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Easy

Her composure is immaculate. If she felt any pain from this it goes completely unseen.

Easy

The shake in her hand intensifies. She looks like she could be sick.

Easy

She looks like she could be sick.

Easy

Resigned, she sinks into herself, doing her best to swallow her pride.

Medium

Deep down, she's wincing, fighting to deny the worst case scenario.

Easy

Hope all the stress and isolation and paranoia is worth it.

Medium

Just what he was afraid would happen.

Trivial

EMTERR -- the Bank. This mention of the Operant Bureau's ancient enemy makes you bristle.

Trivial

The Bank -- EMTERR. This mention of the Operant Bureau's ancient enemy makes you bristle.

Easy

His convictions may as well be carved from granite.

Challenging

Your old double has been known to have an unsettling effect on certain people.

Formidable

Your cares dissolve.

Formidable

Dancing on insanity, his understanding of reality and roleplay had merged entirely.

Challenging

A tremor in his voice. Like a kid addressing his crush.

Challenging

Like millions of capillaries feeding a single, bloated vein.

Challenging

A sudden, bizarre flare of hope.

Legendary

AAAARRGH! KILL ME! KILL MEEEEE!

Legendary

You barely flinch at the violent torrent of sound that washes over you. It makes you feel...

Legendary

You're in Ramses's houseboat, he's alive... nothing bad is happening...

Easy

Last instants before pressure release. The thing building up inside is about to rupture its container in three, two...

Medium

A sense of composure bristles through you, strengthening your resolve.

Easy

For a long moment, none of the students can tell what's happening. Then, one by one, they realise.

Easy

Don't let it beguile you.

Easy

Trivial

Sure would be a shame if something... happened to it.

Easy

But be warned: You may have to read the whole thing.

Challenging

Keep your gun close.

Challenging

You should be armed right now. This was a mistake.

Formidable

The axis of the world inverts on half-muttered sentences.

Legendary

All around you, an invisible audience leans forwards in their seats.

Medium

Ice crystals fractal in your veins.

Medium

One more relationship smothered with a pillow and buried in the courtyard.

Medium

Further warbling would be a mistake.

Trivial

Brace yourself.

Easy

Whispering to each other in low, urgent tones. They're beginning to panic.

Challenging

Medium

... a shapeless figure twisting in darkness...

Formidable

The machines are talking about you all.

Challenging

Savour this moment. One of the old ones of your craft is asking for your opinion.

Easy

It sounds so pitifully small now -- 'your thing'.

Medium

He doesn't actually think it's 'bon' -- it's one of the strangest things he's heard in his long, strange life.

Medium

It's not about contact, it's about scale. If the universe can sustain that much empty space without collapsing, you can take another hour in your own skin.

Medium

The air is heavy, your chest tight. You've been holding your breath for approximately an eternity.

Medium

Medium

A name passes through your skull like a ghost, a shiver on its tail.

Medium

A bead of cold sweat slides down your back, whispering 'no'.

Medium

Easy

A tool for a task, nothing more or less.

Easy

You could ask about his motivations -- casually, as he asked about yours.

Trivial

He's not implying anything. Just lean in.