1. Observe the mural. 2. Shivers White Check to see stairs, which then allows you to use the ladder to get to the roof.
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1 | None |
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2 | Feld Mural | You see a once-bright mural towering above you. The signage has peeled off over the years, but you can still make out: 'FELD ELECTRICAL R&D'. |
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3 | Feld Mural | Above the mural -- a collapsed roof, broken windows set in walls that are cracking and will soon also fall, and the coastal breeze rustling and sighing in the remains of the edifice. |
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4 | Conceptualization | Feld *Electrical*. How ironic -- all these dark rooms... |
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5 | Encyclopedia | Feld Electrical -- you only know them as a small company that makes ink cartridges. Looks like they used to be... big. |
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6 | None |
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7 | You | [Turn away.] |
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8 | Perception (Sight) | A slogan used to intertwine with the loops a long time ago. Now only a shadow of peeled letters remains. It says: 'Tomorrow is just a whisper away'. |
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9 | None |
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10 | You | Step closer. | Variable["TASK.ruby_not_village_explore_peninsula"] |
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11 | You | "Tomorrow is just a whisper away..." | Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_perc_tomorrow"] |
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12 | Feld Mural |
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13 | Feld Mural | IsKimHere() |
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14 | Feld Mural | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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15 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Looks like tomorrow never came." The lieutenant raises the collar of his bomber jacket. |
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16 | Feld Mural |
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17 | Feld Mural | IsHourBetween(8,19) |
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18 | Feld Mural | (IsHourBetween(8,19)) == false |
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19 | Trant Heidelstam | "Ah, yes, their famous motto!" You hear the man exclaim behind you. "A fine example of technological optimism, from..." He says something, but the wind blows and you can't hear him. |
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20 | Feld Mural | The wind whispers and whispers. |
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21 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Anyway -- we do it the old fashioned way: sector by sector. Go over the whole peninsula, ask the locals, enter the places where we *can* enter first. Like we did in the village." |
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22 | None |
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23 | You | "I am trying to ask the wind." |
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24 | You | (Turn to the lieutenant.) "She could be *anywhere*, how do we find her?" | IsKimHere() |
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25 | You | "And if that fails? If we don't find her?" (Conclude.) | IsKimHere() and Variable["boardwalk.mural_open_and_what_if_we_dont_find_her"] == true |
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26 | You | What was I even attempting to do here? |
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27 | Kim Kitsuragi | "How *do* we? I was really hoping she'd be in the village..." The lieutenant sighs, then gets a hold of himself: "Okay." |
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28 | Kim Kitsuragi | "She's *probably* north of the village and this place is a peninsula. I think there's people west of here, we could ask them..." He looks to his right and cups his ear. |
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29 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Because I *hope* you didn't mean to climb that ladder..." He points to the ladder next to the sign and says: "It's *not* safe." |
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30 | Conceptualization | Or spiritual? She could be looking for refuge... |
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31 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Then -- if we're desperate -- we can look where we *can't* enter. Bunkers, storm drainage, this place. I'm sure it won't come to that." He looks behind him, at the dark red box crumbling across the chasm. |
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32 | Shivers | Listen to the wind -- but for *what*? Ruby whistling? The crackle of her bonfire? Some errant whisper, or a dog barking... |
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33 | You | What am I *doing* here? |
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34 | You | Shake off the feeling. |
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35 | Shivers | *WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?* A terrible cold comes over you as you think the words. They echo in your skull, alien suddenly. |
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36 | Shivers | For what? A song carried on the breeze? Or children laughing, far away? You walk and walk these city streets and deserted coast, and all it ever tells you -- is cold. |
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37 | Shivers | *THERE IS NOTHING ELSE.* The thought makes your bones rattle, like the skeleton of some deserted building ready to collapse. |
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38 | You | [Leave.] |
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39 | You | "There's a ladder next to the sign." (Point to it.) "Perhaps we can climb it? Enter through the roof?" |
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40 | Kim Kitsuragi | He stops to consider your words. "*Ask the wind* sounds like an expression. For when you have no idea. We should continue our search. Perhaps even get a little desperate..." |
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41 | Physical Instrument | There has to be a way to use brute force. Climbing sounds unsafe. Brute force is safe. Look around and find something to break if the ladder fails. |
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42 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Perhaps *you* can climb them. *We're* not climbing anything. I'm 43 years old -- and I plan to live to see 70." |
