Conversation 183: CHURCH / STAINED GLASS WINDOW VISCAL

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ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			27
2	Stained Glass Window	In white, silver, and apricot faïence, the young mother of humanism stands above you. A crack runs across her body. She is impossibly tall, oval-faced and sad -- a dark and radiant majesty.		39
3	None			372 86 85 148 11 4 10
4	You	Reconstruct the cracked glass.		5
5	Stained Glass Window			6 7
6	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_viscal_whitec_crack"]	8
7	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_viscal_whitec_crack"]) == false	162
8	Visual Calculus	A jigsaw of broken shards falls into place in front of you: a ghostly reconstruction of the stained glass window. Before it was shattered there was an older woman beneath the younger one -- and a text, a *leitmotiv* below them both.		166
9	Visual Calculus	The shards glimmer in the dark -- you see little pearls of light on the edges of the crack that splits the female figure. Something was written there... remains of broken letters line the emulsion. What it said, you do not know.		18
10	You	Turn away. [Leave.]
11	You	How did I know this is the *mother of humanism*?		12
12	Stained Glass Window			13 14
13	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_viscal_whitec_dolores"]	15
14	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_viscal_whitec_dolores"]) == false	16
15	Encyclopedia	Despite the damage you've done to yourself, the title appears lodged in your hippocampus. This is Her Innocence Dolores Dei -- the innocence of humanism, internationalism, and the welfare state -- perhaps the most famous human being ever to have lived.		19
16	Encyclopedia	It's a mystery. A mystery sprinkled with self-pity and regret. For some reason, unknown to your mind, looking at her delicate eyes makes you feel like you're ready for drowning...		371
17	None			3
18	None			3
19	Encyclopedia	No amount of *Commodore Red* can wipe her sad smile from your brain-thing. It has survived the deluge and haunts you still. And will haunt you forever, as it haunts all men.		199
20	Encyclopedia	All you know is, this is the young mother of humanity -- and that you should go. Do something else! Escape her sad, worryworn look.		17
21	You	Kneel.		22
22	Stained Glass Window	Your knees touch the floor. The floorboards are hard and cold -- there you kneel among the snowdrifts, diffuse light falling on your hands from beyond the glass.		33 30
23	Stained Glass Window	Cradled in her arms are a pair of glowing lungs, clearly visible from underneath her flowing dress. You should kneel.		21 32 92
24	Conceptualization	She acknowledges the passing of someone who is still alive...		40
25	Empathy	You.		43
26	Stained Glass Window	The mother of humanism stands above you -- a precious and complex wax painting on a single pane of glass. A crack runs across the length of her body, her face oval and sad.		403
27	Stained Glass Window			28 29
28	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_greeting_done"]	26
29	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_greeting_done"]) == false	94
30	You	Look up.		31
31	Stained Glass Window	The woman looks down at you kneeling. She towers among her followers: architects, laymen, courtiers. There is a sad smile on her lips and a glint in her green-blue eye -- of what? Compassion? Remorse?		24
32	You	No.		49
33	You	Close your eyes first.		34
34	Stained Glass Window	The world is silent, but for the creaks and cracks of the massive wooden structure behind you. It covers you from the wind outside.		37
35	Inland Empire	In the darkness, you sense her eyes on you, inspecting you with their multicoloured glass. As if you're a bug under a microscope.		415
36	Shivers	Cold air seeps in through the crack in the glass, cooling the sweat on your forehead. Makes you shudder...		35
37	Perception (Hearing)	The ocean feels distant. Its ebb and flow blocked off by the centuries-old pinewood sarcophagus around you.		36
38	Half Light	No, she doesn't care about you. She only cares about her shiny sovereign's orb and her silk robes and getting to the aerodrome on time -- to *leave*!		381
39	Encyclopedia	This is Her Innocence Dolores Dei.		23
40	Stained Glass Window			41 42
41	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_concept_passing"]	25
42	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_concept_passing"]) == false	381
43	Stained Glass Window			44 45
44	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_empathy_passing_you"]	38
