Conversation 574: ICE / EGGHEAD

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• Character: the character speaking or acting.
• Dialogue: prose containing spoken dialogue and other description.
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ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			349
2	Egg Head	A young man with peroxide blond hair holds up a Harmon-Wowshi tape player, nodding along to the music. He looks at you with a knowing smile and says...		3
3	Inland Empire	....as though you're supposed to be sharing some tremendous, evangelical secret...		4
4	Egg Head	"Hard core."		6 5
5	You	"Is it?"		15
6	You	Say nothing.		11
7	Egg Head	"HARD CORE TO THE MEGA!"		12 219
8	You	Still say nothing.		7
9	You	"But is it? I mean, really?"		18
10	Egg Head	"HAAAAAAARD COOORE!!! AAAAAAAIGHH!!!" He lets out an agonized roar over the feeble-ish, obviously not too hard core beat below.		16 17
11	Egg Head	"HARD CORE!"		8 9
12	You	Say nothing.		13
13	Egg Head	"INTERNALLY COHERENT!"		14 222
14	You	Still say nothing.		235
15	Egg Head	"IT'S HAAAAAAAAARD CORE!"		193 194
16	You	"SO HARD CORE!"		24
17	You	"No, but seriously... I'm a little worried it isn't."		34
18	Egg Head	"YEAAGHH!"		19
19	Drama	This young man adds a capital *G* before the *H* in his *YEAGHs* and *AAGHs*. This produces a guttural, *Gottwaldian* accent and makes him sound more animal, more *in it*.		21
20	Encyclopedia	Or maybe it's not Gottwaldian, maybe it's *Oranjese* -- probably an homage to Oranje, where Arno van Eyck is from, judging by his name. Could you be listening to an Arno van Eyck creation *right now*?		183 200
21	Egg Head			22 23
22	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_head_drama_got_g"]	627
23	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_head_drama_got_g"]) == false	304
24	Egg Head	"Is it, though?" He stops dead in his tracks, tilting his head to the side.		30
25	Shivers	The skin on your back is crawling. For a second you can't even hear the music anymore.		26
26	Egg Head			27 28
27	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_head_shivers_first"]	29
28	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_head_shivers_first"]) == false	42
29	Shivers	There is a hawthorn tree on Rue de Saint-Ghislaine, right next to the canal.		42
30	None			31 32
31	You	"IT IS!"		37
32	You	"I was just thinking that a moment ago!"		33
33	Egg Head	"ONE MIND! ONE SPIRIT! THERE IS NO OTHER WORLD -- THERE IS NO OTHER LIFE!"		337
34	Egg Head	"The question is, what is the question?"		248 247
35	Egg Head	"I am the mic enforcer, I am the chicks checker, YEAGH!"		261
36	You	Say nothing.		626
37	Egg Head	"But is it? I mean, really?" He tilts his head to the other side, like an owl.		255
38	You	"THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE QUESTION?!"		40
39	You	"I was thinking that too!"		35
40	Egg Head	"No, but seriously... I'm a bit worried it isn't." He frowns, then starts bobbing his head back and forth once more.		25
41	Egg Head	"There's nothing wrong with it. I'm still in love with the hard core." He turns pensive all of a sudden.		170
42	Electrochemistry	Don't be alarmed! Everything is okay. He isn't actually *worried*. Everything is still super hard core! What he probably means is -- it could be even more so!		44
43	Egg Head	"Isn't something holding it back? From being hyper?" He thinks for a moment, then his expression clears...		101
44	None			512 462 463 511 459 45 46 47 262 169 507 500 174
45	You	"You said you were worried. What do you think is wrong with the music?"		41
46	You	"Are you a thought reader?"		48
47	You	"Is your real name *Germaine*?"	Variable["ice.egg_germaine_heard"]	176
48	Egg Head	"NO NATION, BUT TRANCE NATION! NO WAR, BUT CLASS WAR!"		73
49	You	"Does that mean you're a thought reader?"		59
50	You	"So you're not a thought reader, you're a communist?"		51
51	Noid	"He's not a communist. That's just something he likes to yell. He picked it up from a tape-jockey at The Paliseum... *she* was a communist though."		52
52	Egg Head	"YEAH! WITH A REBEL YELL!"		74
53	You	"But why aren't you a communist? Communism is the truth."	Variable["ice.egg_liberal"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_fascist"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_moralist"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_communism_idea"] == true and IsTHCPresent("communist")	54
54	Egg Head	"I can be a communist!" He nods. "If you want that -- do you want me to be a communist?!"		55
55	Noid	"Please don't turn him into a communist."		56
56	Andre	"Oh yeah, turn him into a communist, c'mon! It would be super!"		57 58 76
57	You	"Be a communist, Egg Head. The future needs your help."		68
58	You	"Don't be a communist... wait, what am I saying? Of course be a communist!"		68
59	Noid	"Don't be a lunatic. Of course he isn't. Germaine here just yells random things. Odds are, sooner or later one of them will come off as thought reading."		64
60	Egg Head	"Yeah! REVACHOL IMPERATIVE!"		61
61	Noid	"Unless you were thinking 'REVACHOL IMPERATIVE' right now... Anyway, I've had a similar thing happen with Egg's yelling, I know what you mean."		62 79 63
62	You	(Lie.) "But I *was* thinking 'Revachol imperative'!"		69
63	You	"So it's the world that's the thought reader?"	Variable["ice.egg_world_thoughtreader"]	67
64	Logic	So, it's not this one. It's the world that's the thought reader in this equation?		60
65	Shivers	THE WORLD IS A COLD SINK.		81
66	Shivers	YOU ARE IN ITS ARMS.		84
67	Noid	The young man picks up a level and inspects it against the floodlight. The water sparkles in the small measuring tube. "Yes," he says after a while. "I think it's correct to say that."		65
68	Egg Head	"AIIIIIGH!!!" he yells. You guess he is a communist now.		75
69	Noid	"That's fucked up, man. Lying like that. And a cop too..."		78
70	You	"Tell me something else, Egg Head..."		71
71	Egg Head	"Yeaaargh!"		86
72	None			44
73	None			49 50 53 356 357 358 70
74	None			73
75	None			73
76	You	"Don't be a communist. That path is *too* hard core."		77
77	Egg Head	"AIIIIIGH!!!" he yells. You guess he won't become a communist after all.		75
78	None			73
79	You	"You're right, I wasn't thinking that."		80
80	Egg Head	"Hard Core Superstar!"		78
81	Egg Head			82 83
82	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_shivers_second"]	66
83	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_shivers_second"]) == false	84
84	None			73
85	Egg Head	"Yeagh!"		44
86	Egg Head			87 88
87	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_communist"]	286
88	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_communist"]) == false	386
89	You	"Right on, comrade luminary!"		94
90	You	"Almost there. Could use just a bit more work..."		95
91	You	"You're wrong. Communism doesn't rule the nation."		92
