Conversation 705: YARD / HANGED MAN

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ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			1102
2	The Hanged Man	The corpse looks at you with bulging white eyes. The face around them does not look human, it's swollen and ready to burst. His lips are fishlike and his tongue like a ball gag in his mouth.	Variable["yard.hanged_vomit_hub_reached"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_hub_reached"] == false	4
3	The Hanged Man	There he still is -- looking right through you with his white eyes. The body below is entirely dedicated to that corpse smell. Emitting it is *all* it does now.	Variable["yard.hanged_vomit_hub_reached"] and Variable["yard.hanged_hub_reached"] == false	14
4	The Hanged Man	You seem to be holding your breath.		5 6
5	You	Look down.		7
6	You	Turn away. [Leave.]
7	The Hanged Man	A cargo belt twists his neck at an unnatural angle. The body below appears stiff. It's letting out an ungodly rot, the smell seeps in even through your clenched nostrils.		14
8	You	"God... what is that? Why is it so bad?"		15
9	You	Turn away. [Leave.]
10	You	Let go of your nose without throwing up.		11
11	The Hanged Man			12 13
12	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_endurance_didnt_vomit"]	1272
13	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_endurance_didnt_vomit"]) == false	1297
14	None			8 10 9
15	The Hanged Man			16 17
16	The Hanged Man		IsKimHere()	18
17	The Hanged Man		(IsKimHere()) == false	19
18	Kim Kitsuragi	"Active decay." The lieutenant raises a white piece of linen to his nose. "It's okay to throw up, officer. No one is judging."		38
19	The Hanged Man	The corpse looks at you with mute, liquefying eyes. A dark froth-like liquid has gathered on his lips. It's sickening.		38
20	None			14
21	Endurance	As you breathe in, the odour comes over you. It's a spell of the mind telling you to run -- and your stomach to wring itself empty. With your hands at your sides and your eyes squinting you stand in it.		22
22	Conceptualization	It's a puzzle -- what's hanging in front of you is a puzzle of decaying flesh, tattoos, and tendons.		139
23	You	"Do they always do that?"	IsKimHere()	25
24	You	Step closer.		1334
25	Kim Kitsuragi	"They do after seven days, yes. We're deep in decomposition here."		24
26	None			28 29 30 32 31 33 1253 1254 1257 611 731 34
27	The Hanged Man	The man before you is naked, but for a pair of underpants and enameled boots. His skin is greenish, marbled with decaying veins and blotched by lividity. A fading web of tattoos covers his chest and shoulders. The cargo belt used to fasten him to the branch above appears industrial in strength.		26
28	You	Inspect the boots.		142
29	You	Inspect the belt.		417
30	You	Inspect the tattoos.		1528
31	You	Squint and take a step back.		368
32	You	Look him in the eye.		566
33	You	"So, how do we get him down?"	IsKimHere() and Variable["yard.hanged_having_another_look"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_having_another_look_again"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_corpse_down_hub_reached"] == false	419
34	You	[Leave.]
35	Endurance	The smell is repulsive. It pushes in from your mouth, more instant and more familiar than anything you'd expected; more fever than odour. It fills your mind, flushing you from within.		1296
36	Endurance	You try to -- very professionally -- look at the corpse, but your stomach contracts. You manage to keep it in once...		73
37	The Hanged Man	The corpse appears to laugh at you, black froth bubbling on it's lips. Every molecule in this body reeks of death. It's *still* too much, you feel it coming up again...		125
38	Cunoesse	"He's about to blow! The cop's gonna blow, Cuno!"		20
39	You	Try to walk away.		41
40	You	Let it out.		42
41	Endurance	Too late. It's impossible to keep it in. Your body curls and pushes it out. Burst by burst...		1324
42	Endurance	You feel a great force wringing you from the stomach. Your body curls and pushes it out. Burst by burst...		1324
43	Perception (Smell)	The smell of Commodore Red rises from the pool. Among it, distilled spirit and bits of shish-kebab.		44
44	The Hanged Man			45 46
45	The Hanged Man		IsKimHere()	48 49 50
46	The Hanged Man		(IsKimHere()) == false	68 69 70
47	The Hanged Man	The corpse looks at no particular direction with its bulging eyes. Its mouth is silent.		1478
48	You	"God..."		58
49	You	"I'm sorry."		58
50	You	"Fucking corpse."		51
51	Kim Kitsuragi	"Keep it." The lieutenant hands you a blue checkered handkerchief.		52 53
52	You	"Thanks." (Wipe your mouth.)		1261
53	You	"I don't need your pity."		54
54	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's not *pity*. You should wipe your mouth after vomiting." He pockets the handkerchief.		1261
55	The Hanged Man			56 57
56	The Hanged Man		Variable["plaza.gardener_ammonium_heard"]	65
57	The Hanged Man		(Variable["plaza.gardener_ammonium_heard"]) == false	1494
58	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's okay, happens to everyone." The lieutenant hands you his white handkerchief: "Keep it."		52 53
59	You	"You think ammonia would help?"		60
60	Kim Kitsuragi	"If you can handle the headache," he nods. "Some officers use it to deal with cadaverine odour."		1263
61	None			62
62	None			59 1264 1262 63
63	You	"I don't need that shit."		64
64	Kim Kitsuragi	"Sure you do. You just threw up *a lot*."		61
65	Kim Kitsuragi	"That young woman, the gardener, mentioned she used salts for the smell." He nods toward the plaza.		1268
66	Kim Kitsuragi	"There's Frittte nearby, east of the hostel. They usually have a small apothecary. If they don't..." He points to the greenhouse.		67
67	Kim Kitsuragi	"There's a greenhouse here -- and a gardener with a wheelbarrow on the corner of the Whirling-in-Rags. If she works here she might have something for the smell."		1323
68	You	"God... this sucks."		47
69	You	"What now?"		47
70	You	"Fucking corpse."		47
71	Esprit de Corps	If the lieutenant were here he would have an idea what to do. But he isn't. He's somewhere filling paperwork. Looks like you'll just have to work it out on your own.		72
72	None			14
73	Endurance	The second time -- not so much. When the vomiting is done your cheeks are wet with tears.		135
74	You	"The ammonia didn't help at all..."	Variable["plaza.gardener_sniffed_ammonium"]	78
75	You	Spit and wipe your mouth with the handkerchief.	CheckEquipped("lieutenants_handkerchief")	81
76	You	Spit and say nothing.		81
77	Esprit de Corps	The weight is reassuring. Like a crenel on solid fortification. Pat pat pat...		79
78	Kim Kitsuragi	"Nor does the wind right now..." You feel the lieutenant pat your back, rhythmically.		77
79	Kim Kitsuragi	"I've seen strong men turn themselves inside out for hours. You're facing tough odds here. Alcohol withdrawal makes it considerably harder."		121
80	None			86 105 87 88 99
81	Kim Kitsuragi	"Are you okay, officer?" You feel the lieutenant pat you on the back. Heavy, rhythmic pats.		82
82	Esprit de Corps	The weight is reassuring. Like a crenel on solid fortification. Pat pat pat...		83
83	Kim Kitsuragi	"You're facing tough odds here. It's aggravated further by alcohol withdrawal."		121
84	Kim Kitsuragi	"I've seen *captains* puke their guts out. It never gets easier, you never get used to the smell. Every Monday is cadaver day -- throw up, investigate, throw up, initial autopsy, throw up, bag it..." He pats your back again.		91
85	You	"I failed *AGAIN*!"		127
86	You	"Why can't I keep it in if I've been a cop my whole life?		84
87	You	"This is *bullshit*. I don't wanna do this anymore. I don't wanna be a cop."		100
88	You	"Can't we do something else? I think I want to solve something else now."		102
89	You	"You seem to be fine."		92
90	You	"Okay."		95
91	Kim Kitsuragi	"Then drive to the station, maybe throw up on the way there if you didn't bag the thing tight enough."		89 90
92	Kim Kitsuragi	"I think I've lost my sense of smell." There's a pause.		93
93	Drama	A white lie.		94
94	Kim Kitsuragi	"Not being hungover helps too."		96
95	Kim Kitsuragi	"Monday -- make sure you bring a handkerchief."		96
96	None			80
97	Kim Kitsuragi	"Get a hold of yourself." You feel the lieutenant pat your back, rhythmically.		77
98	You	"I think I don't wanna be a cop anymore..."		97
99	You	"Do it without me. I just can't keep it down."		103
100	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay. You've said it. You needed to say it, and now that you have..." He withdraws his hand from your back and looks you in the eye:		101
101	Kim Kitsuragi	"You need to get your shit together."		115
102	Kim Kitsuragi	"That's probably a good idea. Clear our heads. But before we can do that..." He withdraws his hand from your back and looks you in the eye:		101
103	Kim Kitsuragi	"No. This is a two-man assignment, because it needs two officers to complete. I need your help." He withdraws his hand and looks you in the eye:		101
104	Volition	You are being weak. This is weakness -- and it cannot go on much longer, or you will LOSE.		80
105	You	"Give me a moment. I got this. Let's try *again*."	Variable["yard.hanged_volition_weak"] == true or Variable["yard.hanged_coach_physical_interfered"]	108
106	You	Say nothing -- just nod.	Variable["whirling.hanged_took_cool_stoic_path_in_second_vomit"]	118
107	You	"Okay."	Variable["whirling.hanged_took_cool_stoic_path_in_second_vomit"] == false	118
108	Kim Kitsuragi	"An appropriate attitude." He withdraws his hand and looks you in the eye:		101
109	You	"But I don't wanna get my shit together!"		112
110	You	"But my shit already *is* together!"		111
111	Kim Kitsuragi	"No, it's not officer."		114
112	Kim Kitsuragi	"Then the world will turn away from you, and leave you behind."		114
113	You	(Shake your head.) "No."		116
114	None			115
115	None			106 107 113 109 110
116	Kim Kitsuragi	"No?" The lieutenant's expression is stern and impenetrable. He points at you: "You *will* get your shit together."		117
117	Empathy	You're sure this has not affected his impression of you in a good way.		123
118	Kim Kitsuragi	"We should go talk to the locals, find something else to do while the wind changes. It's pretty bad right now."		1595
119	Kim Kitsuragi	"Give it half an hour, get yourself together, then come back and have another go."		120
120	None			14
121	Physical Instrument	WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU?!?! Are you going to CRY now, son?		1325
122	Volition	You heard the coach! This is weakness. It cannot go on much longer, or you will LOSE.		80
123	The Hanged Man	For a moment, the hanged man appears to smile. His lips are red like a clown's.		1269
124	None			115
125	Endurance	It's especially painful this time. You've thrown up so much there's nary anything left down there. Hot tears of pain streak down your face -- you're crying too. Crying and convulsing at the same time.		132
126	You	Just cry.		128
127	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant is clearly at a loss.		129
128	The Hanged Man	Little black bubbles pop on the corpse's lips, decay liquid like tar. It's like he's gurgling.		129
129	You	"What do I do now?"		130
130	Kim Kitsuragi	"Officer, you just need to be stronger. Learn to keep it in long enough for us to work. There's nothing else *to* do."		1601
131	None			14
132	The Hanged Man			133 134
133	The Hanged Man		IsKimHere()	85 1331 126
134	The Hanged Man		(IsKimHere()) == false	138
135	The Hanged Man			136 137
136	The Hanged Man		IsKimHere()	74 98 75 76
137	The Hanged Man		(IsKimHere()) == false	138
138	None			14
139	Half Light	Your muscles tense up. The vision in your dead angle darkens. You feel the sudden urge to push your hand into his soft gut.		140
140	Volition	The spell has no effect. You stand eye to eye with it, the odour washing through you.		141
141	Interfacing	This delicate machine, ready for picking... Instinctively you crack your fingers.		23 24
142	The Hanged Man	The material appears to be ceramic. Its clean white stands in stark contrast to the decaying flesh above the knee. The man wore thick polymer socks, probably for padding. A fine array of interlocking plates covers them.		146
143	You	Knock on the boot.		145
144	You	Pull the boot off.	Variable["TASK.claim_high_tech_boots"] == false	339
145	The Hanged Man	A small bell-like sound fills the air. Like tapping on the side of a porcelain cup.		177
146	Inland Empire	Delicate and fragile, they feel alien to the world around you. Out of place somehow.		188
147	You	"The material looks out of place here."	Variable["yard.hanged_concept_boot"]	148
148	Kim Kitsuragi	"It is. It's expensive." The lieutenant draws a line in the condensation on the ceramic -- with his index finger.		149
149	Kim Kitsuragi	"We've requested similar material for our tactical units for years now. The Constabulary's deemed it too costly. In that time, we've lost six men to semi-automatics."		150
150	You	"How much are we talking about?"		151
151	Kim Kitsuragi	"For a full set -- about four years of wages."		152
152	Encyclopedia	For the Northwest Region of Revachol, an officer's average yearly income is 5,500 reál (unadjusted for rank).		153
153	None			154 155 224
154	You	"Wait -- my yearly pay is 5,500 reál?"	Variable["yard.hanged_encylco_yearly_wage"]	156
155	You	"Ka-ching, baby!" (Nod to the boots.)		158
156	Kim Kitsuragi	"Not too much, yes."		167 168 169
157	None			260
158	Kim Kitsuragi	"By *ka-ching* do you mean..." He tilts his head. "'Let's not log them as evidence, let's steal them'?"		166
159	Perception (Hearing)	The only difference is a barely audible *click* underneath. Sounds like the end of a long dice roll.		183
160	The Hanged Man			161 162
161	The Hanged Man		Variable["tc.armour_stripped"]	204
162	The Hanged Man		(Variable["tc.armour_stripped"]) == false	203
163	You	"These aren't just boots, are they -- they're armour."	Variable["yard.hanged_logic_not_boots_armour"] and IsKimHere()	190
164	You	"No. That's not what I meant."		217
165	You	"If this *Constabulatory* is dragging their feet why not start ourselves, before more good men die?"	Variable["yard.hanged_suggestion_save_lives"]	219
166	Suggestion	What was that about the Constabulatory before? You need to push some buttons if you want to recruit the lieutenant in a conspiracy.		164 1349 165
167	You	"It's enough."		171
168	You	"Pathetic. I need to hustle more and hate less."		170
169	You	"Sounds puny. No wonder I can't pay my hostel bill."	Variable["TASK.pay_for_the_damages"]	172
170	Kim Kitsuragi	"I have no idea what that means."		157
171	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant nods, wiping his finger on his sleeve.		157
172	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's a sorry situation, I agree."		157
173	You	Swing the prybar at the boot.	Variable["yard.hanged_physinst_says_hit_boot_with_prybar"] == true	182
174	You	"Sounds fragile."		242
175	You	Punch it harder.	Variable["yard.hanged_physinst_says_hit_boot"]	241
176	Physical Instrument	Suddenly your biceps coil up. Your elbow is sharp and cocked for a punch.		181
177	The Hanged Man			178 179
178	The Hanged Man		CheckEquipped("prybar")	180
179	The Hanged Man		(CheckEquipped("prybar")) == false	176
180	Physical Instrument	The prybar in your hand is itching for some action.		181
181	None			173 175 174
182	The Hanged Man	The metal connects with the same *ding*. The sound does not appear to get louder...		159
183	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant cups his ear: "Did you hear that? A click?"		184 185
184	You	"What do you mean?"	Variable["yard.hanged_hearing_click"] == false	186
185	You	"Yes, like dice rolling."	Variable["yard.hanged_hearing_click"] == true	187
186	Kim Kitsuragi	"This material is a kinetic re-distributor. It spreads kinetic energy horizontally. From plate to plate. When the plates connect there's a click." He points to the toe. "See these lines?"		243
187	Kim Kitsuragi	"This is a kinetic re-distributor. It spreads the incoming energy horizontally, from plate to plate. When the plates connect, there's a click. That's the sound you heard." He points to the toe. "See these lines?"		243
188	Logic	These are clearly not boots, they're *armour*. Possibly part of a larger set.		163 255 256
189	Kim Kitsuragi	"Ceramic plate. Zirconium dioxide most likely. This is where the make would be..."		200
190	Kim Kitsuragi	"Indeed..." With his notebook under his arm the lieutenant crouches to inspect the soles: "Technically speaking these are *sabatons*, not boots."		191
191	Encyclopedia	Oh! The lieutenant uses a Mnemotechnique A6 -- that's not just any notebook, it's a classic!		192
192	The Hanged Man			193 194
193	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_cyclo_mnemotechniqeu"]	1218
194	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_cyclo_mnemotechniqeu"]) == false	199 259
195	You	Thanks, super useful to know.		198
196	You	Forget about the notebook -- tell me about the armour!		197
197	Encyclopedia	It's clearly some manner of super-armour. Or future armour? Super-future armour? I'm useless.		199 259
198	Encyclopedia	It's all you, baby.		199 259
199	You	"What kind of armour is this exactly?"	Variable["yard.hanged_logic_not_boots_armour"] == true	189
200	You	"Where?"		201
201	Kim Kitsuragi	"Under the heel. Fairweather..." He turns the boot slightly. "Fairweather model T-500 / VE. I'm guessing that's 'vitreous enamel'. This is advanced stuff."		260
202	The Hanged Man	The sabatons dangle off the man's decaying form, ageless and synthetic.		240
