Calming the Masses

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Calming the Masses
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	294987

Calming the Masses is a Sunless Skies Story Event.

Story description

Brabazon is always a simmering cauldron of dissatisfaction. Perhaps you could do something about that.

Trigger conditions

On World ≥ 1
Area: Limbo
Frequency: Always (100%)

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects						Notes
Return to the Backstreets You have other business.	Unrest at Brabazon ≥ 1 [Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life]	Triggers event:  The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld
Lower unrest with Gossip Give them a distraction, something to talk about besides their discomfort.	Currently Uprising ≥ 2 Unrest at Brabazon ≥ 1 [Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life] Salon-Stewed Gossip ≥ 1 Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10 [Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time] Exploring Brabazon ≤ 50	Tall tales You are thoroughly interrogated. "Ooh, really? And they do that in London? Well, I'll be—" The man is abruptly hushed. "Not in front of the orphans!" -10 x Unrest at Brabazon -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock -1 x Salon-Stewed Gossip Exploring Brabazon = (1 to 100)
Lower unrest with tea Tea soothes. Tea comforts.	Currently Uprising ≥ 2 Unrest at Brabazon ≥ 1 [Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life] 1 x Caddy of Dried Tea Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10 [Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time] Exploring Brabazon ≥ 50	A panacea An elderly gentleman volunteers to put a pot on. Nearby workers produce mugs. As the kettle comes to the boil, they gripe and complain with increasing vehemence. But then the kettle lets off steam, and so do they. They sip their tea, and their grievances simmer down to a very British level of percolating dissatisfaction. -30 x Unrest at Brabazon -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock -1 x Caddy of Dried Tea Exploring Brabazon = (1 to 100)
Lower unrest with patriotic literature London produces a torrent of Ministry-sponsored pamphlets with titles like 'THE VIRTUES OF LABOUR,' 'THE SUN SHINES ON HARD WORKERS,' and 'TOIL FOR YOUR EMPRESS AS SHE TOILS FOR THEE.'	1 x Ministry-Approved Literature Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10 [Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time] Exploring Brabazon ≤ 30 Currently Uprising ≥ 2 Unrest at Brabazon ≥ 1 [Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life]	The opiate of the masses Perhaps the literature has stoked the fires of patriotism, and inspired them to dutiful work. Perhaps it is so turgid that they have been reduced to a soporific obedience. The effect is the same. Exploring Brabazon = (1 to 100) -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock -(1 to 15) x Unrest at Brabazon -1 x Ministry-Approved Literature						Advanced alteration value probably needs examination.
Reduce unrest by feeding a superstition The notion has begun to circulate that management will accept souls as part-payment towards the discharge of one's debts.	Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10 [Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time] Exploring Brabazon ≥ 20 and ≤ 50 Currently Uprising ≥ 2 Unrest at Brabazon ≥ 1 [Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life] 1 x Jumble of Undistinguished Souls	All that glisters You distribute a brace of souls among the populace. Acquiring them, trading them, and protecting them becomes a vigorous fad, and effective distraction. Exploring Brabazon = (1 to 100) -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock -(1 to 15) x Unrest at Brabazon -1 x Jumble of Undistinguished Souls						Advanced alteration value probably needs examination.
Reduce unrest by offering a Caged Catch for the bear-baiting They hardly ever use bears any more, of course. They are hard to come by, up here. But the sky offers no end of other horrors that can be coaxed into killing each other for the general amusement.	Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10 [Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time] Exploring Brabazon ≥ 40 and ≤ 60 Currently Uprising ≥ 2 1 x Caged Catch Unrest at Brabazon ≥ 1 [Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life]	Bloodletting The fights take place in a pit sunk into the floor of an abandoned factory. The building is packed with roaring workers. The combatants hiss, coil, lash, spit, maul. The crowd is enthralled. Exploring Brabazon = (1 to 100) -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock -(1 to 15) x Unrest at Brabazon -1 x Caged Catch		Bet on the matches Your offering appears suitably savage. It may do well.		Your Caged Catch acquits itself well, and by the end of the night you have accumulated a small profit. Your combatant is in no state to be returned to you. It is unceremoniously butchered, as the audience makes their way home. (1 to 10) x Sovereign +3 x Terror		Advanced alteration value probably needs examination.
				Do not participate This is barbarism.		You leave the reeking, thundering factory and make your way through the cold streets. A roar from behind you. The melee has begun. +1 x Tale of Terror
Reduce unrest by telling horrific and educational stories Can you convince your audience that there are worse places than this?	Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10 [Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time] Exploring Brabazon ≥ 50 and ≤ 70 Currently Uprising ≥ 2 Tale of Terror ≥ 3 Unrest at Brabazon ≥ 1 [Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life]	No greener grass Your stories are suitably distressing, and your audience agrees that the sky is very terrible. Perhaps everywhere is either drudgery or horror, and there are no sanctuaries to be found. Exploring Brabazon = (1 to 100) -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock -(1 to 15) x Unrest at Brabazon -3 x Tale of Terror						Advanced alteration value probably needs examination.
Return to the Brabazon Backstreets Brabazon is at peace – there is no disgruntlement to be soothed.	Unrest at Brabazon ≤ 0 [Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life]	Triggers event:  The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld

Links

Links In

The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld

Links Out

The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld

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