Conversation 423: JAM / HORSEBACK MONUMENT

On the traffic island in the jam, an old monument of Filippe III The Squanderer pointing towards an unknown location in the sea. The chest region seems to have suffered chip damage.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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2 Horseback Monument An old monument stands in the middle of the traffic island. It is surrounded by scaffolding that has been haphazardly erected around it.
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3 You [Leave.]
4 You Who is this?
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5 None
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6 Perception (Sight) Something with great kinetic energy seems to have impacted the cuirass... around where the 'heart' is. A bullet?
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7 Visual Calculus Someone's shot him in the heart. Interesting.
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8 You What indentations? What do I see? Variable["jam.horseback_monument_perc_holes"] and Variable["jam.horseback_monument_scaffolding"] == false
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9 Horseback Monument A silver plaque on the statue's pedestal reads: 'I am Filippe III, the Squanderer, the Greatest of the Filippian Kings of Revachol; Son of Filippe II, the Opulent; Father of Filippe IV, the Insane.'
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10 Volition Not a good track record of mental health in that family.
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11 Horseback Monument
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12 Horseback Monument IsKimHere()
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13 Horseback Monument (IsKimHere()) == false
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14 None
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15 You "Lieutenant -- has someone *shot* the king?" (Point to the indentation)
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16 You Don't mention it.
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17 Horseback Monument The monument stands high above you. Mute and indifferent to your sightings.
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18 Kim Kitsuragi "Okay..." He cleans his glasses before looking up. "I can't see it. But I'll take your word for it."
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19 You "What do you think?"
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20 Kim Kitsuragi "Well... Martinaise is riddled with bullet holes. This place saw a lot of action during the Revolution. But the statue *is* recently renovated -- so maybe a joke? Target practice? Or a political statement?"
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21 None
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22 You "Yes, a practical joke."
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23 You "Mhm, target practice."
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24 You "Political. It's a *king* and he's shot."
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25 You "None of the above. Maybe it's connected to the murder?"
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26 Horseback Monument
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27 Horseback Monument Variable["XP.discover_the_bullet"] or Variable["yard.hanged_got_bullet_out"] or Variable["whirling.hardie_rhetoric_wc"]
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28 Horseback Monument (Variable["XP.discover_the_bullet"] or Variable["yard.hanged_got_bullet_out"] or Variable["whirling.hardie_rhetoric_wc"]) == false
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29 Kim Kitsuragi "If we connect every bullet hole in Martinaise to the murder, we'll get an overwhelming amount of loose threads..." He takes his notebook out. "But then again, our guy *was* shot. And that hole would be recent."
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30 Kim Kitsuragi He takes a note. "It's not *completely* tangential -- at least worth noting down. I wouldn't hold my breath, though."
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31 Inland Empire We'll see.
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32 Kim Kitsuragi "If we connect every bullet hole in Martinaise to the murder, we'll get an overwhelming amount of loose threads..." He takes his notebook out. "But then again, we don't really know what we're dealing with here, so..."
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33 Kim Kitsuragi He takes a note. "I've made a note. Don't hold your breath."
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34 Horseback Monument The king stands high above you, surveying the bay. Mute and indifferent to your sightings.
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35 Kim Kitsuragi "Why not?" He shrugs. "What this shows us is guns aren't too uncommon here. And people still shoot them. Sometimes at kings." He takes a note in his notebook.
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36 None
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37 You What did this king do? Variable["jam.horseback_monument_know_who_it_is"]
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38 Horseback Monument
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39 Horseback Monument Variable["jam.monument_white_succeeded"]
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40 Horseback Monument (Variable["jam.monument_white_succeeded"]) == false
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41 Horseback Monument
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42 Horseback Monument Variable["jam.monument_white_failed_once"]
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43 Horseback Monument (Variable["jam.monument_white_failed_once"]) == false
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44 Encyclopedia The more you ask yourself, the less you know. One thing is for certain, though: you're brain-damaged. It's serious. And permanent.
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45 None
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46 Horseback Monument High above you, the king stands triumphantly oblivious to your memory trouble.
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47 Encyclopedia Even by the standards of the Filippian kings, Old Sumptuous Filippe was known for his profligacy.
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48 You In what way?
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49 Encyclopedia Beneath the cold waters of the Insulindian Bay, thrown there by the revolutionaries after they cleaned out the royal mausoleum.
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50 Encyclopedia Well, he blew through the whole national treasury, starting the decline of one of the penultimate century's greatest superpowers: the Suzerain of Revachol...
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51 You I don't want to know.
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52 Encyclopedia His own maladministration foreshadowed the fall of the monarchy during the Antecentennial Revolution, an end to his family line and the monarchy on the Insulindian isola.
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53 You How did he manage to blow through *the entire national treasury*?
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54 Shivers A group of marble pleurants still surrounds the king's vandalized tomb... A deathly cold wind sweeps up candy wrappers and old newspapers.
