Ecstatic Shock

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Ecstatic Shock

n.
a surge of energy upon catching a glance from someone you like, which scrambles your ungrounded circuits and tempts you to chase after that feeling with a kite and a key.

From ecstatic, deliriously happy + static shock, a charge of potential energy that builds up invisibly until it sparks across the air.

Skidding

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Hanker Sore

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Anderance

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Los Vidados

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Flashover

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Moledro

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Querinous

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Mornden

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Rivener

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Hickering

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Lookaback

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Feresy

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Watashiato

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Dorgone

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Foilsick

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Midding

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The Kinder Surprise

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Semaphorism

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Ironsick

a group of random devices

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Deep Gut

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Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

The Whipgraft Delusion

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Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Liberosis

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Mornden

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