Conversation 640: WHIRLING F1 / ELEVATOR

1. You experience the lovely elevator and wonder what it was used for. 2. You can go up and down.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 Elevator The elevator stands open, inviting you to step inside.
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3 None
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4 None Variable["whirling.elevator_main_reached"]
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5 None (Variable["whirling.elevator_main_reached"]) == false
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6 Elevator This small elevator is dimly lit by a bulb that's been glowing for ages. The latticed cage is open, inviting you to step inside.
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7 None
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8 You (Close the doors and go up.) Variable["auto.upstairs_elevator"] == false
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9 You Go down. Variable["auto.upstairs_elevator"] == true
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10 You [Leave.]
11 Elevator The elevator screeches and rattles, like the belly of some ancient beast, as it carries you upward...
12 Elevator The elevator lurches and squeaks, like the belly of some ancient beast, as you descend....
13 You Look in.
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14 You [Leave.]
15 Elevator Smells of nougat and sweat. Your head brushes up against the ceiling. There is a control panel to your right -- and just enough room for two people to fit in.
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16 Perception (Sight) The maintenance card under the control panel reads: 'Last Maintenance: 10 July '88'.
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17 You Look at the elevator controls.
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18 Elevator There are large rectangular buttons: 'Monter', 'Descendre', and an international: 'Call for Emergency Assistance'. That third one appears to be broken.
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19 You "It says the last maintenance was in '88." Variable["whirling.elevator_percept_inspect"] == true and IsKimHere()
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20 Kim Kitsuragi "That it does." The lieutenant peeks in. "I say -- let's brave it."
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21 You "This elevator was last maintained in the *future*?"
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22 You "That means it's not really that safe, is it."
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23 Kim Kitsuragi "Look on the bright side: if it fails, we will only sustain minor injuries. I'm talking three, maybe four months in the hospital. Maximum five."
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24 Kim Kitsuragi "No, it was maintained in '88 of the *previous* century."
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25 You "So it's *not* a message from the future?"
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26 You "That's disappointing."
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27 Kim Kitsuragi "No, I think the bureaucrats just forgot about this back-room elevator after the Revolution."
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28 Kim Kitsuragi "If some form of time travel becomes possible in the future, I doubt its inventors will use it to repair elevators in Martinaise,” the lieutenant responds with a grave voice.
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29 None
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30 You What were you used for, elevator? IsKimHere() == false and Variable["whirling.elevator_use"] == false
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31 Elevator The deep scratches on the floor suggest it was used as a freight elevator -- for transporting heavy machinery. And one man.
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32 Kim Kitsuragi "Seems so, although it's pretty... quaint for a freight elevator." He taps on the guttering light bulb -- it's golden in the dark.
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33 Kim Kitsuragi "Seems like a small freight elevator for transporting machinery. For that -- it's pretty quaint." He taps the on the guttering light bulb -- it's golden in the dark.
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34 None
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35 None Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"] and Variable["whirling.elevator_use"] == false and Variable["whirling.elevator_logic_use"] == false
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36 None (Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"] and Variable["whirling.elevator_use"] == false and Variable["whirling.elevator_logic_use"] == false) == false
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37 Logic This elevator must have been used to transport pinball machines to and from the upstairs workshop.
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38 None
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39 You "I wonder what this elevator was used for." IsKimHere() and Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"] == false
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40 You "This elevator must have been needed to transport the pinball machines up and down." IsKimHere() and Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"] == true
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41 You Could this have been for moving pinball machines up and down? IsKimHere() == false and Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"] == true
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42 Elevator Looks like one would fit in there, yes. Although it's also surprisingly human -- in the golden light of that ancient bulb.
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43 None
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44 Encyclopedia A small steel plaque reads 'Halter 800'. Halter is a Königsteiner lift company who went out of business a long, long time ago.
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45 You "Eighty-eight... This elevator was maintained a long time ago."
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46 Kim Kitsuragi "At the end of the last century." He nods. "Look on the bright side. If it fails, we will only sustain minor injuries -- I'm talking three, maybe four months in the hospital. maximum five."
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47 Rhetoric It appears his whole enthusiasm is sarcastic.
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