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ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			291
2	Noid	"So you had a talk with Andre, and now you want to discuss things with Noid? Good." Skin shows through the holes in the speedfreak's too-large sweater. In front of him -- an open toolbox full of carpentry tools and parts.		3
3	Noid	"It's good you talked to Andre first. Gave me time to get a reading on your sine. Can't really talk to people before you get a reading." He runs his hand through his hair, which is combed back in mock seriousness, and continues to fiddle with some gears.		1000
4	You	"You look like a woman with those earrings."	Variable["ice.noid_earrings_blackc"] == true	64
5	None			687 682 195 123 294 320 956 328
6	Noid	Noid shakes to the beat. There are no tools in his hands at the moment. He appears to ignore you.		235
7	You	"Okay, I'll speak to Andre." [Leave.]		279
8	Noid	"Yes. But that's what makes it an achievement."		282
9	You	"Why are you so suspicious about everything?"	Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"] == true	334
10	Noid	"It's short for paranoid."		162
11	You	"My head is spinning. It's hard to keep up with the times."		8
12	Noid	"It is."		282
13	None			817 814 786 782 705 703 146 535 624 9 74 148 151 52
14	Noid	"Many non-Occidental cultures share a beat at their heart. Thus, they are closer to true, hard core life. There's just never been enough of them, and they had to rely on some extremely basic percussion."		156
15	You	"What if I want to speak to you first?"		121
16	You	"Seems awesome." (Nod in agreaance.)		12
17	None			67
18	You	No need to get over-excited about it right now. Where were you?		288
19	Noid	"A sticker... you mean the yellow one? Can you describe it to me?"		700
20	You	"I mean this one." (Show the sticker on your ledger.)	Variable["inventory.sticker_on_ledger"] == true	21
21	Noid	"Oh wow! Right on your cop ledger! You like it?"		26 28 30
22	Noid			23 24
23	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_kipts"]	27
24	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_kipts"]) == false	287
25	You	"It's this one, are you familiar with it?" (Show him the sticker inside the ledger.)	Variable["inventory.sticker_in_ledger"] == true	32
26	You	"Yeah, it's cool."		118
27	None			95 18
28	You	"It's super stupid, that's what it is. I think it reminded me of myself."		79
29	Noid	Just like that the speedfreak is right in your face, his eyes burning. His comrades look on worriedly.		90
30	You	"It's very modern. I'd like to learn more about it."	Variable["church.churchdoor_understood_modernity"] == true or Variable["ice.andre_conceptualized_hair"] == true	105
31	Conceptualization	Lord of the western plain! It is really happening, right here, the migrants are contaminating our youth!		22
32	Noid	"Seems like my creation has found its way into the legal bureaucracy. What did you want to ask about it?"		120
33	You	"Okay. It's a yellow circle -- the human face -- with X-es for eyes and a smile underneath. I think the X-es mean the guy is dead."		122
34	Noid	He considers this for a moment. "Yeah, that interpretation holds."		129
35	You	"Why describe it, if you already know what I mean?		37
36	Noid	"Maybe you're being too specific about it. Try consulting with your spinal cord."		46
37	Noid	"So I can hear you do it. Sometimes the outside gaze helps us reflect on things."		38
38	Andre	"Noid, don't bother our guest with your games."		40
39	You	"That was vague. Dedication, something else, superlative..."		36
40	Noid	"Piss off, Andre, me and Mr. Cop are trying to discuss art."		41
41	Andre	"You shouldn't talk like that."		43 45
42	Noid	"Happy to help."		46
43	You	"Yeah, you should be more respectful."		47
44	Noid	"So you had a talk with Andre, and now you want to discuss things with Noid?" He's stooped over his toolbox as usual, shuffling bolts around angrily.		348
45	You	"I don't mind a little foul language here and there."		48
46	None			67
47	Noid	"Right, noted, sorry. Anyway, what was it like?"		58
48	Noid	"Cool. The ban on foulness, that's the moralists' plot to alienate us from our bodily functions so they can control us more fully..."		50
49	You	"Thank you for clearing that up."		42
50	Noid	"Anyhow, what was the sticker like?"		280
51	None			33
52	You	"Take care, Noid." [Leave.]		154
53	You	Produce your ledger and show him the sticker.	Variable["inventory.sticker_on_ledger"] == true	54
54	None			21
55	You	Produce your ledger and show him the sticker.	Variable["inventory.sticker_in_ledger"] == true	57
56	You	"I'm thinking maybe the smiling dead guy is a symbol for communism. It's also dead, but doesn't care."	IsTHCPresent("communist")	34
57	None			32
58	Empathy	An off-handed sorry if there ever was one.		280
59	You	"The term hard core also denotes a strain of pornography that depicts penetration, did you know that?"	Variable["ice.noid_penetration"] == true	61
60	Egg Head	"Yeah!"		46
61	Noid	"That's a pretty hard core coincidence, don't you think?"		60
62	You	"I'm not telling. Let me ask you something else."		63
63	Noid	"C'mon. Okay, then." He looks surprised and a bit disappointed. "You don't have to describe it. What did you want to know about the sticker?"		120
64	Noid	"You know what I think? I think man, woman, and child are arbitrary divisions which serve to bind humanity to serfdom."		253 254
65	None			13
66	You	"Let's change the subject.		199
67	None			92 137 66
68	None			5
69	Noid	"I guess one could write an entire treatise on the thing. But what for?"		68
70	Suggestion	The one with the bleached hair is not really pulling rank on his friend here. He's just trying to create the impression of himself as a reasonable, moderate leader figure.		155
71	You	"I think we've exhausted the subject for now."		69
72	You	"What are you suspicious of?"		73
73	Noid	"Oh, it'd be easier to list stuff I'm not suspicious of. I'm not suspicious of sound and colour. Mechanics and chemistry also have a trueness about them. Most anything else deceives. Wants to steal your life away."		166
74	You	"You mentioned true life. What would that be like?"	Variable["ice.noid_truelife"] == true	77
75	You	"And what are the most suspicious things?"		167
76	None			78
77	Noid	"A life is true if it's free from fear and internal division among oneself. And others -- mankind has seeds of greatness in it. A germinal will come, a return to trueness. It will be hard core."		87 250
78	None
79	Noid	"Hey, it kind of does look like you." He thinks for a moment. "Surely a sign of things to come. What did you want to ask about it?"		120
80	Noid	"The original mistake was assuming that words have more being than bodies. That's what led us astray, far from our true lives. But we may yet find a way back."		194
81	You	"That's ridiculous."		160
82	You	"Alright, I'll do that."		159
83	None			15 7
84	You	"What's bad about cereal grain? Having enough food could be a precursor for greater things."		85
85	Noid	"Yes, having food is a means to an end. But the Left never talks about the end, only the means. Caps are likewise suckers, constantly sleepless in worry."		283
86	Noid	"Talk to Andre. No point in standing here -- the sines are really out of tune." He glances at the others.		318
87	You	"How would you go about returning to this true life?"		88
88	Noid	"Beats and bright lights to shatter falsehoods. Nerve impulses for the collective body. We are very much alike in basic structure. A hard enough beat would awaken everyone to a truer calling -- in unity!"		29
89	Noid	"They'll come in handy for fixing the church exterior."		86
90	Empathy	The young man is dead serious about this.		344
91	You	"What's it supposed to be?"		98
92	You	"So you're advocating a noise-based society?"		14
93	Noid	"These are my consumer items and my means of production. I enjoy them."		86
94	You	"What do you do with all that stuff?"		93
95	You	"I should have known! You're taking after the kipts, that's why you're so wacky!"		96
96	Andre	"Enough now, Noid, you have had enough fun bothering our guest with your crazy theories. Leave him alone."		70
97	Noid	"I'd have a whole lot more stuff if I had a place where I could keep that stuff."		106 94
98	Noid	"A dead guy smiling."		237
99	You	"Well, that was certainly stimulating. I want to ask you about something else now."		101
100	Noid	It's a bit hypnotizing if you look at it long enough.		109
101	Noid	His eyes flicker.		102
102	None			13
103	You	"You have a whole lot of stuff."		97
104	Noid	"Utmost dedication. Thoughts from the spinal cord. It's a potent superlative as well."		139
105	Noid	"You're right, it's the harbinger of a new era. What would you like to know?"		120
106	You	Nod.		89
107	Composure	Noid is a bit disappointed it's just cool.		120
108	Encyclopedia	Rejection of the right-left axis, emphasis on unity, appreciation of some primordial mode of being -- what does that remind you of?		284
109	Noid	"I have all kinds of screws." He holds up a handful.		106 103 94
110	You	"Sort of like fascism then?"	Variable["ice.noid_fascism"] == true	111
111	Noid	"Nationalism, militarism, racism, and emphasis on a leader character are totally absent in hard core." The words echo through the church majestically.		113 114 145
112	Noid	The contents of the young man's toolbox are organized in a neat, yet eclectic manner. He is constantly checking out the various tools and parts and rearranging them slightly...		100
113	You	"Fair enough. Just making an observation."		116
114	You	"I didn't mean it as a bad thing."		116
115	You	Just stand there and observe him.	Variable["ice.noid_suggestion"] == true	112
116	Noid	He picks up a wrench and scratches his head with it, unaroused by fascism.		67
117	None			115 81 82
118	Noid	"It is cool. But it's also more than that. Much more."		107
119	Suggestion	Maybe you should just stand there, watch him rattle his toolbox. Get to know his 'sine.'		1008
120	None			91 132 71
121	Noid	"I suck at socializing, man. If you go speak to Andre, I'll have time to tune in. Get a reading on your sine." Before he's finished talking, he's already turned back to his tools.		119
122	Noid	"Good, good." He likes what he's hearing. "What did you want to know?"		120
123	You	"I saw a sticker on the padlock. Can you tell me anything about it?"	Variable["church.churchdoor_inspected_sticker"] == true	19
124	You	"And what does it mean? Why is the dead guy smiling?"		125
125	Noid	"He defeated History. We are living in the age of History, and in the eyes of History we are always already dead. How can we ever smile, then? Because History is a lie, and so are its deaths..."		126