92	Egg Head	"I'm sorry."		93
93	Empathy	The young man drops his oversized head in shame. He is truly sorry he couldn't come up with a proletarian yell that would satisfy The Great Leader.		100
94	Egg Head	"HERE COMES THE SUN!"		98
95	Egg Head	"The worker must MOVE YOUR ASS!"		96 97
96	You	"Superb!"		94
97	You	"No, that's still not it."		92
98	Electrochemistry	You could swear you feel the bright future of the working classes reflected off Germaine Egg Head's giant smile and right onto your face! Revolution makes your toes curl in anticipation.		99
99	None			44
100	None			44
101	Egg Head	"It's like it's only *ultra*."		102
102	Andre	"I think it's super hard core, but you're right, it's not *hyper* hard core."		108
103	You	"I am The Law and an expert in these matters. Let me be the judge of what it is: hyper, super, or ultra hard core."		106
104	You	"It's hyper hard core."		119
105	You	"It's super hard core."		121
106	Egg Head	The young man looks at you reverently, as if observing the judgement inside your head. Growing, taking form.		115
107	Conceptualization	If anything, it sounds a bit *proto*. Like it's not fully formed yet. You might be a moribund alcoholic and a failed cop, but you are pretty certain a thing cannot be both *proto* and *hard core*.		104 105 111 112 113
108	Egg Head			109 110
109	Egg Head		Variable["ice.noid_protorave_aesthetic_conceptualization_done"]	288
110	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.noid_protorave_aesthetic_conceptualization_done"]) == false	107
111	You	"It's only ultra hard core."		120
112	You	"It's proto -- not hard core at all."	Variable["ice.egg_song_judgement_concept"]	132
113	You	"How much is the fish?"	Variable["ice.egg_fish_heard"] == true	117
114	You	"I could settle it for you, but not right now. Tell me something else, Egg Head."		116
115	Noid	In the background, his friend drops a heavy electric drill. He, too, waits for your judgement with undivided attention.		107
116	None			85
117	Noid	"This is a serious matter. Stop talking about fish. Fish has got nothing to do with this."		118
118	Perception (Hearing)	"Psst..." You can hear the would-be leader whisper to his friend: "Don't let him know he doesn't understand the fish thing."		104 105 111 112
119	Noid	"We can all hear it's not hyper hard core. If figures of authority keep telling us things are hyper, when they're clearly not -- how are we ever supposed to evolve to hyperdom?"		122 130 123
120	Egg Head	"It is, isn't it?!" He nods in agreement. "I knew it!"		136
121	Andre	"Fuck yeah, I knew it!"		135
122	You	"You can't. But you do."	Variable["ice.andre_rhetoriced_dopeheads"]	124
123	You	"I don't really have an answer for this. Tell me something else, Egg Head."		127
124	Noid	The young man smiles and nods. Slowly he picks up two hammers at once.		125
125	Egg Head	"THE R, THE C, THE M, THE THEOLOGY! AROOO!"		126
126	Encyclopedia	RCM? That's the acronym for Revachol Citizens Militia -- you! Does everything this man yells mean something? Is it truly *internally coherent*?		128
127	None			85
128	None			44
129	None			44
130	You	"Okay, I've changed my mind."		131
131	Egg Head	"Uhuh?" The young man raises the tape player higher in anticipation.		105 111 112 113
132	Egg Head	"WHOAH! Culture Cop!"		446
133	Empathy	For a moment you almost think he's going to put the tape player down. But that would be ludicrous.		134
134	Egg Head	"I think you might be right! But how could it *become* hard core then? I know it in my heart, but cannot think it in my head. If this is not hard core, how could anything be..."		145
135	Inland Empire	He *seems* sure, but you are left with the nagging doubt you might have overestimated the hard coreness of that jam...		129
136	Egg Head	"But how could it *become* harder-core? I know the answer in my heart, but cannot think it in my head. If this is not hyper, how could anything be..."		145
137	You	"Wait! I just remembered something! I'm the police!"		139
138	You	Try to think if anything could make it... harder-core?		150
139	Egg Head	"Uh-uh?" The young man is bursting with anticipation!		141 142 140
140	You	"And I have a job to do instead of this absurd idiocy! Goodbye." [Leave.]
141	You	"Nothing. Me being the police isn't going to help us."		143
142	You	"Actually, it's more likely to *hinder* us."		143
143	Egg Head	"Oh..."		156
144	You	"I can't help you with this right now. I need something else, something *extra*..."		429
145	None			171 138 137 144
146	Egg Head	"YEAGHH!" (He's not even the slightest bit disappointed.)		147
147	None			44
148	Endurance	As your mind works, the beat recedes from your ears. You hear your own blood pulsing through your head, nourishing your thoughts with oxygen. The rhythm is familiar...		151 153
149	Endurance	The abstract shapes swelling in the foreground have done so in vain. This is a core matter. The answer, in the double-kick that moves the millilitres through your mind. The dark thud is the source of all rhythm, the inspiration behind mathematics...		155
150	Egg Head	"Whaaaat?!" He looks at you with customary amazement. "Guys, there's something happening in his head!"		148
151	You	Think even harder.		154
152	Logic	But you're not. This is almost certainly a matter that surpasses the limits of reason.		153 157
153	You	Feel the movement of blood through your head.	Variable["ice.egg_endurance_cardiovascular_hint"]	149
154	Egg Head	"Oh yeah! He's DOING it!"		152
155	Endurance	The hard core.		151 157
156	None			145
157	You	"My imagination fails me."		158
158	Egg Head	"I know, so does mine!" He laughs and shakes his head.		450
159	None			145
160	None			44
161	Egg Head			162 163
162	Egg Head		Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] and CheckEquipped("neck_tie")	164
163	Egg Head		(Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] and CheckEquipped("neck_tie")) == false	160
164	Horrific Necktie	Did someone say *disco*?		160
165	Physical Instrument	No, that would be silly. Your body isn't for thinking. It's for robust, wholesome things. Things like discus, javelin, and 400 metre hurdles. Mmm... discus.		161
166	Egg Head			167 168
167	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_felt_the_lack_of_bass"]	190
168	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_felt_the_lack_of_bass"]) == false	165
169	You	Maybe your body can tell you what Arno van Eyck's jam is missing? To make it... harder core.	Variable["ice.egg_physinst_idea"]	166
170	Egg Head	"Sometimes I just feel like anodic music is in its infancy, you know? For example, take this Arno van Eyck jam I've been pumping for the last month... and will continue pumping for the rest of '51..."		43
171	You	"Sounds suspiciously like a *question*. I thought the question was: What is the question?"	Variable["ice.egg_question_isquestion_heard"]	172
