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Poetics

Intellect·DEL

See and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.

Faculty
Intellect
skill checks
714
Flows
229
Loudest around
You 17
Gear
Tailored Dark Trousers -1Tailored Dark Trousers₽ 40 · ClothingTight enough to mean business, but fitted so they're not distracting. Mascot Head +1Mascot HeadClothingMr. Pink Miniskirt +1Pink MiniskirtClothingMass-produced in Agora Minor. Placid Wolf Cup -1Placid Wolf CupToolsSword sheathed, pipe drawn, this wolf looks like he could fight if he was forced to. Priest Skirt +1Priest Skirt₽ 20 · ClothingA modern rendition of a clerical wrap. Spacecraft Specialist Cap -1Spacecraft Specialist CapClothingA soft-shell relic, once donned by technicians who could calculate re-entry vectors in their sleep. Ultra Violeta T-Shirt +2Ultra Violeta T-Shirt₽ 17 · ClothingMerch, a declaration of allegiance. Distressed Shirt -1Distressed Shirt₽ 1 · ClothingSometimes it's important to blend in with the unwashed masses. Tyrant Wolf Cup +1Tyrant Wolf CupToolsOne of the six collectible drinking cups for the animated show, 66 Wolves. Feather-White Sneakers -1Feather-White SneakersClothingCushioned to provide the lightest of steps for those who labour on their feet all day.

Conditioning

Difficulty ladder

714
DCLine
Impossible1
18DC 18 · redband: Impossiblemodifier +1 · auto_save_only_modifierStimulate your lobotomoid.
Godly6
17DC 17 · redband: Godlymodifier +1 · auto_save_only_modifier"Your turn." (Draw a card for Tesoro.)
17DC 17 · whiteband: Godlymodifier +1 · no_exert_modifierClose read HOLOCENE's thesis.
16DC 16 · whiteband: Godlymodifier +1 · no_exert_modifierNail Yana's cryptonym.
16DC 16 · anti-passiveband: GodlyHark his reverential silence, a devoutly sworn oath. He will not utter a word until the Lich lies dead.
16DC 16 · anti-passiveband: GodlyYou had this image in your head: standing in the downpour, sharing one last breath with your friend, drowning in ash and acid rain. It was supposed to be romantic... exit music for a spy...
16DC 16 · redband: Godlymodifier +1 · auto_save_only_modifierMake up a cryptonym for Ignatz.
Heroic5
15DC 15 · anti-passiveband: HeroicYou try to picture Karolina older than thirty, and find that you can't.
15DC 15 · redband: Heroicmodifier +1 · auto_save_only_modifierCollaborate with the psychedelically famous popstar.
15DC 15 · passiveband: HeroicShe is disguised as herself.
15DC 15 · passiveband: HeroicDucts atrophied millenia ago, tongue periodically flicking out to wet the orbs.
15DC 15 · whiteband: Heroicmodifier +1 · no_exert_modifierCrack the negotiator's dialect.

Case files

Status effects touching this skill

Abstract Art Person -1Abstract Art Person240 minTaking a bad picture of LuciaAuditory Bliss +1Auditory Bliss360 minMetaphysical Nausea +1Metaphysical Nausea60 minLunar Perspective +1Lunar Perspective240 minSecrets of Outer Space +1Secrets of Outer Space480 minGained when listening to space probe disc with HauzmannBlessed by Rotanev +1Blessed by Rotanev1,440 minSneaky Photographer +1Sneaky Photographer240 minTaking a good photo of Lucia during MOON questFinal Melancholy -1Final Melancholy480 min

Voices in

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"Yyyes?" Again the heavy, authoritative Azzurri voice comes through.

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"Thanks again for clearing out the squatters. I won't forget that." He nods, then looks away.

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A typed page lies upside-down in a stack of similarly formatted files. The cover reads: 'Remote Viewing Testimonial N.28'.

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Ultra Violeta remains frozen mid-song, trapped within the shimmering projection. Her music plays somewhere behind you.

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"As I suspected, my sources were very pleased with your work. Well done, Hershel. It's an honour to work with you again."

5 lines

"Fuck off, Tigerpussy."

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The glimmering purple keyboard is just as you left it.

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"Yyyes?" Again the heavy, authoritative Azzurri voice comes through.

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Look, around your feet.

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THE WANG GUIDE TO IMPROVISED FIREARMS, VOL 2.

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"Wow... an actual liquidity mage..."

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"Goodbye."

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"Here again."

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You have already engaged in model train repair and improvised weapon manufacture here. There is nothing else to do at the workbench.

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"It's cold out here." The girl rolls her shoulders and lightly stamps a foot.

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There's nothing to do here anymore.

2 lines

"Didn't work, did it?"

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"Hello, lapinette."

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"Hi again. Still not leaving yet, sorry." She puffs on her pipe.

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"..." His idiotic expression remains unchanged.

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"You. Again." The tapping begins.

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You loom once more over the shrine and its congregation of frames.

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The ration pack crinkles as you turn it over.

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She will not look at you.

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"CASCADE." The barest of nods. "I've been playing 'I Spy' relentlessly with myself to pass the time. Pretty even as things stand, but I'm…

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You return to the postbox.

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"My agent of fortune returns. Happy Dante."

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Tiny figures jog across the screen, lobbing the hard pelota ball back and forth.

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The one personal touch in the otherwise sterile, bland clinic, the wall has been decorated with photographs, documents, evidence of Dr.…

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The pink paper tab is no bigger than a fingernail. One side is decorated with a simple illustration of a cockerel.

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"Dull the blade, and unsteady the hand. The great CASCADE makes her appearance at last."

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"Anything interesting in the shack back there?" He smiles at you.

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"You should move, CASCADE."

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Whatever light that's slipped in from above has nearly drained away.

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PSEUDOPOD shifts from foot to foot, glancing at the boatman.

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You return to the lone payphone.

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Ramses' body, breathing softly.

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The stereo is right where you left it.

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A shade in a leather jacket thrusts a decapitated head towards the reader -- its lolling tongue and dripping viscera a promise of what's…

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The weight of the thesis threatens to strain your hand muscles.

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"Hello again."

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"Back again, are we?"

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"How goes it, H?"

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Three posters stare back at you from the wall. A watchful triad, ready to creep into your midnight's hour.

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The satchel by the door is empty, but the rain boots haven't moved.

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The door looms before you once more.

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"Long time, no speaky, nameless one."

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The intercom gleams in the daylight, fully exposed.

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The gate stands before you, still locked.

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One more phone, one more voice.

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