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ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			44
2	None			44
3	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yes, I'm sure. And, anyway, as I said before, the shot had to have come from afar."	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ruled_out_roof_shot_for_viscal"]	7
4	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yes, I'm sure." She pauses. "In fact, the shot couldn't have possibly come from the roof -- otherwise we would have heard it downstairs."	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ruled_out_roof_shot_for_viscal"] == false	5
5	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hmh... No one mentioned hearing any shots. And a rifle like the one used would have been loud. She's right... I don't think the shot came from... the roof."		7
6	You	"Klaasje looks like... a girl in one of your posters. She seems to be your type."	Variable["jam.abandoned_seen_posters"]	247
7	None			44
8	You	"Not even wildflowers? May bell... for example?"	Variable["tc.blueboy_rev_flower_known"] == false	13
9	You	"These weren't just flowers -- they... symbols... of... Revolution." (Push through the pain.)	Variable["tc.blueboy_rev_flower_known"]	15
10	You	"But Klaasje was... mourning..."		11
11	Ruby, the Instigator	"I never did understand why, when someone dies, a hothouse's worth of flowers has to die too."		169
12	You	"You don't feel... sympathy for mercs? It's hard work."		14
13	Ruby, the Instigator	She raises her eyebrows. "Nope."		169
14	Ruby, the Instigator	"Plenty of broken people who don't come with that kind of body count. Besides, they're paid well for what they do."		23
15	Ruby, the Instigator	"So now I'm leaving Revolutionary symbols around... Come on."		284
16	None			8 9 10 17
17	You	"Okay, so you... didn't leave May bells..." (Conclude.)		18
18	Ruby, the Instigator	"No, I did not."		2
19	You	"Really? Trigger..."		60
20	Electrochemistry	See her confident gaze, her toned arms -- yeah, she wouldn't have had much trouble in the intimacy department.		23
21	You	"There's nothing more... personal that you had against him? Perhaps his... way with women?"	Variable["XP.ruby_motive"] or Variable["whirling.hardie_discussed_ruby_sexuality"]	22
22	Ruby, the Instigator	"You think I was envious of his conquests? Look, pussy's not a problem for me. And definitely not a reason to off someone."		20
23	None			12 21 41 45
24	Ruby, the Instigator	"I didn't like him. Hardened mercenaries aren't particularly likeable types."		23
25	You	"Would you say that Lely was... a likeable person?"		24
26	You	"And... despite everything, you helped her by staging the lynching?"	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_lesbianism_riduculed"]	29
27	You	"Is that the only reason you... hung out on the roof?"		38
28	You	"What's... so great about her antenna?"		36
29	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yeah. The girl seemed terrified. The merc was beyond caring what happened to his mortal coil. It was a no-brainer."		167
30	You	"So you're... sure you didn't shoot the merc... from the roof?" (Move on.)		4 3
31	You	"You... liked Klaasje a lot."	Variable["XP.ruby_motive"]	49
32	You	"Okay, let's take a... step back." (Conclude.)		267
33	You	"Do you like to... hang out on rooftops?"	Variable["whirling.klaasje_ruby_roof_discussed"] or Variable["TASK.investigate_mysterious_door_done"]	37
34	None			27 28 30
35	Pale Latitude Compressor	"851023933... Come in..."		48
36	Ruby, the Instigator	"It's very powerful. I used it to tune into RCM frequencies. That's how I knew to be prepared for your arrival."		35
37	Ruby, the Instigator	"Who doesn't? Oh, you probably mean Klaasje's rooftop. Sure, I've hung out there. She's got this great antenna..."		34
38	Ruby, the Instigator	"The view's pretty bomb too, but you might say the antenna was the main attraction there, yeah. Along with Klaasje."		48
39	You	"Do you... collect guns... maybe old rifles?"	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_concept_not_into_antiques"] == false and Variable["TASK.ballistics_analysis_done"]	47
40	Ruby, the Instigator	"Sure don't."		203
