ChecksHe's calling him a masturbator.Reading: Open fileReadingOpen fileNeed to knowMy clearanceCold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC14He's calling him a masturbator.EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10A red disc passes from one man's hand to another, then disappears into a leather briefcase.EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10A red disc passes from one man's hand to another, then disappears into a leather briefcase.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC14Does the imprint recognise another, or does he recognise Tempo?SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10His eyes cross.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC13Internal white noise, max volume.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10Impressive self-editing. He's utterly delusional.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC13Gets that from his proto-gäng.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12No self-awareness whatsoever.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12He hits you with a wink.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC13No way we're going to hang out with the sock guy...CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC12This man has never seen athleticism.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12He smiles at you, a benevolent and kindly expression.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC10Home?TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC14Fizzy look behind his eyes.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12Eyebrows knotting, unable to imagine a desire. Look at you.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC14This is the version of yourself who stood taciturn and vacant at the back of the student socialist meetings. Frustrated by inaction, angry at everything.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14Maybe you've solved a cosmic mistake, you were supposed to be him all along.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC11CONFUSED EQUATION, CORRECT SOLUTION.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC10Delusional but dedicated.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC12The revolutionary spirit.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC9Soft.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC15He's just getting comfortable. In for the deep squeeze.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC15Disturbed by our own affection. Fucking grim.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC9Behind his glasses, his eyes glisten.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC12He is exactly like you.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC10So bad at undercover that he practically is the cover -- everyone will be transfixed by this amateur.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9You're going to spend the final hour talking to a walking lobotomy?PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC10No thoughts, no fear, no desire. Only pure, drooling immediacy.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC14The perfect being.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC12An abomination by every possible measure.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC12INSUBORDINATION.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC16Hark his reverential silence, a devoutly sworn oath. He will not utter a word until the Lich lies dead.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC13ADMIRABLE VERBAL AUSTERITY. ESCALATE.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC13Yeah, silent with gäng. Harder!Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC13He isn't listening.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC9Ah! Shit!ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC9Your cue.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC9Your cue.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC10Thinks he's too good for Melita! Disrespecting Melita!PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC10He's just too stunned with gratitude to respond.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC13He'll get it. The sight of the fascists will activate his primal bloodlust.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC13He isn't welcome. He isn't anything.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC13You always knew that something like this would happen to you. Something very bad and very serious.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC13He is you.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10You feel goosebumps stand on your shins.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC14This is it, real fucking operant outfit.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC13He clearly agrees. He's just intimidated by your stature or you'd be rubbing your thighs together right now.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC14Put a little extra sway into the shoulders when you walk, you won't look rapey if you keep it smooth.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC14COWER BEFORE THE POORLY MAINTAINED BUSH OF THE PEOPLE.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC13Darkness in his eyes. Inviting.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC11He's very committed to this cover. But why, what's his angle?ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC13A vortex of schemes swirls beneath the silence. Don't you hear it?ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC15There! A hissing, an unmistakable snaking of the parts.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC14If this man gets the drop on you, kill yourself.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC14ETERNAL AS THE PROLETARIAT.EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC14His fingers ripple nervously across the handle of his briefcase. He checks his watch.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC15Debris, twirling in deep space. Mute.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC11Throwing gäng signs. Throw one back so he knows you're on the lëvel.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC16A guilty silence.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12He doesn't give a FUCK.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10He's braindead. He has no pants.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10Or anything. He's braindead. He has no pants.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC15CASCADE AND THE INVALID TEN THOUSAND AND ONE YEARS.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC13They spy so much harder.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC14Stone cold.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC12He's braindead, Hershel. No trousers.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC10He wants it.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC13That's why he's drooling. The memory of your caress.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC13Finally. You've found something he fears.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC12Pure heartbreak. Look at his face. Look what you've done.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14His heart forever torn, if you were to put your ear to his chest you would hear its tender, arrhythmic sob.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC14Woah... That was no way to speak to gäng...Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC15He's insulting you.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC11How do you know you aren't him right now?SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10Not a single twitch of recognition.