High-Flying Adventures of Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe

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    You WILL REQUIRESeveral Players, one of whom is Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe,DBE. Applications for the prospective Gentleman Companions.

    LET IT BE KNOWN THATBeatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBEis accepting applications toaccompany her on her latestAerial Adventure into the Unknown. Allthose players who are not Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBEshould fill out an application for their prospective

    GentlemanCompanions. She will choose one. As you can clearly see, heraeroplane will not hold more. Those Gentleman that are notchosen should be resigned to portraying the Natives. Now,properly introduce yourselves. No, not you, theNatives.

    THE AEROPLANE CRASHAs Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBEsaeroplane does not havelanding gear, your adventure begins with an aeroplane crash ofsuch excitement that it would not be Suitable for a Lady, exceptingan Adventuress of such Quality and Distinction as Beatrice

    Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE. Panicked, the Gentleman Companionshould ask a Question, which Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe,

    DBEwill of course answer with Confidence and Aplomb.

    QUESTIONSBeatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBEsGentleman Companionwill nodoubt at periods in the Adventure be Troubled, and Concerned.Or perhaps he is simply Confused about the Particulars of hisSituation. At these times he should ask Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBEa Question (about the Adventure, for because theGentleman Companionwould not be so Rude as to ask a PersonalQuestion of a Lady such as Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBEwe need not include it in the Rules As Such), which Beatrice

    Henrietta Bristol Smythe, DBE will answer with Confidence andAplomb. She is always and in all ways Correct.

    AFTER THE CRASHAfter the Crash, the Gentleman Companionshould ask Where arewe? or Some Variant Thereon. Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe,DBEwill then Answer with Confidence and Aplomb, as she is

    Familiar from Past Experiencewith all Parts of the World (exceptingthe United States, which, due to an Excess of IRISHMEN, isUnsuitable for aLady of her Social Class.)

    ResponsibilitiesThroughout the adventure, theNativesdescribe the environmentSurroundings, Condition of the Gentleman Companionand so onincluding the presence and actions of any Native Inhabitants othis Distant Land.

    For his Part, the Gentleman Companion describes his actionsand asks Questions.

    For her part, Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBEdescribes herown actions and condition and makes

    Assertions.

    ASSERTIONSThree timesduring the Adventure, Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-SmytheDBE, may make an Assertion without first being asked a QuestionThis is in all ways the same as an answer to a Question.

    ADVENTURES NOW OCCUR

    REMEMBERBeatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE, is an Experienced

    Adventuress, and thus is Always and in all ways Correct inher Answers and Assertions. If her Answers Contradict theExperience or Expectations of the Natives, most especiallyregarding their own Savage Practices, she is Correct and they areMistaken. Futher, Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBEthroughoutthe Adventure is in no Real Danger. She will not be Harmed orKilled or Injured. The Gentleman Companion, on the Other Handmust Fend forHIMSELF.

    AT THE END OF THE ADVENTUREWhen Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE, and her GentlemanCompanionextract themselves from their immediate Predicamenand head back toLondon, the Adventure is Over. The Gentleman

    Companion must now either Ask for Beatrice Henrietta BristolSmythe, DBEs Hand in Holy Matrimony, or he must Walk offin a Huff. Regardless, this Gentlemen Companionmay never againAccompany Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE.

    If Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE, accepts the Proposal of herGentleman Companion, she must Stop her Winsome and Adventurousways until such time as she is Tragically Widowed.

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    eing a role-playing game on the topic of theHigh-Flying adventuresof Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE, daring Aviatrix andaccomplished Exploratrix, and her Gentleman Companion,who for a Modest Fee, accompanies Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE, when the Occasion warrants her an Escort.

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    eing a role-playing game on the topic of theHigh-Flying adventuresof Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE, daring Aviatrix andaccomplished Exploratrix, and her Gentleman Companion,who for a Modest Fee, accompanies Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE, when the Occasion warrants her an Escort.

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    Questionnirefor prospectivegentleman companions

    Name:

    Family:

    Social Class:

    Race:

    Height and Weight:

    Eyes:

    Hair:

    Chin:

    Brow:

    Introduced vi:

    Destination:

    Proposed Means of Payment:

    Medical Conditions:

    Marital Status: circle one

    Bachelor Widower Divorce

    When confrontedby a raging lionin the Heart of DARKEST AFRICA, the most appropriate Course of ActionIS:

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