Conversation 639: VILLAGE / POSSE 3

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 Empathy There's an enormous sadness in that admission.
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3 Kim Kitsuragi
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4 Kim Kitsuragi IsTHCCookingOrFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality") or SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false
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5 Kim Kitsuragi (IsTHCCookingOrFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality") or SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false) == false
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6 Judit Minot "Jean -- I think he hasn't. I can see it on his face..."
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7 Jean Vicquemare "Even the insect -- I don't care. But you're an *alcoholic*. And you've been drinking -- again. I won't let my life unravel because of this."
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8 Judit Minot "He has... That's true."
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9 Trant Heidelstam "It's tough. One of the toughest addictions to overcome. Comparable *only* to heavy synthetic opiates. Even morphine is easier to kick than alcohol -- statistically. The odds are against him. Especially at his age."
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10 Endurance The bloating *has* gone down since you woke up that morning...
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11 Jean Vicquemare "Okay, so he's stayed clear for what? A week?" He sighs.
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12 Electrochemistry No. You can figure it out. *Replace* it! Replace the alcohol with amphetamine. Or GBL! Fuck it -- morphine! Graffito removal agent! Anything. It'll buy you time. All you need is time.
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13 Volition No. You *can* stop. Just wade through the hell. Month after month. Year after year -- you against the nothingness. It's possible, because *time* is possible.
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14 Conceptualization If you declare your life forfeit; if you declare yourself a doomed man... A doomed man does not need comfort. From *anything*. He can go on without drink, or help. Like a clockwork.
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15 Empathy For the world.
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16 Rhetoric For Revachol.
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17 Rhetoric For the planetary proletariat.
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18 Rhetoric For the Revachol Citizens Militia. A blue forget-me-not in the grey sky.
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19 Rhetoric For revenge.
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20 Jean Vicquemare He nods. "He's too old. He's been like this for too long. I've seen him try many times. It's a farce by now."
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21 Inland Empire Compared to the intersection, in front of Video Revachol 24 -- it's nothing. Compared to that, everything is possible.
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22 Perception (Sight) Think! You can *detect*. In Jamrock. Boogie Street. Couron. Le Royaume, underground. Coal City. On the 8/81-- it will all be yours to sieve through when the last snow has melted.
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23 Shivers Stop and you can go to the Burnt Out Quarter. And meet me there -- wafting above the burnt ruins. Like the smell of caramel -- Le Retour is waiting.
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24 Reaction Speed The houses, the streets, the motorways singing. Hold on. This is a fight we can *win*.
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25 Suggestion They're leaving. They're all turning away from you.
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26 None
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27 Kim Kitsuragi
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28 Kim Kitsuragi IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")
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29 Kim Kitsuragi (IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")) == false
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30 Kim Kitsuragi
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31 Kim Kitsuragi IsHighestPolitical("communist")
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32 Kim Kitsuragi (IsHighestPolitical("communist")) == false
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33 Kim Kitsuragi
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34 Kim Kitsuragi IsHighestPolitical("moralist")
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35 Kim Kitsuragi (IsHighestPolitical("moralist")) == false
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36 You "I can -- I will just pass time until my mind reconfigures from the abuse it's taken. I can do that now. I've taught myself." Variable["village.posse_home_stretch_volition"]
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37 You "My life is forfeit. All I'm good for is this work. I *will* quit." Variable["village.posse_home_stretch_concept"]
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38 You "I know it's difficult to believe, but I will do it. For the white banner of the Commune."
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39 You "I'm not that person anymore. I became something else and that something else *will* quit." SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") and IsTHCCookingOrFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality") == false
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40 You "I'm not that person anymore. I became something else. And that something else *has* quit." SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false or IsTHCCookingOrFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality")
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41 You "I need to be the greatest, Jean. I was *born* for this. I *will* stop. To be better." Variable["village.posse_home_stretch_percept"] or Variable["village.posse_home_stretch_react"]
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42 You "I will win, Jean. I swear to god and to Revachol, I will win." Variable["village.posse_home_stretch_shivers"] or Variable["village.posse_home_stretch_react"] or Variable["village.posse_home_stretch_empathy"]
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43 Cuno "Listen to this shit, man..." He throws up his hands.
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44 Kim Kitsuragi
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45 Kim Kitsuragi IsCunoInParty()
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46 Kim Kitsuragi (IsCunoInParty()) == false
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47 You "I cannot. I cannot live without this job... fuck you then! And fuck me! I'll go."
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48 Jean Vicquemare "Fucking Harry... Fuck you for bringing this kid with you. It's *only* because he's defending you -- it's the *only* reason you're not staying here to die."
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49 Jean Vicquemare "You manipulative son of a bitch..." He shakes his head and sniffles. "It *is* cold, and we have vehicles in the square. The perp needs to be taken into custody. Let's get a move on."
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50 Esprit de Corps It's more than that. He just can't. One final time...
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51 Kim Kitsuragi
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52 Kim Kitsuragi SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false or IsTHCCookingOrFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality")
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53 Kim Kitsuragi (SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false or IsTHCCookingOrFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality")) == false
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54 Judit Minot "Detective." She looks at Vicquemare. "I just don't want this *trial* to go on any longer. It's cold outside, and..."
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55 Trant Heidelstam He slowly nods.
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56 Jean Vicquemare "You manipulative fuck... Fine. It's cold and we have vehicles in the square. And the perp needs to be taken into custody too -- let's get a move on."
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57 Jean Vicquemare "No. We're done, Harry. You're drunk. You'll get a station call once you've sobered up."
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58 Trant Heidelstam "..."
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59 Judit Minot "..."
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60 Esprit de Corps No one knows what to say. But they agree. Keeping you on the force endangers civilians.
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61 Jean Vicquemare "No." There's a silence. "Sure, you got the case together -- you can *do* policework -- in bouts. That's not a surprise to me."
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62 Kim Kitsuragi
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63 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
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64 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
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65 Esprit de Corps And Station 41 and the glow of its desk lamps, the clicking of coffee mugs, clouds of cigarette smoke and the ringing telephone... your youth. There is still a way back.
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66 Jean Vicquemare "Okay." He sighs. "We have vehicles in the square. And the perpetrator needs to be taken into custody. Let's go."
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67 Trant Heidelstam "Agreed. The public relations potential of this is too valuable to let go."
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68 Jean Vicquemare "I don't *want* to. But you discovered a new species. And solved the murder..." He shrugs.
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69 Esprit de Corps You haven't been drinking, she thinks. So maybe this time...
