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''Not to be confused with the 1986 UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC game with the same title.''

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''Not to be confused with the 1986 UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC Platform/AmstradCPC game with the same title.''

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* BusinessOfGenericImportance: Despite it being part of Ceres' attempts to understand how it came into being, in the Bureau Realm, the entire place is designed around, well, a cubicle farm/corporation. It's given the important-sounding "Regional Administration Facility", but it's not specified what they actually do there, apart from the filing and bureaucracy of nondescript paperwork.



* BusinessOfGenericImportance: Despite it being part of Ceres' attempts to understand how it came into being, in the Bureau Realm, the entire place is designed around, well, a cubicle farm/corporation. It's given the important-sounding "Regional Administration Facility", but it's not specified what they actually do there, apart from the filing and bureaucracy of nondescript paperwork.

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* BusinessOfGenericImportance: Despite it being part of Ceres' attempts to understand how it came into being, in the Bureau Realm, the entire place is designed around, well, a cubicle farm/corportation. It's given the important-sounding "Regional Administration Facility", but it's not specified what they actually do there, apart from the filing and bureaucracy of nondescript paperwork.

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* BusinessOfGenericImportance: Despite it being part of Ceres' attempts to understand how it came into being, in the Bureau Realm, the entire place is designed around, well, a cubicle farm/corportation.farm/corporation. It's given the important-sounding "Regional Administration Facility", but it's not specified what they actually do there, apart from the filing and bureaucracy of nondescript paperwork.


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* TheGovernment: The Ceres project was funded by the Environmental Protection Agency, and Lilah had to face a huge amount of red tape in Congress just to get that funding. This struggle eventually resulted in her dream of the Bureau.
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* BusinessOfGenericImportance: Despite it being part of Ceres' attempts to understand how it came into being, in the Bureau Realm, the entire place is designed around, well, a cubicle farm/corportation. It's given the important-sounding "Regional Administration Facility", but it's not specified what they actually do there, apart from the filing and bureaucracy of nondescript paperwork.
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiztCIDlcYM One promotional trailer]] for ''Obsidian'' involves a man trying to slice a hard-boiled egg while calm music plays from a radio. But when the egg slips off the counter, instead of shattering, the man shatters like a china doll, while a lamp in the background gives off darkness, punctuated by the game's tagline, "YOUR RULES DO NOT APPLY HERE".

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* SurpriseCreepy: SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiztCIDlcYM One promotional trailer]] for ''Obsidian'' involves a man trying to slice a hard-boiled egg while calm music plays from a radio. But when the egg slips off the counter, instead of shattering, the man shatters like a china doll, while a lamp in the background gives off darkness, punctuated by the game's tagline, "YOUR RULES DO NOT APPLY HERE".
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: when the Bismuth realm changes to the Conductor Realm, [[spoiler:it's physically based on Ceres' own inner circuitry, so the Crossover Chip you helped program appears too, and is now enough for Max to physically interact with, allowing him to hack it when you flip the Crossover Switch. Then again, the Conductor did prepare for that situation...]]

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: when the Bismuth realm changes to the Conductor Realm, [[spoiler:it's physically based on Ceres' own inner circuitry, so the [[spoiler:the Crossover Chip you helped program appears too, and is now becomes enough for Max to physically interact with, allowing him to hack it when you flip the Crossover Switch. Then again, the Conductor did prepare for that situation...]]
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: when the Bismuth realm changes to the Conductor Realm, [[spoiler:the Crossover Chip you helped program becomes large enough for Max to physically interact with, allowing him to hack it when you flip the Crossover Switch. Then again, the Conductor did prepare for that situation.]]

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: when the Bismuth realm changes to the Conductor Realm, [[spoiler:the [[spoiler:it's physically based on Ceres' own inner circuitry, so the Crossover Chip you helped program becomes large appears too, and is now enough for Max to physically interact with, allowing him to hack it when you flip the Crossover Switch. Then again, the Conductor did prepare for that situation.situation...]]
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* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: The three moons of the Bismuth dream-world each harken back (or, well, sideways) to the setting and themes of one of the three dreams, and [[spoiler:the ways in which they inspired Ceres]].

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* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: The Bismuth dream does this - and not just visually. The three moons of the Bismuth dream-world each harken back (or, well, sideways) to both the setting and themes of one of the three dreams, and [[spoiler:the ways in which they inspired Ceres]].
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* PuzzleReset: Most puzzles in the game can be reset by simply turning one screen away from the puzzle itself.
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* ContinueYourMissionDammit: The Bridge Repair vidbot only prints out his instructions twice. If you approach him again after that, he'll simply tell you to leave.

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* {{Mouthscreen}}: The Vidbots in the Bureau Realm mostly show closeups of human mouths when active, emphasizing their drone-like qualities as faceless bureaucrats.



--> '''Lilah:''' "You're sick, Max. Go to sleep. No use banging your head against the wall."


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--> '''Lilah:''' "You're sick, Max. Go to sleep. No use banging your head against the wall."

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