, you notice a gray-haired woman in a simple black dress standing in the doorway of the billiard room. The keys at her waist mark her as Aunt Primrose's housekeeper, in charge of the upstairs, and second only to Carlington, the butler. She must be new; Aunt Primrose does go through housekeepers.

She catches your eye as you pass. "I beg your pardon, Butler, but I have some important questions to ask you. If you wouldn't object, would you come this way?" She motions to the billiard room.

"I am about to head out to the hunt," you say.

"This will just take a moment," she says. You look towards Rory. He has become engaged in an animated conversation with Carlington, and probably wouldn't notice if you slipped away for a moment. You follow her into the billiard room.

"I am Regina. Regina Wilhelmina," she says, after shutting the door firmly. "We don't have much time, so I will be efficient. Take a seat by the fire, and will sit at the window seat, facing another direction. If either of us senses danger, work the phrase 'moray eel' into the conversation. Do you understand?"

"I understand. Let us begin."
"I demand to know what this is all about!"
"Moray eel?"

Most current stats posted:

Reginald Butler

Your Sundry Skills
Bold: 64%
Culture: 25%
Intellect: 43%
Observe: 44%
Persuade: 42%
Skulduggery: 19%
Soothing/Abrasive: 31%/69%

Your Reputation
Renown: 51%
Tranquility: 18%
Suspicion: 10%

Rory: 55% (+5%)
Valentine: 40%
Frankincense: 44%
Aunt Primrose: 21%
Col. Firesnuff: 34%
Mopsie: 100%

Ready Monies: 23

# ? Feb 8, 2018 15:01

Maugrim: Feb 16, 2011; I eat your face

This is frankly ridiculous and we have every right to know what it is about.

# ? Feb 8, 2018 15:29

Avalerion: Oct 19, 2012

Whats this all about?

# ? Feb 8, 2018 15:30

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

What's this all about, lady? I bet this is either the real rep of the Inner Circle here to warn us of danger (Valentine's too obvious as such) or a thief hoping we're on their side.

# ? Feb 8, 2018 15:44

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

"Moray eel?"

# ? Feb 8, 2018 15:48

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

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore.

When you swim in the creek and an eel bites your cheek, that's a moray.

# ? Feb 8, 2018 15:54

Parenthesis: Jan 3, 2013

I understand - well, not really, but a good butler is supposed to be unflappable.

# ? Feb 8, 2018 16:14

Pangurban: Apr 29, 2015

quote:

"I appreciate your hot-blooded, action-oriented attitude," she says. "However, you must be briefed before you can act. Calm yourself at once."

"Not until you explain yourself."

She sniffs at you, not entirely pleased.

"Now, you may call me Mrs. Wilhelmina in this professional setting, but you should be aware that it will be necessary to use code names. I am Midnight Thorn."

"Midnight Thorn."

"Just so. And I shall call you 'Dandelion'."

"All right, 'Dandelion' it is."
"Actually, I prefer 'Shadowstealth'."
"How about, 'Savage Wendigo'?"
"I think 'Cupcakes' would be a better pseudonym."
"I'll make up my own nom de guerre, thank you."

Bet you guys weren't expecting another name vote three chapters in, were you? Either vote for the ones on offering here, or make up your own and I'll pick the one I and the rest of the thread seems to like best.

Most current stats posted:

Reginald Butler

Your Sundry Skills
Bold: 64%
Culture: 25%
Intellect: 43%
Observe: 44%
Persuade: 42%
Skulduggery: 19%
Soothing/Abrasive: 28%/72% (+3% Abrasiveness)

Your Reputation
Renown: 51%
Tranquility: 18%
Suspicion: 10%

Rory: 55%
Valentine: 40%
Frankincense: 44%
Aunt Primrose: 21%
Col. Firesnuff: 34%
Mopsie: 100%

Ready Monies: 23

# ? Feb 9, 2018 15:06

Avalerion: Oct 19, 2012

Savage Wendigo.

# ? Feb 9, 2018 15:09

Parenthesis: Jan 3, 2013

Dandelion.

# ? Feb 9, 2018 15:18

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

Custom name: "Not Butler"

# ? Feb 9, 2018 15:47

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

Cupcakes.

# ? Feb 9, 2018 15:49

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

Odysseus S. Grant posted:

Custom name: "Not Butler"

Most Definitely this

# ? Feb 9, 2018 15:58

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where the red fern gropes: Aug 24, 2011

every (midnight) thorn has its Primrose

# ? Feb 9, 2018 16:07

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