Conversation 586: ICE / CHURCH DOOR

Initiating the Get Into The Church TO-DO

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 Church Doors Heavy wooden doors more than twice your height stand shut in front of you. The rectangular, sea-worn ornamentation appears in stark contrast to the padlock carelessly drilled into the wood.
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3 None
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4 You Rattle the doors to see if they open. CheckItem("key_church_door") == false
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5 You Inspect the carpentry.
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6 You Take a closer look at the padlock.
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7 Kim Kitsuragi "I don't think that's going to work..."
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8 You "No, I'm just curious."
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9 You "She might be. It's worth checking out anyway."
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10 Kim Kitsuragi The lieutenant nods silently.
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11 You "What is this feeling?"
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12 You Back up and look at the door.
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13 Shivers THERE IS A HOLE IN MY HEART.
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14 Kim Kitsuragi The lieutenant looks at the padlock. He didn't hear you asking, you were quiet enough.
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15 Church Doors The doors remain unchanged -- closed with a padlock.
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16 Church Doors The carving on the door is blocklike and angular, like the church itself. Two large beams shoot downwards, sinking into the wood before they reach the threshold.
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17 Shivers High above, the wind wraps the church in its rush. Cold and wet from the ocean bay, it parts around the massive keel-shaped roof. Like a test tunnel washing both sides, the way it has done for three-hundred-and-forty years. The wind keeps its distance. So should you.
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18 Church Doors This cheap-looking padlock is sturdily built. It shackles together a hasp and a staple screwed into the wooden door. The lock is adorned with a yellow sticker.
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19 Church Doors The padlock passes through a staple that's been hastily attached to the wood. Closer inspection reveals that one of the screws is not a screw at all, but a nail. The work has been done recently and is unprofessional, to say the least.
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20 You Look at the sticker. Variable["church.churchdoor_got_sticker"] == false and Variable["church.churchdoor_sticker_on_padlock"] == true
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21 You Inspect the staple. CheckItem("key_church_door") == false
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22 Church Doors You see a yellow circle with two X's and a big curve below them that looks like a mouth. You're pretty sure you haven't seen it before, but what the symbol depicts is clear enough: a smiling dead guy. The curve makes it smile and the X's make it dead.
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23 Conceptualization There is something blindingly *modern* about this symbol. Its modernness puts to shame everything you've seen before.
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24 None
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25 You "Have you seen this symbol before?" (Point to it.) IsKimHere()
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26 You Take another look at the padlock.
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27 Kim Kitsuragi He takes off his glasses and uses a blue handkerchief to thoroughly wipe them clean before inspecting the sticker. Then he looks up, pauses, and replies...
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28 You "What does it look like to you?"
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29 Kim Kitsuragi "Looks like a dead man smiling. Suggests... junior delinquency."
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30 Kim Kitsuragi "I haven't seen that sticker before. And I am not a youth."
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31 You "I agree -- it's very modern. But does the cheery guy not know he's dead, or does the dead guy not care that he is? What is the source of the irony here?"
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32 Kim Kitsuragi "That level of conceptual thinking is not part of my skill set."
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33 None
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34 Logic Should you want to get through, it might be easier to just pry the whole thing off.
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35 None
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36 You "Kim, do you happen to have a prybar?"
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37 Kim Kitsuragi The lieutenant takes a step back and looks at the church looming overhead. "Yes, there's a toolbox in the Kineema..."
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38 Empathy There is a touch of guilt in his voice.
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39 You "Where do you think we should start?"
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40 Kim Kitsuragi "Can you hear the pulsing bass underneath the wind?" He raises his hand to his ear. "A sure sign of junior delinquency -- somewhere east of here."
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41 You Apply some official force on the padlock. CheckItem("prybar") and Variable["church.churchdoor_have_crowbar_idea"] and CheckItem("key_church_door") == false
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42 Kim Kitsuragi "I don't know... you *don't*? Or maybe we'll find a new one. I don't carry more than one prybar with me..." He looks up at the bell-tower.
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43 You [Leave.]
