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ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			2
2	Joyce Messier	"This... reality?" She pulls her hood closer around her neck.		3
3	Drama	Yes, reality is your side-case.		7
4	Conceptualization	An experimental side-case.		5
5	Inland Empire	The aim is to gain a deeper understanding.		6
6	None			10 11 40 12 39 113
7	Joyce Messier			8 9
8	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_drama_realityinvestigation"]	4
9	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_drama_realityinvestigation"]) == false	5
10	You	"I am conducting a personal investigation into the world I find myself in."	Variable["pier.joyce_drama_realityinvestigation"]	14
11	You	"By learning about the world I hope to learn more about myself."	Variable["pier.joyce_inland_realityiinvestigation"]	77
12	You	"I got so drunk I forgot literally everything."	Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"] == false	21
13	You	"I hope my inquiry into the nature of reality will ultimately converge with our murder investigation. They are two halves of the same case."		645
14	Joyce Messier	"How truly curious -- a sort of philosopher-detective!"		15
15	Rhetoric	Aren't all...		72
16	You	"Aren't all philosophers detectives?"		18
17	You	"And aren't all detectives philosophers?"		31
18	Joyce Messier			19 20
19	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	28
20	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	27
21	Joyce Messier	"What?" She chortles, nearly spilling her tea.		22
22	None			23 24 25 41
23	You	"I went on a three-day bender and now need you to explain the world to me."		51
24	You	"I woke up in a trashed hotel room, superstar-style. Before that everything's a blank."	IsTHCPresent("superstar_cop")	51
25	You	"A supra-natural event took place." (Point to your head.) "Within my head -- on alcohol."		51
26	Empathy	This person is not easily disoriented, but you've done it.		143
27	Joyce Messier	"Why not?" She tosses her head. "I've heard the analogy made by a blindingly modern school of philosophy called karperie. It may not be as far fetched as it sounds."		37
28	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes, all of them."		29
29	Kim Kitsuragi	"Except the ones who are philosophers."		30
30	Joyce Messier	"Actually," she turns to the lieutenant, "I've heard the analogy made by a blindingly modern school of philosophy called karperie. It may not be as far fetched as it sounds."		37
31	Joyce Messier			32 33
32	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	35
33	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	36
34	Kim Kitsuragi	"Except the ones who are detectives."		37
35	Kim Kitsuragi	"Naturally," he nods.		34
36	Joyce Messier	"There may be some detectives who are not philosophers."		37
37	None			75
38	Joyce Messier	"A deep synthesis," she nods. "I'll assist you however I can then. Go ahead. Ask."		76
39	You	"No time to explain -- just give me the low-down."		926
40	You	"It's related to that medical episode -- I have trouble remembering even the most basic terms of reality."	Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"] == true	43
41	You	"Please don't make me say it again."		51
42	None			115 724 122 116 117 683 951 119 682 121 199 120 700 885 123
43	Joyce Messier	"Ah, yes -- the episode. Sounds like an acute case of encephalopathy now that I think of it..." She puts down her thermal cup and looks at you.		54
44	Composure	She's trying to see whether you're bluffing -- it's easy not to fidget. You're not.		26
45	Joyce Messier			46 47
46	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	48
47	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	44
48	Kim Kitsuragi	"Don't be fazed, madam. He functions perfectly well. He only needs a... lowdown on all of reality."		142
49	Joyce Messier	"But then, I'm no doctor." She takes a long sip of tea. "Ask away, officer -- I'll help however I can."		112
50	Composure	Trying to gauge by your expression and demeanour whether you're joking. She concludes you're not.		49
51	Joyce Messier	"Such an acute encephalopathy... just doesn't seem possible." She puts her beverage down and stares at you. "Surely you're joking..."		45
52	Kim Kitsuragi	"Don't be fazed, madam. He functions perfectly well. He only needs a... lowdown on all of reality."		53
53	Joyce Messier	"We may be here awhile, then." She takes a long sip of tea. "Ask away, officer -- I'll help however I can."		112
54	Joyce Messier			55 56
55	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	52
56	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	50
57	You	"Actually.... that's not why I need you to give me the low-down."		58
58	Joyce Messier	"Oh?" You've really piqued her curiosity now. "Then why?"		64
59	Perception (Sight)	A wink. There is a mischievous streak to him egging you on. This might go beyond mere strategy.		71
60	Joyce Messier			61 62
61	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	63
62	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	71
63	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes." The lieutenant takes a step closer to you. "Why don't you tell Mrs. Messier what you told me, hmh?"		59
64	Joyce Messier			65 66
65	Joyce Messier		Variable["whirling.kim_intro_told_memory_trouble"]	60
66	Joyce Messier		(Variable["whirling.kim_intro_told_memory_trouble"]) == false	67
67	Joyce Messier			68 69
68	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	70
69	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	71
70	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes!" The lieutenant takes a step closer to you, rubbing his hands together. "There is a stranger reason, isn't there?"		59
71	None			6
72	Joyce Messier			73 74
73	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_rhet_philosodetective"]	16 17
74	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_rhet_philosodetective"]) == false	75
75	None			13 57
76	None			958
77	Joyce Messier	"A sort of... spiritual quest? Something of ancient Iilmaraan origin?" There's more than a trace of irony in her voice.		78 79 80 81
78	You	"Yes, a spirit quest sounds like the thing I'm on."		106
79	You	"None of that foreign wisdom. I only seek deep, ancient PATRIOTIC truths."	IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")	102
80	You	"Forget the past, my quest concerns the coming apocalypse."	IsTHCPresent("apocalypse_cop")	96
81	You	"Actually... that is not why I need a low-down."		82
82	Joyce Messier	She nods, attentively.		83
83	Joyce Messier			84 85
84	Joyce Messier		Variable["whirling.kim_intro_told_memory_trouble"]	86
85	Joyce Messier		(Variable["whirling.kim_intro_told_memory_trouble"]) == false	91
86	Joyce Messier			87 88
87	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	94
88	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	89
89	None			6
90	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes!" The lieutenant takes a step closer to you, rubbing his hands together. "There is a stranger reason, isn't there?"		95
91	Joyce Messier			92 93
92	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	90
93	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	89
94	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes." The lieutenant takes a step closer to you. "Why don't you tell Mrs. Messier what you told me, hm?"		95
95	Perception	He gives you a slight nudge on your side, apparently enjoying himself.		89
96	Joyce Messier			97 98
97	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	99
98	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	666
99	Kim Kitsuragi	"You will find that most things concern the coming apocalypse. It's part of his condition."		100
100	Joyce Messier	"I've never heard of an apocalyptic medical condition, but then reality is a strange place. Ask away, officer -- I'll help however I can."		111
101	Joyce Messier	"I've never heard of a nationalistic medical condition, but then reality is a strange place. Ask away, officer -- I'll help however I can."		111
102	Joyce Messier			103 104
103	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	105
104	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	666
105	Kim Kitsuragi	"You will find he doesn't approve of foreign wisdom. It's part of his condition."		101
106	Joyce Messier			107 108
107	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	109
108	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	666
109	Kim Kitsuragi	"You will find him a big fan of the ancient ways -- it's part of his condition."		110
110	Joyce Messier	"Nothing wrong with ancient ways," she says. "Our modern ones aren't necessarily better. Ask away, officer -- I'll help however I can."		111
