Here you can learn about Ruby's involvement with La Puta Madre.
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0 | None |
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1 | None |
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2 | Ruby's Journal | A thick journal. The cover is worn, like someone used to carry it around in their back pocket. |
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3 | None |
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4 | You | Unwind the strap. (Move on.) |
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5 | You | Put the journal away. [Leave.] |
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6 | None |
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7 | None | Variable["boardwalk.journal_main_hub_reached"] |
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8 | None | (Variable["boardwalk.journal_main_hub_reached"]) == false |
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9 | Ruby's Journal | The thick journal bound in brown leather is full of candour and diagrams. |
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10 | You | Flip through the pages. | Variable["inventory.ruby_reading_hub_reached"] == false |
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11 | None |
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12 | Ruby's Journal | The journal falls open. About two thirds of its ruled pages have been filled. |
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13 | You | Study the handwriting. |
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14 | You | Examine the cover. |
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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." |
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16 | Encyclopedia | Schneller is a stationary brand from Gottwald beloved among architects and engineers. |
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17 | None |
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18 | None | Variable["boardwalk.journal_encyc_schneller"] |
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19 | None | (Variable["boardwalk.journal_encyc_schneller"]) == false |
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20 | Conceptualization | She's got good taste and must have taken whatever she recorded here seriously. |
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21 | Conceptualization | She had good taste and must have taken what she recorded here seriously. |
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22 | None |
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23 | None |
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24 | Ruby's Journal | It's a mix of logistical notes, diagrams, and personal reflections, all dated. |
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25 | You | How far back do the entries go? |
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26 | You | What kinds of logistics? |
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27 | You | Anything personal? |
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28 | Ruby's Journal | The large cursive of someone who writes quickly and confidently. |
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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.)" |
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30 | Ruby's Journal | Hard to tell exactly -- it's mostly noted down in code. Looks like contact information, quantities, directions. |
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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. |
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32 | None |
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33 | None | IsKimHere() |
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34 | None | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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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." |
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36 | None |
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37 | None |
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38 | Interfacing | The way some of those question marks trail off into ellipses -- she was going through a tough time. |
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39 | You | (Look at the cover again.) |
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40 | You | What did she write the day Lely died? |
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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." |
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42 | You | Anything about... La Puta Madre? | Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_case"] or Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"] |
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43 | Ruby's Journal | That name isn't mentioned as far as you can tell. |
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44 | You | What's the most recent entry? (Conclude with journal.) |
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45 | You | What are the diagrams of? |
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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. |
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47 | Ruby's Journal | The most recent entry is from today. It reads: |
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48 | You | Read the entry from March 9th first. |
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49 | You | Read the entry from March 12th. |
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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." |
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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..." |
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52 | Ruby's Journal | "Then again, isn't that what I've been doing ever since I got the call." |
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53 | None |
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54 | None | Variable["boardwalk.ruby_red_check_rhet_failed"] |
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55 | None | (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_red_check_rhet_failed"]) == false |
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56 | Inland Empire | Things played out just as she had feared. Except *you* didn't shoot her. |
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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. |
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58 | None |
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59 | None | Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_concept"] |
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60 | None | (Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_concept"]) == false |
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61 | None |
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62 | None | Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_inland"] |
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63 | None | (Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_inland"]) == false |
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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. |
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65 | Half Light | You didn't follow through. You should have shot her in the head. |
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66 | None |
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67 | You | Goddamn right, I should have. | Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_half"] |
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68 | You | No, I couldn't. | Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_half"] |
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69 | You | What a coincidence... |
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70 | Half Light | Yes, you could. You'd pull it one, two, three times -- and watch her fall. |
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71 | You | I'm okay with the idea. |
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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? |
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73 | Inland Empire | That's a good, pragmatic approach. |
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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..." |
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75 | Ruby's Journal | The entry ends abruptly. |
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76 | None |
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77 | None | Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"] |
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78 | None | (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]) == false |
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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." |
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80 | None |
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81 | Half Light | Too late to do that now, *assassino grande*! Better start looking over your shoulder now. |
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82 | Kim Kitsuragi | "The head of a major Jamrock gang specializing in drug production and trafficking -- a very bad person." |
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83 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Could have been Titus. Then again..." He pauses to think. | Variable["XP.ruby_motive"] == false |
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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"] |
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85 | Kim Kitsuragi | "It looks like she might have been... framed?" The lieutenant taps on the page. |
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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." |
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87 | None |
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88 | None | Variable["tc.la_puta_madre"] |
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89 | None | (Variable["tc.la_puta_madre"]) == false |
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90 | None |
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91 | Kim Kitsuragi | "She was in plenty of trouble even without the murder charge." He looks down. "Still, it's a nasty business." |
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92 | You | "Who *is* La Puta Madre?" |
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93 | You | "So she died for nothing?" |
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94 | None |