203	Kim Kitsuragi	"The locals probably scavenged it -- it would be odd if he had more on after *seven* days."		1518
204	Kim Kitsuragi	He nods: "Piece by piece. He's been out here for seven days -- it would be odd if they didn't."		1518
205	Kim Kitsuragi	"No. He must have worn something precious underneath his clothes. They've removed all his clothes to get to it -- they did not just strip him for the putrid rags."		208 206
206	You	"What if they told him to strip before they hung him? To demean him?"		207
207	Kim Kitsuragi	"*They* usually hang them completely naked for that. La Puta Madre, the Mazda, the Besmerties, and the like. This one still has his underpants."		1183
208	You	"Then where are these clothes -- have you seen any around?"		209
209	Kim Kitsuragi	"Someone could have cleaned the yard. But that's a question for... the red-haired thing."		1285
210	Cuno	"I hear you, f****t cop. Talking shit 'bout the Cuno. Come here and say it to Cuno's face!"		213 206
211	Cunoesse	"Cuno this boot-shit is super boring and the guys are total *vittupää's*."		1228
212	Cuno	"What are you tryin'a ignore me now, fuck face?"		211
213	You	"Fuck you, Cuno!"		214
214	Cuno	"You wanna fuck me, huh? You wanna FUCK the Cuno?"		1339
215	You	"What happened to the rest of it?"		160
216	You	"Maybe he was just wearing these boots and there is no rest of the armour?"	CheckItem("shirt_t500") == false	1220
217	Kim Kitsuragi	"Of course." He nods.		218
218	Composure	The lieutenant nods often. It's part of his un-plastic expression range, communicating both professionalism and sarcasm. This time, the latter.		223
219	Kim Kitsuragi	"So they don't get shot in the foot? I think our *extremities* are fine without a dead man's boots."		220 221
220	You	"Uhm..."		222
221	You	"Yeah."		222
222	Suggestion	Oops. Well, no one said it would work. Back to detecting now.		223
223	None			260
224	You	"That's a lot, I take it?"		225
225	Kim Kitsuragi	"As a wage, it's regrettably small. But for a piece of hardware -- yes, that's a lot."		237
226	You	(Point to it.) "Looks like there's a serial number on the right sabaton."		227
227	Kim Kitsuragi	"Good. Can you read it to me?" He tips the drying ball point of his pen on his tongue.		1205
228	You	"E50.100.1000."		234
229	You	"X54156745678222."	Variable["yard.hanged_serial_drama_lie"]	235
230	Kim Kitsuragi	"We have a make and a number -- that's something. We can use the radio in my Kineema to run it later. Either station can chase it for us."		233
231	Logic	True. It didn't have the cadence and logic of a real manufactured item.		1206 1207
232	Kim Kitsuragi	"Officer, the decomposing corpse has temporarily suspended my sense of humour. Let's continue in a less playful manner." He pauses to think. "Anyway..."		1352
233	None			260
234	Kim Kitsuragi	"We have a make and a number -- that's something. We can use the radio in my Kineema when we're done. Either station can chase it for us."		236
235	Kim Kitsuragi	"That doesn't sound like a serial number. Where's the structure and logic of a line of manufactured products..." He pauses to think. "No matter. We should run it anyway."		231
236	None			260
237	None			260
238	None			1232 216 239
239	You	"Understood."		202
240	None			260
241	The Hanged Man	Your fist connects to the boot with the same *ding*. The sound does not appear to get louder.		159
242	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's anything but. This material is a kinetic re-distributor. It spreads kinetic energy horizontally, from plate to plate. Dissipating it entirely." He points to the boots. "See?"		1188
243	The Hanged Man	Faint, organic lines cover the plates where they separate into smaller ones. These plates then divide into smaller plates, until there are hundreds of them altogether...		302
244	You	"How could this man afford such expensive hardware?"	Variable["yard.hanged_expensive_heard"]	1340
245	Kim Kitsuragi	"That's for us to find out." He checks his notes. "Mr... Garte implied he was security personnel for the harbour company. This confirms my own assumptions."		250
246	The Hanged Man			247 248
247	The Hanged Man		Variable["whirling.garte_body_mercenary"]	245
248	The Hanged Man		(Variable["whirling.garte_body_mercenary"]) == false	249
249	Kim Kitsuragi	"That's for us to find out. My initial report on the area suggests he was a security guard for the harbour company -- but that's just hearsay."		250
250	None			364 251 252
251	You	"These look pretty advanced for a security guard."		254
252	You	"Okay. Makes sense."		253
253	Kim Kitsuragi	"No." He shakes his head. "Your first instinct was correct. This equipment is way beyond what a security guard can afford."		262
254	Kim Kitsuragi	"I agree. This equipment is *way* beyond what a guard can afford."		262
255	You	"What kind of boots are these?"	Variable["yard.hanged_logic_not_boots_armour"] == false and IsKimHere()	258
256	You	Back off.		257
257	None			261
258	Kim Kitsuragi	"They're armour, not boots." With his notebook under his arm the lieutenant crouches to inspect the soles: "Technically speaking these are *sabatons*."		191
259	You	"Okay then -- what kind of *armour* is this?"	Variable["yard.hanged_logic_not_boots_armour"] == false	189
260	None			215 147 244 143 144 264
261	The Hanged Man	The cadaver slowly twists on the cargo belt, his torso covered in tattoos and extremities blotched pink and blue.		26
262	None			260
263	None			260
264	You	(Back off and look at the corpse.)		265
265	None			261
266	The Hanged Man	The stench fills your nostrils. As you push downward, an ominous creaking sound comes from above.		267
267	Kim Kitsuragi	"Stop!" The lieutenant's voice is sharp. He looks at you, with the boot under your arm.		275
268	None			269 270 271 289
269	You	"What?"		279
270	You	"Lieutenant, you seem distressed -- why?"		278
271	You	"Oh! This is a bad idea, isn't it?"		272
272	Kim Kitsuragi	"You're going to pull his head off."		280
273	You	"Do what?"		284
274	You	"I'm gonna pull his head off, right?"		277
275	Cuno	"Pig's gonna pull his head off."		276
276	Cunoesse	"Brutal."		268
277	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes, that's what I said. You'll compromise the coroner's case if you do. So please *don't*."		281
278	Kim Kitsuragi	"You're about to pull his head off."		280
279	Kim Kitsuragi	"Even the mongrels can see you're about to pull his head off."		280
280	Cunoesse	"Do it, homo!"		282 273 274
281	Visual Calculus	Indeed. From this angle it does look like the neck isn't going to take much more. Being dead for a week has all but liquefied his muscles.		285
282	You	"I'm not a homo."		283
283	Kim Kitsuragi	"Stop obsessing about your sexuality officer, you're about to seriously compromise the coroner's case."		287
284	Kim Kitsuragi	"*Pull his head off*. There's no point performing an autopsy if you do, we'll have compromised the coroner's case."		286
285	Kim Kitsuragi	"What are you trying to achieve anyway, why are you hanging on to that boot?"		288
286	None			281
287	None			281
288	None			294 295 296 297 298 299
289	You	Let go of the boot.		290
290	Cunoesse	"What's wrong with you, asshole? Why's he letting go, Cuno?"		291
291	Cuno	"I don't know, baby," Cuno shrugs. "I don't know why he's such a f*g."		292
292	Kim Kitsuragi	"Officer, if I may ask -- what were you trying to achieve by pulling on the deceased foot?"		293
293	None			260
294	You	"These boots would go super well with my bell-bottom pants."		311
295	You	"This is advanced enemy technology. We should conduct research into their weaknesses."		300
296	You	"Are we not detectives? There may be *clues* inside the boot."		326
297	You	"They look fancy. I thought I could pawn them, earn some *lucre*."		333
298	You	"It's that Constabulatory thing I said before. With the dead guys. I wanna *protect* them."	Variable["yard.hanged_suggestion_constabulatory_used"] == true	337
299	You	"I'm sorry. I didn't even want to take them off, I just thought I should try."		1189
300	Kim Kitsuragi	"This is not the *enemy*, this is the deceased. The victim. In a murder investigation."		301
301	Half Light	Is he now? A sense of danger emanates from the remains of the person in front of you.		304
302	Conceptualization	...like whorls of floorboards. The design looks organic, influenced by highly resistant wood materials, like Lignum Vitae and ebony perhaps.		1195
303	The Hanged Man	For a quarter of a second he appears to be looking at you. The stench of death makes your eyes well up.		307 308 309
304	The Hanged Man			305 306
305	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_inland_cross_paths"]	303
306	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_inland_cross_paths"]) == false	1215
307	You	"I feel as though we may cross paths with him yet. One way or another."	Variable["yard.hanged_inland_cross_paths"]	324
308	You	"You're right, that makes sense."		323
309	You	"Better safe than sorry."		322
310	Kim Kitsuragi	"There's no way you're getting them off. All the organic matter in his body has been flowing down into the boots. For *seven* days. They're *fused* to his feet now -- why do you think they're the only thing left on him?"		340
311	Kim Kitsuragi	"You do understand the boots are steeped in cadaverine odour, don't you?"		312 313 314
312	You	"So are my pants."		320
313	You	"Can't I just wash them?"		319
314	You	"You're right. I didn't think this through. It was an impulse thing."		321
315	The Hanged Man			316 317
316	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_scavengers_talked_about"]	318
317	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_scavengers_talked_about"]) == false	310
318	Kim Kitsuragi	"There's no way you're getting them off. All the organic matter in his body has been flowing down into the boots. They're *fused* to his feet now -- why do you think the locals haven't scavenged them yet?"		340
319	Kim Kitsuragi	"You'd have to boil them in acid. Besides..." The lieutenant taps on the boot.		315
320	Kim Kitsuragi	"You have a point there, detective. You have a point. But..." The lieutenant taps on the boot.		315
321	None			318
322	Kim Kitsuragi	"That doesn't mean anything, detective. Besides..." The lieutenant taps on the boot.		315
323	Kim Kitsuragi	"It *does* make sense, doesn't it? Besides..." The lieutenant taps on the boot.		315
324	Kim Kitsuragi	"One way or *another?* I can't even think of the *one* way... *magic*? *Semenese corpse salt*? Besides..." The lieutenant taps on the boot.		315
325	Interfacing	You're *sure* there's a way to peel them off -- but first the body needs to be down. And second, it would probably be better if the lieutenant wasn't around...		344
326	The Hanged Man			327 328
327	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.run_serial_number"]	329
328	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.run_serial_number"]) == false	330
329	Kim Kitsuragi	"How many clues do you need? You already found the number. Besides..." He taps on the boot.		315
330	Kim Kitsuragi	"Maybe we should concentrate on what's outside the boot and leave what's inside to the boys at Processing? Just this once? Besides..." He taps on the boot.		315
331	Suggestion	It's hard to get a read on the lieutenant. What would he do if you stole them? Would he report you, or not? Surprisingly, you feel like he probably wouldn't.		315
332	Kim Kitsuragi	"For a full set of armour I wouldn't blame you. But these boots are hardly worth a disciplinary hearing. There are better ways to pay a hostel bill. Besides..." He taps the boot.		331
333	The Hanged Man			334 335
334	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.pay_for_the_damages"]	332
335	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.pay_for_the_damages"]) == false	336
336	Kim Kitsuragi	"Honestly -- a whole set of ceramics: the breastplate, the pauldrons... I wouldn't blame you. But these two? Not worth bringing Internal Affairs into your life over. Besides..." He taps the boot.		331
337	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay. Fine. You want to protect the *feet* of six dead men. That's commendable. But..." The lieutenant taps on the boot.		315
338	Kim Kitsuragi	"I don't think we should *do* anything just for the hell of it. Besides..." The lieutenant taps on the boot.		315
339	Inland Empire	This feels... dangerous. Are you sure?		1108
340	The Hanged Man			341 342
341	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_sorry_boring_way"]	343
342	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_sorry_boring_way"]) == false	325
343	Interfacing	There might still be a way to peel them off, but first the body needs to be down. And second -- it would probably be better if the lieutenant wasn't around...		344
344	The Hanged Man			345 346
345	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_interfacing_boots_off_tip"]	1216
346	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_interfacing_boots_off_tip"]) == false	351
347	You	Sounds like a plan. (Accept.)		349
348	You	Steal a dead man's boots? But that would be *DISHONOURABLE*! (Refuse -- for honour.)		350
349	Interfacing	The anticipation makes you crack your fingers. Feels nice. Nice and *cracky*.		351
350	Interfacing	All right then, you can pay the hostel bill in *honour* points. How many honour points have you collected?		351
351	None			352 353 354
352	You	There are honour points?	Variable["yard.hanged_honour_points"]	355
353	You	"What's going to happen to the boots then?"		358
354	You	"Okay, got it."		358
355	Interfacing	Of course there aren't, don't be naive.		356
356	Inland Empire	You still feel as though there might be some honour points. And if there are, you've surely earned one.		357
357	None			351
358	Kim Kitsuragi	"Processing will take care of them. With the situation in the morgue, it will yield nothing. But we must pick our fights." He looks toward the boots. "Should we continue?"		359
359	None			260
360	You	Grab the boot under your arm.		266
361	You	Better not even try.		362
362	None			1284
363	The Hanged Man	The man before you is naked, but for a pair of underpants and white boots. His skin is marbled with decaying veins and blotched by lividity. On his chest: a fading web of tattoos. The cargo belt used to hang him from the tree looks reinforced.	Variable["yard.hanged_hub_reached"]	26
364	You	"Initial report?"		365
365	Kim Kitsuragi	"Just something I scraped together from my station. An area report on Martinaise. I'm sure you did the same..."		366
366	Empathy	He's not actually sure of that. He's just being tactful.		367
367	None			250
368	The Hanged Man	As you narrow your eyes, the monster before you blurs into a violent mess of green and pink.		541
369	The Hanged Man	Only the lower extremities are pink with a dash of blue: his fatted hands, thighs and his neck, just above the noose. The rest of the corpse appears dark green in the cold spring air.		373 374 371
370	You	Observe.		369
371	You	Stop, relax your eyes.		372
372	None			261
373	You	"His face and hands are pink. Thighs too."	Variable["yard.hanged_perception_trick"] == true and IsKimHere()	380
374	You	"I'm squinting, Kim. Why am I doing it?"	Variable["yard.hanged_perception_trick"] == false and IsKimHere()	375
375	Kim Kitsuragi	"How should I know why you're squinting, officer?"		376 377
376	You	(Squint harder) "His face and hands are pink. Thighs too. The rest is greenish."		378
377	You	(Stop squinting) "I don't know either. Maybe I should just stop."		379
378	Kim Kitsuragi	"Oh," he snorts. "You're trying to assess *lividity*."		427
379	The Hanged Man	The monster comes back into focus: an explosion of colour, coursing with dark marbled veins. His stomach appears pregnant with something -- black liquid streams down his thigh and onto his boot.		543
380	Kim Kitsuragi	"I see it." He adjusts his glasses. "His neck too, the lividity goes right up his chin. We have good, well-pronounced discolouration here..."		427
381	None			542 550 409 1492 382 383 430 406
382	You	(Cover your nose.) "Something is coming out of him."		384
383	You	"Should we worry? His stomach looks like it's gonna explode."	Variable["yard.hanged_half_light_scared_explode"]	410
384	The Hanged Man	A pool of blood and faeces has eaten into the frozen mud below the man's feet. Purge liquid is dripping into it, drop by drop.		385
385	Kim Kitsuragi	"The victim appears to have contained no more than half a kilogram of digestion at the time of death."		392
386	You	"We got lucky."		389
387	You	"Maybe he went to the toilet some time before death?"		390
388	You	"God damn right I'm a f****t!" (Turn around and yell.)		393
389	Kim Kitsuragi	"Did we? I don't *feel* lucky."		396
390	Kim Kitsuragi	"Maybe." He doesn't *really* want to dwell on it too long.		396
391	Cunoesse	"F****ts talkin' 'bout shit."		386 387 388
392	Cuno	"The fuck he sayin'?"		391
393	Cunoesse	Malicious laughter erupts in the yard. Sounds like seagulls.		395
394	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant's face is made of stone.		396
395	Cuno	"Pig said he's a f****t."		394
396	None			381
397	Kim Kitsuragi	"I think he was upright immediately after death. Blood has gathered in his hands and feet. And his neck." He points to his fattened chin.		1238
398	You	"Could it still be he was moved after death?"		405
399	You	"Maybe he was strangled by someone?"		404
400	Visual Calculus	You would still like the hypostasis marks in the neck to be a *bit* more pronounced.		401 1162 398 399