111	None			958
112	None			958
113	You	"Actually -- now is not a good time for a reality low-down. Maybe later."		114
114	None			External: (765, 124)
115	You	"Where are we?"		144
116	You	"What times are these?"		360
117	You	"What is this acute encephalopathy?"	Variable["pier.joyce_encephalopathy"]	327
118	You	"What am I?"		264
119	You	"What are you?"	Variable["pier.joyce_who_are_you_open"] == false	371
120	You	"What world is this?"	Variable["pier.joyce_worldhub_reached"] == true	451
121	You	"What is this?" (Spread your hands.)		124
122	You	"You said pale. What is pale?"	(Variable["pier.joyce_reality_pale_question_unclocked"] or Variable["TASK.what_is_pale"] == true) and IsKimHere() and Variable["pier.joyce_pale_kimturndown_one"] == false	580
123	You	"That's all for now." (Conclude for now.)		307
124	Joyce Messier	"A bird?" She tilts her head. "A sphenicid -- a flightless bird of the polar regions?"		125 650 126
125	You	"Keep guessing."		127
126	You	"I meant what is this place here?"		501
127	Joyce Messier	"Some sort of... krill hunter? No, wait..." Joyce raises her eyebrows. "You're an ancient ruin, a symbol of hubris and decay, half-submerged in some salty sea."		651 128
128	You	"What -- really?"		130
129	Joyce Messier	"Ah!" She spreads her arms almost as wide. "This is the pier of Rue de Saint-Ghislaine 33A, where the tenants have been kind enough to rent me a slot..."		135
130	Joyce Messier	"Of course you're not, my dear. I'm just terrible at guessing games."		126 131
131	You	"Let me ask you something else."		132
132	Joyce Messier	"Of course," she tosses her permanent-waved hair. "Ask me anything."		133
133	None			42
134	You	"What is Rue de Saint-Ghislaine 33A?"		136
135	Joyce Messier	"...or two." She looks around.		134
136	Joyce Messier	"A pre-revolutionary tenement. Old buildings are called tenements, you see, and new buildings batiments, after les batiments noveau. But 33A and 33B are not noveau, they're old." She looks up at the crumbling facade...		137
137	Joyce Messier	"This one used to be eight to ten stories tall -- a real high rise by the standards of the last century. Built to mirror the skyscrapers across the bay in the Delta. That was before the war, of course."		138
138	You	"Who lived in them?"		139
139	Joyce Messier	"Mostly the urban middle class, I believe. This was once primo real estate. Before the cannons lopped four or five stories off..."		495
140	None			42
141	None			958
142	Joyce Messier	"We may be here awhile, then." She takes a long sip to clear her throat. "Ask away, officer -- I'll help however I can."		141
143	Joyce Messier	"No. You're not joking at all, are you?" She sighs. "Well, ask away, officer -- I'll help however I can."		141
144	Joyce Messier	"We're in Martinaise, baby."		168 147
145	You	"So, we're on the periphery? Basically nobodies?"		198
146	You	"Are we near the ocean?"		148
147	You	"Mhm. And what is Martinaise?"		150
148	Joyce Messier	"Yes. We are on an island in an ocean. The world's largest body of water -- the Insulindic."		179
149	None			159 175 162 169 659 180
150	Joyce Messier	"Martinaise is a district of Revachol." She looks around, her green raincoat flapping in the wind. "A very small district tucked away near the Industrial Harbour. North of the 8/81 and Jamrock."		151
151	Joyce Messier	"You would be excused for not knowing about it. Unimportant, they say. Forgotten even -- shelled to smithereens during the Revolution." She shrugs. "It has its charms, just not this time of year."		149
152	None			156 158 145
153	None			149
154	None			149
155	Joyce Messier	"Oh, we're quite a way off. About..." She points across the water, where the skyscrapers rise...		624
156	You	"So, we're in an unimportant part of an important place?"		160
157	Joyce Messier	"It's not really a sea. It's the Bay of Revachol. And the bay feeds into the ocean."		146
158	You	"So, we're pretty much at the centre of the world?"		155
159	You	"Tell me more about Martinaise."		161
160	Joyce Messier	"I think it's fair to say so. Martinaise is about..." She points across the water, where the skyscrapers rise...		624
161	Joyce Messier	"I'm not a good ambassador. I've only been here once before, as a teenager. Not a lot has changed..." She closes her eyes. "There are ruins, a terminal, fishing boats, reeds. Boys with boxy shoulders."		174
162	You	"You mentioned a sea. What sea is this?"		157
163	None			42
164	Joyce Messier	"A casual term of endearment popular among the 50+ crowd. It's a disco holdover, pay it no heed."		170 147
165	Joyce Messier	"Caillou." She looks to the waters. "Imagine a pebble, a smoothed over pebble amidst a great blue sea. Mis-shapen, cracked. The cracks are the River Esperance. We're in the delta of this river, on the sixth branch -- the Martinaise distributary."		167
166	None			149
167	Empathy	It is clear this pebble is of enormous value to her...		194
168	You	"Baby?"		164
169	You	"What's the name of this island?"	Variable["pier.joyce_mentioned_island"] == true	165
170	You	"I'm a disco holdover myself."		171
171	Joyce Messier	"Ha!" She smiles. "Aren't we all?"		172
172	Logic	She refers to your corresponding ages.		147
173	Joyce Messier	She opens them: "This place used to be a province, a workers' resort before the city swallowed it and the artillery did its work. The reeds are the real star of the show here now. The further down the coast, the wilder it gets."		154
174	Empathy	A brief spike of longing in her upright body. The dots under her eyelids shake.		173
175	You	"You were here as a teenager?"	Variable["pier.joyce_empathy_teenagerboys"]	176
176	Joyce Messier	"Yes, I was slumming it with some girlfriends of mine. We had boats and..." She smiles. "Don't hold it against me -- the boys certainly did not."		177
177	Electrochemistry	There is a spark in the air, a live wire hanging in the wind -- in your hung over neocortex. Then the sea air cools it down.		178
178	None			149
179	Encyclopedia	Known to the early Revacholians as les Immensités Bleues -- The Blue Immensities.		982
180	You	"Tell me about another, perhaps even more fundamental aspect of reality."		181
181	Joyce Messier	"I would be happy to. What is a preposterously expensive education for if not sharing."		182
182	None			42
183	You	"You're a smart woman."		184
184	Joyce Messier	"Perhaps." Her earrings chime as she nods. "My intellectual vanity will be my undoing."		186
185	Joyce Messier	"Ah, yes -- back to the low-down."		42
186	Logic	You're no dummy yourself.		187
187	Joyce Messier			188 189
188	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_logic_reallysmart"]	190 191
189	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_logic_reallysmart"]) == false	544
190	You	"So am I."		193
191	You	No -- or intellectual vanity will be my undoing!		192
192	Logic	And the crown on your head as you lay in the casket.		544
193	Joyce Messier	"A smart boy getting smarter, one basic term of reality at a time..."		544
194	Joyce Messier			195 196
195	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_empathy_pebblevalue"]	197
196	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_empathy_pebblevalue"]) == false	166
197	Conceptualization	...and to Humanity at large.		166
198	Joyce Messier	"Speak for yourself, officer. I'm well known in certain parts. As to the place, you're right. We are..." She points across the water, where the skyscrapers rise...		624
199	You	"What is that?" (Point to Cindy the SKULL.)	Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] == false and Variable["pier.joyce_cindy_talked"]	200
200	Joyce Messier	"The girl in the old-lady rags?"		201 202
201	You	"Yes."		205
202	You	"No, no, I meant something basic about reality."		203
203	None			204
204	Joyce Messier	"Ah, yes. There's something very satisfying about discussing the fundamental facts of reality. Go ahead."		42
205	Joyce Messier	"Looks like a sullen and rebellious member of a teen infraculture."		206
206	You	"Infra... culture?"		207
207	Joyce Messier	"Yes -- you and I belong to the supraculture. We're common, the herd. The music on the radio, the food in the chain restaurant -- those are all too popular for the girl in the old-lady rags."		208
208	Joyce Messier	"She prefers a fantasy world -- an infraculture with its own dress code and vernacular. It is an illusion, I'm afraid. There is no refuge from the supraculture."		210 211
209	Conceptualization	Suddenly you're not so sure you're part of the supraculture...		216
210	You	"Okay, now explain the same thing -- but to a child."		212
211	You	"I understand everything. Make it more complicated somehow."		213