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70 Esprit de Corps But he's been drinking, she thinks. This is exactly how he gets out of this every time. It's bad for him, but...
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71 Judit Minot A quick nod. "Anything that ends the *trial* is okay with me."
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72 Judit Minot A quick nod. "Honestly -- anything that ends this *trial* is okay with me."
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73 Kim Kitsuragi
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74 Kim Kitsuragi IsTHCCookingOrFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality") or SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false
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75 Kim Kitsuragi (IsTHCCookingOrFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality") or SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false) == false
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76 You "Let's go." (No time.)
77 None
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78 You "Wait. I have a *few* questions before we go. About who I am."
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79 Jean Vicquemare The man looks westward, impatiently.
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80 You "Who *am* I?"
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81 You "Why am I *like* this?"
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82 You "Okay. Am I a dirty cop working for La Puta Madre?" Variable["boardwalk.ruby_la_puta_madre_agent_main"] == true
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83 You "Precinct 41... what kind of station is it?"
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84 You "The phasmid -- I need to tell Lena about this ASAP." Variable["TASK.inspect_traps"]
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85 You "Lieutenant Kitsuragi -- what will you do now?" IsKimHere()
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86 You "Cuno -- what will you do now?" IsCunoInParty()
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87 You "I'm ready." (End.) Variable["village.posse_achievement_kim"]
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88 You "Okay then. Fuck it. I have a shack here. I don't need you all." Variable["village.has_shack"]
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89 You "Wait. I have a *few* questions before you go. About who I am..."
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90 None
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91 You "I'll just go back to the island and *live* there. I don't care."
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92 You "Good bye then. I'll just become a bum now. A bum cop."
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93 Jean Vicquemare "About who you *are*?"
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94 Jean Vicquemare "Don't pity yourself. You've managed not to die thus far. You'll manage now."
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95 Rhetoric The farce needs to end. Everyone sees that.
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96 Judit Minot "Detective." She looks at Vicquemare. "I just don't want this *trial* to go on any longer. It's cold outside, and... let's just go."
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97 Perception (Hearing) Jingling his car keys in his pocket.
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98 Jean Vicquemare "Who *are* you? You're a gym teacher, Harry."
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99 You "What?"
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100 Jean Vicquemare "Well -- now you're a cop," he pauses, "or... not anymore, so I guess you're a gym teacher again."
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101 Kim Kitsuragi
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102 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]
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103 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]) == false
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104 Jean Vicquemare "Well -- obviously you're not a gym teacher anymore, but..."
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105 Judit Minot "Before you were a cop, you were a gym teacher in Couron." She looks around. "It's getting really cold outside. Should we maybe..."
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106 None
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107 You "But before..." Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]
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108 None
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109 You "That does explain a lot."
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110 You "No way. I was a natural philosopher."
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111 You "A special forces gym teacher?" IsHighestPolitical("moralist") == false and (IsTHCPresent("communist") or IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood") or IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal"))
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112 Kim Kitsuragi
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113 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
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114 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
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115 Jean Vicquemare "No," he remarks dryly, "a regular one."
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116 Judit Minot "You haven't told us about that -- you've just told us about being a gym teacher."
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117 Kim Kitsuragi "Harry... it explains *everything*. The running around. The jumping. The *shot-put*. Your inexplicable facial hair..."
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118 Kim Kitsuragi
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119 Kim Kitsuragi IsCunoInParty()
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120 Kim Kitsuragi (IsCunoInParty()) == false
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121 You "The collection of FALN sportswear I've amassed..."
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122 Kim Kitsuragi
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123 Kim Kitsuragi CheckItem("jacket_faln") or CheckItem("pants_faln") or CheckItem("hat_faln") or CheckItem("shirt_faln") or CheckItem("shoes_faln")
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124 Kim Kitsuragi (CheckItem("jacket_faln") or CheckItem("pants_faln") or CheckItem("hat_faln") or CheckItem("shirt_faln") or CheckItem("shoes_faln")) == false
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125 Kim Kitsuragi
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126 Kim Kitsuragi IsTHCPresent("homosexual_underground")
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127 Kim Kitsuragi (IsTHCPresent("homosexual_underground")) == false
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128 Kim Kitsuragi "The fact that you don't seem to *know* what homo-sexuality is..."
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129 Kim Kitsuragi
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130 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["tc.down_with_racism"] or IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")
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131 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["tc.down_with_racism"] or IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")) == false
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132 Kim Kitsuragi "Some of your more, khm, *old-school* social views..."
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133 Kim Kitsuragi
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134 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["ice.acele_asked_about_contact_mike"]
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135 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["ice.acele_asked_about_contact_mike"]) == false
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136 You "Oh god -- *Contact Mike*..."
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137 Kim Kitsuragi
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138 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
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139 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
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140 Kim Kitsuragi "Of course! Contact Mike!"
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141 Jean Vicquemare "He's been on about Mike again?" The detective shakes his head. "I hate that guy."
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142 None
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143 You "Contact Mike is a reprise of the most inspiring basic sporting principle of open competition! A 5,000-1 rank outsider!" Variable["ice.acele_asked_about_contact_mike"]
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144 You "When was this? When was I a gym teacher?"
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145 You "Why did I join the RCM then?"
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146 Jean Vicquemare "Oh -- you don't say?" He arches an eyebrow. "Does he also *vault an impassible gulf of finance and privilege*?"
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147 Judit Minot "It is... it *is* getting cold out..." She looks around -- at the dilapidated fishing village.
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148 None
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149 Jean Vicquemare "The regular -- you found some chick. She inspired you to fight the *big fight*. Be more than you are. All that."
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150 Jean Vicquemare "In your twenties or late twenties. You've really let yourself go since then." He looks you over.
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151 You "Okay. I see now." (Conclude.)
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152 You "You said in Couron? I was a gym teacher there?"
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153 Jean Vicquemare "Yes, you *taught gym* in Couron. I believe that's the term? Taught gym at a high school. You were a high school gym teacher."
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154 Kim Kitsuragi
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155 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["ice.tentflap_greeting_done"] and Variable["yard.cuno_intro_hub"]
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156 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["ice.tentflap_greeting_done"] and Variable["yard.cuno_intro_hub"]) == false
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157 Kim Kitsuragi "High school. Harry! Your goings-on with Cuno, Andre, Acele -- the whole thing on the ice. That's why you're so *juvie*."
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158 Empathy His smirk suggests barely contained laughter.
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159 Kim Kitsuragi "Some of your more, khm, *old-school* wording choices. Your posture even. The constant *stretches*..."