45	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_empathy_passing_you"]) == false	381
46	Stained Glass Window			47 48
47	Stained Glass Window		IsKimHere()	58
48	Stained Glass Window		(IsKimHere()) == false	387
49	Stained Glass Window	Cold wind seeps in from the crack in the glass. Snowdrifts cover the floorboards at your feet. Above, you feel her multicoloured eyes on you. Inspecting you.		52
50	You	Look up.		31
51	You	No.		64
52	Inland Empire	As if under a microscope.		50 51 53
53	You	No. I am not your bug.		64
54	You	It's compassion.		46
55	You	It's remorse.		70
56	You	It's mourning.		76
57	You	It's not possible to live.		60
58	Kim Kitsuragi	As that soft word passes through your mind, the lieutenant draws an x-shaped cross from shoulder to shoulder.		80
59	Kim Kitsuragi	As that great and desperate thought passes through your mind, the lieutenant draws an x-shaped cross from shoulder to shoulder.		80
60	Stained Glass Window			61 62
61	Stained Glass Window		IsKimHere()	59
62	Stained Glass Window		(IsKimHere()) == false	399
63	Kim Kitsuragi	As that bitter thought passes through your head, the lieutenant draws an x-shaped cross from shoulder to shoulder. With three fingers.		88 87
64	Stained Glass Window			65 66
65	Stained Glass Window		IsKimHere()	63
66	Stained Glass Window		(IsKimHere()) == false	67
67	Stained Glass Window	That bitter thought passes through your mind as you stand in the apricot-coloured light of the window. The woman keeps smiling her distant smile above you, sundered by the crack in the glass.		404
68	Stained Glass Window	That great and desperate thought passes through your mind as you stand in the apricot-coloured light of the window. Above you, the woman keeps smiling her distant smile, sundered by the crack in the glass.		405
69	Stained Glass Window	That soft word passes through your mind as you stand in the apricot-coloured light of the window. The woman keeps smiling her distant smile, sundered by the crack in the glass.		406
70	Stained Glass Window			71 72
71	Stained Glass Window		IsKimHere()	73
72	Stained Glass Window		(IsKimHere()) == false	391
73	Kim Kitsuragi	As that useless word passes through your mind, the lieutenant draws an x-shaped cross from shoulder to shoulder.		80
74	Stained Glass Window	That lonely word passes through your mind as you stand in the apricot-coloured light of the window. The woman keeps smiling her distant smile above you, sundered by the crack in the glass.		406
75	Kim Kitsuragi	As that terrible word passes through your mind, the lieutenant draws an x-shaped cross from shoulder to shoulder.		80
76	Stained Glass Window			77 78
77	Stained Glass Window		IsKimHere()	75
78	Stained Glass Window		(IsKimHere()) == false	395
79	Stained Glass Window	That terrible word rings through your mind as you stand in the apricot coloured-light of the window. The woman keeps smiling her distant smile above you, sundered by the crack in the glass.		405
80	Stained Glass Window			81 82
81	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]	83
82	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]) == false	385
83	You	Do the same as you get up.		84
84	Stained Glass Window	Your fingertips touch your chest four times. Then you rise from your knees, into the apricot-coloured light of the window. Above you, the woman still smiles her distant smile, sundered by the crack in the glass.		3
85	You	"Who is this, Kim?"	Variable["church.stained_ency_this_is_dolores_dei"] == false and Variable["tc.dolores_dei_full_church"] == false and IsKimHere() and Variable["church.stained_talked_to_kim_about_dolores"] == false	157
86	You	"This is Dolores Dei."	(Variable["church.stained_ency_this_is_dolores_dei"] == true or Variable["tc.dolores_dei_full_church"] == true) and IsKimHere() and Variable["church.stained_talked_to_kim_about_dolores"] == false	99
87	You	I'm not doing that cross either.		89
88	You	Make the same gesture.		90
89	Stained Glass Window	Good call. She left us all in the shits, don't give her a single thing. Just stand there in the apricot-coloured light of the window, secretly grinding your teeth. The woman smiles her distant smile, unmoved, struck in half by the crack in the glass.		91
90	Stained Glass Window	Your fingertips touch your chest four times. When it's done, you're still standing in the apricot-coloured light of the window. The woman smiles her distant smile, unmoved, struck in half by the crack in the glass.		91
91	Half Light	Serves her right. She only cares about her sovereign's orb and her silk robes and getting to the aerodrome on time -- to *leave*.		404
