Redoubtable Downtown Space Abbey - Turn 2 - We are all go here in Weatherby!

messana · February 18, 2018, 7:44pm

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Turn Deadline: Friday, Feb 23 @ 11pm EST

Mr. St-Patrick-Hartbrooke, Lt. Brummell (ret), and Ms. Honeyvenom choose to take up residence in an acceptable neighborhood almost immediately, certainly to their advantage in the upcoming salon season. Others continue to bunk at the club rather than seek more private accommodations.

Meanwhile many wise and clever investments are made (save for one outstanding exception which has yielded a valuable life lesson instead). Scarlet sashes are all the rage this spring, and those sporting them will be found even more fashionable than usual.

Amidst all the bustle, Mr. Dipswitch and Mr. St-Patrick-Hartbrooke find themselves feeling slightly run down. Mind you, that’s almost certainly not the plague. Almost certainly.

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Turn options will be posted tomorrow evening at the usual hour. Errors may yet exist in the character updates below in spite of my semi-scrupulous review. Please PM me should you find any errors or have any questions about the updates.

ETA: Corrected payout for Gristle Puck]

messana · February 18, 2018, 7:45pm

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@pogo

  Cmdr Damerl Capstanturnbuckle
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  340 |  22 |  30 |  20 |  27 |  24 |  1  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-300£): Tragic loss, ship missing with all hands (PLUCK+1)
  | Wager (-25£): Stroppy Bottom wins!  Payout: 94£  (winner: FSH+4)
  | Rent (-100£): Spartan Apartment (Moving fee -25£, rent: -75£)
  | Buy (-35£): Fancy Monocle (EDU+4, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-15£): Quill and Inkpot (PER+3)
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Decapoda Downs             |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Tom Ratchetcrank           |    -50  |     0  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Spartan Apt. (rank+50)     |    -75  |     0  |    -75 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse: 69£
  | Income: 375£/turn

@gwwar

  Duchess Gummibunns
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  325 |  22 |  33 |  24 |  20 |  18 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-250£): Excellent outcome but with legal risk (Income +233£)
  | Wager (-25£): Stroppy Bottom wins!  Payout: 94£  (winner: FSH+4)
  | Rent (-100£): Spartan Apartment (Moving fee -25£, rent: -75£)
  | Buy (-50£): Signet Ring (FSH+6)
  | Buy (-15£): Quill and Inkpot (PER+3)         
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Lumpy Estates              |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Spartan Apt. (rank+50)     |    -75  |     0  |    -75 |   0  |
  | Sketchy Whipweed farm*     |    133  |   166  |    -33 |   0  |
  | Sketchy Seryl Mine*        |    100  |   186  |    -86 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  94£
  | Income: 658£/turn

@nimelennar

  Aaaakzeee St-Patrick-Hartbrooke II
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Very Good (8)      |  370 |  25 |  27 |  16 |  24 |  22 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+     
  | Health (-2): You've picked up a nagging cough
  | Investment (-250£): Very good outcome (Income +163£)
  | Wager (-25£): Argonaut (bettor: FSH+1)
  | Rent (-225£): Modest Apartment (Moving fee -25£, rent: -200£)
  | Buy (-15£): Quill and Inkpot (PER+3)               
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Hartbrooke Hall            |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Modest Apt. (rank+75)      |   -200  |     0  |   -200 |   0  |
  | Import/Export shares       |    163  |   188  |    -25 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  0£
  | Income: 463£/turn

@ghoti

  Reginald Oblongnoknees Ursulak Nock-nock Dipswitch, VII
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Excellent (9)      |  360 |  23 |  28 |  15 |  27 |  23 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Health (-1): You occasionally feel short of breath
  | Investment (-200£): Good outcome (Income +120£)
  | Wager (-50£): Hamdinger (gambler: FSH+2)
  | Rent (-100£): Spartan Apartment (Moving fee -25£, rent: -75£)
  | Buy (-75£): Scarlet sash (MIL+8, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-15£): Quill and Inkpot (PER+3)
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Pouncington Boxfort Castle |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Mr. Liversnaps-Grayson     |    -50  |     0  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Spartan Apt. (rank+50)     |    -75  |     0  |    -75 |   0  |
  | Fishery Rights             |    120  |   175  |    -50 |   0  |
  |     + Sandfish bonus       |     45  |   n/a  |    n/a |  n/a |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  45£
  | Income: 495£/turn

