Adds impossible geometric shape artifacts, places them in distorted labs

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Summary

Category "Adds a new set of twisted geometry artifacts, found where geometry itself is twisted due to the acts of humans and worse."

Purpose of change

I noticed that there weren't any actual impossible shapes in our array of impossible items, so I sought to fix that by adding shapes which are possible to represent in 2D but impossible in 3D.

Additionally, the distorted lab artifacts are fiine, but they're also kind of.. dull? Like, they're just normal artifacts. This is something unique and cool that replaces them as a reward which fits better.

Describe the solution

The artifacts in the distorted lab are now of the 'twisted geometry' kind.

Twisted geometry artifacts' effects are physics-related: Force push, light, weight capacity, speed. Generally, they have more impactful positive and negative effects, while also having lower resonance than usual. This is because unlike other artifacts they are still of our reality - they've just been twisted and altered, rotten and broken remnants of what remains from the lattice of reality, torn off and discarded. As a tradeoff, most of their item types are rather bulky and difficult to carry. Being too big, too heavy, too long. This is why they have such weird weight, volume, and side values. Reality clearly isn't working here, why should their dimensions conform?

Describe alternatives you've considered

No

Testing

Spawned in, tele'd to a physics lab, ensured everything spawns properly. Spawned an artifact in manually and tested it.

Additional context

The altered objects' lore implies that they are somehow manifestations of the excursion teams' minds. In my mind, there's something similar going on here: The eggheads at the physics lab had their minds full of weird physical anomalies and when reality broke down whatever mechanism generates artifacts took inspiration from that.

Actual artifact item types:

Bomorrean Rings:
Three rings interlocked together in an impossible way. Identical stat-wise to the ring artifact.

Penrose Triangle: 2 liters, 2 kilograms.

Impossible Trident: It's an actual trident! Stats copied and edited from Aftershock's trident.

Klein Bottle: Weightless. Contains a pocket that you can somehow reach into. Bacteria can't, so food spoils half as quickly. Items inside are also weightless, but reaching inside the bottle (somehow) is very time-consuming.

Tesseract: 1 L, but contains the weight of 8 (kg) cubes inside it.

Irrational Cube: 1 L, weightless, 30 cm for the longest side.

Duocylinder: 250 ml, 8 kg (8 spheres!), longest side is zero cm. This is intentional, unless it causes problems.