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43 | You | "We've looked everywhere else." |
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44 | You | Where does it go? |
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45 | Kim Kitsuragi | He shrugs. "So how do we get in there? The doors were on the collapsed side of this building... they're gone, basically." |
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46 | You | "The wind told me." |
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47 | None |
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48 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Right," he shrugs. "How do we get in there? The doors were on the collapsed side of this building... they're gone, basically." |
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49 | Kim Kitsuragi | "And then there's the church." He looks at the bell tower. "If I were a murder suspect I would not hide in the most prominent building here, but who knows? Maybe she's reckless..." |
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50 | Shivers | Suddenly, all is quiet. There is no cold hand brushing against your forehead, no rustle in the reeds. The wind has died down, or gone behind a corner? You only hear distant waves washing the coast. |
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51 | Shivers | Trying to talk to the wind, or the city? Whatever you thought would happen did not, and now you're just standing there with your hands fallen to your side. |
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52 | Feld Mural |
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53 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_failed_once"] |
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54 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_failed_once"]) == false |
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55 | Perception (Hearing) | Indeed. You hear what sounds like two men arguing where the lieutenant is pointing. |
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56 | You | Listen to the wind. | Variable["boardwalk.mural_look_in"] and Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_show_new_white"] == false and IsKimHere() |
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57 | You | No. There is something else. In the wind. |
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58 | Inland Empire | As if said by someone else. Someone outside you. Around you. Not you. |
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59 | Feld Mural |
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60 | Feld Mural | IsKimHere() |
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61 | Feld Mural | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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62 | Kim Kitsuragi | The lieutenant looks at you shiver, worried suddenly. "We should go. It gets cold if you stand in one place too long." |
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63 | You | Just blow on your hands for warmth. |
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64 | You | "Who said that?" |
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65 | Kim Kitsuragi | "What? I didn't say anything." He looks at you. "What are we doing here? We keep returning and you act strange." |
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66 | You | "I am performing *black magic*." |
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67 | You | "I'm just thinking. This is me thinking. Nothing strange here." |
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68 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Of course. Black magic. The most potent type of magic. If we're that desperate -- may I suggest getting shovels and digging?" A quiver of a smile. |
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69 | You | [Leave.] |
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70 | Feld Mural |
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71 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_failed_twice"] |
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72 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_failed_twice"]) == false |
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73 | You | "Yeah, I don't know..." |
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74 | You | "I am trying to ask Revachol." |
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75 | Kim Kitsuragi | He looks around. "Like -- maybe we can get shovels and dig?" A quiver of a smile. "Don't mind that -- a bad attempt at humour." |
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76 | Feld Mural |
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77 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_failed_thrice"] |
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78 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_failed_thrice"]) == false |
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79 | Shivers | For what? God? God is very, very silent. Too silent. Even the wind seems tired... |
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80 | You | "Ever since I woke up -- maybe even before -- I've been getting these strange *cold spells*." |
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81 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Good, good, yes. Cold spells..." He seems incredulous. "So basically your *hangover* is telling you she's down there?" |
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82 | You | "Yes. I can literally *talk* to my hangover. That's how bad it has gotten." |
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83 | None |
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84 | Feld Mural |
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85 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_succeeded"] |
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86 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_succeeded"]) == false |
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87 | You | Say: "I think she's down *there*. Below this building." |
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88 | Shivers | In through the collapsed roof, flowing down a concrete staircase -- to the basement, sweeping away footprints in the dust on the stairs. And then the beach below the boardwalk, its winding tunnels... a whisper away. |
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89 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Okay -- why?" |
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90 | Savoir Faire | Finally, my time to shine! |