@daneel

  Lt. Erythro Brummell (ret)
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  375 |  21 |  34 |  20 |  32 |  23 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-80£): Good outcome (Income +52£)
  | Wager (-10£): Argonaut (punter: FSH+0)
  | Rent (-225£): Modest Apartment (Moving fee -25£, rent: -200£)
  | Buy (-35£): Fancy Monocle (EDU+4, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-75£): Scarlet sash (MIL+8, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-50£): Signet Ring (FSH+6) 
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Cthonington Grove          |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Qaaxtzl                    |    -50  |     0  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Modest Apt. (rank+75)      |   -200  |     0  |   -200 |   0  |
  | Import/Export shares       |     52  |    65  |    -13 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  25£
  | Income: 302£/turn

@wisconsin_platt

  Hieronymoose Farnsworth, III
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  325 |  21 |  31 |  26 |  21 |  30 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-330£): Good outcome (Income +248£)
  | Wager (-20£): Bricklayer (bettor: FSH+1)
  | Buy (-35£): Fancy Monocle (EDU+4, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-50£): Signet Ring (FSH+6)
  | Buy (-15£): Quill and Inkpot (PER+3)
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Abacus Racks               |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Rockford Julius            |    -50  |     0  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Sketchy Whipweed Farm*     |    100  |   130  |    -30 |   0  |
  | Sketchy Fishery Rights*    |    148  |   190  |    -86 |   0  |
  |     + Sandfish bonus       |     47  |   n/a  |    n/a |  n/a |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  47£
  | Income: 698£/turn

@MalevolentPixy

  Olivier Richard Pierre Jean-Robèrt Sylvain
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  350 |  22 |  25 |  26 |  29 |  21 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-200£): Above average outcome (Income +110£)
  | Rent (-100£): Spartan Apartment (Moving fee -25£, rent: -75£)
  | Buy (-75£): Scarlet sash (MIL+8, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-15£): Quill and Inkpot (PER+3)     
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | DeForest Hall              |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Spartan Apt. (rank+50)     |    -75  |     0  |    -75 |   0  |
  | Printing business (small)  |    110  |   160  |    -50 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  120£
  | Income: 535£/turn

@fintastic

  Cmdr William T. Piker
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  340 |  27 |  28 |  20 |  29 |  23 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-199£): Average outcome (Income +100£)
  | Rent (-100£): Spartan Apartment (Moving fee -25£, rent: -75£)
  | Wager (-1£): Argonaut (punter: FSH+0)
  | Buy (-35£): Fancy Monocle (EDU+4, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-75£): Scarlet sash (MIL+8, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-50£): Signet Ring (FSH+6)
  | Buy (-15£): Quill and Inkpot (PER+3)  
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Riker Stream Ranch         |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Ens Walleye Crusher        |    -50  |     0  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Spartan Apt. (rank+50)     |    -75  |     0  |    -75 |   0  |
  | Import/Export shares       |    100  |   120  |    -20 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  -25£
  | Income: 475£/turn

^* Note: Holdings listed as ‘Sketchy’ may have had contracts improperly drawn up and be subject to legal risk. To be fair, there was an awful lot of fine print.

messana · February 18, 2018, 7:45pm

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@penguinchris

  Lady Jane
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  350 |  21 |  26 |  24 |  28 |  17 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-350£): Excellent outcome (Income +263£)
  | Rent (-100£): Spartan Apartment (Moving fee -25£, rent: -75£)
  | Buy (-75£): Scarlet sash (MIL+8, FSH+2)
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Thunder Down               |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Spartan Apt. (rank+50)     |    -75  |     0  |    -75 |   0  |
  | Whipweed Farm              |    100  |   166  |    -33 |   0  |
  | Lagoderm Ranch             |    163  |   239  |    -75 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  -25£
  | Income: 688£/turn

@old

  Dr. Heinz Franksenketchup
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  305 |  22 |  30 |  23 |  33 |  26 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-325£): Good outcome (Income +195£)
  | Wager (-0£): Hamdinger (eccentric: FSH+0)
  | Buy (-35£): Fancy Monocle (EDU+4, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-75£): Scarlet sash (MIL+8, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-50£): Signet Ring (FSH+6)
  | Buy (-15£): Quill and Inkpot (PER+3)  
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Castle Ponsfleischmann     |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Fishery Rights             |     95  |   115  |    -20 |   0  |
  |     + Sandfish bonus       |     30  |   n/a  |    n/a |  n/a |
  | Lagoderm Ranch             |    100  |   133  |    -33 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  30£
  | Income: 695£/turn

