Here you can complete TASK.call_station_lazareth and get mocked by Nix Gottlieb.
This is a listing of every "entry" in a given game conversation as scraped from the game files. Entries often contain written dialogue, as well as conditional logic governing their appearance to the player. They also link to other entries, sometimes automatically and sometimes through player action. This page is best used to search for a specific word or phrase, as following the links in this format can be difficult. For an experience that better accommodates the branching structure of these conversations, see the corresponding interactive page.
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| 2 | Alice | "It will take just a moment, officer..." |
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| 3 | Alice | Her voices fades out into the familiar radio static. |
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| 4 | Nix Gottlieb | You hear a man clearing his throat briskly, then an answer: "Gottlieb. What'd ya want?" |
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| 5 | Alice |
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| 6 | Alice | Variable["TASK.call_station_lazareth_done"] |
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| 7 | Alice | (Variable["TASK.call_station_lazareth_done"]) == false |
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| 8 | None |
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| 9 | Nix Gottlieb | "Gottlieb. What'd you get yourself into this time?" The question is followed by the sound of someone taking a long drag. |
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| 10 | You | "How did you know it was me?" | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_call_counter"] == 2 |
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| 11 | You | "I've been shot..." | Variable["TASK.report_to_the_tribunal_done"] and IsKimHere() |
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| 12 | You | "I've been bad and I want someone to abuse me." | IsTHCPresent("sorry_cop") and Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_call_counter"] > 1 |
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| 13 | Nix Gottlieb | "Didn't. But now I do. How's the drinking going?" |
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| 14 | You | "I decided to stop. Completely. Forever." | IsTHCPresent("the_waste_land_of_reality") |
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| 15 | You | "I'm trying really, really hard not to." |
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| 16 | You | "It's going great! I feel like it's really helping me with this case!" |
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| 17 | Nix Gottlieb | "Great to hear it. Stop by some time when you're done with your case -- I'll draw some blood, run it through -- let you know how much 'forever' your liver's going to give you." |
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| 18 | None |
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| 19 | Nix Gottlieb | "Great. Have a medal. I have an autopsy to attend to. An autopsy of one Chester McLaine, who died of *fish poisoning*." |
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| 20 | Chester McLaine | "Fucking... I'm not dead, it just hurts, okay?" |
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| 21 | Nix Gottlieb | "Ah, it's you. Walking, talking, though?" |
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| 22 | You | "Yes, but..." |
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| 23 | Nix Gottlieb | "Great! How's the drinking going?" |
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| 24 | None |
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| 25 | Nix Gottlieb | "Oh, it's you. I know a woman skilled at that sort of thing over in Jamrock... but I wouldn't want to inflict you upon her. Best of luck, detective." |
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| 26 | You | "I guess that's it for now." [Hang up.] |
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| 27 | Nix Gottlieb | "Mhphm." The phone clicks. Suddenly you hear the already familiar voice... |
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| 28 | You | "You know who I am?" | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_call_counter"] == 1 and Variable["plaza.kineema_firewalker_out"] == false and Variable["plaza.kineema_i_am_firewalker"] == false |
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| 29 | You | "I think I've developed extreme photosensitivity..." | Variable["whirling.fan_light_damage_done"] == true |
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| 30 | You | "I think I've had a heart attack..." |
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| 31 | Alice |
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| 32 | Alice | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_call_counter"] >= 2 |
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| 33 | Alice | (Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_call_counter"] >= 2) == false |
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| 34 | Nix Gottlieb | "Gottlieb. What is it now?" There's not the slightest hint of wanting to know the answer in that familiar raspy voice. |
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| 35 | Perception (Hearing) | He's carelessly chewing on a piece of hard candy. |
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| 36 | You | "I don't want to talk about this anymore." |
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| 37 | Nix Gottlieb | "Great. I have an autopsy to attend to. An autopsy of one Chester McLaine, who died of *fish poisoning*." |
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| 38 | You | "I was told to call the lazareth. People are worried about me..." |
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| 39 | You | "I'm in a bad way, doc. A real *bad* way." |
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| 40 | You | "Just a routine check-up." |
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| 41 | Nix Gottlieb | "Oh," the man is unpleasantly surprised. "It's you." |
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| 42 | Suggestion | Was that a snarl or a suppressed groan? No love for you here. |
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| 43 | Nix Gottlieb | "Yes, there's no end to the misfortunes fate has seen fit to rain upon me." |
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| 44 | You | "Good fortune, you mean good fortune, right? You're basking in the floodlight of my glory." | IsTHCPresent("superstar_cop") |
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| 45 | You | "Yes, we live in difficult times. But at least it's over. Almost over, that is..." | IsTHCPresent("apocalypse_cop") |