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55 None
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56 Horseback Monument
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57 Horseback Monument Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] == true and CheckEquipped("neck_tie") == true
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58 Horseback Monument (Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] == true and CheckEquipped("neck_tie") == true) == false
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59 You Fair enough, I have other questions. (Stop the knowledge from pouring in.)
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60 Encyclopedia Stories have it that he had his bedroom converted into a treasure chamber where he stored unfathomable wealth: *krugerrands*, bars of gold, ornate weaponry, armour, and various chalices.
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61 Horseback Monument Filippe III's ludicrous bronze likeness looks defiantly up into the sky.
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62 Encyclopedia That's what the revolutionaries said -- 150 years later. Right before they emptied out the royal mausoleum and dumped His Majesty's mortal remains in the Insulindian Bay.
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63 Encyclopedia His Majesty's courtiers said it helped him connect with the *Higher Realms*.
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64 None
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65 Encyclopedia He called it the *Sol Aurum*. It was obscene. There were whispers he slept on a huge pile of gold-dipped feathers like some obese dragon, instead of a bed like a normal person.
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66 Electrochemistry Not just *any* nose candy, though. We're talking royal *Filippian* blow, allegedly twice as potent as the stuff you find nowadays. And purple, Filippian cocaine was purple.
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67 Horrific Necktie The man certainly knew how to live!
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68 You So he was addicted to nose candy. A bloated druggie?
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69 You The what now?
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70 Encyclopedia But wait! You haven't even heard about his fabled cocaine addiction.
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71 Encyclopedia You see, Old Filippe wasn't just good at squandering the national treasury on gold and ceremonial weaponry. He was also a prodigious snorter of nose candy.
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72 You A deplorable farce. No wonder everything went to shit.
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73 You This is... a lot to process.
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74 You Wait, really? There's no way that's true.
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75 You Okay. Where is he buried now? (Proceed.)
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76 You I would like to sleep on gold. Hustler-style.
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77 You The king is the king and he can do *anything*.
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78 You Okay, what is nose candy?
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79 Encyclopedia Cocaine.
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80 None
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81 None
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82 Horseback Monument
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83 Horseback Monument IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")
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84 Horseback Monument (IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")) == false
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85 Authority This is slander. The king was just and beautiful. The revolutionaries made this all up.
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86 You What happened to the statue?
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87 Encyclopedia The original was blown apart by communards, then further damaged during the landing of the Coalition's airships during the Turn-Of-The-Century Revolution. When Martinaise was levelled.
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88 You That's such a bad idea.
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89 You Who restored the monument?
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90 Encyclopedia Some years ago a group of liberal, artistically inclined individuals (designers mostly) thought it would be *ironic* to restore the statue of the most wasteful ruler of Revachol in the poorest part of the city...
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91 Encyclopedia The statue is supposed to capture the moment it was blown apart, like *an instant frozen in time*. A rare butterfly, trapped in amber, floating on a sea of... shit.
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92 Encyclopedia Most historians think the Coalition's hasty landing may have ultimately *saved* the statue: If the communards had more time they would have reduced it up to even *finer* pieces.
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93 Encyclopedia Neither do people in Martinaise. The statue has proved to be *controversial* in a neighbourhood mostly populated by the left-leaning working class.
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94 You That's brilliant! So funny and nihilistic.
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95 You I *really* don't get art.
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96 Rhetoric Not that he ever did in life, either.
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97 Encyclopedia People in Martinaise tend to disagree, as do many prominent art critics and thought leaders with more *nuanced* social awareness than the young ironists.
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98 Encyclopedia People in Martinaise tend to agree, as do many prominent art critics and thought leaders with more *nuanced* social awareness than the young ironists.
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99 Horseback Monument Filippe III, the Squanderer, however, with his bronze face up in the air, doesn't seem concerned about what the *hoi polloi* think of him in death.
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100 Conceptualization Those critics might have it wrong, though. There's more to it than just 'ironism'... but you can't say what precisely. Perhaps this art mystery will be solved at a later time?
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101 None
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102 Encyclopedia What did he do? You have no idea what *you* did a week ago! How would you know what this guy did many centuries ago?
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103 Perception (Sight) As you look up, you notice something about the statue. There are some odd indentations on the king's chest piece...
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104 You Examine the scaffolding. Variable["jam.horseback_monument_scaffolding"] and Variable["TASK.return_to_whirling_done"] == false
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105 Horseback Monument A matrix of metal tubes and wooden planks jut out at odd angles. A miserable tarpaulin covers up the horse and rider, flapping in the cold coastal air...
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106 Savoir Faire This is *not* what that Personal Brand Strategist of yours promised. No one even knows that you're paying for this re-conceptualization! Go and have a word with him. Find out what's going on.
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107 Conceptualization There's not an *ounce* of artistry here! It's even worse than expected.
