Conversation 540: LAIR / INSTIGATOR CASE

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2 None
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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"]
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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
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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."
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6 You "Klaasje looks like... a girl in one of your posters. She seems to be *your type*." Variable["jam.abandoned_seen_posters"]
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7 None
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8 You "Not even wildflowers? May bell... for example?" Variable["tc.blueboy_rev_flower_known"] == false
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9 You "These weren't just flowers -- they... symbols... of... Revolution." (Push through the pain.) Variable["tc.blueboy_rev_flower_known"]
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10 You "But Klaasje was... mourning..."
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11 Ruby, the Instigator "I never did understand why, when someone dies, a hothouse's worth of flowers has to die too."
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12 You "You don't feel... sympathy for mercs? It's hard work."
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13 Ruby, the Instigator She raises her eyebrows. "Nope."
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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."
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15 Ruby, the Instigator "So now I'm leaving Revolutionary symbols around... Come on."
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16 None
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17 You "Okay, so you... didn't leave May bells..." (Conclude.)
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18 Ruby, the Instigator "No, I did not."
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19 You "Really? Trigger..."
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20 Electrochemistry See her confident gaze, her toned arms -- yeah, she wouldn't have had much trouble in the intimacy department.
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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"]
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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."
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23 None
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24 Ruby, the Instigator "I didn't like him. Hardened mercenaries aren't particularly likeable types."
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25 You "Would you say that Lely was... a *likeable* person?"
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26 You "And... despite everything, you helped her by staging the lynching?" Variable["boardwalk.ruby_lesbianism_riduculed"]
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27 You "Is that the only reason you... hung out on the roof?"
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28 You "What's... so great about her antenna?"
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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."
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30 You "So you're... *sure* you didn't shoot the merc... from the roof?" (Move on.)
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31 You "You... liked Klaasje *a lot*." Variable["XP.ruby_motive"]
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32 You "Okay, let's take a... step back." (Conclude.)
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33 You "Do you like to... hang out on rooftops?" Variable["whirling.klaasje_ruby_roof_discussed"] or Variable["TASK.investigate_mysterious_door_done"]
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34 None
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35 Pale Latitude Compressor "851023933... Come in..."
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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."
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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..."
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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."
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39 You "Do you... collect guns... maybe old rifles?" Variable["boardwalk.ruby_concept_not_into_antiques"] == false and Variable["TASK.ballistics_analysis_done"]
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40 Ruby, the Instigator "Sure don't."
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41 You "Did you feel... protective of the Union?"
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42 Drama I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but I don't think she's perjuring herself.
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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."
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44 None
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45 You "I have other questions." (Conclude.)
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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?"
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47 Ruby, the Instigator "No, they're not practical. Break too often."
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48 None
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49 Ruby, the Instigator "I considered her a good friend, yeah."
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50 Ruby, the Instigator "And?"
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51 You "She said you wanted to run... away with her."
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52 You "There are... other things I... ask about." (Conclude.)
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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?"
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54 None
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55 You "Where did you get it?"
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56 Ruby, the Instigator "The gun store."
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57 You "What gun store?"
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58 Ruby, the Instigator "Trigger-Happy Jack's."
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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."
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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."
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61 You "That doesn't... sound like the name of a real store."
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62 You "Did you leave any... flowers for Klaasje on the roof?" CheckItem("dried_may_bells")
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63 Ruby, the Instigator "No, gifts of flowers and candy aren't really my style."
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64 You "I see it's a front-loader. Do you have another... gun somewhere?" Variable["boardwalk.ruby_percept_gun"]
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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."
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66 Ruby, the Instigator "I'm not following your clever insinuations, detective."
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67 You "It's just, the hole in Klaasje's wall is.. pretty suspicious..."
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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"]
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69 Ruby, the Instigator "A Nachtwey 80 front-loader. Two-barrelled -- not really what you were looking for, I'm guessing."
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70 You "But you wanted to be more than just *friends*."
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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?"
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72 You "I can't quite tell... what *kind* of gun is it?"
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73 You "Is peeping... one of your hobbies?" Variable["whirling.workshop_seen_perforation"]
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74 You "You have a gun."
