Inconvenient Aunt

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Inconvenient Aunt
Inconvenient Aunt
Category	Officers
Position	Quartermaster
Effects	+6 Iron +1 Affiliation: Establishment +1 Aunt's Advice +2 Mirrors
Promotions	Your Spymaster Aunt  Your Revolutionary Aunt
Data ID	132928
Interaction ID	288648

The Inconvenient Aunt is an officer who can be recruited at London.

Description

The Aunt is formidable, but well-intentioned. She's a force better on your side than any other. And she does make rather good scones.

Obtaining

Location	Storylet Name	Unlocked With	Effects

The Inconvenient Aunt

She has taken over one of your nicer cabins, which she has ruthlessly redecorated. There is a preponderance of ugly ornaments balanced precariously on tiny tables. Hideous antimacassars adorn every available surface.

Your Aunt occupies a felt armchair in the centre of the horror, where she spends her time either knitting or solving truly mind-boggling cryptic crosswords.

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Converse with your Inconvenient Aunt "I'm rather busy!" she insists. Perhaps if you tell her something ghoulish she'll pay attention to you.	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 1 [Your Aunt is aboard your locomotive] Tale of Terror ≥ 1	An evening's entertainment "Good lord! Are you all right?" She immediately bakes you a batch of scones. She doesn't even comment on the order in which you apply the jam and the cream. "I know what will cheer you up," she says briskly. "I've been invited to a little soiree by Bunty." She pauses. "An old schoolfriend. I think she's Head of the Deniable Constables now. You'll come with me, won't you? It'll take your mind off things." She considers for a moment. "I must warn you. It's a very particular evening. Old enmities put aside, that sort of thing. It's at Carillon." -1 x Tale of Terror Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 5 [You are to attend a soiree at Carillon] -10 x Terror
Question your Aunt What was all that about St Dunstan's? What got her so shaken up at Carillon?	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 10 [You have attended a scandalous soiree with your Aunt]	In Her Majesty's Service "When I was a gal, I used to do a bit of spying for the Crown. Now, I've been out of the trade for years, but I couldn't help but overhear an intriguing conversation. People rarely pay attention to ladies of my age." She gives you a look, as though daring you to disagree. "They said Revolutionaries helped our government conquer Albion! They mentioned a secret rendezvous at St Dunstan's, between four representatives: a New Sequencer, a revolutionary, and two members of Her Majesty's Government! I have to get to the bottom of this. It is my duty!" She tilts her chin defiantly. "I've a friend at Port Prosper who owes me a favour. And we can get lunch!" Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 25 [Your Aunt wishes to head to Port Prosper]
Quiz your Aunt What has she gotten involved in? And what's this with the Christmas card?	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 30 [Your Aunt has received a Christmas card from a countess. Talk to her on your locomotive]	The Calendar Council "One tick, deary. Just looking for— Aha!" The clink of glass. Your Aunt rises from an open suitcase clutching a dusty bottle of brandy. "We've got to get to Pan, in Eleutheria. That's where February is. Though she wasn't February when I knew her. She was my opposite number back in— But you want answers. "February's on the Calendar Council. The Revolutionary leadership. The Christmas card'll get us into Winter's Reside." Your Aunt brandishes the bottle. "She has a fondness for brandy. I've been saving this for if I ran into her again. It should get us into her good graces. She'll be able to tell us what went on at St Dunstan's." Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 40 [Your Aunt needs to go to Pan, capital of Eleutheria, and find February to learn more about the St Dunstan's Rendezvous]
Help your Aunt go through February's papers The secrets of St Dunstan's Rendezvous are locked behind a nigh impenetrable cipher.	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 60 [Your Aunt has poisoned February and stolen her notes] Savage Secret ≥ 3	The Revolution betrayed Piles of pages are strewn across her cabin. "I've been impersonating February in some correspondence to get more information," your Aunt says in explanation. "It's not like she's going to object." Working together, you discover the key to the cipher: various calendars – from the Roman to the Revolutionary. From the documents, you learn that February knew that the final design for the bomb was held by Her Majesty's Privy Counsellor. He died and is now interred in the Most Serene Mausoleum. "If we could find those designs, we'd know for certain what our government agreed to," your Aunt says. Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 70 [Find Her Majesty's Privy Counsellor's Tomb in the Most Serene Mausoleum] -3 x Savage Secret
