Conversation 756: VILLAGE / JOYCE

Joyce has sailed to village once you're looking for instigator. She's talking to net picker about sailing. Extra content about village and why she sailed there. GREETING HERE!

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 None
External:
  • (765, 1253)
3 Joyce Messier "I'll just keep the Cor-de-Leite in the channel, if that's okay. It's too shallow near the pier..." She winds the mooring line around a post.
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4 Lilienne, the Net Picker "Aye, ma'am... And it's a jetty, by the way."
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5 You "This island?"
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6 Joyce Messier "Of course. Jetty. I prefer a good jetty to a pier any day. Jet-jet-jetty..."
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7 You "Hello, ma'am."
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8 You "J-j-j-jettady-jetty." Variable["pier.joyce_drama_sing"]
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9 Drama Something about the way she says it makes you want to sing.
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10 You "This isola?" Variable["tc.isola"] == true
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11 Joyce Messier "Oh jetty, oh jetty...." she responds mournfully...
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12 Joyce Messier "Yes -- Insulinde."
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13 You [Leave.]
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14 Joyce Messier "It's good to see you here. I only just arrived myself."
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15 Joyce Messier "Hello, detective." She fastens the end of the line around the post and straightens her back.
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16 None
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17 None
External:
  • (765, 26)
18 Joyce Messier
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19 Joyce Messier IsKimHere()
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20 Joyce Messier (IsKimHere()) == false
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21 Joyce Messier "Godspeed, detective."
22 Kim Kitsuragi "Do we?" He glances at his watch. It doesn't look like he does.
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23 Joyce Messier You leave her fastening the mooring line around the post rotting in the water.
24 You "Well, it was good running into you." [Leave.]
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25 Joyce Messier She's tying a complicated nautical knot around the post.
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26 None
External:
  • (765, 26)
27 None
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28 You "What brings you here?"
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29 You "Tell me now, I have time."
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30 You "I need your help with something, right away! No time to talk!"
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31 Joyce Messier "...maybe there is something else I can assist you with? While you're *hot* in pursuit?"
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32 Joyce Messier "Nothing, really... I've had my eye on this jetty for weeks now. So I decided to investigate it personally. This cluster of buildings isn't on any of the official maps, as far as I can tell."
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33 Joyce Messier "I hear you have singled out a *suspect* and are in pursuit. This is cause for cautious optimism -- I would not want to delay you..."
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34 Joyce Messier ...then secures the mooring line. "It's good to see you here, detective. I only just arrived myself."
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35 Joyce Messier
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36 Joyce Messier IsKimHere()
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37 Joyce Messier (IsKimHere()) == false
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38 Joyce Messier ...then secures the mooring line. "It's good to see you here, detectives. I only just arrived myself."
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39 Joyce Messier
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40 Joyce Messier IsKimHere()
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41 Joyce Messier (IsKimHere()) == false
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42 Shivers Their cloud shadows slide over the ruins of Revachol West -- wherever they pass, the temperature drops slightly but perceptibly.
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43 Joyce Messier "I knew you would sympathize." She nods. "Most Revacholians will never know what this place means, our home -- this island of matter. Or why they were ferried over in the first place..."
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44 None
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45 Kim Kitsuragi "What brings you here, madam?"
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46 Joyce Messier
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47 Joyce Messier Variable["village.joyce_blackc_shivers_clouds"]
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48 Joyce Messier (Variable["village.joyce_blackc_shivers_clouds"]) == false
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49 You "Oblivion -- that's so me."
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50 Joyce Messier "I'm guessing you *don't* know then..."
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51 Joyce Messier
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52 Joyce Messier IsKimHere()
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53 Joyce Messier (IsKimHere()) == false
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54 You "What is an isola, exactly?" Variable["tc.isola"] == false
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55 Joyce Messier
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56 Joyce Messier Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]
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57 Joyce Messier (Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) == false
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58 Joyce Messier "Hello, detectives." She fastens the end of the line around the post and straightens her back.
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59 Kim Kitsuragi "Fortunately for you, madam, the RCM is on the scene."
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60 You "So how do you like it here?" (Look around.)
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61 Joyce Messier "Hmh... How *do* I like it?" She casts her gaze toward the village -- slush melting on the cinder blocks, construction work left half-finished ten years ago...
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62 You "This... fishing village?"
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63 Logic That -- and she's also keeping an eye on *you*.
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64 None
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65 You "Have you been spying on me?" Variable["pier.joyce_logic_lookout"]
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66 Joyce Messier "'Spying' has such a negative connotation. I did track your progress along the coast, however, and decided I would be better able to assist you from here..."
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67 Joyce Messier "No matter -- Lilienne and I are getting on much better. For one, she appreciates the concept of *rent*."
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68 Joyce Messier "Remind me to tell you one day." She corrects the scarf around her neck. "For now -- how can I assist you in this new location?"
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69 Empathy You detect a note of longing in her voice.
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70 None
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71 None
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72 Perception (Smell) The smell of salt and dog shit in the background.
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73 Perception (Hearing) Water drips down eaves of eternite. The jetty below her feet creaks to the tune.
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74 You "Tell me something else then."
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75 Joyce Messier "It's pornographically poor. The street has no name, all the men are dead or missing... and is that the carcass of a motor carriage over there?" She squints her eyes...
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76 Joyce Messier "Of course. I hear you have singled out a *suspect* and are in pursuit -- this is cause for cautious optimism. How can I help you at this juncture?"
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77 None
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78 You "The place is doomed either way."
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79 You "Try not to be scared. This is just how the *real* city looks."
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80 Joyce Messier "It's a pity. Most of these people will never know what this place means -- this island of matter. Or why they were ferried over in the first place..."