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160 Kim Kitsuragi "Your love of *retro-style* dance music. How you're able to perform a 360-degree spin-kick..."
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161 Kim Kitsuragi "Your moves on the church floor -- which, honestly, were just *jump aerobics*. Your use of the word *graffito*..."
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162 None
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163 None
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164 Encyclopedia Couron is just east of Jamrock. It was a short walk, every morning -- to the baseball field or the sports building...
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165 Perception (Smell) The smell of sweat and glue, the worn floorboards...
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166 None
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167 None
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168 Inland Empire You, every morning, walking from Voyager Road to teach gym. She -- leaving for the academy with her spring coat on. The air filled with the smell of smoke and raspberries and incredible hope. An ocean full of hope.
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169 You "How I can keep going for *twelve hours* a day..."
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170 Kim Kitsuragi
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171 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
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172 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
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173 Kim Kitsuragi "I knew it. I knew no normal human being can run like that. He's an-honest-to-god gym teacher."
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174 Cuno "Cuno fucking *knew* there had to be something wrong if you can run like that..."
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175 Kim Kitsuragi
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176 Kim Kitsuragi IsCunoInParty()
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177 Kim Kitsuragi (IsCunoInParty()) == false
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178 Kim Kitsuragi
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179 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["gates.mhead_fight_success"]
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180 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["gates.mhead_fight_success"]) == false
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181 Kim Kitsuragi
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182 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["ice.andre_composure_done"]
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183 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["ice.andre_composure_done"]) == false
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184 Jean Vicquemare "You've been on about Mike again?" The detective shakes his head. "I hate that guy."
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185 Endurance The *incredible* stamina output...
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186 Physical Instrument Also -- *this* guy. Just... everything about this guy.
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187 Endurance The raw, robust stamina output...
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188 Kim Kitsuragi
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189 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["village.posse_gym_endur_stamina"]
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190 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["village.posse_gym_endur_stamina"]) == false
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191 Savoir Faire And this guy too.
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192 Hand/Eye Coordination God... even this javelin-throwing freak here...
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193 Cuno "No, pig, that explains *everything*." The boy looks at you. "The running. The jumping. The *shot-put*. Your whack moustache..."
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194 Kim Kitsuragi
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195 Kim Kitsuragi CheckEquipped("jacket_faln") and (CheckEquipped("pants_faln") or CheckEquipped("hat_faln"))
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196 Kim Kitsuragi (CheckEquipped("jacket_faln") and (CheckEquipped("pants_faln") or CheckEquipped("hat_faln"))) == false
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197 You "The FALN gear..."
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198 You "The collection of FALN sportswear I've amassed..."
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199 Kim Kitsuragi
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200 Kim Kitsuragi CheckItem("jacket_faln") and CheckItem("pants_faln") and CheckItem("hat_faln") and CheckItem("shirt_faln") and CheckItem("shoes_faln")
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201 Kim Kitsuragi (CheckItem("jacket_faln") and CheckItem("pants_faln") and CheckItem("hat_faln") and CheckItem("shirt_faln") and CheckItem("shoes_faln")) == false
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202 You "How I can run for *six hours* a day..."
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203 Kim Kitsuragi
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204 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["TASK.buy_faln_pants_from_cuno_done"] and CheckEquipped("pants_bellbottom") == false
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205 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["TASK.buy_faln_pants_from_cuno_done"] and CheckEquipped("pants_bellbottom") == false) == false
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206 Cuno "Your lame-ass pants before. Like this... fucking retro shit that's going on. Cuno's seen all this before -- in *gym* class..."
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207 Cuno "Your lame taste in music. Like from -- the Forties. Even the way you *stand* and stretch and shit... Cuno's seen this shit before. In *gym* class."
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208 Jean Vicquemare "It's not a mystery. Some chick fucked you over. Also, you're a drunk."
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209 You "Was she called Dora Du Bois?"
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210 Jean Vicquemare "Du Bois?" He shakes his head. "It was... Dora Ingerlund, I think. You've said her name. But you weren't married. You were engaged."
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211 You "So we weren't even married..."
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212 Jean Vicquemare "No one is married anymore. This is Revachol."
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213 Kim Kitsuragi
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214 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["tc.dora_du_is_her_full_name"]
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215 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["tc.dora_du_is_her_full_name"]) == false
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216 You "Was her name Dora?" Variable["tc.dora_is_her_name"]
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217 Jean Vicquemare "Dora something. Dora Ingerlund?" He thinks. "Yeah. You mentioned her name."
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218 None
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219 You "When was this?"
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220 Jean Vicquemare "God, I don't know..." He thinks. "Six years ago? She was way before my time."
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221 None
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222 You "*SIX* years?"
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223 You "Oh okay. Six years is not that much."
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224 You "It couldn't have been six. Three. Let's go with three."
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225 Jean Vicquemare "Yeah... Or seven? You're not doing too good there. It's an old-man thing. Two *old-years* equals one normal year. That -- and Dora Ingerlund really tore you a new one. A big one."
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226 You "Who was she?"
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227 Jean Vicquemare "I think she taught in the Académie des Arts, east of the river. Way east. Hard to say which came first -- the middle class chick or the drink? Egg and the chicken kinda thing..."
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228 Jean Vicquemare "Incredibly bangable?"
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229 You "Huh?"
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230 Jean Vicquemare "She was extremely fuckable, Harry. Gorgeous. A gorgeous bourgeois woman. Waifish. Like a *welkin* basically."
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231 Jean Vicquemare "My point is, you need to see a *psychiatrist* about this shit. Not a psychologist -- several degrees harder. Is there's something harder than a psychiatrist?" He pauses to think. "A forensic psychiatrist. Go talk to that."
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232 Pain Threshold You really went with it too. Really maximized the damage.
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233 Jean Vicquemare "No. It was six. Like *ancient*. It's an old-man thing. Two *old-years* equals one normal year. That -- and Dora Ingerlund really tore you a new one. A big one."
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234 You "Figures."
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235 You "No, I meant -- what did she do?"
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236 Jean Vicquemare "Extremely fuckable, Harry. Gorgeous. A gorgeous bourgeois woman. Waifish. Like a *welkin* basically."
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237 Jean Vicquemare "She was incredibly fuckable. A beautiful bourgeois woman. Waifish. Like a *welkin* basically."
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238 Jean Vicquemare "I've only seen a picture -- but it's obvious you formed a real spiritual connection with how *pretty* she was. One you never recuperated from."
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239 Kim Kitsuragi
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240 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["tc.welkin"]
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241 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["tc.welkin"]) == false
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242 Conceptualization Snow Welkin. Blonde Welkin...