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75 None
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76 You "There's a... hole in the wall. You can see into Klaasje's room... I wouldn't blame you if you've.."
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77 You "So you *haven't* been.. watching Klaasje through a hole in.. wall?"
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78 You "Klaasje said... you may have used the *peephole* in her wall to spy on her..." Variable["whirling.klaasje_peephole_maybe_ruby"]
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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..."
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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?"
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81 None
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82 Ruby, the Instigator "Wow. Pissing, pinball, and now peeping. I'm just not following your insinuations, detective."
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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..."
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84 None
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85 None
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86 You (Wince.) "There's other evidence I want to ask you about." (Conclude.)
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87 Ruby, the Instigator "Yeah. *Evidence*."
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88 You "Do you have an... alibi? For when Lely was shot?"
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89 Ruby, the Instigator "Man, I was with the boys the whole night. I hope they at least bothered to impress *that* upon you."
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90 You "They did say you left to take a... really long leak. Fifteen minutes."
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91 You "There were... ten minutes they couldn't account for."
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92 Ruby, the Instigator "You mean, the length of a toilet break? That wouldn't even have been enough time."
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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."
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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."
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95 None
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96 None Variable["TASK.enter_the_mysterious_door_done"]
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97 None (Variable["TASK.enter_the_mysterious_door_done"]) == false
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98 None
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99 You "Our investigation..." (wince from the pain) "has shown that fifteen minutes was *just* enough time to commit the murder."
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100 Ruby, the Instigator "Wow, now I'm curious. Please, explain."
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101 None
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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.
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103 None
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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.
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105 Logic That's a pretty good question, actually. She clearly doesn't know anything about the secret passage.
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106 Ruby, the Instigator "Why are *you* so hung up on elevators?"
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107 You "Why not?"
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108 Ruby, the Instigator "Not murder mysteries, either, if that's what you're thinking."
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109 You "Wait..." (wince from the pain) "what kinds of mysteries interest you, then?"
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110 Ruby, the Instigator "Not particularly."
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111 You "Do you or don't you?!"
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112 None
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113 None Variable["TASK.advanced_ballistics_analysis_done"]
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114 None (Variable["TASK.advanced_ballistics_analysis_done"]) == false
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115 Ruby, the Instigator "Yeah, and probably some ghosts from the time of the Suzerain. I'm not really interested in supranatural mysteries."
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116 Ruby, the Instigator "I'm not really into old shit for old shit's sake."
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117 You "Not even..." (grab your head) "quaint old rickety ones?"
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118 You "What about... elevators? Do you like *elevators*?"
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119 Ruby, the Instigator "The fuck do elevators have to do with anything?"
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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
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121 You "Play... pinball much?"
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122 Ruby, the Instigator "Cool. They sent a ghost-cop after me. Congratulations."
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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."
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124 You "There are some... mysterious pinball machines in some pretty... mysterious rooms in the Whirling..."
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125 Ruby, the Instigator "Why?"
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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.
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127 You "Okay then... I have other questions for you."
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128 You "Look, there's a... secret way from the first floor of the Whirling to the roof."
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129 None
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130 You "I think we may have gone a little off-topic."
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131 Ruby, the Instigator "And that topic was what? Staircases? Ladders?"
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132 None
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133 Ruby, the Instigator "Don't know it. But also..." She frowns, studying your face.
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134 Reaction Speed Evaluating your competence as a police officer.
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135 Ruby, the Instigator "...the shot couldn't have come from the roof. Or we would have all heard it downstairs."
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136 Kim Kitsuragi "She has a... point there. No one mentioned..." The pain stops him from finishing the sentence.
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137 None
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138 Ruby, the Instigator "I'm listening."
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139 None
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140 You "Klaasje said you got very... angry when she started seeing Lely -- threatened her." Variable["boardwalk.ruby_lesbianism_riduculed"]
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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..."
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142 Ruby, the Instigator "I knew that wasn't the whole story, but thought, fine, I'll take it and move on."
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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."
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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."