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91 | Shivers | Suddenly there's a sigh, carried on the molecules around you, moving, flowing from high pressure to low pressure. Like that of a woman emptying her lungs. She wraps the collapsing stone box in front of you in her breath, flowing through it... |
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92 | You | "Call it a gut feeling." |
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93 | Kim Kitsuragi | "In there? She could. Or..." The lieutenant points behind you. "She could be in the *identical* ruin over there, or in that boat shack. In that church tower, maybe..." |
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94 | Logic | Great idea! |
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95 | None |
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96 | Feld Mural |
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97 | Feld Mural | IsKimHere() |
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98 | Feld Mural | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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99 | You | "Could she be in there?" |
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100 | Feld Mural | Indeed. Somehow you knew it was here. An urban ruin gutted by looters that once used to consume money and dispense warmth and light. |
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101 | You | "What is this building?" | Variable["tc.feld_electrical"] == false |
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102 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Maybe we could, you know..." He points to the man who points at the building, telling his son something. "Ask the man who's pointing at the building?" |
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103 | None |
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104 | You | Why do I feel like I know this place? | Variable["plaza.rainshivers_west_feld"] |
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105 | Feld Mural |
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106 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_main_hub_reached"] |
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107 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_main_hub_reached"]) == false |
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108 | You | What is happening... |
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109 | Shivers | SHE'S DOWN THERE. |
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110 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Right. How do we get in, though? The doors were on the collapsed side of this building... they're gone, basically." |
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111 | None |
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112 | None |
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113 | Feld Mural |
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114 | Feld Mural | Variable["tc.feld_electrical"] |
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115 | Feld Mural | (Variable["tc.feld_electrical"]) == false |
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116 | Feld Mural |
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117 | Feld Mural | IsHourBetween(8,19) |
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118 | Feld Mural | (IsHourBetween(8,19)) == false |
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119 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Some sort of industrial ruin? I don't recognize the name of the company. R&D used to mean Research and Development... It looks long-abandoned." |
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120 | Trant Heidelstam | "She?" The man hears you. "I don't know who you mean, but... the building seems long-abandoned to me." |
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121 | Feld Mural |
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122 | Feld Mural | IsHourBetween(8,19) |
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123 | Feld Mural | (IsHourBetween(8,19)) == false |
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124 | Feld Mural | You try to peer in but there are no windows on this side. Only the disinterested whistle of the wind. |
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125 | Logic | Is *trying to talk to the city* something you've done before? Is it in your secret repertoire -- a trick for when you're out of ideas? |
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126 | Inland Empire | A prayer of sorts? To Revachol. |
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127 | None |
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128 | You | She could be *anywhere*, how do I find her? | IsKimHere() == false |
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129 | Feld Mural |
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130 | Feld Mural | Variable["coast.morell_greeting_done"] |
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131 | Feld Mural | (Variable["coast.morell_greeting_done"]) == false |
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132 | Feld Mural |
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133 | Feld Mural | Variable["church.soona_greeting_done"] |
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134 | Feld Mural | (Variable["church.soona_greeting_done"]) == false |
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135 | None |
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136 | None |
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137 | Savoir Faire | An adventure awaits! An adventure on the windswept urban coast. |
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138 | Endurance | Buckle up and raise your collar -- this search is going to be wet and cold. |
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139 | Shivers | Anyway -- you do it sector by sector. Go over the whole peninsula, ask the locals, enter the places which you *can* enter first. |
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140 | Conceptualization | Or spiritual? She could be looking for refuge... |
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141 | Shivers | And then there's the church. You look at the bell tower rising into the clouds -- a prominent place to hide, but maybe she's reckless? |
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142 | Perception (Hearing) | Indeed. About 70 metres west from here. |
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143 | Shivers | How hard can it be? You were told she's north of the village and this place is a peninsula. Look around. West of here there are people, talking. Who could it be, you cup your ear and think? |