41	You	"Did you feel... protective of the Union?"		43
42	Drama	I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but I don't think she's perjuring herself.		193
43	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yeah, sure, and I didn't like Wild Pines sending in those foreign hirelings -- me and a fuck-ton of other people around here."		42
44	None			25 88 74 31 33 62 170 32
45	You	"I have other questions." (Conclude.)		275
46	Ruby, the Instigator	"My type? She's everyone's type. She's your type. Are you sure you're not the one who was excited about the peephole?"		212 77
47	Ruby, the Instigator	"No, they're not practical. Break too often."		277
48	None			34
49	Ruby, the Instigator	"I considered her a good friend, yeah."		54
50	Ruby, the Instigator	"And?"		85
51	You	"She said you wanted to run... away with her."		53
52	You	"There are... other things I... ask about." (Conclude.)		281
53	Ruby, the Instigator	"That's a very sentimental way of putting it. We both had pasts we didn't want to catch up with us. And we enjoyed listening to music together. Why not go on a road trip?"		192
54	None			209 73 70 140 26 52
55	You	"Where did you get it?"		56
56	Ruby, the Instigator	"The gun store."		57
57	You	"What gun store?"		58
58	Ruby, the Instigator	"Trigger-Happy Jack's."		19 61
59	Ruby, the Instigator	"Never really got into weapons trafficking. Especially not old weapons -- they break too often, and you don't want unhappy customers among gun collectors."		166
60	Ruby, the Instigator	"What did you think? That I'm going to squeal on my gun supplier? Sorry, I'm not that kind of gal."		164
61	You	"That doesn't... sound like the name of a real store."		60
62	You	"Did you leave any... flowers for Klaasje on the roof?"	CheckItem("dried_may_bells")	63
63	Ruby, the Instigator	"No, gifts of flowers and candy aren't really my style."		16
64	You	"I see it's a front-loader. Do you have another... gun somewhere?"	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_percept_gun"]	40
65	Ruby, the Instigator	"Look, I'm not aware of any hole in Klaasje's wall. And if I had been, I would have told her to get it sealed -- that's what friends do."		77
66	Ruby, the Instigator	"I'm not following your clever insinuations, detective."		75
67	You	"It's just, the hole in Klaasje's wall is.. pretty suspicious..."		65
68	You	"I know you don't like old things, but do you... sell antique rifles on the side?"	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_concept_not_into_antiques"] and Variable["TASK.ballistics_analysis_done"]	59
69	Ruby, the Instigator	"A Nachtwey 80 front-loader. Two-barrelled -- not really what you were looking for, I'm guessing."		243
70	You	"But you wanted to be more than just friends."		188
71	Ruby, the Instigator	"Oh, so that's where you were going with this." She shakes her head. "Do I really seem like someone who would do something as lame as committing murder out of jealousy?"		192
72	You	"I can't quite tell... what kind of gun is it?"		69
73	You	"Is peeping... one of your hobbies?"	Variable["whirling.workshop_seen_perforation"]	159
74	You	"You have a gun."		50
75	None			76 78 67
76	You	"There's a... hole in the wall. You can see into Klaasje's room... I wouldn't blame you if you've.."		80
77	You	"So you haven't been.. watching Klaasje through a hole in.. wall?"		183
78	You	"Klaasje said... you may have used the peephole in her wall to spy on her..."	Variable["whirling.klaasje_peephole_maybe_ruby"]	79
79	Ruby, the Instigator	"Damn. That girl's pretty, but not that pretty. In fact, no one's pretty enough to waste time skulking about the Whirling, drilling holes in walls..."		77
80	Ruby, the Instigator	"If I want to stare at a pretty girl, I can pick one up at a bar -- or, worst case scenario, look at a naughty photo. Who has time to go skulking about the Whirling, drilling holes in walls?"		6 77
81	None			44
82	Ruby, the Instigator	"Wow. Pissing, pinball, and now peeping. I'm just not following your insinuations, detective."		75
