this is where the "recording device", "what are you doing here on the ice?" and "questioning" branches are located.
This is a listing of every "entry" in a given game conversation as scraped from the game files. Entries often contain written dialogue, as well as conditional logic governing their appearance to the player. They also link to other entries, sometimes automatically and sometimes through player action. This page is best used to search for a specific word or phrase, as following the links in this format can be difficult. For an experience that better accommodates the branching structure of these conversations, see the corresponding interactive page.
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0 | None |
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1 | None |
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2 | Acele | "This?" She breathes on her freezing fingers. "It's a portable recording device. It's for field recording. Low quality, but still." |
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3 | You | "And the wires?" |
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4 | You | "What's a 'contact microphone'?" |
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5 | Acele | "A contact mic records sounds from inside things. Like this ice." |
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6 | Encyclopedia | Your mangled brain would like you to know there is a boxer called Contact Mike. |
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7 | You | "You know, Contact Mike doesn't *just beat people up*. Contact Mike is a role model." | Variable["ice.acele_asked_about_contact_mike"] == true |
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8 | Acele | "Actually just one wire, I picked on it till the braiding came loose. The wire leads to a contact microphone." |
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9 | Acele | "Um..." |
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10 | You | "Does this have anything to do with Contact Mike?" | Variable["ice.acele_dialogue_you_remember_contact_mic"] == true and Variable["ice.acele_asked_about_contact_mike"] == false |
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11 | You | "How does that thing work?" |
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12 | Acele | "Uh..." She's confused. "Yeah, I record stuff with it." |
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13 | Acele | "The mic? I don't exactly know. Somehow it doesn't pick up vibrations from the air. The box said it only picks up *structure-borne sound*. If you like technobabble." |
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14 | None |
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15 | None | Variable["ice.acele_dialogue_you_remember_contact_mic"] |
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16 | None | (Variable["ice.acele_dialogue_you_remember_contact_mic"]) == false |
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17 | None |
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18 | Acele | "I... don't know what that means." |
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19 | You | "No, I mean the boxer Contact Mike." |
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20 | None |
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21 | You | "No, I mean... forget it." |
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22 | You | "Sorry, I don't know why I said that. There was something else I wanted to know..." |
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23 | You | Yeah? Any news on my own name? |
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24 | Encyclopedia | Nope. |
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25 | None |
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26 | You | What am I supposed to do with this? |
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27 | Encyclopedia | No idea. |
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28 | Acele | "Ah! No. This is a *contact microphone*, it's for recording *inside* solid objects. Contact Mike just beats people up." |
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29 | None |
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30 | None |
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31 | You | "What's The Paliseum?" |
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32 | Acele | "Oh man, you haven't been to The Paliseum?" She forgets herself for a moment. "It's *the* coolest place in this whole drug-addled shithole." |
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33 | Encyclopedia | You're welcome. |
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34 | Acele | "Yes?" |
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35 | Acele | "Sure." |
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36 | None |
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37 | None |
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38 | You | "Where did you get the mic from?" |
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39 | Acele | "Same place I got the recorder from. The Paliseum." |
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40 | None |
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41 | You | "Tell me more about the microphone." |
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42 | You | "Never mind all that. I had questions about that mic..." |
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43 | None |
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44 | Acele | "Mhm..." She breathes on her fingers again to warm them. "Thought so." |
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45 | Acele | "Yeah, I got that, but what *don't* you have a problem with?" |
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46 | Acele | "Oh yeah..." She looks you over, assessing your age. "Guess you wouldn't know van Eyck. Or really be a Paliseum-going kind of person... " |
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47 | You | "Sounds like a place for congregating homo-sexuals." |
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48 | Acele | "Yeah, there might be some. I don't think they look down on the homo-sexual underground there. The Paliseum's not that kind of place. It's cool." |
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49 | You | "Sounds interesting. Who is this *Arno* guy?" |
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50 | You | "Never mind, let's talk about that contact mic instead..." |
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51 | You | "I get down." |
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52 | You | "You're right. Time has deserted me." |
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53 | You | "Because I have a problem with homo-sexuals. Major problem." |
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54 | You | "Don't get me wrong. I'm all for it. This *Paliseum* just sounded like their kind of place." |
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55 | None |
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56 | Acele | "What *don't* you have a problem with?" |
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57 | Acele | "That's real cool. Hope you don't mind missing out on all that great homo-sexual content the world has got to offer." |
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58 | Acele | "Okay then. That's cool." |
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59 | Acele | "I don't know what that means either." |
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60 | You | "On second thought, let's go back to the contact mic." |
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61 | You | "I grind." |
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62 | You | "Oh no, you completely misunderstood me. I might be a homo-sexual myself." |
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63 | Acele | "Oh! Well, good for you." |
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64 | Acele | She breathes on her fingers. Looks like she doesn't know what to say. |
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65 | You | "Self respect is not meant to float any boats but your own." |
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66 | You | "Yes, you heard right. You should try to be more like Contact Mike: a successful athlete and an *inspirational figure* who has overcome social, physical, and mental obstacles." |
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67 | Acele | "Man, you are one weird cop." |
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68 | You | "Neither do I actually. I have no idea what I'm talking about. Get down? Grind?" |
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69 | Acele | "Okay, if it floats your boat I'll be more like Contact Mike and less like me." |
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70 | Acele | "What is it with you and this Mike guy?" She pauses. The question is rhetorical. |