126	Noid	"The present moment and life are the hard core. The hard core expels death."		127
127	Noid	He thinks. "Or maybe he's not dead, maybe he's just really ecstatic about the beats."		128
128	Electrochemistry	Or drugged out of his mind, come to think of it.		244
129	None			120
130	You	"He could also be drugged out of his mind."	Variable["ice.noid_drugged"] == true	131
131	Noid	"Or drunk, or in a clinical coma, or glad to be dead, but those versions suck."		129
132	You	"What makes the sticker so modern?"	Variable["church.churchdoor_understood_modernity"] == true or Variable["ice.andre_conceptualized_hair"] == true	136
133	Noid			134 135
134	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_protorave_aesthetic_conceptualization_done"]	150
135	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_protorave_aesthetic_conceptualization_done"]) == false	153
136	Noid	"Simplicity was brought to us by classical Solaist modernism, but that was a tasteful, harmonious simplicity, right?"		138
137	You	"You keep mentioning hard core. What does it mean to you?"	Variable["ice.noid_hard_core_mentioned"] == true and Variable["ice.noid_hard_core_answered"] == false	104
138	Noid	"Well, hard core is not tasteful or outwardly harmonious. It's a warning shot: 'This will be dangerous.' The echo of man's loss, haunting him."		140
139	Encyclopedia	The term also signifies certain varieties of pornography that depict penetration, just so you know.		141
140	Noid	"The sticker, the clothes, the music -- same thing."		142 16 11
141	Noid	"Egg Head actually has a better concept of the hard core. He just really likes saying 'hard core'."		143
142	You	"You come up with this stuff by yourself?"		144
143	Egg Head	"Hard core!" His friend shouts from behind his mix table, with a smile surpassing your own in wideness, a total moon-face, and eyes full of naive wonderment.		59 39 49
144	Noid	"Not alone. Many people are thinking the same thing right now. There's a gathering at The Paliseum. The beat is the same for all."		282
145	You	"But shouldn't the ones that are more hard core rule over the ones that are less hard core, offer them guidance?"		147
146	You	"What do you think about this church?"	Variable["church.noid_church_hub_got"] == false	392
147	Noid	"If some want to lead and others want to be led, I think they are welcome to it."		67
148	You	"What's with the clothes?"		149
149	Noid	He shrugs. "They're hard core."		4 253 254
150	Conceptualization	Dedicated. Hyperactive. Unified. You will have to add something of your own to understand this list of loosely formed qualities called hard core. You need your own entry. Make it!		208
151	You	Internalize the hard core aesthetic. Don't just nod along, really feel it.	Variable["ice.noid_conceptualiz_open"] == true	133
152	None			13
153	Conceptualization	Aggressive. Monotonous... but also somehow sacral. Primitive, yet futuristic, like a machine man. Nothing exists, but the here and now. All are one, one purpose... All you've managed is a list. The parts don't form a whole.		152
154	None			78
155	None			78
156	Noid			157 158
157	Noid		IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")	31
158	Noid		(IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")) == false	287
159	Noid	The young man picks up a thin metal saw blade and nods.		76
160	Noid	"See? It's already going wrong. Sine is off." The young man picks up a thin metal saw blade and examines it.		696
161	Noid	"Go speak to Andre. I'm just the Noid," a strangely dressed young man says without looking up from his toolbox.		83
162	None			197 72 163
163	You	"Got it. Tell me something else."		165
164	None			13
165	Noid	"Good call, not exposing yourself to stuff like that."		164
166	Inland Empire	This is a good, dangerous line of questioning. You should prod him on!		75 163
167	Noid	"I don't have a top ten list of things I'm most suspicious of. But if I had one, the left-right complex would be number one. Number two would be their sole accomplishment -- the pig/wheat paradigm."		236
168	You	"Tell me more about the left-right business."		249
169	You	"What's suspicious about the production of pork and wheat?"		175
170	You	"Don't you mean the left-right paradigm and the pig/wheat complex?"	Variable["ice.noid_paradigm"] == true	171
171	Noid	"Nope. Politics is an inert complex of daily corruption and inane thinkpieces. The real paradigm is economic and it concerns pig and wheat."		172
172	Noid	"This is where the innovation happens. It's only a theory, but I suspect they're breeding a pig/wheat hybrid. Probably in Graad."		174
173	None			363 170 168 169 99
174	None			173
175	Noid	"It's our only shit." He shrugs. "We should make better use of not being animals -- or cereal grain -- ourselves."		84 176 178
176	You	"What's bad about animals? Animals are cute."		177
177	Noid	"Nothing, animals are cool guys, I like animals too. But that doesn't mean I have to be one myself."		283
178	You	"Yeah. It's our only shit and we fucking suck at it!"		180
179	Logic	He can't help but doubt your sincerity in this matter. There is no other way -- you are a police officer.		181
180	Noid	He gives you a long, suspicious look. "Correct."		179
181	Noid			182 183
182	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_doubted_sinc"]	185
183	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_doubted_sinc"]) == false	184
184	None			173
185	None			186 188 190 192
186	You	"Don't assume I like the status quo, because I'm a cop."		187
187	Noid	"Precisely! The status quo doesn't need to be loved."		184
188	You	(Look him straight in the eye:) "Shit, piss, cunts, dicks, f****ts! Fuck the World!"	CheckEquipped("jacket_fucktheworld") or CheckEquipped("jacket_pissflaubert")	189
189	Noid	The young man looks startled.		184
190	You	"I was being sarcastic. This world has its fair share of problems, but it's not like you guys are going to solve them."		191
191	Noid	"Neither will anyone else."		184
192	You	Say nothing.		193
193	Noid	The young man doesn't say anything either. After a while he takes out a magnet and runs it over some nails in front of him.		184
194	Inland Empire	Whatever this true life is, you feel it's the real centrepiece of this mythology.		174
195	You	"What about now? Are the sines all right now?"	Variable["ice.noid_sticker_chat_sine"] == true	196
196	Noid	"Na... huh. Still strongly out of sync. Stage gamma dis-alignment."		326
197	You	"May I ask why? What good is being suspicious?"		198
198	Noid	"A reasonable question. Say, I get hurt. I want to make sure it never happens again. So I analyse the situation. Exercise caution. Caution is suspicion."		72 163
199	Noid	"Oh yeah. Sure thing."		65
200	You	Hard people. Hard republic. Hard cell. Hard party. Hard riot. Hard government. Core membership. Core secretary. Core teachings. Core fighters.	IsTHCPresent("communist")	201
201	Conceptualization	Predictable, but solid.		210
202	You	This is taking place in Revachol, hard core rising. It could only happen here, in the bottom of the geopolitical abyss. Those are the warhorns of today. We'll be given a fresh start.	IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")	203
203	Conceptualization	Oh yeah it feels manly. Beautiful.		210
204	You	Long live the world that gave shape to hard core to complete itself! A true heir to Dolorian values. Three-and-a-half centuries and the gift still keeps on giving.	IsTHCPresent("moralist")	205
205	Conceptualization	Endless are the wonders borne out of the cultural collaboration so wisely facilitated by the free world!		210
206	You	I've got the money, I've got the place/ You've got the figure, you've got the face/ Let's get together, we're jumping all over the world!	IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal")	207
207	Conceptualization	JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD!		210
208	Pain Threshold	Test your limits. Surpass them. Dance till you drop. Dance till you die, if you must.		290
209	None			200 202 204 206 211 213 215 218 223 225 227 233
210	None			13
211	You	I am going to truly wreck myself as a machine of modern party in a final showdown between flesh and spirit!	Variable["ice.noid_pt"] == true	212
212	Conceptualization	That's a good way to go.		210
213	You	I am the law.	Variable["ice.noid_auth_personalise_hard_core"] == true or IsTHCPresent("lawbringer")	214
214	Conceptualization	Start the war (Hey! Hey!) Hit the floor! (Hey! Hey! ) We need more (Hey! Hey!) Army of hard core! Yea.		210
215	You	I'm thinking of wearing sports apparel as my hard core getup to maximize the mobility of limbs.	Variable["ice.noid_l"] == true	217
216	Logic	Jumping around, as this sort of music requires, is actually a taxing physical activity and should be dignified with a sports suit.		222
217	Conceptualization	You might as well make it complete with a whistle, then.		210
218	You	I want to have fuck with you.	Variable["whirling.klaasjeone_result_suck_for_you_suspect"] == true	219
219	Conceptualization	Say that again?		220
220	You	I want to have fuck with you!		221
221	Conceptualization	You know it, baby!		210
222	Savoir Faire	Overwhelm them with moves. Try to have the most moves going on.		209
223	You	Thinking of cornering the moves market. They won't know what hit 'em.	Variable["ice.noid_sf"] == true	224
224	Conceptualization	Yeah, you should even try to put moves inside your moves.		210
225	You	SEE THE SUNSHINE/ WE AIN'T STOPPING/ KEEP ON DANCING/ TILL THE WORLD ENDS!	IsTHCPresent("apocalypse_cop")	226
226	Conceptualization	IF YOU FEAR IT, LET IT HAPPEN. KEEP ON DANCING TILL THE WORLD ENDS.		210
227	You	You know it feels unfair, there's a party everywhere.	IsTHCPresent("superstar_cop") or Variable["ice.noid_hardparty"]	228
228	Noid			229 230
229	Noid		Variable["church.concthinking"]	231
230	Noid		(Variable["church.concthinking"]) == false	232
231	Conceptualization	That level of conceptual thinking is not part of your skill set.		210
232	Conceptualization	Your conceptualization accepts this in solemn admiration and gratitude.		210
233	You	I don't seem to have anything to add to the core.		234
234	Conceptualization	So you've come empty-handed and pure, without burdens. A hard-core supplicant. That will have to do.		210
235	None			78
236	Encyclopedia	Something is off here... you feel like it should be the other way around.		173
237	Noid			238 239
238	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_sticker_described"]	272
239	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_sticker_described"]) == false	124
