Talking About the Weather (OOC)

Are you trying to get more out of this than just an answer? It is possible your genuine, simple question could put you in a good light and suggest that you and yours are not the ones responsible, but we would need to find a roll for that. Else we can treat it as merely a question and a prompt to move on.

A bit of both! It was a genuine question, but Benji also wants Shelyna to know that he and Alasdair, at least, had nothing to do with the rain and don’t know anything about it. That being said, I’m not sure any of the Moves really fit at all?

Agreed. It is probably not Persuade, and definitely not Mislead, and the only one that comes close is Keep Your Cool, but that does not really fit, neither do any of your Let it Out Abilities.

I could see Persuade applying to this, you are trying to persuade her you are not to blame... but it seems weak. I don't see a Miss being interesting, so let's go with a weak affect and no roll.

This is a place of Power for the Power Circle, so studying a mixed group of visitors from other Circles will not yield much about the place.

Your actions seem more like (the start of) Figure Someone Out, since you are studying the people and not the Place. But you are not studying anyone in particular so that Move does not apply here. You could add a post where you focus on someone (Shelyna, or even Federico seem apropos?) in order to Figure Out more about them, but remember that what you could learn (both the questions that are available to you, and the amount each question could yield) is bounded by what your character is doing in the fiction (any question you ask comes with an inherent question from the GM: "How do you learn that?").

If you want to study the place itself you may need to get behind the scenes and away from the crowds.

I am not convinced that this is enough to qualify to Persuade him to speak in public, but it should be enough to get him to talk to you about his ideas, which could lead to more?

If you want to get him to take the mic (someone would probably need to teach him what a microphone is:) you will need more to entice him, and I don't know what that would be.

If you want to roll Persuade with what you have done, we could see how far you can get and take it from there?

Okay, that sounds fair to me! It didn’t really make sense to make any promises in this context (or threats or seduction) so I wasn’t really going for the Persuade Move

OK. We won't roll. We will just treat this as a Partial Success on a small Persuade. He will talk to you, but not in front of everyone.

Could do. What would you be wanting to achieve by this? Remember that you don't really know the people at play here, so you might not be able to use anything you learn to much effect at this time, right? You might be able leverage what you learn later, though.

Is it worth it? We can discuss details if you think so.

Sure. You can roll to Let It Out, narrate how the darkness inside you affects you, and you can also guide what you find that could be useful. You could find a new NPC or someone we have already seen (in the game or at the party); or you could say it is something about the place rather than the people —though this is probably less likely in this, the 'designated public area'. Give us as much detail as you want (for instance, it could be 'someone from < this > Circle', or a role they play in society, or a named NPC with personality and goals, or whatever) and I can fill in whatever we still need.

If the effect is costly, limited, or unstable, we can hash out the details. 'Unstable' would probably mean you need to act on it quickly before the opportunity goes away; 'Limited' probably means it is not a very useful thing; and 'Costly' is obvious, though how it costs you will depend on what it is and on how you play it when you try to make use of the information.

Mark Corruption.

Do you have a preference for which type of Complication you get?
Is the information powerful, but dangerous or Costly to you and your loved ones?
Or is it Limited in its power, but relatively safe for you to pursue?
Or is it Unstable and you need to act on it quickly before you lose the opportunity? If so, do you need to act tonight, or can it wait for later this week?

I will try use your stated preference when defining what you learn/realise about Lady Halifax.

(You should have rolled with +1 since your Spirit is +1, but that would still have been a 9. If you can see some way for one of the other PCs to Lend a Hand it might be possible to bring that to a 10, but this is not really the sort of Move that you can be Helped with.:)