@hadley

  Elizabeth Mary Farnsworth VI
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  365 |  24 |  27 |  17 |  24 |  20 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-300£): Average outcome (Income +150£)
  | Wager (-50£): Cheeky Ballast (gambler: FSH+2)
  | Rent (-100£): Spartan Apartment (Moving fee -25£, rent: -75£)
  | Buy (-75£): Scarlet sash (MIL+8, FSH+2) 
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Farnsworth Downs           |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Spartan Apt. (rank+50)     |    -75  |     0  |    -75 |   0  |
  | Printing business (small)  |    150  |   195  |    -45 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  -25£
  | Income: 575£/turn

@donald_petersen

  Carcinogennifer Honeyvenom
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  375 |  24 |  28 |  23 |  22 |  17 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-200£): Excellent + Lucky outcome (Income +200£)    
  | Rent (-225£): Modest Apartment (Moving fee -25£, rent: -200£)
  | Buy (-50£): Ssssignet Ring (FSH+6)
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Dewclaw Manor              |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Ssskidwish                 |    -50  |     0  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Modest Apt. (rank+75)      |   -200  |     0  |   -200 |   0  |
  | Sssketchy Lagoderm Ranch*  |    100  |   140  |    -40 |   0  |
  | Sssketchy Ssseryl Mine*    |    100  |   146  |    -46 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  -25£
  | Income: 450£/turn

@manwich

  <pleasing hum>
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  285 |  23 |  23 |  22 |  27 |  21 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ 
  | Investment (-425£): Excellent outcome (Income +319£)    
  | Buy (-75£): Scarlet sash (MIL+8, FSH+2)    
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | <dissonant chord>          |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Whipweed Farm              |    150  |   195  |    -45 |   0  |
  | Seryl Mine                 |    169  |   272  |   -103 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  0£
  | Income: 819£/turn

@David_Falkayn

  Julius Rothschild Karekin
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  295 |  27 |  22 |  21 |  21 |  21 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-425£): Excellent outcome (Income +326£)    
  | Buy (-15£): Quill and Inkpot (PER+3)  
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Waddeson Manor             |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Eighth                     |    -50  |     0  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Seryl Mine                 |    176  |   195  |    -45 |   0  |
  | Fishery Rights             |    150  |   115  |    -20 |   0  |
  |     + Sandfish bonus       |     45  |   n/a  |    n/a |  n/a |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  55£
  | Income: 776£/turn

@mrmonkey

  Jean-Rhys Witherspoon Wilhelmina Winnifred Rodchaser née Westingham
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  330 |  23 |  29 |  23 |  20 |  26 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-376£): Average outcome (Income +188£, rank +30)
  | Wager (-23£): Banana Fritter (bettor: FSH+1)    
  | Buy (-35£): Fancy Monocle (EDU+4, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-50£): Signet Ring (FSH+6)
  | Buy (-15£): Quill and Inkpot (PER+3)  
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Coulibri Island            |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Weatherby U. Lectureship   |    188  |   210  |    -22 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  1£
  | Income: 688£/turn

@nightflyer

  Eudaemonia Betalinda Ponsonby-Britt
  +-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
  | Hale & Hearty (10) |  345  |  25 |  25 |  24 |  22 |  24 |  0  |
  +--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | Investment (-275£): Average outcome (Income +138£)
  | Rent (-100£): Spartan Apartment (Moving fee -25£, rent: -75£)
  | Wager (-50£): Crystal Wicket (gambler: FSH+2)
  | Buy (-35£): Fancy Monocle (EDU+4, FSH+2)
  | Buy (-15£): Quill and Inkpot (PER+3)   
  +--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
  | Bedlams Bower              |    500  |   550  |    -50 |   0  |
  | Spartan Apt. (rank+50)     |    -75  |     0  |    -75 |   0  |
  | Printing business (small)  |    138  |   180  |    -42 |   0  |
  +----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
  | Purse:  25£
  | Income: 563£/turn

^* Note: Holdings listed as ‘Sketchy’ may have had contracts improperly drawn up and be subject to legal risk. To be fair, there was an awful lot of fine print.

