Conversation 183: CHURCH / STAINED GLASS WINDOW VISCAL

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• Dialogue: prose containing spoken dialogue and other description.
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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