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243 Judit Minot "Look..." She turns to face the sea. "The sun is going down. It's time to go home."
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244 Judit Minot "Look..." She turns to face the sea. "The sun is about to go down. It's time to go home."
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245 You "Some chick -- who?"
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246 Jean Vicquemare "Yeah. Dora Ingerlund, I think."
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247 Reaction Speed Not Dora *Du Bois*?
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248 Jean Vicquemare "Yeah... You're not doing too good there. It's an old-man thing I think. Two *old-years* equals one normal year. That -- and Dora Ingerlund really tore you a new one. A big one."
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249 You "*Now* I've heard enough."
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250 Jean Vicquemare "So have I. You *bitterly* drop *Dearest Dora* and *really tore me a new one*... twice a week I think? It comes up."
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251 Trant Heidelstam The special consultant glances at his wrist-watch.
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252 None
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253 Inland Empire Heartbreak Welkin.
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254 Pain Threshold Pain Welkin.
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255 None
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256 Jean Vicquemare "No."
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257 You "No? Because a suspect seemed to think..."
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258 Jean Vicquemare "You're too unstable to work for a mob boss. You're suicidal, Harry. No mob boss would take you."
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259 None
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260 You "Okay then."
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261 Judit Minot "Talks concluded?" She hugs herself for warmth.
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262 You "I've heard enough." (End it.)
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263 None
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264 Rhetoric In other words -- he's heard *enough* about this.
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265 Trant Heidelstam "I assure you -- I wouldn't consult for a corrupt unit."
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266 Logic He would immediately backpedal out of it.
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267 You "Good bye, then." (End.) Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"] == false
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268 Judit Minot "Good." She looks at you, then Vicquemare...
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269 You "Really?" Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"] == false
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270 Judit Minot "He's telling the truth. You were a gym teacher in Couron." She looks around. "It's getting really cold outside. Should we maybe..."
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271 You "Wait, Dora Ingerlund?"
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272 Jean Vicquemare "Something like that. Half-Vaasan."
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273 Encyclopedia Vaasa is where beautiful and impossibly blonde people come from.
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274 None
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275 Esprit de Corps Somewhere under the curved roof of a former silk factory, shaped like a ladybird with two chimneys, Police Captain Ptolemy Pryce sits behind a heavy wooden desk. Resident medic Nix Gottlieb pours him coffee. It's silent in the captain's office...
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276 Judit Minot "... get back to it. We left Torson and McLaine to run the C-Wing. It's not good."
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277 You "Torson and McLaine?"
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278 Judit Minot "Mack 'The Torso' Torson and Chester McLaine --" She arches an eyebrow. "They're not fit to run a wing. Believe me. Things are shaky as it is."
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279 Jean Vicquemare "Us? We're the *Bloody Murder Station*, haven't you heard? We're the bad guys. No one likes us."
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280 Kim Kitsuragi
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281 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
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282 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
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283 Kim Kitsuragi "That's not true. Jamrock is too big for one precinct. You're just understaffed. And everyone respects the 41st -- you have Captain Pryce."
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284 Jean Vicquemare "Thank you, lieutenant. You're being kind. It *is* an understaffed station and the district *is* too big -- which is why we need to..." He tilts his head northward...
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285 None
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286 Conceptualization They *are* damn iconic though -- Torson and McLaine!
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287 Kim Kitsuragi
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288 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["village.posse_41st_concept_iconic"]
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289 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["village.posse_41st_concept_iconic"]) == false
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290 You "An iconic duo I take it?"
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291 Jean Vicquemare "Yeah -- not like *us*. Two clinically depressed old men. Where's the contrast here? We're garbage."
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292 None
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293 You "And the C-Wing is..."
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294 Jean Vicquemare "God..." He sighs. "There are four wings, Harry: A, B, C, and D. We're in C. It's made of losers and clock-punchers. You and I *re-conceptualized* it as a task force. It was a mistake."
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295 Trant Heidelstam "There's also a lot of outside help involved. Not only me." He smiles. "Other losers too."
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296 You "And Pryce is..."
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297 Judit Minot "Ptolemy Pryce? He's the son of the old Pryce -- one of the founders of the RCM."
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298 Kim Kitsuragi
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299 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
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300 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
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301 Kim Kitsuragi "He's one of the most highly regarded men in the force. You're lucky."
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302 You "So I work in the Bloody Murder Station?" (Conclude.)
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303 Judit Minot "Jamrock is the largest ghetto in Revachol. Faubourg, technically... but it's divided into *eleven* districts. Jamrock only has us."
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304 Kim Kitsuragi "The press will blow over," he says in a reassuring tone. "Jamrock is lucky to have you. And it's often considered to be the greatest of the districts -- you're lucky to have it."
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305 Kim Kitsuragi
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306 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
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307 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
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308 Suggestion He's anything but a loser. Although he would like to be seen as one. It's cooler that way.
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309 None
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310 Jean Vicquemare "Thank you again, lieutenant."
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311 Kim Kitsuragi
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312 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]
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313 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]) == false
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314 Jean Vicquemare "Okay. It's an understaffed station where there's too much work, so we need to get back to it. It's not your problem anymore."
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315 Esprit de Corps A lowset house, windswept -- and without you. Traffic whooshes by...
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316 None
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317 Judit Minot "That's not true..."
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318 Cuno "What?! Bitches dream of the 41st. Why you think Cuno's *in* this shit? Word is it's fucking violent. Your Captain Pryce dusted like... a thousand people."
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319 Jean Vicquemare "Thank you, Cuno," he says with an amused half-smile. "You're being kind. It's an understaffed station and the district is too big -- which is why we need to..." He tilts his head northward and clicks his tongue.
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320 Judit Minot "... get back to it. We left Torson and McLaine to run the C-Wing. It's not good."
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321 Jean Vicquemare "Okay -- it's not the Bloody Murder Station. It's an old converted silk mill with green desk lamps and a coffee corner. A lot of good people work there. Hard. Every day."
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322 You "Did we recently shoot up a church by any chance?" (Point to the church.) Variable["church.tiago_church_1"] or Variable["tc.church_raid"]
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323 Jean Vicquemare "So he remembers *that*... Yes, there may have been a raid on *some* churches. It wasn't good press."
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324 You "What happened? Why did we need to go there?"
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325 Jean Vicquemare "Our *enemies* were hiding in *a* church -- to the best of our information. That's it. I'm not talking about this anymore. Your security clearance is *shit-tier* right now. You have to wait for it to go up."