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44 You "What is suggestive of junior delinquency here?"
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45 Empathy He feels sorry for you. For him as a lieutenant it would be demeaning to have someone recite terms from the officer's exam.
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46 Kim Kitsuragi "These acts aren't called *crimes* as they would be for adults. Crimes committed by minors are called 'delinquent acts'. This was part of your officer's exams." He puts the handkerchief in his coat pocket.
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47 Kim Kitsuragi "For Revachol ZoC, the Moralintern defines junior delinquents as minors between the ages of 10 and 16 who have committed an act in violation of the law..."
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48 You "Okay, what is *junior delinquency*?"
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49 None
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50 You Back off.
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51 Church Doors
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52 Church Doors Variable["church.churchdoor_open_crowbar"] == true
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53 Church Doors (Variable["church.churchdoor_open_crowbar"] == true) == false
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54 You Try to peel off the sticker without ripping it. Variable["church.churchdoor_inspected_sticker"]
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55 Church Doors
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56 Church Doors Variable["church.churchdoor_got_sticker"]
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57 Church Doors (Variable["church.churchdoor_got_sticker"]) == false
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58 Interfacing Your hands are clammy from the sea air. The piece of sticker keeps slipping away...
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59 Interfacing There's nothing like the sound of a sticker unpeeling. Now it's stuck to your thumb.
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60 You Shake it off your thumb and throw it in the wind.
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61 You Put the sticker *on* your ledger -- right on the cover! CheckItem("ledger_damaged") or CheckItem("ledger_of_failure_and_hatred") or CheckItem("ledger_oblivion")
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62 You Put the sticker *in* your ledger -- after the last entry, where it belongs. CheckItem("ledger_damaged") or CheckItem("ledger_of_failure_and_hatred") or CheckItem("ledger_oblivion")
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63 You Open the padlock with the key. CheckItem("key_church_door")
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64 Church Doors The lock turns easily. You hear a click as the shackle pops open.
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65 Church Doors
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66 Church Doors IsKimHere()
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67 Church Doors (IsKimHere()) == false
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68 Kim Kitsuragi "Let's go." The lieutenant nods at you.
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69 Church Doors
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70 Church Doors IsKimHere()
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71 Church Doors (IsKimHere()) == false
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72 Church Doors Nothing happens, only the sound of the padlock rattling against the door.
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73 Church Doors
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74 Church Doors IsKimHere()
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75 Church Doors (IsKimHere()) == false
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76 Church Doors
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77 Church Doors IsKimHere()
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78 Church Doors (IsKimHere()) == false
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79 Kim Kitsuragi "Do you think our suspect is hiding inside?" He raises his sight to the darkened windows overhead.
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80 Church Doors
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81 Church Doors Variable["church.door_shivers_success"]
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82 Church Doors (Variable["church.door_shivers_success"]) == false
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83 You Run your hand over a beam.
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84 You Back up and look at the door.
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85 Church Doors The surface is smooth from the wind, but moist to the touch.
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86 Kim Kitsuragi "No."
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87 You What makes it so modern? Variable["church.churchdoor_understood_modernity"]
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88 Conceptualization It's the contrast between the cheery, chemical yellow and the rigor mortis. As if the cheery guy didn't know he was dead or the dead guy didn't care that he was. Either way, you get the sense the forces of *future* are at work here.
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89 Kim Kitsuragi "But maybe we should circle the building and look for another way in first. The building has seen enough mistreatment."
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90 You "I do."
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91 Kim Kitsuragi "People do look to churches for shelter, but an abandoned thing like this... I'm not so sure."
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92 None
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93 None
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94 None
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95 You "Kim, could I have that handkerchief? My hands are wet." Variable["church.churchdoor_saw_hankercief"] == true and Variable["church.churchdoor_used_hankerchief"] == false and IsKimHere()
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96 You "Fuck this!" (Hit the lock.)
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97 You Gracefully let the lock go.
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98 Kim Kitsuragi The lieutenant hands you a blue handkerchief. He looks a little dismayed when he gets it back crumpled. However, it should be easier to peel the sticker off now.