172	Egg Head	"No, this is THE ANSWER!"		173
173	None			145
174	You	"Alright. Goodbye, Egg Head." [Leave.]		665
175	Egg Head	"Alright! HERE COMES THE NIGHT!"
176	Egg Head	"D'accord hard core! Germaine Egg-Head."		184
177	None			44
178	Egg Head	"You know about him..." He moves his mouth, but sound doesn't come out. His eyes are the size of saucers. Looks like you've rendered him speechless.		186
179	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_eyck"]	180 181
180	Egg Head		Variable["ice.acele_heard_arno_van_eyck"]	182
181	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.acele_heard_arno_van_eyck"]) == false
182	You	"Who is this "van Eyck"? Did he make this music?"		303
183	You	"So this is the famous van Eyck I'm hearing?"	Variable["ice.egg_eyck"] == true	178
184	Andre	"Uhm, basically, yes it is."		177
185	Andre	"You know van Eyck?"		187 188 189
186	Empathy	He's overcome with some mysterious emotion. It's not merely adoration for what a Hard Cop you are either. It's more. Could it be *gratitude*?		185
187	You	"Yeah, I'm a major Eyck-head."		301
188	You	"Your friend Acele mentioned him."	Variable["ice.acele_heard_arno_van_eyck"]	300
189	You	"No, it was just a turn of phrase."		298
190	Physical Instrument	You know it in your lungs where the pressure should vibrate, in your heart that's alone, and in your solar plexus where the hits should land... so does every chordate animal...		263
191	Egg Head	"Back to the heavyweight jam!" says the young man with the tape player and the large boiadeiro boots. Lung-shaped trees sprout on his silver belt buckle.		252
192	Egg Head	The young man with the tape recorder acknowledges your return. When he looks at you, he squints as though you were the setting sun...		251
193	You	"You're just gonna keep saying it's *hard core*, aren't you?"		195
194	You	"I don't know what to say to that."		195
195	Egg Head	"Skibadee, skibadanger! I am the rearranger!"		721
196	Egg Head			197 198
197	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_dialogue_ended_once"]	574
198	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_dialogue_ended_once"]) == false	199
199	Inland Empire	Could there have been a *right* way out of this garden of forking paths, you think?		574
200	You	"YeaaaaaaGH!"		206
201	You	"Yeaaaah!"		203
202	You	"You can *yeah* and say random things all day long, but the track still doesn't sound all that *hard* to me."		204
203	Egg Head	"Lakierski materialski!"		213
204	Egg Head	"Spinning out lyrics since the day I was born."		205
205	Egg Head	"And the amount of lyrics I got is against the law!"		213
206	Egg Head	"The Y to the E to the A to the A to the A to the A to the A to the G to the H to the exclamation mark..."		207
207	Egg Head	"YeaaaaaGH!"		208
208	Perception (Hearing)	He missed one 'A'!		209
209	Egg Head			210 211
210	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_perception_missed_a"]	289
211	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_perception_missed_a"]) == false	212
212	None			196
213	None			196
214	You	"You missed an 'A' there. I yelled mine with six 'A'-s, so you have to yell it with six too."		217
215	You	"You missed an 'A' there, but that's okay. I'm a pretty lenient cop."		216
216	Egg Head	"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice!"		218
217	Egg Head	"I'm the hard rhymer, the track attacker, the mic enforcer, the *six* checker! I am the law!"		218
218	None			196
219	You	"Alright!"		220
220	Egg Head	"HERE COMES THE NIGHT!"		331
221	None			196
222	You	"I was wondering if you knew who killed the mercenary hanging behind the Whirling-in-Rags hostel?"		223
223	Egg Head	"Good morning, yeah! One, two, three! Yekokataa, the place to be!"		226 227
224	You	"Please tell me, what exactly are you doing?"		241
225	Egg Head	"Good morning! Yeaaaaaah! Pump it up, pump it up, pump it up!"		440
226	You	"I am beginning to think this really doesn't have anything to do with the case."		228
227	You	"Why is this *Yekokataa* the place to be? What does that mean?"		229
228	Egg Head	"It's the message so listen and you will see. No illusion, the spirit is what you feel!"		332
229	Egg Head	"Yekokataa is a hard core place!"		333
230	Encyclopedia	"Yekokataa" is an abbreviation from the Graadian term "Zone of Ecological Catastrophe," an agricultural megaproject in the extreme south east of the Graadian isola. It involved cutting-edge approaches to irrigation and a completely new type of fertilizer.		231
231	Egg Head			232 233
232	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_tc_yekokataa"]	234
233	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_tc_yekokataa"]) == false	221
234	Encyclopedia	An intricate system of irrigation networks pockmarking the earth, intermittent seas of phosphorous mud, ripped tarpaulin fluttering in the wind... A pair of molten rubber boots also comes to mind. All in all -- a truly hard core place.		221
235	Egg Head	"ALL CORE! ALL RIGHT! YEAH!"		36 224
236	Egg Head	"I'm the party boy, it's my job!"		237 239
237	You	"What is a party boy?"		238
238	Egg Head	"HARD CORE PARTY 25/7 BEYOND THE WINTER'S ORBIT STYLE!"		240
239	You	"I think I'm also a party boy."		243
240	Encyclopedia	There is a place far away in Katla, beyond a certain latitude known as *winter's orbit*, where there are 25 hours in a day. It is a tremendously cold place, abandoned to drunks and failed rock stars. Full of eternite, depression and half finished ski flying hills. The Suru live there.		244
241	Egg Head	"Gotta get the people going!"		245 242
242	You	"Why?"		236
243	Egg Head	"Two on a track, watch your back, watch out for the heart attack!"		244
244	None			196
245	You	"I see."		246
246	Egg Head	"Yeah, request! I want everybody as close to the stage as possible!"		336
247	You	"That would have been good, if I had asked you a question. But I didn't. Now it's just idiotic."		249
248	You	"Just answer the question!"		250
249	Egg Head	"But there was a question..."		322
250	Egg Head	"But there was no question..."		322
251	Egg Head	"This is hard core."		6 5
252	Egg Head	"Hard core!"		6 5
253	Egg Head	"We're close!" says the young man with the tape player and the large boiadeiro boots. Lung-shaped trees sprout on his silver belt buckle.		254
254	Egg Head	"True, hard, full core!"		6 5
255	Egg Head			256 257
256	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_question_isquestion_heard"]	285
257	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_question_isquestion_heard"]) == false	259
258	You	"I don't know what to say exactly..."		260
259	Inland Empire	Feels like you should reply with the very pinnacle of idiocy here, so that things get totally transcendent. But you haven't gotten there yet, so you don't know what to say.		39 258
260	Egg Head	"Under the radar, OVER THE TOP!"		261
261	None			196
262	You	"Why are there lungs on your belt buckle?"		290
263	You	"Needs more bass."		264
264	Egg Head	"What?!" The young man makes a sudden move, like he's about to turn the volume down. But that would be ridiculous.		330
265	Egg Head	"Wow, okay! We should start with the melody. But where would we get that stuff from?"		266 267
266	You	"I don't know. I was thinking *you* would know..."		270
267	You	"Nowhere. I'm not gonna become some sort of Anodic Cop too, I've got enough copotypes already."		723
268	Egg Head	"Oh..." For a moment he doesn't know what to say.		269
269	Egg Head	"Okay, I get it, man. The party goes on!"		593
270	Egg Head	"I'm sorry, I don't know anything about anodic music, I'm just the party boy. I get the people going and say it's hard core..."		271
271	Empathy	He feels ashamed he can't be of more service to the future of dance music.		324
272	Shivers	There is a hawthorn tree on Rue de Saint-Ghislaine, right next to the canal. A reel of magnetic tape is caught in its branches, like bronze ribbons blowing in the wind...		273
273	Egg Head			274 275
274	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_shivers_third"]	287
275	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_shivers_third"]) == false	680
276	You	"Before I go on, where is Rue de Saint-Ghislaine?"		279
277	You	"It feels cold."		283
278	You	Shake it off.		680
279	Egg Head	"Oh, I know! I know this! I can tell you where it is!"		280
280	Andre	"Saint-G is the boulevard before the canal bridge. The one that takes you to the Whirling-in-Rags and the Industrial Harbour. It's got the lanterns and the---"		281
281	Egg Head	"I knew that! I could have said that!"		282
282	Andre	"And the mosaic sidewalk."		677
283	Egg Head	"Does it?" He looks around, looking for the cold.		732
284	Egg Head	The large-headed youth has closed his eyes, lost in the music. Sensing you, he opens them...		610
285	None			38 39
286	None			89 90 91
287	None			277 276 278
288	None			103 114
289	None			214 215
290	Egg Head	"Lungs are for love!"		316 292 291
291	You	"Good to know."		759
292	You	"Why would lungs be for love?"		293
293	Egg Head	"When Dolores Dei was anointed innocence, her lungs started glowing through her body, for the world loved her and she loved it back! YEAGH!"		319
294	You	"Really?"		295
295	Egg Head	"I think so."		296 317 320
296	You	"That doesn't sound like a thing that would happen."		297
297	Noid	"But that's what everybody saw. Explain it as you please, but it doesn't really do to just deny it ever happened."		312
298	Andre	"Oh. Well, it really is him. It's an honest to god van Eyck beat. Well, actually a reworking of a Pepi Popikarnassos track, but let's not get too deep into that whole mess."		308