240	You	"Really?"		242
241	You	"Why do you think that's so?"		243
242	Noid	"Really."		241 124
243	Noid	"We are all the same. Same eyes, same smiles, same death."		124
244	Noid			245 246
245	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_drugged"] or IsTHCPresent("communist") or IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood") or IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal")	271
246	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_drugged"] or IsTHCPresent("communist") or IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood") or IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal")) == false	281
247	You	"I'm thinking we should sell this."	IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal")	248
248	Noid	"It should be sold," he nods, "but not by us."		129
249	Noid	"I prefer not to. Both ask the wrong questions. Any spark of light from either one is accidental. Their combined movement's only concern is producing enough pig and wheat for everyone -- the end goal of humanity..."		80
250	You	"Good to know. Tell me something else."		251
251	Noid	"I would much rather tell you about true life than this pathetic something else, but you are, after all, the law of the land."		252
252	None			13
253	You	"That's it?"		260
254	You	"Okay then."		263
255	You	"It's my friend and accomplice. It makes me party harder."	Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] == true	256
256	Noid	"I can see that. And you've partied very hard for a very long time, haven't you?"		257
257	Noid	"It looks like you're trying to hang yourself with it. So large, too. So many different patterns. It's crazy man, I like it."		270
258	Noid	"No, it's just a vest of suspenders made to resemble a human rib cage. Plus some lady-clothes to piss off the sex-system." He points to your tie. "Now tell me about that hard core necktie. It's fucking primal."		255 259
259	You	(Look at your tie suspiciously.) "What's so hard core about it?"		257
260	Noid	"They're just clothes."		261 264 254
261	You	"Are they? They look outlandish."		273
262	None			13
263	Noid	"It's just a style, you know?"		262
264	You	"I thought there would be more to it."		276
265	Noid	"No, these are just boring, normal, hard core clothes. That..." he points to your necktie, "that's outlandish."		255 266
266	You	(Look at your tie suspiciously.) "What's so outlandish about it?"		257
267	Egg Head	"RESPECT TO THE MAN!"		269
268	Noid	"It's just a style, you know? Normal hard style. Anyone can wear it."		289
269	None			13
270	Empathy	You suddenly realize the patience and respect this speedfreak has shown you is partly because of your style. He's probably not like that with everyone.		267
271	None			130 56 247 701
272	None			240 241 124
273	Noid			274 275
274	Noid		CheckEquipped("neck_tie")	265
275	Noid		(CheckEquipped("neck_tie")) == false	268
276	Noid			277 278
277	Noid		CheckEquipped("neck_tie")	258
278	Noid		(CheckEquipped("neck_tie")) == false	268
279	None			78
280	None			55 53 51 62
281	None			120
282	None			120
283	None			173
284	Noid			285 286
285	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_fascism"]	110
286	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_fascism"]) == false	67
287	None			67
288	Conceptualization	Conjuring terrible visions of the future, which you apparently don't care for.		17
289	None			13
290	Authority	This is for your posse. They got to keep it up. They got to move. You are the major mic enforcer.		216
291	Noid			292 293
292	Noid		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]	335
293	Noid		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]) == false	330
294	You	"Tell me about the machines you saw in the church."	Variable["ice.andre_ask_noid_machinery"] == true	295
295	Noid	He cringes. "Weird stuff. Specialized. There was a data processor and some sort of long-wave machinery."		298
296	You	"What's wrong with the supra-natural?"		308
297	Encyclopedia	The People's Republic of Samara (SRV) is a product of Revachol's sister revolution on the isola of Graad. It's known as a severely degenerated rogue state.		302
298	Noid	"Wires going into water. Gives off a spy sine, or some fucked up Samaran science sine... you know, the kind that goes head first into the supra-natural."		297
299	None			302
300	You	"The supra-natural... so you think it's real, that it actually exists?" (Proceed.)		307
301	You	"Don't be too hard on Samara, they're all alone in the world. Half of what we know of them is just propaganda."	Variable["ice.noid_remembered_samara"] == true and IsTHCPresent("communist")	303
302	None			301 296 300
303	Noid	"I know, man, I was just talking about the aesthetic."		299
304	Inland Empire	The sickest. That is perhaps why it should be researched.		299
305	Noid	"Psionic powers, pale-related diseases, pretenders pretending to be human, folk rites, that kind of stuff."		306
306	None			5
307	Noid	"Most of it doesn't exist, but there's also stuff that isn't allowed to exist because the moralists think it's too dangerous for the plebes."		305
308	Noid	"Nothing's wrong with it. It should definitely be researched. You can still do sick shit with it, though."		304
309	Noid			310 311
310	Noid		Variable["ice.andre_greeting_done"]	312
311	Noid		(Variable["ice.andre_greeting_done"]) == false	315
312	Noid			313 314
313	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_pre_pre_greeting_done"]	44
314	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_pre_pre_greeting_done"]) == false	2
315	Noid			316 317
316	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_youfirst"]	6
317	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_youfirst"]) == false	161
318	None			78
319	None			5
320	You	"Why are you called 'Noid'?"		321
321	Noid	"The hard core aesthetic is esoteric. It is not meant to be discussed with the law at this moment." He picks up some sort of a widget.		692
322	You	"Does this mean... we need sine matching?"	Variable["ice.noid_why_are_you_noid"] == true	323
323	Noid	"Yes, further sine-matching would do good for us. One way to achieve this would be by getting us into the church."		691
324	You	"I don't understand what that means."		325
325	Noid	"I can see that. Further sine-matching would do good for us. One way to achieve sine-synchronicity would be by getting us into the church."		691
326	You	"What?"		327
327	Noid	"You heard me." He examines the small metal bolt in his hand.		319
328	You	"Okay, maybe I'll come back later. [Leave.]		329
329	None			78
330	Noid			331 332
331	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_pregreeting_done"]	333
332	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_pregreeting_done"]) == false	309
333	Noid	"Huh, I see you're here again, off-sine-man." He rummages through his tools. "Did I mention getting us into the church would help?"		1000
334	Noid	"Suspicious people are esoteric people. We don't go around spilling everything to Johnny Law. They don't call me Noid for nothing."		343
335	Noid			336 337
336	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_church_greeting_done"]	338
337	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_church_greeting_done"]) == false	347
338	Noid	"Yo, man. What's on your mind?" He drops a bolt into his toolbox.		339
339	None			13
340	Inland Empire	It's not easy to reach a harmonic resonance of sines without some adjustment.		322 324
341	Noid	"Sure." The young man cracks his knuckles.		13
342	You	"Why are you called Noid anyway?"		10
343	Noid	"It took us setting out for this whole enterprise to get our sines synced..."		342
344	Noid			345 346
345	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_paradigm"]	108
346	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_paradigm"]) == false	67
347	Noid	"You got us in, cop. I can't believe you got us in..." He looks around the hall, examining the carpentry.		357
348	Noid	"That's fine, man. But I've gotta warn you -- our sines are still off. It will take some time for me to get my psi on."		1000
349	Noid	"Between you and me -- I don't know if you've noticed this about me... I'm a little suspicious of authority. But you -- you really came through for the hard core underground."		350
350	Noid			351 352
351	Noid		IsKimHere()	353
352	Noid		(IsKimHere()) == false	365
353	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes. You really came through. For the hard core underground." He spreads his arms, looking around at the speedfreaks setting up shop. "How come?"		359
354	Andre	The would-be leader is cutting some futuristic shapes on the floor, sweating profusely.		355
355	Acele	Acele using her contact mic to listen to a tree, underwater.		356
356	Egg Head	The one with the large head is blasting the dance track on repeat, while the stained glass window behind him is rattling from the bass.		374
357	Empathy	With wonder in his sharp eyes.		349
358	None			369 370 371 372 373
359	Noid			360 361
360	Noid		Variable["ice.andre_composure_initiated_dance"]	354
361	Noid		(Variable["ice.andre_composure_initiated_dance"]) == false	362
362	Andre	Andre is busy cutting some slightly less lame, but still quite ungainly shapes on the church floor, sweating profusely.		355
363	You	"Does this mean you are mentally ill?"		364
364	Noid	"Mental illness is a term the powers use to homogenize people. I think I don't reach mental illness. I am merely politically ill. A suspicious element."		174
365	None			368 366 389 367
366	You	"Cool. You're Noid right? Do you have a moment to talk?"	Variable["ice.noid_greeting_done"] == false	386
367	You	"Mega. I'll be going now." [Leave.]		387
368	You	"That's me. A friend and an ally to the hard core underground. Have a moment to talk?"	Variable["ice.noid_greeting_done"]	386
369	You	"These kids got spunk. I admire that."		375
370	You	"Better here than in that tent." (Shrug.) "It wasn't safe."		376
371	You	"I'm genuinely into the hard core lifestyle. You wouldn't understand."		377
372	You	"I'm a corrupt cop, Kim. This is a corrupt scheme."		378
373	You	"I did it for mankind. For all of mankind."		379
374	Drama	Sire, the tent -- 'twas a securitie risk! And in here? Sanctuary! 'Twas only noble of you.		358
375	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay." The lieutenant keeps it laconic.		380
376	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay." The lieutenant keeps it laconic.		384
377	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay." The lieutenant keeps it laconic.		383
378	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay." The lieutenant keeps it laconic.		381