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326 Trant Heidelstam "Shooting up churches never is. I was out of town, to be clear...."
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327 Authority He means it. The RCM and its enemies will not be discussed on this coast.
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328 None
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329 None
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330 Cuno "Cuno's likin' this shit. Jamrock is the real shit -- Martinaise is fucking white as balls. Sea-shit. This ain't a real ghetto."
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331 Perception (Hearing) Your clearance will not go up while you're within earshot of the Union headquarters.
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332 Cuno "Yeah, that shit is fucking famous on Channel 8. Cuno hears this shit."
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333 Kim Kitsuragi
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334 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["village.posse_4_esprit_price_gottlieb"]
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335 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["village.posse_4_esprit_price_gottlieb"]) == false
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336 Esprit de Corps They speak of change. The city. The tension on the streets. They speak of the events of April and the blood on the streets in May.
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337 None
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338 Jean Vicquemare "Thank you, Cuno. You bring light to my day."
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339 Kim Kitsuragi "Well -- first I will go back to my station and write the most detailed report anyone has ever seen. It will have to be good to cover all this. Then I will have a serious talk with my captain."
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340 Kim Kitsuragi "Detective, we just stopped a small-scale war. Something is happening to Revachol." He pulls up his collar and looks around, the cold spring light reflected in the lenses of his glasses.
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341 You "About what?"
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342 Kim Kitsuragi "Detective, we just stopped a small-scale war. Something is happening to Revachol." He takes a look around -- into the deepening shadows of the streets -- then pulls up his collar.
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343 Inland Empire Le Retour...
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344 Shivers Distant traffic. A scrap of newspaper drifts by, carried by the wind.
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345 Kim Kitsuragi
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346 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["village.posse_kim_shivers"]
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347 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["village.posse_kim_shivers"]) == false
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348 Perception (Sight) It says: "Tensions rise in Terminal YC In light of the Débardeurs' strike in Terminal B, among representatives of heavy industry in Coal City..." you read.
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349 Kim Kitsuragi
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350 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["tc.the_return"]
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351 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["tc.the_return"]) == false
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352 Kim Kitsuragi
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353 Kim Kitsuragi IsNight()
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354 Kim Kitsuragi (IsNight()) == false
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355 Kim Kitsuragi "I don't know what, yet -- but it's going to be a hard spring for the RCM. We need to get ready. Infiltrate. Investigate."
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356 None
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357 Kim Kitsuragi "Talk to Captain Pryce? I'd rather not ruffle the feathers of *two* captains with my doom-mongering."
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358 You "Want to do that at Station 41?"
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359 You "No, I meant *investigate*. Come work in Precinct 41."
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360 Kim Kitsuragi "Work *with* Pryce?" A crooked smile quivers on his lips. "I'm flattered, but I don't know if I..."
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361 Esprit de Corps Would fit in? Am crazy enough? Can take the stress? He doesn't know how to finish the sentence.
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362 None
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363 Rhetoric This truly came as a surprise to him. Not a bad one. But he's at a loss.
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364 Kim Kitsuragi "I would have to tie things up in GRIH first. But... I mean, whatever is coming -- Jamrock *will* be more central to it than the harbour." The lieutenant turns very serious all of a sudden.
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365 Jean Vicquemare "He meant *join* us. At Precinct 41. Transfer."
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366 You "Yeah. Sure."
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367 Jean Vicquemare "Flattered? You're Lieutenant Kitsuragi. *We* would be flattered if you even considered..."
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368 Kim Kitsuragi "Perhaps..." He pauses, deep in thought. "There are people who say the Zone of Control will not hold up long. They're not on the radio -- yet. But there are parties out there..."
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369 You "Wait, you mean The Return?" Variable["tc.the_return"]
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370 None
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371 None
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372 Kim Kitsuragi "No -- good luck with *your* report." The lieutenant smiles warmly.
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373 Logic Dammit. Yes. *That*.
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374 Volition We're looking at a real brick here. The sooner you start the better.
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375 You "Good luck with your report."
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376 Trant Heidelstam "Yes." His face darkens. "I hear worries -- from systems analysts in Vesper and Messina. International risks departments in banks. People like that."
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377 Jean Vicquemare "We've been hearing whispers in Jamrock too. Ever since fall. I agree that something is happening. People are tense. I hear a fan spinning. Fast. Something is about to hit it."
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378 Judit Minot "And we also have a huge case load, lieutenant," she says with a smile. "Piles that we need to get back to. Mountains, even."
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379 Jean Vicquemare "Who is Lena?"
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380 You "No one. Forget it."
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381 Kim Kitsuragi
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382 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
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383 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
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384 You "A cryptozoologist. She lives in Jamrock, on Tabernacle road. She told me about this phasmid."
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385 Judit Minot "Tabernacle? It's on the way over. Near where you live, on Perdition..." She looks at Vicquemare.
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386 Kim Kitsuragi "She and her husband were conducting the search for the phasmid. It's their discovery -- in part."
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387 Jean Vicquemare "Fine. If we're gonna drop you off anyway."
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388 Kim Kitsuragi
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389 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["tc.lenas_address"]
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390 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["tc.lenas_address"]) == false
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391 Encyclopedia She lives at 1113 Tabernacle Road, in Jamrock. Remember?
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392 None
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393 Kim Kitsuragi "They should know as soon as possible. It would do you good to deliver some positive news for a change."
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394 Jean Vicquemare "Already did. Let's go?"
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395 Suggestion She is going to be over the moon. It will do you good to deliver some *good* news to someone for a change.
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396 Endurance Watch out or she'll faint.
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397 None
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398 None
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399 Kim Kitsuragi
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400 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]
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401 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]) == false
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402 Jean Vicquemare "Well, you can do that in all the spare time you're going to have."
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403 You "She's a cryptozoologist. She told me about this phasmid..."
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404 Judit Minot She listens to you sadly. The wind blows.
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405 None
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406 Judit Minot "Jean..." She stops.
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407 Cuno "THE FUCK?!" He spreads his arms. "Cuno's been *seen* with you, out in the open. He's free game right now. Singin' to the popophone. Fuckin' informant shit. Got pig all over me -- smoked pig."
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408 None
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409 None
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410 Cuno "Fuck do you think? Gonna rock that law enforcement shit with you guys -- Detective Cuno." He chews on a piece of imaginary chewing gum. "Like you promised."
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411 You "But I didn't promise anything."
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412 You "Guys. Cuno's enrolling in a junior officer program."
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413 You "Yeah... no. You're staying here, Cuno. You're too young."