299	None			196
300	Andre	"Good, good."		308
301	Andre	"Wow!"		302
302	Noid	The skinny wraith looks at you with some disbelief.		305
303	Egg Head	"This is Arno van Eyck! ARE YOU READY?"
304	None			201 202
305	Egg Head	"So am I! SO AM I!" He begins to shake his head so everyone would understand.		306
306	Andre	"Oh!" Andre almost falls over backward from the realization. "Is *that* why they call you Egg Head, because..."		307
307	Egg Head	"Eyck-Head to the mega! The K became the G! The boy became the man!"		308
308	Egg Head	"THE ADVENT!"		299
309	You	"Oh yeah. That makes perfect sense."		310
310	Egg Head	"LOVE!" he suddenly yells and the world seems to stop. "In a woman's lungs! Lonely as I am, I'm not afraid! This strange, damaged feeling grows on and on, 'cause I've never loved someone like you before!"		323
311	None
312	None			44
313	You	"Bourgeois love from a bourgeois god-queen towards a world getting rapidly more bourgeois, that's lungs for you."	Variable["tc.dolores_dei"] and IsTHCPresent("communist")	314
314	Noid	"Objectively, it was good for its time. And they sort of screwed it up after she passed, like they always do."		315
315	Noid	"Don't listen to that retrograde class warrior, Egg."		338
316	You	"L'amour, la compassion, l'autodiscipline."	Variable["tc.innocentic_system"] == true and IsTHCPresent("moralist")	310
317	You	"Thank you for the story."		318
318	Egg Head	"Rhymes that keep their secrets will unfold behind the clouds!"		312
319	Conceptualization	Why wouldn't they be? Are the lungs not the place where you hold the breath of your soul?		294 316 309 313
320	You	"Well. The lungs are where you hold the breath of your soul, aren't they?"	Variable["ice.egg_conc_breathsoul"] == true	321
321	Egg Head	"Heiligeili!"		312
322	None			196
323	Electrochemistry	A dopamine surge accompanies the words. It feels like electricity flowing down your scalp, dissipating into your neck. Feels good, like a spark of life in that moribund sponge you call your body.		339
324	None			325 326 327
325	You	"Okay, I'll look into it. In an official capacity. It's up to the police to make the beats go harder." (Take the task.)		328
326	You	"Alright, I'll see if I come up with something on my own. A citizen investigation." (Take the task.)		328
327	You	"No, I really don't have time for this." (Don't take the task.)		268
328	Egg Head	The young man falls silent with appreciation. He even tries to contain his smile, as if it could hinder your investigation.		678
329	None			311
330	You	"And a melody. A good melody is what makes the song really *stick*, so that you can't get it out of your head anymore." (Point at your head.)		265
331	None			196
332	None			196
333	Egg Head			334 335
334	Egg Head		Variable["tc.yekokataa"]	234
335	Egg Head		(Variable["tc.yekokataa"]) == false	230
336	None			196
337	None			196
338	None			44
339	None			44
340	Egg Head			341 342
341	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_greeting_first"]	192
342	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_greeting_first"]) == false	2
343	Egg Head			344 345
344	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_greeting_second"]	191
345	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_greeting_second"]) == false	340
346	Egg Head			347 348
347	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_greeting_third"]	253
348	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_greeting_third"]) == false	343
349	Egg Head			350 351
350	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_hub_reached"]	352
351	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_hub_reached"]) == false	346
352	Egg Head			353 354
353	Egg Head		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]	435
354	Egg Head		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]) == false	284
355	Egg Head	"Dolorian church, the place to be! Make some noise, my church people!" Large speakers are set up behind the young man, blasting a familiar song.		442
356	You	"It's good you're not a communist anyway. You should be an ultraliberal."	Variable["ice.egg_fascist"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_communist"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_moralist"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_communism_idea"] == true and IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal")	359
357	You	"Communists are pansies. Can't fight invaders with internationalist babble. You need the strength of a pure nation."	Variable["ice.egg_liberal"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_communist"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_moralist"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_communism_idea"] == true and IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")	368
358	You	"Best not to be a communist. Having extreme views on issues is detrimental to understanding all sides."	Variable["ice.egg_liberal"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_communist"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_fascist"] == false and Variable["ice.egg_communism_idea"] == true and IsTHCPresent("moralist")	377
359	Egg Head	"I can be an ultra!" He nods. "If you want that -- do you want me to be an ultra?!"		360
360	Noid	"Please don't turn him into an ultraliberal."		362
361	Egg Head	"AIIIIIGH!!!" he yells. You guess Egg Head is an ultraliberal now.		367
362	Andre	"Oh geez, please don't do that. There's enough exploitation in the world."		364 365 363
363	You	"Don't be an ultraliberal. That path is *too* hard core."		366
364	You	"Be an ultraliberal, Egg Head. Capital needs your help."		361
365	You	"Don't be an ultra... wait, what am I saying? Of course be an ultraliberal!"		361
366	Egg Head	"AIIIIIGH!!!" he yells. You guess Egg Head won't become an ultraliberal after all.		367
367	None			73
368	Egg Head	"I can do that!" He nods. "If you want that -- I can be a conduit for the mystical nationhood!"		369
369	Noid	"Please don't turn him into a fascist."		371
370	Egg Head	"AIIIIIGH!!!" he yells. You guess Egg Head is a fascist now.		376
371	Andre	"Oh yeah, sure, this is *exactly* what we need."		373 374 372
372	You	"Don't be a fascist. That path is *too* hard core."		375
373	You	"Be a fascist, Egg Head. Our future needs your help."		370
374	You	"Don't be a fascist... wait, what am I saying? Of course be a fascist!"		370
375	Egg Head	"AIIIIIGH!!!" he yells. You guess Egg Head won't become a fascist after all.		376
376	None			73
377	Egg Head	"Oh sure, I can do that!" He nods. "If you want that -- I can avoid taking a stand!"		378
378	Noid	"Please don't turn him into a moralist."		380
379	Egg Head	"AIIIIIGH!!!" he yells. You guess Egg Head is a moralist now.		385
380	Andre	"I don't... even know what to say to that."		382 383 381
381	You	"Don't be a moralist. That path requires a sensible examination of all nuances unattainable to most people."		384
382	You	"Be a moralist, Egg Head. The balance needs your help."		379
383	You	"Don't be a moralist... wait, what am I saying? You should consider your choice carefully and rationally."		379
384	Egg Head	"AIIIIIGH!!!" he yells. You guess Egg Head won't become a moralist after all.		385
385	None			73
386	Egg Head			387 388
387	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_liberal"]	395
388	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_liberal"]) == false	389
389	Egg Head			390 391
390	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_fascist"]	396
391	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_fascist"]) == false	392
392	Egg Head			393 394
393	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_moralist"]	397
394	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_moralist"]) == false	72