Wisconsin_Platt · February 18, 2018, 8:44pm

Cmdr Damerl Capstanturnbuckle (@pogo) let me be among the first to offer my condolences on your expedition. Terrible, Terrible tragedy.

And dear cousin, (@hadley) a printery? Such a wise invenstment, I’ll be sure to do all my local printing with you for the sake of Family. Young Rockford will be needing cards of his own soon, I’ll be sure to send him by.

My dear St-Patrick-Hartbrooke (@nimelennar) , I’ve just some tonic my Grandcow would give to me when I was a young lad. When next we are at Levithan I’ll have @Rumpthwaite brew you up some.

Dr. Franksenketchup (@old) Those Lagoderms of yours are quite handsome. Good flesh, there.

@manwich. Might I say that while the Sash is so in fashion, you, wear it well. Shrew business sentient as well I see. We shall have to partake of one another’s company soon.

Donald_Petersen · February 18, 2018, 9:20pm

Say there, frijole viejo…

We bought us a signet ring, not one of them foppish, swishy sashes.

A lizard in a sash indeed! The very idea!

ghoti · February 18, 2018, 9:34pm

[ wheezes ]

liversnaps-grayson · February 18, 2018, 9:48pm

[ the air shimmers briefly, then the missing ward appears, bowing briefly before Mr Dipswitch ]

Apologies for my absence. Perhaps this medicine will help rid you of the pleurisy attacking your lungs. Drink up!

Tom_Ratchetcrank · February 18, 2018, 10:03pm

Ha. Old Cap’n Fussypants shoulda listened to me. Weren’t for Ol’ Tommy ‘ere an’ a lil’ on Stroppy Bottom where 'ed be?

Ah well, “ha” on me too, I go as his ship sails…

messana · February 18, 2018, 10:52pm

Indeed, madam. Indeed! I do believe the bewitching carnelian coloration decorating your mouthparts had distracted my associate when he wrapped your purchases. With all haste I have processed the returned goods and dispatched a courier to bring you the correct item.

Your status has been updated and you have my most sincere apologies.

ghoti · February 19, 2018, 1:52am

[ wheezes at a slightly lower decibel level ]

Ahhhhhhh, just the ticket, lad! I’m feeling better already.

What’s say we head over to the Club and continue the healing process?

messana · February 19, 2018, 9:36pm

“A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.”

– Jane Clawsten, Crabsfield Park

Turn Deadline: Friday, Feb 23 @ 11pm EST

Turn-specific events

As the plague continues to worsen, passersby are often seen carrying fashionable handkerchiefs or fans to cover the nose and mouth. At the moment, one might expect the following:

Turn 1 risks: Lousy chance of a decline in health that would likely be minor. Average chance for any existing condition to either improve or worsen.
Turn 1 rewards: Outside chance to receive a modest inheritance.

Investment opportunities

Choose only one of the following options as well as how much you wish to invest in that option. Greater investments results in greater economies of scale. A higher relevant stat will further improve outcomes, but to a lesser extent than the size of the investment. For example:

Invest 1 300

Option 1: Invest in the remaining released tracts: Several entirely acceptable options are still available. Additional brokers have been called up to assist in drawing up the necessary legal papers. One may even express a preference as to which specific resources should be sought after.

Relevant stats: BUS, FSH
Rewards: Average chance for good income improvement, average income improvement otherwise.
Risks: Poor chance of incurring a future legal risk.

Option 2: Invest in improvements to existing holdings: For individuals more interested in concentrating existing holdings, various professionals and tradesentients are available for hire to help expand operations.

Relevant stats: EDU, BUS
Rewards: Very good chance of of good income improvement, average income improvement otherwise.
Risks: Poor chance that unexpected challenges will arise, resulting in a less effective outcome.

Option 3: Invest in new inventions and discoveries: Any number of individuals are hard at work on fascinating devices that will improve all aspects of living. With proper financial backing of the right inventor, any number of residuals will contribute to your bottom line.

Relevant stats: PER, MIL
Rewards: Lousy chance of outstanding income improvement, good income improvement otherwise.
Risks: Average chance that income will be tied up next turn due to delays at the patent office.