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145 Electrochemistry She touched that radiant beauty, that silver wellspring of desire?
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146 None
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147 None Variable["whirling.klaasje_ruby_run_away"]
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148 None (Variable["whirling.klaasje_ruby_run_away"]) == false
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149 Drama Klaasje only said they "maybe kissed". Someone is lying here.
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150 None
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151 You "Wait -- Klaasje said you only kissed..." Variable["boardwalk.ruby_jealousy_drama_kiss"]
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152 You "Hold on, Klaasje only... likes truly buff men!" IsTHCPresent("radical_feminist_agenda") == false
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153 You "Then what happened?"
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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."
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155 Ruby, the Instigator "She does know how to pick 'em."
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156 None
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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."
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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.
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159 None
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160 None Variable["boardwalk.ruby_asked_leak"] and Variable["boardwalk.ruby_asked_pinball"]
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161 None (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_asked_leak"] and Variable["boardwalk.ruby_asked_pinball"]) == false
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162 None
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169 None
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170 You "You're running... drugs for the Union. I've been through your lorry." Variable["TASK.confront_hardie_about_drug_trade"]
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171 Ruby, the Instigator "So, heart-of-gold Tommy fucked me over too..." She shakes her head, slowly. "Never trust a musician."
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172 You "You're a... criminal. I can't trust anything you say."
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173 You "This means you're... already a known killer. Because *drugs* kill people!" IsTHCPresent("narcomania")
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174 You "You had... a financial incentive to kill the merc." (Move on.)
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175 Ruby, the Instigator She scoffs. "That's your prerogative."
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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."
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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."
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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.
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179 You "But... you're threatening us with it!"
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180 Ruby, the Instigator "Based on what I've heard about you -- you *are* serious scum," she responds, holding your gaze.
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181 None
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182 Authority She's proud of her organizational abilities even now -- and trying to raise that pride as a bulwark against the desperation.
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183 None
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184 None Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]
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185 None (Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]) == false
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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..."
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187 Ruby, the Instigator "...for the same reason that she's everyone's type as an object of desire, she's not irreplaceable."
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188 None
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189 None Variable["whirling.klaasje_ruby_run_away"]
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190 None (Variable["whirling.klaasje_ruby_run_away"]) == false
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191 Ruby, the Instigator "Oh, so that's where you were going with this."
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192 Kim Kitsuragi The lieutenant watches her expectantly, occasionally shaking from the pain.
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193 Empathy She didn't hate him, okay?
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194 You "Hold on, *no one* takes a fifteen-minute leak."
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195 Ruby, the Instigator "Look, fuck you, man. I might have also stopped by the bar."
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196 Drama She speaketh truth.
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197 Kim Kitsuragi "No one takes a..." -- the lieutenant winces from the pain -- "fifteen-minute leak."
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198 Ruby, the Instigator "Look, fuck you, man. I might have also stopped by the bar."
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199 Drama She speaketh truth.
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200 Kim Kitsuragi "Goddamnit..." The lieutenant grabs his head.
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201 Suggestion That didn't go super well. You've gotta lay something better on her.
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202 None
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203 Kim Kitsuragi "A breechloader?"
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204 Ruby, the Instigator "No."
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205 Hand/Eye Coordination This is such a wipeout.
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206 None
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207 None Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ruled_out_roof_shot_for_viscal"]
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208 None (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ruled_out_roof_shot_for_viscal"]) == false
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209 You "Are you a... girl-liker?"
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210 Ruby, the Instigator "What the hell, man?!" She laughs. "Yeah, why not? I've gotten worse."
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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...
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212 You "Actually..." (grotesquely whine from the pain) "I did get pretty excited..."
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213 Ruby, the Instigator "Cool, man, cool. I'm glad you got off on it -- what the *fuck* are we talking about?"
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214 Conceptualization Right on.
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215 You "But I do want... details, actually..." (Cringe from the head-splitting torment.)
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216 Volition Seriously, just move on.
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217 Kim Kitsuragi "...Really?"
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218 Ruby, the Instigator "Yeah, *really*?"
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219 You "Okay... then what happened?"
