Conversation 648: WHIRLING F3 / FOOTPRINTS IN THE DUST

1. See tracks from what seem to be boots. 2. Reveals not odd-soled if you return after suspecting Ruby. (Anti-red-herring.)

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 Footprints in the Dust You *clearly* see footprints in the downy carpet of dust covering the workshop floor.
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3 None
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4 You Crouch, study the footprints.
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5 You [Leave.]
6 Footprints in the Dust Large prints, most likely made by boots. The size is hard to determine (sole could be bigger than vamp). The soles have left a pattern -- uniform, horizontal lines.
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7 Visual Calculus Shoe size is 41-42, maybe 43. It could be a large-footed woman or a small-to-average-footed man. This is, unfortunately, the worst, most vague shoe size there is.
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8 You Someone's been back here -- *recently*.
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9 None
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10 None IsKimHere()
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11 None (IsKimHere()) == false
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12 Kim Kitsuragi "Jackpot." The lieutenant takes out his notebook. "These, unlike everything else here, are *new*."
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13 Kim Kitsuragi "Three weeks maximum -- from the dust coverage. It could easily have been *one* week too. You know, officer..." He looks at you.
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14 Empathy This is good. He likes it. That's a little smile there -- in the dark of the workshop.
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15 None
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16 None Variable["whirling.pinball_encyclopedia_success_kimball"]
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17 None (Variable["whirling.pinball_encyclopedia_success_kimball"]) == false
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18 Empathy This is so good it makes him forget the whole *Kimball* memory.
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19 Kim Kitsuragi "The blue door was a *mega*-investigation after all -- it has now converged with our main investigation, which I would say is *quite* large."
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20 None
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21 None Variable["whirling.steel_door_stereo_investigation"]
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22 None (Variable["whirling.steel_door_stereo_investigation"]) == false
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23 None
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24 None Variable["whirling.steel_door_mega_investigation"]
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25 None (Variable["whirling.steel_door_mega_investigation"]) == false
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26 You What does this *mean*? Variable["whirling.footprints_back_here_recently"] == true
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27 Kim Kitsuragi "It was a *stereo-investigation* after all. It has now converged with our main investigation. Adding a new fact to *consider*."
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28 Kim Kitsuragi "This isn't bad at all -- it was a *good* idea to see where that door leads. Commendable work bringing us to this place."
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29 None
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30 Kim Kitsuragi "It means someone snuck through what seems like a secret route -- behind our rape victim's room. In the recent weeks. This may prove to be significant."
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31 None
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32 None Variable["whirling.klaasje_shot_in_the_room"]
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33 None (Variable["whirling.klaasje_shot_in_the_room"]) == false
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34 None
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35 None Variable["TASK.where_is_ruby"] == true and Variable["TASK.where_is_ruby_done"] == false
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36 None (Variable["TASK.where_is_ruby"] == true and Variable["TASK.where_is_ruby_done"] == false) == false
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37 None
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38 None Variable["auto.visited_pinball_room"]
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39 None (Variable["auto.visited_pinball_room"]) == false
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40 Kim Kitsuragi "It means someone snuck through what seems like a secret route -- behind our rape victim's room. In the recent weeks. This may prove to be significant."
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41 Kim Kitsuragi "It means someone snuck through what seems like a secret route -- leading to the roof. From where you can *shoot* our victim. This is significant."
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42 Kim Kitsuragi "It means someone snuck through what seems like a *secret route* -- leading to the roof. The roof, from where you can *shoot* our victim. This is significant."
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43 Kim Kitsuragi "These prints, officer, could be the prints of our killer. And if not -- at least they're a good argument for this *Ruby* doing it. To present to Titus."
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44 Kim Kitsuragi "These prints, officer -- could be the prints of our killer."
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45 None
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46 Half Light Of course! Damn...
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47 Encyclopedia This print is unlike one left by a regular worker boot. It is not a *brand* sole, with logos on it. It seems custom made or old fashioned.
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48 None
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49 You "This print doesn't look like the Odd-soled print we found at the hanging, Kim." Variable["tc.oddfoot_at_lynching"]
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50 You "This doesn't look like the workers boots from the hanging, does it?" Variable["yard.sense_viscal_greeting_done"]
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51 Kim Kitsuragi He inspects the tracks closer. "The size looks about the same, actually. They're not the same *shoe*, but they *could* be the same person."
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52 Kim Kitsuragi "No. These little... horizontal lines are different. They look custom made to me. Or some kind of foreign print? Hard to say. Still a *boot* though."
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53 None
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54 None Variable["TASK.where_is_ruby_done"] == false and Variable["whirling.klaasje_full_story_hub_reached"] == true and Variable["TASK.confront_klaasje_with_full_story_done"] == true
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55 None (Variable["TASK.where_is_ruby_done"] == false and Variable["whirling.klaasje_full_story_hub_reached"] == true and Variable["TASK.confront_klaasje_with_full_story_done"] == true) == false
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56 Kim Kitsuragi "I wouldn't rule out Ruby coming here yet. This isn't an argument against her. People change shoes, you know. But it's not argument *for* her either."
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57 You Get up. (Conclude.)
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58 None
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59 You "The prints look like one person went back and forth." Variable["whirling.footprints_perception_back_and_forth"] == true
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60 Perception (Sight) One person has been here. They've gone back and forth. The tips point both ways.
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61 Kim Kitsuragi "Between that," he points to the elevator doors in the corner, "and that," he points to the barred door.
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62 Footprints in the Dust Everything around you is quiet. The prints criss-cross the workshop floor.
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63 None
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64 None
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65 None IsKimHere()
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66 None (IsKimHere()) == false
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67 Footprints in the Dust The dust has not settled again where these footprints have been made. The displacement in this dusty hell tells a story.
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68 None
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69 None
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70 None IsKimHere()
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71 None (IsKimHere()) == false
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72 None
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73 None IsKimHere()
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74 None (IsKimHere()) == false
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75 None
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76 You This print doesn't look like the Odd Sole. Variable["tc.oddfoot_at_lynching"]
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77 You One person went back and forth. Variable["whirling.footprints_perception_back_and_forth"] == true
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78 You This doesn't look like the workers boots from the hanging, does it? Variable["yard.sense_viscal_greeting_done"]
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79 You Get up.
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80 None
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81 Footprints in the Dust The footprints are still there. They have told their story.
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82 Footprints in the Dust The footprints do not speak. They simply exist here, a product of the dust; just as the footprints outside are a product of the mud and apparently different shoes.
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83 None
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84 None
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85 None
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86 Footprints in the Dust The footprints are of one type. They do not congratulate you for correctly recognizing what type they are not.
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87 Footprints in the Dust The footprints go up the length of the room and back down. That is all they do.
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88 Footprints in the Dust Neither the footprints nor the dust speak their secrets. But you know: it means that someone has been back *here*.
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89 None
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90 None
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91 None Variable["whirling.footprints_viscalc_shoe_size_in_dust"]
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92 None (Variable["whirling.footprints_viscalc_shoe_size_in_dust"]) == false
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