Conversation 466: KINEEMA ORB / halogen watermarks

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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.
• Conditions: logical checks governing this entry appearing or occurring.
• Links: entries that might follow this one, depending on conditions and player choice. Most links are internal to this conversation, external links to other conversations are marked with the format (conversation ID, entry ID).

ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			170
2	Interfacing	As you hold your ledger's clip under the headlamp, a shimmering iridescent pattern appears. One you've definitely seen before...		3
3	None			4 5
4	None		Variable["jam.racist_boots_pattern"] and Variable["doomed.mapwall_main_hub_reached"] == false	7
5	None		(Variable["jam.racist_boots_pattern"] and Variable["doomed.mapwall_main_hub_reached"] == false) == false	9
6	Damaged Ledger	Around the borders of the watermark are dozens, no, *hundreds* of micro-perforations.		10
7	Logic	It's not unlike the pattern from the racist lorryman's boots. A stylized map of Revachol.		9
8	Interfacing	As you hold your ledger's clip under the headlamp, an iridescent hologram appears: a street grid and the veins of a great river. A familiar sensation washes over you...		9
9	Kim Kitsuragi	"There she is: Revachol West." There's a note of pride in the lieutenant's voice.		6
10	None			11 12 24 13
11	You	Look at the shimmering street grid.		85
12	You	Look at the perforations.	Variable["inventory.ledger_kim_explained_dots"] == false	14
13	You	"Okay, let's go." [Put the ledger away.]	Variable["inventory.reached_watermark_hub"] == true	180
14	Damaged Ledger	There are many of them. And they are divided into three separate rows.		15 63
15	You	Tally up the different rows.		16
16	Damaged Ledger	The first row has 18 dots.		195 17
17	You	What about the next one?		18
18	Damaged Ledger	The next is the longest. It runs all the way around the border and then some.		93
19	Damaged Ledger	There are so many it's hard to count. More than 150, at least. Maybe even 200.		20
20	You	What about the last row?		21
21	Damaged Ledger	The last row has three perforations.		67
22	You	Three, that's it?		23
23	Damaged Ledger	That's it.		66
24	You	"Hey, Kim, what do all these holes mean?" (Point to the dots on the watermark.)	Variable["inventory.ledger_inspected_perforations"] == true	25
25	Kim Kitsuragi	"Those are *perforations*. They represent your record as an officer of the RCM. They're your statistics, as it were. I should have guessed you'd keep a record, officers often do. Let's take a look..."		185
26	Kim Kitsuragi	"The first row represents your years of service. *Eighteen* years? Okay -- not bad at all. What did you do before you volunteered?"		193 27 28 33 36 37 29
27	You	"Got drunk like a megastar?"		30
28	You	"I walked the land telling whores and liars of the End to come. There are 9,855 days remaining."		32
29	You	"Do you really think I have any idea?"		31
30	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes, that *does* seem quite likely. Your youth coincided with some heady days for Revachol. But let's move on, shall we?"		39
31	Kim Kitsuragi	"Fair point... Let's move on, shall we?"		39
32	Kim Kitsuragi	"Cool. I'm glad you joined us. Not a lot of money in doomcrying... Let's move on, shall we?"		39
33	You	"I was a hobo and I lived under a boat."	IsTHCPresent("hobocop")	34
34	Kim Kitsuragi	"You know, the RCM is a volunteer's organization. We would have no qualms with vagrants joining our ranks were they qualified... but let's move on, shall we?"		39
35	Kim Kitsuragi	"No shame in working a regular job, detective. Sometimes after a long day of doing *this*, I even envy it... Let's move on, shall we?"		39
36	You	"Probably a some boring office job. Same as everyone else."		35
37	You	"I feel like I just went around apologizing all the time."		38
38	Kim Kitsuragi	"Maybe you were a diplomat? Or in PR? Doesn't matter, I suppose... Let's move on, shall we?"		39