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108 None
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109 Horseback Monument
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110 Horseback Monument Variable["TASK.report_to_the_tribunal_done"] and Variable["TASK.check_back_on_renovation_later"]
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111 Horseback Monument (Variable["TASK.report_to_the_tribunal_done"] and Variable["TASK.check_back_on_renovation_later"]) == false
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112 Horseback Monument The scaffolding around the old monument has been taken down. In its place are the spoils of your investment. Numerous rods and ropes still hold the original reassemblage in place.
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113 You Reflect on the re-conceptualization. Variable["TASK.report_to_the_tribunal_done"] and (Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_apocalypse"] or Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_superstar"] or Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_sorry"] or Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_boring"] or Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_art"])
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114 Horseback Monument An old monument stands in the middle of the traffic island, pointing toward the sea. It's been covered in posters with radical slogans like 'NO KINGS, NO BOSSES' and 'AGAIN, AND ONCE MORE AFTER THAT!'
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115 Horseback Monument At the bottom of the posters, in smaller lettering, are details about meeting at a local coffeehouse.
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116 Horseback Monument
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117 Horseback Monument IsKimHere()
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118 Horseback Monument (IsKimHere()) == false
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119 Kim Kitsuragi "Looks like the students took your advice to heart, detective."
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120 Horseback Monument
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121 Horseback Monument Variable["jam.horseback_monument_scaffolding"]
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122 Horseback Monument (Variable["jam.horseback_monument_scaffolding"]) == false
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123 Horseback Monument An old monument stands in the middle of the traffic island, pointing toward the sea. It looks as if it's been reassembled piece-by-piece, secured and mounted in the air with the aid of numerous ropes and rods.
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124 Horseback Monument
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125 Horseback Monument Variable["apt.student_posters_okay"]
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126 Horseback Monument (Variable["apt.student_posters_okay"]) == false
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127 Horseback Monument
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128 Horseback Monument Variable["TASK.contact_warship_archer_done"]
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129 Horseback Monument (Variable["TASK.contact_warship_archer_done"]) == false
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130 Horseback Monument An old monument stands in the middle of the traffic island, pointing toward the sea. The whole thing is wrapped in vibrantly coloured cables and coiled wire. Where the horse's head should be, only twisted pieces of rebar remain.
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131 Horseback Monument
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132 Horseback Monument Variable["jam.warship_interfacing_rc_success"]
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133 Horseback Monument (Variable["jam.warship_interfacing_rc_success"]) == false
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134 Horseback Monument An old monument stands in the middle of the traffic island, pointing toward the sea. The horse and rider appear to be struggling against the vibrantly coloured cables and coiled wire.
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135 Horseback Monument There are no lights that spell out your name, no workers with calloused hands leering from above -- just construction materials displayed as if to mourn your misplaced dreams.
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136 Half Light That son of a bitch scammed you! Probably to *make fun of you*...
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137 Horseback Monument The old king looks defiantly to the west, wrapped in makeshift scaffolding like a mummy...
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138 Horseback Monument
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139 Horseback Monument Variable["jam.monument_posters_kim_comment"]
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140 Horseback Monument (Variable["jam.monument_posters_kim_comment"]) == false
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141 None
External:
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142 Horseback Monument
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143 Horseback Monument Variable["jam.horseback_monument_reflection_done"]
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144 Horseback Monument (Variable["jam.horseback_monument_reflection_done"]) == false
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145 Horseback Monument
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146 Horseback Monument Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_apocalypse"]
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147 Horseback Monument (Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_apocalypse"]) == false
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148 None
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149 Horseback Monument
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150 Horseback Monument Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_superstar"]
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151 Horseback Monument (Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_superstar"]) == false
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152 Horseback Monument
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153 Horseback Monument Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_sorry"]
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154 Horseback Monument (Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_sorry"]) == false
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155 Horseback Monument
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156 Horseback Monument Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_boring"]
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157 Horseback Monument (Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_boring"]) == false
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158 Horseback Monument The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the brilliant sunlight. The doom crier in the centre waits to be swallowed by the bright sky, his cardboard omen flapping in the wind like live bait...
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159 Horseback Monument The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the brilliant sun. The king of disco is lit up like a stage, anticipating a funky beat that will never come...
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160 Horseback Monument The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the brilliant sunlight. The penumbral griever is a silhouette against the bright sky, the flowers lifting him in requiem starting to wilt...
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161 Horseback Monument The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the brilliant sunlight. The tickets remain true to their duty -- except for a few that have come unstuck, now assigned to brushing dirt from the asphalt below...
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162 Horseback Monument The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the brilliant sunlight. The formless complexion glows at the centre, while the old architecture surrounding it groans in the heat with looming irrelevance...
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163 Horseback Monument
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164 Horseback Monument Variable["TASK.see_ids_monument_renovation_done"]
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165 Horseback Monument (Variable["TASK.see_ids_monument_renovation_done"]) == false
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166 Horseback Monument
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167 Horseback Monument Variable["jam.horseback_monument_scaffolding"]
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168 Horseback Monument (Variable["jam.horseback_monument_scaffolding"]) == false
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169 Horseback Monument
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170 Horseback Monument Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_boring"]
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171 Horseback Monument (Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_boring"]) == false
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172 None
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