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• "Dear mom. How are you doing? I hope this message finds you alive, because by the time it gets to you I will be fuckin' dead."
• "I've got a cask of the finest paradimensional research in my cellar. Would you like a taste, Fortunato?"
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• "We all ate together as a big happy family. Even Mike was there even though mom normally puts him to bed at 8pm. Atleast he won't cry in the middle of the night anymore."
• "mommy and daddy told me to wait here untill they got back, but I dont know when theyre coming home. they've been gone for two days now. good thing I have rufus, hes a good dog."
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• &A long pause, then she shakes her head. "Ayi arebinya alinagerimi."
• &A long pause. You can't see her eyes but it seems like she is studying your face. "Sime Luliya ibalalehu." [She points to her own chest.] "Luliya." [She points to your chest.] "<u_name>. Siletewawekini desi bilonyali, <u_name>." [She strums a pleasant melody on her krar.]
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• &He looks at you, a bit surprised. "Yeah, of course. I mean, that situation they're in now is miserable, no matter how much we've helped folks out there. Can you imagine trying to be a young couple in that cramped space?" He waggles his eyebrows suggestively. "They're tryin' to have a baby, you know. Gonna be hard in a bunkhouse. Let's get them out to a nice farm, some fresh air, and, you know." He winks, to drive the point far, far further home than necessary. "Let the magic happen, right?"
• &He wipes his hand across his face, tension leaving him as he runs his fingers through his hair. "Yeah, okay. To be honest, years ago I was the black sheep. Moved off the family farm, lived out in Bunyan. Went to college, thought I'd get a job in computers." He shuffles in his chair, smiling half-heartedly. "I did sysadmin stuff for a while, back when the internet was fairly new. Then my dad died. Carlos and Jesse had just gotten married, and at the time it looked like they might be getting some land of their own, and Eddie was out finding himself. My dad and I had never got along, but Jack…" he stops. "Sorry, I don't think you were looking for my life story. What did you ask, again?"
• &His eyebrows shoot up, briefly surprised, then he smiles. "You nailed it in one. Yeah, we're talking about a rural farmer in the nineties, here. My dad never understood me, even before he knew, and he did find out, although I tried to keep the closet door closed. Jack, though, he always saw me for me. Never let it change our relationship. That's real love, and that's what made me come back when he needed me. Meanwhile, the man I thought I'd marry, back in Bunyan, he couldn't be assed even to come out and see the family farm, let alone think about moving here. He was dead weight, and I've never doubted that decision." He shrugs. "There's folks like me wherever you go, I've had a few relationships since then. Just nothing that stuck, and I'm okay with that. If nothing else, it proved what I already knew: aside from my old man, none of my family treated me or them any different for it. They're good people."
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• *becomes distant for a moment. "Ah. Home. It were a long time gone, kennit. Your'n be not too far. This'n… I don't think I want to talk 'bout it. Too much metal atwixt now an' then."
• *gives you some serious side-eye. "You okay? This is serious shit, you're making me kinda worried getting so gung-ho about it."
• *leans in close, speaking softly, clearly trying to avoid notice from the pizzaiolo. "Are you sure we should be hanging with this guy? He's not exactly all there, is he? He reminds me a bit of Chris before things went all chompy-chompy."
• *pulls out a sheaf of mismatched papers, and leafs through the pages for a second. Their broad metallic fingers look surprisingly deft and delicate, and incongruous on the otherwise unremarkable looseleaf. "Aye, an' there's room for a pop-an-work roun' here. Rubik's got tassed a lissy, right and clean
• *rubs his chin. "Mmmaaaybe? What kind of chef? I worked as a dishwasher in a fancy place for a couple months. If they're a line chef, then yes. Sous-chef or above? Leave 'em for the zombies. I hated that job."
• *shrugs. "My thoughts on Murder Mario haven't changed much, but he hasn't killed us yet. I don't love the idea of just killing some other survivors for him. Foodperson doesn't count." He shudders and takes a quick breath. "I have a funny feeling they won't let us talk them out of there, though.
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• . How'd ye be twigged by a pop-an-squeak? Or as y'r tassed, a treasure hunt?"
• . How'd ye be twigged by a quick an' round, a nice escoltin' out to a place sommat of curiosity?"
• . Right and so, mayhap ye should first see about that escoltin'."
• . The Merc looks at the map with an eyeroll. "This ain't it, chief."
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• A large-frame revolver with a modern plastic handle. Too large for law enforcement, it was mostly used by sport shooters and hunters, for the manufacturer deemed it to be the most accurate .44-calibre revolver in their line. This one has a shortened 4-inch barrel.
• A large-frame revolver with a modern plastic handle. Too large for law enforcement, it was mostly used by sport shooters and hunters, for the manufacturer deemed it to be the most accurate .44-calibre revolver in their line. This one has an extended 8-inch barrel.
• A mahoosive rifle of military pedigree, fitted with a telescopic gun scope peeking over its giant cocking mechanism and resting upon a bipod to control recoil from the equally big .50-calibre munitions it is designed for. Originally employed for detonating unexploded ordnance in combat conditions and defeating light vehicular and structural targets, in the post-Cataclysm it serves as an admirable conduit of kinetic energy to the biggest and baddest of the new world's critters.
• A modern take on the Winchester 1890, the Rossi Gallery is a .22 LR rifle, notably using a pump action. Much like a pump action shotgun, the magazine tube is below it's 18 inch barrel and can hold 15 rounds. While pump actions are quite often associated with shotguns, the mechanism can be applied to rifles as well, though in practice it's limited to .22 LR.
• A morphing lune of burnished gold attached to the greater structure. Seemingly jointless it moves with a fluid grace, allowing the quadraphract to glide aboveground with a speed and agility that belies its size.
• A neurotoxic device that deploys thick swathes of toxic foam upon detonation. Exposure proves fatal within seconds. Use against human targets is considered in breach of the Ganymede Accords.
• A photo of a group of young people in costumes. They are all dressed in various anime character costumes and are striking poses for the camera. In the background, the entrance of a convention center has, written large on its entrance, 'Animaine'.
• A pleasure doin' business with you.
• A radical nanite treatment that allows its host's circulatory system to function as a secondary nervous system, greatly increasing their mental acuity and allowing them to survive trauma that would otherwise be fatal. A cybernetic enhancement of this category is a rare find and could be easily traded for significant favors and resources.
• A single bomblet from the mortar strike.
• A small amount of coal-derived carbon material with many small pores, used for the adsorption of harmful chemicals. Most commonly employed within respirator filters, it traps and retains chemical gases and vapour contaminants while allowing filtered air to pass unhindered. Once all the carbon has been bonded to intruding chemicals, the filter is expired and must be replaced.
• A small frame, stainless-steel Brazilian wheel gun with rubberized grips, a serrated front sight, and a satin finish, boasting a 6-round cylinder of .357-magnum persuasion. Affordable, before the world collapsed, and confidently asserted by Rossi themselves to be the ideal carry gun for its rounded butt and 3-inch barrel, you aren't wholly sure that such assertions accounted for zombies.
• A snapback baseball cap displaying the image of bloodpack connected to a drop of blood in the front, and under that image, a text that reads: 'Donating Blood', in white, and 'Save Lives' in red. It shields your eyes from the sun and provides a little bit of warmth.
• A strange grey fruit is placed on a pedestal, like a relic would be placed on a stand for others to admire. Clearly, it isn't anything originating from this world, and the vein-like tendrils along its skin only convince you of that even more. A piece of plastic crudely paperclipped to the back has been used to carve out the message "I'm sorry I'm sorry Im sorr'm soryI'm sorrm sorrsorr" in increasingly illegible handwriting. It gives off the faint smell of mold.
• A strip of broad, flat cotton, 42 inches in length, with a metal adjustment buckle threaded in the centre. Normally used as a shoulder strap for bags, its ends are usually sown about a corresponding container's D-rings.
• A study of the inherent non-scalability of magical solutions to problems, touching on the difficulty of producing crystallized mana in the quantities needed for industrial use, the long time period necessary for magical materials like orichalcum, mithril, or crimsonite to reach reliability, the way that earthshaping and druidism specifically require wilderness for some of their spells, and the way that an average mage exhausts their mana pool within fifteen minutes of working on any major project without extensive study and training.
• A thick, layered blanket with glass microbeads added to increase the weight.
• AAMB ANNOUNCES BIOMANCY BREAKTHROUGH\n\nThe American Association of Medical Biomancy today announced a breakthrough in the use of cure disease spells against the novel coronavirus. The press release stated that efficacy had broken 90% and a full cure had been achieved for the first time. "Magic doesn't have a mind of its own," said AAMB representative Dr. Ssmthisk, "it has to be adapted to new circumstances just as any other art or science does. Just as new weapons called for refinement of protection spells, new diseases require new thaumaturgical treatments." Dr. Ssmthisk also stressed the importance of the ongoing vaccination effort in overcoming COVID-19. " I know it's not the news everyone wants to hear, but a vaccine is really the only way out. Even if every biomancer in the country licensed to practice medicine spent every waking hour and all of our mana curing COVID-19, it would still take us over a decade just to cure the people who have it now, and that's not counting any new infections in the meantime and takes us away from any other treatments we could do. So please follow the appropriate precautions."
• Absit Invidia
• After another day of dazed mundanity you make your way back home to your dingy cellar apartment, but miss a step and fall down the stairs, landing on your face with a wet thud. Consciousness fades, but the pain stays. The pain, and the feeling of myriad cockroach legs running on your skin, coating your wounds in a skittering, biting cloak.\n\nYou wake, shedding the weird apey memories, and you are stunned by a dizzying cavalcade of colors you could never have imagined before. This is a step in the right direction, you decide, regarding your newly-expanded perspective with appreciation before the vertigo takes you.
