Paying the Price (OOC)

I decided to ask the cook a single question on our way out.

I'm ready to wrap this scene.

That’s the point of giving Teddy the debt, right? So that Nicholas would be obligated to help him?

About time! :)
Mark the Corruption on your sheet (though I think you have? I don't track these, so cheat and lie if you must:).

No more 'obligated' than you were. This was not what Teddy asked for or wanted, but was enough to discharge your Debt to him. Nicholas can similarly refuse to honour the debt (though, as an NPC, he can't roll) or split the difference and give Teddy something else that is not really what he wants.

It is out of your hands now, so, unless you get involved you have no say in how it goes. Unfortunately you are not so 'out' that any blowback won't blowback on you. Both Nicholas and Ravenhall might blame you. :)

¿Congratulations?

While you might not feel human anymore, you are not a demon, you just work for them. Till you die and they take your soul you are still human... or mostly human... well, a little bit human.

We can leave Persephone with this perception, or we can introduce her to a 'real demon' to give her some perspective, as you like. Just say the word.

Oh yes, she is simply mistaken. The playbook is called Tainted, not Demon, after all!

And I am more than happy to leave the question of if or when she will meet a true demon in your capable hands, vagueGM!

So, in case it isn't clear, the idea I'm going for here is that she actually knows next to nothing about demons or the supernatural. She knows she has sold her soul, she 'must' work for them now, doing bad things, and if she doesn't, then worse things happen. She doesn't know her patron's name, or what it looks like in its true form. She doesn't know if the man who wooed her -- the angel investor who got her to sign the infernal contract -- was the demon itself in mortal guise, or just another pawn like her. Perhaps she tried to protest or resist at first, but they threatened her family.

What's your choice for Let It Out? You gonna Corrupt out and keep it 'safe...r' or avoid the Corruption but take it in the face?

Cool.
Makes sense. This really is a case of throwing you in the deep end.
Does Persephone have ideas about what? Or are they just vague threats? She has seen people's souls, literally, dragged, screaming, down to hell. Presumably your Jobs are a way to stave off that eventual outcome? But that might not be the only thing forcing you to work?
That places that strategy on the table for things you might need to do to ensure someone signs the contract you have been brokering. Do you want to go there?

Such an overt display might not really fit with your Dark Patron who 'seduces with pleasantries, gifts, and vices' and 'manipulates friends'?

No extra complication. :)
Any idea yet which Advance? No rush.

Creepy that that came from Corruption...

That is an excellent point. Sometimes Gwen the player falls victim to the common problem that my characters do -- speaking without thinking thru all the consequences!

I think you're right. I think instead of the stick, it's the carrot. If she keeps doing these things, good things will keep happening to her family. For example, Persephone actually thinks she might be able to get her sister a job, but not in ther way Circe thinks. Instead, Pers will keep doing the bad work and something good will "just happen to come along" for Circe.

Of course, there is still an unspoken threat. You do what we want, good things for your family; you don't do what we want...well, you have seen what we can do.