Talk to your Aunt about the Unclear Bomb You found it hidden in Her Majesty's Privy Counsellor's Tomb.	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 95 [Talk to your Aunt on your engine to decide what to do next]	An Audience Your Aunt looks up an ancient, battered etiquette book. "This is from my schooldays," she says with a wistful smile. Her focus sharpens. "We need to know why London colluded with the Revolutionaries to build this dreadful weapon and then didn't use it. There were four people at the Rendezvous. Two – three now – are dead. There's only one person who can give us the answers we need: Her Renewed Majesty." Your Aunt barrels on. "There's an old protocol we could take advantage of. If we had a Royal Dispensation, we could use the Privilege of an Answer to get an audience. The Sovereign is behoven to answer one question truthfully." Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 100 [Acquire a Royal Dispensation to get an audience with the Queen in London]
Talk to your Aunt She's been very quiet since meeting the Queen. Game note: This will transform your Inconvenient Aunt into Your Spymaster Aunt, a Quartermaster who increases your Iron by 10 and your Affiliation: Establishment by 2.	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 130 [You have heard the truth from the Queen. Talk to your Aunt on board your engine]	Her Majesty's Woman You catch your Aunt burning papers in the boiler room. "Care for tea?" she asks, leading you to her cabin. She gets out her best service. "I was relieved to speak to the Queen. Our Sovereign's prescience alone kept us from being in thrall to the Revolutionaries." A lump of sugar settles in her teacup. "It seems the Albion government has been lax! Getting into messes! And worse, shoddiness when attempting to cover them up!" Her eyes gleam behind her spectacles. "I shall have to come out of retirement. Her Majesty needs me. Though – I'll still have time to help you out here, of course." Game note: You can appoint Your Spymaster Aunt to be your Quartermaster when you are docked in port. Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 140 [[COMPLETE]Your Aunt is coming out of retirement. She will spy for Albion and keep its secrets] +1 x Your Spymaster Aunt Inconvenient Aunt = 0 Your Aunt, the Conspirator = 1 +4000 x Experience
Talk to your Aunt She's been very quiet since meeting the Queen. Game note: This will transform your Inconvenient Aunt into Your Revolutionary Aunt, a Quartermaster who increases your Veils by 10 and your Affiliation: Villainy by 2.	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 135 [You have heard the truth from the Queen. Talk to your Aunt on board your engine]	The shortest month Your Aunt is sealing letters into envelopes. "There is work to be done!" she cries, applying a stamp with the force of someone hammering a nail into a fence post. "I've been thinking about our meeting with Her Majesty. What she said. Our government colluded with the Revolutionaries and has been lying to us all for years! To say nothing of Her Majesty's ambitions." She sighs a deep and weary sigh. "The truth must out. I will continue as February. I shall be tireless against this tyranny." She smiles, ferociously. "And I'll continue to help you out, of course! I am still your Aunt after all." Game note: You can appoint Your Revolutionary Aunt to be your Quartermaster when you are docked in port. Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 150 [[COMPLETE]Your Aunt will join the Calendar Council as February. She will fight for the truth] +1 x Your Revolutionary Aunt Inconvenient Aunt = 0 Your Aunt, the Revolutionary = 1 +4000 x Experience
Attempt a translation See if you decipher can the Correspondence scored into the Throne of Hours.	Inscriptions on the Throne = 1 [You have made a transcription]	Triggers event:  Perform a Translation
See what your Aunt is up to A smell of baking wafts through your locomotive.	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt ≥ 5 [You are to attend a soiree at Carillon]	Uninvited It emerges that your Aunt is holding a tea party for those of your crew plagued with bad dreams. You're not invited. "It's nothing personal, dear. They just won't feel able to speak freely if their captain can hear. They know they can always trust Aunty to keep a secret." She closes the door.
A Secondment: Listen to Aunty's suggestion She's been baking up a storm. This usually means she wants something.	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt ≥ 5 [You are to attend a soiree at Carillon]	Possible employment for an Aunt "Just an idle thought," she says, presenting you with a new batch of sourdough loaves. She frowns at the consistency of the bread, as though she expects it to get its act together sharpish. "But if you wish to make use of my full arsenal of talents, you might want to grant me shore leave at the Most Serene Mausoleum." Her eyes gleam behind her horn-rimmed spectacles. "I have ideas. But if you think I'm more valuable aboard your engine, that's up to you." Game note: Your Aunt will be able to generate Barrels of Unseasoned Hours for you while seconded at the Most Serene Mausoleum.