401	You	"For some reason my brain would like the pink to be more pronounced, especially in the neck."	Variable["yard.hanged_viscal_lividity_faint"]	402
402	Kim Kitsuragi	"Maybe it looks faint to you?" He leans closer, covering his nose: "It *could* be more pronounced, actually. Dûment noté."		398 399
403	None			381
404	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes, there's always a chance we're wrong. We should check for ligament marks on his neck to see if they're in tune with the belt. We'll have to get him *down* first..."		403
405	Kim Kitsuragi	"There's always a chance. We should check for ligament marks on his neck to see if they're in tune with the belt. We'll have to get him *down* first..."		403
406	You	(Back off and catch your breath.)		407
407	The Hanged Man	But there is no breath to catch -- only the cadaver filling the air and your nostrils. He slowly rotates before you, decomposing.		408
408	None			26
409	You	"I don't know what to think. What do you think?"	Variable["yard.hanged_viscal_lividity"] == false and Variable["TASK.get_hardie_boys_to_tell_you_the_whole_story_done"] == false	397
410	Kim Kitsuragi	"There's a..." his eye twitches for a moment, "a strong build-up of gases, yes. Rigor mortis becoming livor mortis. He'll be fully limp by tomorrow. I don't think he'll explode... I *hope* not."		429
411	The Hanged Man			412 413
412	The Hanged Man		Variable["tc.kim_mentions_weather_freezing"]	415
413	The Hanged Man		(Variable["tc.kim_mentions_weather_freezing"]) == false	414
414	Kim Kitsuragi	"I've kept an eye on the forecast. It's been below freezing since last Sunday. Today is the first chance to thaw. Things would be... *worse* if it had thawed earlier."		416
415	Kim Kitsuragi	"As I said it's been below freezing since last Sunday. Today is the first chance to thaw. Things would be... *worse* if it had thawed earlier."		416
416	None			381
417	The Hanged Man	The hangman's knot is pulled tight by the weight of the corpse below. Yellow, hard-edged polyester cuts into his neck. Above, a sliding buckle ties the belt to the branch.		423
418	Kim Kitsuragi	"We should have a look at that belt before we even *consider* taking him down. It looks worrisome." (He points to the belt around his neck.)		422
419	The Hanged Man			420 421
420	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_rope_reinforced_talked"]	944
421	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_rope_reinforced_talked"]) == false	418
422	None			26
423	Encyclopedia	This is a steel-reinforced cargo lashing belt, big brother of the regular cargo belt. It's used for tying cargo under six-rotor airships.		441
424	You	"What kind of rope is this?"	Variable["yard.hanged_encyclo_cargo_belt_airships"] == false and IsKimHere()	426
425	You	"Don't ask me how I know -- but this is a lashing belt used for airlifting cargo."	Variable["yard.hanged_encyclo_cargo_belt_airships"] and IsKimHere()	447
426	Kim Kitsuragi	"Industrial strength. The kind used for tying cargo to lorries."		457
427	You	Relax your eyes.		379
428	You	"For a week he seems *well* preserved actually."		411
429	Visual Calculus	For seven days the cadaver is quite well preserved. Surprisingly so -- there's no deflation, no apparent fly larvae in the abdomen.		432
430	You	"He's beaten up -- see the bruises?"		431
431	Kim Kitsuragi	"I do. Most of them are postmortem. Maybe even all of them. The delinquents have made our jobs harder with their little sport."		438
432	The Hanged Man			433 434
433	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_viscal_condition_good"]	1213
434	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_viscal_condition_good"]) == false	435
435	None			381
436	You	Keep it to yourself.		437
437	The Hanged Man	Good. Death does not care for your smart alecking. It reeks and disintegrates in a feast for cadaverine bacteria.		435
438	Cuno	"Stop talking in riddles, coin slot."		439
439	Cunoesse	"He means you fucked him up good, Cuno," the girl yells. "Fucked him up brutal-like."		440
440	None			381
441	Electrochemistry	Oh my, there's something on the belt... a familiar word that speaks to the *thirst* within you.		488
442	None			1513 1489 452 479 1172 478
443	You	What was that? A word?		444
444	The Hanged Man	VERMILLION, in yellow letters along the length of the twisting cargo belt. Only a deep longing for Vermillion *Golden Spirits* lets you decipher the fading logo of the local brewery.		1244
445	You	"I should get a drink."		446
446	Kim Kitsuragi	"No. You should *not* get a drink. You should perform an initial inspection of the victim's corpse -- we're on the rope part."		487
447	Kim Kitsuragi	"Airlifting? I thought it was used on lorries -- for strapping cargo to them."		448 450
448	You	"Apparently this is the reinforced kind. For air transport. My brain tells me so."		449
449	Kim Kitsuragi	He nods. "The local harbour uses six-rotors to shuffle containers around. I get the sense they used whatever was on hand, without paying much attention to not incriminating themselves."		442
450	You	"Then again what do I know? I don't even know what an airship is!"		451
451	Kim Kitsuragi	"No, you're right. The harbour uses six-rotors to shuffle containers around. They used whatever was on hand here. Without paying attention to not incriminating themselves."		442
452	You	"We're assuming dockworkers from the harbour did it?"	Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] == false and Variable["TASK.interrogate_vigilantes_done"] == false	460
453	Kim Kitsuragi	"I'm still approaching this as a lynching, yes. Motivated by the ongoing strike." He politely raises an eyebrow: "You?"		473
454	You	"Like in a harbour?"		456
455	You	"In a... I can't come up with anything other than a harbour."		456
456	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes. It looks like they used whatever was on hand, paying no attention to not incriminating themselves."		442
457	Inland Empire	Like in a circus! When the circus leaves town and they tie a black spotted giraffe to the wall of a carry-pen!		454 458 455
458	You	"Like in a circus, for transporting black spotted giraffes?"	Variable["yard.hanged_inland_circus_giraffe"]	459
459	Kim Kitsuragi	"Uhm..." He considers it: "No. More like in a *harbour*. Like the one just east of here. I get the sense they used whatever was on hand, without paying much attention to not incriminating themselves."		442
460	The Hanged Man			461 462
461	The Hanged Man		Variable["whirling.kim_briefing_done"]	453
462	The Hanged Man		(Variable["whirling.kim_briefing_done"]) == false	463
463	Kim Kitsuragi	"The brief suggested as much. Politically motivated by the ongoing strike... did you not get a briefing?"		464 465 467
464	You	"Uhm, yeah."		466
465	You	"No. They might have forgotten to brief me."		466
466	Kim Kitsuragi	"Then you should ask me the first moment we get."		472
467	You	"My past has undergone total annihilation. Nothing remains -- my mother, the love of my life. Certainly not a *briefing*."		468
468	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay." He blinks. "You should ask me for one the first moment we get."		472
469	You	"Makes sense. Believably mundane."		475
470	You	"I feel like it was something else."		474
471	You	"Don't ask me, I'm just lumbering from one moment to the next."		476
472	None			442
473	Inland Empire	No. You *feel* like it was something else -- but what?		469 470 471
474	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes." He covers his nose. "It often is. This belt worries me."		477
475	Kim Kitsuragi	"Seventy percent of the cases I get are just filling in the blanks on the initial report." He covers his nose. "This belt worries me."		477
476	Kim Kitsuragi	"We all are." He covers his nose. "This belt worries me."		477
477	None			442
478	You	(Back off and look at the corpse.)		1533
479	You	"They sure wanted him to stay there. The polyester seems strong."		480
480	The Hanged Man			481 482
481	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_encyclo_cargo_belt_airships"]	483
482	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_encyclo_cargo_belt_airships"]) == false	484
483	Kim Kitsuragi	"I was afraid it would be..." He rises to inspect the noose. "Thin steel wiring, parallel strands. This makes getting him down more problematic than I had assumed..."		1219
484	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's not merely polyester -- it's steel reinforced." He rises to inspect the noose. "See these lines? This is where the wires run. I see rabbets for more than twenty strands."		1111
485	You	Ignore it.		486
486	The Hanged Man	It's hard, but somehow you manage not to see it. The corpse looks at you sideways, from an unnatural angle.		487
487	None			424 425
488	The Hanged Man			489 490
489	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_electrochem_vermillion_belt"]	1210
490	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_electrochem_vermillion_belt"]) == false	487
491	The Hanged Man	An intricate web of blue lines stretches across the torso. From the right shoulder to the solar plexus, each time they intersect a small white star is formed in their crossing. Hundreds of fading asterisks riddle his skin, their concentration is highest around his heart.		492
492	Inland Empire	His corpse is marked by stars.		493
493	The Hanged Man			494 495
494	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_inland_marked_by_stars"]	496
495	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_inland_marked_by_stars"]) == false	1248
496	You	What will mine be marked by?		497
497	Inland Empire	Alcohol and heartbreak.		499
498	You	It will be marked by bullet holes.		1354
499	Physical Instrument	Your fist clenches suddenly.		500
500	The Hanged Man			501 502
501	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_halflight_not_hearbreak"]	1211
502	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_halflight_not_hearbreak"]) == false	531
503	You	It will be riddled with disco.		1354
504	None			505 506 507
505	You	"Is this a map of the night sky?"		510
506	You	"Is this a micro-electronic system?"		508
507	You	"Is this a national pattern?"		509
508	Kim Kitsuragi	"I have only a cursive knowledge of the science of cybernetics -- I would not know if it were. But it's not *quite* complex enough, is it?"		532
509	Kim Kitsuragi	"Of no nation that I know of. If anything, it reminds me of religious illumination, last or penultimate century. Men who live harsh lives often turn to innocentic worship -- but which one? I see no trace of a humanoid figure."		533
510	Kim Kitsuragi	"A map of the stars?" He turns around to breathe before inspecting it closer. "I do see some similarity to astronomical charts, Great Century Messinian maybe... But this seems more particular. Customized somehow."		511
511	Conceptualization	As if someone left out most of the night sky, filtering it through personal choice. The principle of this filter remains unknown to you. The thought dissipates and you feel as though you were only half-right.		1105
512	You	"I'm missing something here."		513
513	Kim Kitsuragi	"So am I." A sudden ringing fills the air as the lieutenant pulls down the zipper of his orange jacket.		515
514	Kim Kitsuragi	He takes a thin piece of milled aluminium from his coat pocket and pulls it open. Sounds like a sword being unsheathed. A small lens appears -- some sort of camera.		518 519
515	Perception (Sight)	He wears a wide leather belt around his waist and a gun holster under his arm.		514
516	Kim Kitsuragi	A sound, a shrill flash. Followed by the breaking of a small ampoule of glass. You see streams of colour pour onto the thick, glossy piece of paper rolling out.		517
517	Kim Kitsuragi	"In case we need it," the lieutenant says and shakes the paper, letting it dry in the cold wind. On it -- a colour-perfect copy of the dead man's tattooed chest.		527 526
518	You	"What's that?"		520
519	You	Let the lieutenant work.		523
520	Kim Kitsuragi	"A Trigat Sunshine. Mini."		521
521	Encyclopedia	Trigat is the world's leading manufacturer of intercommunication devices, primarily projectors. The camera before you looks familiar somehow.		523
522	Kim Kitsuragi	"An instant colour camera." He produces two metal-capped ampoules and clicks them into place on the side of the apparatus. A thin slot shines there...		524
523	Cunoesse	"Shit, Cuno! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!?"		522
524	Suggestion	This is the first time he openly acknowledges the kids' existence.		525
525	Kim Kitsuragi	"I have only two ampoules, so nobody move -- I don't want to waste one." He points the camera at the corpse, peering into it. The lens needs adjusting. Then:		516
526	You	"What do we need this photo for?"		529
527	You	"Cool machine."		540
528	The Hanged Man	The glassy-eyed corpse looks by, his mouth mute and his skin as colourful as the chemical rainbow on the photo paper, teeming with opportunistic organisms.		1607
529	Kim Kitsuragi	"It contains insight to the victim's person. By his build, I'd say this was a man of physical violence. The story he wanted his body to tell was important to him. It is his letter -- to us. *Someone* should decipher it. We'll need to show it around."		536
530	None			26
531	None			1248
532	Interfacing	It doesn't seem familiar from the insides of any radiocomputer your mind can imagine. The somewhat organic lines remind you of old filament memory units, but not quite? No. You're nowhere near right.		1105
533	Half Light	The pattern does not stir patriotic or religious sentiment in you. What it does is speak to the wounded, limping animal -- the male in particular. Unable to communicate in anything more than grunts, it's impossible to tell if it's advice is right or wrong...		1105
534	You	"We're missing something here."		535
535	Kim Kitsuragi	"I agree." A sudden ring fills the air as the lieutenant pulls down the zipper of his orange jacket.		515
536	None			538 537
537	You	Say nothing.		1355
538	You	"Can I have it? I should look at it later, without the corpse smell."		539
539	Kim Kitsuragi	"Sure, just don't lose it." He hands you the piece of rolled up photo paper. It's no larger than a pack of cigarettes.		528
540	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes..." He slides the camera closed and tucks it away on his belt. "It is pretty *cool*, isn't it?"		1483
541	Visual Calculus	This is a trick. You've done it before. Pink is where the blood settled in the first hours postmortem. You can use it to see if the corpse has been tampered with -- does his position at the time of death match the discolouration?		370
542	You	"I think he's dead."		544
543	Kim Kitsuragi	"So -- what do you think?"		1378
544	Kim Kitsuragi	"I agree."		545
545	Suggestion	There are crows feet in his eyes, he's laughing silently.		1312
546	You	"What is *dead* anyway?"	Variable["yard.hanged_suggestions_humour_kim"]	553
547	You	"This buster's not coming back."	Variable["yard.hanged_suggestions_humour_kim"]	551
548	You	"Totally."	Variable["yard.hanged_suggestions_humour_kim"]	555
549	Kim Kitsuragi	"Totally dead."		560
550	You	"I think he was upright after death. His hands, feet and neck are discoloured."	Variable["yard.hanged_viscal_lividity"] == true	552
551	Kim Kitsuragi	"No sirree." He shakes his head.		557
552	Kim Kitsuragi	"Agreed." He points to the belt. "Especially on the neck. The belt acted like a tourniquet keeping the blood in his head. The hypostasis supports a hanging."		400
553	Kim Kitsuragi	"He is." He points to the corpse.		557
554	You	"Deadady-dead-dead-dead."	Variable["yard.hanged_suggestions_humour_kim"]	556
555	Kim Kitsuragi	"Absolutely."		557
556	Kim Kitsuragi	"Daba-doop-doop-dead," he says without a hint of melody. Not one muscle in his face moves.		557
557	None			381
558	You	"The world no longer stores his personality in its composition. There was a time for that -- and it ended seven days ago."	Variable["yard.hanged_concept_personality_storing"]	559
559	Kim Kitsuragi	He nods in agreement with this advanced piece of conceptualization. Having mulled it over the lieutenant says: "That sounds about right, yes."		557
560	The Hanged Man			561 562
561	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_suggestions_humour_kim"] or Variable["yard.hanged_concept_personality_storing"]	563
562	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_suggestions_humour_kim"] or Variable["yard.hanged_concept_personality_storing"]) == false	557
563	None			558 564 548 547 554 546
564	You	No, better not to say that. Too heavy.	Variable["yard.hanged_concept_personality_storing"]	565
565	The Hanged Man	Sure. The corpse looks by, oblivious. Black decay liquid drops from his knee to his boot.		557
566	The Hanged Man	His eyes are milky white and blind to the world, protruding comically from their sockets. There is no one home, just sub-aquatic terrors there.		574
567	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hmh... The steel-reinforced belt presents a *unique* challenge. I brought chain-cutters, but I don't see a good angle of approach to the belt."		735
568	None			1009 569 570 572 741 571 1259 914 844 1536 1467 743
569	You	"I can cut the belt easily. Where are those chaincutters you mentioned?"	Variable["yard.hanged_phys_inst_said_cutting_easy"]	1180
570	You	"We could bring your motor carriage over -- cut the belt from the roof?"	Variable["yard.hanged_savoir_climb_the_tree"] == true	750
571	You	"Maybe we could *shoot* him down?"	Variable["yard.hanged_shoot_the_betl_yourself_idea"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_shoot_him_dont"] == false	818