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414 Jean Vicquemare "Like you... promised?"
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415 Cuno "You gonna *lie* after what we just been through? Let Cuno refresh you: Cuno said he'd take your crippled ass to the island, if you take Cuno to Jamrock. Boatman Cuno."
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416 Drama I'm quite sure it wasn't like that, sire.
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417 Esprit de Corps Perhaps it was an *unspoken* agreement between you and the junior officer?
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418 Jean Vicquemare "No, he's not. He's twelve."
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419 Cuno "Cuno's fuckin' nineteen."
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420 Cuno "Hey, f****t! You don't get it. Cuno's got pig all over him -- Cuno smells of bacon grease. Been *seen* with you. Fuckin' informant shit. You think no one *sees* this?" He spreads his arms.
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421 Jean Vicquemare "You have to be *fifteen* for the junior officer program -- you're not even that."
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422 Cuno "They're gonna hang me by the nuts if you leave me here. You want that on you? A dead kid?" He narrows his eyes. "Or you want Cuno at your station, solving shit? Like we *just* did."
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423 You "Jean. I want Cuno at our station, solving this shit."
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424 You "His dad's in a coma and his only friend is gone." Variable["apt.cuno_dad_main_hub_reached"]
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425 You "He was good. On the island. He can do this."
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426 You (Lower your voice.) "Jean, he has nothing."
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427 Jean Vicquemare "I know a hundred kids with nothing, Harry. We can't make them all cops."
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428 Cuno "You don't have to make *them* cops -- only Cuno. Cuno's an asset."
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429 Composure His hands are shaking and his face is white.
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430 You "I'm sorry. We just can't. It's not possible."
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431 Cuno "Not POSSIBLE is me staying here. *Fucking* understand that. I'm not dying here, f****t. I'm coming with you."
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432 Jean Vicquemare "You're what? Ten? Eleven?"
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433 Cuno "Cuno's fuckin' nineteen."
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434 Jean Vicquemare "You have to be *fifteen* for the junior officer program -- and you are not."
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435 Cuno "Hey, f****t! Understand this -- they're gonna hang me by the nuts if you leave me here. You want that on you? A dead kid? *Or* you want the Cuno at your station, solving shit? Like we *just* did?"
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436 Cuno "I won't say it! I won't say it anymore."
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437 Composure His teeth are clenched and his throat moves in a gulping motion.
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438 Trant Heidelstam "Maybe you can take the kid with you," the special consultant says, looking at the boy. "Enrol him a year earlier and say he's fourteen. *If* he..."
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439 Esprit de Corps Detective Kuuno de Ruyter.
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440 Cuno "I promise I won't say it." He shakes his head so hard his face turns red. "I won't say any of it anymore."
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441 Kim Kitsuragi
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442 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["apt.cuno_homework_orb_seen"]
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443 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["apt.cuno_homework_orb_seen"]) == false
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444 None
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445 Jean Vicquemare "Fuck it, let's go." The man points down the street. "Trant brought his motor carriage. It's a 20 minute drive to Jamrock."
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446 Judit Minot "For god's sake..." She sighs. "Yes, we'll do it."
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447 Jean Vicquemare "Good bye, Harry. And -- I know it won't happen, but..." He looks at you, heart steeled and eyes cold.
  • 449
448 Jean Vicquemare "*If* you make it -- if you've been sober for 10 months -- tell us. I'll work with you again. But not like this. Never like this again. This is over."
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449 Esprit de Corps Even now -- you're his colleague.
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450 None
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451 Inland Empire Now! Now you will *finally* get to know who you are!
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452 Kim Kitsuragi "I do like the sound of that..." He returns her smile.
  • 453
453 Rhetoric He's *really* considering it.
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454 Jean Vicquemare Another sigh -- of surrender.
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455 Kim Kitsuragi
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456 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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457 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false
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458 Kim Kitsuragi
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459 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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460 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false
  • 461
461 Shivers Under the night sky the great district sleeps: A black chessboard of old wooden houses, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street forking into the darkened horizon...
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462 Shivers Under the night sky the great district sleeps: A dark chessboard of wooden houses in the rain, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street glowing on the rainswept horizon...
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463 Kim Kitsuragi
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464 Kim Kitsuragi IsNight()
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465 Kim Kitsuragi (IsNight()) == false
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466 Kim Kitsuragi
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467 Kim Kitsuragi IsMorning()
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468 Kim Kitsuragi (IsMorning()) == false
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469 Kim Kitsuragi
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470 Kim Kitsuragi IsAfternoon()
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471 Kim Kitsuragi (IsAfternoon()) == false
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472 Kim Kitsuragi
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473 Kim Kitsuragi IsEvening()
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474 Kim Kitsuragi (IsEvening()) == false
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475 Shivers You close your eyes and hear the dogs bark. A lone woman sits by a factory window, dreaming of meteorite strikes. On Rue Saint-Gérôme a square bullet slides into a square-shaped chamber. In Old South a man without eyelids smiles. Spring has come. It's time.
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476 Shivers Under the night sky the great district sleeps: A chessboard of old wooden houses in the snow, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street glowing on the horizon...
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477 Kim Kitsuragi
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478 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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479 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false
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480 Kim Kitsuragi
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481 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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482 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false
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483 Shivers Under the evening sky the great district turns on its lights: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street forking into the snowswept horizon...
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484 Shivers Under the evening sky the great district turns on its lights: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street disappearing into the rain on the horizon...
  • 504
485 Shivers Under the evening sky the great district turns on its lights: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street forking into the dark horizon...
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486 Kim Kitsuragi
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487 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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488 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false
  • 492
489 Kim Kitsuragi
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490 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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491 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false
  • 486
492 Shivers Under the afternoon sky the great district hums: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls and chimney stacks. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41, to Boogie Street forking into the snowswept horizon...
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493 Shivers The great district hums in the slowly falling snow: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls and chimney stacks. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41, to Boogie Street forking into the white horizon...
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494 Shivers The great district hums in the falling rain: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Grand Couron, from Precinct 41 to Boogie Street forking into the rainswept horizon...
  • 504
495 Shivers Under the violet morning sky the great district wakes: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls and chimney stacks. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41, to Boogie Street forking into the glowing horizon...
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496 Shivers Under the pink morning sky the great district wakes: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls and chimney stacks. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41, to Boogie Street forking into the snowswept horizon...
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497 Shivers Under the violet morning sky the great district wakes: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls and chimney stacks. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41, to Boogie Street forking into the rainswept horizon...