83	Ruby, the Instigator	"Nope. Look, she has an effect on people. That je ne sais quoi that makes it impossible not to look at her when she walks into the room -- and very difficult to look away. But -- travel enough, and you realize..."		187
84	None			54
85	None			55 64 72 68 39 86
86	You	(Wince.) "There's other evidence I want to ask you about." (Conclude.)		87
87	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yeah. Evidence."		81
88	You	"Do you have an... alibi? For when Lely was shot?"		89
89	Ruby, the Instigator	"Man, I was with the boys the whole night. I hope they at least bothered to impress that upon you."		91 90 240
90	You	"They did say you left to take a... really long leak. Fifteen minutes."		93
91	You	"There were... ten minutes they couldn't account for."		92
92	Ruby, the Instigator	"You mean, the length of a toilet break? That wouldn't even have been enough time."		95
93	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yeah, and I'm sure they also made some FUNNY remarks about it -- they always do. I've driven a lot of long haul and chugged a lot of beer, man."		94
94	Ruby, the Instigator	She scoffs. "Can't do either without some power of mind over bladder. And, anyway, that wouldn't have been enough time."		95
95	None			96 97
96	None		Variable["TASK.enter_the_mysterious_door_done"]	194 99
97	None		(Variable["TASK.enter_the_mysterious_door_done"]) == false	197
98	None			44
99	You	"Our investigation..." (wince from the pain) "has shown that fifteen minutes was just enough time to commit the murder."		100
100	Ruby, the Instigator	"Wow, now I'm curious. Please, explain."		101
101	None			121 128 127
102	Conceptualization	So you know she's not an antiques enthusiast. Not my jurisdiction, man, but it also doesn't sound like she used that secret route. At all.		132
103	None			109 120 118 128
104	Ruby, the Instigator	She looks you in the eye impassively, making it clear that she's not planning to comment on the matter any further.		162
105	Logic	That's a pretty good question, actually. She clearly doesn't know anything about the secret passage.		117 130
106	Ruby, the Instigator	"Why are you so hung up on elevators?"		105
107	You	"Why not?"		106
108	Ruby, the Instigator	"Not murder mysteries, either, if that's what you're thinking."		104
109	You	"Wait..." (wince from the pain) "what kinds of mysteries interest you, then?"		108
110	Ruby, the Instigator	"Not particularly."		129
111	You	"Do you or don't you?!"		110
112	None			113 114
113	None		Variable["TASK.advanced_ballistics_analysis_done"]	102
114	None		(Variable["TASK.advanced_ballistics_analysis_done"]) == false	132
115	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yeah, and probably some ghosts from the time of the Suzerain. I'm not really interested in supranatural mysteries."		103
116	Ruby, the Instigator	"I'm not really into old shit for old shit's sake."		200
117	You	"Not even..." (grab your head) "quaint old rickety ones?"		116
118	You	"What about... elevators? Do you like elevators?"		119
119	Ruby, the Instigator	"The fuck do elevators have to do with anything?"		111
120	You	"That's a shame... because I happen to be a para-natural detective."	Variable["doomed.plais_whitecheck_succeeded"] or IsTHCPresent("remote_viewer") or Variable["tc.rvd"] == true	122
121	You	"Play... pinball much?"		123
122	Ruby, the Instigator	"Cool. They sent a ghost-cop after me. Congratulations."		162
123	Ruby, the Instigator	"No, not since I was 14 and hanging out at the only diner in Dardanne. Haven't been into low-risk, no-reward games since moving to the city."		126
124	You	"There are some... mysterious pinball machines in some pretty... mysterious rooms in the Whirling..."		115
125	Ruby, the Instigator	"Why?"		124 128
126	Shivers	Somewhere on the outskirts of Faubourg, a scrawny teenage girl stands by the side of the road, greeting passing vehicles with a calloused thumb turned upward. She's tired. She wants to leave. But she knows she will come back.		125
127	You	"Okay then... I have other questions for you."		139
128	You	"Look, there's a... secret way from the first floor of the Whirling to the roof."		133
129	None			107 117 130
130	You	"I think we may have gone a little off-topic."		131