572	You	"We could saw the branch."		774
573	Empathy	Underneath the curdled meat there is an expression, not carried on his features but below, inside: an expression of pleasure. This man was experiencing *joy* at the moment of his death.		576
574	Perception (Sight)	These eyes used to be blue. Baby blue.		575
575	The Hanged Man	Dark brown hair grows on his head, his face is ready to explode from the organic processes inside. The death's head grin has passed, what remains is an unrecognisable mess.		573
576	None			578 603 596 577
577	You	(Back off.)		594
578	You	"This man enjoyed the moment of death."	Variable["yard.hanged_empathy_pleasure"] and IsKimHere()	579
579	Kim Kitsuragi	"Why do you think so?"		587 580 581
580	You	"It's an intuition."		582
581	You	"For supra-natural reasons."		589
582	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay." The lieutenant marks something in his notebook.		583
583	The Hanged Man			584 585
584	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.trash_extrasensory_perception"]	586
585	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.trash_extrasensory_perception"]) == false	590
586	Esprit de Corps	I am less sceptic about this hunch, he thinks, than I was of the supra-natural premonitions that overtook you at the trash container. He then covers his nose again...		590
587	You	"I don't know."		588
588	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hmm..." The lieutenant marks something in his notebook.		583
589	Kim Kitsuragi	"There are no supra-natural reasons," the lieutenant says, marking something in his notebook.		583
590	None			576
591	The Hanged Man	I'm gone.		618
592	You	Where have you gone?		593
593	The Hanged Man	Into the wild pale yonder.		619
594	The Hanged Man	The corpse looks right through you as you distance yourself from its stench, eyes like a shark...		595
595	None			26
596	You	"Tell me, who are you, dead man?"		1112
597	Inland Empire	The corpse is dead silent. You have no idea why you just said that.		598
598	The Hanged Man			599 600
599	The Hanged Man		IsKimHere()	602
600	The Hanged Man		(IsKimHere()) == false	601
601	None			576
602	Kim Kitsuragi	"Who is he? He is male, forty to fifty. With an athletic build."		601
603	You	"His eyes, they used to be blue."	Variable["yard.hanged_perception_blue_eyes"] and IsKimHere()	604
604	Kim Kitsuragi	"Good. The victim is of Occidental descent," he scribbles in his notebook. "Light brown hair -- blue eyes."		607
605	You	"Occidental?"		606
606	Kim Kitsuragi	"I mean white."		590
607	Encyclopedia	When he says Occidental he means white. Originally from the Occidental sub-continent on Mundi.		608
608	The Hanged Man			609 610
609	The Hanged Man		Variable["tc.occident"]	590
610	The Hanged Man		(Variable["tc.occident"]) == false	605
611	You	"Tell me, who are you, dead man?"	Variable["yard.hanged_inland_white_check_seen"] == true	1235
612	Kim Kitsuragi	"Who is he? He is male, forty to fifty. With an athletic build."		1280
613	Inland Empire	The lips of the corpse are swollen, preposterously. They are also silent. You have no idea why you just said that.		614
614	The Hanged Man			615 616
615	The Hanged Man		IsKimHere()	612
616	The Hanged Man		(IsKimHere()) == false	1280
617	None			26
618	None			1554 1548 1164 1071 592 634 622 621 649 655 656 657 658 644 695 727
619	You	Where is that?		620
620	The Hanged Man	In the past. Way out west.		630
621	You	What is happening?		640
622	You	I can see you're gone, but *who* are you?		623
623	The Hanged Man	I'm a joke. Look at me.		625 624
624	You	You are now, but who were you when you were alive?		626
625	You	There's nothing funny about you.		627
626	The Hanged Man	A killer. A motherfucker and a killer.		681
627	The Hanged Man	There is nothing funny about jokes, either.		628
628	You	Who were you when you were alive?		626
629	You	I have another question for you.		637
630	The Hanged Man			631 632
631	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.what_is_pale"]	633
632	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.what_is_pale"]) == false	636
633	Reaction Speed	What was that -- 'pale yonder'? Do you know what the pale is?		636
634	You	What is the pale?	Variable["yard.hanged_pale_mentioned"]	635
635	The Hanged Man	The pale, Coppo... it spooks me out.		677 678
636	None			618
637	The Hanged Man	Go ahead, Cobo.		639
638	The Hanged Man	It's the power of your... (Black, frothy liquid starts bubbling on his lips...)		673
639	None			618
640	The Hanged Man	What do you mean?		641 642
641	You	I'm talking to you.		638
642	You	Never mind, I wanted to...		643
643	The Hanged Man	Ask me more questions? You fucking *love* questions.		674
644	You	I hate you. You stink and you're boring.		645
645	The Hanged Man	Do I remind you of someone?		692
646	You	A deep sea creature.		687
647	You	Myself -- in the bathroom mirror.	Variable["whirling.bathroom_mirror_wiped_the_mirror"]	688
648	You	You don't remind me of anyone.		694
649	You	Why *do* I love questions so much?	Variable["yard.hanged_questions_mentioned"]	650
650	The Hanged Man	Because you're a copparooni. Look at all of them go! Do you want more questions?		651 652 653
651	You	No, I'm good.		676
652	You	Yeah, give me questions.		660
653	You	Give me a comical amount of questions.		654
654	The Hanged Man	Comin' right up, copporooni Roonie. This is getting up-beat now!		682
655	You	Is my name Roonie?	Variable["yard.hanged_inland_questions_comical"] or Variable["yard.hanged_inland_questions_normal"]	659
656	You	Why do I feel like I've forgotten something terrible?	Variable["yard.hanged_inland_questions_comical"] or Variable["yard.hanged_inland_questions_normal"]	718
657	You	Who killed you?	Variable["yard.hanged_inland_questions_comical"]	719
658	You	Can *you* ask me a question?	Variable["yard.hanged_inland_questions_comical"]	720
659	The Hanged Man	Fuck no, you're no Roonie.		661 1369 662 663 1498
660	The Hanged Man	Here you go, you loonie!		682
661	You	I do strike myself as a Roonie.		665
662	You	Roonie is obviously not who I am.	Variable["tc.harry"] == false and Variable["tc.name_full_harrier"] == false	664
663	You	Right, I'm the Tequila Sunset.	Variable["tc.tequila_sunset"]	683
664	The Hanged Man	Between you and me, your name is probably Harry.		666
665	The Hanged Man	No, you don't. Between you and me, your name is probably Harry.		1372
666	None			800 667 668
667	You	No, it can't be Harry. I refuse.		684
668	You	Could I really be Harry?		685
669	The Hanged Man			670 671
670	The Hanged Man		CheckEquipped("neck_tie") and Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"]	672
671	The Hanged Man		(CheckEquipped("neck_tie") and Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"]) == false	799
672	Horrific Necktie	Yeah, man, don't be *crazy*. Inanimate objects and dead people can't really talk to you, your *wild imagination* is doing this -- ask some more of those questions you love so much!		675
673	The Hanged Man	IMAGINATION.		669
674	None			618
675	The Hanged Man	He *loves* those.		674
676	The Hanged Man	Your loss, *coppodoppo*. Would've been so primo...		682
677	You	Why does it spook you out?		680
678	You	All right, I had another question.		679
679	The Hanged Man	Of course you did, you question-lover.		636
680	The Hanged Man	The corpse is silent. The nose in the middle of his face is swollen, so are his cheeks. His lips are motionless.		636
681	Half Light	Takes one to know one.		629
682	None			618
683	The Hanged Man	You ain't no Tequila Sunset, you're probably just Harry or something. That's right... *Harry*.		666
684	The Hanged Man	Good for you.		686
685	The Hanged Man	You can be anything you wanna be, brother Coppo.		686
686	None			618
687	The Hanged Man	No, not quite... Be fair now.		647 691 648
688	The Hanged Man	There you go -- look at that bright kid! We're birds of a feather, you and I. Soon you will be just like me, just keep drinkin' and havin' a good time. It's a matter of weeks.		689
689	Pain Threshold	Feeling nausea? Vomiting? Tenderness or pain around the liver area? Tiny red lines on the skin above waist level? More like *days*, Coppo. The clock is ticking, your liver tells you so.		690
690	None			618
691	You	A baby affected with harlequinism.		693
692	Encyclopedia	A child born with Moller's disease -- Harlequinism -- grown up miraculously.		646 647 691 648
693	The Hanged Man	You sure wriggled out of that one, Coppolini!		690
694	The Hanged Man	Sure I do -- you just don't want to admit it.		690
695	You	Why were you feeling pleasure when you died?	Variable["yard.hanged_empathy_pleasure"]	696
696	The Hanged Man	Maybe I was getting my rocks off?		697 698 699
697	You	First, do you have to speak like that? What dialect is that, anyway?		700
698	You	So -- you were feeling sexual arousal when they were hanging you?		709
699	You	Forget it.		712
700	The Hanged Man	It's a mish-mash, Coppobollo. You think I'm Messinian, don't you? For you, this is how people from Messina speak like.		701 702
701	You	I'm not even sure what Messina is.		704
702	You	Are you? From Messina?		703
703	The Hanged Man	No. My hair is too light a shade of brown. My eyebrows too. Trust your inner racist.		705 706
704	The Hanged Man	Well, I'm not *from* Messina, am I? My hair is too light a shade of brown. Trust your inner racist.		705 706
705	You	What are you, racist now too?		707
706	You	I *always* trust my inner racist. He shows me the score.		708
707	The Hanged Man	You think I am. You think I was a racist because this lump looks like military and has tattoos. That's called *profiling*.		698 699
708	The Hanged Man	Yeah, well, he seems to think I'm also a racist since I have tattoos and a military body build. It's called *profiling*.		698 699
709	The Hanged Man	Do I look like an erotic auto-asphyxiation type to you?		710 711 713
710	You	Yes.		714
711	You	No.		714
712	The Hanged Man	I know what this means -- more questions.		717
713	You	What is erotic auto-asphyxiation?		714
714	The Hanged Man	Captain Coppodromo, I fear we are drifting away, fixating on sexuality again... let's go with a simpler question.		715
715	Logic	He didn't choke himself. You know it.		716
716	None			618
717	None			618
718	The Hanged Man	Because you *have*.		686
719	The Hanged Man	Love did me in, brother Coppo. It was love all along...		686
720	The Hanged Man	Sure, Lobo, I can ask you a question: Why are you doing this?		721
721	You	What?		722
722	The Hanged Man	Looking at my face, motionless. Looking into my eyes. Standing here. Why are you investigating my murder?		723 1376 724
723	You	I don't have anything else to do. This case is all I have.		725
724	You	Maybe this will lead to something? Something indescribable. Unforeseen. Miraculous?		1469
725	The Hanged Man	*I'm* all you have? Then you truly lost it all, brother. You let the world drag it all away from you, and what it left, you pissed away -- and here we are.		726
726	None			618
727	You	Enough.		1260
728	None			26
729	The Hanged Man	Hah! The clown lips on the corpse appear to smile. The face rotates before you, slowly...		730
730	Shivers	Something is on its way. Something hidden. It's coming, a miracle -- from the northwest -- and it's almost here. You can feel it in the air on your hands, the cold spring air smoothing them over.		726
731	You	I have something I need to know, corpse-man.	Variable["yard.hanged_corpse_questions_unlocked"]	732
732	The Hanged Man	Of course! You have questions, don't you? The power of your *imagination* is at your service.		733
733	None			618
734	None			591
735	Rhetoric	He doesn't actually think the challenge is *unique*. He thinks it's frustrating, annoying and harder than he thought.		1409
736	Kim Kitsuragi	"The cadaver is a good 1.2 metres up, neither one of us can reach the belt without assistance. And even if we do, there's the question of cutting it..."		738
737	Kim Kitsuragi	"The cadaver is a good 1.2 metres up, neither one of us can reach the belt without assistance. And even if we do, there's the question of cutting the airship-strength material..."		738
738	Physical Instrument	There's no *question*. There's only CUTTING. How hard can it be?		749
739	Kim Kitsuragi	"I don't doubt your physical prowess, officer, but this is a gruelling surgical procedure. I saw twenty steel strands in there -- and we do not have a secure platform for the cutting."		1166
740	Kim Kitsuragi	"I don't doubt your physical prowess, officer, but that's aircraft strength material. And we do not have a secure platform to perform the procedure on."		1166
741	You	"Seems like a lot of hassle, let's *not* do it."		755
742	You	"Let's just pull his head off."		1485
743	You	"I'm out of ideas. Let's have another look at him."		745
744	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant inspects the belt, his forehead lined with worry.		568
745	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hmmm..." The lieutenant falls deep in thought.		746
746	None			26
747	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's tempting. But decapitating him will make it impossible to ascertain whether he was really hung. The damage to the neck would make coronary work pointless."		1504
748	You	"How about I take you piggyback?"	Variable["yard.hanged_savoir_climb_the_tree"] == true	756
749	Savoir Faire	An acrobatic manoeuvre would solve this situation. Nothing can go wrong with a good *manoeuvre*.		568
750	Kim Kitsuragi	"I have thought of that, yes. But the tyre tracks would compromise the scene. Any prints would become illegible. That's *if* we get it through the hole in the fence..."		751
751	Kim Kitsuragi	"Also, my MC has a sloped roof, it's a *sports* model." He makes a gesture indicating a harsh degree of sloping. "The roof is slippery -- an all-around bad platform to stand on."		752
752	Empathy	He could come up with at least four more reasons why not to trample on the roof of his *sports model* motor carriage.		753 748 772
753	You	"Could your attachment to your sports model motor carriage be clouding your judgement?"	Variable["yard.hanged_empathy_kim_doesnt_want_mc_ruined"]	754
754	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes," he concedes. "I am attached to it. But it's also unsuitable. We can't bring a supercharged tractor through that tiny gap in the fence, then plough the scene with it. Then fall off the roof. It would sound bad on Channel 8."		771
755	Kim Kitsuragi	"We're *not* getting him down already. Not getting him down is a task that's already accomplished. Sadly, it's not our job to *keep* him up there, but to get him down."		1010
756	Kim Kitsuragi	"How about I take *you* piggyback?" After a moment’s silence, he raises an eyebrow.		757
757	Cuno	"The fuck are these pigs talking about?"		758
758	Cunoesse	"Their bank or something. It's fucking boring, Cuno. Wish they'd fuck already."		759 760 761 762
759	You	"Fucking SHUT UP!"		767
760	You	"Would you please shut up."		765
761	You	"Lieutenant, are you sure you could carry my weight though?"		769
762	You	"Lieutenant, you meant it rhetorically, right? You're criticizing my idea?"		763
763	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes. It's not a good idea."		764
764	Cunoesse	"It's a fucking hilarious idea -- you two paskapää's get on top each other and *fuck*!"		1165
765	Cunoesse	"Would you please SUCK MY DICK?" The one behind the fence makes a gesture, as if taking out their penis.		766
766	Cunoesse	"Fucking *mulkku*..."		762
767	Cuno	"Pig, why you gotta disrespect my girl? This shit makes Cuno *sad*."		768
768	Cunoesse	"Fuck that *banaanipoika* in the ass Cuno!"		761
769	Kim Kitsuragi	"I wasn't actually implying I would. I meant it's a bad idea."		764
770	None			568
771	Cunoesse	"It'd sound fucking hilarious, do it! Fucking get on top of it and dance, fägäri!"		748 772
772	You	(Give up.) "Okay, how about..."		773
773	None			744
774	Kim Kitsuragi	"Climb up there and... saw the branch?"		1568
775	You	"Yes. Either one of us could do it. We could use the kids' ladder on the side of the tree."	Variable["yard.hanged_savoir_climb_the_tree"] == false and Variable["yard.sense_logic_kids_latter"] == false and Variable["XP.cuno_unclimbable_ladder"] == false	1574
776	You	"Yeah... it seems dangerous."		777
777	Kim Kitsuragi	"There has to be a less risky way. With less falling down off trees."		778
778	None			568
779	None			568
780	Savoir Faire	It seems doable. The kids' ladder is treacherously rotten, but you could use your hands and feet to reach around the tree, then hang from the branch...		1572
781	Kim Kitsuragi	"Honestly, I prefer a *non-acrobatic* solution to this." He looks around -- then at you.		784 1578
782	You	"I could do it. It's well within my repertoire."	Variable["yard.hanged_savoir_climb_the_tree"] == true	781
783	Kim Kitsuragi	"I don't trust that ladder. The assailants didn't use it. It's rotten and less sturdy than it looks. And I don't see another good way up there."		781
784	You	"Why?"		785
785	Kim Kitsuragi	"*Clown Cops Climb Tree, Fall Down*," he says, furrowing his brow. "*Enraged Cop Assaults Children -- After Falling From Tree*."		786
786	Kim Kitsuragi	"*Cretin Cop*... -- they like that word -- ...*Saws The Branch He's Sitting On (Literally)*. *Local Children Report Corpse Mutilation*."		788
787	You	"Can you see into the future, Kim?"		790
788	Cunoesse	"Fuck, yeah! Climb that shit, monkeys!"		789
789	Cuno	"C, you're only making them do those things less."		787 791 793 795