212	Joyce Messier	"Young people who dye their hair funny colours and wear old people's clothes are stupid and their little rebellion is self-defeating..."		652
213	Joyce Messier	"I can't. That's how simple it is. One may dye their hair green and wear their grandma's coat all they want. Capital has the ability to subsume all critiques into itself. Even those who would critique capital end up reinforcing it instead..."		652
214	You	"I think I may be part of an infraculture."		221
215	You	Let it go.		220
216	Joyce Messier			217 218
217	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_concept_infraculture"]	214 215
218	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_concept_infraculture"]) == false	219
219	None			42
220	Conceptualization	Of course -- no time for silly infracultures. There are more pressing, reality-centric questions to be asked.		219
221	Joyce Messier	Her eyes go round with surprise. "And what would that be?"		222 223 653
222	You	"Cop."		224
223	You	"Disco."		230
224	Joyce Messier	She lets out an unrestrained laugh, the crows feet stretching onto her cheeks...		225
225	Joyce Messier			226 227
226	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	228
227	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	654
228	Kim Kitsuragi	"My reality-impaired colleague is not so far off..." The lieutenant wanders back into the conversation -- he's been sorting his notes.		229
229	Kim Kitsuragi	"Many of the RCM's fashions, even weapon preferences, borrow heavily from classic Vespertine cop shows. My precinct alone has three officers who go by the name Ace..."		232
230	Joyce Messier	"Ha! I can see that, yes. I dabbled in those dark arts myself -- not so long ago." She smiles enigmatically. "I assure you, it was a thoroughly supracultural phenomenon. All-permeating. Downright mandatory."		231
231	Joyce Messier	"Nothing infra about disco, baby."		235 236
232	Kim Kitsuragi	"But please -- do continue this reality-exploration. I was just remarking."		233
233	Joyce Messier	"Yes, let's..." She settles down -- still a quivering smile on her face.		234
234	None			42
235	You	"You're disco?"		237
236	You	"We got this covered -- about another basic reality term."		238
237	Joyce Messier	"Those days are long behind me..." She looks inland with sarcastic wistfulness. "And even in the early Thirties I would say I was more of a New girl. Disco was a minor, but still enjoyable facet of the whole thing for me."		240
238	None			239
239	Joyce Messier	"Be my guest." She takes a sip from her thermal cup.		42
240	You	"The New?"		241
241	Joyce Messier	"The New, a cultural era -- and the name of the decade it ravished, the Thirties. It came out of post-revolutionary Revachol. It was... ultraliberal."		242
242	Joyce Messier	"It involved lots of partying, as you might imagine. And champagne coloured everything. By the looks of it -- that would have been when you came of age. Now..." She raises her eyebrow at you.		246
243	You	"Sounds fun. I can't remember a single thing."		250
244	You	"Champagne? That doesn't sound like anything I'd be into. I'm straight edge."		249
245	You	"Got it -- let's take it back to reality central for the next one."		251
246	Joyce Messier			247 248
247	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]	243 244 245
248	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) == false	234
249	Joyce Messier	"Of course. You're much more grounded, a serious detective on a case called reality. Speaking of -- is there anything else?"		252
250	Joyce Messier	"Wasn't it Guillaume le Million who said: If you can remember the New, you weren't there?"		253
251	Joyce Messier	"Maximum brio, officer."		252
252	None			42
253	Joyce Messier			254 255
254	Joyce Messier		IsTHCPresent("guillaume_le_million")	256 245
255	Joyce Messier		(IsTHCPresent("guillaume_le_million")) == false	265
256	You	"Wait -- Guillaume le Million? I was just thinking about that guy! Whatever happened to him?"		257
257	Joyce Messier	"Ah, yes..." She looks hesitant. "This is not very central to reality, is it?"		258 245
258	You	"I still want to know."		259
259	Joyce Messier	"I can't be one hundred percent sure, but I believe he died due to complications from venereal disease."		697
260	You	"So you're saying he didn't vanish in a puff of stardust?" (Conclude.)		261
261	Joyce Messier	"I'm afraid no, but then again -- one can't be entirely sure. It's all part of his mystique. Ask someone else and you may get a more champagne-coloured take..."		266
262	You	"Which one?"		263
263	Joyce Messier	"All of them."		699
264	Joyce Messier	"You? You are an officer of the RCM," she says energetically.		272 270
265	Encyclopedia	For some reason your mind is a veritable repository of Guillaume le Million lyrics, trivia, and b-sides. But the time to explore this is when you're alone, facing a mirror perhaps? Right now it would derail the reality low-down.		252
266	Joyce Messier	"Anyway," she concludes. "What other basic facets of reality should we discuss?"		267
267	None			42
268	You	"Good. And what is the Revachol Citizens Militia?"		269
269	Joyce Messier	"Nothing more nor less than the de facto law enforcement body of post-revolutionary Revachol, detective."		274
270	You	"The Revachol Citizens Militia?"	Variable["tc.rcm"]	271
271	Joyce Messier	"Precisomundo!"		268
272	You	"This abbreviation -- what does it stand for?"	Variable["tc.rcm"] == false	273
273	Joyce Messier	"It stands for Revachol Citizens Militia."		268
274	Joyce Messier			275 276
275	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	277
276	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	279
277	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes," the lieutenant steps in to make a gesture encompassing you both: "We are the Revachol Citizens Militia."		952
278	Joyce Messier	"Yes. That means: not de jure. The RCM acts in what is poetically called the twilight of international law; both at the behest of the Coalition Government -- and to its chagrin."		289
279	You	"You said de facto?"		278
280	Joyce Messier	"The RCM's responsibilities are defined by the Emergency, Wayfarer, and Aliments Acts -- three pieces of legislation keeping the city in a -- let's be honest -- laissez-faire stasis to the benefit of foreign capital."		292
281	You	"Are we?"		282
282	Kim Kitsuragi	"We are."		279
283	You	"So I'm basically one of the good guys?"		288
284	You	"So I'm basically a lackey of capital?"		288
285	You	"So I'm basically a thrall to foreign interests?"		288
286	You	"So I'm basically going to avoid this subject and ask the next question in this line of inquiry."		287
287	Joyce Messier	"Truly moralist of you. The Coalition Government would applaud you for staying out of politics. And yet..."		288
288	Joyce Messier	"There's nothing basic about your role, detective. It's true that the RCM keeps everything the way our seemingly permanent provisional rulers like it..." She leans in.		312
289	None			290 291
290	You	"What do you mean?"		280
291	You	"That's it for the who I am part then."		297
292	Joyce Messier			293 294
293	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	295
294	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	296
295	Kim Kitsuragi	"All three are good to know," the lieutenant looks up from his notes, "when we're out policing."		663
296	None			284 285 283 286
297	Joyce Messier	"Permit me to conclude with this: who you are -- to me -- is the police. The only legitimate law enforcement authority in Revachol..."		994
298	Joyce Messier			299 300
299	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]	301
300	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) == false	302
301	Joyce Messier	"And if those authorities drink so hard they need help recalling the basic terms of reality -- well, I am here to help." She bows and smiles.		658
302	Joyce Messier	"...and if the law officials of our nation need help with the basic terms of reality -- well, then I am here to help." She bows.		658
303	You	"Thank you, ma'am."		298
304	You	Say nothing.		298
305	You	"Back to those basic terms of reality then."		298
306	Joyce Messier	"Glad to have been of assistance -- the little that I know.... anything else?"		311
307	Joyce Messier			308 309
308	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]	306
309	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) == false	310
310	Joyce Messier	"Glad to have been of assistance -- the little that I know. Anything else I can do?"		311
311	None			External: (765, 26)
312	Joyce Messier	"Yet on the other hand -- I know these people. I deal with them daily. Let me tell you, dear, they are not fans of you."		313
