Conversation 500: BOOKSTORE / PARANORMAL

Shelf of paranormal books.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
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2 You Look through the shelf.
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3 You "Storekeep, what books are these?"
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4 Shelf of Paranormal Books This bookstore is not *strictly* about crime, romance, and biographies of famous people -- there's also a wide range of paranatural literature.
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5 You [Leave.]
6 You Find something truly otherworldly. Variable["doomed.book_paranormal_whitec_trigger"]
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7 None
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8 You "All right. I want to buy *Medicinal Purposes of the Pale*." Variable["doomed.book_found_pale_medicine"] and CheckItem("book_medicinal_purposes_of_the_pale") == false
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9 Plaisance "Hum... sir, please, no browsing in that shelf." She narrows her eyes. "That wisdom is not for free."
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10 Plaisance "I can't have you end up... like... opening a police store next door and stealing my customers, oh no."
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11 None
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12 Shelf of Paranormal Books Amidst the various books you find one written by someone named Matthias W. Dundas. It's about "Wholeness, Unity, Balance".
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13 Shelf of Paranormal Books The point of the book, and many others on this shelf, is to give people medicinal advice in situations where they don't have access to paid health services.
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14 Shelf of Paranormal Books It serves platitudes, while also telling everyone that traditional medicine (the kind people don't have access to, and which costs more than this book) is garbage, and would only give you cancer anyway, without even curing your cold or anything.
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15 Shelf of Paranormal Books "Wholeness, Unity, Balance" on the other hand, can basically take care of anything. Though it is important to note...
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16 Shelf of Paranormal Books "When it's up to your mind to heal yourself, then it's because of your mind that you're *ill* in the first place."
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17 Rhetoric These three things are very important to the working-class mind.
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18 You How does that work?
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19 You Uh huh, interesting.
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20 Endurance It's your own fault if you're ill, got it.
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21 You Does the book say anything else?
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22 Shelf of Paranormal Books Various paranatural books still litter the shelf.
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23 None
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24 Shelf of Paranormal Books The book features chapters on topics such as: how to find magnesium (it even lists plants you can harvest magnesium from); how to continue drinking if you're an alcoholic who has destroyed his liver; and...
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25 Shelf of Paranormal Books ...there's even a chapter on the ancient Seraise tradition of using duck gall bladder (preservatives) to treat and prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Pre- and post-factum apply. Nothing worth buying.
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26 Inland Empire This is just mundane garbage. What's even para-natural about this?
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27 None
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28 Plaisance "Indeed..." She mumbles, staring at the book for a moment. "Something about that book does seem to have spoken to you..."
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29 None
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30 Inland Empire The throbbing in your head increases with every passing moment you gaze at this shelf...
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31 Shelf of Paranormal Books
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32 Shelf of Paranormal Books Variable["doomed.book_wc_what_is_actually_paranatural"]
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33 Shelf of Paranormal Books (Variable["doomed.book_wc_what_is_actually_paranatural"]) == false
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34 Inland Empire You sense something ominous emanating from the shelf... but it lacks form and substance, and soon enough you lose track of it.
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35 None
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36 Shelf of Paranormal Books Suddenly, as if out of nowhere, a small green book becomes apparent. The title of it reads: "Medicinal Purposes of the Pale."
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37 You What's the pale? Variable["TASK.what_is_pale_done"] == false
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38 You What's this book about?
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39 Shelf of Paranormal Books The book contains very little explanation on the matter -- this knowledge seems to be taken for granted.
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40 Shelf of Paranormal Books The book contains descriptions of various pseudo-scientific therapies, alternative medicines, and folk remedies involving *the pale* -- also known as *le territoire*.
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41 Shelf of Paranormal Books For example, it recommends vigorously swatting one's naked body with a venik, or hand broom, made from "the leafy twigs of a young birch tree from the near-pale."
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42 You Sounds painful.
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43 You Sounds invigorating.
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44 Shelf of Paranormal Books It is supposedly invigorating and good for the circulation.
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45 Shelf of Paranormal Books It is, and good for the circulation, too.
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46 You What else?
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47 You I think I've heard enough.
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48 Shelf of Paranormal Books It also recommends consuming distilled spirits like vodka or whiskey that have been aged in the pale. Readers are instructed to cover these jars in a shallow hole just inside the pale, and leave them there for 30-60 days, depending on the potency desired.
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49 You And what does this pale-aged liquor do?
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50 Shelf of Paranormal Books Among other benefits, it is alleged to restore a damaged liver to perfect health.
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51 You How is that possible?
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52 You I should probably get my hands on some of that. What else is in there?
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53 You I think I've heard enough.
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54 Shelf of Paranormal Books Is it any more improbable than anything else that human beings put their faith in?
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55 You Fair enough. What else is in there?
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56 Shelf of Paranormal Books For general health and well-being, readers are encouraged to take regular strolls through the pale, though a sidebar cautions readers to limit each stroll to less than an hour...
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57 Shelf of Paranormal Books These strolls promise to "cleanse the mind of worries and the body of toxins," especially if the perambulator performs this ritual in the nude. (Nudity figures prominently in a number of these prescriptions.)
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58 You Huh. Anything else of note?
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59 Shelf of Paranormal Books There's an entire section devoted to cures for men who are struggling to perform their "marital obligations."
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60 You Well, I certainly don't need that.
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61 You I probably need that.
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62 Plaisance "Excuse me, sir! I believe you've been *perusing* that particular volume long enough. If you'd like to continue reading I must insist you buy it."
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63 Plaisance "Well, I hope it contains what you're looking for."
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64 You That's all I need to know.
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65 None
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66 None
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67 None
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68 None
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69 Shelf of Paranormal Books You close the book and return it to its place on the shelf.
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70 Logic That seems... improbable.
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71 None
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72 Pain Threshold Even better if you can find someone else, preferably a large man dressed in nothing but a towel, to thrash you while you're spread naked and helpless on a cool slab.
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73 Half Light I don't know... I don't want to be the party-pooper, but this *pale territory* sounds sort of dangerous. Maybe you *shouldn't* walk in it naked.
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74 Inland Empire This is exactly what you need!
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75 Shelf of Paranormal Books
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76 Shelf of Paranormal Books Variable["tc.pale"]
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77 Shelf of Paranormal Books (Variable["tc.pale"]) == false
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78 Logic Entroponetic nudism? That's insane. That's beyond dangerous.
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79 Shelf of Paranormal Books
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80 Shelf of Paranormal Books Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"] or Variable["character.interactable_tutorial_seen"]
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81 Shelf of Paranormal Books (Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"] or Variable["character.interactable_tutorial_seen"]) == false
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82 Tutorial Agent You've acquired an interactable item. Investigate this item further by going to the INTERACT tab in your INVENTORY.
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