790	Kim Kitsuragi	"No, I do not see the future. I made those up using two decades in the Revacholian police force as a reference point."		791 793 795
791	You	"I'm not afraid of newspapers. We shouldn't be."		792
792	Kim Kitsuragi	"Oh, no." He shakes his head slowly. "We should be *very* afraid of newspapers. And the radio stations too. We should be wary of enticing them in *any* way."		1537
793	You	"So we're going to just let those kids bully us into not doing our work?"		794
794	Kim Kitsuragi	"What I'm proposing is -- we save acrobatic tricks as a last resort. After we've tried *everything* else."		797
795	You	"You're right. The risks are too high and there are too many."		796
796	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes. We should use acrobatics as the very last option. After we've tried *everything* normal."		797
797	Cunoesse	"These have got to be the most fucking boring *mulkkupäät* I've ever seen."		798
798	None			568
799	The Hanged Man	Go ahead, ask me more questions. You fucking *love* questions.		674
800	You	I feel like I've been getting a lot of Harry lately...		1500
801	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant remains unaffected. "How?"		802
802	Visual Calculus	Where the buckle ties the rope to the branch -- that's a good spot to aim.		804 805 806
803	Suggestion	The lieutenant is undecided. On one hand he *wants* to shoot some gun -- on the other, it's an awfully stupid idea.		1381
804	You	(Point to it.) "There. The buckle holds the belt together."	Variable["yard.hanged_viscal_shoot_buckle"]	807
805	You	"I don't know, just, you know -- shoot up there maybe?" (Point towards the branch.)		809
806	You	"Just shoot the belt, the bullet will break it."		808
807	Kim Kitsuragi	"Where?" He corrects his glasses. "Ah, yes. I see. If the shot hits that there *might* be a chance to release the belt..."		810
808	Kim Kitsuragi	"It absolutely will not, officer. That's not how physics work. It will maybe cut *one* thread loose."		804 810 805
809	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes..." He corrects his glasses. "The buckle -- where it ties the cargo belt to the tree. If the shot hits that then there might be a small chance to release the belt..."		810
810	Cuno	"Yeah, now we're talkin'. Entertain the Cuno with some shit."		811
811	Cunoesse	"They'll miss. The pigs will miss, Cuno!"		803
812	You	"I don't know how. Maybe it's better not to..." (Back off.)		813
813	Kim Kitsuragi	"What else can we do?"		814
814	None			568
815	You	"Take the shot, lieutenant -- what's the worst thing that could happen?"		820
816	You	"Actually -- don't. It has *bad idea* written all over it."		859
817	You	"Wait. Let *me* try."		819
818	Cunoesse	"Yeah!" The enthusiasm is unrestrained. "Bang bang time, pigs! Shoot his head off!"		801
819	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant's brow is furrowed. He appears too deep in concentration to even notice what you said.		815 816 821 812
820	Kim Kitsuragi	"I'll blow his head off."		822
821	You	Say nothing -- let him choose.		824
822	Cunoesse	"Take it! TAKE THE SHOT!"		823
823	Cuno	"Yeah, take the shot, Cuno wants some of that shit."		824
824	Kim Kitsuragi	Silence. With his elbows sharp, the lieutenant unzips his jacket...		825
825	Kim Kitsuragi	...and produces a lightweight firearm. He drops a paper cartridge in the barrel, separates the scouring stick and gives the cartridge five tucks.		1384
826	Encyclopedia	That's a Kiejl A9/90 Armistice mass-produced muzzleloader. Ascetic, frugal, one of the most common firearms in the world.		827
827	Kim Kitsuragi	He then steps back and assumes the Falostesse position, taking aim. The corner of his eye twitches -- his finger is on the trigger...		829 828 830
828	You	"Shoot that motherfucker down."		831
829	You	"Easy does it, partner."		831
830	You	Say nothing.		831
831	Cunoesse	"He's gonna fucking mi..."		832
832	Kim Kitsuragi	The kid's voice is drowned in a shrill blast that echoes off the walls of the surrounding tenements. A cloud of smoke slowly parts in the air, as the lieutenant steps back and says to himself...		833
833	Kim Kitsuragi	"God damn it."		835
834	Empathy	He feels bad about it. About his eyes mostly, just having bad eyesight -- probably from a young age. Whatever you do, do not *console* him.		840
835	Hand/Eye Coordination	A lot of things were wrong with that shot: the Falostesse was the wrong choice, his shoulders were raised, but above all -- he cannot trust his eyesight.		848
836	The Hanged Man			837 838
837	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_coordination_analyzed_kim_shooting"]	834
838	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_coordination_analyzed_kim_shooting"]) == false	839
839	Empathy	He feels bad about it. About his eyes mostly, just having bad eyesight -- probably from a young age. Whatever you do, do not *console* him.		840
840	Cunoesse	"FUCKING IDIOT! Mulkkupää asshole!"		841
841	Cuno	"Cuno could've hit it easy, but then -- Cuno's not fucking handicapped, is he?"		842
842	None			849 843 845 846 861
843	You	"It's okay, man."		847
844	You	"I can try to shoot him down myself."	Variable["yard.hanged_shoot_the_betl_yourself_idea"] == true and Variable["tc.gun_missing"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_shot_body_down"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_failed_shooting_body_down"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_gave_gun_back_not_shooting"] == false	1316
845	You	"God dammit, get your shit together!"	Variable["yard.hanged_phys_inst_coach_shooting"] == false	857
846	You	"Try again, maybe?"		854
847	Cuno	"Cuno's sorry too. Cuno feels sorry for the binoclard."		852
848	Physical Instrument	OH MY GOD, that was so many types of wrong -- who taught four-eyes to shoot?! Whip up a gruelling training regiment for him RIGHT NOW. Beat THE MAN into him, go go go!		836
849	You	"What THE HELL is wrong with you, Sally!? You need to square your shoulders!"	Variable["yard.hanged_phys_inst_coach_shooting"]	850
850	Kim Kitsuragi	"I think you have your sports mixed up there, officer, squaring my shoulders has nothing to do with this."		851
851	Cuno	"Bitches fighting."		856
852	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant doesn't say a word, just looks at the gun in his hand.		853
853	None			842
854	Kim Kitsuragi	"No, we're lucky as it is. We didn't break anything -- and the victim remains uncompromised." He looks around, at the windows overlooking the yard.		855
855	Kim Kitsuragi	"Any more mistakes could put us in an unfortunate position with the locals. We have eyes on us. I didn't do us any favours with that."		856
856	None			842
857	Kim Kitsuragi	"Remain collegial, officer. It was an honest mistake -- and I will not repeat it."		856
858	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's bad as it is -- us shooting firearms like punks..." He pauses, then shrugs and proceeds to load the pistolette...		1320
859	Kim Kitsuragi	"But... what *else* can we do?"		860
860	None			568
861	You	"What now?" (Conclude.)		862
862	Kim Kitsuragi	"I have to say, it's beginning to look unlikely we can get him down without *assistance*."		1538
863	None			568
864	Cuno	"This is the sorriest pair of pigs Cuno's ever seen."		866
865	Cunoesse	"They only have ONE GUN!"		864
866	You	Take the gun.		871
867	The Hanged Man	The cold piece of bakelite and gunmetal is surprisingly light. Your finger fits right through the guard, instinctively resting on the trigger.		868
868	Interfacing	You've held this -- an A9 Armistice -- before. At some point it probably used to be your choice of firearm. It still feels comfortable, like you never laid it down.		869
869	Cunoesse	"The fuck are you waiting for, Cuno?! Tell him to shoot himself in the mouth!"		870
870	Half Light	Cuno is silent. Aggression gathers in the air, the trigger feels delicate and ready to break under your finger.		874
871	Cunoesse	"Yeah, take it you fucking *banaanipoika*. Take it and shoot yourself in the mouth!"		872
872	None			873 874
873	You	Feel the weight first.		867
874	You	Point the gun at the belt.		876
875	You	Give the gun back to Lieutenant Kitsuragi. (Don't shoot.)		904
876	The Hanged Man	The buckle comes into focus in your sights. You stand with your feet planted firmly in the ground and your left hand supporting your gun arm...		877
877	Cunoesse	"Why don't you just shoot yourself in your f****t mouth?" she hisses. "At least you won't miss."		928
878	None			879 880 881 884 875
879	You	Say: "Shut up."		883
880	You	Pull the trigger.		894
881	You	Close your left eye first.		1540
882	The Hanged Man	Your field of view narrows. The branch slowly moves, becoming entirely two-dimensional. The metal buckle glimmers, catching the noon light as the corpse slowly rotates.		912
883	Cunoesse	"Or what? You gonna *fuck* me?" Her voice is almost a whisper now: "You wanna fuck me, pig? Is that what this is about?"		911
884	You	Point the gun at Cunoesse.		886
885	Cunoesse	"Look, he's crying! You gonna cry now, fucking *fägäri*?"		910
886	Cunoesse	"Do it, f****t! SET ME FREE!"		888
887	Cunoesse	"F****T!" She's ripping her blazer open to bare her chest. "DO IT!"		892 890 891
888	Inland Empire	You feel as though it would be *dangerous* to set this creature free to roam about the cosmos.		889
889	Kim Kitsuragi	"Don't." You feel the lieutenant's hand on your shoulder.		887
890	You	Point the gun at the belt.		900
891	You	Pull the trigger.		897
892	You	"Fuck you little shit!"		893
893	Cunoesse	"Put it right here *mulkku*," she points to her heart. "RIGHT HERE!"		1503 890
894	The Hanged Man			895 896
895	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_coordination_hit_buckle"]	1315
896	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_coordination_hit_buckle"]) == false	1314
897	The Hanged Man			898 899
898	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_coordination_hit_cunoesse"]	1313
899	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_coordination_hit_cunoesse"]) == false	1020
900	Cuno	"Intense shit, copper."		902
901	Kim Kitsuragi	"I agree." The lieutenant holsters the weapon with a quick move. "Enough gunslinging for today."		1477
902	Cunoesse	"F****t waved his gun." She pants, breathless with excitement. "It wasn't intense, it was pathetic."		903
903	None			878
904	The Hanged Man			905 906
905	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_pointed_at_cunoesse"]	907
906	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_pointed_at_cunoesse"]) == false	901
907	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant takes the gun carefully from you and holsters it. His eyes are narrow and he doesn't comment on your antics.		908
908	Cunoesse	"Fucking pussy didn't shoot shit, did he? Didn't shoot me, didn't shoot himself in the mouth..."		909
909	Empathy	"Didn't shoot *me*." There is sincere disappointment on her face. This kid was expecting *pandemonium* and release from her mortal coil.		1477
910	None			878
911	None			878
912	Visual Calculus	The slow movement of the branch in the wind and your shoulders directing the gun sync up, dancing hypnotically.		913
913	Volition	As you wait, your breathing slows down. Some mosquito-like organism buzzes in your peripheral:		885
914	You	"Can I have the gun? I should try."	Variable["yard.hanged_shoot_the_betl_yourself_idea"] == true and Variable["tc.gun_missing"] == true and Variable["yard.hanged_shot_body_down"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_failed_shooting_body_down"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_gave_gun_back_not_shooting"] == false	858
915	Kim Kitsuragi	"Go ahead, I'm not stopping you. Just don't lose it." The piece shines in his outstretched hand.		865
916	Kim Kitsuragi	"Go ahead, I'm not stopping you. Just don't lose it." The Armistice A9 shines in his outstretched hand.		865
917	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's bad as it is -- us shooting firearms like punks here..." He pauses, then shrugs: "Go ahead, I'm not stopping you. Just don't hit the victim."		918
918	You	"I'm gonna need your gun for this."		920
919	Cuno	"This is the sorriest pair of pigs Cuno's ever seen."		921
920	Cunoesse	"They only have ONE GUN!"		1516
921	Kim Kitsuragi	"Officer, why *do* we only have one gun?" he asks -- carefully loading his pistolette.		1461 922 924 923
922	You	"Remember when I told you I didn't have my badge or uniform with me when I woke up -- I didn't have my gun either."	Variable["TASK.report_badge"] == true and CheckItem("gun_ruby") == false or CheckItem("gun_villiers") == false and Variable["whirling.kim_badge_lie"] == false	925
923	You	Say nothing.		926
924	You	"I think someone has stolen it from me, stolen my gun. Gun is stolen."	CheckItem("gun_ruby") == false or CheckItem("gun_villiers") == false	927
925	Kim Kitsuragi	"That is even *more* unfortunate than the badge. You need to contact your station about it as soon as possible." The piece shines in his outstretched hand. "Try not to lose this one, please."		1501
926	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant follows suit. He finishes loading the gun in silence, then hands it to you.		1502
927	Kim Kitsuragi	"*Extremely* unfortunate. You need to contact your station about it as soon as possible." The piece shines in his outstretched hand. "Try not to lose this one, please."		1501
928	Empathy	This isn't mere boundary pushing. There is a true suicidal rage in the kid as she's provoking you.		878
929	The Hanged Man	With your hand numb from the recoil, you look at the body slump down. For a moment the man appears to *kneel* in front of you.		931
930	The Hanged Man	You missed the belt, but hit the corpse straight in the chest. Bits of ribcage protrude from the skin. No blood, only a murky sludge dripping down his belly. The sudden stink makes your eyes water.		949
931	Inland Empire	Looking straight at you. Helpless, trapped within itself.		932
932	The Hanged Man			933 934
933	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_empathy_helpless_after_shot"]	1212
934	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_empathy_helpless_after_shot"]) == false	938
935	You	Who killed you?		936
936	The Hanged Man	Communism.		937
937	Reaction Speed	It takes a millisecond for the association to flash within your cortex. You have no idea *where* it's coming from -- only that it's *right*.		938
938	The Hanged Man	Then the *rigor* in his muscles gives up, and he smashes sideways into the spring mud, letting out a horrid stench.		939
939	None			941 942 943 948
940	You	Turn away.		938
941	You	"You've been policed."		1076
942	You	"RCM, baby! RCM!"	Variable["tc.rcm"]	1076
943	You	"How did I *do* that?"		1078
944	Kim Kitsuragi	"Are you sure we've finished the preliminary examination of the cadaver? We might miss some of these things once he's down." He stops to think, then checks his notes.		946 945
945	You	"We've been thorough. Do you have a plan for getting him down?" (Proceed.)		567
946	You	Step back and have another look first.		947
947	None			261
948	You	"Who's laughing now, you little shit!?"		1079
949	Cunoesse	"Oh my god, he's gonna fucking cry, I knew it! What a *mulkku*..."		956
950	Cuno	"Nice shot, though. Fucked him up good..."		996
951	You	"There's something wrong with your weapon, lieutenant. It keeps missing."		981
952	You	"I don't wanna do this anymore, this is boring."		992
953	Kim Kitsuragi	"Don't provoke her." The lieutenant takes his sidearm from you, then holsters it.		954
954	Cunoesse	"Shot him in the chest." The creature is still in disbelief. "What a FUCKING IDIOT."		982
955	Cuno	"Actually it was f****ted. Cuno just said that because he felt sorry for you, pig. It's not your fault you can't shoot -- it's your pig-hands."		997
956	Volition	Are you? Because it sort of feels like you *are*. Please don't cry.		999
957	You	Start crying -- you're sensitive.		958
958	The Hanged Man	It feels dry. Nothing comes out of you as you stretch and bend your face into a crying shape. You're too furious to cry, apparently.		959 960
959	You	"I can't even cry..." (Throw the gun in the mud.)		961
960	You	Try harder. Try *really* hard to cry.		965
961	Cuno	"What did he say?"		962
962	Cunoesse	"The f****t can't even cry."		963
963	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant picks up his gun and then holsters it. "In the name of god, please get a hang of yourself."		964
964	Empathy	He's definitely not impressed by the way you're handling it, but he doesn't hold it against you either. He's supportive like that.		1008
965	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant watches you jerk some tears, your shoulders shaking and your eyes dry. The gun begins to slip from your fingers.		966
966	Cunoesse	"*Jumalauta*! The f****t can't even cry."		968
967	You	(Give the gun back to Kim.) "What now?"	Variable["yard.hanged_volition_normal_option"]	980
968	Physical Instrument	You hear that, Sally? They're *laughing* at you. Are you gonna let it stand? Are you, Sally? Or are you gonna CRY LIKE A BEAST?! Like a BEAAAST!		969
969	The Hanged Man			970 971
970	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_phys_inst_can_cry"]	1208
971	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_phys_inst_can_cry"]) == false	979
972	You	What was that?		975
973	You	I'll do it, coach!		977
974	You	Don't take coach Physical Instrument's advice. It's bad advice.		976
975	Physical Instrument	*DO IT!*		973 974