131	Ruby, the Instigator	"And that topic was what? Staircases? Ladders?"		132
132	None			101
133	Ruby, the Instigator	"Don't know it. But also..." She frowns, studying your face.		134
134	Reaction Speed	Evaluating your competence as a police officer.		135
135	Ruby, the Instigator	"...the shot couldn't have come from the roof. Or we would have all heard it downstairs."		136
136	Kim Kitsuragi	"She has a... point there. No one mentioned..." The pain stops him from finishing the sentence.		201
137	None			138
138	Ruby, the Instigator	"I'm listening."		44
139	None			138
140	You	"Klaasje said you got very... angry when she started seeing Lely -- threatened her."	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_lesbianism_riduculed"]	143
141	Ruby, the Instigator	"She rejected me with some wishy-washy bullshit about how she was confused because she felt so close to me and valued my friendship so much, and how guilty she felt for leading me on..."		142
142	Ruby, the Instigator	"I knew that wasn't the whole story, but thought, fine, I'll take it and move on."		220
143	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yeah, one time when we'd both been drinking, I said some heated things about how dangerous her patterns with men were."		144
144	Ruby, the Instigator	"I was a little worried she'd blow it out of proportion in her head -- all the drugs she was doing can make you feel like you're living in a Dolorian tragedy."		158
145	Electrochemistry	She touched that radiant beauty, that silver wellspring of desire?		150
146	None			147 148
147	None		Variable["whirling.klaasje_ruby_run_away"]	149
148	None		(Variable["whirling.klaasje_ruby_run_away"]) == false	145
149	Drama	Klaasje only said they "maybe kissed". Someone is lying here.		145
150	None			151 152 153
151	You	"Wait -- Klaasje said you only kissed..."	Variable["boardwalk.ruby_jealousy_drama_kiss"]	154
152	You	"Hold on, Klaasje only... likes truly buff men!"	IsTHCPresent("radical_feminist_agenda") == false	155
153	You	"Then what happened?"		141
154	Ruby, the Instigator	She rolls her eyes again. "If that's what she wants on the record, so be it. I'm not about to go into details for you to jerk off to later."		216
155	Ruby, the Instigator	"She does know how to pick 'em."		153
156	None			54
157	Ruby, the Instigator	"Okay, fine." She rolls her eyes. "I was into her. Klaasje was into me too, for a time, I know it -- we even fooled around once. And, yeah, after that I thought maybe we could make a go of it."		146
158	Encyclopedia	By the way! Dolorian tragedies are still held in high regard for innovation in language and motifs. They are also know for overwrought emotions leading to catastrophic outcomes.		168
159	None			160 161
160	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_asked_leak"] and Variable["boardwalk.ruby_asked_pinball"]	82
161	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_asked_leak"] and Variable["boardwalk.ruby_asked_pinball"]) == false	66
162	None			103
163	None			85
164	None			85
165	None			85
166	None			85
167	None			54
168	None			54
169	None			16
170	You	"You're running... drugs for the Union. I've been through your lorry."	Variable["TASK.confront_hardie_about_drug_trade"]	171
171	Ruby, the Instigator	"So, heart-of-gold Tommy fucked me over too..." She shakes her head, slowly. "Never trust a musician."		225
172	You	"You're a... criminal. I can't trust anything you say."		175
173	You	"This means you're... already a known killer. Because drugs kill people!"	IsTHCPresent("narcomania")	176
174	You	"You had... a financial incentive to kill the merc." (Move on.)		259
175	Ruby, the Instigator	She scoffs. "That's your prerogative."		181
176	Ruby, the Instigator	"Drugs don't make people abuse them; hopelessness does. As for the drug trade -- it would continue with or without me. I like to think that my efficiency as an organizer has at least prevented some internal conflicts."		182
177	Ruby, the Instigator	"Man, it's to get away from all that murderous shit that I left Jamrock -- my previous employer -- for the Union."		235