• Ah, a real monger's eye, ye be. Them's the mettle o' many a year of trials. Us'n've been clashin wi' the Enemy for a long an' then, an' o'er the turns us've worked out some vestments for the job. Keep's a walker walkin' longer, an I'm ken. This'n keeps some o' the parst in an' around, but ye'd be tassed to make the vestment with the grease o' your own brow.
• Ah, a real monger's eye, ye be. Them's the mettle o' many a year of trials. Us'n've been clashin wi' the enemy for a long an' then, an' o'er the turns us've worked out some vestments for the job. Keep's a walker walkin' longer, an I'm ken. This'n keeps some o' the parst in an' around, but ye'd be tassed to make the vestment with the grease o' your own brow."\n\n[TRANSLATE:] "Ah, you've got a discerning eye. They're the result of many years of work. We've been fighting the enemy for a long time, and over the years we've worked out some armor for the job. Keeps you going a bit longer in the field, if you ask me. I keep some of the parts in stock, but you'll have to put it together yourself.
• Akyâluaban: the Book of the Living Stone
• Also known as kombu, this brown algae grows in a single leaflike blade that can reach more than twice the height of a man. Young fronds make for excellent soup stock and can even be eaten raw.
• An academic book about the history of known Nethereum incursions, including the 1908 Tunguska incident, the disappearance of the army of Cambyses, various dancing plagues, the earthquake that destroyed the kingdom of Mgarzhbag, the Week Without Sun in the 7th century, and more, along with a variety of speculation about possible other historical and pre-historical incursions.
• An innovative, futuristic looking revolver designed by Emilio Ghisoni after developing the Mateba, its most distinctive feature is its barrel, aligned with the bottom chamber of its hexagonal cylinder to alleviate muzzle flip.
• An original kantele made by Väinämöinen himself. Fashioned from a great pike's jawbone, the material is unlike anything you saw before the end of the world. Every note from this instrument thrums with power.
• Ankheg Acid Spit
• Ankheg Acid Spit Self
• Arcano-hiking for Fun
• Are we still supposed to be doing experiments? Alright, sure, whatever. I figured throwing things at the wall would be a good way to let off steam, so I got A̶n̶n̶a̶ ̶a̶n̶ H84 and X90 and had them toss increasingly heavier things at the wall. Weirdest thing, size and speed don't relate. X90 can left 10 kg and H84 can only lift 4 kg, but if they're both throwing pencils, H84 can move them faster. X90 can even lift himself up, though he can't move except up or down. On the other hand, H84 can rotate a ball at something-something RPM, it was faster than X90 anyway. I heard a scream from the labs so I didn't have all my equipment, so I just counted them until I lost count. So we spent a couple hours doing that and we all felt better. Maybe someone in the ruins of civilization can use this for something.
• As a member of the Astrographic and Gatepoint Division you are responsible for spreading the boundaries of the Frontiers and protecting interstellar travel. This gives you wide ranging latitude when it comes to addressing threats to interstellar travel. Does this technically make you a member of UICA's very own secret police? Yes, yes it does.
• As you meditate, all the pieces suddenly come together. You've unlocked the Immunostimulus power.
• As you meditate, all the pieces suddenly come together. You've unlocked the Megakinesis power.
• Aside from jus' livin' in such a cozy nook? Us be minin', ye kennit. Pickin' the scraps, seein' if for your otherland has any tech worth an upside-down. No sense lettin' good scraps go to waste. If we're lucky, pickin' a few new Exodii afore we wobble out. Pickin' up the pieces of our sweet, shattered dreams, suchlike.
• Aside from jus' livin' in such a cozy nook? Us be minin', ye kennit. Pickin' the scraps, seein' if for your otherland has any tech worth an upside-down. No sense lettin' good scraps go to waste. If we're lucky, pickin' a few new Exodii afore we wobble out. Pickin' up the pieces of our sweet, shattered dreams, suchlike."\n\n[TRANSLATE:] "English: Aside from just having a safe place to live? We're here to mine, you understand. Picking the scraps, seeing if this world has any tech worth reverse engineering. No sense letting good scraps go to waste. If we're lucky, maybe we'll get some new Exodii before we teleport out. Pickin' up the pieces of our sweet, shattered dreams, such as they are.
• At 1804 this evening during a SMOKE USHER experiment into immune system function, mathematician N85 suddenly went into anaphylaxis. Despite the attending physician administering epinephrine and immediate transport to the medical facility, N85 was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest at 2042 that same evening. While investigation is ongoing, Dr. Walsh suggests some unknown stress mechanism caused by a full day of SMOKE USHER testing might have exacerbated a previously-unknown allergic sensitivity. However, the physical before induction turned up no such sensitivity. Further conclusions await the autopsy report.
• Aww, of course. No matter what happens, you're always you and I'm always me, right? We've been through worse than this." He pauses, his brow furrowed. "Well, okay, maybe we haven't. But we've stuck through it all for so many years, what's a little undead apocalypse gonna change? Hell, I think we're in for one of those classic buddy-buddy zombie movie experiences, like, uh, Dawn of the Dead." He pauses. "Maybe not that one. Night of the Living Dead?" He pauses again. "Zombieland, maybe. Who cares. You're my family, more than my birth family ever was.
• Aye, 'n what c'n I yark'n ye around the grassins what be a'green 'n that the big brassy what be a'yeller? All'n those great chickees do what they do 'n we profit none 'n the immortalinity of the crabs consists just so. What of it ye long and bobbly? Ye takin' a shinin' to the jibble-necks?
• Aye, business afore, 'tis said. What'll ye tass to ol' Rubik?
• Aye, mayhap, but more'll dribble through the wobbles. You can't athwart all o' the bridges. If'n you light each and every, you're only one against many. 'Twould be no point. The road only goes one way.
• Aye, n'aye again! E'ry ball o mud has the Enemy. Nine mudballs out o' ten are mudded up wit thunder chickees.
• BP:
• BUGHUNT!" Liam raises his arms over his head and grins. "BUUUG HUUUNT!" He mimes stomping on ants. "I'm doing my part!
• Bar… barshender! We… we?
• Bellringer
• Beouled Water Rebuke spell
• Bitchin'!
• Blg Eyes
• Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers: Folk Traditions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
• C,\nJust talked to ███████ on our lunch break and he confirmed what I heard--Gaspar is real. We all know people who have just disappeared, right? They say they're transferred to other sites, to keep up the variety in experiments or whatever, but do they ever get transferred back? You heard of Project Empty Mother? Sapphire Horizon? You know about the magi, right? There's always three and where's the third? They can't turn us all into meat but they're going to do it to some of us and I don't want to be one of them. We have to get out of here.\n-A
• CMP EYES
• Challenge - Mindhunter
• Croplord 2SPL
• Croplord 2SPLs
• DBG TORSO
• DP-12
• DP-12s
• DRGFL HEAD
• Darby Sutton
• Das Feuer um deine Schwertklinge leuchtet hell!
• Date: 04/29/2016\nLocation: Norton, Massachusetts wetlands\nIncident: Strange lights and sounds in bogs at night\nDescription: Sam 'Goatman' Simmons, has reported numerous strange lights and sounds emanating from the bogs on the northern edge of Norton, MA on the way to Rehobeth. He'd been drinking and walking his goat late one night and as he neared the edge of the wetlands he heard strange music and multicolored lights. He suspected one of his neighbors who's property adjoined the bog of throwing a party but after walking around the edges he couldn't figure out how to get through the various streams and ponds to get to it. Finally at some point, he remembered stories his grandparents had told about people going missing in the bogs and decided to go home and call the police. The police passed it on to the Border Patrol who investigated for dimensional spillage. While they were unable to find any cryptids or artifacts at the bogs, they measured a weakness in reality that suggests that the stories might have basis in fact. Border Patrol left emergency contact information with the local police in the event of any future incursions.
• Dein Schwert zischt und erlischt.
• Deinem Flammenschwert ist der Brennstoff ausgegangen!
• Despite folk wisdom and popular belief, cauterization is ineffective at stopping bleeding or controlling infection compared to nearly any other method. However, controlled electrocautery is used in modern medicine; can COPPER PRIME show similar levels of effectiveness?\n\nPROCEDURE: Animal testing was done on six cows in order to provide a sufficient volume of blood, since mouse or monkey subjects would be insufficient. Three mathematicians were used, each augmented with a matrix crystal, to conduct the tests. Each cow was immobilized and had a series of wounds inflicted using a standard surgical scalpel.\n\nRESULTS: While it was possible to stop bloodflow from non-lacerating wounds and non-arterial bleeding (mathematicians consistently failed to stop arterial bleeding), results were less than promising. Two cows died immediately after the testing from blood loss and two of the remaining cows showed signs of infection in several of the cuts, showing a higher contamination ratio than electrocautery. While better than a hot iron, COPPER PRIME is not of high enough effectiveness to consider using for wound treatment, and especially not if SMOKE USHER is available.
• Docking Arm Strbd. 2