92	You	Leave me alone, woman. [Leave.]
93	Stained Glass Window	There she still stands. In white, silver, and apricot, the young mother of humankind. A crack runs across her body. She is impossibly tall, oval-faced and sad -- a dark and radiant majesty.		23
94	Stained Glass Window			95 96
95	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_midgreet_quick_exit"]	93
96	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_midgreet_quick_exit"]) == false	2
97	Kim Kitsuragi	"The old woman in the village was right..." He looks around. "This must be the Dolorian Church of Humanity in Martinaise -- or the Small Pinewood Church in some records..."		98
98	You	"You knew of the place?"		102
99	Stained Glass Window			100 101
100	Stained Glass Window		Variable["village.ww_dolorian_church_kim_heard"]	97
101	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["village.ww_dolorian_church_kim_heard"]) == false	110
102	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's a minor landmark, not easy to find. Most maps misplace it..." He lowers his voice. "It was built not long after Revachol's founding, 300 or so years ago by first-generation settlers."		111
103	You	"What else do you know?"		104
104	Kim Kitsuragi	"There used to be seven stave churches on the coast. Les Sept Soeurs they call them -- The Seven Sisters. Only one remains. The rest were burnt in the Revolution, or used for building materials."		407
105	Kim Kitsuragi	"We should be respectful here, although the building appears to be deserted. I do not believe we'll find the instigator here. Something else, perhaps..." He looks at the machinery lying around.		121
106	Stained Glass Window			107 108
107	Stained Glass Window		Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"]	109
108	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"]) == false	105
109	Kim Kitsuragi	"We should be respectful here, although the building appears to be deserted. We have already found the instigator -- I'm not sure what else we could want from here..." He looks around.		121
110	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes." He looks around. "I wasn't sure before, but this must be the Dolorian Church of Humanity in Martinaise -- it's called the Small Pinewood Church in some records..."		98
111	Encyclopedia	On the coast of an uninhabited archipelago, where only animals had roamed before. In the wild reeds.		103 355
112	Stained Glass Window			113 114
113	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.churchdoor_empathy_kimguilty"]	115
114	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.churchdoor_empathy_kimguilty"]) == false	116
115	Empathy	There it is again -- a small pang of guilt. It's time to ask him what happened here.		117
116	Empathy	A pang of guilt? The lieutenant is leaving something out.		117
117	Stained Glass Window			118 119
118	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_kim_empathy_reaction"]	416 122 123
119	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_kim_empathy_reaction"]) == false	120
120	None			3
121	Conceptualization	Respectful? Is the lieutenant a follower of Dolorianism?		112
122	You	"Do you know *why* it was abandoned?"	Variable["church.tiago_police_raid_discussed"] == false	126
123	You	Better to not intrude upon him.		124
124	Stained Glass Window	Cold air seeps in through the crack in the glass. The woman is keeping her colourful eye on both of you.		125
125	None			3
126	Kim Kitsuragi	"I have a theory, yes." There's a pause, then he continues: "There was a police raid a while back. I heard the place was shot to pieces."		127
127	Stained Glass Window			128 129
128	Stained Glass Window		Variable["village.ww_dolorian_church_kim_heard"]	130
129	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["village.ww_dolorian_church_kim_heard"]) == false	131
130	Kim Kitsuragi	"The old woman in the village was being tactful with us when she didn't mention it. She has more respect for the RCM than many around here."		131
131	None			135 132 360 133 134
132	You	"You're not sure?"	Variable["church.stained_you_did_the_raid"] == true	138
133	You	"If I was here, I should find out what I was doing." (Proceed.)	Variable["church.stained_how_kim_know_of_raid_asked"] == true	144
134	You	"Better to forget about it." (Proceed.)	Variable["church.stained_how_kim_know_of_raid_asked"] == true	145
135	You	"Who conducted this raid?"		136
136	Kim Kitsuragi	"Well... your station was involved, I hear. Although I can't be sure."		137
137	Rhetoric	How come the lieutenant isn't sure? Is this confidential information?		143
138	Kim Kitsuragi	"Three Precincts were involved in the raid and people say Precinct 41 was one of them."		139 140
139	You	"I don't remember being here."		141
140	You	"I..." (Look around.) "I guess I could have been here."		142
141	Kim Kitsuragi	"I am pretty sure it was a clandestine operation. I don't know anything more about it. Why it was conducted, or who participated... I try not to pry into extra-district matters."		359
142	Kim Kitsuragi	"I'm sorry, I'm not saying you were..." There's a pause. "It was a clandestine operation. I don't know anything about it. Why it was conducted or who participated. I try not to pry into extra-district matters."		359
143	None			131
144	Kim Kitsuragi	"Good luck. You will not get information on a confidential operation from your station secretary just by calling. If you really don't remember -- it might be better to keep this one forgotten."		146
145	Kim Kitsuragi	"I agree. It happened a while ago. It's unimportant to our business in Martinaise now."		147
146	Kim Kitsuragi	"It happened a while ago. It's unimportant to our business in Martinaise now."		147
147	None			3