395	None			408 405 400
396	None			420 417 412
397	None			427 424
398	None			44
399	Egg Head	"I'm sorry."		401
400	You	"You're wrong. Capital doesn't rule the nation."		399
401	Rhetoric	The young man drops his oversized head in shame. He is truly sorry he couldn't come up with a profitable market strategy.		398
402	Egg Head	"THE MARKET REGULATES ITSELF!"		404 403
403	You	"No, that's still not it."		399
404	You	"Superb!"		406
405	You	"Almost there. Could use just a bit more consolidation, a tad less regulation..."		402
406	Egg Head	"EAT THE POOR!"		409
407	None			44
408	You	"Right on, Lord Raubritter!"		406
409	Savoir Faire	You swear you feel the profit margins reflecting off Germaine Egg Head's giant smile.		407
410	None			44
411	Egg Head	"I'm sorry."		413
412	You	"You're wrong. The nation can't bend all to its will."		411
413	Composure	The young man drops his oversized head in shame. He is truly sorry he couldn't come up with a heart-felt yell that would satisfy The Great Leader.		410
414	Egg Head	"WELCOME TO REVACHOL!"		416 415
415	You	"No, that's still not it."		411
416	You	"Welcome to Revachol!"		418
417	You	"Almost there. Could use just a bit more heart..."		414
418	Egg Head	"WELCOME TO REVACHOL! WELCOME TO REVACHOL! MYSTICAL NATIONHOOD!"		421
419	None			44
420	You	"Welcome to Revachol!"		418
421	Half Light	The bright future of Revachol reflects off Germaine Egg Head's giant smile. A world of Revacholian domination, where its shores are bereft of ill influence.		419
422	Egg Head	"INCREMENTAL CHANGE!"		423
423	You	"Appropriate."		425
424	You	"Almost there. Could use just a bit more... something..."		422
425	Egg Head	"I'm swiftly moving toward a solution which pleases nobody!"		428
426	None			44
427	You	"Obviously. One shouldn't get too hasty with their decision-making."		425
428	Volition	You feel Germaine Egg Head's smile is too enthusiastic, but it'll have to do, for now.		426
429	Egg Head			430 431
430	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_physinstr_first_success"]	432
431	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_physinstr_first_success"]) == false	146
432	Egg Head	"Yeah..."		147
433	Egg Head	He stands on stage behind a table, nodding along to the music and waving his hand in the air. In front of him -- the audio mixer, one reel spinning.		578
434	Shivers	A hawthorn tree on Rue de Saint-Ghislaine. Tangled in its branches, something bronze flutters in the wind...		433
435	Egg Head			436 437
436	Egg Head		Variable["church.egg_church_greeting_done"]	603
437	Egg Head		(Variable["church.egg_church_greeting_done"]) == false	355
438	Egg Head	"Good morning! YEEAAAHHH!" He waves his hand in the air. "Harder core!" The words echo magnificently throughout the nave.		439
439	None			44
440	None			44
441	None			44
442	Physical Instrument	Vibrations thump through your blue soul. The music sounds much better in the church.		443
443	Egg Head			444 445
444	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_head_shivers_first"]	434
445	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_head_shivers_first"]) == false	433
446	Egg Head			447 448
447	Egg Head		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]	449
448	Egg Head		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"]) == false	133
449	Empathy	For a moment you almost think he's going to put his hand down. But that would be ludicrous.		134
450	Electrochemistry	But there's something else that hasn't failed you...		159
451	Egg Head	"Oh no, please become one... you'll miss out on so much good content otherwise. It's like being the greatest cop on earth!"		452
452	Egg Head	"Please. Please?" The young man smiles at you widely, bright and innocent as the summer sun.		454
453	Volition	His pleaful smile is disarming, but you can withstand it's glorious assault, if you just put your heart into it.		324
454	Egg Head			455 456
455	Egg Head		IsTHCPresent("boring_cop")	457
456	Egg Head		(IsTHCPresent("boring_cop")) == false	453
457	Volition	You don't have time for this nonsense. You've got safe boring things to do.		324
458	Egg Head	"Yeeaaaagh! Back on the case, no disgrace!" He pumps his fist in the air. "Bring it down to party place!"		460
459	You	"How do you like it in the church?"	Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"] == true	458
460	Egg Head	"THE FIRST PAGE OF THE SECOND CHAPTER!" His voice echoes all around the grand hall.		704
461	None			44
462	You	"I found this reel of tape, maybe you can use it to hard-up Eyck's jam." (Give him the fixed hawthrone tree tape.)	CheckItem("tape_melody_fixed") and IsTaskActive("TASK.find_egg_melody")--[[ Variable[ ]]	744
463	You	"Hey, I have a tape with me, maybe you can use it to improve van Eyck's jam."	IsTaskActive("TASK.find_egg_melody") and CheckItem("tape_melody_fixed") == false and (CheckItem("tape_melody_broken") or CheckItem("tape_lely") or CheckItem("music_smallest_church_tape"))--[[ Variable[ ]]	470
464	Egg Head	"But... it needs to be played, on the turntable. And it's broken." Seeing this abuse of music brings a twinge of sadness to his face.		465 466
465	You	"Wait, what do you mean?"		468
466	You	"Alright, where can I get it repaired?"		467
467	Egg Head	"Look around! You gotta help it, help it survive. Can't leave the tune like this." He hands back the bundle of magnetic tape.		668
468	Egg Head	"Tape goes around spool. I spin the world 'round, with my mic in the ground! Yeeaaaahhh!"		466
469	None			478
470	Egg Head	"Tape, yeah!" He grins. "Spin the tape until the space escape, yeah!"		478
471	You	"I got you this banging Megamix." (Give him the Great Doorgunner Megamix.)	CheckItem("tape_lely")	473
472	You	"What about this one?" (Give him the Smallest Church in Saint-Saëns.)	CheckItem("music_smallest_church_tape")	474
473	Egg Head	"Aiiight!" He snatches the tape from your hand and attaches it to the empty reel slot. One hand on his headphones, he listens to the audio. Then, shaking his head, he says:		475
474	Egg Head	"Righteous!" He takes the tape and attaches it to the empty reel slot. Hand over ear, he listens, then shakes his head:		476
475	Egg Head	"No. No, no, this is gonna make people scared!" He hands the tape back to you. "Keep it positive, keep the *love* in the house!"		481
476	Egg Head	"No. No, can't do, this is gonna make people sad! This isn't sad-core." He hands the tape back to you.		481
477	You	"I found this over at downtown Martinaise." (Give him the bundle of magnetic tape.)	CheckItem("tape_melody_broken")	464
478	None			477 471 472 479
479	You	"Okay, never mind."		480
480	None			85
481	None			478
482	Egg Head	"Yeagh, re-mix time!" His voice booms through the church as he takes the tape and attaches it to the empty reel slot. "Tape goes here -- into deck B." He clicks a switch, the tape starts spinning...		483
483	Egg Head	A hand on his ear, he listens to the audio through his headphones, and shouts...		484
484	Egg Head	"Wow..." His face lights up with delight. "Did you get this from Arno himself?"		722
485	Egg Head	"Whooh, hear that?!" He wipes his brow. "The sines match perfectly!"		657
486	Egg Head			487 488
487	Egg Head		Variable["TASK.find_egg_beat_done"]	748
488	Egg Head		(Variable["TASK.find_egg_beat_done"]) == false	752
489	Egg Head	"The sines match perfectly!"		669
490	Logic	No, this is definitely part of the same song. Something cut from it. It fits too well.		743
491	Acele	"What is this?" Acele looks up from her contact mic. "It's *good*. How did you guys do that?"		492 493
492	You	"Do what? I just found a random tape and brought it to Egg Head. He's just incredibly good at remixing."		494
493	You	"You're right, it's uncanny how well it all goes together. Something else must be going on here..."		494
