Conversation 489: BOOKSTORE / MAP WALL

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ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			2
2	Map Wall	Several maps have been attached to a bulletin board hidden inside the alcove. They're held up by small pins. The board has come loose from one corner.		9
3	You	[Leave.]
4	You	Look at the map of Insulinde.		21
5	You	Look at the map of Revachol.		76
6	You	Steal it instead.	CheckItem("map_of_martinaise") == false and (Variable["doomed.mapwall_one_map_for_sale"] == true or Variable["TASK.buy_a_map_of_martinaise"] == true)	12
7	You	"I want to buy the map of Martinaise."	CheckItem("map_of_martinaise") == false and Variable["TASK.report_to_the_tribunal_done"] == false and (Variable["doomed.mapwall_one_map_for_sale"] == true or Variable["TASK.buy_a_map_of_martinaise"] == true)	10
8	None			4 5 17 18 7 45 6 3
9	Map Wall	The maps look old and faded. Your eye catches a map of Insulinde, a map of Revachol, and a map of Martinaise.		51
10	Plaisance	She nods. "Always good to be informed of your surroundings."		87
11	None			8
12	Map Wall			13 14
13	Map Wall		Variable["doomed.mapwall_whitec_steal_it"]	15
14	Map Wall		(Variable["doomed.mapwall_whitec_steal_it"]) == false	16
15	Interfacing	You peek at the storekeep, waiting for her to be distracted. When she's not looking, you deftly rip the map off the bulletin board and pocket it.		27
16	Interfacing	Slowly, you move your hand towards the map attached to the board. Before you can even reach it, you're interrupted...		28
17	You	Look at the map of Martinaise.	CheckItem("map_of_martinaise") == false	20
18	You	"Storekeep, can I buy these maps?"	Variable["TASK.report_to_the_tribunal_done"] == false	19
19	Plaisance	"I'm sorry, officer, the map of Martinaise is the only one available. The other two are not for sale anymore... and besides, you could scarcely afford them."		33
20	Map Wall	It's not really a map. It's a tourist thing -- a picture postcard with buildings on it, drawn from an isometric perspective. A date in the upper right corner says: '48.		24
21	Map Wall	This large map displays archipelagos. You see a constellation of small dots on the light blue emptiness of the Insulindic ocean. The largest, in the northeast, is "Le Caillou" (you are here). Another, far away in the southwest -- "Semenese Islands (Ile du Fantôme)".		60
22	Map Wall	Ozonne, Laurentide, Face-a-la-Mer, Archipelagos, North Arcade Islands... all just specks of dust on the vastness of the Insulindic. On the edges of the map, the colour fades into a blur of dotted lines. Black and white.		64
23	Map Wall	Couron. It's somewhere to live. Not bad. Then there's Jamrock -- it's *bad*. People shouldn't live there, but they do. Then Faubourg -- it's almost *as* bad and much larger. Then Coal City. It's the worst.		80
24	Map Wall	Still, it's detailed. Could be pretty useful for scouting ahead. You see the jagged boxes of an industrial harbour, even the Whirling-in-Rags there...		49
25	None			8
26	None			8
27	Interfacing	You're now the proud owner of a map of Martinaise, which, to be honest, did not even cost that much.		46
28	Map Wall			29 30
29	Map Wall		IsKimHere()	31
30	Map Wall		(IsKimHere()) == false	32
31	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant coughs sharply, then whispers: "Perhaps not. It's against RCM policy to defraud small business owners."		47
32	Plaisance	"Sir, please, no touching the merchandise. These old maps are... relics of the past."		47
33	Plaisance	"They're quite valuable, though they might not look it. The map of Martinaise is 90 cents, though."		34 35
34	You	"Why is the one of Martinaise so cheap?"		37
35	You	"You seem to underestimate my resources, but sure, okay."		36
36	Plaisance	"Yes-yes. Are you interested or not?"		42
37	Plaisance	"That old thing? It's an out-of-date map of a tourist location that never was nor came to be..."		38
38	Plaisance	"From when some *design-studio people* tried to spruce the place up, four or five years ago. They also renovated the horse-statue, set up those coin-operated viewers and designed the new street lamps."		39
39	Rhetoric	The place does not look like a successful tourist trap, does it?		40
40	You	"What happened then?"		41
41	Plaisance	"They didn't get far... for some reason. A shame the project never got going. Would be nice if someone fixed Martinaise up. All these ruins are bad for business."		25
42	None			8
43	Plaisance	"Officer, discard the thought. For your brave efforts against those thugs you may have it for free."		44
44	None			8