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| 46 | You | "I'm sorry I've been such a bother to you..." | IsTHCPresent("sorry_cop") |
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| 47 | You | "I don't know anything about fate. I just wanted to talk about a medical issue." | IsTHCPresent("boring_cop") |
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| 48 | You | "Sure, sure -- but can you tell me about myself? As in, who I am?" |
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| 49 | Nix Gottlieb | "*Who* you are? You lost your human visage a while back. Now let's get on with it -- I've got more important things to do." |
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| 50 | Nix Gottlieb | "Then let's get on with it. Clock is ticking." |
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| 51 | Nix Gottlieb | "Oh, spare me the sad drunken blubbering and get on with it. What's your complaint?" |
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| 52 | Nix Gottlieb | "For you it probably is. I'm counting on my lungs outliving your liver by a wide margin." He pauses. "Not that that's anything to fête." |
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| 53 | Reaction Speed | Was he speaking about his longer life or your shorter one when he said it was no cause for celebration? |
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| 54 | Nix Gottlieb | "Basking in your glory, yeah. Practically drowning in it. Please, tell me what your complaint is before I am completely submerged." |
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| 55 | Alice |
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| 56 | Alice | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_reaction"] |
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| 57 | Alice | (Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_reaction"]) == false |
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| 58 | Empathy | A bit of both. But don't flatter yourself -- he's not sorry for you. |
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| 59 | Empathy | Don't flatter yourself -- he's not going to miss you. |
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| 60 | None |
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| 61 | Nix Gottlieb | "Great! Any other complaints?" |
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| 62 | You | "I couldn't reach up and grab a tie from a spinning fan without unbearable pain shooting through my arm." | Variable["whirling.fan_heart_damage"] |
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| 63 | You | "I've lost my memory. All of it." |
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| 64 | You | "Doc, someone broke my heart." | IsTHCPresent("caustic_echo") or Variable["inventory.ledger_caustic_echo"] |
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| 65 | Nix Gottlieb | "Look, pal -- getting *pumped and dumped* is not a disease. People live through it all the time. You should be happy for her." |
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| 66 | Nix Gottlieb | "Hard to tell exactly what it was over the phone. Could be a combination of peripheral neuralgia and high blood pressure. Could be that you were having a heart attack..." |
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| 67 | Nix Gottlieb | "...or, actually!" He seems to be positively surprised by the idea. "It could be *both*, given your profile." |
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| 68 | You | "Wait... both? But that sounds bad." |
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| 69 | Nix Gottlieb | "Yup." |
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| 70 | You | "So what do I do?" |
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| 71 | Nix Gottlieb | "Cut down on the drinking, pal. In fact, cut *off* the drinking. The drugs too. Anything else?" |
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| 72 | Alice |
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| 73 | Alice | Variable["TASK.get_speed_done"] |
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| 74 | Alice | (Variable["TASK.get_speed_done"]) == false |
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| 75 | Electrochemistry | Oh, but speed, sweet speed... It goes so well with alcohol, too... |
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| 76 | Electrochemistry | What's he going on about? You know that speed is great for you. But, shh, don't tell him -- he won't understand. |
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| 77 | You | "I still *feel* pretty good though. I can probably take a lot of damage." |
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| 78 | Nix Gottlieb | "Yes, positive thinking is a well-known cure-all. My suggestion is to exercise a lot." |
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| 79 | Alice |
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| 80 | Alice | Variable["TASK.get_speed"] |
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| 81 | Alice | (Variable["TASK.get_speed"]) == false |
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| 82 | Electrochemistry | Which reminds me -- when are we finally going to get that speed? |
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| 83 | None |
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| 84 | Nix Gottlieb | "That's because you're hungover -- even the radio waves coming from your direction smell like liquor." He pauses. "Do you feel like your eyes are twitching too?" |
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| 85 | You | "Yes." |
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| 86 | You | (Lie.) "No." |
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| 87 | Nix Gottlieb | "That's the tiny vessels pulsating from high blood pressure, stupid officer. You might be sustaining permanent damage to your vision as we speak. Not much I can do about it. I'm not an *eye* doctor." |
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| 88 | You | "But... what kind of doctor are you then?" |
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| 89 | Nix Gottlieb | "The busy kind. It's not life-threatening, just annoying. For you. I've got more important things to do here." |
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| 90 | Nix Gottlieb | "Good. It would be an awful nuisance if your experiments with your blood pressure were to cause permanent damage to your vision. A nuisance to you, that is." |
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| 91 | None |
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| 92 | Nix Gottlieb | "And you survived it! Congratulations. Are you mobile?" |
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| 93 | You | "Yes..." |
