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<<set $poetry = 0>>
<<set $gossip = 0>>
You can go to the [[Ballroom]] or the [[Library]].<<set $location = "Ballroom">>
You're in the ballroom.<br>
<<set _possibleStories = window.NM.getNStorylets(3)>>
<<for _story range _possibleStories>>
<<capture _story>>
[[_story.description|_story.passage][$payload=_story.payload]]<br>
<</capture>>
<</for>>
Or you can go to the [[Library]]<<set $partner = $payload["character"]>>
You take <<print $partner.firstname>>'s hand and step onto the dance floor. As you dance, you can
talk about [[poetry|Conversation-Poetry-Dancing]], [[trade gossip|Conversation-Gossip]], the latest
[[current events|Conversation-Politics-Dancing]] -- or you can [[dance in silence|Dance-Quietly]].<br><<if $poetry > $partner.poetry>>
(Poetry success)
<<elseif $poetry <= $partner.poetry>>
(Poetry fail)
<<if random(100) < 50>>
(Poetry up)
<<set $poetry = $poetry + 1>>
<</if>>
<</if>>
<br>
[[Return | Ballroom]](This is inappropriate to do while dancing)
<<set $characters[$partner.id].romance = $partner.romance - 1>>
[[Return | Ballroom]](Dance quietly, some chance of improving romance goes here)
[[Return | Ballroom]]<<if $gossip > $partner.gossip>>
"I heard-" you begin archy, and are able to share some juicy gossip you heard earlier, earning a smile.
<<elseif $gossip <= $partner.gossip>>
You bring up a rumor you read earlier, but you can see it's old news already.
<<if random(100) < 50>>
Fortunately, they reply with a rumor of their own -- one you haven't heard yet.
<<set $gossip = $gossip + 1>>
<</if>>
<</if>>
<br>
<<if $location == "Ballroom">>
[[Return | Ballroom]]
<<elseif $location == "Library">>
[[Return | Library]]
<</if>><<set $location = "Library">>
You're in the library.<br>
<<set _possibleStories = window.NM.getNStorylets(3)>>
<<for _story range _possibleStories>>
<<capture _story>>
[[_story.description|_story.passage][$payload=_story.payload]]<br>
<</capture>>
<</for>>
Or you can go to the [[Ballroom]]<<set $partner = $payload["character"]>>
You talk to $partner.firstname in the library. You can talk about [[poetry|Conversation-Poetry-Talking]], [[trade gossip|Conversation-Gossip]], or the latest
[[current events|Conversation-Politics-Talking]].<br><<if $poetry > $partner.poetry>>
(Poetry success)
<<elseif $poetry <= $partner.poetry>>
(Poetry fail)
<<if random(100) < 50>>
(Poetry up)
<<set $poetry = $poetry + 1>>
<</if>>
<</if>>
<br>
[[Return | Library]]<<if random(0, 100) < 50>>
<<set $characters[$partner.id].friendship = $partner.friendship + 1>>
(Politics conversation success)
<<else>>
<<set $characters[$partner.id].friendship = $partner.friendship - 1>>
(Politics conversation failure)
<</if>>
[[Return | Library]]