379	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay." The lieutenant keeps it laconic.		382
380	Esprit de Corps	What he means is: You can't possibly have handed them this real estate for such a flimsy reason -- then again, whatever keeps your nose out of the bottle and on the job.		391
381	Esprit de Corps	What he means is: I don't care if you have a corrupt scheme, almost everyone does. Whatever keeps you sober and concentrated on work.		391
382	Esprit de Corps	What he means is: I don't believe you actually think you did it for all mankind. But whatever keeps you in high spirits is okay by him.		391
383	Esprit de Corps	What he means is: You're right. I do not understand. Do whatever you have to do to keep your nose out of the bottle.		391
384	Esprit de Corps	What he means is: You're right, actually. The tent was a safety hazard and this place was deserted anyway.		391
385	None			13
386	Noid	He nods: "What's on your mind?"		385
387	Noid	The young man gives you an uncharacteristic smile as you're turning to leave.		388
388	None			78
389	You	"My dedication to the hard core underground is tenuous at best. I have questions, however."	Variable["ice.noid_greeting_done"]	390
390	Noid	"What's on your mind?" He looks up into the darkness under the roof.		385
391	None			13
392	Noid	"It's a miracle of carpentry. Dead bodies carved into total shapes. Now it can be something more." He rubs his hands together.		397
393	You	"What style is this church built in?"		411
394	Noid	He shakes his head. "I don't say much anything as a carpenter anymore. They tried to make me into a reckoner and a leveller. Made me a bit manic, y'know?"		396
395	You	"You say that as a carpenter yourself?"	Variable["church.acele_told_noid_is_carpenter"] == true	394
396	Noid	"I regret the time I dedicated to that profession, and that worker collective. I say things more as a member of the hard core psi-dance community these days."		489 490
397	None			395 401 393 398 457 538 441 442
398	You	"What did you mean by dead bodies?"		399
399	Noid	"Dead bodies of perennial plants." He taps on the wood. "Sigma functions have left this place. It's a good thing we came along -- the spiritual collapse has been total."		444 445
400	None			397
401	You	"How old do you think the church is?"		402
402	Noid			403 404
403	Noid		Variable["church.stained_church_age_known"]	406
404	Noid		(Variable["church.stained_church_age_known"]) == false	405
405	Noid	"Three-hundred and twenty years. A little more. The first settlers built it, plus six more like it. On the coast here. Was one of the first things they did, must've been really scared of something. I understand..."		407
406	Noid	"That's right. The first settlers built it, plus six more like it. On the coast here. Was one of the first things they did... must've been really scared of something. But I understand..."		407
407	Noid	"Alone on an uninhabited archipelago, forced to face themselves and nature. Pre-industrial quantities of solitude. The sea. Perhaps something more... fundamental."		408
408	Inland Empire	He means something para-natural. He must...		409
409	Noid	"I would want to build a safe place for myself and my own as well..." His voice echoes in the wooden cavern of the church.		493
410	None			397
411	Noid	"A cop who's into building critique." He taps a floorboard. "Okay then. This is folk Dolorianism, lawmongerer. It's a subset of early Dolorian architecture."		418 416 417
412	Noid	"Total. Everything between an ancient concrete cathedral and a glass cube is Dolorianism. This is just a homespun version of it, folksy stuff, early mass production. They made thousands like this. Does that help you out?"		422
413	Noid	"Liked to show off large and intricate structures, arches, spires. Put you down with them. They were really into painting everything white too. Virginal shit, you know. Marriage shit. Virtue and tyranny."		500 501 415
414	Noid	"Stands to reason it used to be white on the outside." He peeks out of a small window in the dark. "Before the sea wind took all the paint off."		424
415	You	"This church isn't painted white, as far as I can tell."		414
416	You	"Okay -- and what is Dolorian architecture like?"		412
417	You	"Yeah, enough architecture."		420
418	You	"I'm not just a cop. I'm an Art Cop."	IsTHCPresent("art_cop")	419
419	Noid	"Hard of core." He nods appreciatively.		416 417
420	Noid	The church creaks in response. The speedfreak is too busy listening to it with a suspicious expression to say anything.		421
421	None			397
422	You	"What would a Dolorian building look like?"		423
423	Noid	"Like that woman there," he nods toward the stained glass window. "Vertical, thin, white, a false image of grandeur. The source of the system is up there, you're at the bottom. They really dug that power vertical."		413
424	Visual Calculus	Year after year, flake after flake, white washed clean, then covered in green moss...		425
425	Shivers	Slowly peeled by the wind... Your skin crawls from the sensation as you look around.		426
426	Conceptualization	It was probably white and gold, with light red flower motives. Part of you -- assumed to be lost to nerve damage -- knows this style to be Ubi Dolorianism.		430
427	You	"Is there such a thing as Ubi Dolorianism or did I just make that up?"		435
428	You	I don't wanna sound like an art guy.		439
429	Noid	"Good catch, Art Cop." He crosses his arms. "The herdsmen of the Ubi Sunt? islands came here on the first boats. Their flowery version of Dolorianism could be what we're standing in."		620
430	Noid			431 432
431	Noid		Variable["church.noid_blackc_concept_ubidolorianism"]	433
432	Noid		(Variable["church.noid_blackc_concept_ubidolorianism"]) == false	434
433	None			427 428
434	None			397
435	Noid			436 437
436	Noid		IsTHCPresent("art_cop")	429
437	Noid		(IsTHCPresent("art_cop")) == false	438
438	Noid	"True." He crosses his arms and nods. "The herdsmen of the Ubi Sunt? islands came here on the first boats. Their version of Dolorianism could be what we're standing in..."		620
439	Conceptualization	Then why do you have all this cultural analysis up here?		434
440	Encyclopedia	The Ubi are known for their partiality to socialism and sheep. They come from an island called Ubi Sunt?, drifting in the pale off the coast of Vesper. It's the only place in the world that has a question mark in its name. Things are not well there: It's an island of poverty and entroponetic collapse.		434
441	You	"How are you settling in?"		658
442	You	"Let's talk about something else, Noid."		537
443	Noid	"It never was. A three-thousand-year-old regime of History, built by hundreds of generations of self-appointed intellectuals..." He looks around. "It's false to the core."		462
444	You	"Spiritual collapse?"		449
445	You	"Okay, then."		446
446	Noid	"Okay," he nods.		447
447	None			397
448	Noid	"End of quote. This is a high-quality carcass." He kicks the floorboard. "The power of anodic beats and hard bass is needed to reanimate it."		451
449	Noid	"'I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother' -- have you heard this one, cop-man?" He continues without waiting for an answer: "'After a short while they shuddered and went away.'"		450
450	Noid	"They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn't like them anymore. What they loved in their mother wasn't her body, but whatever it was that made her body live."		448
451	None			452 454 453 458
452	You	"First, where is that quote from?"		455
453	You	"What you're saying is: religion has stopped being hard core?"		443
454	You	"What you're saying is: you're not a big fan of the innocentic system?"	Variable["tc.innocentic_system"]	460
455	Noid	"A Seraise man, who lived a long time ago. An ancient hard core brother."		454 453
456	You	"Then I did right not to agree with all that talk about the Ecclesiastes being okay with this then."	Variable["ice.andre_ecclesiastes_disagreed"]	466
457	You	"How do you like the glasswork?" (Point to the stained-glass window.)		511
458	You	"What exactly are you saying?"		459
459	Noid	"This religion of History is false-core. It has collapsed."		462
460	Noid	"A three-thousand-year-old tyrannical regime of History, built and maintained by hundreds of generations of self-appointed intellectuals..." He looks around. "It's false-core."		462
461	None			463 456 465 468
462	Rhetoric	The way he says it, the false in false-core is invested with twenty kilotons of disgust.		461
463	You	"But you guys said the Ecclesiastes were all about love and hard core -- before, remember?"	Variable["ice.andre_ecclesiastes_hardcore"]	464
464	Noid	"I only said: Unity. One word. Figures of authority always misquote you." He points to his friends.		504
465	You	"I even agreed with you. About the Ecclesiastes being okay with this..."	Variable["ice.andre_ecclesiastes_agreed"]	467
466	Noid	"The Founding Party doesn't give two shits about this place. Look around." He spreads his arms. "They do not have enough love for the human crew to oppose anything anymore. We're on our own."		505
467	Noid	"But were you wrong? The Founding Party is okay with everything. Look around." He spreads his arms. "They do not have enough love for the human crew to oppose anything anymore. We're on our own."		512
468	You	"And you propose dance music will supplant this system?"		469
469	Noid	"Anodic dance music," he nods. "Regular dance music wasn't hard enough. And yes, I do."		470
470	Electrochemistry	You know what this kind of stuff goes well with?		471
471	Noid			472 473
472	Noid		Variable["church.noid_elchem_what_goes_well"]	475 476
473	Noid		(Variable["church.noid_elchem_what_goes_well"]) == false	482
474	Noid	"Only a little."		478 479
475	You	"Don't you have to be on drugs for that though?"		474
476	You	I don't need to be a narc.		477
477	Electrochemistry	Your pleasure response was more like... just wondering if he has any?		482
478	You	"Cool."		481
479	You	"Not cool." Shake your head.		480
480	Noid	"All large human gatherings are narcotic. Ask any such undertaking in history -- this included." He nods toward a human-shaped pillar nearby. "Chemistry is true to its word."		483
481	Noid	"It's a necessity. All large human gatherings are narcotic. It's just the way of the spinal cord."		483
482	None			397
483	Noid			484 485
484	Noid		IsKimHere()	486
485	Noid		(IsKimHere()) == false	482
486	Kim Kitsuragi	"Khm," the lieutenant interjects: "There is a difference between narcotics and group elation. One kills you, the other does not."		487