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| 94 | Nix Gottlieb | "Even better! Anything else? I wouldn't worry about that. Officers your age have coronary trouble all the time. Also -- death is a natural part of life." |
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| 95 | Nix Gottlieb | "With all the damage you've been dealing yourself with drugs and alcohol, I'm not surprised." |
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| 96 | Nix Gottlieb | "What else? I'm not a *brain* doctor. Look on the bright side -- you've got a whole new life now. Use it wisely." |
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| 97 | You | "Isn't there *anything* you can do for me?" |
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| 98 | Nix Gottlieb | "What, you want me to do blood work for you again, tell you just how bad things really are *across the board*? You want another rundown of everything collapsing inside your body?" |
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| 99 | You | "Yes. I want the truth!" |
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| 100 | You | "No, that doesn't sound like something I can handle right now..." |
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| 101 | You | "I see your point. Might as well just get back to work." |
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| 102 | Nix Gottlieb | "Do that. I need to go. Some idiot has glued his eyelids shut with Cyanoacrylate. It *looks* like Mack Torson, but it's hard to say because his eyes are swollen..." |
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| 103 | None |
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| 104 | Esprit de Corps | "And then that motherfucker Gottlieb -- reeking of schnapps -- ordered me into his butcher's room..." Officer Fischer is in a storytelling mood -- he continues: "And I ask him, 'You sure, doc?' and he's cool as can be, 'Yeah, if you're in pain, we've gotta get that baby out...'" |
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| 105 | Alice |
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| 106 | Alice | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_esprit_appendix"] |
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| 107 | Alice | (Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_esprit_appendix"]) == false |
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| 108 | Esprit de Corps | "...and so he removed my appendix *on the spot*, while the party was still on in the other room. And I was delirious with pain and all the schnapps I'd had, but I remember thinking -- man, that Gottlieb can stitch..." |
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| 109 | Esprit de Corps | "Only a month later, when I got a chance to properly thank him, did I find out that *he* had no recollection of the event -- that's Gottlieb for ya. In league with some devil, he is, I'm sure of it. Cheers!" The clinking of beer glasses is drowned in group conversation... |
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| 110 | You | "Yes, it's Firewalker here." | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_call_counter"] == 1 and (Variable["plaza.kineema_firewalker_out"] == true or Variable["plaza.kineema_i_am_firewalker"] == true) |
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| 111 | Nix Gottlieb | "Firewalker? Yes, yes you are. Just don't breathe in the general direction of your fire-feet. Actually, wait..." |
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| 112 | Nix Gottlieb | "...do exactly that. Put yourself out of your misery. Take a deep diaphragmatic breath in and..." You hear an exaggerated inhale and a long exhale on the other end of the line. |
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| 113 | Endurance | The firewalker cannot die. |
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| 114 | Encyclopedia | Self-immolation has been all the rage in Lo Manthang for a while now, especially among university students. It is particularly popular in Co Hoi, where such acts get the most press. |
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| 115 | Alice |
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| 116 | Alice | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_encyc_immolation"] |
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| 117 | Alice | (Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_encyc_immolation"]) == false |
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| 118 | You | But why? |
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| 119 | Encyclopedia | Young religious people protesting the Seraise government, which they consider to be oppressive. It's also got something to do with the encroaching Occidental influences on the local way of life. You have to *not* like a lot of things to set yourself on fire. |
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| 120 | None |
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| 121 | Inland Empire | A glorious sight: your body, tired from the vastness of the visions that haunt it, burning up in a flame fed by your own living breath. |
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| 122 | None |
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| 123 | You | "This has been my plan all along. I want to protest the Coalition government." | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_encyc_immolation"] and Variable["tc.coalition_government"] |
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| 124 | You | "The smell of my own flesh cooking... I wonder what it would be like..." | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_electrochem_immolation"] |
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| 125 | You | "I feel like you're making fun of me." |
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| 126 | You | "'Cop Sets Fire to Himself.' That would be quite an interesting conceptual piece, don't you think?" | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_concep_immolation"] |
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| 127 | Nix Gottlieb | "Sounds more like a newspaper headline that will surprise absolutely no one. Now, do you have any *current, pressing* medical problems?" |
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| 128 | Nix Gottlieb | "From what I can tell, you're just playing into their hands -- disabling yourself from doing any actually useful work. Now, do you have any *current, pressing* medical problems?" |
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| 129 | Nix Gottlieb | "Please wonder on your own time. Now, do you have any *current, pressing* medical problems?" |
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| 130 | Nix Gottlieb | "I'm the most serious person at this station, detective. Now, do you have any *current, pressing* medical problems?" |
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| 131 | Conceptualization | It would be an artistic statement of some kind or another. |