976	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant gently picks his gun from your hand and holsters it.		1008
977	The Hanged Man	A tiny tear forms on your duct. The corpse stinks from the blackened bullet hole in his chest. A single drop of decay liquid runs out of it, then down his stomach...		978
978	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant gently picks his gun from your hand and holsters it.		1008
979	None			978
980	Kim Kitsuragi	"We try something else."		993
981	Kim Kitsuragi	"The *Armistice* is sufficiently precise, officer. Especially at close range." He takes his sidearm from you and holsters it.		982
982	Cuno	"It's not the gun's fault you can't shoot. It's your pig-hands."		983
983	Cunoesse	"Pigs don't have hands. They have, like, fucking hoofs or something."		984
984	Cuno	"Cuno has hands." He displays his little fingers, they're pink. "Cuno can shoot that shit down for you."		985 986 987
985	You	"No, Cuno. If I can't shoot him down, no one will."		989
986	You	"Lieutenant, we should entrust Cuno with your service weapon. He says he can shoot it down."		988
987	You	"That's preposterous. We're not giving you the gun, kid."		994
988	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant does not dignify that with an answer. He snaps the button on his holster and says...		1008
989	Cunoesse	"Cop's bitter cos' he fucked that corpse up, Cuno. What a fucking *kyrpelö*."		1008
990	You	*"Mulkku*, *vittupää*? What is that?! What the hell kind of words are those?!"	Variable["yard.hanged_cunoesse_heard_curses"]	991
991	Cunoesse	"It's the song of my people, asshole!"		953
992	Kim Kitsuragi	"I agree. Police work is overrated. It is trying and stressful. However, it is still our job to get the dead body down from the tree." He takes his sidearm from you and holsters it.		982
993	Cunoesse	"Oh my god, what a fucking boring cop."		950
994	Cunoesse	"That's *preposterous*," she whines mockingly. "What are you, a fucking earl?"		1008
995	None			998 990 951 952 957 967
996	Rhetoric	He doesn't mean it in earnest. It's a cruel jest. He's going to say as much too, just you wait:		955
997	None			983
998	You	"Can you reload it, please? I need another shot."	Variable["yard.hanged_coordination_wants_another_shot"]	1000
999	Hand/Eye Coordination	Ask for another shot. You'll get it with the next one, the god damn light reflected off some window, surely...		995
1000	Kim Kitsuragi	"The cadaver is already compromised bad enough. We don't have to make it *worse*."		1001
1001	Hand/Eye Coordination	It came out wrong, you made it sound like you're some sort of roulette addict looking for a fix, ask again, more controlled this time:		1003 1004
1002	None			995
1003	You	"Please, Kim."		1005
1004	You	Swallow defeat.		1007
1005	Kim Kitsuragi	There is silence.		1006
1006	Cunoesse	"*Vittupää* wants to fuck up again, bad."		1002
1007	Hand/Eye Coordination	Feels like shit man, how did this happen? Hit him straight in the chest... how horrible, you're so sorry.		1002
1008	Kim Kitsuragi	"We still need to get him down *somehow*." His tone is growing tired now -- the stench makes him turn away from the corpse.		1413
1009	You	"Can't someone else do it?"		1019
1010	The Hanged Man			1011 1012
1011	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_tried_to_pull_head_off"]	1014
1012	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_tried_to_pull_head_off"]) == false	779
1013	You	I don't really want to pull his head off.		1015
1014	Physical Instrument	Just pull his rotting head off. The meat's cooked anyway, give the boot another yank and it's done.		1016
1015	Half Light	How do you plan to get him down then? With social sensibility? Are you going to *educate* him down?		1505
1016	The Hanged Man			1017 1018
1017	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_halflight_pull_head_off"]	742
1018	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_halflight_pull_head_off"]) == false	1013
1019	Kim Kitsuragi	"Someone else?" He pauses. "You mean like... *the police*?"		1052
1020	Hand/Eye Coordination	You hear an explosion within the weapon in your hands. The branches of the pinetree behind the girl shake ever so lightly. Your ears are still ringing...		1021
1021	Cunoesse	A plume of smoke has erupted from the barrel. The little monstrosity stands in the cloud. Her face is petrified, then it begins to twist, demonically.		1022
1022	Empathy	She is disappointed, *trapped*, entangled in this world -- all because of the continuously *appalling* marksmanship of law officials.		1023
1023	Cunoesse	"YOU FUCKING F****TS!" she wails. "LEARN TO SHOOT."		1024
1024	Cuno	"Whoah, C..." Cuno's voice is low. "Pig tried to shoot you. You're *alive*."		1025
1025	Cunoesse	"Yes, Cuno, I CAN SEE THAT."		1031
1026	Reaction Speed	You sense nylon moving somewhere to your left. There's motion in your peripherals, then it's already too late...		1027
1027	Kim Kitsuragi	The gun has left your hand, still numb from the recoil. The lieutenant holsters it under his arm.		1069
1028	You	"Fucking die!" (Throw the empty gun at her.)		1026
1029	You	"Kim, I need you to do your reload-thing, the beast is still alive."		1026
1030	You	"Oh my god, why did I just try to shoot a kid?"		1068
1031	Drama	My liege, it may be possible to *spin* this as some sort of, uhm... pedagogical exercise.		1032
1032	The Hanged Man			1033 1034
1033	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_drama_pedagocial"]	1209
1034	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_drama_pedagocial"]) == false	1039
1035	You	But I wasn't trying to teach her a lesson. I was trying to *kill* her.		1036
1036	Drama	Well, then maybe you shouldn't have missed. This is merely a suggestion. If you want to be a *failed* child murderer, go with that.		1039
1037	You	Yes, of course -- attempted child murder, that's not *me*.		1038
1038	Drama	Not you at all, no-no-no!		1039
1039	None			1040 1028 1029 1030
1040	You	"I was merely teaching her a lesson, of course."	Variable["yard.hanged_drama_pedagocial"]	1042
1041	Kim Kitsuragi	"And what kind of lesson is that?" Just like that the gun has left your hand. The lieutenant holsters it.		1043
1042	Reaction Speed	You sense nylon moving somewhere to your left. There's motion in your peripherals, then it's already too late...		1041
1043	Cunoesse	"That he's a fucking f****t who misses."		1045 1046 1047
1044	Kim Kitsuragi	"I think you're underestimating the gravity of this situation, officer. We need to take a breather from this scene." He points at you. "Now."		1397
1045	You	"What are you Kim, a martial artist? Where'd the gun go?"	Variable["yard.hanged_reaction_said_kim_ninja"] == true	1048
1046	You	"Yeah, a lesson about respecting the law."		1044
1047	You	"It was merely a jest. A light-hearted jab!"		1044
1048	Kim Kitsuragi	"That is not important right now."		1046
1049	You	"Can't the boys from Processing take care of this?"	Variable["yard.hanged_rhetoric_processing"]	1055
1050	You	"You have a point there."		1065
1051	Rhetoric	What was that about *Processing*, then -- weren't they supposed to take care of the *boots*? Why don't they help?		1059
1052	The Hanged Man			1053 1054
1053	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_can_ask_about_processind"]	1051
1054	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_can_ask_about_processind"]) == false	1059
1055	Kim Kitsuragi	"No."		1056 1057
1056	You	"Why?"		1058
1057	You	"Okay then."		1063
1058	Kim Kitsuragi	"Think of the *boys from Processing* as murderers. Only instead of people they murder crime scenes. Processing is a wrecking crew. They know how to commission off items and how to work the incinerator in the morgue."		1063
1059	None			1061 1049 1050 1060
1060	You	"I mean someone who's *below* detective."		1062
1061	You	"Yes, exactly -- call the police."		1064
1062	Kim Kitsuragi	"Someone like a paid garbage man? Or a cleaning crew? I have bad news for you -- that *is* a detective."		1063
1063	Kim Kitsuragi	"I know it's hard. But I assure you -- the others won't come to help us. And we have a *growing* sanitary concern here. We need to get him down, fast."		1066
1064	Kim Kitsuragi	"Someone already did. You know who came? We did. Because we have made bad life decisions."		1063
1065	Kim Kitsuragi	"Sadly, yes. The whole RCM is out there right now, doing the exact same thing we are. Are we in a rush to help them? Not with this on our hands..." He covers his nose.		1063
1066	None			568
1067	Kim Kitsuragi	The gun has left your hand, still numb from the recoil. The lieutenant holsters it under his arm.		1070
1068	Reaction Speed	You sense nylon moving somewhere to your left. There's motion in your peripherals, then it's already too late...		1067
1069	None			1044
1070	Kim Kitsuragi	"At least you understand the gravity of the situation, detective. We need to take a breather from this scene." He points at you. "Now."		1397
1071	You	Which was it that killed you, then -- love or communism?	Variable["yard.hanged_love_killed_him"] and Variable["yard.hanged_communism_killed_him"]	1072
1072	The Hanged Man	Huh?		1073
1073	You	You said love killed you, but when you fell down you said it was communism.		1074
1074	The Hanged Man	You're misquoting me, Roonie. I said communism killed me. Love *DID ME IN*.		1368
1075	None			618
1076	Kim Kitsuragi	"Ace's high!" The lieutenant raises his right hand, waiting for you to slap it.		1086
1077	None			1080 1087 1081
1078	Kim Kitsuragi	"By being a damn good shot -- Ace's High!" The lieutenant raises his right hand, waiting for you to slap it.		1086
1079	Cunoesse	"Fuck you, *kyrpäle*!" Despite her words, her tone seems celebratory.		941 942 943
1080	You	Slap it.		1084
1081	You	Leave him hanging.		1082
1082	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay," he mumbles for a second, then lowers his hand. "Maybe it's not customary in the 41st to perform an Ace's High. In the 57th we've carried over the custom from the Revolution. Maybe it's bad luck... anyway."		1083
1083	Empathy	You *left him hanging* on an Ace's High?! What is wrong with you, you sharpshooting asshole?		1089
1084	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant takes a little hop to perform the customary salutation. Your palm hurts from the slap. It's precise and down to the point.		1089
1085	Interfacing	You could add an Ace's Low to it, if you like. By turning your back after the High and waiting for another.		1077
1086	Encyclopedia	The Ace's High -- a custom invented by the aerostatic brigades during the Revolution -- is used to celebrate success in Revachol. Especially in sports. The gesture has spread across the world, despite the defeat of the revolutionaries themselves.		1085
1087	You	Slap it and wait for an Ace's Low.	Variable["yard.hanged_interfacing_aces_low"]	1088
1088	Kim Kitsuragi	The High arrives with a sharp slap. As you turn around there is a moment of doubt -- feels like that Low ain't gonna *connect*...		1438
1089	Cuno	"I knew these guys were f****ts." His voice is deeply approving.		1097 1098 1091
1090	Kim Kitsuragi	But then it does -- and with furious precision! The lieutenant is not one to leave an Ace's Low *hanging*.		1089
1091	You	"What now?"		1092
1092	Kim Kitsuragi	"We will perform a field autopsy and determine the cause of death -- but before... excuse me." He needs to turn away from the corpse.		1093
1093	Perception (Smell)	Slumped on the ground like that has not *improved* the way the corpse smells -- the fall seems to have released something deep inside it...		1439
1094	Kim Kitsuragi	"It looks like *I* feel like taking a break from the stench. I'm sorry to interrupt the jubilations here -- just a little breather before we do the autopsy."		1116
1095	You	"Wait -- field *autopsy*?!"		1117
1096	You	"All right." (Give him back his gun.)		1442
1097	You	"No, we're *not*!"		1099
1098	You	"Yeah, we're f****ts, got a problem with it?!"		1100
1099	Kim Kitsuragi	"Officer, let's keep our attention on the victim."		1091
1100	Cuno	Cuno cracks with laughter -- sounds like someone strangling a seagull. It's clear he enjoys himself.		1101
1101	Cunoesse	"I knew they suck each other off."		1091
1102	The Hanged Man			1103 1104
1103	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.get_the_dead_body_down_from_the_tree_done"] or Variable["TASK.return_to_corpse"]	1463
1104	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.get_the_dead_body_down_from_the_tree_done"] or Variable["TASK.return_to_corpse"]) == false	363 3 2
1105	The Hanged Man			1106 1107
1106	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_i_in_dark"]	512
1107	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_i_in_dark"]) == false	534
1108	The Hanged Man			1109 1110
1109	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_inland_warned_against_pulling_down_body"]	1214
1110	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_inland_warned_against_pulling_down_body"]) == false	266
1111	Kim Kitsuragi	"This makes getting him down much more problematic than I had assumed..."		1219
1112	The Hanged Man			1113 1114
1113	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_inland_corpse_answered"]	591
1114	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_inland_corpse_answered"]) == false	597
1115	Kim Kitsuragi	"The stench is getting bad. I'm sorry to interrupt the jubilations here -- I need a little breather before we do the autopsy."		1116
1116	None			1095 1096
1117	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes." He covers his nose. "The four phases of a murder scene. One: Investigation of the scene."		1118
1118	The Hanged Man			1119 1120
1119	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.viscal_kim_present_for_prints"]	1126
1120	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.viscal_kim_present_for_prints"]) == false	1123
1121	Kim Kitsuragi	"I can't say I'm satisfied with that part yet. We should search for prints maybe..." He stops to look at the spring mud. "And the trash container too..."		1132
1122	Kim Kitsuragi	"I can't say I'm *fully* satisfied with that part. We should search for prints maybe..." He points to the spring mud around you.		1132
1123	The Hanged Man			1124 1125
1124	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.open_trash_container_done"]	1122
1125	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.open_trash_container_done"]) == false	1121
1126	The Hanged Man			1127 1128
1127	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.open_trash_container_done"]	1129
1128	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.open_trash_container_done"]) == false	1130
1129	Kim Kitsuragi	"I'm satisfied with that part. The trash container, the prints -- we've been thorough enough."		1132
1130	Kim Kitsuragi	"I can't say I'm satisfied with that part yet. I still want to know what's in that trash container..." He points to it.		1132
1131	Kim Kitsuragi	"Two: Initial examination of the victim. We were not exhaustive in our efforts, should have looked at the tattoos maybe? But what's done is done."		1140
1132	The Hanged Man			1133 1134
1133	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_picture_taken"]	1135
1134	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_picture_taken"]) == false	1131
1135	The Hanged Man			1136 1137
1136	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.run_serial_number"]	1138
1137	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.run_serial_number"]) == false	1139
1138	Kim Kitsuragi	"Two: Initial examination of the victim. We were *exhaustive* in our efforts there. Good job."		1140
1139	Kim Kitsuragi	"Two: Initial examination of the victim. We were pretty good in our efforts -- and the autopsy will provide another chance."		1140
1140	Kim Kitsuragi	"Three: Field autopsy. This will *not* be pleasant. Or easy. And it *will* have to be performed on the scene."		1141
1141	Cuno	"The fuck are they on about?"		1142
1142	Cunoesse	"Cops are gonna cut his shit up next."		1143
1143	Kim Kitsuragi	"Four and final: transport of the coroner's case to the district morgue. I'll do that." The lieutenant stops. "God, he stinks."		1144 1145
1144	You	"Don't we have someone else for the autopsy -- like a doctor?"		1146
1145	You	"Got it."		1153
1146	Kim Kitsuragi	"No. You and I are *detectives*. The honorary rank of 'detective' signifies our ability to handle *the entire incident chain*. From crime scene, to autopsy, to clean-up. We do it all."		1147 1149 1148
1147	You	"Honorary rank?"		1151
1148	You	"I don't think I'm a detective."		1460
1149	You	"Yes, I feel like a detective."		1150
1150	Kim Kitsuragi	"Your station would not have assigned you the case otherwise. This case is *important*."		1155
1151	Kim Kitsuragi	"An honour -- and a burden. Attached to your rank. Mine is *lieutenant-detective* -- unfortunately. I can't tell you how tired I am of this corpse..."		1152
1152	Endurance	He is growing truly tired of it, it's not merely moodiness. His tolerance limit is near.		1148
1153	Kim Kitsuragi	"Good."		1154
1154	None			1116
1155	None			1116
1156	Kim Kitsuragi	"In the meantime, we should try to interview Evrart Claire, the leader of the Union. Harbour property was clearly used in the hanging..." He points to the belt. "The harbour just east of here. Getting *in* might prove a challenge, though..."		1445
1157	You	"Is this the famous *list of initial interviews*?		1158
1158	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes..." He nods slowly. "And those were the interviewees. Let's go."