313	You	"Why?"		314
314	Joyce Messier	"The post-revolutionary decade was a disaster for the Coalition Government. Revachol in the Twenties was hell, especially on the west side of the river: gang warfare, a botched privatisation scheme, a nuclear pile meltdown..."		315
315	Joyce Messier	"They called it the International Zone -- because no nation wanted to claim responsibility. The RCM restored peace where the Coalition failed. A true-blue citizens' initiative," she smiles. "They will never forgive you."		316
316	Joyce Messier			317 318
317	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	319
318	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	955
319	Kim Kitsuragi	"That's somewhat of an exaggeration," the lieutenant interjects. "In reality, ours is a mutually beneficial arrangement."		320
320	Kim Kitsuragi	"Revacholians get to keep the peace in Revachol, and the Coalition doesn't have to worry about it..." He coughs. "Anyway, sorry to intrude. Please continue."		954
321	Joyce Messier	"These are... unimportant times, detective." She puts her finger to her lips, then points at you: "You and I were born after the dust had settled, a thousandth of a second too late."		322 323
322	You	"Too late for what?"		324
323	You	"Got it. Another question, then."		338
324	Joyce Messier	"For the Big Time." Her eyes light up. There's a flash of teeth.		326
325	Joyce Messier	"The Revolution," she says.		930
326	Half Light	The smile of a predator. No doubt what she's got in mind.		363 358
327	Joyce Messier	"It's a neurological disorder, caused by a lack of vitamin B in the brain. Symptoms include retrograde amnesia. It's... quite serious -- you should get yourself checked out."		328
328	Empathy	She conveys it in short, cold bursts, trying not to invest too deeply in the condition of this doomed detective.		339
329	You	"What causes encephalopathy?"		331
330	You	"Got it. Let me ask something else."		336
331	Joyce Messier	"Well, it's either bariatric surgery -- or long term alcohol use."		332 333
332	You	"Oh, it's probably from surgery then."		335
333	You	"It's definitely the drinking."		334
334	Joyce Messier	She nods, slowly.		346
335	Joyce Messier	"That seems... unlikely."		346
336	None			239
337	None			42
338	None			42
339	Joyce Messier			340 341
340	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_empathy_distance"]	342
341	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_empathy_distance"]) == false	345
342	Rhetoric	In case he goes down later, souring the entire portfolio.		345
343	You	"I know you've got a lot riding on me. I won't let you down."	Variable["pier.joyce_logic_bad_bet"]	344
344	Joyce Messier	"It's not just me, detective. All of Martinaise has placed its chips on your success. I pray we've all bet wisely."		329 330
345	None			343 329 330
346	Electrochemistry	What this boils down to is this reality thing is stupid. Blow this joint, grab a bottle and drain that shit right down your throat.		988
347	Joyce Messier			348 349
348	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_electrochem_blast_hard"]	350
349	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_electrochem_blast_hard"]) == false	337
350	Volition	Wait, wait, this reality thing is the only game in town. It's probably in your interest not to blow it.		351
351	None			352 355 353
352	You	"I have, uh, somewhere to party. Right now." [Leave.]		357
353	You	Wipe that urge from your mind and get back to reality.		662
354	Drama	Yes! And lie about it too! To her!		347
355	You	"No time for more questions now -- the art world calls. A performative experiment. You wouldn't understand." [Leave.]	Variable["pier.joyce_drama_electrochem_lie"]	357
356	None			42
357	Joyce Messier	"Of course," she says, apparently unsurprised. "Well, I'll be here if you need me."
358	You	"What's the Big Time?"		325
359	Joyce Messier	"Unimportant, as I said. The mineral rights were all distributed during the Revolution -- as were the bullets to the heads."		618
360	Joyce Messier			361 362
361	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_timehub_reached"]	359
362	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_timehub_reached"]) == false	321
363	You	"You've got a predatory streak."	Variable["pier.joyce_halflight_predatory"]	364
364	Joyce Messier	"All men are predators, dear. Nothing much to be done about that. It's all a matter of where you get to file your teeth..."		358
365	Volition	She won't manoeuvre her way out of this one.		367
366	Joyce Messier	"Hmh..." She hums.		365
367	None			375 376
368	Composure	She raises the corner of her mouth smirking, revealing a canine.		378
369	You	"Wait, what's an ultra?"		370
370	Joyce Messier	"An ultraliberal, it's a type of liberal. From the Revolution. It's... not the moderate kind."		383
371	Joyce Messier	"What I am not is a basic term of reality," she smiles.		372
372	Rhetoric	There may be a way to get her speaking about herself -- at some later juncture.		981
373	None			42
374	Joyce Messier	"I am an ultra."		368
375	You	"What are you?"		377
376	You	Say nothing.		377
377	Joyce Messier	"I am the vilest of the vile," she says with a sudden flash of teeth. "A traitor, a devourer of nations and infants..."		374
378	Half Light	It's sharp.		379
379	None			369 380 381 382
380	You	"Dios mío!" (Draw a cross.) "A LIBERAL!"		384
381	You	"Cool. I liberate pretty hard myself."		385
382	You	"I don't understand -- what's so vile about that?"		386
383	None			379
384	Joyce Messier	"Yes," she nods slowly. "I am the nether creature of the forbidden swamp. I pushed the king under a shitwagon and betrayed the Revolution. My kind surrendered the nation to financial colonists..."		387
385	Joyce Messier	"No," she shakes her head, slowly. "Not like me. I am the nether creature of the forbidden swamp, who pushed the king under a shitwagon and betrayed the Revolution..."		388
386	Joyce Messier	"Haven't you heard?" She nods, pedagogically: "I am a nether creature of the forbidden swamp, one of those who pushed the king under a shitwagon and betrayed the Revolution..."		390
387	Joyce Messier	"Perhaps you thought we'd gone extinct. After all, no sane person identifies as an ultra anymore. Not in broad daylight." She looks into your eye. "Tell me -- now that I've uncoiled myself -- are you repulsed?"		389
388	Joyce Messier	"Are you liberated enough to offer up your home on a plate for financial colonists?" She looks you in the eye. "No, I think not. Tell me -- now that I've uncoiled myself -- do you find me frightening?"		389
389	Empathy	In her green eyes you see a mixture of truth and self-satire. Decades of guilt and pride.		395
390	Joyce Messier	"We surrendered the nation to financial colonists. No sane person identifies as an ultra anymore. Not in broad daylight." She looks you in the eye. "Tell me -- now that I've uncoiled myself -- are you repulsed?"		389
391	None			392 393 394 426
392	You	"You're a monster."		401
393	You	"I forgive you."		404
394	You	"I forgive you -- but only because you're charming."		400
395	Suggestion	Forgive her.		396
396	Joyce Messier			397 398
397	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_sugg_forgive_her"]	399
398	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_sugg_forgive_her"]) == false	391
399	Electrochemistry	But only because you like pearlescent teeth and those light green eyes...		391
400	Joyce Messier	"A Deuill," she pronounces: "Who being of great Charme and Guille, sneaketh into the homes of the Godlie."		409
401	Joyce Messier	"That's a pity," she bows. "I hope we can remain collegial despite my monstrousness. The ultras didn't have anything against the king or the Commune, you see. It was just business."		434
402	Joyce Messier	"Honestly..." she pauses. "I may have even preferred it, had the communards won. Who knows? They might really have built something better. But they didn't, because they lost."		403
403	Joyce Messier	"When the dust settled, the liberals were the only ones left to clean up the mess. By virtue of their survival they were handed enormous power to shape the future..." She turns her gaze to the delta. "This was all our last generation managed."		414
404	Joyce Messier	"I do hope so," she bows. "I hope we are able to remain collegial despite my monstrousness. The ultras didn't have anything against the king or the Commune, you see. It was just business."		434
405	Electrochemistry	Beneath her waterproof raincoat and silk shirt is a body imbibed in Numb 12 perfume. You are suddenly and intimately aware of it.		408 406 407 410
406	You	"Vile Deuill." (Shake your head slowly.)		649