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| 132 | You | Young people are stupid. |
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| 133 | You | I wish I was young and on fire. |
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| 134 | You | They should be forced to serve in the military. |
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| 135 | You | That's awful. I don't want to think about it anymore. [Ignore thought.] |
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| 136 | Encyclopedia | Yes, especially young people in young countries. Anyway, answer the man. |
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| 137 | Encyclopedia | You can still be. There's time. Anyway, answer the man. |
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| 138 | Encyclopedia | Uhm... they already are. Anyway, answer the man. |
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| 139 | You | "So you see it too? That my body is to become the last torch in the darkness?" | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_inland_immolation"] |
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| 140 | Nix Gottlieb | "I see third-degree burns and a referral to a plastic surgeon whom you won't be able to afford. But that's in the future. Do you have any *current, pressing* medical problems?" |
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| 141 | You | "No wonder I'm in so much pain. I feel like I've been... damaged." |
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| 142 | Encyclopedia | Ignorance is bliss, as they say. Go ahead, answer the man! |
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| 143 | Nix Gottlieb | "Yes. Probably in more ways than one." |
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| 144 | None |
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| 145 | Alice |
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| 146 | Alice | Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_call_counter"] >= 2 and Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_drinking_2"] == false |
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| 147 | Alice | (Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_call_counter"] >= 2 and Variable["plaza.kineema_gottlieb_drinking_2"] == false) == false |
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| 148 | Nix Gottlieb | "You want the real, honest-to-god truth? Stop drinking, eat magnesium and vitamin D. Our station is not a retirement home. We don't have the funds to deal with *rock stars* past their prime." |
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| 149 | Alice | "Anything else I can help you with, officer?" |
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| 150 | None |
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| 151 | You | "You're not surprised? Okay. Anything else?" |
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| 152 | You | This is *not* about self-immolation in the Samarskilt AR. |
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| 153 | Encyclopedia | Of course, yes. You were having health trouble. |
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| 154 | Composure | He sounds very careless about it all. Positively breezy. |
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| 155 | Empathy | You're detecting very little in the way of empathy from Dr. Gottlieb. |
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| 156 | Logic | Abstinence *could* have immediate positive effects on your health. |
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| 157 | Hand/Eye Coordination | It certainly does not help with aiming... |
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| 158 | Volition | Accept it. The body is an object and objects break down. Do what good you can with yours, before the rest goes too. |
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| 159 | Pain Threshold | Sort of. But by god does it *burn* in your chest... |
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| 160 | Authority | There is no surprise in his voice. Only careless superiority. |
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| 161 | Drama | It's hard to say if he doesn't believe you -- or doesn't care. |
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| 162 | Nix Gottlieb | "And no, I *don't* want to hear a *political commentary* on the topic. In fact -- I've got work to do. Some idiot has glued his eyelids shut with Cyanoacrylate. It looks like Mack Torson." |
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| 163 | Mack Torson | "It's not fucking cryo-actilate... it's super glue, doc." |
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| 164 | Encyclopedia | Cyanoacrylate *is* super glue. |
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| 165 | Endurance | The money is probably going to some old, oily... |
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| 166 | You | "Doc, someone broke my heart." | IsTHCPresent("white_mourning") or Variable["inventory.ledger_white_mourning"] |
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| 167 | You | "Wait... pumped and dumped?" |
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| 168 | You | "Do you know who this person was, have I told you..." |
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| 169 | Nix Gottlieb | "That's what the guys say, officer. That some chick pumped you -- and then dumped you. Threw you away like an empty juice carton." |
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| 170 | Nix Gottlieb | "You must have me confused for a close personal friend... I am not. I am a medical professional -- with a constant *idiot* emergency on my hands." |
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| 171 | Pain Threshold | Don't take it personally. There just wasn't any *juice* left in your carton, pal. |
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| 172 | Perception (Hearing) | You hear someone whine in the background. "My eye, doc... my eye..." |
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| 173 | None |
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| 174 | Esprit de Corps | One needs tending to right now, he thinks, looking around the room. God, these apes... |
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| 175 | Alice | "..." |
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| 176 | Alice | "..." |
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| 177 | None |
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| 178 | None |
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| 179 | None |
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| 180 | Rhetoric | So it's political! You're being *neglected* because of political reasons... |
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