148	You	"Kim, are you a follower of Dolorianism?"	IsKimHere() and Variable["church.stained_kim_of_dolorian_descent"] == true	149
149	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes. We all are. Her name, body, and rule are synonymous with humanism. The laws we enforce are Dolorian in origin."		152 151 153
150	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's not spiritual. It's constitutional. The Dolorian system does not demand faith -- only accordance."		156
151	You	"I didn't think you were spiritual."		150
152	You	"Hmm..." (Stroke your chin first.)		155
153	You	"I don't like her. She looks like a *leaver*."		154
154	Kim Kitsuragi	"I have no idea what you mean by that. We've been standing here long enough. We should look around, or get out."		156
155	Stained Glass Window	The woman looks by in silence, smiling enigmatically.		151 153
156	None			3
157	Stained Glass Window			158 159
158	Stained Glass Window		Variable["village.ww_dolorian_church_kim_heard"]	161
159	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["village.ww_dolorian_church_kim_heard"]) == false	160
160	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's Dolores Dei..." he says in a hushed voice. "I believe we are in the Dolorian Church of Humanity in Martinaise. Or the Small Pinewood Church in some records."		98
161	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's Dolores Dei..." he says in a hushed voice. "The old woman was right. This is the Dolorian Church of Humanity in Martinaise. Or the Small Pinewood Church in some records."		98
162	Stained Glass Window			163 164
163	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_viscal_failed_once"]	165
164	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_viscal_failed_once"]) == false	9
165	Visual Calculus	Nothing, just the edge of the crack sparkles in the dark. There may have been a writing here but you cannot make out what it said.		18
166	None			364 167 168 169 170
167	You	Who is this older woman?		171
168	You	The motto? What does it say?		173
169	You	"Lieutenant, this used to say: 'After life, death -- after'..."	IsKimHere() and Variable["tc.after_life_death"]	179
170	You	Step back.		178
171	Visual Calculus	The escutcheon on her throne says: Irene the Navigator. She is depicted as an older woman wearing thick rimmed eye-glasses, holding a golden *reichsapfel* in one hand and a scepter in the other. This is the queen Her Innocence Dei advised -- above, she herself is whole.		172
172	Visual Calculus	Small figures of wise men, common men, worshippers walk up the stairs to stand at her feet. Secret servicemen -- Therriers -- stand in a row guarding her. It must have taken years to produce this work in all its dizzying detail.		370
173	Visual Calculus	Below both women, in luminous blackletter: APRÈS LA VIE - MORT; APRÈS LA MORT - LA VIE DE NOUVEAU.		175
174	None			166
175	Visual Calculus	And then along the left side: APRÈS LE MONDE - LE GRIS; APRÈS LE GRIS - LE MONDE DE NOUVEAU.		176
176	Encyclopedia	AFTER LIFE -- DEATH; AFTER DEATH -- LIFE AGAIN. AFTER THE WORLD -- THE PALE; AFTER THE PALE -- THE WORLD AGAIN. This is the great leitmotiv of humanism, a summary of the effect of the discovery of this isola -- the Insulindian -- on human thinking. A tremendous sea change akin to finding life after death...		181
177	Stained Glass Window	The mother of humanism towers above you -- a wax painting on a cracked pane of glass. Nothing has changed in her expression.		3
178	None			177
179	Kim Kitsuragi	"...death, life again," he nods. "After the world, the pale; after the pale -- the world again."		185
180	None			166
181	Stained Glass Window			182 183
182	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.mainframe_personal_log_password_hub_reached"]	184
183	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.mainframe_personal_log_password_hub_reached"]) == false	174
184	Logic	Could these words be the password that unlocks the filament memory?		174
185	Kim Kitsuragi	"This exaltation is common in Dolorian sacralism. In the early years it was even incorporated as the RCM's slogan. No more, however."		186 187
186	You	"Why?"		189
187	You	"What is the RCM motto now?"		188
188	Kim Kitsuragi	"'Justice, Union, Prudence, and Force'."		190 191 192 196
189	Kim Kitsuragi	"It was deemed *subservient* to use a strongly Moralintern-related motto. We're already suspected of bootlicking. The sentence was also seen as... too feminine. It was a macho thing."		187
190	You	"Cool."		195
191	You	"Not very feminine."		194
192	You	"I like the other one better."		193
193	Kim Kitsuragi	"So do I."		180
194	Kim Kitsuragi	"Not at all."		180
195	Kim Kitsuragi	"Ice cool," the lieutenant nods.		180
196	You	"I like this. Puts the fear of god back in the f****ts."		197
197	Kim Kitsuragi	"You are brutal and *dumb*." He says, his voice ice cold.		198
198	Empathy	There is silence in the church. He wants there to be.		180
199	None			200 201 212 239 264 234
200	You	Wait, what exactly is an *innocence*?	Variable["church.stained_what_is_innocence_asked"] == false	202
201	You	Okay. When did she rule?		211
202	Encyclopedia	The highest category of historic individual -- an embodiment of the World Spirit.		203 205
203	You	A ruler?		204
204	Encyclopedia	More. An innocence is elected to office by the Founding Party, a precedent that has taken place a mere six times in the entirety of History. The legal system of the Reál Belt is built to accommodate innocentic rule, should it coincide with our time.		207
205	You	A tyrant?		206
206	Encyclopedia	In a way. An innocence is elected to office by the Founding Party, a precedent that has taken place a mere six times in the entirety of History. The legal system of the Reál Belt is built from the ground up to accommodate innocentic rule, should it coincide with our time.		207
