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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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A stagnant smell -- black loam and rotten leaves.

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Books of photography. Elegant studies of furniture and the male form.

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The marriage of organic and inorganic.

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The screens display source code in a language you can't place.

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A second pattern drawn in stains and cigarette burns covers the garish original.

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A jumble of discs from artists you've never heard of.

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An open air play about Admiral Rigau starts shows here next month.

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Someone has posted a 'Missed Connections' inquiry up here.

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A shutter door, freed from its hinges. It didn't make it very far.

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Down below, a viscous carpet of grey-green undulates softly.

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Impressive bristle texture on these moustaches.

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The crumpled paper should crinkle in your hand, but it doesn't, stained with something rancid and dank.

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Labours of love in thread and silk.

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Protection out of joint.

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Dried soap bubbles leave rainbow smears.

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A glistening, fungal tapestry spreads quietly.

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A giant made of concrete, long defeated.

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A smear of dirt bisects your reflection. Both halves equally on edge.

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The question before you is the same one that obsessed Operant PROBABLE during the period of their precipitous decline.

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They say that, once, a whole tribe stumbled upon the valley during their winter migration, and they became enamoured with those plants --…

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It's 96 now. There are still day labourers, and students, and soldiers, but they no longer burn calendars or shout slogans in the streets.…

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Beware, CASCADE. You have seen how easily you can be shelved. As soon as your assignment is over, all bets are off.

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Other people, they just go for it, but you, you like to keep something in reserve. Limit your exposure, you know?

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You've an expansion now, Hersh. Revel in your success.

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Be the shroud the city needs. Walk the streets, snuffing out lanterns and hope. Be an acolyte of Gloom and spread the word.

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This line of work can be nothing but songs you sing to yourself between curtain calls.

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It's time to begin. Turn the scalpel inwards and then peer into the orifice you have made.

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Muscle and metal, a compromise at your centre.

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Ever feel like you should be living your beliefs a bit more? Join a union, organise a protest, write a pamphlet? Start a reading group to…

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