39	Kim Kitsuragi	"This next row -- the one that wraps all the way around -- is your number of closed cases. *Closed* is good. It means finished. You've got, let's see..."		40
40	Kim Kitsuragi	"Wow, more than 200!"		41 42 43
41	You	"Two-hundred sixteen, to be exact."	Variable["inventory.ledger_perception_perforation_count"] == true	45
42	You	"Is that a lot?"		44
43	You	"I would have thought there'd be more."		44
44	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's *quite* a lot, even for someone who's been on the force for nearly two decades. Usually clearing more than 10 cases a year puts you in the 90th percentile of *all* RCM officers..."		46 47 48
45	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant nods with evident respect. "It's quite a lot, even for someone who's been on the force for nearly two decades. Usually clearing more than 10 cases a year puts you in the 90th percentile of *all* RCM officers..."		46 47 48
46	You	"So you're saying I used to be a *supercop*?"		56
47	You	"I used to be good. That's some solace I guess. What's the last number?"		75
48	You	"I don't think I can ever *re-become* this person... What's the last number?"		75
49	Hand/Eye Coordination	Doesn't that tingle in your index finger give it away?		50
50	Kim Kitsuragi	"Right. Those are your confirmed kills. You've got precisely *three* perforations there."		188
51	You	"So I'm a killer..."		187
52	You	"I was expecting a higher number, honestly."		98
53	You	"That's not... too many."		98
54	You	"Is now a good time to pour one out for the fallen?"	Variable["plaza.ledger_elchem_pour_one_out"]	55
55	Kim Kitsuragi	"Definitely not."		51 52 53
56	Kim Kitsuragi	"Call it what you want. You were a valuable member of your precinct. Now, let's look at the last row..."		75
57	You	"Have you ever killed anyone, Kim?"	Variable["tc.kim_confirmed_kills"] == false	62
58	You	"How do you handle the strain?"		61
59	You	"Thanks for this." (Conclude.)		60
60	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant nods.		106
61	Kim Kitsuragi	"Everyone has their own method of coping, some more effective, or self-destructive, than others..." He gives you a meaningful look.		123
62	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes," he says, declining to elaborate.		189
63	You	(Let's look at something else.)		64
64	Damaged Ledger	Right. The meaning of the perforations remains opaque to you.		65
65	None			10
66	None			10
67	Hand/Eye Coordination	As you look at them you feel your index finger reflexively contract three times.		68
68	None			69 70
69	None		Variable["inventory.ledger_handeye_reflex"]	71 73
70	None		(Variable["inventory.ledger_handeye_reflex"]) == false	22
71	You	Seems like something I've done before.		74
72	Hand/Eye Coordination	A memory, an echo in the recesses of your amygdala.		66
73	You	Must be a muscle spasm.		72
74	Hand/Eye Coordination	And something you'll do again, before this is all over.		66
75	None			76 77
76	None		Variable["inventory.ledger_handeye_reflex"]	78
77	None		(Variable["inventory.ledger_handeye_reflex"]) == false	49
78	Hand/Eye Coordination	You know the answer already. The tingle in your index finger gave it away.		79
79	You	"Those are my confirmed kills. Three of them."		80
80	Kim Kitsuragi	"That's right," the lieutenant says, gauging your reaction. "How did you know?"		81 82 83
81	You	"Because I felt a twitch in my index finger."		84
82	You	"Because I feel like a killer."		187
83	You	"Just a lucky guess."		98
84	Kim Kitsuragi	"Ah, right. Sometimes the brain's able to preserve certain responses even when conscious memory has been... let's say... *misplaced*..."		98
85	Damaged Ledger	The rectangular watermark is overlaid with the logo of the RCM, and yet the major arteries of Revachol are all recognizable. They shimmer in the Kineema's headlights.		86 87
86	You	Wait... look around you.		173
87	You	"Where are we on this?" (Point to the halogen map.)		91
88	Damaged Ledger	You catch a faint glimmer from a broken beer bottle. In the distance -- sounds. Two men engaged in a drunken argument, followed by the closing of some distant window.		89