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144 | None |
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145 | Feld Mural |
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146 | Feld Mural | Variable["coast.morell_greeting_done"] |
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147 | Feld Mural | (Variable["coast.morell_greeting_done"]) == false |
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148 | Feld Mural |
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149 | Feld Mural | Variable["church.soona_greeting_done"] |
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150 | Feld Mural | (Variable["church.soona_greeting_done"]) == false |
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151 | You | And if that fails? If I don't find her? (Conclude.) | IsKimHere() == false and Variable["boardwalk.mural_open_and_what_if_we_dont_find_her"] == true |
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152 | Shivers | First you need to tune in to the coast, get to know its residents. Then you can search where you can't enter: bunkers, storm drainage, this building here. You can always come back and talk to the wind again -- look where it already got you. |
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153 | None |
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154 | Feld Mural | The writing rises in front of you, its ancient carton wet from the coastal air. |
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155 | Feld Mural | Probably a good idea. Blowing on your fingers doesn't make them much warmer though... |
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156 | None |
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157 | Feld Mural |
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158 | Feld Mural | IsKimHere() |
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159 | Feld Mural | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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160 | Feld Mural |
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161 | Feld Mural | IsHourBetween(8,19) |
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162 | Feld Mural | (IsHourBetween(8,19)) == false |
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163 | Trant Heidelstam | "Well..." The man behind you hesitates for a moment. "I was *trying* to explain to Mikael what it is the officer keeps returning here for -- then I realized I don't know." |
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164 | Feld Mural | No one. You're just talking to yourself again -- the letters slowly peeling off the mural seem to form a malevolent smile. |
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165 | None |
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166 | None |
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167 | None |
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168 | Kim Kitsuragi | "In case she's underground? Don't mind that -- a bad attempt at humour." |
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169 | Kim Kitsuragi | He stops to consider your words. "*Ask Revachol* sounds like an expression. For when you have no idea. We should continue our search. Perhaps even get a little desperate..." |
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170 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Of course. We should continue our search." |
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171 | None |
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172 | You | "I am trying to ask Revachol." |
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173 | You | "I'm just thinking. This is me thinking. Nothing strange here." |
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174 | Trant Heidelstam | "Ask the wind or 'Aska i Vinden' is the name of a Vaasan lullaby," he remarks. "Maybe that helps?" |
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175 | Trant Heidelstam | "Blood spatter reading, rooster sacrifice -- still quite common in Revachol," he remarks. "Hope it helps." |
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176 | You | "I am performing *black magic*." |
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177 | You | "I am trying to ask the wind." |
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178 | None |
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179 | Trant Heidelstam | "'Ask Revachol' is the name of a war time radio show the communists used to address civil issues," he remarks. "Maybe that helps?" |
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180 | Trant Heidelstam | "Of course. Didn't mean to imply otherwise." |
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181 | Feld Mural | It doesn't. |
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182 | None |
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183 | Feld Mural |
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184 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_failed_once"] |
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185 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_failed_once"]) == false |
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186 | None |
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187 | Shivers | Even though you're *sure* you succeeded, all is quiet. There is no cold hand brushing against your forehead, no rustle in the reeds -- the wind has died down. The ruin in front of you is silent as a tomb. |
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188 | You | Listen to the wind again. | Variable["boardwalk.mural_look_in"] and Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_show_new_white"] and IsKimHere() |
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189 | Feld Mural | The once-bright mural towers above you, saying "FELD ELECTRICAL R&D." |
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190 | Feld Mural |
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191 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_succeeded_two"] |
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192 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.feld_mural_shivers_white_succeeded_two"]) == false |
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193 | None |
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194 | Inland Empire | There's something in the wind. Sometimes the only way to go forward is to fail first. |
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195 | Shivers | Walk the coast, the old boardwalk, the reeds... You can always come back here and talk to the wind again. Look where it already got you. |