1159	You	Let's go then. [Leave.]
1160	Kim Kitsuragi	"I would also suggest we interview Joyce, the Wild Pines representative, but we've already done that. So -- good for us. One down, one to go."		1161
1161	None			1157 1159
1162	You	"Yup. Seems like a lynching to me."		1163
1163	Kim Kitsuragi	"Everything here seems to corroborate that assumption. But we should still get him *down* before assigning a probable cause of death."		403
1164	You	At the autopsy, you said you have ancient mysteries.	Variable["yard.hanged_inland_something_in_there"] and Variable["yard.hanged_talk_wild_pale_yonder"]	1239
1165	Composure	In silence, the lieutenant gives you a meaningful glance. As if to say: *case in point*.		770
1166	Kim Kitsuragi	"The risk of... acrobatic failure is one we cannot take. We must not become *comedy* for the locals."		1168
1167	None			568
1168	Cuno	"The fuck have you got against comedy, pigs?"		1167
1169	Kim Kitsuragi	"That ladder can't carry a grown man. I didn't see any splintering either, did you? I think they lassoed the branch, then pulled on the belt to close the buckle..." He makes a pulling motion.		1338
1170	Kim Kitsuragi	"I think they lassoed the branch, then pulled on the belt -- buckle closes." He makes a pulling motion. "It's what I would do. Seems easier than climbing up there."		1338
1171	You	"Did they climb up using the kids' ladder?" (Point to the one at the side of the tree.)		1169
1172	You	"How did they even get him up there?"		1174
1173	None			442
1174	Kim Kitsuragi	"A noose is one of those things that's easier to use one way around..." He points to the buckle tying the belt to the branch above.		1175
1175	The Hanged Man			1176 1177
1176	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.sense_logic_kids_latter"]	1171
1177	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.sense_logic_kids_latter"]) == false	1170
1178	You	"This is a bad time for a drink, right?"		1179
1179	Kim Kitsuragi	"Extremely."		487
1180	The Hanged Man			1181 1182
1181	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_encyclo_cargo_belt_airships"]	739
1182	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_encyclo_cargo_belt_airships"]) == false	740
1183	The Hanged Man			1184 1185
1184	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_kim_messed_with_cuno"]	212
1185	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_kim_messed_with_cuno"]) == false	1186
1186	Cuno	"Fucking talkin' about underpants..."		1187
1187	Rhetoric	Clearly Cuno would like to interject something here, but there's not enough for him to hold on to.		1228
1188	None			243
1189	Kim Kitsuragi	"Try what exactly?"		1193
1190	You	"I wanted to see what happens."		338
1191	You	"I might have wanted to experiment. You know, get an exploratory jive going."	Variable["yard.hanged_rhetoric_exploratory_jive"]	1194
1192	You	"I have no idea why. I just do things. There's no underlying reason."		338
1193	Rhetoric	If you can't experiment, how will you learn?		1190 1191 1192
1194	Kim Kitsuragi	"I see what you mean, but even so..." The lieutenant taps on the boot.		315
1195	The Hanged Man			1196 1197
1196	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_conceptualization_organic_design"]	1217
1197	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_conceptualization_organic_design"]) == false	1351
1198	You	Run your finger over the lines.		1204
1199	You	What does this remind me of?		1201
1200	You	Not interested.		1202
1201	Conceptualization	If trees were made of porcelain, this is what their cross-sections would look like.		1198
1202	Conceptualization	I am so disappointed in you. What *are* you interested in, then?		263
1203	Perception (Sight)	The whorls are in the shape of a letter and number combination: E50.100.1000.		226
1204	Conceptualization	The smooth glossy surface fractures into ever more intricate interconnections, peaking on the right sabaton, where you notice...		1203
1205	Drama	X54156745678222! Let's *lie*.		228 229
1206	You	"Yes. Let's run it as I said."		230
1207	You	"Actually, I don't know why I lied. The number is: E50.100.1000."		232
1208	None			972 973 974
1209	None			1037 1035
1210	None			443 485
1211	None			498 503
1212	None			935 940
1213	None			428 436
1214	None			360 361
1215	None			308 309
1216	None			347 348
1217	None			1199 1200
1218	None			196 195
1219	None			442
1220	The Hanged Man			1221 1222
1221	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.trash_clothes_found"]	1223
1222	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.trash_clothes_found"]) == false	205
1223	Kim Kitsuragi	"No, I think he had something precious underneath his clothes. They had to remove the *jeans* we found in the trash to get to it. This kind of armour is often worn *under* fabric."		1522
1224	You	"He could have been walking around naked -- just like this for all we know."		1225
1225	Kim Kitsuragi	"A good point. He could have been intoxicated. Or something we cannot yet imagine... I shouldn't have assumed so much just from the clothes."		1226
1226	Empathy	What was that? Was the lieutenant just impressed by your unintuitive guess?		1227
1227	Esprit de Corps	He was. Why else would he call it a very good point? Does this mean you're a *very* good detective? Possibly.		1228
1228	None			1229
1229	None			260
1230	Kim Kitsuragi	"We should keep a lookout for these pieces. The armour could yield information." He nods toward the red-haired boy eyeing you suspiciously. "Maybe he'll know something."		1231
1231	Pain Threshold	If you wear those pieces, it will help me protect your mortal coil.		238
1232	You	Why, does my mortal coil need protecting?	Variable["yard.hanged_threshold_armour"]	1233
1233	Pain Threshold	Yes. Bullets will fly, they always do. And the coil is fleshy and mush and permeable. Cast it in ceramic shell. Resist death.		1234
1234	Endurance	I'm not squishy and permeable. I'm bark, sap and steel. Cast me in ceramic shell, but only for *ritual purposes*. It would adorn me well... bring me to attention.		238
1235	The Hanged Man			1236 1237
1236	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_inland_corpse_answered"]	734
1237	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_inland_corpse_answered"]) == false	1360
1238	Kim Kitsuragi	"The noose acted like a tourniquet, keeping the blood in his head. The hypostasis here is in tune with a hanging. That's what I think."		400
1239	The Hanged Man	Oh yes, Cobo mi Lobo! In the gift horse's mouth, tracts and wakes and waterways! Ancient materials buried...		1240 1241
1240	You	Yeah, but to *where*, brother?		1553
1241	You	Alright.		1242
1242	The Hanged Man	It's *all* right.		1243
1243	None			618
1244	The Hanged Man			1245 1246
1245	The Hanged Man		IsKimHere()	445 1178
1246	The Hanged Man		(IsKimHere()) == false	1247
1247	None			26
1248	The Hanged Man			1249 1250
1249	The Hanged Man		IsKimHere()	504
1250	The Hanged Man		(IsKimHere()) == false	1251
1251	None			26
1252	None			568
1253	You	"We've looked at the belt, now how do we get him down?"	IsKimHere() and Variable["yard.hanged_having_another_look"] and Variable["yard.hanged_having_another_look_again"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_corpse_down_hub_reached"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_rope_reinforced_talked"]	944
1254	You	"Yup. The preliminary examination is done -- let's get him down from there."	IsKimHere() and Variable["yard.hanged_having_another_look_again"] and Variable["yard.hanged_corpse_down_hub_reached"] == false	1256
1255	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes, we do." The lieutenant inspects the belt, his forehead is lined with worry.		1252
1256	None			567
1257	You	"We need to talk about getting him down again."	IsKimHere() and Variable["yard.hanged_corpse_down_hub_reached"] == true and Variable["TASK.ask_for_help_from_the_harbour"] == false	1255
1258	Kim Kitsuragi	He breathes out heavily.		1382
1259	You	"Yeah, you should shoot him down. No other way."	Variable["yard.hanged_shoot_him_dont"] and Variable["yard.hanged_shoot_the_betl_yourself_idea"] == false	1258
1260	The Hanged Man	You can come back and look into this face any time you want. Ask me your little questions, freshen your memory. Create associations, remind yourself of your *mortality*, Coppolopo.		1473
1261	Kim Kitsuragi	"The hangover is clearly making this worse for you. You could use some ammonia -- to clear your head."		62
1262	You	"Okay -- where do we get ammonia from?"		55
1263	None			62
1264	You	"But not you?"	Variable["yard.hanged_open_you_too_kim"]	1265
1265	Kim Kitsuragi	"I can't handle the headache."		1266
1266	Endurance	It's more likely he can handle the smell. Unlike you.		1263
1267	None			14
1268	Kim Kitsuragi	"If she doesn't have any, there might be some in the Frittte store nearby."		1604
1269	Cuno	"Bitch-fight, C. Bitches are at it."		1270
1270	Cunoesse	"Mhm, bitches about to kill each other, I think."		1271
1271	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant pays no heed: "We should go and do something else. Give it half an hour. Then come back, when you've gotten your act together."		1598
1272	The Hanged Man			1273 1274
1273	The Hanged Man		CheckItem("ammonia_ampoule")	1275
1274	The Hanged Man		(CheckItem("ammonia_ampoule")) == false	21
1275	Endurance	You crack open the ammonia ampoule and breathe in. The odour of death is still stronger. It's a spell of the mind telling you to run -- and your stomach to wring itself empty. With your eyes squinting you stand in it.		22
1276	The Hanged Man			1277 1278
1277	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_questions_accessed_in_autopsy"]	1279
1278	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_questions_accessed_in_autopsy"]) == false	728
1279	None			External: (700, 4)
1280	The Hanged Man			1281 1282
1281	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_questions_accessed_in_autopsy"]	1283
1282	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_questions_accessed_in_autopsy"]) == false	617
1283	None			External: (700, 4)
1284	The Hanged Man	The sabatons dangle off the man's decaying form, ageless and synthetic.		260
1285	The Hanged Man			1286 1287
1286	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.cuno_greeting_done"]	210
1287	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.cuno_greeting_done"]) == false	1288
1288	Cuno	"I hear you, f****t! Talking shit 'bout the Cuno. Come here and say it to Cuno's face!" the boy shrieks at the top of his lungs.		213 206
1289	The Hanged Man			1290 1291
1290	The Hanged Man		CheckItem("ammonia_ampoule")	1307
1291	The Hanged Man		(CheckItem("ammonia_ampoule")) == false	37
1292	The Hanged Man			1293 1294
1293	The Hanged Man		CheckItem("ammonia_ampoule")	1295
1294	The Hanged Man		(CheckItem("ammonia_ampoule")) == false	35
1295	Endurance	The smell is repulsive. It pushes in from your mouth, more instant and more familiar than anything you'd expected; more fever than odour. It fills your mind, flushing you from within.		1296
1296	None			39 40
1297	The Hanged Man			1298 1299
1298	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_endurance_failed_once"]	1300
1299	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_endurance_failed_once"]) == false	1292
1300	The Hanged Man			1301 1302
1301	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_endurance_failed_twice"]	1289
1302	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_endurance_failed_twice"]) == false	1303
1303	The Hanged Man			1304 1305
1304	The Hanged Man		CheckItem("ammonia_ampoule")	1306
1305	The Hanged Man		(CheckItem("ammonia_ampoule")) == false	36
1306	Endurance	The ammonia only makes it worse! The combination forces tears out of your ducts. You manage to keep it in once...		73
1307	The Hanged Man	The corpse appears to laugh at you, black froth bubbling on it's lips. Every molecule in this body reeks of death. It's *still* too much, you feel it coming up again...		125
1308	The Hanged Man			1309 1310
1309	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_cyclo_armistice_known"]	916
1310	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_cyclo_armistice_known"]) == false	915
1311	None			External: (1427, 16)
1312	Conceptualization	His personality is no longer a part of the world.		549
1313	Hand/Eye Coordination	The sound of the explosion from your gun echoes over all of Martinaise. The bullet found its way to the heart of a kid.		1311
1314	Hand/Eye Coordination	A plume of smoke erupts from the barrel. Your hand goes numb from the explosion. With your ears still ringing you lower the weapon to see what happened.		930
1315	Hand/Eye Coordination	The buckle explodes into tiny pieces, coming loose with a *whirr*.		929
1316	The Hanged Man			1317 1318
1317	The Hanged Man		Variable["whirling.hardies_just_put_the_gun_in_your_mouth"]	1319
1318	The Hanged Man		(Variable["whirling.hardies_just_put_the_gun_in_your_mouth"]) == false	917
1319	Kim Kitsuragi	"This had better not turn into another *demonstration* of yours."		1380
1320	The Hanged Man			1321 1322
1321	The Hanged Man		Variable["whirling.hardies_just_put_the_gun_in_your_mouth"]	1379
1322	The Hanged Man		(Variable["whirling.hardies_just_put_the_gun_in_your_mouth"]) == false	1308
1323	Logic	Hmm... pretty clever.		1604
1324	Endurance	Until a pool of vomit lies under your feet -- and your throat stings from the stomach acid.		43
1325	The Hanged Man			1326 1327
1326	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_coach_physical_interfered"]	122
1327	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_coach_physical_interfered"]) == false	104
1328	Tutorial Agent	You've gained a Thought! When this dialogue is over, go to your THOUGHT CABINET and INTERNALIZE it for special bonuses and effects.		119
1329	Tutorial Agent	You've gained a Thought! When this dialogue is over, go to your THOUGHT CABINET and INTERNALIZE it for special bonuses and effects.		120
1330	Tutorial Agent	You can open this White Check again by going to your CHARACTER SHEET and spending a skill point to upgrade your Endurance. Gain new skill points by exploring and completing side-tasks.		1590
1331	You	"...even though I got my shit compressed!? How is it possible?"	IsTHCFixed("shit_together")	1332
1332	Kim Kitsuragi	"I am at a loss as well. I could *swear* your shit was together, detective."		1333
1333	Conceptualization	Sometimes even that is not enough... Life is unfair.		129
1334	The Hanged Man			1335 1336
1335	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.shit_together"]	27
1336	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.shit_together"]) == false	1337
1337	The Hanged Man	The man before you is naked, but for a pair of underpants and enameled boots. His skin is greenish, marbled with decaying veins and blotched by lividity. A fading web of tattoos covers his chest and shoulders. The cargo belt used to fasten him to the branch above appears industrial in strength.		26
1338	Visual Calculus	Could be. The shape of the branch supports the theory.		1173
1339	Volition	Ignore. Say no more. This is about the corpse and inspecting it.		206
1340	The Hanged Man			1341 1342
1341	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"]	1343
1342	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"]) == false	1345
1343	Kim Kitsuragi	"He worked for Krenel -- like Joyce told us. This is military equipment, provided by a wealthy security contractor. With state ties. *Way* above what we have."		1344
1344	None			260
1345	The Hanged Man			1346 1347
1346	The Hanged Man		Variable["cargo.evrart_mentioned_negotiator"]	1348
1347	The Hanged Man		(Variable["cargo.evrart_mentioned_negotiator"]) == false	246
1348	Kim Kitsuragi	"Looks like he worked for a private contractor -- like Evrart told us. Wealthy. With state ties. This is *way* above what we have."		1344
1349	You	"That *is* what ka-ching means, yes."		1350
1350	Kim Kitsuragi	"Mhm. It means 'disciplinary hearing'." The lieutenant nods, wiping his finger on his sleeve.		218
1351	Inland Empire	Like the scales of some ancient white monster, cracked and pearly.		263
1352	None			234
1353	None			1248
1354	The Hanged Man	Decay is creeping on the tattoo, already most of the canvas that's holding it has darkened, now it disintegrates slowly, letting out a stink...		1353
1355	Kim Kitsuragi	"Here -- a souvenir." He hands you the piece of rolled up photo paper. It's no larger than a pack of cigarettes. "Don't lose it."		528
1356	The Hanged Man			1357 1358
1357	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_inland_failed_once"]	1359
1358	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_inland_failed_once"]) == false	613
1359	Inland Empire	The fish-lips stay silent in response. You must be losing your mind, asking him that over and over...		614
1360	The Hanged Man			1361 1362
1361	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_inland_failed_twice"]	1363
1362	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_inland_failed_twice"]) == false	1356
1363	Inland Empire	No reply. How ever many times you keep asking.		1364
1364	The Hanged Man			1365 1366
1365	The Hanged Man		IsKimHere()	1367
1366	The Hanged Man		(IsKimHere()) == false	1280
1367	Kim Kitsuragi	"Please stop trying to perform a *necromantic ritual*. We have other things to do."		1280
1368	Rhetoric	You really need to learn the difference, buddy. This is embarrassing.		1075
1369	You	Roonie is not who I am. I'm Harry.	Variable["tc.harry"] or Variable["tc.name_full_harrier"]	1370
1370	The Hanged Man	No, you're not a Harry either. You're a motherfucker. That's who you are, Roonie the Motherfucker.		1371
1371	None			618
1372	The Hanged Man			1373 1374
1373	The Hanged Man		Variable["tc.harry"] or Variable["tc.name_full_harrier"]	1375
1374	The Hanged Man		(Variable["tc.harry"] or Variable["tc.name_full_harrier"]) == false	1371
1375	The Hanged Man	That's right. Stupid, boring Harry. Harry the Motherfucker.		1371
1376	You	Because he told me to. (Nod toward Kim.)	IsKimHere()	1377
1377	The Hanged Man	You're a lying sack of shit, coppo. You're doing this because there is *nothing* else to do. Everything else is over. It's just *me* now.		726
1378	Half Light	*I* think he's dead -- and about to explode.		381
1379	Rhetoric	No, of course not -- this time we shoot someone *else*!		1308
1380	Rhetoric	No, of course not -- this time we shoot someone *else*!		918
1381	None			815 816 817 821 812
1382	Cunoesse	"Oh yeah! Do this shit! Fuck it up!"		1383
1383	None			1381
1384	Interfacing	Securing it in place.		826
1385	The Hanged Man			1386 1387
1386	The Hanged Man		IsEvening()	1396
1387	The Hanged Man		(IsEvening()) == false	882
1388	The Hanged Man			1389 1390
1389	The Hanged Man		IsNight()	1395
1390	The Hanged Man		(IsNight()) == false	1385
1391	The Hanged Man			1392 1393
1392	The Hanged Man		IsMorning()	1394
1393	The Hanged Man		(IsMorning()) == false	1388
1394	The Hanged Man	Your field of view narrows. The branch slowly moves, becoming entirely two-dimensional. The metal buckle glimmers, catching the morning light as the corpse slowly rotates.		912
1395	The Hanged Man	Your field of view narrows. The branch slowly moves, becoming entirely two-dimensional. The metal buckle glimmers as the corpse slowly rotates.		912
1396	The Hanged Man	Your field of view narrows. The branch slowly moves, becoming entirely two-dimensional. The metal buckle glimmers, catching the evening light as the corpse slowly rotates.		912
1397	None			1399 1400 1584 1585 1401
1398	Kim Kitsuragi	"We need to access the harbour and ask the leader of the Union to have it taken down. They have the tools -- and they have men."		1404
1399	You	"But what about the body?"		1398
1400	You	"Why didn't we just *begin* with that?"	Variable["TASK.ask_for_help_from_the_harbour"]	1402
1401	You	"Okay." [Leave.]		1405
1402	Kim Kitsuragi	"I did not want us to be indebted to Evrart Claire. I wanted us to be able to deal with it ourselves. That is *clearly* not the case. We need help."		1403
1403	Cunoesse	"You need to SUCK MY DICK! Why the fuck am I still *alive?!*"		1404
1404	None			1397
1405	The Hanged Man			1406 1407
1406	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.ask_for_help_from_the_harbour"]
1407	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.ask_for_help_from_the_harbour"]) == false	1408
1408	Kim Kitsuragi	"I suggest we go to the harbour and ask the leader of the Union to help us with the body -- I would have preferred us not to owe the Union anything, but we clearly cannot do this ourselves. Let's go."