Quality status

Inconvenient Aunt has different statuses according to your actions, defined by the comment in front of the quality.

Interaction description

These desciptions appear specifically when the value changes.

• [1] You have recruited the Inconvenient Aunt.

Interactions

Interactions in Brief

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Interaction	Action	Result Type	Change
Enter Carillon's Foyer	'Attend a candlelit soiree with the Inconvenient Aunt'	Requirement	≥ 1
Explore Port Prosper	'Rely on your local credentials to meet your Inconvenient Aunt's friend'	Requirement	≥ 1
Explore Port Prosper	'Rely on your Establishment credentials to meet your Inconvenient Aunt's friend'	Requirement	≥ 1
Explore London	'Seek an Audience with Queen Victoria'	Requirement	≥ 1
King's Idyll Station	'Help your Aunt find February'	Requirement	≥ 1
Welcome to Worlebury-juxta-Mare	'Bring your Aunt back aboard'	Default / Challenge Fail	+ [q:139802]
Courting the Deathless	'Enter the De Charney Vault'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Chief Mourner	'Choose Your Aunt'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Inconvenient Aunt	'Talk to your Aunt'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
The Inconvenient Aunt	'Talk to your Aunt'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
When Aunts Collide	'Intervene'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
The Nave	'Find the Privy Counsellor's Tomb'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Nave	'Inter your Aunt'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
Your Aunt is here!	'Employ your Aunt as your Quartermaster'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
Your Aunt is here!	'Employ your Aunt as your Quartermaster'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
The Deathless Aunt	'Collect your Aunt'	Default / Challenge Fail	+ [q:139802]