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498 Kim Kitsuragi
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499 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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500 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false
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501 Kim Kitsuragi
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502 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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503 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false
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504 Kim Kitsuragi
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505 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["village.posse_final_shivers"]
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506 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["village.posse_final_shivers"]) == false
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507 Shivers A grey rain falls on Martinaise. The city soaks in it, cold and dripping. Waves hit the concrete breakers. The homeless huddle by the fires behind the fences. There, among the shacks, is your home. Stay. Have a drink. Forever.
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508 Kim Kitsuragi
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509 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]
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510 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]) == false
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511 Perception (Sight) She's avoiding your gaze.
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512 Kim Kitsuragi
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513 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["tc.lenas_address"]
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514 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["tc.lenas_address"]) == false
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515 None
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516 None
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517 Savoir Faire It explains everything. All the running around. The jumping. The *bicep girth*.
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518 Kim Kitsuragi
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519 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["ice.andre_composure_done"]
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520 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["ice.andre_composure_done"]) == false
  • 543
521 You The collection of FALN sportswear I've amassed...
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522 Kim Kitsuragi
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523 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["tc.down_with_racism"] or IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")
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524 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["tc.down_with_racism"] or IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")) == false
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525 Kim Kitsuragi
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526 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["gates.mhead_fight_success"]
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527 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["gates.mhead_fight_success"]) == false
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528 You How I can run for *five hours* a day...
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529 Kim Kitsuragi
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530 Kim Kitsuragi IsTHCPresent("homosexual_underground")
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531 Kim Kitsuragi (IsTHCPresent("homosexual_underground")) == false
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532 Kim Kitsuragi
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533 Kim Kitsuragi CheckEquipped("jacket_faln") and (CheckEquipped("pants_faln") or CheckEquipped("hat_faln"))
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534 Kim Kitsuragi (CheckEquipped("jacket_faln") and (CheckEquipped("pants_faln") or CheckEquipped("hat_faln"))) == false
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535 Kim Kitsuragi
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536 Kim Kitsuragi CheckItem("jacket_faln") and CheckItem("pants_faln") and CheckItem("hat_faln") and CheckItem("shirt_faln") and CheckItem("shoes_faln")
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537 Kim Kitsuragi (CheckItem("jacket_faln") and CheckItem("pants_faln") and CheckItem("hat_faln") and CheckItem("shirt_faln") and CheckItem("shoes_faln")) == false
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538 You The FALN gear...
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539 Physical Instrument The fact that you don't even know what homo-sexuality is.
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540 Pain Threshold Some of your more *old-school* social views. Your love of retro music.
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541 Physical Instrument How you're able to perform a 360-degree spin-kick despite your less than stellar workout routine.
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542 Composure Your moves on the church floor -- which -- let's be honest -- were mostly *jump aerobics*.
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543 Composure Your posture. The constant *stretches*... The disco star aspirations.
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544 Jean Vicquemare "Well, good luck finding her once we get back."
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545 None
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546 Kim Kitsuragi
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547 Kim Kitsuragi IsNighttime()
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548 Kim Kitsuragi (IsNighttime()) == false
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549 Kim Kitsuragi
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550 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["coast.posse_corrected_vicquemare_about_cunos_age"]
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551 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["coast.posse_corrected_vicquemare_about_cunos_age"]) == false
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552 Jean Vicquemare "No, he's not. What is he, ten? Eleven?"
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553 Shivers The great district hums with the noise of human habitation: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Grand Couron, from Precinct 41 to Boogie Street forking into the distant horizon...
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554 Empathy He's genuinely scared of being left behind.
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555 Inland Empire It's not the locals he's worried about -- but an eleven year old girl.
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556 Kim Kitsuragi
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557 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["yard.cuno_offered_to_hook_you_up_get_you_hookin"]
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558 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["yard.cuno_offered_to_hook_you_up_get_you_hookin"]) == false
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559 Kim Kitsuragi
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560 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["coast.posse_corrected_vicquemare_about_cunos_age"]
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561 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["coast.posse_corrected_vicquemare_about_cunos_age"]) == false
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562 Jean Vicquemare "You can't be a cop. You're twelve. And you say 'f****t' every four seconds."
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563 Jean Vicquemare "You can't be a cop. You're a child. And you say 'f****t' every four seconds."
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564 Kim Kitsuragi
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565 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["coast.posse_corrected_vicquemare_about_cunos_age"]
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566 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["coast.posse_corrected_vicquemare_about_cunos_age"]) == false
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567 Jean Vicquemare "I don't care -- he can't be a cop. He's twelve. And says 'f****t' every four seconds."
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568 Jean Vicquemare "I don't care -- he can't be a cop. He's just a kid. A kid who says 'f****t' every four seconds."
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569 Jean Vicquemare "He can't be a cop, Harry. He's a child. A child who says 'f****t' every four seconds."
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570 Jean Vicquemare "He can't be a cop, Harry. He's twelve. And he says 'f****t' every four seconds."
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571 Kim Kitsuragi
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572 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["coast.posse_corrected_vicquemare_about_cunos_age"]
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573 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["coast.posse_corrected_vicquemare_about_cunos_age"]) == false
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574 Kim Kitsuragi
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575 Kim Kitsuragi IsCunoInParty()
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576 Kim Kitsuragi (IsCunoInParty()) == false
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577 Kim Kitsuragi
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578 Kim Kitsuragi IsCunoInParty()
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579 Kim Kitsuragi (IsCunoInParty()) == false
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580 Kim Kitsuragi
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581 Kim Kitsuragi IsCunoInParty()
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582 Kim Kitsuragi (IsCunoInParty()) == false
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583 Jean Vicquemare "So I *have* to. Jude?"
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584 Kim Kitsuragi
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585 Kim Kitsuragi IsMorning()
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586 Kim Kitsuragi (IsMorning()) == false
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587 Judit Minot "Look..." She turns to face the sea. "It's about to rain soon. It's time to go home."
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588 Kim Kitsuragi
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589 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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590 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false
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591 Judit Minot "Look..." She turns to face the sea. "It's raining. It's time to go home."
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592 Volition I told you it's not that bad.
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593 You Not now.
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594 Conceptualization Of course.
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595 Suggestion She is going to be over the moon.
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596 Volition Six years and you haven't gotten over it, what the hell is wrong with you?
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597 Esprit de Corps "Torson?" "Yes." "McLaine?" "Yes." "Heidelstam?" "No." "Vicquemare?" "Yes." "Du Bois?" "Of course."