407	You	(Nod.) "Devil Woman."	Variable["doomed.book_buy_hjelmwoman"] == true	411
408	You	"And perswades them to addict themselues to his seruice..."	Variable["pier.joyce_concept_ubidialect"]	413
409	Conceptualization	That dialect is Ubi Sunt?. You recognize the quote from somewhere. A play, written way back in the Franconigerian century...		405
410	You	"Wanna... fuck?"	Variable["pier.joyce_electrochem_imbibed"]	419
411	Joyce Messier	"I'm afraid you'll find that every woman is a Devil Woman, detective. There are only aesthetic differences between one and the other."		429
412	None			402
413	Joyce Messier	"Ah, you know more than you let on..." She gives you a coy little smile. "Philosopher-Detective of Precinct 41."		406 407 410
414	None			415 416
415	You	"Would you have done something differently?"		425
416	You	"That settles that."		418
417	None			42
418	Joyce Messier	"Nothing's settled. It simply fades away..." She closes her eyes. "Like a lover who has lost their faith. Now, shall we return to reality?"		417
419	Joyce Messier	"...steal, kill and destroy?" She counters, quick as a whip. "That they say we've been doing for over four decades now. Perhaps regrettably, I've had my fill for this century..."		420
420	Joyce Messier			421 422
421	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	423
422	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	424
423	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hmh," the lieutenant hums, reading his notes.		424
424	Joyce Messier	"In any case, I'm glad we can remain collegial despite my scaly bulk. And my perverse need to infiltrate and betray both Kingdom and Revolution."		429
425	Joyce Messier	"With due respect to our overlords, the eternal caretaker government that keeps Martinaise a monument to the efficacy of its artillery..."		438
426	You	"I don't care."		428
427	Joyce Messier	"A fitting punishment," she smirks. "To be forgotten, if not forgiven. Save a prayer for us in our châteaus on Ozonne and in Stella Maris."		433
428	Suggestion	You feel that she won't like the answer -- just as it's leaving your lips. Even more -- it will hurt her.		427
429	Joyce Messier			430 431
430	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_pol_communist"]	412
431	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_pol_communist"]) == false	432
432	None			403
433	None			403
434	Joyce Messier			435 436
435	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_pol_communist"]	402
436	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_pol_communist"]) == false	403
437	Joyce Messier	"I would not have relinquished sovereignty to the Coalition. Not here in Martinaise -- and not in the Stella Maris or Delta beachheads either. If not for my own sake..."		441
438	Authority	An appropriate warning to those who'd cross the line and pull the city into madness once more...		439
439	Shivers	While a gentle wind sweeps the streets in the rebuilt East, light drizzle washing it clean, lights go up and motor carriages circulate the tracts...		437
440	Joyce Messier	"... then for my daughters'. We had an obligation to defend our sovereignty. We should have burned the whole isola down rather than let them have it."		999
441	Composure	She realizes her small, cold fists are clenched. She loosens them.		440
442	You	"You have daughters?" (Conclude.)		443
443	Joyce Messier	"Yes, whatever else I am, I'm also a mother. And a wife." She closes her eyes, then opens them again. "Now -- shall we return to reality?"		444
444	None			42
445	You	"You're a patriot?"		446
446	Joyce Messier	"Yes, I suppose I am. But I wouldn't be a patriot anywhere but here."		447
447	Joyce Messier			448 449
448	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	450
449	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	546
450	Kim Kitsuragi	"Seditious talk, ma'am." The lieutenant puts down his notes and gives her a look.		546
451	Joyce Messier	"What world?" The fading pearls of her eyes look to the sea. "The only one, I suppose -- the world of matter and its pale antipode..."		521
452	Joyce Messier	"There is a term of endearment they coined for it. In the Dolorian century, when humanity was high on this world, discovering more and more of it -- these archipelagos included..."		454
453	Joyce Messier	"You have mis-imagined it. I don't have the power to convey to you the effect and geometry of the images that depict our world from below low orbit. It's..."		555
454	You	"What is it?"		456
455	You	"Well, if you say it's disco..."		477
456	Joyce Messier	"Elysium."		533
457	Joyce Messier	"We used to think it was a sphere, but that is beginning to look less and less likely by the day. You wouldn't know it from the tabloids, but the ORG nations have been launching weather balloons into the lower ionosphere since the Thirties."		1002
458	You	"Elysium... The world needs a term of endearment."		462
459	You	"It certainly doesn't feel like I'm fine."		718
460	You	"Wait, is this the one with the evil apes?"	Variable["whirling.dreamone_apes"] == true	464
461	You	"I don't feel like I have got the whole picture yet."		541
462	Joyce Messier	"It does. There are those who would call it Hell..."		484
463	Joyce Messier	"There are those who would call it Hell..."		484
464	Joyce Messier	"Not in this case, no. That sounds more like something the Mesque petrofascists might say..." Her gaze wanders.		717
465	You	"This world does not deserve a term of endearment."		463
466	Joyce Messier	Her eyes return to you. "It isn't enough to call us animals. Even animals aren't animals."		468
467	You	"Thanks. Okay."		482
468	You	"What are animals then?"		471
469	Joyce Messier	She thinks. "But yes, you'll be fine, don't worry."		559
470	You	"How about -- it's a ball."	Variable["whirling.dreamone_apes"] == true	483
471	Joyce Messier	"They're like you and I, I suppose. Living organisms don't identify with abstractions. Elysium is for particular beings."		534
472	Joyce Messier	"I don't know about things of that scale, my expertise lies in nations and trade routes, one or several layers below everything."		469
473	None			492 487
474	Joyce Messier	"But -- this is one of the great questions of our time. Maybe when they get the complete set together it will jolt us out of our rut -- bring us together. However naive it may sound."		473
475	Joyce Messier	"A term of hatred that originates, like many such things, with the Mesque petrofascists."		925
476	Joyce Messier	"I am sorry, dear," she looks around. "It must sound quite terrifying through the acute encephalopathy. Even scientific positivism isn't entirely convinced about what we're dealing with here..."		474
477	Joyce Messier	"See? Everyone finds something worth holding onto in this world -- however wasted its opportunities."		566
478	You	"A dark grey corona?"		486
479	Joyce Messier	"They say there is a rarefied envelope of matter surrounding the darkened disc of our planet. That is, if we are still living on a planet. Or, to speak more plainly, imagine vast swathes of land disrupted by nothingness."		551
480	None			42
481	You	"Doesn't sound like any kind of disco I'd like to go to."		489
482	Joyce Messier	"You may have mis-imagined it. I don't have the power to convey to you the effect and geometry of the images that depict our world from below low orbit. It's..."		719
483	Joyce Messier	"That's looking less and less likely, detective. You wouldn't know it from the tabloids, but the ORG nations have been launching weather balloons into the lower ionosphere since the Thirties."		1001
484	You	"What is Hell?"		475
485	You	"Inside sideways? What shape is this world then?"		457
486	Joyce Messier	"Yes." She pauses. "Pale covers 72% of the surface. There are grey flares and prominences, even arcs above entire isolas... The images are blurry, but if there was a sphere in there it certainly looks like it fractured a long time ago."		550
487	You	"Okay. And then everything will be okay?"		472
488	You	"Oh my god, wait -- what the hell are you telling me?"		491
489	Joyce Messier	"But you already have," she looks around. "And you're doing just fine, despite the rubble."		566
490	You	"The pale...? And what do you mean corona?"		479
491	Joyce Messier	"You seem to be spooked. Please don't be." Her voice becomes homely, calm. She lets a moment pass.		490
492	You	"A fractured corona doesn't feel like it's gonna bring anyone together."		453
493	Joyce Messier	"There's a steadily increasing trickle of images. Between the big three they're piecing together a dark grey corona."		478
494	Joyce Messier	"There's a steadily increasing trickle of images. Between the big three scientific contributors, they're piecing together a dark grey corona."		478