• Downloads/how_to_train_your_nightmares_trailer.mp4\n\nThe trailer starts with a surreal violin score: a deathly pale woman in a lab coat kneeling on a basement floor. Head bowed over a collection of engraved silver gliffs, her crimson hair drenched in rivulets of blood, and eyes closed, she chants under her breath as a British cadenced voice, the same as hers, speaks over the scene. "There are things stalking beyond the abysses that drive the sane to madness." Letting blood spatter upon the gliffs from wounds hidden by her hair, the woman's breathing quickens as the objects begin to sizzle, the view zooming upon her heavily scarred face as her eyes slowly open and the music escalates. "But when insanity rains," fully opening her eyes, the woman's irises are revealed to be burned scarlet, the perspective filled by a view of one of them as the narration concludes, "the only thing left… is to transcend."\n\nAfter a moment of tense freeze frame, the music grows to a dynamic base-drum rhythm, the view zooming out and revealing the eyes of a tall, robed figure stalking through the deserted mezzanine level of a shopping plaza. With their face lost in the shadow of a hood, their limbs bend in disturbingly inhuman ways as they stride, moments before a clawed hand bursts from beneath and whips them from the corridor. Encircled by a throng of nightmarish, slavering monstrosities, the figure rests still for a moment before their robe bursts apart, revealing them to be an anthropoid composed of intertwining tentacles. Machine pistols clutched at the ends of their many limbs, they latch to the ceiling and, in a hail of bullets, swing from the floor and towards the view.\n\nThe perspective shifts to a scene of the woman, wielding a bayonet-equipped battle rifle, riding astride a motorcycle. Weaving through a street crowded with writhing eldritch abominations, she stabs from the bike as a viperine creature wings behind her, the pair cutting a bloody swath through the crowd before the view changes.\n\nDozing in the back of a covered wagon within a barn, the woman rests, the barn's doors wide open. A spidery creature made from tentacles creeps in through the opening, the camera shifting to its perspective as it crawls towards the wagon. Laying a leg upon the vehicle's lip, the view glances up, only to reveal the viperine beast crouching atop the cart. A still second passes before the winged monstrosity dives, the view filled by its gaping maw, before fleshy words bleed across the screen.\n\n"How to Train Your Nightmares, coming to cinemas April 22nd!"
• Dr. Richardson,\nKeeping this on the DL for obvious reasons, but my hypothesis was correct--SMOKE USHER isn't all smiles and light. Following the experiments with revivification, I conducted some trials using D93 and M33. D93 was able to repeat her previous performance on a mouse. I've attached some photos, but I suggest not looking at them if you're eating lunch. It wasn't pretty. M33 was able to replicate the process after some coaching and demonstration by D93, so it's not unique to one mathematician. This should probably be classified unless all our mathematicians start being able to do it. I can just imagine the immersion teams saying that they don't want some weirdo melting them when they're referred here for treatment after a dive goes wrong.\nAgarwal Manwani\nSenior Researcher
• Dr. Zweidler, I understand your excitement at your breakthroughs in matrix technology, but I hope you understand there is no way I can approve OS647-P for general usage. You write here that the effect field has a "94% effectiveness rate" but this is not comparable to ballistic performance standards because it has no ablative properties. What if the first shot fired is part of that 6%? How can an operative trust their life to your device when every possible shot might be the one to penetrate? That fact that your data shows it provides complete protection against rifle rounds, grenades, and even anti-tank weapons is immaterial in the face of the effect field's failure rate.\n\nSecond, you write that currently OS647-P has a 2.67% device failure rate, over and above the chance of the effect field failing! You want me to recommend this for general usage when our field operatives could end up not only with a bullet in the chest, but also a box full of burnt plastic while some horror is charging at them on an immersion dive?n\nFurthermore, the active time is simply unacceptable. Ballistic protection works because it provides passive protection with no additional effort necessary. When in danger, an operative would need to insert the matrix crystal, flip the toggle, and then hope that the attack occurs within the "5.65 second median protection time" in order to gain any benefit at all! You've read those immersion dive reports too, Matthew. If an operative is face to face with XE157, what happens on the sixth second?\n\nI'll be frank with you. I'm amazed that you asked me to approve this given its current device specs. Matrix crystals--even depleted ones--are extremely valuable, and given their already unacceptably-high failure rate in training new mathematicians, Dr. Liu is not going to accept anything less than 100% effectiveness from an alternative use case. You're simply going to have to refine OS647-P until it's more reliable.\n\nYours,\nAnna Richardson\nDirector of Research
• ELFA
• Eastport University field hockey team
• Essentially a giant steel box with a long barrel peering from one end and dual spade grips mounted upon the other, this venerable machine gun design served the United States military since the First World War, mounted on everything from tanks to patrol boats to aircraft, and even tripod-mounted for stand-alone use. Part and parcel with its size and munition payload of .50-calibre ammo belts, however, is the fact that, to operate it, one must mount it upon suitable furniture, terrain features, or vehicles.
• FN Five-seveN pistol
• FN Five-seveN pistols
• FOODPLACE PANTS FEUD. An ongoing legal battle between popular fast food megalith Foodplace and the non-profit Concerned Consumers of Foodpeople has ended with the determination that the Foodperson costume will remain a gender-neutral, nonrevealing unitard. "Superheroes are meant to have exaggerated anatomy and revealing costumes," a spokesperson from CCF said in a press release. "This is a sad day not just for fans of Foodplace, but for consumers of the fast-food superhero genre overall." A spokesperson from rival food company NourishMart sent out a press release just minutes after the ruling: "NOURISHMART INFORMS THE PUBLIC THAT NOURISHMARTIC DOES NOT WEAR ANY CLOTHES. NOURISHMARTIC IS SOFTWARE. NOURISHMARTIC CAN PRESENT AN AVATAR OF WHATEVER APPEALING MEAT-FORM IS DESIRED BY THE PUBLIC. EAT AT NOURISHMART. OUR PRODUCTS CONTAIN A MIX OF FAT, SALT, AND PROTEIN THAT IS HIGHLY DESIRABLE TO HUMAN PALATES."
• FORMER RCI DIVISION PURCHASED BY FOREIGN INVESTORS. A former division of Rivet and Crimp Industries, a major subcontractor for national defense manufacturers, has recently been purchased by Taiwanese American tech billionaire Henry Gau. CEO of Formosa OptoTech, Gau is known for his close relationship with Chinese suppliers and manufacturers. Branding the company Rivtech, the company will focus on competing in the US Next Generation Squad Weapons trial. Rivet and Crimp Industries's former weapons manufactory division is previously known for manufacturing a pump-action grenade launcher entrant in the M32 Multiple Grenade Launcher Trial, embroiling RCI and tech partner Javelin Systems in a bitter, expensive legal battle.
• Faesight Charm
• Faesight Charm (active)
• Faesight Charms
• Faesight Charms (active)
• Fast, unidentified monsters are killing the local wildlife, and we're going to get 'em." He looks thoughtful. "I'm pretty sure this was an episode of the X-Files. Or like, several episodes? As long as we're Scully and Mulder we'll be fine, but if we're the local cops coming in to investigate, we're toast. Just in case, let's make sure we've got our good gear.
• Fine and you still ain't dead." Their gravelly voice is cheerful. "What brings ye roun' Rubik's neckawoods?
• Firstest Aid
• Fist of Heaven's Fury Ter Transform 1
• Fist of Heaven's Fury Ter Transform 2
• Funny you should ask, yeah I have. My dad borrowed it from the library once and I leafed through it. So I guess we could try looking at a library? I got no better ideas, I was like thirteen, I don't remember what was in the thing, and he got all pissy at me for checking it out anyway.
• GG Fang 3x35mm NTX flechette
• GG Fang 3x35mm NTX flechettes
• GG Splinter 3x35mm flechette
• GG Splinter 3x35mm flechettes
• GG Stinger 3x35mm flechette
• GG Stinger 3x35mm flechettes
• GG-860 Wasp Rifle
• GG-860 Wasp Rifles
• GREENSCALE CLOSES BORDERS\n\nThe Greenscale Alliance yesterday announced that its borders will be closed to American and Canadian citizens until further notice, and all Alliance citizens are encouraged to return. "We appreciate and sympathize with the disruption these measures will cause, but the recent spread of unrest is a threat to our national security," said Alliance spokeswyrm Jolgauthrelathenar the Patient, "In the interests of minimizing risk, the Council of Wyrms has determined that this course is necessary." Jolgauthrelathenar did not take questions after making her statement.
• GSG Fireflies
• GSG Firefly
• GSG Firefly 10-round magazine
• GSG Firefly 10-round magazines
• Good choice. It seems that shortly before the world started to end, a few of them got it in their heads to just leave civilization alone for a bit and go live in the woods with other goblins. And wargs. Not a terrible idea if you ask me. Anyways, theres a few different types of places they gather, are you looking for an encampment or an outpost?
• Goody Osborne's Booke of Remedies
• HD:
• Haha, not mostly, mate. Not worth riskin' the willies, innit? I keep what's Rubik, but the rest is all solid.
• Haha, not mostly, mate. Not worth riskin' the willies, innit? I keep what's Rubik, but the rest is all solid."\n\n[TRANSLATE:] "Haha, not mostly, mate. It's not worth risking the side effects, you see? I keep the parts of me that make me Rubik, but the rest is all solid.
• Hedgecraft
• Hemophage
• Hey Liam! Liam! Bughunt!
• Hey people, it's DJ Dustbowl again, back gon… on Dark Days Radio. I'm sorry if I'm slurring my words today, but I've been hitting the boose real fucking hard. It's all okay, I guess. It's not like anyone's listenizng to this trash anyway. Y'aulll are probably all dead. God knnows, maybe ty'all are dead because of me as well.\n\nIn his calr. He was sitdting in his car. I'm so sorry. Something had torn it open: hallf of it was missssing when I found it. It was in better caondition than what used to be …kshssssssk. He… it, had already reanimated, and …kshhhsk… so many tentacles. Dear god. Why cahn't you just let corpses rot in peace? Why did you have to turn him into that? It's all my fault. I should havne never asked him to make it over. DI burned and buried it. I'm so focking sorry. Stupid fucking make-believe DJ, pretending to run a radio show and getting people killled becauuse he's lonely. I shold stay alone. I should die alone.\n\nI unterstand now. I understand why I heard you icn the… portal storm and why you told me to comme out. Did you want revenge? I'm so sorry. I hate myself. I fucking haatte myself. I'm sorry, Anarchy.
• Hinanese chicken rice
• Hy-Brasilean ambassadorial honor guard
• I SAID SHUT UP! It teleported me to an infinitely looping corridor! INFINITELY! LOOPING! CORRIDOR! I mean, fuck, you ever see one of those Escher paintings? It's like that, only you don't just see the surface of what you're looking at, you see EV-ER-Y-THING, and friend let me tell you getting a first-hand look at the inside of my digestive system was not pretty. Oh, and did I mention the light? Yeah, when some of the laser tubes got broken, they spat out light THAT HURT! A LOT!
• I feel like at some point we must have switched to playing Stardew Valley, and I'm not quite sure when that happened." He scratches his head. "Oh well, let's just be sure to wear gumboots.
