Conversation 237: PLAZA / ANNETTE

Daughter of the book shop clerk is standing outside with a small book stand in order to make the shop more inviting. You chat her up.

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  • ID: a numerical index for the entry within this conversation.
  • Character: the character speaking or acting.
  • Dialogue: prose containing spoken dialogue and other description.
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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 You "Hi."
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3 Annette "Hello, sir! Step right in, the store is open!" A young girl with chubby red cheeks waves at you, smiling. Her nose is also red from the cold.
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4 You "What is your name?" Variable["XP.help_annette"] == false
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5 Annette "It's a bookstore, sir! We sell books, postcards, and some board games." She points at the window. "It's called *Crime, Romance, and Biographies of Famous People*."
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6 None
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7 Annette "My name is Annette, sir. My mum, her name is Plaisance, she owns the store. She's inside, minding the register... or organizing the stock."
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8 You "What is this crime business?!" Variable["plaza.annette_talked_about_books"] == true and Variable["XP.help_annette"] == false
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9 Annette "Crime fiction is about murders or burglaries or things like that. And the work of a policeman or a private detective who's trying to solve a crime and catch the criminals."
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10 You "Why would anyone want to *read* about crime?"
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11 Annette "It's exciting to people, I guess. They get to imagine dangerous things. And it's kinda like a puzzle, where you can guess who the criminal is or how the good guys are going to catch him. "
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12 You "I'm a policeman myself, by the way."
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13 You "If I looked like Mr. Mullen, all the criminals would go off running the very moment they saw me. This way I can go undercover, blend in, collect evidence."
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14 You "Okay, then maybe I'm not a policeman? Or should stop being one."
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15 Annette "Didn't mean to offend, sir, sorry, sir. It's just that you don't look like Dick Mullen." She points to a book cover, on which you see a strapping Vespertine officer. He stands grimly over the body of a dead woman.
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16 You "I used to be exactly like that Mullen guy. Then I decided to *live a little*."
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17 You "If you grow up to be clever, you'll discover there's no such thing as a 'grown-up.'" Variable["plaza.annette_no_grownups"] == true
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18 Empathy She doesn't know what to make of that. But she'll remember it.
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19 Annette "Okay... sir."
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20 None
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21 None
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22 Annette "And everything's better now, sir?"
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23 You "Yes."
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24 You "No."
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25 You "I don't know."
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26 Annette "Maybe you can show me some *real* police work, sir?" The cover image of Dick Mullen seems to stare at you with harsh disapproval. "Like in the books!"
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27 Annette She looks at Dick Mullen, frowning.
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28 You "He isn't even drawn right. This is not how human shoulders work, the perspective is all wrong." Variable["plaza.annette_mullen_conc"] == true
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29 You "Anyhow, it's much easier to work undercover if one doesn't look like him." Variable["plaza.annette_mullen_conc"] == false and Variable["plaza.annette_mullen_endurance"] == false and Variable["plaza.annette_mullen_savoir"] == false and Variable["plaza.annette_mullen_empathy"] == false
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30 Annette She examines the picture, trying to find whatever is wrong with it. She then shrugs and puts the book aside, unconvinced.
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31 Composure You fail to deduce anything substantial.
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32 Annette "Come on, anyone would notice that!" She rolls her eyes.
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33 None
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34 You "What is romance?" Variable["plaza.annette_talked_about_books"] == true and Variable["XP.help_annette"] == false
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35 Annette "It's the type of book where there's a rich lady and she has to choose between the good man and the bad man." She smiles at the thought, perhaps imagining herself in that situation.
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36 You "What about a book where the *man and lady business* doesn't work out at all?"
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37 Annette "I don't think it's a romance story if the main characters break up, though..." She pauses, trying to figure out the appropriate answer.
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38 You "What about a poor man getting a rich lady?"
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39 Annette "It happens. But usually the guy gets rich in the process, or should actually be rich himself, but has lost his family property unjustly, like during the Revolution or something."
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40 You "I see."
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41 None
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42 None
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43 You "Maybe I will."
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44 You "Shouldn't you be at school or something?" Variable["plaza.annette_school_dialogue_trigger"] == true and Variable["XP.help_annette"] == false
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45 Annette "I do my studies at home at the moment. I have to help Mum keep this place running."
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46 You "How's the business going?"
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47 Annette "Mum says it's peachy. She was a little afraid at first, there's talk about this house being..." She looks over her shoulder. "Cursed."
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48 You "Cursed? In what way?"
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49 You "I don't think curses are real."
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50 Annette "Cursed in a way that makes them say that no business has ever really thrived here, sir. That they all go..." She's looking for the right word...
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51 You "Bankrupt."
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52 You "Ass up."
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53 You Say nothing.
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54 Annette "Exactly. But we've been doing fine so far."
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55 Annette She blushes. "I wouldn't really say it like that... but I guess so."
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56 Annette "Well... they run out of money and have to stop doing business."
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57 None
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58 Annette "They shouldn't be, but they seem real. Anyhow, they say that these grounds are doomed for businesses."
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59 You "Okay, I'm going to *deduce* something now." Variable["plaza.annette_opens_up_whitecheck"] == true and Variable["XP.help_annette"] == false
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60 You "You're uptight because of your mother and the pressure she's putting on you."