495	Joyce Messier			496 497
496	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.cindy_first_greeting_pier_done"]	498
497	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.cindy_first_greeting_pier_done"]) == false	499
498	Cindy the SKULL	"Splat-splat!" From a dilapidated balcony, Cindy the SKULL gives Joyce the evil eye, her red paintbrush held to her throat...		500
499	Cindy the SKULL	"Splat-splat!" From a dilapidated balcony, a young girl in odd clothes gives Joyce the evil eye, a red paintbrush held to her throat...		500
500	Perception (Sight)	You could be wrong -- but from here it appears as if she's running the brush across her throat, in a sawing motion.		1000
501	Joyce Messier			502 503
502	Joyce Messier		Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]	504
503	Joyce Messier		(Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]) == false	129
504	Joyce Messier	"This place is an unmarked microsettlement on the coast of Martinaise..." She gestures toward a collection of cinderblock dwellings covered by a highly carcinogenic roofing material.		505
505	Joyce Messier	"It's lovely, really. I'm thinking of buying it."		506 507
506	You	"Really?"		508
507	None			131
508	Joyce Messier			509 510
509	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_evrart_villagequest_told"]	511
510	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_evrart_villagequest_told"]) == false	984
511	Joyce Messier	"Yes -- so I can spite Evrart and spoil his plans for this place. I'm a petty person, I admit."		513
512	Joyce Messier	"Actually, yes. The thought did cross my mind when Mademoiselle Lilienne over there told me about the fresh produce these women sell to restaurants on the Delta."		514
513	Joyce Messier	"Don't worry, I'll never get around to it -- the information you pass to me will remain confidential," She waves you off: "Let's get back to reality, shall we?"		518
514	Lilienne, the Net Picker	You both turn to consider the young woman. She's hunched over a net, methodically picking out ribbons of plastic...		515
515	Joyce Messier	"This place could use a competent manager. There's so much to be done. But then, I'll never get around to it, will I?"		516
516	Empathy	There is regret in her voice -- for all the countless things she never had time to do with her money.		517
517	Joyce Messier	"Doubtless I'll be off some place, keeping social classes from each other's throats..." There's a pause. "Let's go back to the basics of reality, shall we?"		518
518	None			42
519	You	Say nothing.		520
520	Joyce Messier	"Great bodies of water, forest-covered surfaces... clusters of light where the cities lie. You've seen the montage, we all have -- this world is enough," she concludes.		527
521	Inland Empire	The camera of her mind glides over the surface of the water.		523
522	You	"What do you see?"		520
523	Joyce Messier			524 525
524	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_inland_mindcamera"]	522 519
525	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_inland_mindcamera"]) == false	526
526	Joyce Messier	"Of bodies of water and forest-covered surfaces, clusters of light where the cities lie. You've seen the montage, we all have -- this world is enough," she concludes.		527
527	Conceptualization	It must be. This is the greatest and kindest arrangement the atoms had in them.		528
528	Shivers	A frisson lifts the hair on the back of your arm. Wind sweeps the surface of the bay.		535
529	Shivers	THE WORLD IS A SUZERAINTY		715
530	You	"The wind is sweeping the waters..."	Variable["pier.joyce_shivers_world_suzerainty"]	529
531	You	"The best of all possible worlds."	Variable["pier.joyce_concept_bestworld"]	716
532	None			530 531 538
533	None			460 458 465
534	None			533
535	Joyce Messier			536 537
536	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_concept_bestworld"] or Variable["pier.joyce_shivers_world_suzerainty"]	532
537	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_concept_bestworld"] or Variable["pier.joyce_shivers_world_suzerainty"]) == false	452
538	You	Say nothing.		452
539	You	"I've got a clear picture. Let's proceed to another term."		540
540	Joyce Messier	"Let's. I am, after all, bourgeois and female -- hardly the perfect ambassador for the world."		542
541	Joyce Messier	"Oh, you want a picture of the world?" She raises her finger to her lips. "There is no complete set yet, dear. They're having some trouble reaching orbit."		547
542	None			42
543	None			External: (746, 169)
544	None			545
545	None			183 445 442
546	None			545
547	You	"How come?"		548
548	Joyce Messier	"Great things are difficult to achieve. For now, we're viewing the world from the inside -- sideways."		470 485
549	None			488 490
550	Half Light	A cold fear seeps into you.		549
551	Joyce Messier			552 553
552	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]	476
553	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) == false	554
554	Joyce Messier	"I am sorry, detective," she looks around. "Philosophically speaking -- it must sound quite terrifying. Even scientific positivism isn't entirely convinced about what we're dealing with here..."		474
555	Joyce Messier	She looks up: "It's like the crowning of the world. It's insane. Very disco. You'd love it."		455 481 556
556	You	"I don't care about disco, I only care about the Commune."	IsTHCPresent("communist")	557
557	Joyce Messier	"See? Everyone finds something worth holding onto in the world -- however wasted its opportunities."		566
558	Empathy	She does not seem convinced that you'll be fine. If anything, she is realizing how deep your condition runs.		563
559	Joyce Messier			560 561
560	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]	558
561	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) == false	562
562	Empathy	She does not seem convinced that you'll be fine. If anything, she is realizing this whole reality low-down is less philosophical than you've led on.		563
563	None			459 467 564
564	You	"Okay, forget all this stuff. Let me ask something else."		565
565	Joyce Messier	"Yes!" She claps her hands for warmth.		480
566	Shivers	The cold seeps into you. The air is heavy with 80% humidity.		567
567	Inland Empire	Suddenly you're conscious of yourself standing there, on... whatever this all is. Your arms hang down by your sides.		568
568	Joyce Messier			569 570
569	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	571
570	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	480
571	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant observes you both, silently. He adjusts his glasses.		480
572	Joyce Messier			573 574
573	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	576
574	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	607
575	Joyce Messier	"The pale is not, technically speaking, part of reality..."		572
576	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes," the lieutenant looks at his watch. "Also, I think we've had enough excitement for today. We do have a case to attend to."		578
577	Kim Kitsuragi	"Ma'am." He turns to her again. "Remember, you're dealing with a very sensitive and impressionable police officer who is still recovering from a recent medical episode."		594
578	Authority	His voice is low, but firm. All she can say is...		579
579	Joyce Messier	"Of course, lieutenant," she bows, then turns to you. "Let's try something else."		587 591 588
580	Joyce Messier			581 582
581	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_pale_kimturndown_one"]	583
582	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_pale_kimturndown_one"]) == false	575
583	Joyce Messier			584 585
584	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	586
585	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	957
586	Kim Kitsuragi	"We've been through this -- ask something else or let's return to work."		602
587	You	"I don't want to. I want to know what the pale is."		592
588	You	"Okay then."		589
589	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant glances at you from the corner of his eye.		590
590	Empathy	Was he just... worried? That you would find out something awful?		597
591	You	"What do you mean it's not part of reality?"		720
592	Joyce Messier	"I don't think your colleague would appreciate that -- he has already been so patient with this whole... exercise."		593
593	Joyce Messier	"Let's continue with something else, alright?" She leans against the railing: "You can ask about anything else in the world. Anything."		597
594	Joyce Messier	"The lieutenant's right, let's change topics?" She gives you a little wink: "What do you want to know? Anything!"		597
