Conversation 491: BOOKSTORE / ROMANCE

Shelf of romance books.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 Shelf of Romance Stories The shelves are littered with romantic tales from across time and space.
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3 None
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4 You [Leave.]
5 You "Storekeep, what's on this shelf?"
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6 You Does anything more real, more *you* stand out? Variable["doomed.book_wc_trigger_bad_romance"] == true
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7 You Look through the display of books.
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8 You "I want buy the 'Sixteen Days of Coldest April' book." Variable["doomed.book_found_bad_romance"] == true and CheckItem("book_sixteen_days_in_coldest_april") == false
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9 Plaisance "Oh, such wonderful, beautiful stories. Stories of love!" She sighs wistfully. "You should definitely buy these."
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10 You "To be honest, I'm looking for something more *real*."
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11 Plaisance "No-no, sir, you don't want that. That's not proper romance... romance is about overcoming adversity and finding that *single millionaire* who wants to take care of you until the end of days."
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12 Shelf of Romance Stories
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13 Shelf of Romance Stories Variable["doomed.book_whitech_pain_threshold_romance"]
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14 Shelf of Romance Stories (Variable["doomed.book_whitech_pain_threshold_romance"]) == false
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15 Pain Threshold Someone thought this was a romance story, but it's actually a thoroughly excruciating work of psychological realism.
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16 Pain Threshold You focus on the overwhelming mass of colourful novels to find anything of note, but it only ends up with your eyes aching from the strain.
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17 Plaisance "Huh, it's in the wrong shelf... Annette's been moving things around again, has she! That girl..." She shakes her head. "No matter, I hope you enjoy... this."
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18 None
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19 Pain Threshold As you focus on the overwhelming mass of colourful novels, a discrepancy catches your eye -- one of the books is not like the others.
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20 Shelf of Romance Stories On the cover of the book there's a wall of concrete buildings, with a black-and-white rainbow over them. It's written by someone from a country where even rainbows are black and white.
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21 Shelf of Romance Stories They also tend to feature chisel-jawed men in dark suits. It's all such... glitzy garbage.
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22 Shelf of Romance Stories
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23 Shelf of Romance Stories Variable["doomed.book_wc_trigger_bad_romance"]
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24 Shelf of Romance Stories (Variable["doomed.book_wc_trigger_bad_romance"]) == false
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25 None
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26 Shelf of Romance Stories Being a rough, *hard-boiled* detective, you can only be pleased by something more real, more *authentic*.
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27 None
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28 Shelf of Romance Stories You see a foamy mass of pinks and reds... colourful covers filled with risqué imagery. These books are most oft adorned by women in skimpy clothes, thighs revealed... a few roses and sometimes even some pistols.
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29 You Is there anything here that calls out to me?
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30 You I think I'd enjoy reading a few of these.
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31 None
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32 Shelf of Romance Stories No, you wouldn't. Being a rough, *hard-boiled* detective, you hope for something more real... more *authentic*.
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33 Shelf of Romance Stories A grey book has lost itself between all the romance. The title reads: 'Sixteen Days of Coldest April.'
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34 You Why is it out of place?
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35 You What's this all about?
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36 You Help, I don't want to do this... Variable["doomed.book_sdoa_volition_help"]
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37 None
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38 Volition Turn away, this is a bad idea.
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39 None
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40 Shelf of Romance Stories You'd have to buy the book to be sure. But the book cover is a wall of concrete buildings, with a black-and-white rainbow covering them. It's written by someone from a country where even the rainbows are black-and-white. So it does seem like it'll be a downer.
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41 None
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