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81 You Say nothing. CheckItem("sabre") == false
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82 You "Forty-five percent is around where I operate. Things are getting better though."
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83 Joyce Messier "Maybe..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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84 Joyce Messier "Of course -- how fortuitous that I'm so close at hand. What do you need?"
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85 Esprit de Corps "The children carry them up. Come May, the streets will be flooded..." Outside the wind rattles the loose hatches. "*Flooded* with cheap weapons. In angry hands."
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86 Joyce Messier The woman is tying a complicated nautical knot around the post, while occasionally exchanging a few words with the other woman.
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87 Lilienne, the Net Picker Dark eyes survey the coast leading up to Martinaise. Dull grey metal rests in her scabbard -- a sword. The wind is too loud for her to hear...
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88 Esprit de Corps "They're antiques," says Lieutenant John 'The Archetype' McCoy to his partner. "They're digging them up from the catacombs now, fixing them. Old caches from the Revolution. "
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89 Shivers Above you there forms a quilt of altocumulus clouds, twisting into each other. The wind tugs and stretches them over the bay.
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90 Joyce Messier
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91 Joyce Messier Variable["village.joyce_left_mid_village_greet"]
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92 Joyce Messier (Variable["village.joyce_left_mid_village_greet"]) == false
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93 Joyce Messier "Oh, I'm not *frightened*, officer. I'd never..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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94 Joyce Messier
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95 Joyce Messier Variable["pier.joyce_village_intro_done"]
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96 Joyce Messier (Variable["pier.joyce_village_intro_done"]) == false
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97 Joyce Messier "She could easily just..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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98 Esprit de Corps It's early spring and the rains are coming. An officer enters a low hut of stone and wood. Inside, weapons are piled against the walls. Rifles with splintering stocks... and swords. Tens if not hundreds.
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99 Joyce Messier
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100 Joyce Messier IsKimHere()
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101 Joyce Messier (IsKimHere()) == false
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102 You "She's a woman. She doesn't know how to use a sword." IsTHCFixed("revacholian_nationhood") and IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date") == false--[[ Variable[ ]]
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103 Joyce Messier
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104 Joyce Messier Variable["village.joyce_esprit_about_village"]
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105 Joyce Messier (Variable["village.joyce_esprit_about_village"]) == false
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106 Joyce Messier
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107 Joyce Messier Variable["pier.cindy_first_greeting_balcony_done"]
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108 Joyce Messier (Variable["pier.cindy_first_greeting_balcony_done"]) == false
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109 Authority What is this? Destruction of property? Hooliganism? Elder abuse?
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110 Authority What is this? Destruction of property? Hooliganism? Elder abuse? And who is this *scamp*, anyway?
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111 Kim Kitsuragi "Thank you, ma'am. Do keep an eye on your boat."
112 Joyce Messier
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113 Joyce Messier Variable["pier.cindy_authority"]
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114 Joyce Messier (Variable["pier.cindy_authority"]) == false
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115 Joyce Messier "Godspeed, detectives."
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116 You Say nothing.
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117 You "Sounds like Cindy the SKULL alright. Want me to book her?"
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118 You Leave it be.
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119 Joyce Messier
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120 Joyce Messier Variable["pier.joyce_realityhub_reached"]
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121 Joyce Messier (Variable["pier.joyce_realityhub_reached"]) == false
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122 Joyce Messier "No need -- Lilienne and I are getting on much better. For one, she appreciates the concept of *rent*."
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123 None
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124 You "No, I don't know how they discovered it."
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125 Joyce Messier "Then there's the matter of that little scamp in old-lady clothes. She threatened to paint the Cor-de-Leite red. Like blood, you see. Well, I like it the way it is -- white."
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126 Joyce Messier "No -- the Insulindian isola."
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127 Joyce Messier "It's just as well -- Lilienne and I are getting on much better. For one, she appreciates the concept of *rent*."
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128 You "That's just Cindy being Cindy. You can ignore her." Variable["pier.cindy_first_greeting_balcony_done"] == true
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129 Joyce Messier "Have I told you how they discovered this place?" The wind picks up, her raincoat flaps in the gust.
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130 Joyce Messier "You're not alone. Neither do most of these people -- the literacy rate is around 45% west of the river. Fifty years of occupation have left these people in an *oblivion* of poverty."
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131 Joyce Messier "I'm surprised that woman hasn't put me to the sword yet. Maybe she will? You should ask your questions while you can."
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132 Joyce Messier "Do you know how they discovered this place?" The wind picks up, her raincoat flaps in the gust.
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133 Joyce Messier
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134 Joyce Messier IsKimHere()
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135 Joyce Messier (IsKimHere()) == false
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136 You "You're right to be scared. This is all your fault."
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137 You "You're in no danger." (Whisper) "The working class have no idea what's happening to them."
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138 Joyce Messier "That they don't..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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139 Joyce Messier "So am I -- and I *do* know how to use one..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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140 Inland Empire This story she will tell only before she *leaves* Martinaise. At the very end of her stay.
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141 None
External:
  • (765, 26)
142 Joyce Messier
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143 Joyce Messier IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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144 Joyce Messier (IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false
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145 Joyce Messier
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146 Joyce Messier Variable["TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date_done"]
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147 Joyce Messier (Variable["TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date_done"]) == false
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148 Joyce Messier
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149 Joyce Messier IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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150 Joyce Messier (IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false
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151 Joyce Messier The woman is tying a complicated nautical knot around the post.
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152 Rhetoric All right. Politics time. Let's *react*.
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153 Authority Real men, real politics, real thoughts in your head!
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154 You "Don't worry. I got her sword." (Show it.) CheckItem("sabre")
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155 Joyce Messier "Perhaps you shouldn't have. I sort of liked it on her..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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