207	Encyclopedia	An innocence is infallible. The decisions made by one are not decisions. They are inevitabilities -- what would have happened anyway, only accelerated, packed into decades instead of centuries. An Innocence is a continuous, compressed event, a sacred human being. It is an honour and a glory to live when one is in office.		208
208	You	Is one in office now?		209
209	Encyclopedia	No. We are alone.		210
210	None			199
211	Encyclopedia	Three hundred years ago, in the wake of the discovery of this isola -- the Insulindian -- by explorers from the continent of Mundi. She is, among other things, the innocence of interisolary travel and the connected world.		213
212	You	What else do I know about her?		214
213	None			199
214	Encyclopedia	Many things. You know she was a woman of the court, the wife of an influential *marchese*, and eventually the principal advisor to Irene La Navigateur, Queen of Suresne (modern day Sur-la-Clef). Also, that she was gorgeous beyond beauty.		218
215	Encyclopedia	Terribly. Women of the court were expected to play both contract bridge and chess sufficiently well to prove an interesting challenge to a man -- a similar grasp in matters of philosophy, theology, and science was encouraged. She was, by all means, a kept woman...		216
216	Encyclopedia	She made the most of her position in the Antedolorian court -- a court visited by the most prominent thinkers and artists of the day. In secret, she was becoming the era's pre-eminent philosopher of the state. A scalpel, a piercing gaze...		217
217	Encyclopedia	She was an almost preternaturally magnetic and intelligent individual. To her contemporaries she appeared out of time, a messenger from the future of the species. We *all* fell in love with her, head over heels. Even before she was declared an innocence her influence was tremendous.		243
218	Inland Empire	Draped in ancient sadness. Are you sure you want to remember this bit of historic trivia? Standing under her long slender form like this, dwarfed...		382
219	Stained Glass Window			220 221
220	Stained Glass Window		CheckEquipped("neck_tie") and Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] == true	222
221	Stained Glass Window		(CheckEquipped("neck_tie") and Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] == true) == false	223
222	Horrific Necktie	Yes -- big bummer. Boring history. Gotta keep it light, man, keep it moving. Get fucked up instead.		223
223	None			226 224 225
224	You	Right. Better not to go poking any further.	Variable["church.stained_ie_more_dolores_history"]	232
225	You	Okay, what else? Was she smart?		215
226	You	Where is this coming from?	Variable["church.stained_ie_more_dolores_history"]	227
227	Inland Empire	The past. It's a *silo* of sadness. Fermenting. You should keep away.		228
228	Stained Glass Window			229 230
229	Stained Glass Window		CheckEquipped("neck_tie") and Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] == true	231
230	Stained Glass Window		(CheckEquipped("neck_tie") and Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] == true) == false	419
231	Horrific Necktie	Fuck this pain, bratan. It's unhealthy.		419
232	Inland Empire	Exactly. Back out of this corner of your mind by choosing the bottom-most option: "To hell with this."		233
233	None			199
234	You	To hell with this.		235
235	Encyclopedia	But... she was not hell. She is the opposite of that, the wind of paradise, stripping away the covers from the hearts of men...		236
236	Stained Glass Window	There you stand, below her once more, with your hands on your side. Momentarily at a loss as to what to do with yourself.		237
237	None			3
238	Encyclopedia	It was on her advice that Irene La Navigateur sponsored a number of voyages into the pale. A costly, often tragic endeavour, ultimately vindicated by the discovery of the *New New World*, the piece of reality you're standing on...		411
239	You	I want more.		240
240	Encyclopedia	As did we all. The lands of Mesque and the Occident and even far-away Supramundi -- altogether twenty one of the forty Mondial nations of the time -- immediately accepted innocentic rule. Even before her crowning.		251 252
241	Encyclopedia	In a city called Advesperascit, in Vesper-Messina, her homeland. The name of the city means 'Evening comes,' but it happened on a winter's morning with the canals frozen and slush falling out of the sky.		257
242	Encyclopedia	Wow indeed. When her innocence was declared -- and the queen she had advised for years fell on her knees before her -- she was so overcome with emotion that her *lungs* started *glowing* in her chest...		412
243	You	How come?		238
244	Conceptualization	That is why the lungs are the symbol of love for the cultures of the Reál Belt.		246
245	Encyclopedia	Oh yes... She looked like humanity's young mother, a perfect mother. Insultingly beautiful. It was as if her face and shoulders and hands were covered in a soft down of under-feathers. You know this well -- very well.		258
246	None			199
247	Encyclopedia	One of the men in this secret service killed her -- 22 years later. A young man who had come to suspect that Dolores Dei was not entirely human, but something else.		260
248	You	Wow.		242
249	You	I don't care.		250
250	Encyclopedia	Okay. When her innocence was declared -- and the queen she had advised for years fell on her knees before her -- she was so overcome with emotion that her *lungs* started *glowing* in her chest...		413
251	You	Her crowning?		241
252	You	She was crowned? Like Sola?	Variable["tc.sola_crowning"] == true	256
253	You	She must have been beautiful...		245