• I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but I kinda miss the Ediburger3 from Foodplace. I worked there so long, I hated everything, but as soon as you tell me I'm never gonna have a fresh, greasy EB3 again, suddenly it's all my stomach wants. Don't try to track one down or anything though. I'm pretty sure I miss the idea more than the actual thing. And I don't think we could cook up a copy, it'd be pretty hard to get the right blend of animal product and sawdust for the Meatcylinder." He stares wistfully into space for a moment. "How about you, what were you thinking of when you asked?
• I wanna say it was a hell of a story, but really, I was on the way back to Boston from a delivery and a thing about the riots came on the radio. I was close to the cabin so I just thought, 'this is starting to sound really fuckin bad.' I called in sick and took a few days to hunker down out of civilization. By the time I had to think about going back to work, we were into that wild time when half the people were trying to keep things running and the other half were trying to burn everything down. I shut the blinds and stayed in, until Chris showed up acting like a freak.
• I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you.
• Iblis Interplanetary Drive
• Iblis Interplanetary Drive Console
• Iblis Interplanetary Navigation Console
• If there's a friendly horse with a saddle nearby, you tell me to mount up, I'll go over and get on it. You may need to feed a feral horse some cattle fodder to get it act tame and friendly, and e'x'amine it while you have a saddle in your inventory in order to put the saddle on. You can also ride yourself, if you know how how.\n You want me to get off a horse, you just tell me. You can get off a horse with the vehicle control key (keybind '^').\n While we're on horses, we'll just move normally, but a lot faster. It's a good way to get places more quickly than we could on our own two feet.
• Inject subject with 10 ml of 48x-"Locutus" compound\nObserve for 6 hours\nNote: subject has left arm amputated and bald.\nResults: Subject suffered from heavy vomiting, physical weakness, sleepiness, and sudden spiked of pain. Subject arm was regenerated, with no functional loss, which was confirmed in future tests. Subject hair grow showed an exceptional rate, with approximately 1 cm in 6 hours.\nLong term results: approximately 24 hours after the injection the regeneration speed returned to normal rate. In two weeks, most of negative effects were rounded off. Full body inspection revealed mostly positive changes, healing of previously damaged internal organs, notably liver, thyroid gland and spine. Subject cataract were not cured, for some reason.
• Is Lewis Carrol hiding behind a bush over there? Because if not, this sounds insane and insanely dangerous. But no one else has even given us a hint about a way off this world of the dead. Can we really pass this by?
• Issued only to the highest echelons of Mercurial corporate security, these cards provide unfettered access to all enforcer prefab facilites built before the year 2152. A lucrative find for any salvor on Salus IV.
• It doesn't feel that way, but I guess so. I don't know if I ever told you, but my dad was quite the weirdo prepper. He built the cabin and when I was a kid we'd head out and do drills for the end of the world. It's part of why I was kinda wacked out on apocalypse stuff when you and I first met, back when we made the plan for where to meet up and all. He taught me archery and some survival skills but I never really took to it, partly because my ol' man was a real piece of work." He stares off for a minute. "To be honest, though, now that we're in the middle of a real-ass apocalypse, I can see a lot of what he taught me was just crap anyway."
• It is important to remember that we are scientists and this is a scientific endeavor. Regardless of the phenomena we are studying, we must maintain a proper skeptical mindset in the spirit of scientific inquiry. Dimensional metaphysics has its own laws that we are slowly discovering. This is not "witchcraft", these are not "wizards," they are people capable of tapping in to a previously-unknown source of energy. There are many previous fields of science which once carried their own stigma. Continental drift was not accepted for decades after its initial proposal, Dr. Semmelweis died in an asylum, and quantum mechanics to this day requires accepting behaviors that are counter to our natural understanding of how the world works. That does not make any of those fields supernatural either. By definition, if it is studiable and reproducible, it is scientific.\nAnna Richardson\nDirector of Research
• It's an acronym that stands for Laser Interferometer eXodimensional resonance Assay.
• Item must be designed to clip onto the external Lenz brackets of a panoramic-view gas mask.
• Its paws have grown to be longer, and it seems capable of briefly standing on its hindlimbs. You wonder if this sleazy beast is able to open doors yet.
• LB ARM
• LB LEG
• LL:
• LOCAL WIZARD DIES, INVESTIGATION CONTINUES\n\nInvestigations are continuing into the death of local wizard Sivi, daughter of Ḥalmet of Clan Redaxe, who was found dead in her home last month. No foul play is suspected at this time. An initial report by medical examiners at Massachusetts General Hospital indicated the cause of death as multiple organ failure following a sudden illness. "It's very strange", said a source close to the matter, "Her organs all looked like those of an elderly person, even though 96 is barely middle-age for a dwarf. She could have expected to live another hundred years easily. If you ask me, it's all that research she was doing into the effects of Haste magic. Probably hasted herself right through to the end of her life. We've seen side effects in Haste over-usage before but never to a fatal degree." When asked for comment, Dr. Olivia Wright, a professor of control thaumaturgy at MIT&M, said, "The idea of "haste-death" shows up in rumors repeatedly but there has never been a single confirmed case. Haste places stress on the body, of course, but the stress is accounted for as part of the effects of the spell. Ms. Sivi's death was tragic, but fearmongering about the effects of magic helps no one."
• Lewiston Crows baseball team
• Lithic Gaol
• Lithic Gaol Local Bash
• Maims the ankheg's acid gland after spitting acid.
• Malleus Maleficarum
• Maxfield Moles rugby team
• Mirror three's developed a nm fault again. However we're machining them, we need them to do better.
• Mod %s has been removed, remove it from this world's modlist?
• Mod %s not found in mods folder, remove it from this world's modlist?
• Must not have another Stormwrought perk.
• NATIONAL PARKS CLOSED\n\nSecretary of Thaumaturgy Adam Maerhanar released a statement today stating that all national parks would be closed to the public until further notice due to increased wilderness spirit activity. The notice further stated that the cause was under investigation but an unnamed source indicated it was probably due to natural solar cycles: "The stars, the sun, the moon, we know these all affect spirits' behavior. Despite existing alongside them for thousands of years, there's still so much we don't know about them."
• NORWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT\nMISSING PERSON\n\nMARK WALLACE\n\n[Photograph: two muscular adult men posing for a selfie in a fitness gym. The one on the right is blurred out.]\n\nMISSING FROM: Norwood MA\nDATE MISSING: April 23\nAGE: 33\nHEIGHT: 6'0"\nWEIGHT: 196 Lbs\nHAIR: brown ponytail with goatee\n\nMark was last seen on April 23 at 7:23 PM., leaving BWZ Fitness Center on Allen Road. He was seen wearing a gray polo shirt, khaki pants and white running shoes carrying a blue duffel bag. His 2005 Opel Agila was found abandoned in a nearby parking lot. Mr. Wallace does not have a history of going missing and his family is concerned about his well-being.\n\nCAN YOU HELP?\nPLEASE CALL NORWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT\n781-555-2394\n\nCallers may remain anonymous and information will be treated confidentially.
• Neverken. Right and so, the Enemy is new here, and us'n have a few good hours in the sun beforenext the jump.
• Nothin' much, just sitting around and biding my time, getting any work I can. I might play something to cheer everyone up, if my guitar wasn't busted.
• Of course! People need what comfort they can get, right? I've always been kinda spiritual, but I'm not the sort to put a label on it or anything. I don't have a clue where to find one though, I'm not sure I'd even recognize a mosque if I saw one. Do they stock books like that in normal stores?" He frowns. "I feel like I should know this, but… well, no Wikipedia, right?
• Oh dude, good question. The news reports made it sound like this is everywhere, you know? Still, somewhere out there's gotta be better than this, right? Maybe like, up in the Yukon or Siberia or something it's all kinda normal? I think most places are like this though, just one big fucked up mess. Maybe they've got different monsters though, like, carnivorous rocks or some shit. How 'bout you, what do you think is out there?
• Oh, us can wobble along as needs. Sends the scrap back, brings in the foods, and shakes off a willie or three, kennit. No good for you, won't take too much meat-an'-bone.
• Oh, us can wobble along as needs. Sends the scrap back, brings in the foods, and shakes off a willie or three, kennit. No good for you, won't take too much meat-an'-bone."\n\n[TRANSLATE:] "English: Oh, we can teleport along as we need to. We send the scrap along, then the food, and shake off some baddies, you understand. It's no good for you though, it won't take too much flesh and bone.
• One of the traditional items of the ancient elven warrior societies, this bow is enchanted to fire further, hit harder, and last longer than any normal wooden bow of its design could. Before the Cataclysm they were still made in small quantities for ceremonial purposes but no longer saw battlefield use, since the special forces of Tokoyo, Hy-Brasil, Alfheim, and the other elven nations long ago switched to using firearms.
• Osborn University Blobfish soccer team
• Perform mental surgery on an animal, making it friendly to you for a much longer duration. The animal must already be friendly, either naturally or through powers such as Beastmastery, in order to be tamed.
• Pff. If you're gonna treat me like that, you can stay here.
• Picking flowers in a field seems okay to me. I don't mind helping Claire out, she's a nice enough person. Gotta say though, I get a bit of a weird vibe off these guys. They're so… I don't know. It's like we walked into a Norman Rockwell painting in the middle of the end of the world.
• Pin-point accurate out to one and a half kilometres and cycling its .50-calibre feed from detachable, 10-round magazines, this combat sniper's weapon provides users with a comfortable window to engage targets at a distance. Its imposing bullets ensure that it is more than capable of delivering an adequate account of itself at such ranges.
• Pinkerton
• Playstyle Perks: Stormwrought
• Pressurise and suction test
• Quadraphract Smoke Mortar
• Quadraphract Smoke Mortar - repeat
• Quadraphract control
• Quadraphracts control themselves using this one.
• RA:
• RB ARM
• RB LEG
• RL:
• Relatively trim as far as .50-calibre rifles go, this single-shot firearm was a reasonably affordable entry-level gun for civilians wishing to play with some very large, very punchy toys. Now, at the world's Armageddon, it would be wise to make that singular round-capacity count on some high-priority craniums.
