Conversation 539: INVENTORY / RUBY'S JOURNAL

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Column definitions:

• 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			6
2	Ruby's Journal	A thick journal. The cover is worn, like someone used to carry it around in their back pocket.		22
3	None			13 170 10 5
4	You	Unwind the strap. (Move on.)		12
5	You	Put the journal away. [Leave.]
6	None			7 8
7	None		Variable["boardwalk.journal_main_hub_reached"]	9
8	None		(Variable["boardwalk.journal_main_hub_reached"]) == false	2
9	Ruby's Journal	The thick journal bound in brown leather is full of candour and diagrams.		3
10	You	Flip through the pages.	Variable["inventory.ruby_reading_hub_reached"] == false	24
11	None			3
12	Ruby's Journal	The journal falls open. About two thirds of its ruled pages have been filled.		3
13	You	Study the handwriting.		28
14	You	Examine the cover.		15
15	Ruby's Journal	It's made of full-grain leather. The lower left corner of the back cover sports an embossed brand name: "SCHNELLER."		16
16	Encyclopedia	Schneller is a stationary brand from Gottwald beloved among architects and engineers.		17
17	None			18 19
18	None		Variable["boardwalk.journal_encyc_schneller"]	76
19	None		(Variable["boardwalk.journal_encyc_schneller"]) == false	181
20	Conceptualization	She's got good taste and must have taken whatever she recorded here seriously.		23
21	Conceptualization	She had good taste and must have taken what she recorded here seriously.		23
22	None			14 4 5
23	None			22
24	Ruby's Journal	It's a mix of logistical notes, diagrams, and personal reflections, all dated.		120
25	You	How far back do the entries go?		29
26	You	What kinds of logistics?		30
27	You	Anything personal?		31
28	Ruby's Journal	The large cursive of someone who writes quickly and confidently.		119
29	Ruby's Journal	The first entry is from August 2nd of last year. It reads simply: "I know my position is precarious. All I can do is make myself as useful as I can while looking for a way out. (Remember: no one is indispensable.)"		37
30	Ruby's Journal	Hard to tell exactly -- it's mostly noted down in code. Looks like contact information, quantities, directions.		32
31	Ruby's Journal	Short, wry observations of people and places -- probably a way to pass the time on the road. Also, what appear to be attempts to sort through some difficult decisions. There are a few passages with many questions in them.		38
32	None			33 34
33	None		IsKimHere()	35
34	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	37
35	Kim Kitsuragi	"There could be useful information about local operations in those notes. We have a junior sergeant at my station who's good with codes -- I can give this to her after we finish this."		134
36	None			26 45 27 25 40 42 44 39
37	None			36
38	Interfacing	The way some of those question marks trail off into ellipses -- she was going through a tough time.		138
39	You	(Look at the cover again.)		176
40	You	What did she write the day Lely died?		41
41	Ruby's Journal	Nothing on March 4th... March 5th, though: "Well, *that's* bound to come back and bite me in the ass. I'm bad at this -- loyal to a fault. Except... But that's another matter entirely."		139
42	You	Anything about... La Puta Madre?	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_case"] or Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"]	43
43	Ruby's Journal	That name isn't mentioned as far as you can tell.		140
44	You	What's the most recent entry? (Conclude with journal.)		47
45	You	What are the diagrams of?		46
46	Ruby's Journal	Esoteric radio technology. The most recent ones probably pertain to the Latitude Compressor: sketches, calculations of distance and density. You make out a familiar spiral shape.		37
47	Ruby's Journal	The most recent entry is from today. It reads:		177
48	You	Read the entry from March 9th first.		50
49	You	Read the entry from March 12th.		51
50	Ruby's Journal	"Great. M's peone is coming to town, no doubt to investigate the lynching, but also -- I feel it in my gut -- to finally put a bullet in my head. While I'm napping in my lorry or on a smoke break... Well, I won't stick around just to twist my own neck by constantly looking over my shoulder."		52
51	Ruby's Journal	"Been holed up here for three days now. I'm used to being alone and all, but -- I don't know when I'll be able to leave, or if I'll be ratted out. They *will* rat me out, of course. I've made it a point to believe in the best in people (the boys, for example), but -- experience tells me..."		74
52	Ruby's Journal	"Then again, isn't that what I've been doing ever since I got the call."		147
53	None			54 55
54	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_red_check_rhet_failed"]	56
55	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_red_check_rhet_failed"]) == false	57
56	Inland Empire	Things played out just as she had feared. Except *you* didn't shoot her.		58
57	Inland Empire	Were you *supposed* to find her, even apart from the investigation, then? On M's request? No, you wouldn't do something like this. This must be a mistake.		61