494	Andre	"Yes, but what if van Eyck based his remix on some forgotten local melody -- like a folk song? And you just found the original piece that inspired him to create this jam. That would explain why it fits so well."		495
495	Acele	"Nah, to me it sounds like classic van Eyck, I don't think he needs any 'inspiration' from folk songs. Maybe he lives in Martinaise and just threw away a part of his song because he thought it wasn't good enough?"		496
496	Noid	"I think it's just happenstance. Chaos in action. Contingencies of our limited existence. That and Egg Head's fantastic talent." He nods to his friend behind the turntables.		742
497	You	"Andre's got it. Sounds like a local folk song re-mixed."		499
498	You	"Acele's right, van Eyck must live around here. It's definitely his creation."		499
499	Egg Head	"Be how it may -- if it fits, it fits!" He pumps his fist in the air. "Bring up the volume!"		698
500	You	"I've thought about the discarded melody and came to the conclusion that van Eyck has lived around here."	IsTHCFixed("arno_van_eyck")	501
501	Egg Head	"J'adore!" He turns a knob on his mixer. "God is close by, but maybe he doesn't have good enough ears. Let me turn it up, so we can lure him here."		502
502	None			44
503	Egg Head			504 505
504	Egg Head		Variable["TASK.find_egg_melody_done"]	556
505	Egg Head		(Variable["TASK.find_egg_melody_done"]) == false	535
506	Egg Head	"THIS IS BEAUTY, THIS IS LIFE!"		543
507	You	The audio onslaught can be tamed. Connect the dots.	Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"] and Variable["TASK.make_the_music_harder_core"] and Variable["church.soona_heard_rumble_hum"] and Variable["church.egg_basschain_wc_trigger"] and Variable["TASK.find_egg_beat"]	508
508	Egg Head			509 510
509	Egg Head		Variable["church.egg_whitec_sidechain_the_bass"]	527
510	Egg Head		(Variable["church.egg_whitec_sidechain_the_bass"]) == false	706
511	You	"Egg, can you please route Soona's signal through your speakers?"	IsTaskActive("TASK.talk_to_egg_about_cable")--[[ Variable[ ]]	513
512	You	"Whoa, that was a crazy sound we heard before."	Variable["church.soona_heard_rumble_hum"] == true	514
513	Egg Head	"To the mega! Yeagh!" He gets serious. "I can route it through auxilliary -- what kind of a cable does she use? 3.5 or 4.5?"		579
514	Egg Head	"Yeah! It was awesome, and scary. Very hard core!" His voice booms through the chamber, then gets silent.		515
515	Egg Head	"Too hard core, in fact." He brushes his hand through his hair. "I couldn't control it. At all!"		516
516	You	"What happened?"		517
517	Egg Head	"It sucks up all the air in the mix until its the only thing left! Starts compressing itself and everything around it. Completely fills up the headspace. Extreme!"		519
518	You	"What if this is the answer to van Eyck's jam? We could use the sound for the bass..."		520
519	Physical Instrument	Inside your chest, the heart beats still with the after-effects of the sound. Imagine if you could harness that power... making it pulse.		531
520	Egg Head	"Ooh. Ooh!" His puzzled face turns into a wicked grin. "But how?!"		521
521	Egg Head			522 523
522	Egg Head		Variable["church.andre_the_compressor"]	524
523	Egg Head		(Variable["church.andre_the_compressor"]) == false	525
524	Logic	What about the compressor the one with the spiky hair was setting up... to achieve some sort of *parallel processing*...		526
525	Conceptualization	What do we have around here to achieve some sort of... *parallel processing*...		526
526	None			44
527	Interfacing	SIDE-CHAIN THE BEAT!		529
528	Interfacing	*Bzoot-bzoot-bzoot* goes the track in the background, never-ending. You can't grasp what's missing. But you can try to make something up anyway.		633 632
529	You	*Side-chain*? What does it even mean?		537
530	You	"Is there anything we can do about it?"		534
531	Egg Head			532 533
532	Egg Head		IsTaskActive("TASK.find_egg_beat")--[[ Variable[ ]]	518
533	Egg Head		(IsTaskActive("TASK.find_egg_beat")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false	555 530
534	Egg Head	"Ooh." His mind is seemingly flipping through the options. "I don't know. Maybe *someone* can do something with this. I imagine this is the sound that the future could make."		589 590
535	Egg Head	"Whooh, thump-thump-thump, maestro!" The speedfreak waves his hand in the air.		656
536	None			44
537	Interfacing	Listen, you can use the compressor to select between which track it's compressing, either the auxiliary signal or the main input from the tape. Make it alternate between the signals.		538
538	Interfacing	The compressor controls the gain based on the level of the signal on the aux side-chain input. It will allow maintaining a loud sound without peaks that fill up all the headspace.		539
539	You	"Okay. Egg, you need to start side-chaining it." (Explain the concept to him.)		541
540	You	"I don't know the technical term, but it needs less *bzoot-bzoot*."		640
541	Egg Head	"Side-chaining it, you said?" He turns down the music, his hands moving deftly across the mixer, setting up the necessary controls...		542
542	Egg Head	Then he puts on his headphones and his eyes go wide, wider than they've ever gone on drugs. He starts jumping up and down with bliss, in total silence -- still listening to his headphones.		710
543	Acele	"What in the world is going on?" Acele looks on, amazed at the display.		550
544	You	"We have... tamed the sound. Made it our own."		546
545	You	"The hard core aesthetic just got more bassy."	Variable["church.noid_hardcore_aesthetic"] == true	547
546	Andre	"God damn it," you hear Andre say to himself over the thumping beat, "this dance club idea might just work out."		552
547	Noid	"This is wild, the sines are off the charts."		546
548	Egg Head	"Hear that?" He grins with glee. "Sounds like the missing part of van Eyck's jam!"		489
549	You	"THIS ONE IS FOR THE ANODIC GENERATION!"		551
550	Pain Threshold	Your body is taking a beating from the low frequencies crashing over you. It's making you feel... alive again.		549 544 545
551	Egg Head	"INTRODUCING THE ULTIMATE SOUND!"		544 545
552	Egg Head	"DOLORIAN CHURCH -- THE PLACE TO BE!" Egg's losing himself in the sound. "Pump it, pump it!"		557
553	None			44
554	You	"I agree with Noid, it's just luck -- *and* Egg Head's incredible mixing skills."		499
555	You	"The Horn of Apocalypse. It draweth near."	IsTHCPresent("apocalypse_cop")	577
556	Egg Head	The audio assault is glorious. The speedfreak dances on the stage, intensely waving his hand in the air.		506
557	Egg Head			558 559
558	Egg Head		Variable["TASK.find_egg_beat_done"] and Variable["TASK.find_egg_melody_done"]	560
559	Egg Head		(Variable["TASK.find_egg_beat_done"] and Variable["TASK.find_egg_melody_done"]) == false	553
560	Conceptualization	This is it... this is a new era. The fabric of the world has been irrevocably altered.		561
561	Egg Head			562 563
562	Egg Head		Variable["tc.innocentic_system"]	564
563	Egg Head		(Variable["tc.innocentic_system"]) == false	553
564	Inland Empire	Who will be the innocence of hard-core anodic dance music?		553
565	None			44
566	Conceptualization	This is it... this is a new era. The fabric of the world has been irrevocably altered.		571
567	Egg Head			568 569
568	Egg Head		Variable["TASK.find_egg_beat_done"] and Variable["TASK.find_egg_melody_done"]	566
569	Egg Head		(Variable["TASK.find_egg_beat_done"] and Variable["TASK.find_egg_melody_done"]) == false	565
570	Inland Empire	Who will be the innocence of hyper-hard-core anodic dance music?		565
571	Egg Head			572 573
572	Egg Head		Variable["tc.innocentic_system"]	570
573	Egg Head		(Variable["tc.innocentic_system"]) == false	565
574	Egg Head			329
