Retreat! (OOC)

lolol little innocent Emma!

I’m good with concluding too. And what’s funny is, Persephone did not even notice if she was hot or not. She was in predator mode and all she saw was prey.

@Delirium, was Henry around when Emma was at college with Persephone? I don't recall the timing. I thought that might have been from before you came to London?

So true. :)

Persephone? What's the play?

Given how obsessed she was in the first few years of her time in London (based on the story on Emma's sheet), perhaps Persephone has seen photos? And after all, she knows Henry is here somewhere.

@vagueGM Persephone is definitely going to guess it's Henry.

Agreed. I will pick up from there.

He did just realise [ref] he should not have mentioned the 'secret society'... it is meant to be 'secret', after all. :)

Looks like this is might be a Mislead, Distract, and Trick [ref] to get him to spill the beans. But it could also be a Persuade [ref] since your "--a suite, actually. You should see it!" could easily be (mis)construed as an invitation for him to join you in your room...

If you are 'inviting him up' then he might just outright invite you to join them tonight (messing up the numbers... but he does not know that:). But you will need to deal with his drunken ass pawing at you (or whatever) and may need to run delaying tactics between now and dinner to keep him off you in the between-times (... unless ...).

Yep. That was sorta what it looked like.

Persuade [ref] never requires your to keep you promise or follow through on your seduction, but people will remember that you 'led them on' and your actions will affect what people think of you later. In this case, Persuade turns out to be the more offensive Move, Mislead, Distract, and Trick [ref] could turn out to be much easier to brush off as 'hey, I did nothing'. :)

I only mention this because this is an important NPC, he is part of Emma's sheet. So your choice of actions will affect her as well, especially when he finds out you two are friends... but maybe his altered mental capacity will allow you some extra freedom (sure will help with the lie of 'we went to college together', maybe he remembers that as 'we went to college together' ... but about Emma?)? Discovering your 'good intentions' might help offset this, but that might mean revealing to him —that you believe in— a world of magic.
If you are trying to Persuade him with (hinted) 'seduction', then roll Persuade. I think the trigger is met.

@Delirium: Speaking of Emma's playbook: We were chatting about potential playbooks for Emma to change into later. Maybe take a look a the newly released (preview) playbook The Witch [announcement].

I have not looked at it in detail, and I am not sure '(a magic user who) prioritizes the health of her community over some grand quest for power' is what we think of when we think of Emma but she could grow out of her selfishness?

It is also a high Heart playbook, so that is cool for Emma. :)

No kidding.

Maybe it is just my innate optimism... but people can change? :)
The whole business of changing playbooks is tricky. But surely, unless the situation under which you change merits it, you would keep (most of) your existing Stats? So we might not care about the new playbook's starting Stats... except that they do suggest to us what that playbooks needs.
Let's not worry about it now. It should be a while before we are ready to make that change, and they are releasing new playbooks, so, when it comes time, there may be options that are a perfect fit? Else it may need to be a messy, life-altering change.

Changing playbooks is an opportunity to reinvent oneself? But yeah, probably too much to ask. :)

Thanks for letting me know! And yeah I’m enjoying it too. You do a great job of playing Emma!