58	None			59 60
59	None		Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_concept"]	64
60	None		(Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_concept"]) == false	66
61	None			62 63
62	None		Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_inland"]	65
63	None		(Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_inland"]) == false	66
64	Half Light	It's in you to do something like this -- kill her. Physically at least. You could pull the trigger if you had to.		68 148 69 71
65	Half Light	You didn't follow through. You should have shot her in the head.		67 151 152
66	None			49
67	You	Goddamn right, I should have.	Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_half"]	81
68	You	No, I couldn't.	Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_half"]	70
69	You	What a coincidence...		72
70	Half Light	Yes, you could. You'd pull it one, two, three times -- and watch her fall.		183
71	You	I'm okay with the idea.		73
72	Inland Empire	Is it? Can you be sure? What if you are secretly being manipulated by La Puta Madre as you pursue this investigation. What if he wiped your memory on purpose?		150
73	Inland Empire	That's a good, pragmatic approach.		155
74	Ruby's Journal	"Did M feel truly betrayed by me? I was feeling threatened -- he'd have to know if he threatened people, they'd take measures to protect themselves. Even I know that. Economic measures first of all. Gotta make a living, right. I can still hear his voice in the receiver, taste the plastic..."		75
75	Ruby's Journal	The entry ends abruptly.		172
76	None			77 78
77	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]	21
78	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]) == false	20
79	Ruby's Journal	"Even when I leave here (if I leave here alive) -- what's my next move?... Staging a lynching is a crime, even if I'm not accused of murder on top of that. Forever on the run? Not really my idea of the open road. Man, I was really looking forward to winning."		128
80	None			36
81	Half Light	Too late to do that now, *assassino grande*! Better start looking over your shoulder now.		155
82	Kim Kitsuragi	"The head of a major Jamrock gang specializing in drug production and trafficking -- a very bad person."		103
83	Kim Kitsuragi	"Could have been Titus. Then again..." He pauses to think.	Variable["XP.ruby_motive"] == false	115 98 99 168
84	You	"Kim, am I really a La Puta Madre agent?"	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_case"] or Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"]	86
85	Kim Kitsuragi	"It looks like she might have been... framed?" The lieutenant taps on the page.		163
86	Kim Kitsuragi	"No, I don't think you are." He looks you straight in the eye for a moment, then sighs. "Ask someone in your precinct if you want to be sure."		87
87	None			88 89
88	None		Variable["tc.la_puta_madre"]	185
89	None		(Variable["tc.la_puta_madre"]) == false	92
90	None			109
91	Kim Kitsuragi	"She was in plenty of trouble even without the murder charge." He looks down. "Still, it's a nasty business."		109
92	You	"Who *is* La Puta Madre?"		82
93	You	"So she died for nothing?"		91
94	None			95 96
95	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]	118
96	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]) == false	85
97	Kim Kitsuragi	"Either way, we need to keep an eye on him. Somewhere along the way, we might have been fed a lie or two..."		110
98	You	"Seems plausible."		97
99	You	"I don't know..."		97
100	Kim Kitsuragi	"Maybe she had an accomplice. Either way, we need to keep an eye on her."		110
101	Kim Kitsuragi	"No, it's dirty."		104
102	You	"She killed the merc, then turned the gun on herself -- case closed. It's so tidy!"		101
103	Drama	He's not 100% sure you're not indebted to this very, very bad person.		90
104	Composure	Kim's posture is unusually rigid -- he's used to this sort of thing, but he's not particularly happy about being used to it.		109
105	You	"Then who do you think killed Lely?" (Conclude.)		107 83
106	You	"But no one heard the shot..."	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ruled_out_roof_shot_for_viscal"]	100
107	Kim Kitsuragi	"Klaasje was the one who pointed the finger at Ruby. Perhaps she was trying to steer us away from herself? Or..." He stops to think.	Variable["XP.ruby_motive"]	111 112 106
108	Kim Kitsuragi	"I wouldn't go so far as to say that -- we have other reasons to arrest her." He frowns.		113
109	None			116 84 105
110	Kim Kitsuragi	"One thing is for certain: We have business back in the Whirling-in-Rags. Questions to ask. We should get to it."		187
111	You	"Seems plausible."		114
112	You	"I don't know..."		114
113	Kim Kitsuragi	"Besides, I'm not sure her life as a fugitive is going to be much better than with us."		90
114	Kim Kitsuragi	"Either way, we need to keep an eye on her."		110
115	You	"But no one heard the shot..."	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ruled_out_roof_shot_for_viscal"]	117