575	Soona, the Programmer	"Great, someone got through to him. Okay, let's get it all set up. Can we turn the music off, please?"		659
576	Egg Head	"The Arno will be back! But we're doing *something else* for one moment." He turns to you. "Alright, go tell her that Egg Head is ready to rave to her *tunes* -- and then I'll turn off the music!"		660
577	Egg Head	"YEAAAGH! Welcome to the Gloaming!" He grins.		530
578	Egg Head	The other reel deck is empty. Cables run hither and thither. On one side, you see an auxiliary line-in with the number 4.5 written next to it.		441
579	You	"It's 3.5, no doubt about it. It's on the ground." (Point to it.)		580
580	Egg Head	"Oh... oh... she uses 3.5..." An uncomfortable pause follows. "Yeah, the auxiliary line-in is 4.5 mm. These two don't mix."		581
581	Egg Head			582 583
582	Egg Head		IsKimHere()	584
583	Egg Head		(IsKimHere()) == false	585
584	Kim Kitsuragi	"Oh no." The lieutenant closes his eyes. "We're going to be in this church *forever*."		586
585	Inland Empire	Oh god, you're going to be in this church forever. FOREVER.		586
586	Egg Head	"Don't worry, I have an *adapter* for it right here!" He searches for the cable on the ground and picks it up, looking at the jack.		587
587	Egg Head	"Hang on -- this *is* a 4.5! We're all good, people!" With a grin he sticks the plug into the auxiliary line-in. You hear a satisfying click.		705
588	Egg Head	"Everybody, everybody! Don't panic, I'm going to turn off the Arno for *just a sec*," the young man shouts as he clicks a switch on the mixer, "for a *special scheduled event*..."		576
589	You	"Sounds like a horrible future."		591
590	You	"Sounds like the future could be even more hard core than I ever imagined."		592
591	Egg Head	"Can't escape the sound, can't escape the future!"		526
592	Egg Head	"YEEEAAAGH!"		526
593	None			44
594	Egg Head			595 596
595	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_moralist"]	609
596	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_moralist"]) == false	438
597	Egg Head			598 599
598	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_fascist"]	607
599	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_fascist"]) == false	594
600	Egg Head			601 602
601	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_liberal"]	608
602	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_liberal"]) == false	597
603	Egg Head			604 605
604	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_communist"]	606
605	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_communist"]) == false	600
606	Egg Head	"Good morning, comrade! Yeaaaaaah!" He waves his hand in the air. "Harder core!" The words echo magnificently throughout the nave.		439
607	Egg Head	"Welcome to Revachol! Yeaaaaaah!" He waves his hand in the air. "Harder core!" The words echo magnificently throughout the nave.		439
608	Egg Head	"Eat the poor! Yeaaaaaah!" He waves his hand in the air. "Harder core!" The words echo magnificently throughout the nave.		439
609	Egg Head	"A better deal! Yeaaaaaah!" He waves his hand in the air. "Medium core!" The words echo magnificently throughout the nave.		439
610	Egg Head			611 612
611	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_communist"]	622
612	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_communist"]) == false	616
613	Egg Head			614 615
614	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_fascist"]	624
615	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_fascist"]) == false	619
616	Egg Head			617 618
617	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_liberal"]	623
618	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_liberal"]) == false	613
619	Egg Head			620 621
620	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_moralist"]	625
621	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_moralist"]) == false	225
622	Egg Head	"Good morning, comrade! Yeaaaaaah!"		440
623	Egg Head	"Good morning, tycoon! Yeaaaaaah!"		440
624	Egg Head	"Welcome to Revachol! Yeaaaaaah!"		440
625	Egg Head	"Incremental progress! Yeaaaaaah!"		440
626	Egg Head	He furrows his brow as his very large head traces the sublime invisible movement of the music in the very real air of the stuffy tent...		10
627	Egg Head			628 629
628	Egg Head		Variable["tc.arno_van_eyck"]	630
629	Egg Head		(Variable["tc.arno_van_eyck"]) == false	20
630	Encyclopedia	Or maybe it's not Gottwaldian, maybe it's *Oranjese* -- probably an homage to Oranje, where Arno van Eyck is from, judging by his name. Could you be listening to an Arno van Eyck creation *right now*?		183 200
631	Conceptualization	Isn't that what *real* artists do? Make it up as they go along?		636 637 540
632	You	Whereof one cannot speak, one ought to remain silent.		634
633	You	Just make it up. No way this speedfreak can tell the difference.		635
634	Egg Head	The young man bobs his head to the music, much as before.		536
635	Interfacing	You scrape the mouldy recesses of your brain for some technological sounding jargon. It'll impress the large-headed speedfreak.		631
636	You	"You should crank up the, uh, oscillator matrix."		639
637	You	"Dude, you gotta reroute the sound juice through the fluxifier!"		638
638	Egg Head	"The fluxifier?" The man's brow furrows with concern. "Where is that?"		641 642 643
639	Egg Head	"Oscillator matrix?" The man's brow furrows with concern. "Where is that?"		641 642 643
640	Egg Head	"YEEEEAAARRGGHH. PUMP OFF THE *BZOOT-BZOOT*."		652
641	You	"Oh, you don't *have* one? Maybe it's just top-secret cop-tech."		644
642	You	"It's nowhere. I just made it up."		649
643	You	"Here, let a pro show you how it's done." (Turn some knobs at random.)		646
644	Egg Head	"TOP-SECRET COP TECH! MEGA COOL!"		645
645	Egg Head	"You gotta bring us some, Big Sheriff! The future of hard sine depends on it!"		658
646	Egg Head	As you fiddle with the knobs on the mixer, the young man stares with amazement...		647
647	Egg Head	"Cop-man can ride the knobs! SO COOL." He gives you a thumbs up.		648
648	Interfacing	Whatever it is you did, it seems to have helped slightly. Maybe now you'll be able to make sense of it?		654
649	Egg Head	The large-headed youth gives you a sorely disappointed look...		650
650	Empathy	An innocent soul, unaccustomed to acts of wanton guile.		651
651	Interfacing	A cruel joke to play on an earnest torque dork.		655
652	Interfacing	It's hard to say for sure, but the digital throbbing seems ever so slightly louder than before.		653
653	None			44
654	None			44
655	None			44
656	Egg Head	"Now... if only we had the melody for the *full effect*!"		543
657	Egg Head	"Now if only we had the beat for the *full assault*. It would be unbelievably hyper!"		669
658	Noid	"Don't listen to him," the man yells over the music. "He's making shit up. There's no top-secret cop audio tech -- there's other top-secret-spying-on-people tech most likely, but cops don't care about *music*."		655
659	You	"Egg, the music?"		588
660	None			44
661	Interfacing	Like that guy from the pawnshop, what was his name? The Bird's Nest Roy.		469
662	Egg Head			663 664
663	Egg Head		Variable["canal.roy_intro_done"]	661
664	Egg Head		(Variable["canal.roy_intro_done"]) == false	469
665	Egg Head			666 667
666	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_exit_once_done"]
667	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_exit_once_done"]) == false	175
668	Andre	"There's a record store in Jamrock, but that's a bit far away... Maybe some local shopkeeper or handyman can help you fix it?"		662
669	Egg Head			670 671
670	Egg Head		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"] or Variable["church.ravers_inside_church_with_lab"]	491
671	Egg Head		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"] or Variable["church.ravers_inside_church_with_lab"]) == false	673