595	None			42
596	Savoir Faire	You could sneak back -- later, when he's not around... unless you can convince him to step aside?		935
597	Suggestion	But... she wants to tell you.		599
598	Savoir Faire	You could sneak back, later, when the lieutenant is not here... unless you can convince him to step aside?		935
599	Joyce Messier			600 601
600	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_auth_kim_stops_palequesation"]	596
601	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_auth_kim_stops_palequesation"]) == false	598
602	Empathy	He truly, truly doesn't want you to know.		604
603	None			42
604	Conceptualization	What is it, what is it, what is it? You can feel it -- something pushing against the other side of a locked door. You must find the key!		605
605	Joyce Messier	"Go ahead, officer -- ask me something else." The woman looks at you attentively.		603
606	Joyce Messier	"Are you sure you're sure? Your colleague seemed adamant..."		608 609
607	Joyce Messier	"It is the opposite of reality."		657 725
608	You	"Yes -- what is the pale?"		612
609	You	"Okay, another term then."	Variable["pier.joyce_kim_away_for_pale_question"] == false and IsKimHere()	610
610	Joyce Messier	"Of course -- ask away." She seems slightly relieved.		611
611	None			42
612	Joyce Messier	"Okay." She concedes. "The pale is the most dominant geological feature of the world, detective -- the separative tissue between the isolas. It is the interisolary mass."		1010
613	None			736 737 739 740 741 742 743
614	You	"Wait, and what is an isola?"		616
615	You	"Okay... what is the pale like?"		729
616	Joyce Messier	"Isola is a Messinian word for a continent of matter, enveloped on all sides by the pale. Also: isolation, or land mass. We used to believe there was only one. In the last four centuries we have discovered seven..."		617
617	Joyce Messier	"Mundi, Seol, Samara, Iilmaraa, Graad, Katla, and this -- Insulinde."		619 615
618	None			External: (746, 169)
619	You	"And Insulinde is...?"		620
620	Joyce Messier	"An oceanic isola. It comprises mostly of water. Mundi is the largest, Katla the coldest, Insulinde the bluest. What can I say..." She stops. "Each is perishing and dear."		615
621	Inland Empire	The water, the light... It's as though you're seeing it for the first time.		638
622	Perception (Sight)	A sparkle of lights on the night-time horizon, reflected in the dark sea.		623
623	Joyce Messier	"Twenty-two kilometres from the centre of the world. That soldering iron is the Bank of the World building. The bottom floors are INSURCOM -- Coalition Government Insulindian Mission Command."		636
624	Joyce Messier			625 626
625	Joyce Messier		IsNight()	622
626	Joyce Messier		(IsNight()) == false	627
627	Joyce Messier			628 629
628	Joyce Messier		IsEvening()	633
629	Joyce Messier		(IsEvening()) == false	630
630	Joyce Messier			631 632
631	Joyce Messier		IsMorning()	634
632	Joyce Messier		(IsMorning()) == false	635
633	Perception (Sight)	A sparkle of lights on the horizon, like evening stars above the curvature of the planet.		623
634	Perception (Sight)	A sparkle of lights on the horizon, like morning stars above the curvature of the planet.		623
635	Perception (Sight)	A collection of tall ghosts behind the water vapour, light reflecting off their glass windows.		623
636	You	Look to the sea...		637
637	Joyce Messier	Silence. She lowers her hand.		621
638	Shivers	There is no recognition. Only the immensity of the sea, and the cold radiating from it.		639
639	None			640 641 642
640	You	"Where are we?"		929
641	You	"I don't know any of this..."		929
642	You	Say nothing. Observe the large body of water swelling. Cold...		643
643	Joyce Messier	She observes your eyes scanning the horizon, then breaks the silence, slowly.		983
644	Joyce Messier	"Was there something else you wanted to know? I remember something about a low-down..."		969
645	Joyce Messier			646 647
646	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	648
647	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	38
648	Kim Kitsuragi	"Are they now?" The lieutenant cocks one eyebrow.		38
649	Joyce Messier	"I hope we are able to continue as friends despite my scaly bulk. And the treacheries committed by my people against the Suzerain and the Commune."		429
650	You	"Am I really that awkward?"		130
651	You	"Are you saying I'm ruined?"		130
652	Joyce Messier	She pauses to take a long, leisurely sip of tea. "Alright, what next?"		209
653	You	"I don't know, I just feel it."		656
654	You	"What's so funny about that?"		655
655	Joyce Messier	"Nothing, nothing, it's just..." She wipes a tear from her eye. "True, that's all. The uniforms, the language... Let's have another question about reality, shall we?"		234
656	Joyce Messier	"Ah, yes. That is what counts, I suppose. For my part, I was more of a New girl."		240 236
657	You	"Okay, but... what is it? A definition..."		728
658	None			42
659	You	"Okay, that's Martinaise. What's Revachol?" (Continue.)		660
660	Joyce Messier	"Revachol -- Revachol is what you call a city."		661
661	You	"What kind of city is Revachol?"		667
662	Joyce Messier	She stares at you, head tilted to the side, with a slightly concerned look on her face.		356
663	None			664 665 283 286
664	You	"So I'm basically a lackey of capital?"		288
665	You	"So I'm basically a thrall to foreign interests?"		288
666	Joyce Messier	"Well then. Reality is a strange place -- getting stranger by the day. Ask away, officer. I'll help however I can."		111
667	Joyce Messier	"The Great kind."		668
668	Inland Empire	As if it's self-explanatory, beyond patriotism. A fact.		669
669	You	"What makes Revachol great?"		670
670	Joyce Messier	"History, detective. They built this city to resolve History -- our part in it at least, our centuries."		680
671	You	"Okay. Who built this city?"		672
672	Joyce Messier	"The nations of the Occident. Or migrant workers from Semenine and Iilmaraa, depending on your creed."		681
673	You	"When was Revachol built?"		674
674	Joyce Messier	"In the Dolorian century, 380 years ago."		681
675	Joyce Messier	"We are standing on a fertile, self-sufficient island able to sustain up to 200 million people; in the middle of the Insulindic ocean -- the world's connective tissue..." She smiles. "It's where the money is."		152
676	You	"And why will it resolve History?" (Continue.)		679
677	Joyce Messier	"By that I mean conflicts. Ideological conflicts. The stuff of men."		678
678	You	"Why here?"		675
679	Joyce Messier	"They say it's where the terrible questions of our time will be answered -- the tensions are highest, the faultlines deepest."		677
680	None			671 673 676
681	None			680
682	You	"I want to know what you are."	Variable["pier.joyce_who_are_you_open"]	366
683	You	What is... (Think of something close to you.)		684
684	Joyce Messier			685 686
685	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_esprit_service_history"]	693
686	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_esprit_service_history"]) == false	687
687	Joyce Messier			688 689
688	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.jooyce_esprit_white_failed_once"]	690
689	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.jooyce_esprit_white_failed_once"]) == false	691
690	Esprit de Corps	The price of a 1.5 litre bottle of Commodore Red? The first line of the Firefighter's Code? Square root of three? I don't know what you mean by something close to you. Ask a normal question.		692
691	Esprit de Corps	It remains a mystery what you mean by this something close. This isn't about you. It's about reality.		692
692	None			42
693	Esprit de Corps	Six kilometres southwest -- in the Valley of Dogs -- junior officer Chad Tillbrook takes aim at a rabid, black dog licking its wounds in the grass.		694
694	Esprit de Corps	To his left, his partner Émile Mollins whispers: "You heard what happened to Tequila Sunset? In Martinaise?"		695
695	Esprit de Corps	"Yes, he lost his mind," Tillbrook answers, finger on the trigger. "Don't worry, Émile..." He pulls on it slowly. Slowly now... "He'll find it again."		992
696	You	"Are you sure he didn't die of auto-erotic asphyxiation?"	IsTHCFixed("guillaume_le_million")	698
697	None			262 696 260
698	Joyce Messier	"You can't get a venereal disease from that, can you?"		699
699	None			697
700	You	What is... (Reach for something fundamental.)		701
701	Joyce Messier			702 703
702	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_conceptualization_white_what_world"]	714
703	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_conceptualization_white_what_world"]) == false	704