89	Shivers	In the middle of a broken plaza, illuminated in a cone of light, two men, one slim, the other sturdy. They are on the city stage, but only one of them knows his lines...		90
90	Kim Kitsuragi	"Ah, Martinaise at night," he smells the air and says.		87
91	Kim Kitsuragi	"Let me see." He takes the ledger for a moment and inspects it.		92
92	Kim Kitsuragi	"Right here," he says, his finger near the top of the map, on a segment of coast jutting out into the great ocean.		165 166 182
93	You	Count them individually.		94
94	Visual Calculus	You count 216 perforations. Considering that nice, large number, a wave of pride washes over you, though you can't say why, precisely.		95
95	None			96 97
96	None		Variable["inventory.ledger_perception_perforation_count"]	20
97	None		(Variable["inventory.ledger_perception_perforation_count"]) == false	19
98	Kim Kitsuragi	"For an RCM officer -- especially Precinct 41, which is in the Jamrock Quarter -- it's rather... tame. I mean that in a good way."		99
99	Esprit de Corps	"What's it feel like to kill a man, Mr. McCoy?" a young woman asks the man across the desk from her...		101
100	Esprit de Corps	"Honestly, babe," says John McCoy, crossing his ankles over said desk, "I don't feel anything anymore. It's just like brushing my teeth -- I do it once or twice a week and don't really think about it." There's no trace of guilt in his voice.		104
101	None			102 103
102	None		Variable["inventory.ledger_esprit_kill_a_man"]	100
103	None		(Variable["inventory.ledger_esprit_kill_a_man"]) == false	104
104	Kim Kitsuragi	"There are certain officers who treat their kills like some kind of ghoulish game. If they do happen to *solve* a case it's usually by accident." It's obvious the lieutenant doesn't think very highly of these officers...		105
105	Kim Kitsuragi	"But it seems as though you are, or at least *were*, one of the good ones. So we have that to be thankful for."		197
106	None			10
107	None			179 57 58 108 59
108	You	"Maybe I should pour one out for the boys? The fallen?"	CheckItemGroup("alcohol")	110
109	None			107
110	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant sighs.		111
111	Kim Kitsuragi	"If you want to pour out the booze you've been carrying around *on duty*, I'm certainly not going to stop you..."		113 112
112	You	"Actually, I'm just gonna hold onto this."		116
113	You	(Pour one out on the ground -- ceremonially.)		149
114	Damaged Ledger	A dark pool of cheap wine appears at your feet. It shimmers in the lights of the Kineema.		115
115	Electrochemistry	Honourably done. You have given up some of your own blood -- for theirs.		118 117 120 119 121
116	Kim Kitsuragi	"As you will..."		148
117	You	"The Gloaming comes for all, but it came first for you."		122
118	You	"I'm sorry for killing you."		122
119	You	"Here's to you, honoured dead."		122
120	You	"I will make it okay with the power of rock and roll."		122
121	You	"I'm not really sure what you're supposed to say at these things."		192
122	Kim Kitsuragi	"Very noble of you. Are we done here?"		148
123	Kim Kitsuragi	"Personally, I find it helps to keep up a few hobbies."		124 127 128
124	You	"Like what?"		125
125	Kim Kitsuragi	"Oh, this and that. Let's not get into it now."		127 128
126	None			122
127	You	"Maybe I should find a hobby?"		138
128	You	"Hobbies are lame."		129
129	Kim Kitsuragi	"Suit yourself..."		126
130	Kim Kitsuragi	"Why not gardening? You've already got the yellow gloves..."		191
131	Kim Kitsuragi	"Why not historical reenactment? You've already got that antique carabineer gear..."		191
132	Kim Kitsuragi	"Why not take up a sport? You've already got that FALN gear..."		191
133	Kim Kitsuragi	"Why not historical reenactment? You've already got that turn of the century revolutionary hat..."		191
134	None			135 136
135	None		CheckItem("gloves_garden")	130
136	None		(CheckItem("gloves_garden")) == false	137
137	Kim Kitsuragi	"Anything's better than annihilating yourself with drugs and alcohol..."		191
138	None			139 140
139	None		CheckItem("hat_revolutionary")	133
140	None		(CheckItem("hat_revolutionary")) == false	141
141	None			142 143