116	You	"If she didn't do it, then maybe it's good that we didn't catch her?"	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ran_away"]	108
117	Kim Kitsuragi	"Maybe there's a Hardie boy we've yet to meet who acted as his accomplice? Either way, we need to keep an eye on him."		110
118	Kim Kitsuragi	"I don't think she killed the mercenary." The lieutenant taps on the page. "It looks like she might have been... framed?"		162
119	Interfacing	Perhaps too confidently -- many phrases and even paragraphs have been crossed out, with tiny corrections scrawled above and in the margins.		11
120	None			121 122
121	None		IsKimHere()	123
122	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	36
123	None			124 125
124	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]	126
125	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]) == false	127
126	Kim Kitsuragi	"We could learn a lot from this."		36
127	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's good she left in a hurry. We could learn a lot from this..."		36
128	None			129 130
129	None		Variable["TASK.return_to_whirling"]	80
130	None		(Variable["TASK.return_to_whirling"]) == false	131
131	None			132 133
132	None		IsKimHere()	94
133	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	169
134	None			135 136
135	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]	137
136	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]) == false	37
137	Volition	Professionalism is his coping mechanism.		37
138	Authority	Staff issues, always tough on the leadership. You smell traces of betrayal.		37
139	Logic	She is referring to betraying her previous employer. Does this suggest she did it in self-defence?		182
140	Logic	Small wonder -- would you talk about La Puta Madre in your journal? You do see an 'M' though -- La Puta Madre? 'M' is mentioned on March 9th and March 15th.		158
141	Kim Kitsuragi	"What about this 'M'?" He points at the page you're staring at. "Could this be La Puta Madre? Here: March 9th and March 15th."		171
142	None			143 144
143	None		IsKimHere()	161
144	None		(IsKimHere()) == false	145
145	None			36
146	You	Not now.		145
147	Reaction Speed	"The call"? Did M call her personally? Why?		53
148	You	This is not me. I wouldn't do something like that.	Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_half"] == false	149
149	Inland Empire	Maybe it's the old you? Or maybe she was just paranoid...		184
150	Logic	On purpose? That's pretty far-fetched.		155
151	You	Am I sure this is a mistake? Look at me.	Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_half"] == false	153
152	You	This is a coincidence. I would never kill people for a mob boss.		154
153	Inland Empire	Whatever you may *look* like, you don't *feel* like a hired assassin.		155
154	Inland Empire	The thought steadies your nerves. The journal stops shaking in your hand.		155
155	None			49
156	Empathy	That must have been one hell of a conversation.		175
157	Authority	The call was a courtesy. He must have held her in high regard to personally tell her he knew about her plan to run drugs for the competition.		175
158	None			159 160
159	None		Variable["inventory.ruby_logic_m"]	171
160	None		(Variable["inventory.ruby_logic_m"]) == false	142
161	You	"No mention of La Puta Madre..."		141
162	Esprit de Corps	This whole thing was a detour -- and a fatal one, he thinks.		166
163	Esprit de Corps	That would be a first -- or a fourth -- but who's counting, he thinks. Very rarely does anyone actually get framed.		109
164	None			93 102 165
165	You	"Okay. What do you mean, framed?"		167
166	Volition	Don't get emotional.		164
167	Kim Kitsuragi	"By the Hardie boys, by Klaasje, by us."		109
168	You	"T-man wouldn't fuck me over!"		97
169	Esprit de Corps	You should show all this to the lieutenant, see what he makes of it.		80
170	You	Flip through the pages again.	Variable["inventory.ruby_reading_hub_reached"]	36
171	None			48 146
172	None			173 174
173	None		Variable["TASK.confront_hardie_about_drug_trade_done"]	157
174	None		(Variable["TASK.confront_hardie_about_drug_trade_done"]) == false	156
175	None			36
176	None			9
177	None			178 179
178	None		Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"]	79
179	None		(Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"]) == false	180
180	Ruby's Journal	"Even when I leave here (if I leave here alive) -- what's my next move?... Staging a lynching is a crime, even if I'm not accused of murder on top of that. Forever on the run? Not really my idea of the open road. Man, I was really looking forward to winning."		128
181	Empathy	This was important to her -- when it was still hers.		23
182	Logic	You have no idea what she means. These are personal notes, don't expect to understand all of it.		37
183	Empathy	No, stop... He wouldn't do that.		155
184	Empathy	No, not even the old you. No you would do that.		155
185	Drama	He truly does not believe you are. Perhaps he shouldn't be so trusting...		186
186	Volition	His trust is well placed. You aren't. You can *feel* it.		90
187	Half Light	Something tells you you should be extra careful from now on.