45	You	"I want to buy the map of Martinaise."	CheckItem("map_of_martinaise") == false and Variable["TASK.report_to_the_tribunal_done"] == true and (Variable["doomed.mapwall_one_map_for_sale"] == true or Variable["TASK.buy_a_map_of_martinaise"] == true)	43
46	None			8
47	None			8
48	None			8
49	None			8
50	Map Wall	The ocean breaks apart into a tangle of cosines and azimuths, all pointing into pale nothingness. *Mundi* is the north azimuth; *Graad* is the northeast azimuth; *Samara* is the east azimuth; *Seol* is the west azimuth. *Isolas*, they're called.		69
51	Map Wall			52 53
52	Map Wall		Variable["TASK.buy_a_map_of_martinaise"] and Variable["TASK.buy_a_map_of_martinaise_done"] == false and CheckItem("map_of_martinaise") == false	54
53	Map Wall		(Variable["TASK.buy_a_map_of_martinaise"] and Variable["TASK.buy_a_map_of_martinaise_done"] == false and CheckItem("map_of_martinaise") == false) == false	8
54	Map Wall			55 56
55	Map Wall		IsKimHere()	57
56	Map Wall		(IsKimHere()) == false	58
57	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant nods toward it and says: "Map of Martinaise. This could work maybe?"		8
58	Reaction Speed	Martinaise!		59
59	Visual Calculus	This one *could* work for seeing where the shot came from.		8
60	You	What else?		22
61	Map Wall	You can. On Caillou -- Revachol, a single black star; on Ozonne -- Fond de l'Air and Virmandeux; on Archipelagos -- Croyant-Morain, Villiers; on Semenine -- Olduvai. And on Laurentide -- Deora Of The Seven Seas...		67
62	Inland Empire	In the northeast a dust mite stands on the north coast of Caillou. In a bookstore. It's you.		63
63	Shivers	Radiating outwards from you -- the Suzerain Revachol. With a radius of 80 kilometres. Still, the crown jewel of this isola would be barely visible.		65 66
64	Visual Calculus	Disintegrating into mathematics.		62
65	You	Squint first -- can you see *cities* on the islands?		61
66	You	Look at the edges.		50
67	Empathy	Lost little pearls of light. Tiny fires in the dark.		68
68	Encyclopedia	850 million people live on these little dots. An oceanic world of culture and commerce, torn apart by history.		66
69	Inland Empire	Connections to other worlds. Worlds past the Insulindian, unknown to you. You only know you've never been there.		70
70	Map Wall			71 72
71	Map Wall		Variable["tc.isola"]	73
72	Map Wall		(Variable["tc.isola"]) == false	74
73	Logic	850 million people live on these tiny dots. An oceanic world of culture and commerce, torn apart by history.		48
74	Encyclopedia	You have little idea what they are -- distant stars? gods? -- but looking at them makes you feel almost non-existent. Whatever they are, the *isolas* are immeasurably large compared to you. And very, very far away.		75
75	Conceptualization	Perhaps they *are* gods. Gods of distance and outer dust.		48
76	Map Wall	The north coast of a verdant island is shattered by the delta of a river. It is the River Esperance. Countless bridges put the shards back together, connecting city blocks to river islands. *La Delta*, says a great, artificial heart in the centre, teeming with lifeforms and construction.		77
77	Map Wall	To the east, rolling hillsides: Le Jardin, Stella Maris, the suburbs of Saint-Batiste, swallowed up into the megacity. They sound *rich* to you. This is Revachol East.		78
78	You	And west of the river?		23
79	You	And Martinaise?		83
80	Map Wall			81 82
81	Map Wall		Variable["tc.that_in_martinaise"]	79
82	Map Wall		(Variable["tc.that_in_martinaise"]) == false	84
83	Map Wall	It's so small you can't even see it on the map. No... wait. There it is! North of Jamrock, the strip of coast next to the Greater Revachol Industrial Harbour. It looks downright despondent. It's almost Coal City, to be honest.		85
84	Inland Empire	You feel you're *just* west of Coal City. Somewhere above Jamrock and close to Coal City.		26
85	Shivers	No. Coal City is worse. A charred limb. Rain falls on its slick black streets. And then there's the Burnt-Out Quarter in the heart of Jamrock... is it cold in this bookstore, or is it just *you*?		86
86	Volition	No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it's still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You're still alive.		26
87	Map Wall			88 89
88	Map Wall		Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"] or Variable["character.interactable_tutorial_seen"]	11
89	Map Wall		(Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"] or Variable["character.interactable_tutorial_seen"]) == false	90
90	Tutorial Agent	You've acquired an interactable item. Investigate this item further by going to the INTERACT tab in your INVENTORY.		11