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Shaggy Wig & False Beard
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Meant to evoke wisdom and rugged masculinity. Up close, it's difficult to shake the resemblance to a taxidermied cat. Made of human hair.
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Cold Read +2Cold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.Records -1RecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.
Seen with
Winged Fan-ShifterMasked Fan-ShifterFrederikKing of TradeDr. HugoKarolinaSeptimusThe Editor-in-ChiefRamsesSubeditorBruce, the High-End TailorSubcomandante BagmanYouNarratorMelita, Your Controller
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The two teenage girls refuse to look at you. "Do I want her to watch?" He whispers. "Oh... maybe, in theory, but... you should see her. She's wearing some sort of fake facial hair, as though I couldn't tell..."Her eyes linger on your fake facial hair for a second, before she collects herself."A man?" She raises a single eyebrow. "Hiding? Is this some kind of joke?""I don't know if I should answer that." She stares at your obviously fake facial hair."My apologies. With your artistic appearance, I was afraid you might be an aspiring contributor.""An attempt at whimsy. Or is it gender subversion? Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?"It strikes you, a few moments late, that you really shouldn't be showing your face on live television."Even with your face covered, your artifices are painfully transparent. I wonder… which of us are you trying to fool?""This time you've chosen to hide behind some... oddly convincing facial hair. Still, there's no concealing your true form.""Foreign woman, Mircean accent. Attempting to disguise herself with male facial hair. Sound familiar?"
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