178	Ruby, the Instigator	"I got lucky being a dispatcher -- never had to do any of the really dirty work myself. This gun," she glances at it, "has only been used for self-defence against serious scum." She turns the knob down just a millimetre.		237
179	You	"But... you're threatening us with it!"		180
180	Ruby, the Instigator	"Based on what I've heard about you -- you are serious scum," she responds, holding your gaze.		233
181	None			221
182	Authority	She's proud of her organizational abilities even now -- and trying to raise that pride as a bulwark against the desperation.		181
183	None			184 185
184	None		Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]	186
185	None		(Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]) == false	83
186	Ruby, the Instigator	"Nope. Look, she has an effect on people -- or had, before you sent her off in your Moralintern meat grinder. It's impossible not to look at her when she walks into the room -- and very difficult to look away. But -- travel enough, and you realize..."		187
187	Ruby, the Instigator	"...for the same reason that she's everyone's type as an object of desire, she's not irreplaceable."		214
188	None			189 190
189	None		Variable["whirling.klaasje_ruby_run_away"]	191
190	None		(Variable["whirling.klaasje_ruby_run_away"]) == false	71
191	Ruby, the Instigator	"Oh, so that's where you were going with this."		51
192	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant watches her expectantly, occasionally shaking from the pain.		157
193	Empathy	She didn't hate him, okay?		23
194	You	"Hold on, no one takes a fifteen-minute leak."		195
195	Ruby, the Instigator	"Look, fuck you, man. I might have also stopped by the bar."		196
196	Drama	She speaketh truth.		99
197	Kim Kitsuragi	"No one takes a..." -- the lieutenant winces from the pain -- "fifteen-minute leak."		198
198	Ruby, the Instigator	"Look, fuck you, man. I might have also stopped by the bar."		199
199	Drama	She speaketh truth.		98
200	Kim Kitsuragi	"Goddamnit..." The lieutenant grabs his head.		112
201	Suggestion	That didn't go super well. You've gotta lay something better on her.		202
202	None			44
203	Kim Kitsuragi	"A breechloader?"		204
204	Ruby, the Instigator	"No."		205
205	Hand/Eye Coordination	This is such a wipeout.		163
206	None			207 208
207	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ruled_out_roof_shot_for_viscal"]	165
208	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ruled_out_roof_shot_for_viscal"]) == false	242
209	You	"Are you a... girl-liker?"		210
210	Ruby, the Instigator	"What the hell, man?!" She laughs. "Yeah, why not? I've gotten worse."		211
211	Reaction Speed	Her hand slipped from the dial of the compressor for a moment, almost turning it down. Then she put her hand back -- not yet. Not yet...		54
212	You	"Actually..." (grotesquely whine from the pain) "I did get pretty excited..."		213
213	Ruby, the Instigator	"Cool, man, cool. I'm glad you got off on it -- what the fuck are we talking about?"		77
214	Conceptualization	Right on.		278
215	You	"But I do want... details, actually..." (Cringe from the head-splitting torment.)		217
216	Volition	Seriously, just move on.		215 153
217	Kim Kitsuragi	"...Really?"		279
218	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yeah, really?"		219
219	You	"Okay... then what happened?"		141
220	Empathy	No ill will there. It wasn't a problem for her.		156
221	None			172 173 174
222	You	"I wish I... had my gun right now..."	CheckItem("gun_villiers") == false	223
223	Ruby, the Instigator	"Not for a moment do I believe that you came here unarmed."		234
224	Reaction Speed	She's not letting her guard down.		232
225	Empathy	That really comes as a blow to her.		252
226	You	"Who's Tommy?"	Variable["jam.tommy_greeting_done"] == false	254
227	You	"No, he didn't. I found my own way in." (Lie.)	Variable["jam.tommy_forced_him_to_out_instigator"]	255
228	You	"No, he didn't. I found my own way in."	Variable["jam.tommy_forced_him_to_out_instigator"] == false	255
229	You	"Yeah, I made him talk."	Variable["jam.tommy_forced_him_to_out_instigator"]	257
230	You	"Yeah, I made him talk." (Lie.)	Variable["jam.tommy_forced_him_to_out_instigator"] == false	257
231	Rhetoric	She deliberately avoided naming the mob she worked for. You might be able to find this out later.		178