• Remember that guy Daren in elementary who used to tell all those weird-ass creepy stories? Chris hated him but I thought he was interesting. I wonder if he's alive, he'd have loved this.
• Robot? What assert is f'r it? Ahold…" Rubik stops for a moment, as if thinking. "Ah, an automate? No, this'n be flesh 'n blood as ye be, encased in a shell o' metal an' wire. Not so much flesh as there were. The wire is amixed an' afloat with the flesh, all as one, kennit."
• Rossi Galleries
• Rossi Gallery
• Rossi RP63 revolver
• Rossi RP63 revolvers
• Ruger Mark IIIs
• Ruger Mark IIs
• Ruger Mark IVs
• SAATUIOW_4/6.mp4\n…Another one is our hard workers - our smiths. They are not as dreadful as technicians in their abilities, they can not create a nuke out of a microwave, but they can create something that even technicians can't understand. At least the best of them, most of our smiths produce common tools and armor we use in our work. You may think they are "worse", or "weaker" than other branches, or you may think they are some dumb blue collars. And that's mostly right. Mostly. But… But…\nDid you ever see an anti-tank bow? The bow that can throw arrows at a rifle distance, penetrate the armored vehicle, and kill a whole squad inside, while being completely silent? I saw one, and it was a damn great experience.\n- illegible\nAre you a smith?\n- illegible\nYou are pretty smart, then. Yes, that's their biggest advancement - their products do not fade as fast as technicians' work. The second most beneficial part of their work is the material they use. It has a complicated, unpronounceable name, but we simply call it "dross". There is a group of people that like to call it "dreamdross" and overall have some "dream" fetish with this arcane stuff, but hell we are serious organizations if our researchers are inspired by some "dreams can come true" bullshit. Anyway, dross is the main part of two branches: for smiths and for eaters. The substance-producing process is pretty tricky, because you need to find a person with a magic inclination - usually it's a person touched by altered objects, creatures, or altered event victims, but there are exceptions: our consultant Jamey has had no contact with portals before yet happened to be a talented eater… illegible cough cough… So yes, you need to find such a person and teach them how to produce it.\n- illegible\n- Yes, there is situations, where common people produce some amount of dross after death, why do you ask?\n- illegible\n- [Lector stares at the questioner for a good ten seconds.]\n…How useful… may be the strategy… where we… kill… innocent people… just to find some dross?\n…\n…\n…I think I'll be fired… If I do not say "we will never kill an innocent to get some resources", but okay, theorizing, it's not viable still - the amount of dross we can obtain in such a way is negligible. But again, don't even ask about it again.\nTurning back to dross, the exact characteristics of the material… are not great. It's pretty fragile, loose, and light - totally not a thing you can use to make a weapon - strong and sturdy. But of course, it's not the main property of metal. The main feature of the metal is its ability to accept and process magic. Any magic, I'd say, but it's not true, some stuff we can't do at all, and some stuff can only be done by high level smiths. It's not a big surprise, but even the senior smiths are able to make a huge variety of stuff with improved effects. The most popular option is hardening, of course. So, most items that are made fully from dross or use dross inserts are usually not that much stronger than steel stuff but lighter - sometimes so much lighter it has no weight at all - if I recall correctly, our DSAPI has a weight of like 500 grams or so? You get the idea…
• SEARCH FOR MISSING CHILD CONTINUES\n\nAs the search continues for Theodore O'Connor, age 7, missing since last Thursday, his mother placed the blame on a goblin family in their neighborhood. "They've been lurking around our house for days before Theo disappeared," she said during an interview on local television, "and I just know they had something to do with it. Please bring our Theo back!" Local community organizer Shazgra k'Morħet denounced the claims, stating, "I thought we had moved past this kind of blood libel rhetoric, but apparently rising tensions are all it takes for old accusations to resurface. We've all seen the footage of the riots. They're the most multicultural gatherings we've had in modern times."
• SEARCH FOR UNIVERSAL HEALING SPELL CONTINUES\n\nStaff at Johns Hopkins University yesterday announced promising results in the long search for a health catalyst spell. While an actual prototype formula has not been released, the draft paper indicates that animal testing showed a five percent decrease in long-term mortality rates in rats suffering from a dozen different types of cancers. "A true universal healing catalyst spell would really be the Holy Grail", said Dr. Olivia k'Ħarzag, Director of Thaumaturgical Oncology Research at Johns Hopkins University. "Modern cancer research's greatest limiting factor is that the most potent biomantic healing spells can only affect the caster. If we can find a way to encourage the body's own defenses that works on a wide scale, even if we can't directly cure the cancer, we could save so many more people."
• SIG SG 556
• SIG SG 556s
• SRM Arms Model 1216
• SRM Arms Model 1216 16-round magazine
• SRM Arms Model 1216 16-round magazines
• SRM Arms Model 1216s
• Salisbury Brahmin football team
• Sat on a low stool and lightly strumming an electric guitar, a girl in her late teens with tousled red hair draping to her trench coat-clad shoulders grins slyly in the middle of this aged photo, flanked by a similarly aged pair of nearly identical-looking young men: one playing on a mounted keyboard while the other beats a silent tune on a large drum set. Behind the trio stands a taller woman with sharper features, her body clad in a crisp suit, her lips parted in mid-verse, and primly gloved hands cupping a microphone. With the aid of a Sharpie, the photo's been captioned "The Nightjars, Our NY Tour, 2011," while on its back, a crossed-off list is present.\n\n"Rob: dead of stomach cancer in 2016"\n\n"Andi: took a bone spike to the guts when was overrun"\n\n"Audrey: died when the air force leveled Boston"\n\n"Melony: sitting with a broken leg while something's bringing down the door"\n\n"I'm sorry we broke up, guys. At least we would have died toget…"\n\nThe rest of the text is illegible through the dried stains that surround the edge of a bullet hole that clipped the picture.
• Scavbot Skorpion
• Scavbot Skorpions
• Serving both anti-materiel and high-priority sniping roles in their service with various militaries, bolt-action rifles, such as this one, were known for their long ranges of engagement, recoil, and armour-defeating ordinance. Essentially a step below light cannonry, as far as shoulder-arms are concerned, this weapon's mix of power and accuracy meet hands to ensure that, before the cataclysm, one shot was synonymous with one very, very dead target.
• Several bomblets are expelled from the quadraphract's crown!
• Shards of gleaming alloy detach from the quadraphract's surface!
• Since everything went down, I keep having this recurring dream where I'm at Foodplace again, and Luke Skywalker is there, demanding an EB2 combo with extra Beverage, and he's being a real Karen about it. Do you think it means something?
• Something happened during the storms that raged during the Cataclysm, and now you can do things that would have once seemed impossible. You can move inhumanly fast, hitting zombies before they even seem to know that you're there. You can pull out nails with your bare hands and go out in winter without even a shirt and not feel the cold. You're a new breed, Homo Cataclysmicus, and if anyone is equipped to survive in this new world, it's you.
• Something, something, wood pun, something something. This is starting to feel like Settlers of Catan, think they'll give us some sheep in return?
• Sometimes known as green laver, this leafy algae from the Ulva genus grows in leafy little patches around shallows and tide pools. Though small, it makes a tasty snack.
• Sorry about the Luke Skywalker joke.
• Starts the pull effect EoC for Megakinesis. It's a bug if you have it.
• Starts the push effect EoC for Megakinesis. It's a bug if you have it.
• Stormwrought Playstyle Perks:\nLevel <u_val:current_level>.\n<u_val:num_perks> perk points to spend.\nCurrent EXP: <u_val:available_exp>.\nEXP to next level: <u_val:exp_to_perk>.
• Stormwrought: Bird
• Stormwrought: Feline
• Stormwrought: Insect
• Stormwrought: Lupine
• Stormwrought: Plant
• Stormwrought: Spider
• Sure as can," the gravelly voice takes on an unmistakeable 'customer service' tone. "What'll ye tass this'n for?
• Sure, the plants o' otherworlds. Them as comes from the wibbles. Like as this'n's seen, 'tis all down 'n down, an I'm ken.
• Synthblood Biofactory CBM
• Synthblood Biofactory CBMs
• That be a right welcher, eh? Afore us'n were to this land, the preface were on a half-score century by the reckonin'. Landed us in amidst of a war'd turned wrong, for an' as the dead had come back in. By the butcher's block, not much an unusual case, really. The Enemy makes us fight. By an' by, we came in, an' by then the killin' fields were plump and ready to harvest the bronze. 'Tain't no steel-of-the-lake, but 'tis a good dross metal for holdin' off a nibblin' mouth, so we kept a few o' their vestments an' stickers for to trade.
• That be a right welcher, eh? Afore us'n were to this land, the preface were on a half-score century by the reckonin'. Landed us in amidst of a war'd turned wrong, for an' as the dead had come back in. By the butcher's block, not much an unusual case, really. The enemy makes us fight. By an' by, we came in, an' by then the killin' fields were plump and ready to harvest the bronze. 'Tain't no steel-of-the-lake, but 'tis a good dross metal for holdin' off a nibblin' mouth, so we kept a few o' their vestments an' stickers for to trade."\n\n[TRANSLATE:] "It's a bit of a surprise, isn't it? Before we came here, we were in a place about 600 years earlier in time, or so. We landed in the middle of a war that turned wrong when the dead started joining back in. Truth be told, not a very unusual situation. The enemy makes us fight. By and by, we came in, and by then the killing fields were ready for us to harvest their bronze. It's no steel-of-the-lake, but it's a good strong metal for stopping a nibbling mouth, so we kept some of their armor and weapons to trade.
• The %s lets out a happy squeak as you give its head a small scritch.
• The %s seems to like you! It lets you pat its head, giving off a bassy hum.
• The %s smacks its lips repetitively as you give its head a small scritch.
• The Colaborator
• The Croplord crashes into the ground.
• The Cryosleeper slow approach allows the display of Salus IV through all its forms: a fiery marble against interstellar darkness, a silver-white mirror, and a final world of glaciers split by the thin ruins of an equatorial metroplex. Before long, Port Augustmoon's ancient hull comes to obstruct most the viewport, and the ship's computer announces that it is time to disembark.
