ChecksYour vision darkens at its periphery.Reading: Open fileReadingOpen fileNeed to knowMy clearanceSensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC9Your vision darkens at its periphery.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC11A PORNO-GRAPHIC SIGHT FOR THE LOCAL PORNO-BOURGEOIS.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10Linen in soft cream, dusty ochres and pale sand.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC11The cuts and drapes speak of sun-baked streets, old plazas, and afternoons that meander towards the horizon.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9It's as if the space was arranged to reject sharp cuts and high-contrast neon.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10That's the polite way of saying 'astronomically'.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC10It's all posh people shite. Stylish, though.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC11Borderline insane.... but on the right side of aesthetics.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC10This man is full of excrement -- our calves are the right size!StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10AND WHY IS THAT? HE IS NO HERO OF THE PEOPLE, THAT'S WHY.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8The Miracle Line.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC8The Miracle Line.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10The flash of a gold tooth near the back of his mouth.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC6EMTERR -- the Bank. This mention of the Operant Bureau's ancient enemy makes you bristle.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10Machines don't make mistakes, mister.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC12A single missed thread in the neat chain at the hem.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC12You're going to have to take his word for it.EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10Some weeks ago, sweat gathered on his bald head under the strap of a forehead lantern. Broad hands delicately protected by latex gloves, he rummages through the back rooms of the abandoned Essilk No. 3, hoping for a bolt of stained fabric.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC12Underground caverns filled floor-to-ceiling with cultivation beds, fat larvae munching on mulberry leaves.EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10Beautiful young women with eyes weakened by candlelight tend to each short-lived grub as if it were a princeling.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC9Melita won't like seeing that on your expense report.CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC6A star-worshipping priest? Might this help you pass off as the Liquidity Mage Kurt is looking for?Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10There seems to be no creditor in this man.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10THIS SOCIOPATHIC DEBT COLLECTOR HAS BEEN CAST FROM THE SAME MOULD OF DISHONESTY AS ALL OTHER SUCH PARASITES.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8He does not see the it in you.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10How weird, right?ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC10EMTERR deals in development loans, sovereign debts, exchange rates -- not individuals.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC10Why would a leviathan hunt down a single minnow?StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10TAXING THE FUTURE FOR TODAY -- THE WETTEST DREAM OF THE CAPITALIST.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC11Bankers. Big grins.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10You can bet that EMTERR developed a thought-free process for this.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC13Kurt gets it as much as a dog gets the weather. Sometimes it's wet. Or warm. Sometimes both. All very baffling.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC6The Bank -- EMTERR. This mention of the Operant Bureau's ancient enemy makes you bristle.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9He is genuinely surprised.CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC8The slick, soft black silk slips through your fingers.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC8SWEAT AND MUCH STRENGTH HIDE THEMSELVES HERE.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC8They say, 'I'm corporate, but still hip.'DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC8Them's cocaine binge shoes. The good cocaine.CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10This might actually work on you, especially with bespoke tailoring.CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10You can't picture yourself wearing this. You're not even sure an imaginary woman could pull this look off.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9His convictions may as well be carved from granite.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10IT CAN, SO LONG AS THE STATE IS THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE COLLECTIVE WILL.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9It has to come from inside. It's personal first.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC12Whistling a new melody into existence. A dance step in the mud. The rasp of a hand-plane against cedar. Wonders yet unmapped.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC8Inherited from your mother. The only decent thing she ever actually gave you.CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10Only in the abstract sense.CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC6You could pass off as a Liquidity Mage yourself with this outfit to absolve Kurt of his debt.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC11Baleen -- whale keratin. Also used to manufacture the cuirasses worn by Lävendi's revolutionary brigades.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC9We're safe in here. All huddled up.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9A casual, yet impressive assessment.CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10That's not discipline...SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC8His shirt is low enough to expose a tangle of chest hair.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC8Deliberate, wild, oddly indecent.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC8RETALIATE AT ONCE.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC9Your vision darkens at its periphery.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC11A PORNO-GRAPHIC SIGHT FOR THE LOCAL PORNO-BOURGEOIS.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10Linen in soft cream, dusty ochres and pale sand.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC11The cuts and drapes speak of sun-baked streets, old plazas, and afternoons that meander towards the horizon.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9It's as if the space was arranged to reject sharp cuts and high-contrast neon.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10That's the polite way of saying 'astronomically'.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC10It's all posh people shite. Stylish, though.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC11Borderline insane.... but on the right side of aesthetics.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC10This man is full of excrement -- our calves are the right size!