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196 | Shivers | You felt it, before, when it rained in Martinaise and you *felt* the cold of the rain. The feeling persists. It has been in you ever since. |
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197 | Logic | Why single out this one building? |
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198 | Perception (Hearing) | The ruin in front of you is silent as a tomb. |
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199 | Feld Mural |
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200 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.mural_look_in"] and IsKimHere() == false |
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201 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.mural_look_in"] and IsKimHere() == false) == false |
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202 | Esprit de Corps | Somewhere in Martinaise, Lieutenant Kitsuragi is consulting his notebook... A sudden draught turns a page between his hands. You're going to need him if you want to listen to the wind. |
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203 | Feld Mural |
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204 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.mural_look_in"] == false and IsKimHere() |
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205 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.mural_look_in"] == false and IsKimHere()) == false |
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206 | Esprit de Corps | Lieutenant Kitsuragi stands in front of a mirror, fixing his orange bomber jacket. You should be asking him that question. |
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207 | None |
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208 | None |
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209 | None |
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210 | Feld Mural |
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211 | Feld Mural | IsKimHere() |
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212 | Feld Mural | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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213 | Feld Mural |
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214 | Feld Mural | IsKimHere() |
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215 | Feld Mural | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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216 | Feld Mural | The long abandoned industrial building towers above you in silence. |
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217 | Shivers | A breeze, like a quiet sigh, moves over you. The cool air breaks across your body. It brings the salt of the sea into your lungs. |
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218 | Shivers | GO TO THE CHILDREN OF THE BIG SEA. |
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219 | Feld Mural |
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220 | Feld Mural | IsHighestPolitical("communist") |
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221 | Feld Mural | (IsHighestPolitical("communist")) == false |
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222 | You | What the hell was that? |
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223 | You | Yes. I understand. |
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224 | You | Yes, Comrade Zephyr. I shall find them. Girl Child Revolution and Girl Child Communism! | Variable["boardwalk.mural_big_c_start"] == true |
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225 | Rhetoric | The big sea... The Big C? That can only mean one thing: Communism. |
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226 | Shivers | The wind rushes away, leaving you where you were -- on the rotting boards of the Feld Building. |
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227 | Shivers | BOY CHILD FREEDOM. BOY CHILD JUSTICE. |
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228 | Feld Mural |
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229 | Feld Mural | IsKimHere() |
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230 | Feld Mural | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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231 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Officer?" The lieutenant watches you attentively. "Are you okay? It looked like we lost you for a second." |
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232 | None |
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233 | You | "Did I have a seizure, Kim?" |
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234 | You | "I think I need to talk to some kids in the village." |
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235 | You | "The wind told me to talk to children. Let's roll." |
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236 | You | "I need to go to the children, Kim. Girl Child Communism. Boy Child Freedom." | Variable["boardwalk.mural_big_c_accepted"] == true |
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237 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Doesn't look like it to me." He pauses to study you for a moment. "Probably not, anyway." |
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238 | Kim Kitsuragi | "When you're ready." The lieutenant nods. |
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239 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Right. Well, I'm sure that after..." The lieutenant's words come to a slow halt. He pinches the bridge of his nose. |
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240 | You | "This is part of the investigation now." |
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241 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Okay..." The lieutenant looks down the coast, toward the shacks. "When you're ready, officer." |
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242 | You | "Communism is a murder investigation, Kim. It's about understanding whose bootheel killed the human spirit." |
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243 | None |
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244 | You | Pull on your knowledge to understand what caused the twins to hear radio in their heads. | Variable["TASK.return_to_mural_for_new_check"] == true and Variable["boardwalk.mural_encycloedia_pass_check"] == false and IsKimHere() and Variable["TASK.ask_the_wind_done"] == false |
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245 | Feld Mural |
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246 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.mural_encycloedia_pass_check"] |
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247 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.mural_encycloedia_pass_check"]) == false |