487	Noid	"The supercharged humanism that the innocentic system has been feeding us, on giant city squares? That's not a drug? The sugar and wheat it feeds us is healthy?"		488
488	Kim Kitsuragi	"Forget it." He waves his hand. "It would become an imbecilic discussion. You two continue. It's more hard core that way."		506
489	You	"You're not going to ask me how I knew?"		491
490	You	"Understood."		492
491	Noid	"Why? You're a cop. I carry carpentry tools."		400
492	Noid	"The material knowledge is mega, though." He looks around the hollow hall of the church. "Guild shit. Teaches independence."		400
493	Noid			494 495
494	Noid		Variable["TASK.help_soona_with_her_project_done"]	496 497
495	Noid		(Variable["TASK.help_soona_with_her_project_done"]) == false	410
496	You	"Something more fundamental? You mean the sound anomaly?"		498
497	You	"Right."		499
498	Noid	"Maybe." He looks up under the rafters. "Maybe they were unable to face the nature of the world -- perishing."		410
499	Noid	"People are always afraid of all sorts of shit. They're right to be. The world is a trap..."		410
500	You	"Marriage is shit, yeah."		503
501	You	"Hey, marriage is great. Marriage is sacred."		502
502	Noid	"You're entitled to your wrong opinion." He inspects a pillar nearby, with a sharp gaze.		415
503	Noid	"Right." He takes a bolt from the toolbox and spits on it before shining it.		415
504	Noid	"Andre doesn't care about the Ecclesiastes. He just wants the operation to run smoothly. And Egg is a demi-beast. You shouldn't listen to what people say, you should listen to what they are."		505
505	None			461
506	Empathy	He does not feel left out. In fact he probably just wanted to say "hard core."		508
507	Rhetoric	It does feel good to say it. Maybe the speedfreaks are on to something?		617
508	Noid			509 510
509	Noid		Variable["church.noid_emp_kim_hard_core"]	507
510	Noid		(Variable["church.noid_emp_kim_hard_core"]) == false	617
511	Noid	"I don't." He looks over his shoulder. "Fucker giving me the evil eye."		523 524 525
512	Authority	That's still a lie! RE-ASSERT YOURSELF.		513
513	Noid			514 515
514	Noid		Variable["church.noid_auth_its_a_lie"]	516 517
515	Noid		(Variable["church.noid_auth_its_a_lie"]) == false	505
516	You	"Perfidy! You lied to me. I am tired of people lying to me."		519
517	You	That wouldn't be cool. I want to be cool.		518
518	Authority	Mewling wimp! Pathetic...		522
519	Noid	"Well..." The young man pushes his chest out, the skeleton of suspenders rattling...		520
520	Andre	"Noid-man! Mellow out," the dancing hedgehog yelps at his friend. "Stop aggroing the law!"		521
521	Noid	His chest returns to its normal proportions. "I'm sorry."		522
522	None			461
523	You	"That's Her Innocence Dolores Dei, mind your words."	Variable["tc.dolores_dei"] or Variable["tc.dolores_dei_full_church"] or Variable["church.stained_ency_this_is_dolores_dei"]	526
524	You	"I'm getting some real negative vibrations from her too."		532
525	You	"You wanted to get inside the church and now you don't like the stained-glass window."		533
526	Noid	"You defend her, law-minion." He cracks his neck. "She was a mass murderer -- what's up with that?"		530
527	You	"But she's the innocence of humanism. Humanism seems to be a pretty big deal around here."	Variable["tc.dolores_dei"] or Variable["tc.dolores_dei_full_church"] or Variable["church.stained_ency_this_is_dolores_dei"]	528
528	Noid	"Humanism leads to eating sugar and pigs. Humanism was invented to mass produce billions of humans. Billions of humans can mass produce hundreds of billions of pigs."		547
529	Noid	"She liked games. Her legacy, the thing we're living, isn't real life. It's a strategy for some kind of victory. Against a long-dead opponent. But -- yo -- I'm only the Noid. What do I know?"		562
530	Andre	"Mellow, man! Mellow!" yells his friend. "No one's a mass murderer, this is a house of love!"		531
531	Egg Head	"Mass murder on the floor!"		534
532	Noid	"No wonder." He cracks his neck. "We have to get rid of it. Dismantle it. Can't dance with a giant mass murderer lookin' at you. Not a good look for the club."		530
533	Noid	"I didn't know it was in here." He cracks his neck. "We have to get rid of it. Dismantle it. Can't dance with a giant mass murderer lookin' at you. Not a good look for the club."		530
534	None			527 541 542 546 543 544 602 545 619
535	You	"I wanted to talk some more about this place."	Variable["church.noid_church_hub_got"] == true	536
536	Noid	"Dead body, spirit entered. What is there to talk of?"		397
537	None			341
538	You	"Let's talk about that glasswork again."	Variable["church.noid_stained_glass_dolores_hub_got"]	539
539	Noid	"The mass murderer? Why?"		540
540	None			534
541	You	"But she's pretty."		548
542	You	"Yeah, but, like, who isn't accused of being a mass murderer these days?"		563
543	You	"I do feel there is something terrifying about her."		571
544	You	"Isn't she supposed to be an embodiment of the World Spirit?"	Variable["tc.innocentic_system"]	582
545	You	"Yeah, I'm done talking about her. I don't want to think about her anymore."	Variable["church.noid_not_thinking_about_dolores_once"] == false	587
546	You	"The resettlement programs were totally okay. I'm a big fan of resettlement programs, for some reason."	IsTHCPresent("communist")	565
547	Logic	And many, many more tons of sugar!		529
548	Noid	"She invented the beauty you're feeling. She and her glass-cutters and iconographers." He turns to look up at her face. "You set the standard, alright..."		549
549	Noid	"Then you meet it. It's effective like that. But it is also very soft-of-core, that so-called 'beauty' of hers."		550 552 551
550	You	"You're right, I like it harder-core."		555
551	You	"It's anything but soft core. It's terrifying."		553
552	You	"Then it seems I like it soft, because..."		554
553	Noid	"Hmh." The young man nods, he looks worried. "You may be on to something, copper-man. She's got those mass murderin' hips."		561
554	Noid	"You wouldn't be the first. Millions liked her." The young man frowns, worried. "She's got those mass murderin' lips."		561
555	Noid	"In the true life of tomorrow, every woman will be an innocence. They will wear neon headbands and leggings, and they will glow in the dark." His eyes smile enigmatically.		556
556	Inland Empire	But you don't like that, you liar. You like this one, the softness of her core is dear to you...		558
557	Electrochemistry	Oh my living god, it's dear. Suddenly you feel like you need to plummet into it. Look away, say something!		561
558	Noid			559 560
559	Noid		Variable["church.noid_elchem_what_goes_well"]	557
560	Noid		(Variable["church.noid_elchem_what_goes_well"]) == false	561
561	None			534
562	None			534
563	Noid	"No one says Arno van Eyck is a mass murderer. The anodic pioneer Rietveldt is not a mass murderer. He is not accused of mass murder..."		564
564	Noid	"Likewise, no one says Germaine Egg-Head or Andre are mass murderers. You can live entirely outside that suspicion. Billions of people go about not being guilty of mass murder." He nods up. "Just not her."		570
565	Noid	"Are you a commie-cop?"		566 567
566	You	"I am."		569
567	You	"No." (Lie.)		568
568	Noid	"Hmh. Then it's inexplicable. Whatever." He picks up his toolbox, then puts it back down again.		570
569	Noid	"Then that's why. Communism is just a bloodier humanism, if you ask me. Has her love all over it." He nods up.		570
570	None			534
571	Noid	"There is. She is a party-repellent and must be taken down before we can begin partying in here."		572
572	Half Light	No, that's not it... it's something more. Something closer to your skin...		573 574 575
573	You	"Take her down. Crash it. Destroy that window."		578
574	You	"Keep it. Keep the beautiful sharp shards. Keep her long face and her hair."		580
575	You	Say nothing, stare grimly into the distance.		576
576	Noid	The speedfreak looks the same way. It is dark there, in the back of the church. For a moment the music echoes strangely.		579
577	Andre	"No, Noid! Stop twisting my melon, man! People are gonna love it. It'll be our thing..." His friend disagrees. "Plus it keeps the cold out!"		579
578	Noid	"Will do." The speedfreak nods and pets the toolbox as if it were a cat.		577
579	None			534
580	Noid	The speedfreak's eyes narrow with suspicion, as if he's looking at a man possessed.		581
581	Andre	"It's not coming down. People are gonna love it. It'll be, like, our thing." His friend keeps dancing. "Plus it keeps the cold and the rain out!"		579
582	Noid	"The World Spirit does not have a body. It has organs. Hard core is an organ of the world spirit." He raises his left hand.		583
583	Noid	"This Arno van Eyck track is an organ. The carpentry and glass-cutting that built this house are also organs. She's a thief if you ask me. An organ thief. All innocences are."		584
584	None			534
585	Noid	"Okay." The young man appears constantly worried. It's just the way his brows are built. The worry never leaves his face.		586
586	None			397
587	Rhetoric	What a strange choice of words...		588
588	Noid			589 590
589	Noid		Variable["church.noid_rhet_choice_of_words"]	592
590	Noid		(Variable["church.noid_rhet_choice_of_words"]) == false	585
591	Volition	That can't be healthy. What's happening here? Why do you keep coming back to this window?		593
592	Empathy	Caustic, overflowing with negativity.		591
593	Noid			594 595
594	Noid		Variable["church.noid_volition_not_healthy"]	596 597 598
595	Noid		(Variable["church.noid_volition_not_healthy"]) == false	585
596	You	Nothing, everything's okay.		601
597	You	I don't know.		600
598	You	It's a nice window.		599
599	Volition	Why do you keep saying that if it isn't making you feel well? Don't come back to this anymore, stop talking about that damn window!		618
600	Volition	Well -- you shouldn't. You shouldn't come back to this anymore. Stop talking about it, please.		618
601	Volition	But it isn't. And you shouldn't come back to this anymore. This should be the last time. Stop talking about that damn window, please.		618
602	You	"Would you say she was... you know, human?"		603
603	Noid			604 605
604	Noid		Variable["church.stained_dolores_not_human_noid"]	607
605	Noid		(Variable["church.stained_dolores_not_human_noid"]) == false	606
606	Noid	"Ha!" The young man stretches his ribcage made of suspenders. "I like this question, cop-man. She did not live the life of a human. She lived like someone who is playing a game. The life of an operator..."		608
607	Noid	"Ha!" The young man stretches his ribcage made of suspenders. "I like this theory of yours, cop-man. This one I like..." He nods. "She was not human. Not really. She was an operator, playing life like a game..."		608