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99 Kim Kitsuragi That hurt. The lieutenant looks up at the roof of the church, ignoring your little tantrum.
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100 Church Doors The lock clanks against the door, cold and heavy.
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101 You (Turn to the lieutenant.) "This is where Mr. Prybar comes in handy."
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102 Kim Kitsuragi He takes a step back. "Maybe we should circle the building first and look for another way. The building has seen enough mistreatment."
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103 None
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104 Interfacing Voilà! Looks very modern.
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105 Interfacing Au revoir, sticker!
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106 Interfacing Looks like today was a gold star day!
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107 None
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108 Church Doors
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109 Church Doors CheckItem("prybar")
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110 Church Doors (CheckItem("prybar")) == false
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111 Church Doors
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112 Church Doors IsKimHere()
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113 Church Doors (IsKimHere()) == false
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114 None
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115 None
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116 Church Doors
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117 Church Doors Variable["church.churchdoor_understood_modernity"]
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118 Church Doors (Variable["church.churchdoor_understood_modernity"]) == false
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119 None
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120 You Padlock, padlock, padlock!
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121 None
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122 Church Doors
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123 Church Doors IsKimHere()
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124 Church Doors (IsKimHere()) == false
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125 None
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126 You Admit defeat and leave the lock alone.
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127 None
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128 Kim Kitsuragi "I'm not as *sturdy* as you are. I have even less leverage." He doesn't even try to sound convincing.
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129 You "You could give me a hand, you know?"
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130 Church Doors
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131 Church Doors Variable["church.churchdoor_get_in_the_church_initiated"]
132 Church Doors (Variable["church.churchdoor_get_in_the_church_initiated"]) == false
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133 Kim Kitsuragi "If you really think we should get in there, we need to find some other way..."
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134 Church Doors
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135 Church Doors IsKimHere()
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136 Church Doors (IsKimHere()) == false
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137 Church Doors The padlock hits the wood like a knocker, with a resounding thud. Your cold hand hurts from the impact. Congratulations!
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138 None
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139 Church Doors
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140 Church Doors IsKimHere()
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141 Church Doors (IsKimHere()) == false
142 Church Doors A great whoosh of air rushes into the dark innards of the church, as though rushing to fill a great vacuum...
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143 Shivers Feels like electricity and a very small piece of nothingness.
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144 None
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145 Church Doors
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146 Church Doors Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"]
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147 Church Doors (Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"]) == false
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148 None
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149 None
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150 None
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151 Physical Instrument The pathetic old wood, rusty screws (and one nail) stand no chance against the forces of *leverage*. From deep within, a bellow rips...
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152 Physical Instrument A minute or so of mauling away at the lock has led to no success. The prybar in your hand has given you... zero mechanical advantage.
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153 Physical Instrument You jam the prybar between the lock and the staple and apply force -- your biceps bulge from the strain. The metal creaks and squeals...
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154 Church Doors
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155 Church Doors IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")
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156 Church Doors (IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")) == false
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157 You "Welcome to Revachol, lock!"
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158 You "RAAARRRRRG!"
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159 Physical Instrument Suddenly, the prybar snaps. Metal shavings fly everywhere. The upper half, between the lock and the staple, falls to the ground with a *thunk*.
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160 You "The fuck? How is this even *possible*?"
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161 You "I broke the prybar. Where do I get a new one?" (Proceed.)
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162 Church Doors
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163 Church Doors Variable["church.churchdoor_have_crowbar_idea"]
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164 Church Doors (Variable["church.churchdoor_have_crowbar_idea"]) == false
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165 You "Where do you think we should start?"
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166 Kim Kitsuragi "Can you hear the pulsing bass underneath the east wind?" He raises his hand to his ear. "A sure sign of junior delinquency."
167 Kim Kitsuragi "It does seem rather irrelevant to our case." The lieutenant nods.
168 You "I'm actually not that interested in the church right now."
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169 You Look at the broken tool in your hand.
