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Medium

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

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.

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.

Legendary

Does the imprint recognise another, or does he recognise Tempo?

Formidable

Internal white noise, max volume.

Legendary

Fizzy look behind his eyes.

Challenging

If 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.

Challenging

Maybe 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.

Medium

Does the imprint recognise another, or does he recognise Tempo?

Easy

You're wearing epidermal electrodes, contact points for a remote electroshock device. Sick.

Formidable

Keep that electricity flowing -- this may be your best chance at augmentoid conversion.

Challenging

Sear off the flesh! Replace it with static, and soon... METAL!

Challenging

Die to electricity. Awaken as metal.

Medium

Electric kisses.

Medium

Find out, conduct experiments.

Medium

He's a blank piece of media.

Easy

A sacrifice. For the machine-god.

Easy

The device hums as though also in pain.

Challenging

Trains are everything. The coolest thing created in living memory, the rest of humankind's inventors might as well down tools now.

Challenging

Demonically compromised. A machine's desperate cry for help.

Challenging

Mr. Copy-Paste makes a good point. They should've called it Strelets-Buy-a-Knife due to its terrible craftsmanship.