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC12He's not going to move. He has no mind.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC13Those hands aren't looking like grabbers.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC13Feet rooted to the ground, hands slack. He's not interested in firearms. Or the afterlife.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC14You know the answer.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC10Leave your fears with him and move on, Operant. You have a murder to commit.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC10Need better fuck glove.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC10A new and strange crime added to your ever-lengthening rap sheet.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC12If you're right in your assessment of your own moral virtue, then he too is programmed to be evil -- you have busted the machine's central circuits. This is a good thing.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC12Could have guessed. Quite easily.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC14Unlikely.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC11That would be killing you. You know you've thought about it. Do you want to watch?Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC12There's nothing in there. You cannot count on 'nothing'.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC12Is that a frown? He's puzzling it out. Give him a moment.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12Glacial.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC12THE SILENCE OF TRUE SOLIDARITY.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC12You could marry him for real after this, just think of all the arguments you'd never have.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC12Listen to him. Unperterbable, unmovable. True gäng.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC12Your recall the THWACK of foot making contact with his forehead. He looks hurt, lost. His glasses are on wrong.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC12Maybe you've got it all wrong and he's too deep in thought. You've seen this expression before on many a model train enthusiast.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10His cleats go CLICK CLACK on the hard ground.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC12Shoe fangs. Good shoe. You're being out-fucked by this freak already.EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10A red disc passes from one man's hand to another, disappears into a leather briefcase.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC13Shit, he's remembered.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC13So lost that the idea of a connection, no matter with whom, far outweighs the loss itself.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC11His eyes lose focus and his lips move as he concentrates on deciphering this new information.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC14KALEIDOSCOPE told him.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC13Yours, too. More and more alike.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10Does the imprint recognise another, or does he recognise Tempo?PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC12A strange look passes across his face, followed by laughter.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14You've had dirty laundry on your floor for longer than this man has been alive and yet here he is, probably about to die.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS ON FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC14A dithering, anxious desperation to be liked. Are you this pathetic?InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC12He's going to shoot you in the head and steal your clothes and wear them and say "I'm CASCADE" in a silly voice.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC14You could suggest anything, he doesn't care as long as he's invited.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC13By 'here' he means 'the world'.EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC13Submerged, dissolved. There is nothing to return.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10CLICK CLACK.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC12Not just to your apartment. He's asking if he can live your life with you.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC13Like a stray dog.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14Maybe you've solved a cosmic mistake, you were supposed to be him all along.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC14If he learns to be you, he won't have use for the real you anymore.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC6No partner and no dependents according to the old spy.EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC12He has only a mother. Who will very soon be receiving an unstamped postcard, announcing that her only son has been sent on an overseas assignment and may be gone for a very long time.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC13Mathematically uncertain -- operants are capable of possessing a negative value.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC14They'll burn him in the same fire that you've been fueling with the document shredder for the past five years.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC9Soft.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC15He's just getting comfortable. In for the deep squeeze.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC13Disturbed by our own affection. Fucking grim.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14Because he is one of them.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC14Curious. He's dressed as a pitcher.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14Created to be destroyed, like a grass dog -- named and decorated and burned on the pyre.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10Behind his glasses, his eyes glisten.CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC14You could take one You. Probably not two Yous. Three Yous, absolutely going to struggle.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC14Three plus... at those numbers, all minds turn towards the Doppelgängbäng.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14Confidently superlative. In this case it seems fair.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC14He can be the shield when we get in formation.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC14Philosophically disturbing... but mathematically solid.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC14You won't.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14They can carve it onto your shared headstone.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC14He smiles with his eyes alone. You recognise yourself in the expression.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC10His words make you nauseous for some reason.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC13He'll dye his hair golden and knife you in your sleep.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC12You really should have more faith in yourself.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC10He freezes, even his thigh hair seems to stand still in horror.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12Listen to yourself. Pure erotic cowardice.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC10Shit. About what?SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10Mothball smell. Many seasons old.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC14He's calling him a masturbator.
EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10A red disc passes from one man's hand to another, then disappears into a leather briefcase.
EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10A red disc passes from one man's hand to another, then disappears into a leather briefcase.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC14Does the imprint recognise another, or does he recognise Tempo?
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10His eyes cross.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC13Internal white noise, max volume.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10Impressive self-editing. He's utterly delusional.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC13Gets that from his proto-gäng.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12No self-awareness whatsoever.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12He hits you with a wink.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC13No way we're going to hang out with the sock guy...
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC12This man has never seen athleticism.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12He smiles at you, a benevolent and kindly expression.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC10Home?
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC14Fizzy look behind his eyes.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12Eyebrows knotting, unable to imagine a desire. Look at you.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC14This is the version of yourself who stood taciturn and vacant at the back of the student socialist meetings. Frustrated by inaction, angry at everything.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14Maybe you've solved a cosmic mistake, you were supposed to be him all along.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC11CONFUSED EQUATION, CORRECT SOLUTION.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC10Delusional but dedicated.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC12The revolutionary spirit.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC9Soft.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC15He's just getting comfortable. In for the deep squeeze.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC15Disturbed by our own affection. Fucking grim.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC9Behind his glasses, his eyes glisten.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC12He is exactly like you.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC10So bad at undercover that he practically is the cover -- everyone will be transfixed by this amateur.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9You're going to spend the final hour talking to a walking lobotomy?
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC10No thoughts, no fear, no desire. Only pure, drooling immediacy.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC14The perfect being.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC12An abomination by every possible measure.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC12INSUBORDINATION.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC16Hark his reverential silence, a devoutly sworn oath. He will not utter a word until the Lich lies dead.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC13ADMIRABLE VERBAL AUSTERITY. ESCALATE.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC13Yeah, silent with gäng. Harder!
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC13He isn't listening.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC9Ah! Shit!
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC9Your cue.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC9Your cue.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC10Thinks he's too good for Melita! Disrespecting Melita!
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC10He's just too stunned with gratitude to respond.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC13He'll get it. The sight of the fascists will activate his primal bloodlust.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC13He isn't welcome. He isn't anything.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC13You always knew that something like this would happen to you. Something very bad and very serious.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC13He is you.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10You feel goosebumps stand on your shins.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC14This is it, real fucking operant outfit.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC13He clearly agrees. He's just intimidated by your stature or you'd be rubbing your thighs together right now.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC14Put a little extra sway into the shoulders when you walk, you won't look rapey if you keep it smooth.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC14COWER BEFORE THE POORLY MAINTAINED BUSH OF THE PEOPLE.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC13Darkness in his eyes. Inviting.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC11He's very committed to this cover. But why, what's his angle?
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC13A vortex of schemes swirls beneath the silence. Don't you hear it?
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC15There! A hissing, an unmistakable snaking of the parts.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC14If this man gets the drop on you, kill yourself.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC14ETERNAL AS THE PROLETARIAT.
EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC14His fingers ripple nervously across the handle of his briefcase. He checks his watch.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC15Debris, twirling in deep space. Mute.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC11Throwing gäng signs. Throw one back so he knows you're on the lëvel.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC16A guilty silence.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12He doesn't give a FUCK.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10He's braindead. He has no pants.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10Or anything. He's braindead. He has no pants.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC15CASCADE AND THE INVALID TEN THOUSAND AND ONE YEARS.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC13They spy so much harder.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC14Stone cold.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC12He's braindead, Hershel. No trousers.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC10He wants it.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC13That's why he's drooling. The memory of your caress.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC13Finally. You've found something he fears.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC12Pure heartbreak. Look at his face. Look what you've done.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14His heart forever torn, if you were to put your ear to his chest you would hear its tender, arrhythmic sob.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC14Woah... That was no way to speak to gäng...
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC15He's insulting you.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC11How do you know you aren't him right now?
