Conversation 183: CHURCH / STAINED GLASS WINDOW VISCAL

Viscal concerning the stained glass window. You can put important things together.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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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.
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3 None
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4 You Reconstruct the cracked glass.
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5 Stained Glass Window
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6 Stained Glass Window Variable["church.stained_viscal_whitec_crack"]
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7 Stained Glass Window (Variable["church.stained_viscal_whitec_crack"]) == false
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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.
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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.
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10 You Turn away. [Leave.]
11 You How did I know this is the *mother of humanism*?
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12 Stained Glass Window
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13 Stained Glass Window Variable["church.stained_viscal_whitec_dolores"]
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14 Stained Glass Window (Variable["church.stained_viscal_whitec_dolores"]) == false
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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.
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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...
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17 None
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18 None
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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.
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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.
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21 You Kneel.
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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.
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23 Stained Glass Window Cradled in her arms are a pair of glowing lungs, clearly visible from underneath her flowing dress. You should kneel.
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24 Conceptualization She acknowledges the passing of someone who is still alive...
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25 Empathy You.
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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.
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27 Stained Glass Window
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28 Stained Glass Window Variable["church.stained_greeting_done"]
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29 Stained Glass Window (Variable["church.stained_greeting_done"]) == false
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30 You Look up.
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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?
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32 You No.
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33 You Close your eyes first.
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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.
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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.
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36 Shivers Cold air seeps in through the crack in the glass, cooling the sweat on your forehead. Makes you shudder...
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37 Perception (Hearing) The ocean feels distant. Its ebb and flow blocked off by the centuries-old pinewood sarcophagus around you.
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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*!
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39 Encyclopedia This is Her Innocence Dolores Dei.
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40 Stained Glass Window
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41 Stained Glass Window Variable["church.stained_concept_passing"]
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42 Stained Glass Window (Variable["church.stained_concept_passing"]) == false
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43 Stained Glass Window
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44 Stained Glass Window Variable["church.stained_empathy_passing_you"]
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45 Stained Glass Window (Variable["church.stained_empathy_passing_you"]) == false
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46 Stained Glass Window
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47 Stained Glass Window IsKimHere()
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48 Stained Glass Window (IsKimHere()) == false
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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.
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50 You Look up.
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51 You No.
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52 Inland Empire As if under a microscope.
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53 You No. I am not your bug.
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54 You It's compassion.
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55 You It's remorse.
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56 You It's mourning.
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57 You It's not possible to live.
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58 Kim Kitsuragi As that soft word passes through your mind, the lieutenant draws an x-shaped cross from shoulder to shoulder.
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59 Kim Kitsuragi As that great and desperate thought passes through your mind, the lieutenant draws an x-shaped cross from shoulder to shoulder.
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60 Stained Glass Window
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61 Stained Glass Window IsKimHere()
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62 Stained Glass Window (IsKimHere()) == false
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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.
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64 Stained Glass Window
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65 Stained Glass Window IsKimHere()
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66 Stained Glass Window (IsKimHere()) == false
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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.
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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.
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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.
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70 Stained Glass Window
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71 Stained Glass Window IsKimHere()
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72 Stained Glass Window (IsKimHere()) == false
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73 Kim Kitsuragi As that useless word passes through your mind, the lieutenant draws an x-shaped cross from shoulder to shoulder.
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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.
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75 Kim Kitsuragi As that terrible word passes through your mind, the lieutenant draws an x-shaped cross from shoulder to shoulder.
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76 Stained Glass Window
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77 Stained Glass Window IsKimHere()
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78 Stained Glass Window (IsKimHere()) == false
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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.
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80 Stained Glass Window
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81 Stained Glass Window Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]
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82 Stained Glass Window (Variable["church.stained_knelt_down"]) == false
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83 You Do the same as you get up.
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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.
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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
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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
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87 You I'm not doing that cross either.
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88 You Make the same gesture.
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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.
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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.
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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*.
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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.
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94 Stained Glass Window
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95 Stained Glass Window Variable["church.stained_midgreet_quick_exit"]
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96 Stained Glass Window (Variable["church.stained_midgreet_quick_exit"]) == false
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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..."
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98 You "You knew of the place?"
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99 Stained Glass Window
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100 Stained Glass Window Variable["village.ww_dolorian_church_kim_heard"]
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101 Stained Glass Window (Variable["village.ww_dolorian_church_kim_heard"]) == false
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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."
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103 You "What else do you know?"
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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."
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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.
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106 Stained Glass Window
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107 Stained Glass Window Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"]
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108 Stained Glass Window (Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"]) == false
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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.
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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..."
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111 Encyclopedia On the coast of an uninhabited archipelago, where only animals had roamed before. In the wild reeds.
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112 Stained Glass Window
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113 Stained Glass Window Variable["church.churchdoor_empathy_kimguilty"]
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114 Stained Glass Window (Variable["church.churchdoor_empathy_kimguilty"]) == false
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115 Empathy There it is again -- a small pang of guilt. It's time to ask him what happened here.
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116 Empathy A pang of guilt? The lieutenant is leaving something out.
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117 Stained Glass Window
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118 Stained Glass Window Variable["church.stained_kim_empathy_reaction"]
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119 Stained Glass Window (Variable["church.stained_kim_empathy_reaction"]) == false
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120 None
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121 Conceptualization Respectful? Is the lieutenant a follower of Dolorianism?
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122 You "Do you know *why* it was abandoned?" Variable["church.tiago_police_raid_discussed"] == false
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123 You Better to not intrude upon him.
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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.
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125 None
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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."
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127 Stained Glass Window
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128 Stained Glass Window Variable["village.ww_dolorian_church_kim_heard"]
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129 Stained Glass Window (Variable["village.ww_dolorian_church_kim_heard"]) == false
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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."
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131 None
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132 You "You're not sure?" Variable["church.stained_you_did_the_raid"] == true
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