254	You	I don't care how she looked. I don't care. It doesn't hurt me.		255
255	Encyclopedia	Oh, she was insultingly beautiful. She was humanity's young mother, a perfect mother. It was as if her face and shoulders and hands were covered in a soft down of under-feathers. You know this well -- very well.		258
256	Encyclopedia	Yes. In a city called Advesperascit, in Vesper-Messina, her homeland. The name of the city means "Evening comes," but it happened on a winter's morning with the canals frozen and slush falling out of the sky.		257
257	Encyclopedia	She was dressed in a white and pearl dress on an emptied-out plaza, with the crowd far away. Already her *Therriers* -- the secret servicemen of the innocence -- were worried about an assassination attempt.		253 254
258	Encyclopedia	Midwinter snow was beating the cobblestones around her. A small attaché of officials stood by as her Therriers placed a white gold wreath on her head. The crowning was mostly witnessed by secret servicemen.		259
259	You	Then what?		247
260	You	What?		261
261	Encyclopedia	Something that had walked in our midst, watching us stumble for hundreds, if not thousands of years, until it decided to interfere -- interfere in the course of our history. 'We were supposed to come up with this ourselves!' the man was reported to have screamed at the innocence...		263
262	Encyclopedia	This *inhuman* quality was witnessed by many others as well -- glowing lungs and all. It is commonly attributed to mass hysteria and religious psychology.		414
263	Encyclopedia	Dolores Dei was shot in the chest with a fowling piece, eight times. The man, thought to be insane, said he once touched her and her body had been unnaturally warm, like a furnace -- and that sometimes while on duty he observed her forgetting to breathe for over ten minutes...		262
264	You	Was there something... *terrifying* about her?		265
265	Encyclopedia	*Terrifying* is a term too emotionally charged for your semantic memory. Or what remains of it, but...		267
266	Rhetoric	Suggesting those who fight against it are not part of humanity.		269
267	Inland Empire	Terrifying. It's a simple word. She was *bad* for humanity and you shouldn't have started thinking about her!		274
268	Encyclopedia	Although she is often considered to be the greatest human being to ever live, there *was* something ominous about Dolores Dei -- constantly surrounded by her Therriers...		270
269	Encyclopedia	She adored chess, yes -- but also military war games. Dolores Dei often holds a tiny tin soldier between her index finger and thumb -- in icons such as this. She was also blonde, the blondest woman you have ever seen, with green eyes the colour of the Pisantic *mare interregnum*...		272
270	Encyclopedia	She was the most socially secluded and least self-aware of all the innocences. Some modern thinkers would consider her a war criminal for the campaigns she waged against the Mesque state. And then there were the resettlement programs...		282
271	Encyclopedia	The Mesque state tried to detach itself from innocentic rule. Parts of the world were experiencing whiplash from accelerating into secularism. Her mandatory education programs and mass resettlement of upstream Magritte were problematic as well. Dissenters were suppressed by a military force she called “The Army of Humanity"...		266
272	Encyclopedia	Little is known of her marchese husband. It's as if he vanished from history after completing his role -- which was to introduce Dolores Dei to court. In conclusion, yes, there *is* something lonely, paranoid, and even terrifying that people seldom mention, but *feel* when they think of her...		273
273	Conceptualization	This subtle terror is part of her iconography.		283
274	Stained Glass Window			275 276
275	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_ie_dei_for_humanity"]	277 278
276	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_ie_dei_for_humanity"]) == false	268
277	You	You're right. Time to heed the warning.		280
278	You	No -- was there something *bad* about her, I want to know...		279
279	Encyclopedia	You already do. Although she is often considered to be the greatest human being to ever live, there *was* something ominous about Dolores Dei -- constantly surrounded by her Therriers...		270
280	Inland Empire	Good. Now back out of this corner of your mind by choosing the bottom option: "To hell with this." You've been standing here long enough.		281
281	None			199
282	You	What happened?		271
283	Stained Glass Window			284 285
284	Stained Glass Window		IsKimHere()	290
285	Stained Glass Window		(IsKimHere()) == false	286
286	Stained Glass Window			287 288
287	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]	293
288	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]) == false	289
289	None			199
290	Kim Kitsuragi	"Officer, you've stood there for over five minutes..." The lieutenant's calm voice echoes in the cold air of the church.		291
291	Kim Kitsuragi	"What are you thinking of, if I may ask?"		294
292	Andre	"What are you thinking -- you okay?" He seems a tad worried.		294
293	Andre	"Hey man, you've stood there for like... half an hour!" The hedgehog-haired man yells from across the coldness of the church.		292
294	None			295 297 296 302 306 303 305
295	You	"She's somehow connected to the case."		299
296	You	"Why did we tolerate this bourgeois woman that long before we shot her?"	IsTHCFixed("communist")	310
297	You	"Glowing lungs... That's fucked up..."		307
298	None			3
299	Stained Glass Window			300 301
300	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]	327
301	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]) == false	304
302	You	"Nothing. Just looking around."		316