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10Not a single twitch of recognition.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC12He's not going to move. He has no mind.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC13Those hands aren't looking like grabbers.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC13Feet rooted to the ground, hands slack. He's not interested in firearms. Or the afterlife.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC14You know the answer.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC10Leave your fears with him and move on, Operant. You have a murder to commit.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC10Need better fuck glove.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC10A new and strange crime added to your ever-lengthening rap sheet.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC12If you're right in your assessment of your own moral virtue, then he too is programmed to be evil -- you have busted the machine's central circuits. This is a good thing.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC12Could have guessed. Quite easily.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC14Unlikely.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC11That would be killing you. You know you've thought about it. Do you want to watch?
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC12There's nothing in there. You cannot count on 'nothing'.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC12Is that a frown? He's puzzling it out. Give him a moment.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12Glacial.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC12THE SILENCE OF TRUE SOLIDARITY.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC12You could marry him for real after this, just think of all the arguments you'd never have.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC12Listen to him. Unperterbable, unmovable. True gäng.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC12Your recall the THWACK of foot making contact with his forehead. He looks hurt, lost. His glasses are on wrong.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC12Maybe you've got it all wrong and he's too deep in thought. You've seen this expression before on many a model train enthusiast.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10His cleats go CLICK CLACK on the hard ground.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC12Shoe fangs. Good shoe. You're being out-fucked by this freak already.
EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC10A red disc passes from one man's hand to another, disappears into a leather briefcase.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC13Shit, he's remembered.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC13So lost that the idea of a connection, no matter with whom, far outweighs the loss itself.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC11His eyes lose focus and his lips move as he concentrates on deciphering this new information.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC14KALEIDOSCOPE told him.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC13Yours, too. More and more alike.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10Does the imprint recognise another, or does he recognise Tempo?
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC12A strange look passes across his face, followed by laughter.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14You've had dirty laundry on your floor for longer than this man has been alive and yet here he is, probably about to die.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS ON FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC14A dithering, anxious desperation to be liked. Are you this pathetic?
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC12He's going to shoot you in the head and steal your clothes and wear them and say "I'm CASCADE" in a silly voice.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC14You could suggest anything, he doesn't care as long as he's invited.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC13By 'here' he means 'the world'.
EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC13Submerged, dissolved. There is nothing to return.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10CLICK CLACK.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC12Not just to your apartment. He's asking if he can live your life with you.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC13Like a stray dog.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14Maybe you've solved a cosmic mistake, you were supposed to be him all along.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC14If he learns to be you, he won't have use for the real you anymore.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC6No partner and no dependents according to the old spy.
EntanglementEntanglementIntellectSpooky action across this plane and beyond. Extrasensory awareness. Influence of the stars.DC12He has only a mother. Who will very soon be receiving an unstamped postcard, announcing that her only son has been sent on an overseas assignment and may be gone for a very long time.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC13Mathematically uncertain -- operants are capable of possessing a negative value.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC14They'll burn him in the same fire that you've been fueling with the document shredder for the past five years.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC9Soft.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC15He's just getting comfortable. In for the deep squeeze.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC13Disturbed by our own affection. Fucking grim.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14Because he is one of them.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC14Curious. He's dressed as a pitcher.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14Created to be destroyed, like a grass dog -- named and decorated and burned on the pyre.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10Behind his glasses, his eyes glisten.
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC14You could take one You. Probably not two Yous. Three Yous, absolutely going to struggle.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC14Three plus... at those numbers, all minds turn towards the Doppelgängbäng.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14Confidently superlative. In this case it seems fair.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC14He can be the shield when we get in formation.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC14Philosophically disturbing... but mathematically solid.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC14You won't.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC14They can carve it onto your shared headstone.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC14He smiles with his eyes alone. You recognise yourself in the expression.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC10His words make you nauseous for some reason.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC13He'll dye his hair golden and knife you in your sleep.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC12You really should have more faith in yourself.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC10He freezes, even his thigh hair seems to stand still in horror.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12Listen to yourself. Pure erotic cowardice.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC10Shit. About what?
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC10Mothball smell. Many seasons old.