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The techno-fascist fuckwand. Possibly last used by a monkey.

Don't start thinking that, after your last success, this will be child's play. Model trains can get complex -- it's serious craftsmanship.

Sixth generation Luzian fighter jet. Deployed in most of their 'Reunional Military Actions'. Serious rapid gear.

As Petre told you -- Einzeltone XR is immune to bootlegging.

Disc variants. Branded keyboards. Sellout tours. This sadness thing bankrolls itself.

Bending the gear to her will. Nice.

It's not a door, you pathetic ape.

There it is, this is what's making the whole thing work. Not this woo woo sigil shit.

According to her, the bartender's basically an un-programmed augmentoid. Get in there and pilot him.

Don't listen to her, doohickey, you're awesome!

You've been doohickeyed, bitch.

They should have put it behind glass, so it could be treasured. Worshipped. Curated and handled only by the high priests of the conductor class.

There's a coil wired into the wall, fused to the socket with melted plastic and faith. That's where he eats, listening to currents crackle overhead.

The ins-and-outs of plumbed architecture aren't your strength. But you can find it in other technological fields.

Shoddy maintenance, Tonio.

Inside there is just an aluminium ribbon some two centimetres across. It's only a matter of what's more resistant -- your fingernails or the ribbon.

Trapped between the old reality that created it and the new one it failed to bring about.

Any recordings of the event would become highly sought collectibles for certain segments of regime insiders.

As with anything that talks in this city, it is emblazoned with the blue Renotel logo.

The girl Yana is withholding sacred Luzian artifacts from you! This cannot stand.

A shiver of electromagnetic interference.

Amidst the violent buzz of fluctuating electrical signals you sense the presence of nearby power lines, servomotors, and radio emitters.

Some form of explosive device may have been useful.

Region-locked sound encoding. You'd need a top-line Luzian InfraVision player to invoke it.

The bitter taste of an old dye factory.

Thank you for your service.

The locking mechanism on those two shelves -- it's still in place.

Right. The locking mechanism needs to be released on both shelves.

One seems to be pulling the other.

All risks you're willing to take. This is a matter of professional pride.

Trust the techno-fascists to have all the best stuff. What's so good about Novessa, anyway?

An advanced technique known only to those with a lifelong passion for it.

With luck, it'll pull down the line signature.

That maintenance frame seemed intended for wireless connections, but it's worth checking out.

You'd need to cross-reference the number. Renotel must have maintenance terminals hidden away -- keep an eye out.

You need the cicada's scream, you crave it -- shrill and empty. It silences the nonsense of your dreams.

In and out, in and out of the machine's insatiable whirling jaws...

Yes! Yes!! That's not a real model but fuck it!!!

This is it. The closest you'll ever come to transcendence.

Amateur wirework.

No use. The Umatic disc encoding method is basically extinct. You can't play this thing without specialised equipment.

No use. This disc must use a non-standard encoding method. You'll need special equipment to play it.

A Protypo 909 50-watt with multi-disc changer. Last-generation model, designed for affordability at the expense of power and clarity.

Wait! There's no neatly perforated line to guide your tearing. And the binding's flimsy -- any operation you attempt, without the proper precautions, will become a dissection.

At the cost of its resell value. Condition: DEFILED.

This is a Umatic. While the form-factor's the same as any modern disc, the encoding method is entirely different.

Machines don't make mistakes, mister.

Baleen -- whale keratin. Also used to manufacture the cuirasses worn by Lävendi's revolutionary brigades.

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