Conversation 658: LAIR ORB / dark celebration 2

An afterthought to Ruby's scene whether she kills herself or runs away -- exists outside Ruby by Rosemary as redundancy

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 You Time for what?
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3 Horrific Necktie Oh... you will see. (It feels like the tie is rubbing itself against your chest like a cat in heat.)
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4 Horrific Necktie *Bratan*, now is the time!
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5 Kim Kitsuragi "I've got to ask..." he says, a peculiar look in his eyes. "What are you doing?"
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6 Kim Kitsuragi ...but then he turns away -- his gaze fixed on the road ahead. "Let's go," he concludes.
7 You Okay, then tell me -- it is time for what?
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8 You "It mostly urges me to party harder."
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9 You "In my family when someone dies you put a piece of clothing in a bottle as a sign of eternal respect." Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"] == true
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10 You Necktie... I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that.
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11 Horrific Necktie No, *bratan*, no need for that. You and I are *bratannoi* -- brothers. Brothers fight. But when they're done fighting, you know what they do? They party. They fucking party!
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12 Kim Kitsuragi "Wonderful. Very useful."
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13 Esprit de Corps We're all under stress. This is turning into a great big mess. I'm not judging. Just keep it together.
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14 You Go away necktie. You're just a figment of my imagination.
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15 Horrific Necktie *Bratan*, don't push me away. I want to be there for you. Also -- how can you be sure *you* are not just a figment of *my* imagination?
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16 Horrific Necktie First, the spirits -- the blue medicinal spirits. Grab the bottle and uncork it! It is time to unleash the Other-World.
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17 You "I don't really know, but I'm eager to find out."
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18 Kim Kitsuragi "Let us not linger. We have a great big mess to figure out." He turns to face the road ahead.
19 You Get lost, necktie! I don't want to be your friend.
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20 Rhetoric He doesn't actually believe it's wonderful.
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21 Horrific Necktie But, *bratan*... I... I understand. (The tie loosens around your neck.) I just wanted you to have fun. I... I never meant to be a burden.
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22 You "Signs of some really hard core mental illness, Kim." (Point to your head.)
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23 You "I simply don't know."
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24 Horrific Necktie There is silence.
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25 None
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26 You Wait, right now? A woman just died and you think now is a good time to party? Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"] == true
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27 You Slowly uncork the blue medicinal spirit.
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28 Kim Kitsuragi "Alright." The lieutenant's face stiffens as he turns to look at the road ahead. "I won't ask again."
29 You "Mind your own business, binoclard!"
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30 Kim Kitsuragi "I would assume, yes. Why did you put it in the bottle?"
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31 Kim Kitsuragi "That makes absolutely no sense." He thinks for a moment. "But I guess every family has its own traditions."
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32 Kim Kitsuragi "No harm? In drinking 98.7% alcohol with a god-knows-how-old tie in it? I wouldn't be so sure." The lieutenant tilts his head slightly. "However, I'm not here to judge. Let's go."
33 Kim Kitsuragi "That makes two of us." He shakes his head slowly. "Let's not waste any more time under this boardwalk. We need to clear this all up... somehow."
34 Kim Kitsuragi "Right. Okay. Anyway, I'm glad you told me your necktie has been speaking to you. That must not have been easy." For a second it looks like he's about to add something...
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35 You "Because it told me to."
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36 You Wait, right now? Ruby's gone. I don't really think there's anything to celebrate here. Variable["boardwalk.ruby_ran_away"] == true
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37 You "We're buds. Mostly just goofing around."
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38 Horrific Necktie Your fingers manage to undo the oily knot and the necktie slides off. It looks so frail sitting there in your hand, weighing almost nothing.
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39 Horrific Necktie Hush-hush, *bratan*, now is not the time to celebrate, now is the time to get *ready*. Trust me on this. This is what it's all been building towards. It's gonna be off the hook. Off *all* hooks.
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40 Horrific Necktie *Bratan*, life and death are inseparable. There's a party when you're born, a party every year to celebrate that birth, and a party when you're put in the ground.