Attend a Social Gathering

Optional: Receive an invitation from a local Salon. Only Weatherby’s finest are expected to receive a coveted invitation to Ms. Applethwaite’s salon, but thankfully many other options exist for the eager social striver. As your name becomes more and more talked about, you will almost certainly have more impressive doors opened for you in the coming fall months.

Be warned however: It would be the scandal of the season to attend such a gathering without a hat.

For example:

Attend 1

Option 1: Attend Ms. Fangley’s Salon to discuss politics - with the coming fall election, what better way to become well versed in the local political scene than to dive into a vigorous discussion with other concerned citizens.

Requirements: 1) That you have started the season in a Modest Apartment or better and 2) possess a hat.
Rewards: Fair chance to receive an introduction to an individual of significant means, otherwise receive an introduction to an individual with important connections. Additional rank bonus based on hat.
Risks: Outside chance that you will say something intemperate that will affect your reputation resulting in a modest loss of FSH and rank.

Option 2: Attend a gathering of Mr. Bracewell’s Salon to discuss poetry

Requirements: 1) That you have started the season in a Spartan Apartment or better and 2) possess a hat.
Rewards: Very Good chance to be inspired to write your own volume of verse, which will sell a number of copies primarily based on PER and EDU. Otherwise, you will be motivated to pen some critical analysis of the evening’s selections in an academic journal. Additional rank bonus based on hat.
Risks: Fair chance that you will make a clumsy comment or give a poor reading, resulting in unpleasant gossip.

Option 3: Attend a public lecture at Weatherby University

Requirements: possess a hat
Rewards: Fair chance to learn something that will moderately improve two of your holdings, otherwise learn something that improves one of your holdings. Additional rank bonus based on hat.
Risks: Outside chance that you are bored to tears by the evening’s topic and choose to leave early.

Place Wagers

Optional: One may choose to wager on this season’s Lagoderm race. Merely select a promising creature from the Sports & Leisure section and also indicate the size of the wager. Example:

Wager Hamdinger 100

Market District

The goods in the market district will be available from turn to turn, although prices may change. One may upgrade or downgrade in any given category from turn to turn as needed.

Rent:

Optional: One may procure personal quarters within the city at the current market rate. Any change of quarters comes with an additional 25£ fee for moving services. Each improvement represents a move to a better neighborhood with a more impressive address. Example:

Rent Spartan apartment

Once personal lodging has been acquired, there’s no need to submit a new rent order unless you desire to move to new accommodations.

Nature of Quarters          Upkeep                Effect        
--------------------        --------------       ---------------
Spartan apartment            75£ per turn         +50 rank
Modest apartment            200£ per turn         +75 rank
Proper apartment            400£ per turn        +150 rank

Buy:

Optional: One may purchase various items to enhance ones abilities in various aspects. These items will change from season to season depending on current fashions and availability. Purchases of the same object beyond the first will have no further effect. What on earth would one do with two monocles?

45£  Fashionable Handkerchief/Charming Fan (FSH+4)
65£  Provocative Novel      (PER+4, EDU+2)
25£  Lacquer Snuffbox (PER+1, MIL+1)

With the arrival of the haberdashery at the start of the salon season, hats are in very high demand. It is customary that only a single hat be purchased in a given season, as only indulgent fops insist on wearing many hats.

50£ Cloche Hat  (Rank + 10)
75£ Poke Bonnet (Rank + 20)    
50£ Felt Bowler  (Rank + 10)
75£ Silk Bowler (Rank + 20)

Although it appears none is needed, a brief reminder to use the Public Ledger to establish your intentions for this season.

Several medicines have also been presented for purchase.

nimelennar · February 19, 2018, 11:57pm

Dear Mr. Farnsworth,

I appreciate the offer of a tonic, but, as you may have heard by now, I will not be attending the Leviathan until my illness improves. I assure you that I mean no offense by saying it, but I am also uncertain as to whether a tonic that works well for a Space Moose would be equally effective on a Space Griffin. Avianoid physiology is, after all, quite different from that of an alcesinoid.

I do, however, thank you for your kind and generous offer, in the spirit it was meant, and offer congratulations on the success of your business endeavours. May I also note, with some jealousy, that sealing a letter with an impression of your coat of arms is very effective, and I regret missing the opportunity that you took in acquiring a Signet Ring. A fine choice, sir.

I wish you the best of luck with the upcoming season’s opportunities, whichever endeavours you choose to undertake.