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220 Empathy No ill will there. It wasn't a problem for her.
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221 None
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222 You "I wish I... had my gun right now..." CheckItem("gun_villiers") == false
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223 Ruby, the Instigator "Not for a moment do I believe that *you* came here unarmed."
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224 Reaction Speed She's not letting her guard down.
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225 Empathy That really comes as a blow to her.
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226 You "Who's Tommy?" Variable["jam.tommy_greeting_done"] == false
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227 You "No, he didn't. I found my own way in." (Lie.) Variable["jam.tommy_forced_him_to_out_instigator"]
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228 You "No, he didn't. I found my own way in." Variable["jam.tommy_forced_him_to_out_instigator"] == false
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229 You "Yeah, I made him talk." Variable["jam.tommy_forced_him_to_out_instigator"]
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230 You "Yeah, I made him talk." (Lie.) Variable["jam.tommy_forced_him_to_out_instigator"] == false
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231 Rhetoric She deliberately avoided naming the mob she worked for. You might be able to find this out later.
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232 None
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233 Half Light There's a sinister note in her voice. Even with the gun and the compressor, she's *afraid* of you.
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234 Half Light There's a sinister note in her voice. Even with the gun and the compressor, she's afraid of you.
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235 Kim Kitsuragi "Hnghh..." The lieutenant is unable to articulate his question.
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236 Pain Threshold There. It's going to be easier to reach the machine now.
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237 None
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238 None Variable["boardwalk.ruby_red_check_pain_failed"]
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239 None (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_red_check_pain_failed"]) == false
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240 You "There was... half an hour missing. You went out..."
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241 Ruby, the Instigator "Like *fuck* I did. I was *in* all the time -- I went for a leak, ten, fifteen minutes max."
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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.
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243 None
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244 None Variable["TASK.ballistics_analysis_done"]
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245 None (Variable["TASK.ballistics_analysis_done"]) == false
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246 Kim Kitsuragi "That... isn't... it..."
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247 None
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248 None Variable["boardwalk.ruby_drugs_lorry_asked"]
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249 None (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_drugs_lorry_asked"]) == false
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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?"
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251 Rhetoric She's beginning to suspect you've broken into her lorry now.
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252 Drama Maybe twist the knife? Just in case. Make her more desperate.
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253 None
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254 Ruby, the Instigator "You know who he is -- he fucked me over. Country boy my ass..."
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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.
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256 Empathy Beneath it, she's relieved Tommy didn't betray her.
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257 Ruby, the Instigator "Yeah, that figures." She shrugs. "What now? You're going to arrest me for drug trafficking?"
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258 Composure She's more upset than she lets on.
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259 None
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260 None Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"]
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261 None (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"]) == false
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262 Ruby, the Instigator "Man, it's to get *away* from all that murderous shit that I left the Madre for the Union."
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263 None
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264 None Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"]
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265 None (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"]) == false
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266 None
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267 None
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268 None Variable["boardwalk.ruby_case_exited_once"]
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269 None (Variable["boardwalk.ruby_case_exited_once"]) == false
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270 Ruby, the Instigator "Yeah? Where?"
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271 Ruby, the Instigator "Yeah? Where?"
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272 Suggestion More. More questions before doing anything.
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273 Half Light Damn it! Destroy that thing already!
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274 None
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275 Ruby, the Instigator "I'm listening."
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276 None
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277 Half Light A doubt creeps over you. She sounds so sure of everything. So... not guilty.
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278 Electrochemistry Wrong. That kind of pussy is *never* replaceable.
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279 Pain Threshold Is that blood on the ground before you? Are your ears *bleeding*?
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280 None
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281 Ruby, the Instigator "Go ahead -- it's your body."
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282 Kim Kitsuragi "Hngh..."
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283 Esprit de Corps And mine too, he thinks -- but keep on. This must be done.
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284 Empathy Was that... pity? For you? She sees you're grasping for straws here.
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285 You "I wish... I could use my gun right now." CheckItem("gun_villiers")
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286 Ruby, the Instigator "You won't get to. Your dirty little tricks won't work with me," she responds, holding your gaze.
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