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Medium

It's a background process. Users wouldn't be able to keep up if it was foregrounded.

Easy

Nothing you do can interrupt the mechanised processes going on unseen.

Trivial

The Renotel technician had such a device -- the Voskol Auto-Negotiator. Maybe he'll let you borrow it.

Trivial

The Renotel technician had a device that did exactly that. Maybe he'll let you borrow it.

Trivial

Must be a security measure. A Renotel employee could get you through -- or, at least, their tools could...

Medium

Connect with the machine, tap into the invisible substructure of the city.

Easy

This may be exactly what you need to crack the code of that door in the basement.

Medium

Who in their right mind would not follow up on an invisible aircraft carrier?

Medium

Television doesn't destroy minds, you fool. It moulds them.

Trivial

Despite being addled with enough drugs to kill a hippo, the doctor must sleep at some point.

Medium

He used a steak knife.

Challenging

He's shooting his own mixes. Not recreational, not exactly. Self-testing.

Trivial

Hand-pressed. Small-scale production if not outright clandestine. Composition: impossible to determine.

Medium

Like any good drug, a shadow of the full effects kicks in right away.

Medium

You haven't tried this kind of drug before.

Easy

Licorice, maybe?

Medium

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Medium

You'd need enough force to disjoint a 15mm thick aluminium alloy frame supported by a weathertight rubber seal.

Medium

Years of warping from thermal expansion as well as exposure to the salty air has knackered it out.

Heroic

The sheer quantity of animal testosterone in his tiny body... you must harvest this monkey's testicles.

Easy

Okay, worst-case scenario you just trade comatose guy for monkey loot and fuck off. Must be some sick gadgets in that pile.

Legendary

Human longing for these is proof that machines are the better lovers.

Medium

No toys, but you know from the cosmonaut figurine that he likes scale models -- the real shit.

Medium

He's real. Nothing has monkey physics like that but monkey.

Medium

The key slides in. The tumblers are lifted up and fall back into place.

Medium

Maybe this machine fears you. Maybe it doesn't want to give away a part of itself to a stranger, but 'market conditions' demand it.

Easy

As designed, allowing for the simulation of choking incidents during medical training.

Medium

Medical-grade silicone, thermo-set, sealed with micro-serration. Zero adhesive bleed, glue creep, or warping. This is top-tier artisanal work.

Medium

Unbearable dissonance reflected back on itself. Synced in and phased out.

Formidable

Some form of explosive device may have been useful.

Easy

Proto-Girlfriend.

Medium

Troubleshoot the fax machine.

Easy

It's not on you. Technology is mostly a series of baffling design decisions.

Easy

Inside, mechanical parts are assembled in such a way that it can scream analogue messages across huge distances.

Medium

Media, distribution. Perhaps there's a sexy techno-angle to this!

Challenging

Banks of living data. Silent, interlinked.

Medium

An astounding custom rig. One you must get your hands on.

Medium

The injection only takes seconds.

Medium

Human usage is much easier to design for. A neat little pill, in a special pocket.

Legendary

Changes in resistance converted into analog control signals, interpreted by a Kontoor 35 synthesizer. Fleshy fungal sample, talking.

Medium

The device. Ask her about the device.

Medium

Medium

A ghost hologram.

Easy

Probably not what it's actually called.

Medium

What is this thing? At first glance it could pass for some unmarked consumer novelty. -- a portable television, or a handheld game system.

Medium

Medium

Highly likely that's not what it's actually called.

Easy

PSEUDOPOD has unlocked one of life's secret endings.

Easy

Not quite accurate. It actually just has a few competing axes. Mostly Tempo, yes, some of the original girl... but also a little of the popstar in there too.