608	Noid	"That's not the life that humans live. She was adored. Humans aren't. I don't know about you, but they hate me. And they do not think I'm innocent, or some shit like that."		609 610 611
609	You	"Yeah, they hate this, too." (Point to yourself.)		614
610	You	"I don't know what you're talking about. I have thousands of fans. I am surrounded by love and support all the time."		613
611	You	"Mhm, she was a player! She played us all! It's just a game to her."		612
612	Noid	"Uhm, yes." He lets go of the suspenders and they hit his chest with a slap.		616
613	Noid	"Fame is a false existence. It doesn't happen inside the head." He nods mysteriously, then lets go of the suspenders and they hit his chest with a slap.		615
614	Noid	"Well, they loved her. They put all their love in her and forgot all about the rest of us." The young man lets go of the suspenders and they hit his chest with a slap.		615
615	None			534
616	Rhetoric	This speedfreak does not quite understand the sudden escalation of emotion in that argument, but he agrees nonetheless.		615
617	None			397
618	None			397
619	You	"Alright, I'm done talking about her."	Variable["church.noid_not_thinking_about_dolores_once"] == true	585
620	Noid			621 622
621	Noid		Variable["tc.pale"]	440
622	Noid		(Variable["tc.pale"]) == false	623
623	Encyclopedia	The Ubi are known for their partiality to socialism and sheep. They come from an island called Ubi Sunt?, the only place in the world that has a question mark in its name. There's something else important you should be able to remember about Ubi Sunt?, but all that's coming to mind is the sheep.		434
624	You	"What did Tiago tell you about the church?"	Variable["church.tiago_and_noid_get_along"] == true	625
625	Noid	"The crab-man's been lurking here for a while. He's experienced things. Things that give off bad sines. As far as we can tell, the Ubis built this place about three hundred and twenty years ago as a sarcophagus."		641 626
626	You	"What's it for?"		627
627	Noid	"Encasement. Confinement. Of something they were afraid of. Something new and unheard of on the isola." He looks up, into the darkness beyond the beams. "I think that's what the crab-man is experiencing when he climbs around upstairs..."		628
628	Noid	"Like, this is some old world shit the Ubis had heard about... and thought the best way to deal with it was to build a church. Surrounding it. To contain it."		635 629 642
629	You	"I don't get it, contain what exactly?"		630
630	Noid	"I dunno... and it's not something they properly understood either. What it does. But it's what this Soona person is looking for, and trying to measure." He nods toward the woman.		631
631	Noid	"It'll be fruitless, though. She won't be able to measure it. People like that always want to measure everything, all those things they really can't."		632
632	Shivers	The wood creaks as a gale blows by outside. Dust particles fall through the darkness, settling down on the age-bleached floor boards. The structure does not feel particularly durable.		644
633	You	"This building seems... less than structurally sound."	Variable["church.noid_shivers_church_endurance"]	653
634	Noid	"Anodic music will definitely contain whatever we're dealing with." His words echo in the chamber...		636
635	You	"Sounds like a job for the Remote Viewers Division."	Variable["tc.rvd"]	638
636	Noid	"And if it can't, well..." He shrugs non-committally.		639
637	Noid	"Maybe you can figure things out, cop-man. I think we got on a good level here... the sines are syncing up well."		648
638	Noid	The young man shrugs. "I doubt it. I don't even think the Ubis properly understood it. What it does. But it's what this Soona person is looking for, and trying to measure." He nods toward the woman.		631
639	None			644
640	None			644
641	You	"Do you mean there are dead bodies here?!"		647
642	You	"Huh, spooky. Let's talk about something else."		643
643	None			341
644	None			633 654 657 650
645	Noid	He shrugs. "I don't know. Maybe. Maybe not. It's not a thing we can answer, cop-man. Even I have limits -- I'm a limited-psy person."		640
646	Noid	"Seems to be the trend around here, doesn't it? You can't measure shit like this... it's not like... with substance."		656
647	Noid	"Not like a literal sarcophagus. I'm just being... metaphorical."		626
648	None			13
649	You	"Now that I think of it, it doesn't sound plausible."		645
650	You	"Well, if it's without substance I guess there's nothing to worry about."	Variable["church.noid_soona_fail"] == true	637
651	You	"You think there's any merit to the theory?"		645
652	Noid	The young man rubs his chin, in silence, then mumbles: "... like a concentric ring spreading out... the struggling villages..."		655
653	Noid	"No, it's pretty fucking un-sound if you ask me. They should have built a club for anodic music around it instead." He grins...		634
654	You	"What makes you think Soona's going to fail?"		646
655	Noid	"... and that is what caused the communards to fail in defending the beachhead. Yeah, a lot of failure has gone down around here."		651 649
656	None			644
657	You	"I found a Doomed Commercial Area in Martinaise proper. Maybe it's the same thing the Ubis were trying to contain?"	Variable["TASK.doomed_investigation"] and Variable["church.noid_soona_fail"] == true	652
658	Noid	"Hard to say, cop-man. Sines in here are distinctly wild. Gonna take a while before everything's properly synced..."		659
659	Noid	"I did get to talk to the crab-man, though."		660 661
660	You	"You mean Tiago?"	Variable["church.tiago_midgreethub_reached"] == true	669
661	You	"The crab-man?"	Variable["tc.crab_man"] == false	662
662	Noid	"Yeah, you know. The guy who lives in the rafters, walks around upside down on the ceiling. You know, like a crab."		672
663	You	"Are you sure it's a crab he reminds you of?"		665
664	You	"Oh, right. Crab-man, got it."		670
665	Noid	"Of course I'm sure. What? You think I'm confused?"		666 667
666	You	"Eight legs, walks upside down on the ceiling, spins webs sometimes..."		668
667	You	"No, you're definitely right. That's entirely crab-like behaviour you're describing."		671
668	Noid	"Yeah, a crab."		671
669	Noid	"Anyway, he's been giving me kind of a psychic rundown of this place..."		673
670	None			669
671	None			669
672	Logic	You begin to wonder if this speedfreak has ever seen a crab before.		663 664
673	Noid	"Dude's seen some crazy shit. But he's actually a lot like us."		674 675 676
674	You	"You mean all his Mother's love stuff isn't too spooky for you?"	Variable["church.tiago_midgreethub_reached"] == true	678
675	You	"You mean all his sobriety stuff isn't too restrictive for you?"	Variable["church.tiago_midgreethub_reached"] == true	677
676	You	"What do you mean?"		679
677	Noid	"Talking to him, I realized that sobriety can be pretty hard core, too. I gotta respect it..."		679
678	Noid	"Have you been listening to what Egg's been saying? Love is hard core man, and a mother's love is the hardest core of all..."		679
679	Noid	"The man picks up on stuff. And he knows a lot about the church. I got a lot to learn from him..."		680
680	Noid	"Good thing you didn't squash him."		681
681	None			13
682	You	"But I thought we'd be okay now -- sine-wise."	Variable["ice.noid_pre_pre_greeting_done"]	690
683	You	"Interesting."		685
684	You	"That's ridiculous."		686
685	Noid	"I suck at socializing, man. Even now our sine synchronization is way off. But I'll see what I can do." He continues to rearrange his tools.		689
686	Noid	"See? Our sines are way off." He looks down at his tools. "I can already tell this social relationship is gonna take a lot of work."		689
687	You	"'Sine'?"	Variable["ice.noid_pre_pre_greeting_done"] == false	688
688	Noid	"Yeah. Gotta compare, see if we can align."		683 684
689	None			5
690	Noid	"I'm doing what I can." He continues to rearrange his tools.		698
691	None			5
692	Noid			693 694
693	Noid		Variable["TASK.sync_the_sines"]	695
694	Noid		(Variable["TASK.sync_the_sines"]) == false	340
695	Inland Empire	It's not easy to reach a harmonic resonance of sines without some adjustment.		691
696	Half Light	Scared? Angry? It's hard to say which this man is.		697
697	Empathy	He's just scared.		76
698	Empathy	It's not easy for him. It probably took him years to get used to Andre.		699
699	Rhetoric	He looks like a well thought out individual. The synchronization might be worth it. In the long run.		319
700	Conceptualization	Interesting. He wants you to describe it, though he already knows what it looks like.		35 20 25 33
701	You	Better not mention it.		702
702	Noid	He blinks, waiting for the next question.		129
703	You	"Okay, now I'm ready. Let's contact Archer."	IsTaskActive("TASK.contact_warship_archer") and Variable["ice.noid_archer_working_noid"] == true	704
704	None			723
705	You	"I found a radio transceiver."	IsTaskActive("TASK.find_working_transceiver") and (CheckItem("highly_advanced_transceiver") or CheckItem("highly_expensive_transceiver") or CheckItem("perfectly_adequate_transceiver")) and Variable["ice.noid_archer_working_noid"] == true	706
706	Noid	"So your cop ways came through again. Impressive. Let's see what you got."		707 708 709
707	You	"I got this beauty down at the pawnshop." (Use the highly expensive transceiver.)	CheckItem("highly_expensive_transceiver")	710
708	You	"Someone was using this to coordinate a drug smuggling operation." (Use the highly advanced transceiver.)	CheckItem("highly_advanced_transceiver")	711
709	You	"I found this in an office by the harbour." (Use the perfectly adequate transceiver.)	CheckItem("perfectly_adequate_transceiver") and Variable["doomed.radiocomputer_took_transceiver"] == false	712
710	Noid	"Didn't know cops made that kind of lucre. This is a brilliant piece of equipment. Maybe even too brilliant. Feels out of step with our whole operation..."		713
711	Noid	"Thought I felt a special sine coming off this one. I'll just have Egg pop in a frequency dial here, and we should be set..."		714
712	Noid	"An ordinary white-collar transceiver joins the hard core underground. Yeah, this should do nicely..."		715
713	Inland Empire	He wants to keep it at a distance. He's afraid of what powers are contained therein...		716
714	Conceptualization	Rarely has there been a more apt pairing of man and transceiver. This is a portent of great success.		716
715	Interfacing	A nice story to tell himself, but don't forget, it really is just a normal, run-of-the-mill transceiver unit.		716