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10AND WHY IS THAT? HE IS NO HERO OF THE PEOPLE, THAT'S WHY.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8The Miracle Line.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC8The Miracle Line.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10The flash of a gold tooth near the back of his mouth.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC6EMTERR -- the Bank. This mention of the Operant Bureau's ancient enemy makes you bristle.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10Machines don't make mistakes, mister.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC12A single missed thread in the neat chain at the hem.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC12You're going to have to take his word for it.
EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10Some weeks ago, sweat gathered on his bald head under the strap of a forehead lantern. Broad hands delicately protected by latex gloves, he rummages through the back rooms of the abandoned Essilk No. 3, hoping for a bolt of stained fabric.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC12Underground caverns filled floor-to-ceiling with cultivation beds, fat larvae munching on mulberry leaves.
EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10Beautiful young women with eyes weakened by candlelight tend to each short-lived grub as if it were a princeling.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC9Melita won't like seeing that on your expense report.
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC6A star-worshipping priest? Might this help you pass off as the Liquidity Mage Kurt is looking for?
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10There seems to be no creditor in this man.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10THIS SOCIOPATHIC DEBT COLLECTOR HAS BEEN CAST FROM THE SAME MOULD OF DISHONESTY AS ALL OTHER SUCH PARASITES.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8He does not see the it in you.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10How weird, right?
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC10EMTERR deals in development loans, sovereign debts, exchange rates -- not individuals.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC10Why would a leviathan hunt down a single minnow?
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10TAXING THE FUTURE FOR TODAY -- THE WETTEST DREAM OF THE CAPITALIST.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC11Bankers. Big grins.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10You can bet that EMTERR developed a thought-free process for this.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC13Kurt gets it as much as a dog gets the weather. Sometimes it's wet. Or warm. Sometimes both. All very baffling.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC6The Bank -- EMTERR. This mention of the Operant Bureau's ancient enemy makes you bristle.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9He is genuinely surprised.
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC8The slick, soft black silk slips through your fingers.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC8SWEAT AND MUCH STRENGTH HIDE THEMSELVES HERE.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC8They say, 'I'm corporate, but still hip.'
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC8Them's cocaine binge shoes. The good cocaine.
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10This might actually work on you, especially with bespoke tailoring.
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10You can't picture yourself wearing this. You're not even sure an imaginary woman could pull this look off.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9His convictions may as well be carved from granite.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10IT CAN, SO LONG AS THE STATE IS THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE COLLECTIVE WILL.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9It has to come from inside. It's personal first.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC12Whistling a new melody into existence. A dance step in the mud. The rasp of a hand-plane against cedar. Wonders yet unmapped.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC8Inherited from your mother. The only decent thing she ever actually gave you.
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10Only in the abstract sense.
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC6You could pass off as a Liquidity Mage yourself with this outfit to absolve Kurt of his debt.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC11Baleen -- whale keratin. Also used to manufacture the cuirasses worn by Lävendi's revolutionary brigades.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC9We're safe in here. All huddled up.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9A casual, yet impressive assessment.
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10That's not discipline...
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC8His shirt is low enough to expose a tangle of chest hair.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC8Deliberate, wild, oddly indecent.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC8RETALIATE AT ONCE.