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From: The Machinery of Law

A recurrent second is trapped in the gears, threatening to unspool into a lake of déjà vu. Give the engine a whack.

Unlocked with Ceteris Paribus 0-50

Locked with Void Ab Initio 8

Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 150

• 103 - very chancy (41%)
• 128 - chancy (51%)
• 153 - modest (61%)
• 178 - very modest (71%)
• 203 - low-risk (81%)
• 228 - straightforward (91%)
• 250 - straightforward (100%)
  

The difficulty is equal to the average of your base Watchful, Shadowy, Dangerous, and Persuasive, and is also increased by 10 for every two levels of Void Ab Initio.

Success

Ex Tempore

Your wrench strikes the side of the machine […] The noise builds, and builds […] The time snarled in the gears' teeth stretches and oscillates […]

[…] snaps and springs back, taking the following few minutes with it […] All of a sudden, you are ahead of schedule.

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•  Stability through Combustion is now (new value). (Raises Stability through Combustion by 1)
• Dangerous is increasing…
•  You've gained 571?-580 x Actus Reus
•  Time passes. You recognise some of these seconds. (Raises Pro Tempore by 1)
• With increasing probability (unknown formula) as Pro Tempore increases:
  •  You are closer to becoming undone. (Increases Void Ab Initio by 2 CP)
• Everything seems to have changed. Perhaps one day it will stop. [Ceteris Paribus change…] (random)
• Categories shift. Ontologies fidget on restless wings. [Inter Alia change…] (random)

Failure

Qui prior est tempore, potior est jure —

You reach out with your wrench, and smack the rivets […] The machine trembles. […] You reach out with your wrench, and smack the rivets […] The machine trembles. You reach out with your wrench, and smack the rivets […] You reach out; out; out, out—

You reach.

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• Dangerous is increasing…
•  You've gained 414-580? x Actus Reus
•  Time passes. You recognise some of these seconds. (Raises Pro Tempore by 1)
•  You are closer to becoming undone. (Increases Void Ab Initio by 3 CP)
• Everything seems to have changed. Perhaps one day it will stop. [Ceteris Paribus change…] (random)
• Categories shift. Ontologies fidget on restless wings. [Inter Alia change…] (random)