Conversation 1262: INVENTORY / DRIED MAY BELLS

This dialogue is attached to the "dried_may_bells" item.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 Kim Kitsuragi "This is the Insulindian Lily." The lieutenant corrects his glasses. "Called 'May bells' or 'Lucille's tears' during the Revolution. Girls used to pin these on soldiers before sending them off to battle."
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3 None
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4 None IsKimHere()
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5 None (IsKimHere()) == false
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6 None
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7 You "What is the Revolution?" Variable["tc.revolution"] == false
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8 You "Very well." (Put the flower back in your pocket.)
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9 You "Who pinned them? Which side?"
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10 You Blow on your fingers.
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11 You "Does this flower blossom in early spring?"
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12 Shivers Water flows under the channel bridge -- dark water. You rub your sides for warmth but there is none.
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13 Shivers ...the wrinkled fingers of an old man crush flower petals. Then sprinkle them in the stream, like white salt.
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14 Kim Kitsuragi "A big political and military conflict. Ask around, or buy a book." He seems annoyed by the question.
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15 None
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16 None
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17 None Variable["whirling.klaasje_shivers_may_bells"]
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18 None (Variable["whirling.klaasje_shivers_may_bells"]) == false
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19 Kim Kitsuragi "The revolutionaries: so the communards and the anarchists. White's their colour. But the custom started in the Suzerain's army so it held meaning for the kingsmen too."
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20 Kim Kitsuragi "It's about girls and boys more than *sides*. Girls sending off boys who are going to their deaths -- then also dying themselves in the ruins, from dysentery and consumption. It's a symbol of the Civil War."
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21 Kim Kitsuragi "Yes, but not *this* early -- not to my knowledge..." He observes the petals: "It looks dried. Preserved."
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22 Shivers Inland, above the Martinaise distributary, the channel that brought waste water from the silk mills of Jamrock; and then dead bodies during the War...
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23 None
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24 You Stand still.
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25 Shivers The feeling recedes.
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26 Dried Wildflower The petals feel dry and fragile in your hand.
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27 Dried Wildflower Six crumbling petals rest on your palm. They're white, a bell-shaped crown.
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28 Esprit de Corps Somewhere in Central Jamrock, Lieutenant Kitsuragi steps into the public library, rows of shelves pass on either side... you feel he should be here for in-depth flower analysis.
29 None
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30 You "What is this, Kim?"
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31 Encyclopedia This flower is a spring flower, but it's a bit early for that, isn't it?
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32 You "Is it a coincidence -- it being on the roof?"
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33 Kim Kitsuragi "Maybe -- maybe not." He makes a note in his little note book. "We'll see."
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34 None
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35 None
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36 None Variable["plaza.rene_know_dead"]
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37 None (Variable["plaza.rene_know_dead"]) == false
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38 You Never mind [Leave.]
39 None
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40 None Variable["inventory.wildflower_hub_reached_with_kim"]
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41 None (Variable["inventory.wildflower_hub_reached_with_kim"]) == false
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42 Kim Kitsuragi "As I said -- an Insulindian Lily, or a May bell. Girls pinned them on their boys during the Revolution."
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43 Logic René! That old man in the uniform. Maybe you should show it to him when you get the chance.
44 None
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45 None Variable["TASK.ask_rene_about_maybells_done"]
46 None (Variable["TASK.ask_rene_about_maybells_done"]) == false
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47 None
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48 None Variable["plaza.met_rene"]
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49 None (Variable["plaza.met_rene"]) == false
50 Reaction Speed Wait, have you noticed there's a *war veteran* playing a ball game -- on the plaza? You should ask him about the flowers.