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61 Annette Dismay flickers in her eyes. "Maybe so, sir." She sighs. "Okay, I know, it's a bad habit and I shouldn't."
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62 You "Rats have been nibbling on your fingers. Child labour in dismal working conditions..."
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63 Annette "What rats? I just read books. Haven't seen a rat in this building in forever."
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64 You "Chewed-on-nails... means you're recycling your body material."
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65 Annette "That is so gross."
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66 You "One could say that entire economies are doomed, as they tend to crash every once in a while." Variable["plaza.annette_economy"] == true
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67 Annette "Yes... sir." You realise she doesn't have the faintest idea what you're talking about.
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68 Annette "Why are they doing that?"
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69 Annette "That is a book." She points at the stands. "They have stories inside them -- it's like someone told you a story in a really long letter."
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70 You "Interesting. Thanks." Variable["plaza.annette_dumbquestions"] >=1
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71 You "And you're standing out here in the cold because...?"
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72 Annette "I'm signalling that the store is open." She nods eagerly. "Otherwise people might not know... they'd miss out on the *Crime, Romance, and Biographies of Famous People*."
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73 None
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74 You "Hmm... I actually had other questions."
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75 Annette "More about books, maybe?" Annette nods eagerly.
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76 None
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77 You "Who are these... famous people?" Variable["plaza.annette_talked_about_books"] == true and Variable["XP.help_annette"] == false
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78 Annette "Oh, kings and queens and generals of old, or artists and writers, or musicians, those kinds of people. There's usually something extraordinary about them."
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79 Logic Seems like most people who read those books fail to get more famous from reading them.
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80 You "Reading those doesn't make the readers more famous, does it?"
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81 You "These famous people sound like a bunch of dorks."
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82 Annette Annette's expression remains ever so helpful, but she doesn't say anything.
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83 Annette "But it does make the famous people more famous!" She smiles gleefully.
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84 You "Right, I had a different question in mind."
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85 You "Never mind... I literally had nothing else to say."
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86 Annette "Why would they do that, sir?"
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87 None
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88 You "Because I'll be a superstar cop, in the papers and everything! That'll show 'em."
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89 You "Hmm... why indeed? I'm just an old, tired cop. What use am I?"
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90 Annette "You're not that old... maybe you'll do something really important. Something that *wows the world*!"
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91 You "You think so?"
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92 Annette "Yes! There's hope... a lot of famous people got famous late, or even after they died."
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93 You "Thanks, girl. You are very kind."
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94 Annette "Yes, sir!" She smiles and takes a sip from her vacuum bottle.
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95 You "That sounds like a nice story to tell yourself at night. Maybe fame isn't that important after all."
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96 None
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97 You "Some can't get noticed, others can't get properly forgotten. That's life for you."
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98 You "You're cold. Can I help in some way?" Variable["plaza.annette_blackcheck_emp_help"] == true
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99 Annette "Kind of you to offer, sir..." She doesn't know what else to say.
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100 You "You can stop calling me 'sir.' I am but a working man." Variable["plaza.annette_dont_call_me_sir"] == 4
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101 You "It's an intense dedication to the Way of Business. There are no riches without personal sacrifice."
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102 Annette "Thank you, sir! I work hard." She beams a smile.
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103 Conceptualization When she grows up, and if she grows up to be clever, she'll discover there's no such thing as a 'grown-up.'
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104 Inland Empire Yeah, you're certainly the type who might find fame *posthumously*. Who knows, you might even get famous for the *manner* of your death!
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105 You "I gotta go." [Leave]
106 Annette "Hello again, sir!" The girl is sipping on her hot juice. She looks at you with shy amusement.
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107 Annette "No, sir, I can't. It would be too tiring to refrain from it. It's already tiring enough to remember to say it all the time. It's nice of you to say I could stop, though."
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108 You "I get you. I, for example, can't stop making this face." (Point at your face.)
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109 You "Okay, yeah, when the next person comes, you'd have to 'sir' or 'ma'am' them again."
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110 You "'Sir' it is, then. Soldier on."
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111 Annette "That's a friendly enough face, most of the time."
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112 None
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113 Annette "Yes... sir." She smiles apologetically.
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114 Annette "By your command!"
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115 Annette "My pleasure! Anything else you'd like to know?"
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116 Annette "Why is that?"
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117 Annette "What's that mean?"
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118 You "Uh, you know -- cut loose, raise hell, blow off steam."
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119 Annette "That's great, sir!" She smiles enthusiastically.
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120 You "Look at me! A hideous beast, a failure of a cop. A disgrace."
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121 You "A man can *never* be truly happy with who he is."
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122 You "You'll understand when you're older."
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123 Annette "Oh. Okay." She blinks at you, not knowing how to reply. "I shouldn't have said that thing about Dick Mullen..."
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124 You "You know, nobody actually looks like the guy in the picture. That's just a stupid fantasy of a man."
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125 Annette "Why is that?" She looks puzzled.
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126 You "I'm a detective. I deduce that you... are a girl."
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127 Annette She waits intently.
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128 Annette
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129 Annette Variable["plaza.annette_perc_whitecheck"] == true
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130 Annette (Variable["plaza.annette_perc_whitecheck"] == true) == false
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131 Composure The girl keeps her hands folded, hidden. Why is that?