716	Noid	"Alright, lawfarer, we're ready to do this. I have to warn you, though, once we commit, there's no stopping until we've seen it all the way through. No pauses, no second-chances. This is our shot. You got it?"		717
717	Noid	"So any cop-prep you've got to do, you do it now. We'll wait if we have to."		718
718	None			722 719 720 721
719	You	"What kind of 'cop-prep' do I need to do?"		725
720	You	"I'm ready now. Let's do this."		723
721	You	"Yeah, I should get some things in order first."		724
722	You	"Wait, didn't you say we need some kind of power supply?"		726
723	Noid	"Rest of the crew has got to stay here." He gives you a solemn nod. "Can't afford to let the beat drop right as we're getting off the ground."		773
724	Noid	"Do what you have to do. We're not going anywhere."		780
725	Noid	"How should I know? It's up to everyone to know their own needs. Whatever keeps your body and soul in top working condition..."		1015
726	Noid	"Don't sweat that. Egg found something down near the waterlock. Some maniac abandoned a perfectly good power source..."		727
727	Noid			728 729
728	Noid		Variable["coast.sunken_dialogue_done"]	730
729	Noid		(Variable["coast.sunken_dialogue_done"]) == false	731
730	Logic	That 'maniac' is obviously you, which makes the 'power source' your half-sunken Coupris 40.		732
731	Logic	An 'abandoned power source'? What could he be referring to?		733
732	None			734 735 736
733	Inland Empire	Whatever it is, it was abandoned for good reason. Best to leave some stones unturned...		732
734	You	"You mean the motor carriage that I crashed into the bay?"	Variable["coast.sunken_dialogue_done"] == true	737
735	You	"What do you mean someone abandoned a power source?"	Variable["coast.sunken_dialogue_done"] == false	738
736	You	"Ah, well as long as it works, I don't need to know the details."		740
737	Noid	"That explains why it was covered in cop colours. Whole thing's totalled, but lucky for us the engine on the back is still perfectly good..."		739
738	Noid	"I know, it's completely mental, but someone drove a perfectly good Coupris MC straight into the bay. Carriage is totalled, but luckily the engine on the back is still working..."		1014
739	Noid	"All I have to do is run a cable from the engine up the centaur-man's memorial. It won't last forever, but it should buy us enough time to get you synced up with the Big Bad."		742
740	Noid	"Right, that's your call then."		741
741	None			718
742	None			718
743	Noid	"Personally, I'm gonna make sure I've got a steady supply of PREPTIDE handy."		744
744	Noid			745 746
745	Noid		Variable["character.habit_speed"]	747
746	Noid		(Variable["character.habit_speed"]) == false	748
747	Electrochemistry	Now he's playing your tune! Better make sure you're ready to blast while circuit-bending!		752
748	Electrochemistry	The speed is to get you through the tedious detail-oriented parts of the work. Maybe this freak will spot you some?		749
749	Noid			750 751
750	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_electro_speed_spot"]	761 762
751	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_electro_speed_spot"]) == false	763
752	Noid			753 754
753	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_electro_speed_circuit"]	755
754	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_electro_speed_circuit"]) == false	759
755	Noid			756 757
756	Noid		CheckItemGroup("speed")	758
757	Noid		(CheckItemGroup("speed")) == false	760
758	None			718
759	None			718
760	Electrochemistry	But what's this? You're all out! Maybe this freak will spot you some...		761 762
761	You	(Whisper.) "Say, Noid. My PREPTIDE supply is a little low -- think you could hook me up?"		765
762	You	Nah, I'm good without it.		764
763	None			718
764	Electrochemistry	Hope you don't get any little wires crossed because you lost your concentration, Mr. Clean-and-Sober.		763
765	Noid	"Here, you'll like this. It's got a little straw and everything so you can slurp while you work."		766
766	Noid			767 768
767	Noid		IsKimHere()	769
768	Noid		(IsKimHere()) == false	771
769	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant politely averts his eyes as you make a drug deal in a house of worship, but make no mistake: He's less than thrilled about it.		770
770	Electrochemistry	Fuck what the lieutenant thinks! We're off to the races, baby!		993
771	Electrochemistry	HEIGH-HO, HEIGH-HO, it's off to the races we go!		993
772	None			718
773	Egg Head	"MUCH LOVE TO MY HARD CORE ANTENNA BROTHERS!"		954
774	Noid			775 776
775	Noid		IsKimHere()	777
776	Noid		(IsKimHere()) == false	778
777	Kim Kitsuragi	"Back across the waterlock. At least we're getting our exercise in today."		1016
778	Noid	"Now give me a hand with these cables. It's a long walk to the roundabout..."		1018
779	None			External: (424, 2)
780	Egg Head	"Hard core church! Nowhere else to go!"		992
781	None			13
782	You	"Could you use your sine-sense to help me contact a Coalition warship?"	IsTaskActive("TASK.find_technical_expertise") and Variable["ice.noid_tried_ask_prehub"] == false and Variable["ice.noid_archer_working_noid"] == false and Variable["church.noid_said_no_help"] == false	783
783	Noid	"Trying to get aligned with the Big Bad, are you?" He gnaws a screw thoughtfully. "Those are some serious frequencies you want to mess with..."		784
784	Acele	"Come on, Noid. I think we owe him."		952
785	Noid	"Yeah, alright. But if you're going to sync up with them, you're gonna need a serious wave-generator of your own. You understand what I'm saying?"		789
786	You	"Now that our sines are synced, can you help me contact the Coalition?"	IsTaskActive("TASK.find_technical_expertise") and Variable["ice.noid_tried_ask_prehub"] == true and Variable["ice.noid_archer_working_noid"] == false and Variable["church.noid_said_no_help"] == false	991
787	Acele	"Come on, Noid. I think we owe him."		953
788	Noid	"Guess it would be pretty soft core for me to say no, wouldn't it?" He gnaws a screw thoughtfully.		785
789	Noid			790 791
790	Noid		Variable["auto.visited_landsend"]	792
791	Noid		(Variable["auto.visited_landsend"]) == false	793
792	You	"What about the radio relay tower at Land's End? Is that serious enough?"		809
793	You	"Not really, no."		794
794	Egg Head	"MEGA-LOW FREQUENCY! Waves so long the ionosphere can't hold them!"		795
795	Noid			796 797
796	Noid		IsKimHere()	798
797	Noid		(IsKimHere()) == false	799
798	Kim Kitsuragi	"Not even the RCM has access to that kind of equipment. The Coalition is extremely possessive of its frequency bands."		799
799	Noid	"There's an old radio relay tower at the edge of the peninsula, right where the air waves meet the sea waves..."		800
800	Egg Head	"TWO WAVES, ONE SHORE. WAVE LOVE. YEAAAGH!"		801
801	Noid	"You should go scope it out, see what kind of condition it's in."		802 803
802	You	"Wait, before I go -- where is this relay tower exactly?"		806
803	You	"Alright, I'll check out the tower and report back." (Conclude.)		804
804	Noid	"You do that. And let us know what you discover."		805
805	None			13
806	Noid	"It's like, up from here. You just go outside, and then turn up."		807 803
807	You	"Turn 'up'? You mean, like, north?"		808
808	Noid	"Yeah, up. Do they not teach you about maps in cop school?"		803
809	Noid	"Not likely. Scoped that spot a while back. It's short-wave stuff, mostly commercial. Plus it's all rusted out."		810
810	Egg Head	"Build it ourselves! We built this nightclub, we can build anything!"		811 812
811	You	"Wait, could we build a radio transmitter ourselves?"		813
812	You	"Egg is right. There's no other way."		813
813	Noid	"Yeah, maybe?" The young man shrugs. "Tech-wise, radio's not the spookiest thing around. Hard part's finding an antenna big enough to align with those mega-low frequencies..."		983
814	You	"The radio relay tower is in bad shape. I don't think we can use it to reach Archer."	IsTaskActive("TASK.visit_landsend") and Variable["coast.lands_end_empathy_tower"] == true and Variable["ice.noid_archer_working_noid"] == true	815
815	Noid	"This is a major setback. We're going to have to find some other way to generate those mega-long waves."		816
816	None			810
817	You	Come up with a site for a mega-longwave radio antenna.	IsTaskActive("TASK.find_antenna_location") and Variable["ice.noid_concept_white_check_open"] == true	818
818	Noid			819 820
819	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_concept_wc_success"]	881
820	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_concept_wc_success"]) == false	821
821	Noid			822 823
822	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_wc_fail_counter"] >2	879
823	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_wc_fail_counter"] >2) == false	824
824	Noid			825 826
825	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_wc_fail_counter"] >1	869
826	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_wc_fail_counter"] >1) == false	827
827	Noid			828 829
828	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_wc_fail_counter"] == 1	841
829	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_wc_fail_counter"] == 1) == false	830
830	Conceptualization	This is easy. Antennas are basically just tall things, right?		831
831	You	"We could use the steeple of this church." (Point up.)		832
832	Noid	The young man looks straight up, following the line of your finger. A frown comes over his face.		834
833	Rhetoric	He's being uncharacteristically polite. He means they don't make any pinewood antennas. Because it's such an obviously bad idea, you see.		835 836
834	Noid	"Not likely to work. This whole church is made from pinewood. They don't make too many pinewood antennas."		833
835	You	"Ours will be the first!"		837
836	You	"Hmm, that's a good point, now that you mention it."		838
837	Noid	"No, it won't be. There can't be a first of something that can't be."		840
838	Noid	He shrugs, as though the point were rather obvious.		840
839	Conceptualization	That's fine. You're just getting warmed up. Your next idea will definitely be better.
840	None			13
841	Conceptualization	Alright, brainstorming time. Remember, this is just the ideation phase. There are no bad ideas.		843 842
842	You	"Here's an idea: Maybe there's an antenna in the harbour we could use?"		855
843	You	"I've got it. Why don't we use the mast of a giant boat?"		844
844	Noid	"What, are you some kind of aquatic cop now?"		845 846
845	You	"I know the Wild Pines rep. She'll lend us her boat for sure."		851
846	You	"Let's just say I have an extremely wealthy patron."		849
847	Noid	"No way I'm getting on a boat owned by the Wild Pines. Everything about them gives off a real shadowy sine."		866