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248 | Encyclopedia | You know a lot about radio. Enough to know: You have no idea how or why those boys heard Speedfreaks FM in their heads. |
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249 | Feld Mural |
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250 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.mural_encyclopedia_fail_once"] |
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251 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.mural_encyclopedia_fail_once"]) == false |
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252 | Encyclopedia | Let's see, let's see... Just flicking through the index of your knowledge... |
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253 | Encyclopedia | Still nothing. Your head is full of obscure facts, none of which are helpful here. Move on before you make another scene. |
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254 | You | Cool. No rush. |
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255 | You | Come on, hurry up, we're on a schedule here! |
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256 | Encyclopedia | Searching with all possible speed! |
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257 | Encyclopedia | We have, uh... Radio brands, radio crimes, radio comedies, radio dramas, radio physics, radio psychics, radio scandals, radio shows, and way more in-between, but, uh.... |
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258 | You | But? |
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259 | Encyclopedia | Nothing that would be useful here. Sorry. |
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260 | Feld Mural |
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261 | Feld Mural | Variable["tc.ulan_frequency"] |
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262 | Feld Mural | (Variable["tc.ulan_frequency"]) == false |
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263 | You | I know about ULAN frequencies. Does that help? |
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264 | Encyclopedia | You know little about ULAN frequencies other than that they exist. Maybe? It's impossible to say. |
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265 | None |
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266 | You | "Radio is killing the fucking cop star. Come on!" |
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267 | You | "Is this all I am? A fount of useless radio trivia?" |
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268 | You | "Then I've got nothing. I'm a shit detective. I should be in the sewer." |
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269 | Feld Mural |
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270 | Feld Mural | IsHourBetween(8,19) |
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271 | Feld Mural | (IsHourBetween(8,19)) == false |
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272 | Mikael Heidelstam | "What is he talking about?" The young boy looks to his father, frowning. |
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273 | Trant Heidelstam | "I'm not sure, Mikael." He looks at you, as if making an appraisal. |
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274 | Feld Mural |
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275 | Feld Mural | IsKimHere() |
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276 | Feld Mural | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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277 | Kim Kitsuragi | The lieutenant clears his throat. "Let's move on. I don't think we need to stand around anymore." |
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278 | Encyclopedia | Apologies! You just need time to remember. There has to be something there. Go do other things around the coast. That might help. |
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279 | Encyclopedia | Knowledge like that isn't just obscure; it's unknowable. Dangerous theoretical facts like that are probably protected under the Coalition Government's Articles of Dominion, Title XIV, Article 7c. While an expert might be able to suss it out on their own, a layman like you has no hope. |
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280 | Encyclopedia | You don't know how it happened. But the stores of your knowledge are vast and there *is* something crucial in them. |
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281 | You | What's that? |
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282 | Encyclopedia | You know where Ruby *isn't.* |
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283 | Encyclopedia | She isn't in the fishing village. She's not with her bullet under the floorboards in the shack. So where could she be? |
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284 | Feld Mural |
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285 | Feld Mural | Variable["TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date_done"] |
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286 | Feld Mural | (Variable["TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date_done"]) == false |
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287 | Encyclopedia | Land's End? You took in the sights there with Lilienne. Ruby wasn't up the disused radio tower, among the reeds, or beneath the boardwalk. |
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288 | Feld Mural |
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289 | Feld Mural | Variable["coast.idiot_teq_story_end_reach"] |
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290 | Feld Mural | (Variable["coast.idiot_teq_story_end_reach"]) == false |
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291 | Encyclopedia | The alcoholics never mentioned seeing Ruby either. Idiot Doom Spiral gave an exhaustive account of recent events, but never mentioned seeing Ruby. |
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292 | Feld Mural |
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293 | Feld Mural | Variable["TASK.inspect_traps_done"] |
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294 | Feld Mural | (Variable["TASK.inspect_traps_done"]) == false |
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295 | Encyclopedia | You've searched the whole coast for Morell's traps. Just as you didn't find the Insulindian phasmid, you did not find her. |
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296 | Feld Mural |
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297 | Feld Mural | Variable["church.church_open_door_w_key"] |