303	You	"She's not human."		313
304	Kim Kitsuragi	"She's been dead for three hundred years. I am almost a thousand percent certain she isn't connected to the case..." He takes his glasses off to clean them.		325
305	You	Yell: "War criminal!"		322
306	You	"She's beautiful..."		319
307	Stained Glass Window			308 309
308	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]	328
309	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]) == false	329
310	Stained Glass Window			311 312
311	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]	332
312	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]) == false	333
313	Stained Glass Window			314 315
314	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]	339
315	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]) == false	338
316	Stained Glass Window			317 318
317	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]	342
318	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]) == false	343
319	Stained Glass Window			320 321
320	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]	345
321	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]) == false	346
322	Stained Glass Window			323 324
323	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]	351
324	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]) == false	352
325	Kim Kitsuragi	"None of this is, in fact. This church. The coast... This isn't a good place to get lost in."		326
326	Empathy	An imperceptible tinge of fear. The lieutenant is afraid of this place.		298
327	Andre	"That's mega cool, man, you coming up with theories in here like that. Right on."		353
328	Andre	"That's mega cool, man, you coming in here and questioning religious symbolism like that. Right on."		348
329	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes. Glowing lungs are quite unusual. After that one time, they have not been reported to glow." He takes his glasses off to clean them.		330
330	Kim Kitsuragi	"You know... this church. The coast... we shouldn't linger. Finish what you came here to do and let's move on. This isn't a good place to get lost in."		331
331	Empathy	An imperceptible tinge of fear. The lieutenant is afraid of the church. He does not know why, but he is.		298
332	Andre	"That's mega cool, man, you coming up with wild left-wing stuff in here like that. Right on!"		335
333	Kim Kitsuragi	"She introduced us to the idea of public education, retirement, and modern diplomacy." He takes his glasses off to clean them.		334
334	Kim Kitsuragi	"Either way... this church, we shouldn't linger here. This isn't a good place to get lost in."		331
335	Noid	"That's not left wing, Andre. I don't think we should have that spooker adorning the club..." Another voice from the back of the church...		298
336	Kim Kitsuragi	"This church. The coast in general... we shouldn't linger here. This isn't a good place to get lost in. We should conclude our business and move on."		331
337	Noid	"Right on." A voice from the back of the church. "She was inhuman. You've got a critical mind, cop-man. Yo, Andre, we should board that window up. No one wants that spooky shit when they're dancing."		354
338	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay..." He takes his glasses off to clean them. Then, after a while, he says:		336
339	Andre	"That's mega cool, man, you coming in and accusing her of not being human like that. Right on, man!"		337
340	Noid	"We should board that window up, Andre." A voice from the back of the church. "People don't want to see that woman when they're dancing. It's unhealthy."		354
341	Kim Kitsuragi	"This church. The coast in general... we shouldn't linger here. This isn't a good place to get lost in."		331
342	Andre	"Cool, man! Yeah! Look around as much as you wanna, this is *your* place too!"		340
343	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay. It's just that you've been looking at that window for quite long now. And it's cold in here..." He takes off his glasses to clean them.		341
344	Noid	"I told you, Andre." A voice from the back of the church. "People don't want to see that woman when they're dancing. It's unhealthy. And we're *not* putting disco lights on it. That would only make it worse."		298
345	Andre	"Cool, man! Yeah, we should light her up with disco lights. People are gonna lose their shit when they see a club for anodic music with this kind of... sacred shit."		344
346	Kim Kitsuragi	"That she is. A great sacral piece. I wonder what we're doing here, however..." He takes his glasses off to clean them.		347
347	Kim Kitsuragi	"In this church I mean? The coast in general... we shouldn't linger. This isn't a good place to get lost in."		331
348	Noid	"Yeah, glowing lungs *are* fucked up." A voice from the back of the church. "We should board that window up. Bad sines, you know?"		354
349	Noid	"Right on." A voice from the back of the church. "She was inhuman. You've got a critical mind cop-man -- furthermore, Andre, we should board that window up. No one wants that spooky shit when they're dancing."		298
350	Kim Kitsuragi	"Either way -- this church, the coast in general... we shouldn't linger here. This isn't a good place to get lost in. We should conclude our business and move on."		331
351	Andre	"Uhm..." Andre doesn't know what to say. "It's cold man, you've been looking at that window for like forever now, man. You should dance, get some warmth!"		349
352	Kim Kitsuragi	"I don't know about that..." He takes his glasses off to clean them. "It was a different time. A different war."		350
353	Noid	"We should board that old spooker up, Andre." A voice from the back of the church. "It'll only disturb the people while they're trying to dance, unshackled by the failure of humanism."		354