142	None		CheckItem("jacket_carabineer") or CheckItem("pants_carabineer")	131
143	None		(CheckItem("jacket_carabineer") or CheckItem("pants_carabineer")) == false	144
144	None			145 146
145	None		CheckItem("jacket_faln") or CheckItem("pants_faln") or CheckItem("shoes_faln") or CheckItem("shirt_faln")	132
146	None		(CheckItem("jacket_faln") or CheckItem("pants_faln") or CheckItem("shoes_faln") or CheckItem("shirt_faln")) == false	134
147	None			122
148	None			107
149	None			150 151
150	None		CheckItem("drug_alcohol_commodore_red")	114
151	None		(CheckItem("drug_alcohol_commodore_red")) == false	152
152	None			153 154
153	None		CheckItem("drug_alcohol_goracy_brew")	161
154	None		(CheckItem("drug_alcohol_goracy_brew")) == false	155
155	None			156 157
156	None		CheckItem("drug_alcohol_pale_aged_vodka")	162
157	None		(CheckItem("drug_alcohol_pale_aged_vodka")) == false	158
158	None			159 160
159	None		CheckItem("drug_alcohol_potent_pilsner")	163
160	None		(CheckItem("drug_alcohol_potent_pilsner")) == false	164
161	Damaged Ledger	A dark pool of moonshine-spiked borscht appears at your feet. The chunks of beet shimmer in the lights of the Kineema.		115
162	Damaged Ledger	A dark pool of pale-aged vodka appears at your feet. It shimmers in the lights of the Kineema.		115
163	Damaged Ledger	A dark pool of cheap pilsner appears at your feet. It shimmers in the lights of the Kineema.		115
164	Damaged Ledger	It seems as though you don't have anything to pour out. Too bad for the boys.		122
165	You	"Seems nice."		167
166	You	"Seems like a shithole."		168
167	Kim Kitsuragi	"No -- it does *not*," the lieutenant says without optimism.		169
168	Kim Kitsuragi	"It has its problems..."		169
169	None			10
170	None			171 172
171	None		Variable["tc.map_of_revachol"]	2
172	None		(Variable["tc.map_of_revachol"]) == false	8
173	None			174 175
174	None		IsNighttime()	88
175	None		(IsNighttime()) == false	176
176	Damaged Ledger	A rat brazenly darts past you and disappears amongst the stopped lorries. In the distance -- a child somewhere shrieks, a woman reprimands her in a voice no quieter than the child's cry...		178
177	Kim Kitsuragi	"Ah, Martinaise," he smells the air and says.		87
178	Shivers	In the middle of a broken plaza, in a cone of light barely visible in the daytime, two men, one slim, the other sturdy. They are on the city stage, but only one of them knows his lines...		177
179	You	"I know you've killed some people in the line of duty..."	Variable["tc.kim_confirmed_kills"]	62
180	Kim Kitsuragi	"Right. I'll go turn off the lights..." He presses a remote control on the key.		198
181	Tutorial Agent	You can now see your statistics on your JOURNAL page -- to the right of the task description.
182	You	"I'm sure I've seen worse."		183
183	Kim Kitsuragi	"Oh yes. Coal City, Le Royaume, the Burnt Out Quarter..."		184
184	Shivers	All of them worse than here.		169
185	Rhetoric	*Alpha male officers who are proud of their numbers* often do -- it's meant.		186
186	Physical Instrument	Son, here is where we score your life performance. You better hope it's good.		26
187	Half Light	That's right. A killer of humans.		98
188	Electrochemistry	*Confirmed kills*? That sounds pretty evil. A *drink* would soften that feeling.		51 52 53 54
189	Empathy	It's not a problem for him to state it, however.		109
190	None			107
191	Esprit de Corps	It's meant in earnest. Please don't mistake it for a jab.		190
192	Kim Kitsuragi	"Neither am I. Are we done here?"		148
193	You	"Wait, *eighteen years* I've done this?"		194
194	Kim Kitsuragi	"That's what it says. I might've guessed even longer based on your age... what did you do all those blissful years of your youth?"		27 28 33 36 37 29
195	You	Not bad.		196
196	Damaged Ledger	Not bad for what? You don't even know what it means yet.		17
197	Half Light	He's sincerely glad you're not a scary predator. Not to say relieved you're competent.		107
198	None			199 200
199	None		Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"]
200	None		(Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"]) == false	181