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170 Physical Instrument The broken edge of the snapped prybar is smooth. Took the tip right off...
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171 Inland Empire A bad omen. Beware of this church.
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172 Logic This was surely just a freak accident.
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173 None
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174 Inland Empire As you do, you hear and the echo of the Doomed Commercial Area. Its black halls and dusty machines. Then the feeling passes.
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175 Church Doors
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176 Church Doors Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]
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177 Church Doors (Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]) == false
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178 None
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179 Church Doors
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180 Church Doors Variable["church.churchdoor_get_in_the_church_initiated"]
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181 Church Doors (Variable["church.churchdoor_get_in_the_church_initiated"]) == false
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182 None
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183 Church Doors
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184 Church Doors CheckItem("key_church_door")
185 Church Doors (CheckItem("key_church_door")) == false
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186 Church Doors
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187 Church Doors CheckEquipped("prybar") == false and CheckEquipped("kvalsund_multitool") == false
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188 Church Doors (CheckEquipped("prybar") == false and CheckEquipped("kvalsund_multitool") == false) == false
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189 Physical Instrument Nice try, son, but this is not something you should be attempting to do with your bare hands.
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190 Church Doors
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191 Church Doors Variable["ice.tentflap_greeting_done"]
192 Church Doors (Variable["ice.tentflap_greeting_done"]) == false
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193 Church Doors
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194 Church Doors Variable["ice.tentflap_greeting_done"]
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195 Church Doors (Variable["ice.tentflap_greeting_done"]) == false
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196 Kim Kitsuragi "But maybe we should look for another way in first... The building has seen enough mistreatment."
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197 Church Doors
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198 Church Doors CheckItem("key_church_door")
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199 Church Doors (CheckItem("key_church_door")) == false
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200 None
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201 None
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202 Church Doors
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203 Church Doors Variable["ice.tentflap_greeting_done"]
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204 Church Doors (Variable["ice.tentflap_greeting_done"]) == false
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205 None
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206 Kim Kitsuragi He takes a step back. "Maybe we should look for another way in first... The church has seen enough mistreatment."
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207 Empathy There is a touch of something in his voice. Hard to say what.
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208 Kim Kitsuragi "How about we go and check out that tent again?" He nods at the shabby piece of canvas set up on the ice next to the church.
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209 Interfacing Feels exceptional. Three hundred tons of pine wood fit together seamlessly. It's old too, cut and carved many centuries ago.
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210 Interfacing It'll be easier to break the staple than the lock. Also -- that sticker is interesting, somehow...
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211 Inland Empire These forces of future have chosen to depict something that reminds you of... you.
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212 Logic Thus, it must be made by youths.
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213 Conceptualization You're part of the future-brigade now. And so is your formerly humdrum ledger. Neon, baby!
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214 Visual Calculus There's something on the sea ice there.
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215 Physical Instrument Your muscles do not know. This shouldn't happen. You're sure the wood looked weak.
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216 None
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217 None
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218 Church Doors
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219 Church Doors IsKimHere()
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220 Church Doors (IsKimHere()) == false
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221 Kim Kitsuragi "Tools break, officer. Try to control yourself."
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222 Esprit de Corps For example, see how calm I am, although you broke my favourite prybar.
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223 Church Doors The church does not reply. The wood now seems less rotten, the screws (and one nail) almost shimmer with perseverance.
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224 Kim Kitsuragi "I thought this was a lousy way to enter a place of worship that's already in disrepair. I guess the church agreed."
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225 You Pull on the doors...
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226 Church Doors You enter the church.
227 Church Doors
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228 Church Doors Variable["TASK.doomed_investigation_done"]
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229 Church Doors (Variable["TASK.doomed_investigation_done"]) == false
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230 Church Doors
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231 Church Doors IsTaskActive("TASK.investigate_sea_fortress")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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232 Church Doors (IsTaskActive("TASK.investigate_sea_fortress")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false
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233 Kim Kitsuragi "Besides, we should really get to the island." He looks at the sea.
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234 Church Doors ... in the heart of the city.
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