848	Noid	"If that's the case, though, not sure I want to get mixed up in your patron's boat business."		866
849	Noid	"Oh, I get it. You're a gigolo cop, then. Makes sense..."		848
850	Conceptualization	Hmmm, this really didn't seem like it was going to be that hard. We'll just have to try again...
851	Noid			852 853
852	Noid		IsKimHere()	854
853	Noid		(IsKimHere()) == false	847
854	Kim Kitsuragi	"Something tells me Ms. Messier would be less than thrilled to hear you'd like to commandeer her boat so you can talk to a Coalition warship."		847
855	Noid	"You want to get the Union in on this plan?" He gives you an incredulous look. "Is that a good idea?"		856 857
856	You	"One-hundred percent. Evrart's an old friend of mine."		858
857	You	"Hmmm, maybe not."		868
858	Noid			859 860
859	Noid		IsKimHere()	861
860	Noid		(IsKimHere()) == false	867
861	Noid			862 863
862	Noid		Variable["TASK.open_gary_door_done"]	864
863	Noid		(Variable["TASK.open_gary_door_done"]) == false	865
864	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes, you two have grown quite close over the last few days. Always doing little errands for each other."		867
865	Kim Kitsuragi	"I'm not sure I'd use the word 'friendly' to describe Mr. Claire's attitude toward us."		867
866	None			13
867	Noid	"I don't trust the fat man. Gives off a hard core würm sine, real manipulative, if you ask me."		866
868	Noid	"Didn't think so. You gotta watch out for those guys. Give off a real hostile sine, if you ask me."		866
869	Conceptualization	Your thinking about this has gotten way too rigid. Time to flip the whole antenna paradigm on its head.		870
870	You	"Hear me out: What if we built the antenna underground?"		871
871	Noid	"Underground, huh? That would be pretty hard core..."		872
872	Noid			873 874
873	Noid		IsKimHere()	875
874	Noid		(IsKimHere()) == false	876
875	Kim Kitsuragi	"It would also be incredibly stupid. Detective, did you not take Elementary Radio Operations? I thought it was an RCM-wide requirement."		876
876	Egg Head	"Underground antenna! Waves so hard core only moles can hear them!"		877
877	Noid	"Egg makes a good point. An underground antenna's probably not the best way to contact your aerostatic."		878
878	None			13
879	Conceptualization	Nope, nothing. The idea factory is closed until further notice.		990
880	None			13
881	Conceptualization	Close your eyes. Unfold your mental map of Martinaise. It's morning. You're standing on the plaza before the Whirling-in-Rags.		882
882	Shivers	The wind pushes a piece of tare across the cracked tiles. From the north comes the malicious laughter of two children...		883
883	None			884 885 886
884	You	Turn to face the bay.		887
885	You	Turn to face the apartments.		888
886	You	Turn to face the traffic circle.		889
887	Conceptualization	Your eye follows the tiles west. You see a bench and a few twisted, pitiful trees. Then, just water...		890
888	Conceptualization	Beyond the unkempt backyard rises a monstrous assemblage of concrete, plaster, and corrugated sheet metal...		890
889	Conceptualization	You turn around. The morning sun is blinding. You bring your hand to your brow and a great shadow materialises before you. A towering beast, frozen in mid-air...		984
890	Noid			891 892
891	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_concept_success_counter"] == 2	976
892	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_concept_success_counter"] == 2) == false	985
893	Noid	"Centaur-man is made of metal. With the right gear we could make it work."		894
894	Egg Head	"YEEEAGH! Connect the centaur to the lorries, unite the whole roundabout in hard core waves!"		895
895	Noid	"Huh. Sounds like Egg's saying you could use some spare cables to rig up the stalled motor lorries and increase the wavelength..."		896
896	Interfacing	Effectively transforming the entire roundabout into a single, fractal antenna.		898
897	You	"Sounds like madness, but I think it could work."		902
898	Noid			899 900
899	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_wc_success_interfacing"]	897
900	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_wc_success_interfacing"]) == false	901
901	Noid	"Which would pretty much make the whole roundabout one giant antenna."		902
902	Egg Head	"ONE ROUNDABOUT, ONE WAVELENGTH! HARD CORE!"		903 904 905 906 907
903	You	"About time, those other antennas were cramping my style."	IsTHCPresent("superstar_cop")	908
904	You	"We shall call it: The Herald of Destruction."	IsTHCPresent("apocalypse_cop")	909
905	You	"As long as it gets the job done, I'm not interested in the details."	IsTHCPresent("boring_cop")	910
906	You	"Are you sure that's legal? I feel like I'm going to need to apologise to someone."	IsTHCPresent("sorry_cop")	911
907	You	"That's... a very big antenna."		912
908	Noid	"It's gonna be the most hard core antenna in Martinaise, and probably all of Revachol West."		913
909	Noid	"Pretty hard core, but maybe it would be better to go with something more positive?"		913
910	Noid	"You're really going about this the wrong way, then. The details are the best part."		913
911	Noid	"You're a lawman, lawman. Don't you get to decide what's legal and what isn't?"		913
912	Noid	"Probably the biggest antenna in all of Revachol West." He seems very pleased with himself.		913
913	Egg Head	"We have the amps, we have the cables! We're almost ready! Yeeeagh!"		914
914	Noid	"He's right. All we're missing now is the transceiver itself. Soon as you find one, we'll be all set."		915 969
915	You	"Where am I supposed to find a radio transceiver?"		919
916	You	(Point to Egg Head.) "Doesn't he have something we could use?"		918
917	You	"Alright, I guess I need to find one of these transceivers then." (Conclude.)		920
918	Noid	"Can't do it. We just got this place set up. Can't go risking Egg's most important equipment..."		968
919	Noid	"I don't know. Buy one? Steal one? I don't know your cop ways."		921
920	Noid	"While you're gone, me and Egg will get the rest of the gear together. Meet us back here when you've got it."		924
921	Noid			922 923
922	Noid		IsKimHere()	925
923	Noid		(IsKimHere()) == false	927
924	None			13
925	Kim Kitsuragi	"And before you ask: No, you can't have the radio from my Kineema either."		927
926	You	"You know what, Kim? I'll find an even better radio on my own."	IsKimHere()	928
927	None			926 916 961 963 965 917
928	Kim Kitsuragi	"I highly doubt that. When I crank the volume on my DynaWave, it's like you're in the front row at the National Concert Hall."		929 930 931
929	You	"I didn't know Speedfreaks FM had a concert series."	Variable["plaza.kineema_radio_speedfreaks"] == true	932
930	You	"Alright, Kim, challenge accepted."		933
931	You	"On second thought, this is childish. I'm just going to look for a regular radio."		934
932	Kim Kitsuragi	"Joke all you want, detective. Whatever radio you manage to scrounge up won't lay a finger on my set-up."		930 931
933	Noid	"A cop-on-cop challenge, not bad. Let's see what you come up with... Though I have to say, cop cars and lorries usually pack the best equipment in town."		972
934	Noid	He shrugs. "It's your transmission. A regular old transceiver should work fine, it just won't be as hard core, you know..."		967
935	Noid	"Well, cop-man, we've re-paid the favour. Guess this cements the cop-hardcore alliance."		942
936	Noid	"Sure, you have to say that now, but it's alright..."		946
937	Noid			938 939
938	Noid		Variable["TASK.make_the_music_harder_core_done"]	935
939	Noid		(Variable["TASK.make_the_music_harder_core_done"]) == false	940
940	Noid	"Alright, cop-man. We've held up more than our share of this collaboration. I hope you recognise how much the hardcore underground came through for you."		948
941	You	"I've got my own case to worry about, but if I have time, I'll be back."	Variable["TASK.make_the_music_harder_core_done"] == false	943
942	Egg Head	"YEEEAGH. WE ARE COPS NOW."		944
943	Noid	"Sure, I've heard that before..."		946
944	Andre	"Easy, Egg. We're still hardcore music venue organisers, first and foremost. But maybe this does make us pillars of the local community..."		945
945	None			947 951 941
946	Noid	"I'll put this tech away later. Think there's an extra can set, in case you want to grab a souvenir or something. Don't think anyone will miss it."
947	You	"I would never let my hardcore brothers down."		936
948	Andre	"If you want to show your appreciation, we could still use your help. Egg is the one to talk to."		950
949	Noid	"No need to fake it, we know you're still a cop at heart..."		946
950	Egg Head	"HARD CORE! MUTUAL AID!"		945
951	You	"It's been good working with you... gentlemen."	Variable["TASK.make_the_music_harder_core_done"] == true	949
952	Andre	"Acele's right. He's one of us now."		785
953	Andre	"Acele's right. He's one of us now."		788
954	Acele	"Good luck, guys."		955
955	Andre	"Try to squeeze in a promo spot while you're on-air, we've got to start putting the word out."		774
956	You	"Could you use your sine-sense to help me contact a Coalition warship?"	IsTaskActive("TASK.find_technical_expertise")--[[ Variable[ ]]	957
957	Noid	"Don't think so. Big Bad frequencies are extremely negative: thought suppression, dream implantation, memory revision. Pretty out there stuff, not sure I want to get involved with it."		958
958	Empathy	There is fear there, but also curiosity. He just needs a reason to help you.		959
959	Noid	"Besides, our own sines aren't even synced yet. So how am I supposed to get you synced up with the Big Bad? It doesn't make any sense, law-lover."		960
960	None			5
961	You	"Do radiocomputers have transceivers in them?"	Variable["tc.radiocomputer"]	962
962	Noid	"Yeah, probably. Thing is you'd have to be an engineer to get it out. I'd stick with regular radios, if I were you."		968
963	You	"I think I saw a radio in that office near the harbour..."	Variable["gates.orb_office_radio_buzzing"]	964
964	Noid	"Hmm, some equipment from harbour could work. Worth the leg-work, at least."		968
965	You	"Do you think the pawnshop will have one?"	Variable["tc.pawnshop"]	966
966	Noid	"Maybe, if you want to pay money like some kind of... money lord. Yeah, pawnshop could have one."		968
967	None			927
968	None			927
969	You	"A radio transceiver. Cool. I've got this. I've seen plenty of those lying around."		970
970	Noid	"Exactly. You could buy one, you could steal one..."		921
971	Reaction Speed	Lorries, huh? You could check out the abandoned one by the roundabout...		967
972	Noid			973 974
973	Noid		Variable["jam.abandoned_cabin_accessed"]	971
974	Noid		(Variable["jam.abandoned_cabin_accessed"]) == false	967
975	Shivers	The voice again, more urgent now: 'Nay!'		979
976	Noid			977 978
977	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_wc_shivers_nay"]	975
978	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_wc_shivers_nay"]) == false	980
979	Inland Empire	Just a moment. That voice isn't human, and it's not saying 'Nay!' -- It's saying 'N-n-n-neigh!'		980
980	None			883
981	Noid	"Maybe not that big, but pretty big."		982
982	None			13
983	Egg Head	"An antenna hard core enough to shake the whole world!"		981
984	You	"The horseback monument."		893
985	Noid			986 987
986	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_wc_shivers_nay"]	988
987	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_wc_shivers_nay"]) == false	989
988	Shivers	From behind you, a low, spectral voice whispers: 'Nay.'		989
989	None			883
990	Noid	The young speedfreak gives you a suspicious look before returning to... whatever he was doing.		880
991	Noid	"You sure that's a good idea? Those are some serious frequencies you want to mess with..."		787
992	Noid	"Like Egg said."		781
993	Noid	"You'll probably wanna take a minute to get your gear situation sorted out."		772
994	Noid			995 996
995	Noid		IsTaskActive("TASK.find_technical_expertise")--[[ Variable[ ]]	997
996	Noid		(IsTaskActive("TASK.find_technical_expertise")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false	5
997	Noid			998 999
998	Noid		Variable["TASK.talk_moralism_with_sunday_friend_done"]	1012
999	Noid		(Variable["TASK.talk_moralism_with_sunday_friend_done"]) == false	1013
1000	Noid			1001 1002
1001	Noid		Variable["ice.noid_empathy_tinkerer_said"]	5
1002	Noid		(Variable["ice.noid_empathy_tinkerer_said"]) == false	994
1003	Noid	His look is intensely suspicious.		5
1004	Empathy	This young speedfreak seems to know a lot about 'sines'... could he be the techno-tinkerer you're looking for?		117
1005	Noid			1006 1007
1006	Noid		Variable["TASK.talk_moralism_with_sunday_friend_done"]	1004
1007	Noid		(Variable["TASK.talk_moralism_with_sunday_friend_done"]) == false	1011
1008	Noid			1009 1010
1009	Noid		IsTaskActive("TASK.find_technical_expertise")--[[ Variable[ ]]	1005
1010	Noid		(IsTaskActive("TASK.find_technical_expertise")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false	117
1011	Empathy	This young speedfreak seems to know a lot about 'sines'... could he have the technical skill you're looking for?		117
1012	Empathy	This young speedfreak seems to know a lot about 'sines'... could he be the techno-tinkerer you're looking for?		1003
1013	Empathy	This young speedfreak seems to know a lot about 'sines'... could he have the technical skill you're looking for?		1003
1014	Interfacing	You really should look into this totalled MC when you have a chance. Seems important...		739
1015	Interfacing	At the very least, you should make sure you're wearing a good pair of gloves.		743
1016	Noid	"Now give me a hand with these cables. It's a long walk to the roundabout..."		1017
1017	Noid			779
1018	Noid			779

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