Winter our discontent (OOC)

I don't think we did. Does Persephone even know it? Or does she just know the 'people' she dealt with, like Wentworth and the one(s) who arranged your deal?

Up to you.

Using what as leverage? So far you are just asking, at best. See the text and the notes of the Move trigger [ref].
We could make any of those work. You gave him your name, so he probably looked you up and has a picture, and you are hot... otherwise he sounds weak and nervous, so you could threaten him; otherwise you also said you think he might be forced to do this, so promises to get him out could work? The various approaches would yield a different range of outcomes based on how well you roll. Some are better for short-term results, some for long-term results.

Persephone is going with honey. A promise to share info on how to get out, if she finds it with his assistance. If he somehow survives doing so, of course. And she is sincere; some part of her is still a naive idealist who wants to save everyone.

Roll it, and let's see.

10!

I think it is the end of the scene, yeah. What do you do next? Circe?

Bear in mind, the Barb number was less of 'a dead end' than 'a number you could phone'. It is just not on the internet, or not in normal search engines... but then this is not a Cyberpunk game, so that pretty much means 'not on the internet'.

sounds good. Circe … and the job, I suppose!

... and the job...

You giving her the Zhiyu poultice for her eye before bed tonight?

Sure why not.

We don't need to see it. But it will make a difference for tomorrow morning where her black eye is fully healed and she does not need to do pamper-shopping with that as a mark of abuse. (Only the eye is healed, her muscles are still sore.)

Do you need me to frame anything, or do you want to take it away and narrate getting her out of bed to get started?

Emma is also out shopping 'tomorrow', just in case.

I can start! Are we using the same thread?

Let's stay here for now.

That thread is getting long, but it has been hard to find a good breaking point. I figured we make a new thread when we head to the Weekend Retreat, but was expecting that to come sooner. :)

The changes to the database have actually made 10 page threads snappy enough that they don't cause issues. So it might not matter as much anymore. They can still hard on people with slower machines, and I have not tried loading the whole page on mobile.

No worries.

I don't see any Moves that would apply here. It is just about you being you, and you are good at that.

Unless you are trying to do something other than just deepening your relationships, it is just about spending time with people.

We could look into the Tending To Your Relationships Move on your sheet. That is meant to be 'during the Faction Turn', but I am not sure we are going to use the Faction Turns, that mechanic has not really fitted into the story so far, which is fine, we don't need to engage with all the mechanics. We might look at using that Move in the general course of play, but it is a heavy hammer, so let's not wield it till we need to.

Yes, it is a big deal. That is why it is part of the Faction Turn, which is a 'when time passes' thing for large sweeping changes to the game-world. They are rare, even in live-play, and PbP is much slower and might never get there.

We can look at bringing the character specific Faction Moves into play when we need them. They can be an important part of the chosen Playbook, and we don't want to rob the player of aspects they may want to explore.

But we agree: This is not the time for that sort of Move.