Winter our discontent (OOC)

Oh, right. Well, someone of that sort, then, I suppose!
Perhaps Persephone realizes she got the infernal vibe after wandering into her bookshop one day, simply based on the on-the-nose shop name? And, looking closer, she realizes that there were a bunch of books about demons? So later, Persephone would propose her shop as a place to go to read up on the subject, Benji would know of her.
OK, I think I have 2 Status boxes marked with Wild now (one from character creation).

RE: the Scholar, they released a 2e Scholar playbook as a Stretch goal for the 2E Kickstarter. I got it when I backed.

We are talking about Advancement [rules], which is binary, either you have it marked or you don't. You Mark Wild when you complete a Job [ref], if you already have it Marked that does nothing (many playbooks have 'easy' ways to Mark their own Circle).

Advancement is the column to the right of Status, called 'Adv?', it will turn purpleish when you Mark it.

Circle Status is a big deal, Wentworth is Status 2, it will take a lot of work for you to increase your Status. See the summary [rules] or page 41 for more details.

The only way for most playbooks to reach Status-2 in any Circle (and presumably only their own for most?) is through the advanced Advancement Obtain Circle Status-2, see page 187 for details.

I thought she was Power? [ref]
Unless it was a very steep discount, like life-changing or something, that might not count for a Debt. You might need to show us more when we interact with her to get a feel for it.
The does not matter (aside from looking messy and making searching hard:), we only really care about the dice numbers and can adjust the +modifies on the fly.

Gotcha. I was mixing up marking status with marking advancement. I couldn’t recall what Urban Shadows called things.

No kidding. It is quite deviant.

Okay, no worries! It’s a -1 modifier then but the same result
Okay, never mind about that then! I’lll come up with something else

Maybe Yasmine was the one who originally put Benji in contact with Jacob around covid times when Benji needed money and Jacob needed someone to do a few odd jobs for him?

Sounds good. I was wondering if Yasmine knew Jacob, and if she had a 'friendly' relationship with him (and other demons). It would make sense for them to 'work together'.

Yasmine could also have given you hefty discounts on books if you want. That will suggest something about your relationship (or her motives:).

Sure! I’m happy with that

Are you hoping she believes you? Or are you being pretty obvious with that 'asking for a friend' fib which nobody ever believes. :)

Do you need to roll Mislead?

No, it should be obvious that she's definitely NOT asking for a friend. The, oh and hypothetically speaking, which is another weaselly qualifier that is not usually taken at face value, magnifies the obviousness, I think. And there awkwardness, with the several vocal pause words like um, and ah in there.

I’ll wait for the convo between Emma and Yasmine to resolve before I reply.

Agreed.
Sounds good... erm... you know what I mean.
Cool. We definitely won't be answering the question of who is 'right', leaving open all the options.
Agreed. We know the facts we know, the Playbooks define as much as they define, and the players get to define the rest, or leave it undefined.
Sure. Urban Shadows Playbooks don't actually make a lot of sense for changing between them, a mortal becoming a werewolf, or a ghost, or a vampire, or a mage, all make a certain amount of sense, but many of the Playbooks are special versions of the concept, and carry baggage and imply time as that Playbook.

We will make any choices work. We may have to massage the options and not everything makes sense. We will loosely interpret the rules for changing playbooks and keep the bits of each playbook that make the most sense in each case. This is not a thing that happens often, so it is not all that well tested. In truth, I don't think I have ever seen it happen in a game, outside of where a player planned from the start to become something later and worked towards it (making the story work) (which I have seen planned quite a few times, but only seen get pulled off, like, once, I think). The main way people change playbooks has been through the story 'forcing' it on them, and then we play it by ear, using what makes sense based on the story. Don't let that deter you plans, though. :)

Presumably Benji is staying, going back inside after saying goodbye [ref]? Then going to Jacob's?

Presumably Persephone is going to Wentworth, and then (maybe) to Zhiyu?

Is Emma meeting up with Kat, or just making phone calls to agree to the weekend (we can work out what day it is now when we need to to). We can have a scene if you want, or a string of small scenes with Kat and Henry or Sin, and David, as well as Sarah, or anything else. Up to you.

You each can set your scenes, as you like.

We can assume that happens. Do we want to see it? Henry will tell you, at some point, that the venue changed to somewhere closer, but still swanky.
She has never been to one, this is her first. They don't consider her important enough to tell her any details.
Maybe set that scene for us?
You bringing him along? Feel free to play with any tension the old plans for the seaside might bring and how the later change of venue changes that. Being closer may allow David to join you, he is not invited, but there is not a whole lot they can do when he shows up. :)