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298 | Feld Mural | (Variable["church.church_open_door_w_key"]) == false |
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299 | Encyclopedia | Nor is Ruby in the Church. Some criminals still seek sanctuary from sacred buildings, even though sanctuary laws were abolished decades ago. But Ruby wasn't such a one. |
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300 | You | Does that mean she's *here*? |
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301 | Encyclopedia | If she's here on the coast, she'll be *here.* And besides, something weird happened to the twins around here. It'd be nice to know what caused that. Another fact for your collection! |
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302 | Shivers | Suddenly there's a sigh, carried on the molecules around you, moving, flowing from high pressure to low pressure. Like that of a woman emptying her lungs. She wraps the collapsing stone box in front of you in her breath, flowing through it... |
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303 | Kim Kitsuragi | "I see. Political theory as detective work. Right." The lieutenant looks down the coast, toward the shacks. "After you, officer." |
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304 | None |
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305 | None |
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306 | Half Light | Judging eyes, like he's a fucking brain doctor. What the hell does he know? |
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307 | None |
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308 | Kim Kitsuragi | "You mean we should do that *right now*, don't you?" the lieutenant asks, his usually even tone wavering slightly. "Can that be done *after* the murder investigation?" |
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309 | You | "The wind didn't tell me to wait." |
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310 | Kim Kitsuragi | "True... But how do we even get in there? The doors were on the collapsed side of this building... they're gone, basically." |
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311 | You | "The twins did hear the radio from here, so *something* is happening..." | Variable["boardwalk.NewVariable_05"] |
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312 | Feld Mural |
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313 | Feld Mural | Variable["TASK.find_children_of_the_big_sea_done"] |
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314 | Feld Mural | (Variable["TASK.find_children_of_the_big_sea_done"]) == false |
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315 | Feld Mural |
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316 | Feld Mural | Variable["TASK.find_children_of_the_big_sea"] |
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317 | Feld Mural | (Variable["TASK.find_children_of_the_big_sea"]) == false |
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318 | None |
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319 | Feld Mural |
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320 | Feld Mural |
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321 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.NewVariable_05"] |
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322 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.NewVariable_05"]) == false |
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323 | Feld Mural |
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324 | Feld Mural | Variable["tc.ulan_frequency"] |
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325 | Feld Mural | (Variable["tc.ulan_frequency"]) == false |
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326 | Encyclopedia | ... Well, in fairness, you haven't seen much more of the coast. But you do know one last thing: ULAN. Ruby dabbles in advanced radio theories. ULAN, the Speedfreaks mystery -- it might just be related. |
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327 | Feld Mural |
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328 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.mural_encyclopedia_ulan_said_in_fail"] |
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329 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.mural_encyclopedia_ulan_said_in_fail"]) == false |
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330 | Encyclopedia | And, while you might not have seen much of the coast, you were probably right: The ULAN frequency is likely connected to all this. Ruby dabbles in advanced radio theories. The Speedfreaks FM case is a radio mystery. That may not be coincidence. |
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331 | Encyclopedia | That isn't a fact *yet*. But it's a compelling suspicion. |
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332 | You | So I was right! ULAN -- she *is* here! |
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333 | Feld Mural |
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334 | Feld Mural | Variable["boardwalk.NewVariable_05"] and Variable["TASK.find_children_of_the_big_sea_done"] == false |
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335 | Feld Mural | (Variable["boardwalk.NewVariable_05"] and Variable["TASK.find_children_of_the_big_sea_done"] == false) == false |
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336 | You | "We should look into that before we move on." |
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337 | Kim Kitsuragi | The lieutenant glances down the coast, toward the fishing village. "There's also still the question of how the twins tuned into Speedfreaks FM..." |
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338 | You | "Can we look into that later?" |
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339 | Kim Kitsuragi | A shuffle of nylon as the lieutenant shrugs. "I don't know... It's your call, detective. If you drop the radio lead now, just be prepared to live without having done it." |
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340 | Kim Kitsuragi | A shuffle of nylon as the lieutenant shrugs. "It's your call, detective. If you drop the radio lead now, just be prepared to live without having done it." |
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341 | You | "You just want to dial your favourite radio station, don't you?" |
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342 | Kim Kitsuragi | A shuffle of nylon as the lieutenant shrugs. "I'm only observing that there's another lead you wanted to follow. And that if you drop the radio lead now, just be prepared to live without having done it." |
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