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71 | None |
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72 | None |
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73 | You | "It means I'm hip beyond my years." |
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74 | You | "Nor do I, but I have concrete evidence that I rock. In the form of a wrecked tape player and a completely trashed hostel room." |
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75 | Acele | "That's cool." She breathes on her fingers. Looks like she doesn't know what to say. |
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76 | You | "I also have a problem with alcohol." |
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77 | You | "Fuck that! I'm completely problem free, you can't tell me otherwise." |
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78 | You | "Actually, I had some non-mic questions for you." |
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79 | Acele | "You do understand it all just sounds like Mike to me, right?" |
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80 | You | "On second thought, screw Contact Mike. He's not a champion -- you are! Look at you here in front of a saggy tent, picking your nose to drug-addict music. The world of sports is in awe of your faith and dedication." |
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81 | You | "This isn't about me. This is about your lack of respect for one of boxing's greats -- and for *yourself*." |
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82 | You | "Yes, that does indeed float my boat." |
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83 | You | "I'd say I'm just about normal. Now about that mic -- Not Mike. Mic." |
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84 | Acele | "Recording, I guess." |
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85 | You | "And what is it you're recording exactly?" |
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86 | Acele | "I *think* I'm recording cracks in the ice, but there's no way to tell. Not without headphones. I think I just recorded your footsteps, too. Not sure how that will sound..." She scratches her forehead. |
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87 | Acele | "Yup." She squints her eyes a little. "They were pretty... I'm sorry we sold those." |
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88 | You | "Wait, what happened to the headphones?" |
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89 | None |
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90 | None | Variable["ice.acele_knew_amphetamine_gives_cold_resistance"] |
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91 | None | (Variable["ice.acele_knew_amphetamine_gives_cold_resistance"]) == false |
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92 | You | "And what are these recordings for -- the cracks, the footsteps?" |
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93 | Encyclopedia | It's probably amphetamine -- It makes you *feel* impervious to the elements, but doesn't actually make you any less cold. |
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94 | Acele | "My boyfriend sold them." |
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95 | Acele | "Music stuff mostly. Like this tape recorder, but bigger. And there's piles of it." |
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96 | You | "What for?" |
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97 | Acele | "I don't know, man... things. Just stuff you need for life." |
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98 | None |
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99 | Drama | A lie. They were probably pawned off for something ssssuspicious. |
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100 | Acele | "The musicians in The Paliseum use them for making music. They loop the stuff, cutting the tapes together. They make music out of cracks in the ice and keys jangling... crazy sounds like that. It's hard to explain." |
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101 | You | "You mean like those headphones your boyfriend sold." | Variable["ice.acele_heard_she_sold_headphones_LOGIC"] == true |
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102 | You | Just nod. |
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103 | Acele | "They got too much stuff crammed in there. No room." |
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104 | Acele | "Anyway, I thought I'd make some, too. It's supposed to be, like, a music place anyway..." She rubs her shoulders and looks around. |
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105 | Acele | "I don't really know what I'm doing. They use synthesizers, too. I don't have a synthesizer." |
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106 | You | "Stuff like what?" |
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107 | Empathy | She looks at the recording device, the thing she thought would fill her hours with joy and escape. It's turning out to be an empty fantasy. She feels childish, very useless all of a sudden. |
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108 | Composure | The sharp drop in endorphins is almost visible. Like a warm blanket has fallen off her shoulders -- the wave of chill, the quivering jaw. Indications of a drug high. |
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109 | Electrochemistry | She is on some kind of stimulant -- amphetamine or mephedrone -- and its effects are wearing off fast. She will begin to experience more and more valleys now. And fewer peaks. |
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110 | Kim Kitsuragi | "Take this, you're cold." The lieutenant begins to take off his jacket. |
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111 | You | "Now *this* is where a hat would come in handy." | Variable["ice.acele_talked_about_hat"] == true and Variable["ice.acele_gave_her_hat"] == false |
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112 | Acele | "No man, fuck that, I'm cool... I'm sorry I said that. I'm sorry about the *fuck*." |
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113 | You | "Why? Why can you take it?" |
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114 | Kim Kitsuragi | "It's okay." The lieutenant backs up. He throws you a glance. |
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115 | You | "Why not just leave some of it outside so you don't have to freeze?" |
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116 | Acele | "Yeah... maybe you were right about the hat." |
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117 | Acele | "I got my recordings to do, I feel better outside..." A wave breaks close-by and covers her in a cold spray. |
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118 | You | "You said *it's* supposed to be a music place. What is?" | Variable["ice.andre_logic_done"] == false |
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119 | You | "I had some other questions." (Conclude.) |
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120 | None |
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121 | You | "Why are you freezing out here, while the boys are inside?" |
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122 | Acele | "That." She nods toward the church. "The boys think it could be a *place*, like The Paliseum or something. Stupid. It's really..." she pauses, "not gonna be a Paliseum, that's for sure." |
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123 | Acele | "That stuff is more expensive than I am. More expensive than any of us, really. Doesn't matter. I can take the cold." |
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124 | You | "The boys?" |
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125 | None |
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126 | Acele | "Yeah, Andre and the guys. They're inside. In the tent." |
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127 | Acele | She's shivering a bit. |
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128 | None |
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129 | None |
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130 | None | Variable["ice.acele_authority_done"] |
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131 | None | (Variable["ice.acele_authority_done"]) == false |
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132 | None |
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133 | None |
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134 | You | "All right then." |
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135 | None |
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136 | Acele | "See? That's the appropriate way to give a girl a hat..." |
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137 | You | (Let it go.) "Got it..." |
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138 | You | S |