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41 Horrific Necktie The bottle opens with a silent, mysterious hiss. The fumes rising from its mouth are as crisp as the northern winds.
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42 None
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43 None IsKimHere()
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44 None (IsKimHere()) == false
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45 Electrochemistry Yeah... what's the problem here?
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46 Shivers Howling somewhere, lashing the boardwalk with brine and rain -- an ancient warmth crawls under your skin.
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47 You Cork the bottle and put it away.
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48 Horrific Necktie Feels good. Feels safe.
49 Horrific Necktie Why shouldn't there be a party when you die? And, beside, this isn't even about that! You have no idea what this is about... this is gonna be so off the hook. It's gonna be off *all* hooks.
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50 Horrific Necktie Now, *bratan*, take me off.
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51 Kim Kitsuragi "A relationship between a man and a talking necktie? No, apparently I am not." His voice rings of insincere sadness as he turns to leave.
52 You "Okay, Kim... I didn't want to tell anyone, but my necktie has been talking to me lately."
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53 You What? I didn't know I could do that...
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54 You "Forget it, you're not *open-minded* enough to understand anyway."
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55 You Take the necktie off.
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56 You "In my family, you put a piece of clothing in some hard liquor and drink it for good luck. It's silly, but no harm done, right?" Variable["boardwalk.ruby_killed_herself"] == false
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57 Kim Kitsuragi "Of course it has." He doesn't even look too surprised.
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58 You "Why not, lieutenant?"
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59 Horrific Necktie *Bratan*, have I ever lied to you? Just take me off. (The necktie tugs encouragingly at your neck.)
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60 None
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61 Horrific Necktie The lifeless necktie looks like a colourful intestine of some dead animal: oily, alien and otherwise disgusting. What could have driven a man to wear something so repulsive around his neck?
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62 You Now what?
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63 You Necktie?
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64 Horrific Necktie Now put me in the bottle.
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65 You But... why?
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66 Horrific Necktie The oily rag flaps miserably in the air and lands close by in the dirt. It looks like an inanimate object, completely devoid of life.
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67 You Put the necktie tie in the bottle.
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68 You "It started when I woke up in the Whirling-in-Rags. It's been talking to me ever since."
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69 Kim Kitsuragi "And what has the necktie been telling you, if I may ask?"
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70 Kim Kitsuragi "Okay. So why did you put it in the bottle?"
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71 Horrific Necktie But, *bratan*... no. Please uncork it. I can make it good again.
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72 Horrific Necktie Trust me -- just trust me. You and I are going to have so much fun it should be illegal!
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73 You You know what, I'm done with this crazy talking necktie bullshit!
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74 Horrific Necktie As the necktie slides into the purifying liquid, large stains of grease rise off from it and float to the surface. There they quickly dissolve and disappear completely.
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75 Conceptualization It's like an organic sample brought back from a distant star system inhabited by sentient neckwear.
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76 You I suspect that it might be.
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77 Drama As always -- lie.
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78 You But that's *too much fun*.
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79 You Necktie, you and I are done. Both professionally -- and as friends. Begone! (End the tie.)
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80 Horrific Necktie Cleansed by the blue spirit-fire of 98.7% pure alcohol, the fabric looks almost new again. No longer like a disgusting worm of the lower intestine, but like a colourful and deadly poisonous reef-snake of the Insulindian ocean.
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81 Inland Empire Seems you'll never learn the answer to that question.
82 Empathy He's struggling to keep silent, but finally seems to give up.
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83 Horrific Necktie Just put me in the bottle, *bratan*. I'm not gonna let you down. You and I are, like, the same person.
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84 You Begone, foul necktie! Finally I rid myself of you! (End it. Throw the necktie as far as you can.)
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85 Inland Empire It was just trying to help....
86 You So... what next?
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87 You "It teaches me about life, Kim. Sort of a father figure."
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88 Horrific Necktie The necktie floats in the blueish liquid with almost unearthly grace.
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89 Kim Kitsuragi The lieutenant has been observing you quietly all this time.
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90 None
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