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95 | None | Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"] |
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96 | None | (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]) == false |
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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..." |
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98 | You | "Seems plausible." |
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99 | You | "I don't know..." |
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100 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Maybe she had an accomplice. Either way, we need to keep an eye on her." |
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101 | Kim Kitsuragi | "No, it's dirty." |
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102 | You | "She killed the merc, then turned the gun on herself -- case closed. It's so tidy!" |
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103 | Drama | He's not 100% sure you're not indebted to this very, very bad person. |
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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. |
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105 | You | "Then who do you think killed Lely?" (Conclude.) |
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106 | You | "But no one heard the shot..." | Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ruled_out_roof_shot_for_viscal"] |
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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"] |
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108 | Kim Kitsuragi | "I wouldn't go so far as to say that -- we have other reasons to arrest her." He frowns. |
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109 | None |
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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." |
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111 | You | "Seems plausible." |
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112 | You | "I don't know..." |
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113 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Besides, I'm not sure her life as a fugitive is going to be much better than with us." |
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114 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Either way, we need to keep an eye on her." |
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115 | You | "But no one heard the shot..." | Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ruled_out_roof_shot_for_viscal"] |
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116 | You | "If she didn't do it, then maybe it's good that we didn't catch her?" | Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ran_away"] |
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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." |
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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?" |
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119 | Interfacing | Perhaps too confidently -- many phrases and even paragraphs have been crossed out, with tiny corrections scrawled above and in the margins. |
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120 | None |
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121 | None | IsKimHere() |
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122 | None | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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123 | None |
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124 | None | Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"] |
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125 | None | (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]) == false |
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126 | Kim Kitsuragi | "We could learn a lot from this." |
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127 | Kim Kitsuragi | "It's good she left in a hurry. We could learn a lot from this..." |
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128 | None |
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129 | None | Variable["TASK.return_to_whirling"] |
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130 | None | (Variable["TASK.return_to_whirling"]) == false |
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131 | None |
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132 | None | IsKimHere() |
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133 | None | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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134 | None |
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135 | None | Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"] |
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136 | None | (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"]) == false |
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137 | Volition | Professionalism is his coping mechanism. |
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138 | Authority | Staff issues, always tough on the leadership. You smell traces of betrayal. |
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139 | Logic | She is referring to betraying her previous employer. Does this suggest she did it in self-defence? |
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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. |
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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." |
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142 | None |
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143 | None | IsKimHere() |
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144 | None | (IsKimHere()) == false |
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145 | None |
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146 | You | Not now. |
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147 | Reaction Speed | "The call"? Did M call her personally? Why? |
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148 | You | This is not me. I wouldn't do something like that. | Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_half"] == false |
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149 | Inland Empire | Maybe it's the old you? Or maybe she was just paranoid... |
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150 | Logic | On purpose? That's pretty far-fetched. |
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151 | You | Am I sure this is a mistake? Look at me. | Variable["inventory.ruby_kill_half"] == false |
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152 | You | This is a coincidence. I would never kill people for a mob boss. |
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153 | Inland Empire | Whatever you may *look* like, you don't *feel* like a hired assassin. |
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154 | Inland Empire | The thought steadies your nerves. The journal stops shaking in your hand. |
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155 | None |
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156 | Empathy | That must have been one hell of a conversation. |
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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. |
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158 | None |
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159 | None | Variable["inventory.ruby_logic_m"] |
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160 | None | (Variable["inventory.ruby_logic_m"]) == false |
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161 | You | "No mention of La Puta Madre..." |
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162 | Esprit de Corps | This whole thing was a detour -- and a fatal one, he thinks. |
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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. |
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164 | None |
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165 | You | "Okay. What do you mean, framed?" |
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166 | Volition | Don't get emotional. |
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167 | Kim Kitsuragi | "By the Hardie boys, by Klaasje, by us." |
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168 | You | "T-man wouldn't fuck me over!" |
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169 | Esprit de Corps | You should show all this to the lieutenant, see what he makes of it. |
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170 | You | Flip through the pages again. | Variable["inventory.ruby_reading_hub_reached"] |
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171 | None |
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172 | None |
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173 | None | Variable["TASK.confront_hardie_about_drug_trade_done"] |
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174 | None | (Variable["TASK.confront_hardie_about_drug_trade_done"]) == false |
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175 | None |
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176 | None |
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177 | None |
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178 | None | Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"] |
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179 | None | (Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"]) == false |
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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." |
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181 | Empathy | This was important to her -- when it was still hers. |
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182 | Logic | You have no idea what she means. These are personal notes, don't expect to understand all of it. |
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183 | Empathy | No, stop... He wouldn't do that. |
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184 | Empathy | No, not even the old you. No you would do that. |
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185 | Drama | He truly does not believe you are. Perhaps he shouldn't be so trusting... |
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186 | Volition | His trust is well placed. You aren't. You can *feel* it. |
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187 | Half Light | Something tells you you should be extra careful from now on. |
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