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 =====Mrs Humphrey’s Tea Shop===== =====Mrs Humphrey’s Tea Shop=====
  
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 The friendly, chatty Mrs Humphrey creates a cosy atmosphere in her popular tea shop on the Strand. As well as serving a wide variety of teas, ices and sorbets, Mrs Humphrey is well-known for baking beautifully-decorated cakes and pastries. This is the ideal spot to relax after some shopping or to go on a date with a suitor, although it is important to watch your words in such a busy location, as you never know who might be listening in to your conversations. The friendly, chatty Mrs Humphrey creates a cosy atmosphere in her popular tea shop on the Strand. As well as serving a wide variety of teas, ices and sorbets, Mrs Humphrey is well-known for baking beautifully-decorated cakes and pastries. This is the ideal spot to relax after some shopping or to go on a date with a suitor, although it is important to watch your words in such a busy location, as you never know who might be listening in to your conversations.
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 =====Modiste===== =====Modiste=====
  
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 Morgan Taylor’s clothesmaking company is a must-stop shop for the fashionable person around town. Xe crafts each piece precisely tailored to the measurements of the customer, using the finest fabrics and newest patterns. To maintain good social standing, it is essential to refresh your wardrobe regularly, and Morgan is all too happy to help turn your money into impressive new garments. Morgan Taylor’s clothesmaking company is a must-stop shop for the fashionable person around town. Xe crafts each piece precisely tailored to the measurements of the customer, using the finest fabrics and newest patterns. To maintain good social standing, it is essential to refresh your wardrobe regularly, and Morgan is all too happy to help turn your money into impressive new garments.
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 =====Black's===== =====Black's=====
  
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 A prestigious club, open only to the most wealthy and well-connected members of society, with the approval of existing members. Black's provides a space for drinking, gambling and networking with other important individuals. An invitation to join is highly coveted and is an important symbol that you have been accepted as a well-respected member of the Ton. A prestigious club, open only to the most wealthy and well-connected members of society, with the approval of existing members. Black's provides a space for drinking, gambling and networking with other important individuals. An invitation to join is highly coveted and is an important symbol that you have been accepted as a well-respected member of the Ton.
  
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 By day, the lush, green grasses and tree-lined promenades of Vauxhall provide the ideal background for a leisurely walk with family, friends or a potential suitor ([[glossary|chaperoned]] of course). Going for a promenade is also about being seen, perhaps with influential company, an expensive new outfit or to show that your feathers are unruffled by a recent scandal. By night, the area is a popular entertainment destination, as described more [[entertainment|here]]. By day, the lush, green grasses and tree-lined promenades of Vauxhall provide the ideal background for a leisurely walk with family, friends or a potential suitor ([[glossary|chaperoned]] of course). Going for a promenade is also about being seen, perhaps with influential company, an expensive new outfit or to show that your feathers are unruffled by a recent scandal. By night, the area is a popular entertainment destination, as described more [[entertainment|here]].
  
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 ===== Relevant NPCs ===== ===== Relevant NPCs =====
 ^Name ^Pronouns ^ Age^ Description ^ ^Name ^Pronouns ^ Age^ Description ^
 |Julia Humphrey|she/her|55|Known to all simply as 'Mrs Humphrey', she runs a popular tea shop on the Strand. Mrs Humphrey is a friendly, comforting figure to many in the Ton, finding great joy in building relationships with her customers.| |Julia Humphrey|she/her|55|Known to all simply as 'Mrs Humphrey', she runs a popular tea shop on the Strand. Mrs Humphrey is a friendly, comforting figure to many in the Ton, finding great joy in building relationships with her customers.|
-|Morgan Taylor|Xe/them|40|Xe owns a successful tailoring business that has been in their family for generations. They must surely have overheard all sorts of secrets about the Ton, but they keep their cards close to xer chest.|+|Morgan Taylor|xe/them|40|Xe owns a successful tailoring business that has been in their family for generations. They must surely have overheard all sorts of secrets about the Ton, but they keep their cards close to xer chest.| 
 +|Caroline Sheppard|she/her|18|Former employee of the Darling family who now serves as lady’s maid to Lucy Ackroyd.| 
 +|Father John Wesley|they/he|68|Vicar of Mayfair parish, where Father Vincent Prakash serves as curate. Father Wesley is preparing to retire soon.|
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