I remain,
As always,
Your good friend,

[Illegibly ornamented signature]

Aaaakzeee St-Patrick-Hartbrooke III

liversnaps-grayson · February 20, 2018, 12:35am

Would it not be more prudent for us to adjourn to your apartment in town, so I can properly administer your medicaments without incident?

Why, you’ll be better in no time at all and back to the card tables before you know it. Wouldn’t want that wheezing to turn into a cough, would you?

You just relax, and I’ll send word to the castle to have some proper food sent over post-haste.

Wisconsin_Platt · February 20, 2018, 2:39am

Damn and Blast it all. I’d wanted to hold off on an apartment until my investments were truly paying off, but that just will not do. The Levithan is comfortable enough - and I’ll still keep a change of clothes there - but I must be seen as well as talked about. I suppose it will be easier to keep track of young Rocco, I know how often he’s out his bedroom window, across the oaks and hopping on the back of a passing coach. At least if I’m in town I can intervene before the rags get involved.

The farms and fishery are doing well, although those bastards put some clauses in the final articles I am not to comfortable with. But I think my time at Benjamin Wheatly’s Mercantile Concern will show them the errors of their ways if anything comes of it. No, I think I’d best improve what I have. I need to make sure Cmdr Piker goes looking after the larger fish concerns instead of looking closer at my sandfish. Sentient Sandfish…what rubbish.

I see hats are all the rage. It is about time fashion caught up with me again. That Silk Bowler I saw at the haberdashery would look spectacular perch 'tween my stately antlers. I suppose I should pick up a few other sundries while I’m out. And it does appear as if O.T.B. is between hither, tither and yon. Hmmm…Amaranta here’s a kiss, I chose you to end this list.

Old · February 20, 2018, 10:13pm

Bowlers and bonnets indeed. I have created my own genetically modified haberdashery, which is both the fashion of tomorrow and provides tasty and nutritious sustenance on a regular basis. Additionally, it is also constructed of a sort of silk, and protects the ears in all types of weather. Prepare to be amaized.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the tricorn:

daneel · February 20, 2018, 10:15pm

More grist to the milliner?

Wisconsin_Platt · February 20, 2018, 10:39pm

You, Sir? Did you do this last turn

Are you sir a Cornographer?

Old · February 20, 2018, 10:43pm

Weatherpedia:

During the 18th century, hats of this general style were referred to as “cocked hats”.

Early prototypes proved too stiff for day-to-day wear.

David_Falkayn · February 20, 2018, 11:03pm

Weatherby thrives!

Having three new publishing efforts will give scope and dimension to the upcoming Season in a manner the considered Space Times never does. I encourage all to call on our new publishers, Elizabeth Mary Farnsworth VI @Hadley, Eudaemonia Betalinda Ponsonby-Britt @Nightflyer, and Olivier Richard Pierre Jean-Robèrt Sylvain @MalevolentPixy.

Of course, Weatherby’s fortunes are tied to Charybdis at large. Having three new export/import ventures led by such capable sentients as Aaaakzeee St-Patrick-Hartbrooke III @nimelennar, Cmdr William T. Piker @fintastic, and Lt. Erythro Brummell (ret) @daneel can only improve matters.

No Society is complete without proper attention to Arts and Letters. We are truly blessed that Jean-Rhys Witherspoon Wilhelmina Winnifred Rodchaser née Westingham @MrMonkey has graciously deigned to accept an appointment at Weatherby U. I know Eighth eagerly awaits her lecture on Physical Chemistry.

Improvements in the New Territories are off to a capital start, as testified by the Quality of the leading investors. The possibilities of the Weatherby fisheries in particular are so exalted that solely focusing on the off-world commodity export business is surely not the highest and best use of such a Providential Gift.

I will be at the Leviathan on Wednesday to discuss these or other matters pertinent to the betterment of Weatherby.

At Your Service,

Mr. Julius Rothschild Karekin
Julius Formal

messana · February 21, 2018, 2:25am

“Apothecarists hawk exclusive potions and unguents.”

Medicines may also be purchased from local merchants to help reduce the risk of plague.

 5£ Dr. Arbuckle's Whipweed Tonic Wine
10£ Ms. Merrimoose's Soothing Syrup
15£ Franklin Gooseberry's Remarkable Colloidal Seryl