• The GSG firefly is a .22 semi-automatic handgun. While the GSG Firefly started off as the SIG Mosquito, after the Mosquito ceased production, German Sport Guns picked it up and renamed it to the Firefly.
• The SG 556 is a civilian model of the Swiss SIG SG 550 series, manufactured in New Hampshire. It lacks any automatic fire capability and has a 16 inch barrel, but still retains a folding stock, with the feature of feeding from STANAG magazines instead of the SG 550 series magazines.
• The Scavbot Skorpion is a refurb of colonial perimeter defense bots found across many systems. Because they are designed to defend against pirates, raiders, feral uplifts, hungry scavengers, rival mining clans, and any other enemy that is unlikely to attack with heavily armored units, these reprogrammed and refurbed versions are often found in the employ of the very types of people it was originally purposed to fight. Often found as the core of a light patrol or attack squad.
• The actual spell that transports you when Paraclesians use translocation spells. It's a bug if you have it.
• The ankheg spits a stream of acid at %3$s!
• The central skylight should be enormous to allow in as much light as possible. Time to get to work.\nA new recipe has been learned. Craft this artifact to permanently upgrade the island.\n\nNew Structure: Central Skaylight 4. Expand the central skylight to very generous dimensions.
• The last thing you remember was inputting the jump coordinates into the tliltilhuicaātl drive and reaching out to initiate the transfer when there was a power surge and it felt like the entire ship was turning inside out. Now, you have no idea where you are.
• The quadraphract collapses, dead at last.
• The quadraphract stumbles as one of its legs looses coherence and collapses.
• The screen bears the letters LIXA in big bold font. Underneath it, in smaller letters, are the words "Laser Interferometer eXospatial resonance Array". The slides are neatly tabulated under grouped headers down the side.
• The security gate recedes into the cieling.
• The triffid lays your weak points bare and shares them with others through the heartmind. It's a bug if you have this.
• The triffid uses its connection to the heartmind to teleport in guards around an intruder. If you see this, it's a bug.
• These pair of sky blue pants are resplendent with a pair of stitched American flags, their flag poles running down each leg, and a standard flanking the trousers' front and rear. "Freedom" is boldly stitched across the fly and enclosed by a ring of golden stars, while the back bears the legend, "Liberbooty!"
• They say there's nothing to worry about, that our powers follow natural laws that can be tested and measured, but it's obvious they're lying. I heard what happened to Amelia when she was doing some experiment and had that asthma attack. A tragic accident, they said? Yeah, not after I saw the aftermath of that lab test with the telekinetic. What happens if they lose control in a crowded hallway, or if a telepath does in the lunchroom? Are we all going to end up vegetables?\n\nI haven't used any psi since I heard, but it's so hard. I went from getting sick 4-5 times a year to feeling like a million bucks every single day and I'm just supposed to give it up? But what if my heart just stops? What if someone else's heart stops because of me? The scientists spent a year testing and measuring and now apparently none of it matters because who knows what will happen.\n\nI never should have gone through with the treatment.
• This is a flier for a local pizza chain. On it is a picture of a cartoon Italian holding a pizza, with the words "It's a goooood pizza" written above his head.
• This is a flier with the tour appearance dates of a small, niche-successful drum-and-bass/yodeling fusion band, the "Ol' Yellers". The dates continue well past the end of the world; most likely, the tour was cut short.
• This is a monster only spell. My mother told me, Shabriri**** bariri**** riri**** iri**** ri, in my white cup.
• This is a saved file that opens in a digital painting program. It is a crude cartoon of a woman in a suit with a manic expression, and a word balloon saying "WIBBLEY WOBBLEY, SPACEY-WACEY, STUFF".
• This is a spreadsheet that passes several cells of what look like poker hands through a mathematical function, directing them to a cell with the heading CHEATCHANCE and the number 77.
• This is a very large and extremely detailed drawing of a long-furred black cat. It must have taken a very long time. Underneath are the words 'someone still remembers yu'.
• This is an advertisement for a magus-for-hire. "Heavy things lifted, light things vanished, distances shortened, good times lengthened! Borunar son of Hrimzon of Clan Ironfist, ThD"
• This is an anthropological collection of American folk beliefs in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, consisting of stories, legends, descriptions of rituals, tall tales, and anything else the author heard during his period of study. The "Bloodstoppers" of the title are individuals believed to be able to stop the flow of blood from a wound, with an incantation or ritual or sheer force of will, and the bearwalkers were allegedly sorcerers who could assume the shape of a bear and cause misfortune.
• This is an archived voice message sent through a chat app.\n\nThe recording opens with the low purr of a vehicle's motor, with various rattling clinks and clangs audible as a man's Hispanic accent forces its way through the choppy audio. "HEY CHICA, CAN YOU GIVE A MAN ONE HELL OF A WOOHOO? I just got off the plane from Costa Rica—one full hour ahead of schedule! Let me tell you something: the airport was emptier than a fucking graveyard, and the staff, sheesh, jumpier than Pablo when he sees the neighbors' dog. I didn't know that a few riots would put the fear of God in all you gun-toting Americans, but if they're anything like down in San Jose, I suppose I can't blame people."\n\nAs the man talks, the regular thump of large helicopter rotors grows audible in the background, the aircraft seeming to roar right overhead as the driver concludes. "Anyway, I'm in a rental and heading to right now; I should be there in less than an hour. I'll get back to you later. There's a pretty big roadblock ahead, and it looks like they're flagging me down. I'll see you soon, guapa, love…" The recording is cut short by a burst of automatic gunfire.
• This is an old coupon insert for Marigold Market:\n\n - BOGO! Cascade Cola six-packs!\n - ATOMIC POWER THIRST! Now with 20% more FRUIT RU-238!\n - $2 MEAT! Aunt Janice's Pickled Meat now just $2.49!\n - 75% OFF! DaiZoom bars by SoyPelusa.
• This is really going to hurt. Applied to targets of the Bellringer perk.
• This patch of hull has more holes in it than an ancient terran cheese. It may provide some cover or it might get shot through.
• This promotional palm card is emblazoned "DigiMart has E-Ink" in a garish neon purple typeface. "E-Ink Tablets come packed with octo-core CPU, veripixel lenses camera, neoTouch screen, DRM locket, InnerVision ready near field, a free datavault storage plan, wi-fi, and more!"
• This purports to be the 'Reale and True Acounting of the Works and Devices of Sarah Osbourne, a Most Puissant Wiche', but you're pretty sure it's all a front and it was actually written within the last couple decades. There are some pretty detailed descriptions of rituals in here, mixed among diary entries and accounts of fanciful meetings in the woods.
• This wall is covered in games of tic-tac-toe, with Xs and Os in different colors. Some sketching on the side suggests that it is all one game, played on a 6 dimensional grid. Underneath that are the words THIS WAS FUCKING STUPID.
• Til the green and brown be yellowred and blue afore it be to grey and black. 'Tis the course.
• Tinged by the scarlet light of a sun all but sunken on the horizon, long shadows play across the view of concrete high-rises juxtaposed with historical facades: an expansive boulevard laying several stories below the camera's perspective and winding just beyond a vast structure that thrusts into the darkening sky. It takes you multiple seconds of blankly staring before you realize that the sizable building in question is, or rather, used to be, the Sagrada Familia. The vast sheets of resinous growths that cocoon the historical landmark and which almost seem to have been organically grown from ground to spire-top make it look like a vast, throbbing organ rising above the Barcelona skyline.\n\nAs you watch, the view zooms out from the defaced structure, revealing a concrete rooftop upon which, crouching, laying, and kneeling behind a low parapet, a handful of soldiers dressed in Spanish army fatigues bustle about a squat, mortar-like piece of ordinance while an officer discreetly peers over the barrier with a pair of binoculars. As the soldiers prepare the portable artillery, the rasping growl of high-speed jet engines grows audible through the tinny audio, resolving into a sonic boom that cracks through the soundscape as, following a gesture from the officer, the mortar discharges with a low thwump. A plume of red follows the flare shell as it streaks into the sky in a looping ark, detonating in a bright swirl of color that bathes the Sagrada Familia in a relief of crimson and prompting its plasticky coating to refract myriads of ruby shades. In the heartbeat before multi-role fighter jets dive from the sky, the flair's sputtering life casts into stark relief many hundreds of unclear silhouettes that team about and within the structure like ants. To a speck, they collectively pause as though in confusion, moments before dozens of incendiary warheads spear through the structure and detonate in a shockwave of rubble: a vast flower violently spreading petals of fire.\n\nAs the landmark implodes and flames dance across the skyline, the last few seconds of the video are centered on the soldiers. Having abandoned their cover in favor of observing the awesome destruction unfolding below, the ragged men and women stand in a disheveled line, quietly gazing out at the inferno engulfing the megalithic building and slowly spreading to immolate surrounding structures. As the last jet rolls free of its bombing run and thunders overhead, the little squad's officer solemnly takes off his beret and holds it to his heart as he watches the fire and, to the assembly's right, you can see two men mutely hugging one another. As the video closes, atop that roof, there isn't a single pair of eyes or cheeks blackened from drifting ash that are dry as the soldiers watch their city burn.
• To Befuddle As the Thunderstrike
• To Befuddle As the Thunderstrike Real
• To Perceive the Mazzikin
• Torrington Titans baseball team
• Twin linked rotors allow this ubiquitous EINAC drone to comfortably hover above fields and deploy pesticides at prodigious rates. They have no ability to detect humans within their work areas and will readily disperse lethal pesticides near them.
• U3s ILBE
• UICA Astrographic and Gatepoint Agent
• Väinämöinen's Kantele
• Väinämöinen's Kantele Song
• Väinämöinen's Kantele, imitation
• Väinämöinen's Kanteles
• Väinämöinen's Kanteles, imitation
• W3310 Archangel ENR
• W3310 Archangel ENRs
• Waitsfield Centurions rugby team
