Executive Datareader

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Description	Despite the sleek design, this tablet has almost no processing power. It's really just enough to pop up a snippet of spooky story whenever you hit the button. They're even styled to look like comm messages, but they probably won't start coming through in the middle of the night unless you've done something very wrong.
Type	Offhand
Use	See notes
Effects	+2 Etheric Power +2 Etheric Defense

Notes

When using this item you get the message (dates and times are randomly chosen):

You press the button and a message pops up from October 3rd at 24:03.

Someone's been leaving bones around the floor, jagged spikes in the breakroom and smooth scales on my desk. They must be a messy eater, crunching away and leaving their crumbs everywhere.

I don't mean to complain, but soon I'll find myself completely covered.

You press the button and a message pops up from October 4th at 6:58.

I'll need another update to my facial ID. I don't think the last one is quite perfect.

Nothing beats that sensation of a scalpel under skin or that last tug to pull of a face.

You press the button and a message pops up from October 15th at 1:21.

I met a strange woman today, walking the office in an old-fashioned dress. She kept asking everyone where the children were, but there obviously aren't any here.

After I told here there aren't any children, she covered my eyes and whispered "don't let them see me."

You press the button and a message pops up from October 16th at 1:20.

When the voice in the walls asks you to dance, you dance. It asked us, commanded us.

So we tried, one by one, dancing our hearts out. And one by one, the voice rejected us. Each of them collapsed, their lives snuffed out for their failure.

You press the button and a message pops up from October 17th at 24:13.

There have been some complaints about the snacks in the breakroom. It's strange considering the variety we offer, but some of the staff are bothered by having any options could be considered alive.

We held them down and fed them until the seeds took root.

You press the button and a message pops up from October 18th at 6:34.

In the break room, I found an old binder on disaster preparedness. Floods, earthquakes, and city-wide infernos were all there, of course.

Etheric intoxication, though? That is the section that's missing.

Does that explain what they're doing? Does that explain the green fire in their eyes or their teeth in my legs?

You press the button and a message pops up from October 25th at 1:25.

Every department has a worker who's been there so long nobody really remembers what they do. Some ancient, gnarled thing hides just outside the light, bringing down curses on any who would dare reveal it.

Paul asked questions he shouldn't. Now he's little more than an animal with a sealed mouth, stumbling on limbs bent the wrong way.

You press the button and a message pops up from October 29th at 6:31.

There are some problems with cracks in the new line of cybereyes, but it's safe to say they're harmless. It's certainly nothing worth the bad publicity of a recall.

Who cares if someone grows more eyes inside their eye? It seems like they should be paying us!