232	None			44
233	Half Light	There's a sinister note in her voice. Even with the gun and the compressor, she's afraid of you.		232
234	Half Light	There's a sinister note in her voice. Even with the gun and the compressor, she's afraid of you.		224
235	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hnghh..." The lieutenant is unable to articulate his question.		263
236	Pain Threshold	There. It's going to be easier to reach the machine now.		266
237	None			238 239
238	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_red_check_pain_failed"]	266
239	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_red_check_pain_failed"]) == false	236
240	You	"There was... half an hour missing. You went out..."		241
241	Ruby, the Instigator	"Like fuck I did. I was in all the time -- I went for a leak, ten, fifteen minutes max."		95
242	Visual Calculus	That merc was probably shot from a distance with a military-grade rifle. Otherwise everyone at the Whirling would have heard the shot downstairs.		165
243	None			244 245
244	None		Variable["TASK.ballistics_analysis_done"]	246
245	None		(Variable["TASK.ballistics_analysis_done"]) == false	206
246	Kim Kitsuragi	"That... isn't... it..."		206
247	None			248 249
248	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_drugs_lorry_asked"]	46
249	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_drugs_lorry_asked"]) == false	250
250	Ruby, the Instigator	"What the fuck, man? She's everyone's type. She's your type. Are you sure you're not the one who was excited about the peephole?"		251
251	Rhetoric	She's beginning to suspect you've broken into her lorry now.		212 77
252	Drama	Maybe twist the knife? Just in case. Make her more desperate.		253
253	None			226 227 228 229 230
254	Ruby, the Instigator	"You know who he is -- he fucked me over. Country boy my ass..."		227 228 229 230
255	Ruby, the Instigator	"Okay, great, you got into my lorry on your own. What now? You're going to arrest me for drug trafficking?" A bitter smile.		256
256	Empathy	Beneath it, she's relieved Tommy didn't betray her.		221
257	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yeah, that figures." She shrugs. "What now? You're going to arrest me for drug trafficking?"		258
258	Composure	She's more upset than she lets on.		221
259	None			260 261
260	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"]	262
261	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"]) == false	177
262	Ruby, the Instigator	"Man, it's to get away from all that murderous shit that I left the Madre for the Union."		235
263	None			264 265
264	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"]	178
265	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"]) == false	231
266	None			179 222 285
267	None			268 269
268	None		Variable["boardwalk.ruby_case_exited_once"]	270
269	None		(Variable["boardwalk.ruby_case_exited_once"]) == false	271
270	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yeah? Where?"		274
271	Ruby, the Instigator	"Yeah? Where?"		272
272	Suggestion	More. More questions before doing anything.		273
273	Half Light	Damn it! Destroy that thing already!		274
274	None			External: (527, 4)
275	Ruby, the Instigator	"I'm listening."		276
276	None			44
277	Half Light	A doubt creeps over you. She sounds so sure of everything. So... not guilty.		166
278	Electrochemistry	Wrong. That kind of pussy is never replaceable.		84
279	Pain Threshold	Is that blood on the ground before you? Are your ears bleeding?		218
280	None			44
281	Ruby, the Instigator	"Go ahead -- it's your body."		282
282	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hngh..."		283
283	Esprit de Corps	And mine too, he thinks -- but keep on. This must be done.		280
284	Empathy	Was that... pity? For you? She sees you're grasping for straws here.		169
285	You	"I wish... I could use my gun right now."	CheckItem("gun_villiers")	286
286	Ruby, the Instigator	"You won't get to. Your dirty little tricks won't work with me," she responds, holding your gaze.		233

Conversation 540: LAIR / INSTIGATOR CASE

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