• Weee macarena.
• Well, I mean, there's the obvious stuff like, uh, video streaming," he winks at you, "but I think lately I'm missing Wikipedia. I have all these random questions about things, and I can't answer them. I feel like I'm living in a box. How did we survive for thousands of years like this?
• Well, it probably isn't going to come back alive. They ooze blood everywhere, when we fight 'em. It's kinda thicker and goopier than human blood, but I guess not so bad it'd be hard to draw?
• What now, a vegetable peele… oh, a smoker? That's actually kinda legit I guess. Maybe we should hunt through peoples' backyards. We could jump over fences like in Shaun of the Dead!
• Will do, Scully. I'd like your opinion on something else.
• Woodford Corgis basketball team
• Written by the elven archdruid Tylindel Melithilarahd over 500 years ago, this weighty tome was considered the most important book of the Harmonist druidic movement up until just before the Cataclysm. Archdruid Melithilarahd's death in 2016 ended his overt patronage of his own works, allowing other writers to attempt to make their mark, especially younger elves who did not have such a strident anti-modern attitude. In addition to all the philosophical essays about the importance of living in harmony with nature and allowing plants to grow where they will are several plant-based druidic spells.
• Xinying,\nYou were right. I looked over the cafeteria camera records and the mathematicians are consistently coming in twice or three times as often as most other people. Usually just for snacks, but it's pretty consistent that after an experiment, one of them will wander in and grab some chips or an apple or cookies. We need to start weighing them in and out like they're jockeys or something and seeing if we can get some hard data on this.
• Yeah, I guess we have." Liam looks off into the distance for a moment. "We sure fuckin' have.
• Yon aforetime otherland, 'twere a right soggy biscuit. This'n be crisp an' fresh yet. Us'n'll try as might stay a fair tick.
• You are rockin' with these long black locks.
• You are rockin' with these long blond locks.
• You are rockin' with these long blue locks.
• You are rockin' with these long brown locks.
• You are rockin' with these long gray locks.
• You are rockin' with these long green locks.
• You are rockin' with these long locks.
• You are rockin' with these long pink locks.
• You are rockin' with these long purple locks.
• You are rockin' with these long red locks.
• You are rockin' with these long white locks.
• You don't understand what happened. You were readying for a routine jump at the Far Hebrides transfer point when there was a power cascade in the drive and now you're here, on some other version of Tlalticpactli that may as well be one of the worse levels of Mictlān. You need to find your way back home, but first you need to find a way to survive.
• You dream you are going down into the basement to look for something, but as you step off the last step the basement door shuts behind you, leaving you in darkness. As you climb back up to look for a lightswitch, you hear the stairs creak behind you, and then you wake up.
• You have an instinctive sense for the uncanny and unearthy. Activate this perk to close your eyes and become aware of nearby Nether creatures.
• You know, I'm kinda in the mood for some pub nachos right now. The whole pub ambience would be good too, but I like how they'd put 'em on wax paper that'd be so soaked with cheese grease you could see right through it. Those little black olive wheels that tasted like rubber, they were only ever good with pub nachos, you know? Any other time, garbage. I'd love to have a big tray of pub nachos, go to a karaoke night, and just sing fuckin' Abba songs until my throat hurt. You in?
• You remember that girl from high school I had that huge crush on? Emily? I wonder if she's still alive. I shoulda asked her out.
• You startle upright from a nightmare about the WiFi being down for an entire HOUR, but find the real world so much worse when you wake.
• You take a closer look at the note and, with mounting excitement, realize its written in the Imperial Speech! The blocky Imperial-military-standard characters read, "I do not know if there are any who will read this, but I am still alive. I survived the disaster of the Texopapalotl and awakened in a scientific facility filled with demons. I fought my way out and found a place of some safety. If you can read this, find me.\nXiuhcozcatl, Squad Leader, Eighth Band" Below it is a map of a small building by a lake, though you don't recognize the nearby terrain.
• You toss a bit of salt over your left shoulder with your right hand and spit three times into the folds of your clothing as you say, "Keneinahora".
• You turn the exoskeleton on.\n>>Initiating boot sequence…\n//Loading DoubleOS v1.38…\n//Loading calibration profile…\n//Activating atmospheric filtration…\n//Activating liquid cooling…\n//Activating sound dampeners…\n>>Boot successful.
• You turn the exoskeleton on.\n>>Initiating boot sequence…\n//Loading DoubleOS v2.86…\n//Loading calibration profile…\n//Activating atmospheric filtration…\n//Activating liquid cooling…\n//Activating sound dampeners…\n>>Boot successful.
• You turn the exoskeleton on.\n>>Initiating boot sequence…\n//Loading DoubleOS v3.51…\n//Loading calibration profile…\n//Activating atmospheric filtration…\n//Activating liquid cooling…\n//Activating sound dampeners…\n>>Boot successful.
• You visibly succeeded. You should gain more vampiric aptitudes soon. However, you haven't fully walked the path yet. Give your powers some time to grow, come here again and I'll explain what to do to completely walk the path!
• You were a ceremonial guard for the Hy-Brasilean ambassador to the United States, equipped to bring to mind the elven forest warriors of old. You were trained in archery, since you had to use your bow to impress foreign dignitaries, but you never expected you'd actually have to take it into a real battle. Then the Cataclysm hit. The ambassador and most of your fellow guards are dead, and you'll probably never see home again, but hopefully your skills will keep you alive.
• Your blood is laced with neuron-analogue nanites, allowing your entire circulatory system to function as a secondary brain. This radical modification increases your intelligence, reflexes and perception by 4, increases your pain tolerance and allows you to survive brain damage that would otherwise prove fatal.
• Your mageshield fades as the attack impacts it.
• Yrax quadraphract
• Yrax quadraphracts
• Yrax triakis
• ZenFS' numbar
• [bites you] Here you go. You might not notice the effects at first, but keep some human blood close for when your thirst will appear and some shelter for when the sun will start to burn your skin. There are levels of vampiric power that cannot be achieved through time alone. When you'll reach that point, come back here and I'll help you reach them.
• a famous man and woman from an anime, dressed in cowboy outfits. A speech blurb reads "How y'all doin'?"
• a variety of creatures that have partaken of the unholy blood of the vampyr
• ankheg
• ankhegs
• apps/myMail\n\nby:dnance@mymail.com\nto:All\nSubject: Tragic Loss of Rob Dixon\n\nDear Colleagues,\n\nIt is with a heavy heart that I have to inform you all of the passing of the head of the supply chain department, Rob Dixon. He was at the office late last night trying to ensure that everything was under control when he was caught in one of the riots that have been happening all over the city. Despite all the efforts, Rob did not make it.\nRob was more than just a boss to us, he was a friend and a mentor to many of us. Rob always put the company and its employees first and he will be deeply missed.\nPlease keep Rob's family and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. The company is working closely with the authorities to ensure that Rob's death is fully investigated.\n\nIn the meantime, all of Rob's responsibilities will be temporarily handled by James Sullivan, his senior assistant. If you have any urgent matters, please reach out to James.\nWe will provide updates as they become available and further details on arrangements to celebrate Rob's life.\n\nSincerely,\nDahila Nance\nHead of HR department.
• baryonyx plushie
• baryonyx plushies
• broken Scavbot Skorpion
• broken Scavbot Skorpions
• broken croplord drone
• broken croplord drones
• buzzz…
• ch.
• chhk.
• chicken parmesan
• chkch.
• chkchh.
• contemplation: megakinesis
• copies of A Study of Nethereum Incursions
• copies of Akyâluaban: the Book of the Living Stone
• copies of Arcano-hiking for Fun
• copies of Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers: Folk Traditions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
• copies of Goody Osborne's Booke of Remedies
• copies of Malleus Maleficarum
• coq au vin
• crashed cargo droneship
• crashed military droneship
• eagle cuacalalatli
• eagle cuacalalatlis
• eldritch stomper
• ferro-hydraulic cannon
• ferro-hydraulic cannons
• fzzzt
• glzt!
• hybiscus
• ierde map
• ierde maps
• inert quadraphract
• inert quadraphract leg
• inert quadraphract legs
• inert quadraphracts
• mindhunter
• mindhunters
• opabinia plushie
• opabinia plushies
• otyugh
• otyughs
• pii.
• quadraphract leg
• quadraphract legs
• reality seems to warp around the quadraphract's crown as it fires.
• ssszziiipp
• the famous Manspider, a quiet, nerdy spider that was bitten by a radioactive human
• triakis remains
• triffid flamebreaker
• triffid flamebreakers
• triffid riftcaller
• triffid riftcallers
• triffid seedseer
• triffid seedseers
• …black goo in the water! Drugs and who knows what else, the government wants you dumb and docile! Wake up people. They are the spawn of Satan! This is Alan Jewels with the AJ show, we'll be back after the break.
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This alert is automatically generated. You can simply disregard if this is inaccurate, or (optionally) you can also add the new words to tools/spell_checker/dictionary.txt so they will not trigger an alert next time.

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• If the word is normally in all lowercase, such as the noun word or the verb does, add it in its lower-case form; if the word is a proper noun, such as the surname George, add it in its initial-caps form; if the word is an acronym or has special letter case, such as the acronym CDDA or the unit mW, add it by preserving the case of all the letters. A word in the dictionary will also match its initial-caps form (if the word is in all lowercase) and all-uppercase form, so a word should be added to the dictionary in its normal letter case even if used in a different letter case in a sentence.
• For a word to be added to the dictionary, it should either be a real, properly-spelled modern American English word, a foreign loan word (including romanized foreign names), or a foreign or made-up word that is used consistently and commonly enough in the game. Intentional misspelling (including eye dialect) of a word should not be added unless it has become a common terminology in the game, because while someone may have a legitimate use for it, another person may spell it that way accidentally.

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