Interactions in Detail

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Story	Action	Required	Effect
Enter Carillon's Foyer	Attend a candlelit soiree with the Inconvenient Aunt	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 5 [You are to attend a soiree at Carillon] Inconvenient Aunt ≥ 1	Default: Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 10 [You have attended a scandalous soiree with your Aunt] +1000 x Experience
Explore Port Prosper	Rely on your local credentials to meet your Inconvenient Aunt's friend	Westward Reputation ≥ 3 Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 25 [Your Aunt wishes to head to Port Prosper] Inconvenient Aunt ≥ 1	Default: Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 30 [Your Aunt has received a Christmas card from a countess. Talk to her on your locomotive]
	Rely on your Establishment credentials to meet your Inconvenient Aunt's friend	Affiliation: Establishment ≥ 3 Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 25 [Your Aunt wishes to head to Port Prosper] Inconvenient Aunt ≥ 1	Default: Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 30 [Your Aunt has received a Christmas card from a countess. Talk to her on your locomotive]
Explore London	Seek an Audience with Queen Victoria	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 100 [Acquire a Royal Dispensation to get an audience with the Queen in London] Royal Dispensation ≥ 1 Inconvenient Aunt ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Royal Dispensation Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 110 [Approach Her Renewed Majesty] Triggers event:  The Throne of Hours
King's Idyll Station	Help your Aunt find February	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 40 [Your Aunt needs to go to Pan, capital of Eleutheria, and find February to learn more about the St Dunstan's Rendezvous] Inconvenient Aunt ≥ 1	Default: Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 45 [Talk to February] Triggers event:  The Cruellest Month
Welcome to Worlebury-juxta-Mare	Bring your Aunt back aboard	None	Default: Aunt's Project = 0 Aunt Randomiser = 0 An Aunt at Work = 0 Aunt at the Mausoleum = 0 + Secondment: Inconvenient Aunt x Inconvenient Aunt Secondment: Inconvenient Aunt = 0 + Secondment: Revolutionary Aunt x Your Revolutionary Aunt Secondment: Revolutionary Aunt = 0 + Secondment: Spymaster Aunt x Your Spymaster Aunt Secondment: Spymaster Aunt = 0
Courting the Deathless	Enter the De Charney Vault	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 75 [Find Her Majesty's Privy Counsellor's Tomb in the Most Serene Mausoleum] Inconvenient Aunt ≥ 1	Default: Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 80 [Search the Privy Counsellor's Tomb to find the designs for the Unclear Bomb] Triggers event:  The Veteran Privy Counsellor's Tomb
The Chief Mourner	Choose Your Aunt	Inconvenient Aunt ≥ 1	Default: Speaking For You = 1 Preparing Your Funeral = 50 Triggers event:  Courting the Deathless
The Inconvenient Aunt	Talk to your Aunt	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 130 [You have heard the truth from the Queen. Talk to your Aunt on board your engine]	Default: Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 140 [[COMPLETE]Your Aunt is coming out of retirement. She will spy for Albion and keep its secrets] +1 x Your Spymaster Aunt Inconvenient Aunt = 0 Your Aunt, the Conspirator = 1 +4000 x Experience
	Talk to your Aunt	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 135 [You have heard the truth from the Queen. Talk to your Aunt on board your engine]	Default: Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 150 [[COMPLETE]Your Aunt will join the Calendar Council as February. She will fight for the truth] +1 x Your Revolutionary Aunt Inconvenient Aunt = 0 Your Aunt, the Revolutionary = 1 +4000 x Experience
When Aunts Collide	Intervene	None	Default: What Aunt Knows = 4 +1000 x Sovereign Inconvenient Aunt = 0 Your Spymaster Aunt = 0 Your Revolutionary Aunt = 0 +1 x Your Undercover Aunt
The Nave	Find the Privy Counsellor's Tomb	Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt ≥ 70 ≤ 80 Favour Bestowed ≥ 1 Inconvenient Aunt ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Favour Bestowed Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 80 [Search the Privy Counsellor's Tomb to find the designs for the Unclear Bomb] Triggers event:  The Veteran Privy Counsellor's Tomb
	Inter your Aunt	Aunt at the Mausoleum ≤ 0 In Possession of an Aunt ≥ 1	Default: Secondment: Inconvenient Aunt = Inconvenient Aunt Inconvenient Aunt = 0 Secondment: Revolutionary Aunt = Your Revolutionary Aunt Your Revolutionary Aunt = 0 Secondment: Spymaster Aunt = Your Spymaster Aunt Your Spymaster Aunt = 0 Aunt at the Mausoleum = 1 Triggers event:  The Deathless Aunt
Your Aunt is here!	Employ your Aunt as your Quartermaster	Savage Secret ≥ 1	Default: Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 1 [Your Aunt is aboard your locomotive] Inconvenient Aunt = 1 [You have recruited the Inconvenient Aunt.] -1 x Savage Secret Aunt Recruited = 1
	Employ your Aunt as your Quartermaster	Savage Secret ≥ 1	Default: Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt = 1 [Your Aunt is aboard your locomotive] Inconvenient Aunt = 1 [You have recruited the Inconvenient Aunt.] -1 x Savage Secret Aunt Recruited = 1
The Deathless Aunt	Collect your Aunt	Aunt at the Mausoleum ≥ 1 Your Aunt is missing ≤ 0 Aunt Randomiser ≤ 2	Default: Aunt Randomiser = 0 An Aunt at Work = 0 Aunt's Project = 0 + Secondment: Spymaster Aunt x Your Spymaster Aunt Secondment: Spymaster Aunt = 0 + Secondment: Revolutionary Aunt x Your Revolutionary Aunt Secondment: Revolutionary Aunt = 0 + Secondment: Inconvenient Aunt x Inconvenient Aunt Secondment: Inconvenient Aunt = 0 Aunt at the Mausoleum = 0