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Background

This is a political vision task. See the Political Vision Tasks Introduction for how to trigger it.


Walkthrough

When you wake up on Day 4, a Savoir Faire thought orb will appear over your head. When you click on it, "Savvy" will tell you to stop piddling around with small amounts of money, and instead become a millionaire. To that end, it'll suggest that you become a patron of the arts. You'll decide to work with everybody's favorite artist, Cindy the Skull.

When you approach Cindy (#4), Savvy will contact you, and the two of you will work out the perfect sales pitch for Cindy. Whatever you do, don't tell Savvy, "Not now. I'm on a roll." If you say that, then you won't learn the pitch, and you won't be given any new dialogue options with Cindy, thus derailing the task.

When you talk to Cindy, she won't be impressed by you or your sales pitch, which means you'll have to pass a "godly" Suggestion check to convince her to sell you something. When you succeed, Cindy will show you Cindy's Chef d'Oeuvre, which she'll describe as "art-ishoo." She'll demand 67,000 real for it, but then she'll relent, and she'll let you buy it for 10 real.

Next up, you'll need to find somebody gullible enough to buy Cindy's art. Luckily, Savvy will let you know that it can "hear" wealth, so it'll be able to warn you when you get close to any. You'll get your warning when you walk next to the cargo container in the harbor (#1). To get inside, you'll first have to lower the container using the nearby controls (#2), and then you'll have to pass an "impossible" Rhetoric check to open the container's door. But with Savvy on your side, you'll get a +5 bonus with the check, making it much easier.

Note: If you entered the container before triggering this task, then it's possible you won't be allowed to re-enter it. This will break the task and prevent you from completing it.

Inside the container, you'll meet the mega-rich light-bending guy. If you ask him about investing in art, and if you show him Cindy's Chef d'Oeuvre, then he'll be intrigued, and he'll ask you some details about it. You'll then get to make up some stuff, and it won't make any difference what answers you give.

The mega-rich guy will decide to buy the piece, but he won't have any cash on him. So instead, he'll give you shares in the Mauer-Koshlai Mercury Group, and he'll hand over a Photocopied Stock Certificate as proof of the transaction. This will increase your net worth by a great deal, but it won't increase how much money you have.

Note: Most merchants won't care about your high net worth, but Roy in the pawnshop (#5) will accept stock shares as payment for his sawed-off street light, which otherwise would cost you 700 real. Of course, you won't be able to remove the street light from the pawnshop, but Roy will make a sign for you indicating that it is yours.

Before you leave the cargo container, the mega-rich guy will recommend that you hire a Personal Brand Strategist, and Savvy will suggest Idiot Doom Spiral for the job. When you talk to Idiot Doom Spiral (#6), he'll jump at the opportunity, and he'll rush off to begin re-conceptualizing the horseback monument in the roundabout. It won't make any difference if you insist that he stop drinking or not; he'll keep drinking regardless.

An hour later, Idiot Doom Spiral will return, drunker than ever, and he'll invite you to take a look at the monument (#3). When you head over there, you'll see that it's surrounded by scaffolding and tarpaulin, and that it's nowhere near what he promised you.

When you return to Idiot Doom Spiral, he'll be excited by his progress, but he'll warn you that he won't be able to finish his vision until the Dockworkers' Union's strike is over. That means you'll have to wait until after the task Return to the Whirling-in-Rags (aka the mercenary tribunal). At that point, when you return to the statue, you'll see decorations on it depending on your copotype:

• Apocalypse Statue. You'll see body bags hanging from it, plus a cardboard sign that reads "Pale Swallows All."
  
  
• Boring Statue. You'll see parking tickets covering it.
  
  
• Sorry Statue. You'll see wreaths around it, plus a veil on the horse and rider.
  
  
• Superstar Statue. You'll see disco balls and speakers hanging from it, plus the rider holding an apricot scepter.

Regardless, examining the statue will complete the task and earn you 30 xp. Afterwards, you can head back to Idiot Doom Spiral (#6) and tell him what you think of his re-conceptualization, and either keep him as your Personal Brand Manager or not.


1 - Cargo Container


2 - Control Panel


3 - Horseback Monument


4 - Cindy the Skull


5 - Pawnshop


6 - Idiot Doom Spiral