Conversation 565: ICE / AFTER CRYING KIM

Automatically starts after Acele's dialogue ends with her line "Crying is good. Get it out and then maybe we can talk, okay?"

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 Kim Kitsuragi "Do you, uh, want to *talk* about what just happened?"
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3 Empathy You get the feeling you're being handled with kid gloves because your cheeks are still soaking wet.
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4 You Convince yourself that you *didn't* melt down just now.
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5 Kim Kitsuragi "Good. Controlling your emotions sounds good."
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6 You "A crygasm."
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7 You "Weakness is strength."
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8 Kim Kitsuragi "That may be so, but such is Revachol and this is what is expected of us -- in Revachol."
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9 Kim Kitsuragi
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10 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["ice.kim_believes_crying_was_a_ruse"]
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11 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["ice.kim_believes_crying_was_a_ruse"]) == false
  • 39
12 Kim Kitsuragi "Thank you."
  • 36
13 You "You don't. But you *will*."
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14 Kim Kitsuragi "Yes. A clever ruse. I see."
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15 Kim Kitsuragi "A what?"
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16 Kim Kitsuragi "In the future, could you please refrain from emoting too much on duty? The quasi-legal status of the RCM means we need to project strength twice as consistently as any other police force in the world."
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17 You "I experienced a minor malfunction. I'm okay now."
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18 You "What? Nothing happened!!"
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19 Kim Kitsuragi The lieutenant blinks. "So you're saying you *didn't* break down in tears just now and nearly tear your shirt off?"
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20 You "Okay, then it isn't strength. You're right."
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21 You "I've never cried once in my life..."
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22 You "Sounds like typical macho bullshit to me."
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23 Kim Kitsuragi "Uh huh."
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24 Conceptualization A performance that would make the star of a radio melodrama blush.
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25 You "Okay, I'll control my emotions."
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26 Kim Kitsuragi "Not when projecting strength -- then it's just weakness."
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27 Kim Kitsuragi "Glad to hear it was 'minor.' Can you go on?"
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28 You "Right. I mean, who *cries* in public, like for real?"
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29 Kim Kitsuragi "That's us. Revachol Citizens Militia. The police."
  • 7
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30 Kim Kitsuragi "Who indeed?"
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31 You "It's when you totally break down and it feels a little better afterwards. I don't know where I got the expression from. I may have just invented it."
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32 You "The RCM?" Variable["tc.rcm"] == false
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33 You "It was nothing." [Leave.]
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34 Kim Kitsuragi The lieutenant merely nods.
35 None
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36 None
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37 You "Don't worry, Kim, it was *all a ruse*." (Wink at Kim.)
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38 Drama Believeth in thyself, my liege! 'Twas all a clever ruse.
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39 Drama Thy pen of lies runneth dry. Best to simplie deny the Truth baldfacedly.
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40 Drama 'Tis possible thou couldst persuade the lieutenant 'twas all a part of thy 'unorthodox' method. But can thou persuade *thyself*?
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41 None
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42 You "That's probably a good idea."
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43 You "What's there to talk about?"
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44 Kim Kitsuragi "So, what do *you* think happened?"
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45 Kim Kitsuragi "Normally I'm opposed to discussing one's feelings, especially on-duty, but I think this is an exceptional case..."
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46 You "... you could torture me, abandon me, even *divorce* me, and I'd be dry as a desert, yessir." (Wipe your eyes.)
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47 Drama Hrmm, methinks my liege doth protest too much.
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48 Kim Kitsuragi "Okay, right. Enough of this."
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49 Kim Kitsuragi
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50 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["plaza.kineema_station_call_done"]
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51 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["plaza.kineema_station_call_done"]) == false
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52 Kim Kitsuragi "Yes, I've definitely never seen you cry before, nor lent you my handkerchief to dry your tears."
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53 You "Absolutely. Superstars always get back up and try again."
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54 You "Yes. It is my duty, after all."
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55 You "The end is near anyway, I might as well see this through..."
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56 You "I can. And I'm sorry, Kim. I promise this is the last time."
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57 Kim Kitsuragi "Then let's go."