1409	The Hanged Man			1410 1411
1410	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_rope_airlifting_carfo"]	737
1411	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_rope_airlifting_carfo"]) == false	736
1412	Kim Kitsuragi	"The *bad* way -- the way I didn't want us to." He sighs. "By asking the harbour for help. They have the tools and the men. If they put him up there -- they can take him down too."		1414
1413	You	"But *how*?"		1412
1414	None			1415 1435 1589 1416 1417 1418
1415	You	"But -- won't it be dangerous?"		1429
1416	You	"How do we get *inside* the harbour?"	Variable["XP.find_a_way_inside_harbour"] == false	1544
1417	You	"Good job we already found a way *in* the harbour."	Variable["XP.find_a_way_inside_harbour"]	1419
1418	You	"Let's get to it then." [Leave.]
1419	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hooray for us."		1433
1420	Kim Kitsuragi	"From the gates -- by negotiating or fighting. I'm *unenthusiastic* about fighting..." He looks around. "Or we can try to find some secret third path -- it's unlikely, though."		1421
1421	Physical Instrument	To the gates! Let's fight, I say!		1424
1422	Rhetoric	To the gates! Let's negotiate!		1423
1423	Savoir Faire	Secret path, secret path, secret path!		1428
1424	The Hanged Man			1425 1426
1425	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_physinst_harbour_fight"]	1427
1426	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_physinst_harbour_fight"]) == false	1422
1427	Rhetoric	To the gates! But we *negotiate*!		1423
1428	None			1414
1429	Kim Kitsuragi	"To ask the *suspects* for help with the victim's body? To be indebted to Evrart Claire? Very much, yes -- which is why I would have preferred us to handle this ourselves."		1430
1430	Kim Kitsuragi	"Clearly we can't."		1431
1431	Cunoesse	"Suck my dick, bitches!"		1432
1432	None			1414
1433	None			1414
1434	None			1397
1435	You	"Who's Evrart Claire?"	Variable["yard.hanged_kim_mentions_evrart"] and Variable["cargo.evrart_evrart_met"] == false and Variable["tc.name_of_union_boss"] == false	1436
1436	Kim Kitsuragi	"The leader of the Union. A dangerous and corrupt man, from what I hear -- you don't want to owe him much."		1437
1437	Cuno	"Yeah -- don't go bein' someone else's bitches. You're *Cuno's* bitches."		1432
1438	Interfacing	Chill. It's *gonna* connect.		1090
1439	The Hanged Man			1440 1441
1440	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_endurance_failed_once"]	1094
1441	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_endurance_failed_once"]) == false	1115
1442	The Hanged Man			1443 1444
1443	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.interview_union_boss_done"]	1448
1444	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.interview_union_boss_done"]) == false	1156
1445	The Hanged Man			1446 1447
1446	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.interview_wild_pines_rep_done"]	1160
1447	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.interview_wild_pines_rep_done"]) == false	1579
1448	The Hanged Man			1449 1450
1449	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.interview_wild_pines_rep_done"]	1454
1450	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.interview_wild_pines_rep_done"]) == false	1451
1451	Kim Kitsuragi	"In the meantime, we should locate the representative of the logistics company. My preliminary information suggests the Wild Pines have sent a strike negotiator to wrangle back control from the Union."		1452
1452	Kim Kitsuragi	"I bet she has a *fresh* perspective to offer us. Since we've already talked to Evrart in the harbour -- that interview is done. For better or for worse."		1453
1453	None			1161
1454	Kim Kitsuragi	He holsters it. "I *would* suggest we interview Evrart and Joyce -- the leader of the Union and the Wild Pines rep -- but we've already done that. So... it's up to you detective. Take us where we need to be."		1455
1455	Authority	He trusts you have plenty of things in the task chain, lined up.
1456	The Hanged Man			1457 1458
1457	The Hanged Man		Variable["plaza.gardener_main_hub_reached"] and IsDayFrom(2) == false	1459
1458	The Hanged Man		(Variable["plaza.gardener_main_hub_reached"] and IsDayFrom(2) == false) == false	1161
1459	Reaction Speed	You could ask the Gardener for directions!		1161
1460	Kim Kitsuragi	"With shooting like that -- of course you are. Your station would not have assigned you to this case otherwise."		1155
1461	You	"No, no. I have mine too, I'm just an asshole who does things in a strange order."	CheckItem("gun_ruby") or CheckItem("gun_villiers")	1462
1462	Kim Kitsuragi	"Fine, then." The piece shines in his outstretched hand.		1502
1463	None			External: (700, 884)
1464	Kim Kitsuragi	"I was really hoping we wouldn't -- the Union appear to be *suspects* in this case. It seems like a dangerous route to go down."		1510
1465	You	"They can get him down too."		1466
1466	Kim Kitsuragi	He sighs. "Okay. Let's do it the lousy, dangerous way."		1468
1467	You	"Maybe we can ask for help from the harbour?"	Variable["yard.hanged_backed_out_of_help_asking"] == false	1464
1468	None			1414
1469	The Hanged Man			1470 1471
1470	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.get_the_dead_body_down_from_the_tree_done"]	1472
1471	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.get_the_dead_body_down_from_the_tree_done"]) == false	729
1472	The Hanged Man	Hah! The clown lips on the corpse appear to smile.		730
1473	The Hanged Man			1474 1475
1474	The Hanged Man		Variable["doomed.fridge_corpse_in_fridge"]	1476
1475	The Hanged Man		(Variable["doomed.fridge_corpse_in_fridge"]) == false	1276
1476	None			External: (1143, 18)
1477	None			1397
1478	The Hanged Man			1479 1480
1479	The Hanged Man		Variable["plaza.gardener_ammonium_heard"]	1481
1480	The Hanged Man		(Variable["plaza.gardener_ammonium_heard"]) == false	71
1481	You	"Didn't that young woman, the gardener, mention using salts for the smell? Or maybe they sell ammonia at the local grocery store..."		1482
1482	The Hanged Man	You can feel it coming up again. The corpse twirls in the wind.		72
1483	Interfacing	There is only one ampoule left. Use it wisely.		526
1484	None			381
1485	The Hanged Man			1486 1487
1486	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.get_hardie_boys_to_tell_you_the_whole_story_done"]	1488
1487	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.get_hardie_boys_to_tell_you_the_whole_story_done"]) == false	747
1488	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's tempting. But decapitating him *might* be against regulations."		1504
1489	You	"We're assuming dockworkers from the harbour did it?"	Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] == true and Variable["TASK.interrogate_vigilantes_done"] == false	1523
1490	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes." He agrees. "The debrief we got from the Wild Pines representative appears to be solid too. A lynching is what this looks like."		1491
1491	None			442
1492	You	"We know he wasn't hung, so I'd say he was treated. These markings were produced."	Variable["TASK.get_hardie_boys_to_tell_you_the_whole_story_done"]	1493
1493	Kim Kitsuragi	"To purposefully mislead us." He nods. "They must've hung him fast after that bullet hit. This is well done. It would have fooled *me*."		1484
1494	The Hanged Man			1495 1496
1495	The Hanged Man		Variable["gates.frittte_apothecary_hub_reached"]	1497
1496	The Hanged Man		(Variable["gates.frittte_apothecary_hub_reached"]) == false	66
1497	Kim Kitsuragi	"There's the Frittte nearby -- maybe they have some in their apothecary? If they don't..." He points to the greenhouse.		67
1498	You	Of course not. The name is Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau.	Variable["tc.raphael_ambrosius_costeau"] == true	1499
1499	The Hanged Man	Listen to yourself... You're not a Raphaël anything. You're probably just Harry or something. That's right... *Harry*.		666
1500	The Hanged Man	You might be on to something there.		686
1501	Authority	We're not off to a good start. This missing gun business is making your hand tremble.		1502
1502	None			866
1503	None			891
1504	None			568
1505	None			568
1506	You	"But what *else* can we do?" (Commit to it.)		1507
1507	Kim Kitsuragi	"Okay..." He looks at the cargo belt. "They *do* have the tools and the men. And since it looks like they *put* him there..."		1465 1508
1508	You	"Yeah, wait -- let's reconsider." (Consider other options first.)		1511
1509	None			568
1510	Half Light	Confirmed. It's unsafe.		1535
1511	The Hanged Man	But *what* other options? The corpse twists on the belt, like chicken on a skewer...		1509
1512	None			1235
1513	You	"By *they* do you mean the Hardie boys?"	Variable["TASK.interrogate_vigilantes_done"]	1514
1514	Kim Kitsuragi	He nods. "Right now everything seems to fit their confession."		1515
1515	None			442
1516	Inland Empire	Oops...		919
1517	Tutorial Agent	Acquiring Ammonia will provide a MODIFIER to the White Check. MODIFIERS make checks easier -- and allow you to retry them.		1267
1518	The Hanged Man			1519 1520
1519	The Hanged Man		Variable["TASK.who_put_the_clothes_in_the_trash"]	1521
1520	The Hanged Man		(Variable["TASK.who_put_the_clothes_in_the_trash"]) == false	1230
1521	Kim Kitsuragi	"We should keep a lookout for these pieces. The armour could yield information." He nods toward the red-haired boy eyeing you suspiciously. "This is one thing he might actually know..."		1231
1522	Logic	Nice. That makes sense.		206 1224
1523	The Hanged Man			1524 1525
1524	The Hanged Man		Variable["whirling.kim_briefing_done"]	1490
1525	The Hanged Man		(Variable["whirling.kim_briefing_done"]) == false	1526
1526	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes." He agrees. "The debrief we got from the Wild Pines representative appears to be solid too. A lynching is what this looks like. Our internal RCM brief said the same..." He looks at you.		1527
1527	Kim Kitsuragi	"By the way, when you get the chance -- *perhaps* you should ask me to share the RCM brief you. I'm pretty sure you've *forgotten* it."		1491
1528	The Hanged Man			1529 1530
1529	The Hanged Man		CheckItem("instant_photo_tattoos")	1531
1530	The Hanged Man		(CheckItem("instant_photo_tattoos")) == false	491
1531	The Hanged Man	An intricate web of blue lines stretches across the torso. If you want to re-examine the tattoos, looking at the photo would give you a better, more detailed view.		1532
1532	None			26
1533	The Hanged Man	The cadaver hangs from the cargo belt --limbs limp and torso covered in tattoos.		1534
1534	None			26
1535	Logic	I would really prefer if there was another way. These people might have an agenda.		1506 1508
1536	You	"That's it. We have to ask for help from the harbour." (Commit to it.)	Variable["yard.hanged_backed_out_of_help_asking"]	1507
1537	Authority	This is years of experience talking. He's seen career after career ruined by careless media strategies.		793 795
1538	Hand/Eye Coordination	You know, you don't feel like too bad of a shot yourself...		1539
1539	Physical Instrument	Take his gun and show him how to use it.		863
1540	The Hanged Man			1541 1542
1541	The Hanged Man		Variable["auto.is_raining"]	1543
1542	The Hanged Man		(Variable["auto.is_raining"]) == false	1391
1543	The Hanged Man	Your field of view narrows. The branch slowly moves, becoming entirely two-dimensional. The metal buckle glimmers, slick with the falling rain. The corpse slowly rotates...		912
1544	The Hanged Man			1545 1546
1545	The Hanged Man		Variable["backyard.cloak_greeting_done"] or Variable["cargo.saw_cloak"]	1547
1546	The Hanged Man		(Variable["backyard.cloak_greeting_done"] or Variable["cargo.saw_cloak"]) == false	1420
1547	Kim Kitsuragi	"From the gates -- by negotiating or fighting." He looks up to the east. "Or we can try the secret route we found. Where your cloak is. It looked doable."		1421
1548	You	I can't get the damn compartment in my ledger open.	Variable["inventory.ledger_white_interfacing_failed_once"] and Variable["inventory.ledger_wc_success"] == false and Variable["inventory.boolean_that_opens_compartment"] == false and Variable["yard.hanged_talk_wild_pale_yonder"]	1549
1549	The Hanged Man	The blue heart? Oh, that's good shit, you'll love it. Just press down and *fuck* it open like you always do.		1550
1550	The Hanged Man	Fuck it hard, Copopo the Clown.		1551
1551	Physical Instrument	He means force. It'll work.		1552
1552	None			618
1553	The Hanged Man	Just a small gulp away, my beloved Cobo. A small gulp away.		1243
1554	You	How do you like it in the fridge?	Variable["doomed.fridge_corpse_in_fridge"]	1555
1555	The Hanged Man	I like it a *lot* brother. This really is your finest hour! You're a genius -- a regular Coppolangelo!		1556
1556	None			618
1557	The Hanged Man			1558 1559
1558	The Hanged Man		Variable["doomed.fridge_corpse_in_fridge"]	1560
1559	The Hanged Man		(Variable["doomed.fridge_corpse_in_fridge"]) == false	1561
1560	None			External: (1143, 18)
1561	None			External: (700, 4)
1562	The Hanged Man			1563 1564
1563	The Hanged Man		Variable["XP.cuno_unclimbable_ladder"]	1573
1564	The Hanged Man		(Variable["XP.cuno_unclimbable_ladder"]) == false	1565
1565	The Hanged Man			1566 1567
1566	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.cuno_kim_notes_the_ladder_is_unclimbable"]	1571
1567	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.cuno_kim_notes_the_ladder_is_unclimbable"]) == false	780
1568	The Hanged Man			1569 1570
1569	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.sense_logic_kids_latter"]	1571
1570	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.sense_logic_kids_latter"]) == false	1562
1571	Savoir Faire	It *seems* unclimbable, cause the ladder is treacherously rotten, but you could use your hands and feet to reach around the tree, then hang from the branch...		1572
1572	None			782 775 776
1573	Savoir Faire	Even Cuno thinks it's unclimbable, cause the ladder is treacherously rotten, but you could use your hands and feet to reach around the tree, then hang from the branch...		1572
1574	The Hanged Man			1575 1576
1575	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.cuno_kim_notes_the_ladder_is_unclimbable"]	1577
1576	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.cuno_kim_notes_the_ladder_is_unclimbable"]) == false	783
1577	Kim Kitsuragi	"No," he says, shaking his head, "that ladder is not climbable and I don't really see another good way up there."		781
1578	None			776
1579	The Hanged Man			1580 1581
1580	The Hanged Man		Variable["pier.joyce_met"]	1582
1581	The Hanged Man		(Variable["pier.joyce_met"]) == false	1583
1582	Kim Kitsuragi	"*Or* we could talk to the representative of the logistics company again. I know we already met Joyce, but that didn't count as an interview. We need to ask her how the strike and lynching are *connected*."		1456
1583	Kim Kitsuragi	"*Or* we could ask around for the representative of the logistics company. My initial information says the Wild Pines have sent some sort of *strike negotiator* to wrangle control back from Evrart."		1456
1584	You	"Who's Evrart Claire?"	Variable["yard.hanged_kim_mentions_evrart"] and Variable["cargo.evrart_evrart_met"] == false and Variable["tc.name_of_union_boss"] == false	1586
1585	You	"What's wrong with being indebted to Evrart Claire?"	Variable["yard.hanged_kim_mentions_evrart"] and Variable["cargo.evrart_evrart_met"] == false and Variable["tc.name_of_union_boss"] == true	1587
1586	Kim Kitsuragi	"The leader of the Union. A dangerous and corrupt man. One you don't want to be *indebted* to."		1434
1587	Kim Kitsuragi	"He's a dangerous and corrupt man, and we cannot predict what he will want from us in return."		1434
1588	Kim Kitsuragi	"He's a dangerous and corrupt man, and we cannot predict what he will want from us in return."		1437
1589	You	"What's wrong with being indebted to Evrart Claire?"	Variable["yard.hanged_kim_mentions_evrart"] and Variable["cargo.evrart_evrart_met"] == false and Variable["tc.name_of_union_boss"] == true	1588
1590	Volition	Relax. It's okay if you don't make it today -- the bloated corpse isn't going anywhere.		1592
1591	Logic	Maybe it's okay if you don't make it *today*? The dead man isn't going anywhere -- and there's always other things to do...		131
1592	The Hanged Man			1593 1594
1593	The Hanged Man		Variable["yard.hanged_volition_okay_not_today"]	131
1594	The Hanged Man		(Variable["yard.hanged_volition_okay_not_today"]) == false	1591
1595	The Hanged Man			1596 1597
1596	The Hanged Man		Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"]	119
1597	The Hanged Man		(Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"]) == false	1328
1598	The Hanged Man			1599 1600
1599	The Hanged Man		Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"]	120
1600	The Hanged Man		(Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"]) == false	1329
1601	The Hanged Man			1602 1603
1602	The Hanged Man		Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"]	1590
1603	The Hanged Man		(Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"]) == false	1330
1604	The Hanged Man			1605 1606
1605	The Hanged Man		Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"]	1267
1606	The Hanged Man		(Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"]) == false	1517
1607	The Hanged Man			1608 1609
1608	The Hanged Man		Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"] or Variable["character.interactable_tutorial_seen"]	530
1609	The Hanged Man		(Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"] or Variable["character.interactable_tutorial_seen"]) == false	1610
1610	Tutorial Agent	You've acquired an interactable item. Investigate this item further by going to the INTERACT tab in your INVENTORY.		530