354	Acele	"How about we *don't* do that, Noid?" Another voice. "She looks cool."		298
355	You	"Okey-dokey."		356
356	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okey-doe-doe," he whispers in the silence of the great building.		358
357	None			3
358	Drama	A touch of absurdity there, nice!		357
359	Drama	A very, very skilled thespian would detect a touch of drama when he says he doesn't know why it was conducted...		143
360	You	"You're leaving something out."	Variable["church.stained_drama_raid_leaving_something_out"] == true	361
361	Kim Kitsuragi	"I assure you, I'm not." He looks up at the stained glass window.		362
362	Drama	Stonewalling. Good technique.		363
363	None			131
364	You	What shattered this mosaic?		365
365	Visual Calculus	Unknown.		366
366	Stained Glass Window			367 368
367	Stained Glass Window		Variable["tc.church_raid"]	369
368	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["tc.church_raid"]) == false	420
369	Logic	Something during the raid the lieutenant mentioned? Or just hooligans looking for something to break.		370
370	None			166
371	Inland Empire	Your heart knows. But it does not want to say, not yet. Let these things be unknown for now.		20
372	You	Looks like I can't give this figurine to her.	(CheckItem("figurine_set_headless_faln_rider") or CheckItem("figurine_set_revolutionary")) and Variable["TASK.offer_dolores_dei_figurines"] == true and Variable["TASK.offer_dolores_dei_figurines_done"] == false	373
373	Reaction Speed	Why?		374
374	You	Because she's a stained glass window.		375
375	Reaction Speed	That does seem to be a problem... maybe you meant something else?		376 379
376	You	Like what? Is the task still on?		377
377	Reaction Speed	I don't know. What are we thinking of? Part of your mind has gone on to other things already...		378
378	Inland Empire	Only a strange little sadness remains.		380
379	You	Okay.		380
380	None			177
381	None			54 55 56 57
382	Stained Glass Window			383 384
383	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_ie_more_dolores_history"]	219
384	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_ie_more_dolores_history"]) == false	225
385	You	Do the same.		386
386	Stained Glass Window	Your fingertips touch your chest four times as you stand in the apricot-coloured light of the window. Above you, the woman still smiles her distant smile, sundered by the crack in the glass.		3
387	Stained Glass Window			388 389
388	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]	390
389	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]) == false	69
390	Stained Glass Window	As that soft word passes through your mind, you rise -- into the apricot-coloured light of the window. The woman keeps smiling her distant smile, sundered by the crack in the glass.		406
391	Stained Glass Window			392 393
392	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]	394
393	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]) == false	74
394	Stained Glass Window	As that lonely word passes through your mind, you rise -- into the apricot-coloured light of the window. The woman keeps smiling her distant smile above you, sundered by the crack in the glass.		406
395	Stained Glass Window			396 397
396	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]	398
397	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]) == false	79
398	Stained Glass Window	With that terrible word ringing through your mind, you rise -- into the apricot coloured-light of the window. The woman keeps smiling her distant smile above you, sundered by the crack in the glass.		405
399	Stained Glass Window			400 401
400	Stained Glass Window		Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]	402
401	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]) == false	68
402	Stained Glass Window	As that great and desperate thought passes through your mind you rise. From your knees and into the apricot-coloured light of the window. Above you, the woman keeps smiling her distant smile, sundered by the crack in the glass.		405
403	None			3
404	None			3
405	None			3
406	None			3
407	Stained Glass Window			408 409
408	Stained Glass Window		Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]	106
409	Stained Glass Window		(Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]) == false	410
410	Kim Kitsuragi	"We should be respectful here, although the building appears to be deserted. I do not believe we'll find anything connected to the lynching here. Something else, perhaps..." He looks at the machinery lying around.		121
411	Encyclopedia	She was crowned two years after the first expedition returned, setting in motion what is widely considered the greatest era in history -- the Dolorian Era.		248 249
412	Encyclopedia	Bystanders reported golden filaments lighting the already sunlit chamber around her, clearly visible beneath her dress.		244
413	Encyclopedia	Bystanders reported golden filaments lighting the already sunlit chamber around her, clearly visible beneath her dress. I repeat: *Her lungs started glowing*. Do you care now?		244
414	None			199
415	You	Open your eyes.		31
416	You	"Tiago said the place was abandoned because of a police raid. Do you know anything about it?"	Variable["church.tiago_police_raid_discussed"]	417
417	Kim Kitsuragi	"I do." There's a pause, then he continues: "I heard it was a particularly bad one. The place was shot to pieces."		418
418	Kim Kitsuragi	"If this man was really here when it happened, then it's better for all of us that he doesn't remember what happened."		131
419	Conceptualization	No. You *must* know.		224 225
420	Interfacing	A motor carriage? A gunshot? Someone falling into it? Or maybe just hooligans looking for something to break.		370