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598 Esprit de Corps "Really?" Nix Gottlieb looks up from the list. "I hear he's quite unstable." "You say that like it's a *bad* thing," Captain Ptolemy Pryce points his pen at the doctor. It's dim in his office and the curtains are drawn. "Harry's our man, he'll pull through -- and when he does, he'll side with Revachol." "Understood." Gottlieb returns to the list. "Minot?" "Of course."
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599 Judit Minot "Wonderful," the woman looks north. "Then can we please just go back to Jamrock now?" Variable["village.posse_achievement_cuno"] == true
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600 Kim Kitsuragi
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601 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["village.posse_esprit_final"]
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602 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["village.posse_esprit_final"]) == false
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603 Shivers Under the night sky the great district sleeps: A dark chessboard of wooden houses in the rain, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street glowing on the rainswept horizon...
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604 Shivers Under the night sky the great district sleeps: A black chessboard of old wooden houses, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street forking into the darkened horizon...
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605 Shivers Under the night sky the great district sleeps: A chessboard of old wooden houses in the snow, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street glowing on the horizon...
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606 Shivers Under the evening sky the great district turns on its lights: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street forking into the snowswept horizon...
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607 Shivers Under the evening sky the great district turns on its lights: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street disappearing into the rain on the horizon...
  • 652
608 Shivers Under the evening sky the great district turns on its lights: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls inside. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41 atop the motorway, to Boogie Street forking into the dark horizon...
  • 652
609 Shivers The great district hums in the falling rain: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Grand Couron, from Precinct 41 to Boogie Street forking into the rainswept horizon...
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610 Shivers The great district hums in the slowly falling snow: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls and chimney stacks. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41. To Boogie Street forking into the white horizon...
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611 Shivers Under the afternoon sky the great district hums: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls and chimney stacks. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41. To Boogie Street forking into the snowswept horizon...
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612 Shivers Under the violet morning sky the great district wakes: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls and chimney stacks. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41. To Boogie Street forking into the rainswept horizon...
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613 Shivers Under the pink morning sky the great district wakes: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls and chimney stacks. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41. To Boogie Street forking into the snowswept horizon...
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614 Kim Kitsuragi
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615 Kim Kitsuragi IsMorning()
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616 Kim Kitsuragi (IsMorning()) == false
  • 618
617 Shivers Under the violet morning sky the great district wakes: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls and chimney stacks. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Precinct 41. To Boogie Street forking into the glowing horizon...
  • 652
618 Shivers The great district hums with the noise of human habitation: A chessboard of wooden houses, 80,000 living souls. Firetraps as far as the eye can see -- from Main Street to Grand Couron, from Precinct 41 to Boogie Street forking into the distant horizon...
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619 Kim Kitsuragi
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620 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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621 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false
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622 Kim Kitsuragi
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623 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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624 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false
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625 Kim Kitsuragi
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626 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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627 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false
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628 Kim Kitsuragi
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629 Kim Kitsuragi IsEvening()
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630 Kim Kitsuragi (IsEvening()) == false
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631 Kim Kitsuragi
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632 Kim Kitsuragi IsAfternoon()
  • 622
633 Kim Kitsuragi (IsAfternoon()) == false
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634 Kim Kitsuragi
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635 Kim Kitsuragi IsNight()
  • 646
636 Kim Kitsuragi (IsNight()) == false
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637 Kim Kitsuragi
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638 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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639 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false
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640 Kim Kitsuragi
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641 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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642 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false
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643 Kim Kitsuragi
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644 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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645 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false
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646 Kim Kitsuragi
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647 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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648 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false
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649 Kim Kitsuragi
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650 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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651 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false
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652 Kim Kitsuragi
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653 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["village.posse_final_shivers"]
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654 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["village.posse_final_shivers"]) == false
  • 655
655 None
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656 Esprit de Corps "Torson?" "Yes." "McLaine?" "Yes." "Heidelstam?" "No." "Vicquemare?" "Yes." "Du Bois?" "Yes."
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657 Kim Kitsuragi
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658 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["village.posse_esprit_final"]
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659 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["village.posse_esprit_final"]) == false
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660 Kim Kitsuragi
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661 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
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662 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
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663 You "Are you *seriously* using this moment to assert male privilege!?!" IsTHCFixed("radical_feminist_agenda")
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664 Kim Kitsuragi
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665 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
  • 667
666 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
  • 668
667 Kim Kitsuragi "He is very passionate about this."
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668 Jean Vicquemare "Okay, you're right. She was extremely fuckable, Harry. Gorgeous. A gorgeous bourgeois woman. Waifish. Like a *welkin* basically."
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669 Kim Kitsuragi
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670 Kim Kitsuragi IsCunoInParty()
  • 599
671 Kim Kitsuragi (IsCunoInParty()) == false
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672 Kim Kitsuragi
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673 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
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674 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
  • 680
675 Kim Kitsuragi
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676 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["village.posse_achievement_kim"]
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677 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["village.posse_achievement_kim"]) == false
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678 Judit Minot "Wonderful," the woman looks north. "Then can we please just go back to Jamrock now?" Variable["village.posse_achievement_kim"] == true
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679 Judit Minot "Wonderful," the woman looks north. "Then can we please just go back to Jamrock now?" Variable["village.posse_achievement_kim"] == false
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680 Judit Minot "Wonderful," the woman looks north. "Then can we please just go back to Jamrock now?" Variable["village.posse_achievement_kim"] == false
  • 702
681 Kim Kitsuragi
  • 682
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682 Kim Kitsuragi IsCunoInParty()
683 Kim Kitsuragi (IsCunoInParty()) == false
  • 684
684 Kim Kitsuragi
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685 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
686 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
  • 267
687 Kim Kitsuragi
  • 688
  • 689
688 Kim Kitsuragi IsCunoInParty()
  • 696
689 Kim Kitsuragi (IsCunoInParty()) == false
  • 690
690 Kim Kitsuragi
  • 691
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691 Kim Kitsuragi IsKimHere()
  • 693
692 Kim Kitsuragi (IsKimHere()) == false
  • 698
693 Kim Kitsuragi
  • 694
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694 Kim Kitsuragi Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]
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695 Kim Kitsuragi (Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]) == false
696 You "I'm ready." (End.) Variable["village.posse_achievement_cuno"]
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697 You "I'm ready." (End.) Variable["village.posse_achievement_kim"] == false
  • 268
698 You "I'm ready." (End.) Variable["TASK.return_to_mainland_done"]
  • 268
699 None
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700 None
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701 Judit Minot
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702 Judit Minot
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703 Judit Minot
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704 Judit Minot
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705 Jean Vicquemare
  • 545