A.Journal

Checks

Challenging

No different to the beasts that wander the wilds.

Easy

A look of vague terror spreads across his face.

Medium

A deep sigh of relief calming singed nerves.

Medium

He smooths back his hair, temporarily revealing the creaselines of stress beneath.

Formidable

Unsmiling and unblinking, the man in front of you has sunk into what looks to be deep contemplation. That, or...

Medium

A complete absence of conviction and enthusiasm. Words simply fell out of his mouth.

Challenging

His mind was busy doing something else.

Medium

Curious, not surprised.

Challenging

Company scrip. Funny money.

Easy

Discrepancy found.

Medium

A quid pro quo, even in the legal murk of the Developed World.

Formidable

It seems like a non sequitur -- but this is the way of Men of Business.

Medium

All the same, worth probing.

Challenging

A tell. You didn't make any connection between Tempo and Reyes.

Challenging

With one of Tempo del Sur's 'unspecified associates'.

Medium

He wants you to be gone when he opens them again.

Challenging

Seems agitated. You're probing a sensitive spot.

Medium

The description matches the desperate young man clinging to the Miracle Line. Perhaps there's more to unpeel there.

Easy

'One' meaning 'Reno', of course. Singular.

Legendary

SUCH FOLLY TO THINK THAT THE MOON HAS NO REVOLUTIONARY CONSCIOUSNESS. IT ORBITS AFTER ALL.

Formidable

A seeming non sequitur.

Medium

Certain lies are so brazen they offend on professional grounds.

Challenging

That the man is associated with the foreign fascist secret police does not phase him.

Easy

A lump that immediately recedes into the background wherever he stands.

Formidable

The coat was supposed to help.

Medium

White and silver entwined... softness that should be light, but if you plunged your fingers into her fur, you'd find it thick and deep.

Medium

A feline ancestor stalks the dark, snowy forests of Skaalslaand. While the cold forces other animals to shelter, the skaalskat paces through, leaving only deep prints from thick-furred paws and the blood of its prey behind.

Challenging

THE INDUSTRIALIST HAS FALLEN PREY TO THE CULT OF NOSTALGIC OBJECTS. SICKENING YET LOGICAL.

Formidable

A vacuum megarail train designed for lunar operations.

Challenging

He's lost far pricier things in terms of market value but this one makes the very marrow of his bones ache with worry.

Easy

His eyes well up as he turns his back to you, gently cuddling the model train. His shoulders rise and fall as he sighs.

Medium

Irrational and inefficient.

Challenging

Using your asset in ways never known to be possible. You have to respect it.

Medium

A flagrant misuse of man for his own gain.

Challenging

Great art deserves exhibiting.

Medium

Underneath the cold and calculated exterior, rage boils.

Formidable

You're a marvellous engineer, that's what's wrong with you.

Legendary

Appreciate the model train.

Challenging

Obviously plastic.

Easy

Grey suggests a man who cuts corners in life and business.

Medium

He's less confident than he used to be. Pain is a great teacher.

Medium

Oh no gäng, hold on, it's another one of her 'special interests'!

Formidable

Easy

Said without a trace of pride.

Godly

Haggle with the Top Division.

Easy

This cat thing must be really upsetting him. He's lost it.

Challenging

Lightning flash! Thunder! A crackle of electricity in the air.

Easy

It's hard for him to remember.

Formidable

Easy

The cleaners must be really upsetting him. He's lost it.