Conversation 1207: WHIRLING F2 ORB / Moralist Quest Initiation

Empathy tells you it's time to take responsibility... by convening a committee to spread responsibility around.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 Empathy Good, you're up. Listen, there's something that's been bothering you for a few days now.
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3 You What is it?
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4 Empathy It's a suspicion, or a feeling, really, that things are not quite *in hand* around here...
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5 Logic An earth-shattering deduction from your psyche. What will those guys come up with next?
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6 Empathy Every day things seem to spin more and more wildly out of control. The centre isn't holding. And despite your efforts to *moderate* and *contain* these energies, things only seem to be getting worse.
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7 You Let's get right to it: What needs to be done?
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8 You Wait, I thought things were going pretty well?
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9 Empathy Oh, sure. You've been making progress on your case, interviewing people, *solving side tasks*...
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10 Empathy But who's focusing on *the big questions*?
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11 Empathy You've got to find out who bears *la responsabilité*.
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12 You I assumed the most qualified and highly credentialed people were taking care of that stuff.
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13 You This really doesn't sound like my job.
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14 You What am I supposed to do?
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15 None
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16 Empathy But have you ever seen them? How do you know they're even there? More importantly, how do you know they aren't waiting for *your participation*?
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17 Empathy Open your eyes. Stop getting distracted by details. It's time you started focussing on what really matters.
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18 None
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19 You What exactly *is* la responsabilité?
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20 You I thought I *was* assigning responsibility, for the murder?
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21 You Alright, give it to me. *I'll* accept responsibility. (Proceed.)
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22 Empathy The most awesome, terrible thing...
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23 Empathy It is human nature to crave la responsabilité and to deny it. That's why it must be distributed across many different organisations, agencies, offices, and portfolios.
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24 Rhetoric In other words, it must be diffused across the entire bureaucracy, so that no one can ever truly say *who is responsible for what*.
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25 None
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26 Empathy Harry, Harry. You're thinking about this too narrowly.
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27 Empathy La responsabilité isn't concerned with trivial questions like *who killed who*. It's about the real issues: the human welfare index, the price of staple goods, the transition to real democracy...
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28 Empathy Whoa, whoa, *whoa*. This isn't some kind of *dictatorship*. You can't simply seize la responsabilité for yourself. It must be given by a legitimate authority...
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29 Empathy Like a committee.
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30 None
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31 None IsTHCPresent("lawbringer")
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32 None (IsTHCPresent("lawbringer")) == false
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33 Authority You don't need no stinkin' committee. You're the Law.
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34 None
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35 You But I'm the Law. Can't I just do it myself? Variable["whirling.orb_moralist_dream_authority_no_committee"] == true
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36 You Do we really have time for all this?
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37 You And who should sit on this committee?
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38 You Sounds like too much responsibility for me. I don't want it.
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39 Empathy Come on. You know in your lungs that true authority flows from institutions, not individuals. That's the single principle that separates civilisation from barbarism.
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40 Authority Technicalities.
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41 Empathy If you want your work to be *accepted*, you'll have to go through the appropriate process.
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42 None
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43 Empathy There is always time to follow best practices. Once someone's decided to *cut corners* for the sake of expediency, who knows what else they're capable of?
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44 Electrochemistry Fun stuff, that's what they're capable of.
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45 None
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46 Empathy Only the most even-keeled minds in Martinaise.
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47 None
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48 None Variable["reputation.kim"] >1
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49 None (Variable["reputation.kim"] >1) == false
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50 Esprit de Corps Your half-brother, the lieutenant, is a natural place to start.
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51 Esprit de Corps The one you seem so set on driving away, the lieutenant, is a natural place to start.
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52 Empathy Together, you'll be able to discover who has la responsabilité in Revachol. And if necessary, you'll have the *wisdom and expertise* to assign it among yourselves.
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53 None
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54 You And what happens once we've assigned responsibility?
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55 You I'm prepared to take on this awesome burden. [Accept task.]
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56 You You know what, this sounds like a drag. [Refuse task.]
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57 Empathy Most likely your findings will be collected in a report, which will be carefully reviewed by your superiors.
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58 Empathy Good luck. Your report is eagerly anticipated.
59 None
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60 Empathy Once they've reviewed it, those same superiors will produce a set of recommendations to be taken up at the next meeting of the *standing committee*.
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61 Empathy Rest assured, no matter what happens it will be done through the proper channels.
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62 None
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63 Empathy Don't run away from it now, Harry. You know it's the *right thing to do*.
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64 Empathy This is a grave abdication of la responsabilité. A note will be appended to your personnel file.
65 You (Sigh.) You're right. Who's going to sit on this committee?
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66 You No way. I've got too much on my plate as it is. [Opt out.]
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67 None
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68 None
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69 None Variable["tc.harry"]
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70 None (Variable["tc.harry"]) == false
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71 Empathy Please, you're thinking about this too narrowly.
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72 Half Light MASS EXECUTIONS.
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73 Savoir Faire A little self-dealing?
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74 Volition Swift, decisive action.
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75 None
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76 You Not my problem. [Discard thought.]