672	You	"Maybe Arno van Eyck lives around here and just threw a part of his song away, because he thought it was shit?"		499
673	Andre	"Intriguing. The way I see it... van Eyck based his remix on some famous original piece. Like, a folk song? Something local. Seems you found an initial part with the main melody."		674
674	Noid	"I think it's just happenstance. Chaos in action. Contingencies of our limited existence. That and Egg Head's fantastic talent." He nods to his friend behind the turntables.		756
675	You	"Andre's got it. Sounds like a local song re-mixed."		499
676	You	"I agree with Noid, it's just luck -- *and* Egg Head's incredible mixing skills."		499
677	Noid	"But it's all blocked with that stupid traffic jam right now! Anyway..."		277 278
678	Andre	"Basically what you need to find here is a tape with some banging music on it, so that Egg Head could use it to remix van Eyck's jam."		679
679	Noid	"Yeah. Maybe that streethawker across the pawnshop has got some tapes to sell? That's just an idea."		729
680	Andre	"Anyway... That's all yours to figure out, cop-man."		681
681	Egg Head	"COP-MAN!" yells Egg Head.		593
682	Andre	"What about the bass? Do you have any ideas for that?" Andre looks back at you.		686
683	You	"What if... we used that crazy sound assault from Soona's experiment, but contained, tamed it -- made it pulse?" (Proceed with task.)	Variable["church.soona_heard_rumble_hum"]	687
684	You	"Honestly, nothing springs to my mind right now. But I'll see if I can come up with a solution down the lane." (Proceed with task.)	Variable["church.soona_evicted"] == false and Variable["church.soona_heard_rumble_hum"] == false	694
685	You	"I think it's good enough the way it is. Adding that melody has already been a *massive* improvement. It's pretty hard core now." (Finish task.)		697
686	Noid	"Yeah, I remember -- you said it needs more bass!"		736
687	Egg Head	"Ooh. Ooh!" Egg Head's puzzled face turns into a wicked grin. "But how?!"		690
688	Conceptualization	What do we have around here to achieve some sort of... *parallel processing*...		695
689	Logic	What about that compressor Andre was setting up... to achieve some sort of *parallel processing*.		695
690	Egg Head			691 692
691	Egg Head		Variable["church.andre_the_compressor"]	689
692	Egg Head		(Variable["church.andre_the_compressor"]) == false	688
693	None			44
694	Egg Head	"You're *THE WARRIOR*! THE WARRIOR OF DANCE MUSIC!"		695
695	Andre	"Don't be too hard on yourself if you don't figure it out. I think the jam's already pretty ultra."		696
696	Egg Head	"But it could be hyper, HYPER HARD CORE!"		693
697	Egg Head	"HARD CORE! Not exactly the hyper that I was hoping for, but... it's definitely ULTRA!"		701
698	Egg Head			699 700
699	Egg Head		Variable["TASK.find_egg_beat_done"]	567
700	Egg Head		(Variable["TASK.find_egg_beat_done"]) == false	682
701	Andre	"I think you did an amazing job here, detective. I would have never thought that van Eyck could be improved on -- but you did it, you made it even better than before."		702
702	Noid	"Yeah, plus it's good to know your limits."		703
703	Egg Head	"NO LIMITS ON THE DANCEFLOOR!"		693
704	Conceptualization	Could it be? Maybe for him -- you only have a chapter or two left in you. Last of the penultimate, more like...		461
705	Interfacing	Whooh, thank god -- adapters noticeably degrade the sound quality.		575
706	Egg Head			707 708
707	Egg Head		Variable["ice.egg_sidechaining_failed_once"]	709
708	Egg Head		(Variable["ice.egg_sidechaining_failed_once"]) == false	528
709	Interfacing	Here's an idea -- say what you said before. The exact same thing! OR. Or, wait! Say something that's only marginally different! It will yield a drastically different outcome.		636 637 540
710	Acele	"Hey..." Acele looks up from her microphone. "What did you do to Egg Head, cop-man? Did you *break* him?"		715 716
711	You	"What do you mean?"		713
712	You	"Uh, no, actually I found it tangled up in a hawthorn tree..."		713
713	Egg Head	"Listen, I'm just going to show it to you... Ready?"		714
714	You	"Ready."		486
715	You	"I'm... not sure."		717
716	You	"Just wait and see." (Nod at Egg Head.)		717
717	Egg Head	"ARE YOU READY, POSSE?!"		720
718	You	Give him a thumbs up.		503
719	Andre	"I was born ready, Egg!"		718
720	Noid	Noid straightens his back, ready for the beat...		719
721	Authority	Your cop training did not prepare you for this. What to do?		196
722	Empathy	A great excitement is bubbling to the surface within him. This is *big*.		711 712
723	Egg Head			724 725
724	Egg Head		IsTaskActive("TASK.investigate_sea_fortress")--[[ Variable[ ]]	726
725	Egg Head		(IsTaskActive("TASK.investigate_sea_fortress")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false	451
726	Reaction Speed	Chill, my man. You'll get there -- eventually.		727
727	Egg Head	"Oh no, please become one..." (He didn't even notice you mentioning some 'island'.) "You'll miss out on so much good content otherwise. It's like being the greatest cop on earth!"		452
728	Endurance	Wait, they want you to run all the way back to Martinaise with that leg of yours, just to get some 'tape'? Ouch.		272
729	Egg Head			730 731
730	Egg Head		IsTaskActive("TASK.investigate_sea_fortress")--[[ Variable[ ]]	728
731	Egg Head		(IsTaskActive("TASK.investigate_sea_fortress")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false	272
732	Egg Head			733 734
733	Egg Head		IsTaskActive("TASK.investigate_sea_fortress")--[[ Variable[ ]]	735
734	Egg Head		(IsTaskActive("TASK.investigate_sea_fortress")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false	276 278
735	Logic	It's your health -- you're not well enough to run around just days after you've been shot.		276 278
736	Egg Head			737 738
737	Egg Head		Variable["church.soona_heard_rumble_hum"]	739
738	Egg Head		(Variable["church.soona_heard_rumble_hum"]) == false	741
739	Physical Instrument	I think you might know the answer...		740
740	None			683 684 685
741	Physical Instrument	You can't just leave it without a bass track!		740
742	Interfacing	Noid's right, Egg Head's technical talent is the key.		490
743	Inland Empire	Something *mysterious* is going on here...		497 498 554
744	Egg Head			745 746
745	Egg Head		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"] or Variable["church.ravers_inside_church_with_lab"]	747
746	Egg Head		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"] or Variable["church.ravers_inside_church_with_lab"]) == false	482
747	Egg Head	"Yeagh, re-mix time!" His voice booms through the church as he takes the tape and attaches it to the empty reel slot. "Tape goes here -- into deck B." He clicks a switch, the tape starts spinning...		483
748	Egg Head			749 750
749	Egg Head		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"] or Variable["church.ravers_inside_church_with_lab"]	751
750	Egg Head		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"] or Variable["church.ravers_inside_church_with_lab"]) == false	548
751	Egg Head	"Hear that?" He grins with glee. "Sounds like the missing part of van Eyck's jam!"		489
752	Egg Head			753 754
753	Egg Head		Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"] or Variable["church.ravers_inside_church_with_lab"]	755
754	Egg Head		(Variable["church.ravers_inside_church"] or Variable["church.ravers_inside_church_with_lab"]) == false	485
755	Egg Head	"Whooh, hear that?!" He wipes his brow. "The sines match perfectly!"		657
756	Interfacing	Noid's right, Egg Head's technical talent is the key.		757
757	Logic	No, this is definitely part of the same song. Something cut from it. It fits too well.		758
758	Inland Empire	Something *mysterious* is going on here...		672 675 676
759	None			85