704	Conceptualization	A strange coldness comes over you, as you look at the world. The waves sway the sloop, slowly. That's all.		710
705	Joyce Messier			706 707
706	Joyce Messier		IsTHCPresent("jamais_vu")	709
707	Joyce Messier		(IsTHCPresent("jamais_vu")) == false	708
708	None			42
709	Conceptualization	It's on the tip of your tongue -- a doubt of sorts, already in your head -- but it's not fully formed yet. You have to wait and return to this later, once the Jamais Vu thought is complete.		708
710	Joyce Messier			711 712
711	Joyce Messier		IsTHCFixed("jamais_vu")	1005
712	Joyce Messier		(IsTHCFixed("jamais_vu")) == false	1006
713	Conceptualization	The doubt is fully formed in your head -- the alien feeling persists -- you just can't word the question yet. You have to complete the Jamais Vu thought first.		708
714	Conceptualization	What is... all of this? The scent, the sound, the air?		120
715	Shivers	OF REVACHOL.		452
716	Joyce Messier	"Indeed. There is a term of endearment they coined for it. In the Dolorian century, when humanity was high on this world, discovering more and more of it -- these archipelagos included..."		454
717	Encyclopedia	The Confederate Republic of Mesque -- the world's largest state by territory -- has fallen into an especially nihilistic strain of nationalism lately.		466
718	None			453
719	None			555
720	Joyce Messier			721 722
721	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]	577
722	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) == false	723
723	Kim Kitsuragi	"Ma'am." He turns to her again. "This philosophical police detective is very sensitive and impressionable because of his recent medical episode."		594
724	You	"What is pale?"	Variable["pier.joyce_reality_pale_question_unclocked"] and IsKimHere() == false	580
725	You	"Got it. Tell me something else then."		726
726	Joyce Messier	"Of course." She seems slightly relieved.		727
727	None			42
728	None			612
729	Joyce Messier	"Achromatic, odourless, featureless. The pale is the enemy of matter and life. It is not like any other -- or any thing in the world. It is the transition state of being into nothingness."		730
730	Logic	The negation of being.		733
731	You	"The negation of..."		732
732	Joyce Messier	"That's right -- the negation of being." She tightens her hood around her neck, it's cold outside.		613
733	Joyce Messier			734 735
734	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_pale_logic_negation"]	731
735	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_pale_logic_negation"]) == false	613
736	You	"Is it... here?" (Look around.)		744
737	You	"What are its physical qualities?"		752
738	You	"Is it the pale or pale?"		758
739	You	"If we're surrounded by pale, how do you get from isola to isola?"		759
740	You	"The pale can damage the mind?"	Variable["pier.joyce_palebranch_mind_damage"]	764
741	You	"What is entroponetic?"	Variable["pier.joyce_palebranch_entroponetics"] == true	797
742	You	"How much pale is there compared to the world?"		809
743	You	"Let's return to reality, please." (Conclude.)		822
744	Joyce Messier	"No, detective, we're safe." She points to the sea. "It begins there, 6,000 kilometres to the north, and even more to the south, east, and west. You are in the middle of the isola."		745
745	Inland Empire	As your gaze instinctively turns north, a small black pit opens up in your stomach.		748 747
746	Half Light	You hear your pulse rise, the air feels caustic and cold suddenly.		790
747	You	"And... (point north) ...there?"		750
748	You	"Six thousand kilometres from the end of the world?"	Variable["pier.joyce_pale_inland_kilometres"]	749
749	Joyce Messier	"Yes -- that is enough. Many cities are built much closer."		747
750	Joyce Messier	"An uproar of matter, darling, rising into the pale. Rolling. Evaporating even, a great vision. The area of transition between the world and the pale is called porch collapse."		751
751	Joyce Messier	"Imagine a grey coronal mist, cold vapour, marked by spores of an opportunistic microorganism -- a mould that's adapted to grow at the edge of the unrest. It's..."		763
752	Joyce Messier	"It's difficult to describe -- or even measure -- something whose fundamental property is the suspension of properties: physical, epistemological, linguistic..."		753
753	Joyce Messier	"The further into pale you travel, the steeper the degree of suspension. Right down to the mathematical -- numbers stop working. No one has yet passed the number barrier. It may be impossible."		754
754	Rhetoric	There's a slippery article in there...		755
755	Joyce Messier			756 757
756	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_rhetoric_article"]	738
757	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_rhetoric_article"]) == false	791
758	Joyce Messier	"Pale when it's particular -- this territory of pale -- the pale when it's pale in its entirety. Once you've seen it..." She tosses her head. "Language balks at the difference."		791
759	Joyce Messier	"Oh, it is..." Her lungs deflate, her words sound like a sigh, "...so difficult for us."		760
760	Perception (Hearing)	A squall of birds, hardware operating in the harbour. Firm, self-evident.		761
761	Joyce Messier	"It is possible to force dimensions on the pale -- in modern times we can even compress its latitude, bouncing radio waves from one end to the other. Shortening the path."		762
762	Joyce Messier	"But it is still hard for humans to navigate the pale without getting lost. Or having our minds damaged."		796
763	Joyce Messier	She closes her eyes and breathes out heavily: "... the most disco thing you will ever see."		746
764	Joyce Messier	"Extensively."		765
765	You	"How?"		766
766	Joyce Messier	"Some say the damage stems from extreme sensory deprivation. Others argue that pale somehow consists of past information, that's degrading. That it's rarefied past, not rarefied matter."		767
767	Joyce Messier	"They call it the blend-over of the self. The pale does not only suspend the laws of physics, but also the laws of psychology, maybe History, even... The human mind becomes over-radiated by past."		768
768	Rhetoric	Who says and who argues?		769 771
769	You	"Who says and who argues?"	Variable["pier.joyce_pale_ency_arguesay"]	770
770	Joyce Messier	"The logical positivists say -- the dialectical materialists argue."		771
771	You	"What does this over-radiation feel like?"		772
772	Joyce Messier	"It feels terrible. Absolutely terrible. International standards strictly limit civilian travellers to six days of pale exposure per year..."		773
773	Logic	It's more for her -- way more.		775 776
774	Joyce Messier	"Up to my gills, officer."		869
775	You	"You're not a civilian passenger?"		792
776	You	Let it go.		777
777	None			782
778	Joyce Messier	"No, nameless detective of the Citizens Militia. I am a member of the Entroponetic Business Class. I'm cleared and trained for 22 days of pale transit annually."		784
779	Empathy	Perhaps that explains her strange pining after the Revolution? Some degraded early memories...		863
780	You	"Are you over-radiated?"		774
781	You	"You're not a civilian passenger?"		782
782	Joyce Messier	She's looking out toward the sea, what at, it's hard to say.		783
783	Inland Empire	She's over-radiated. And then some.		788
784	Joyce Messier			785 786
785	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_revolutionary_melancholy"]	779
786	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_revolutionary_melancholy"]) == false	863
787	None			867 780 781
788	None			613
789	None			613
790	None			613
791	None			613
792	Joyce Messier			793 794
793	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_harrier"]	795
794	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_harrier"]) == false	778
795	Joyce Messier	"No, Lieutenant Du Bois. I'm 'Entroponetic Business Class.' I'm cleared -- and trained -- for 22 days of pale transit annually."		784
796	None			613
797	Joyce Messier	"Entroponetics," she corrects, "is the scientific study of the pale. Or a recent iteration of it, by way of Graad. The study of the pale reaches back 6,000 years -- the Perikarnassians called it the Western Plain."		798
798	Rhetoric	They had not travelled the entire circumference of the Perikarnassian super-isola. It was not merely in the West -- it was everywhere. Even then; surrounding them...		799
799	You	"Did they... cross it? The Western Plain?"		800
800	Joyce Messier	"There are signs of pretermodern crossings. Successful navigation of the pale relies not just on technical know-how, but intensive psychological preparation. Some of these tactics have been known for thousands of years."		801
801	You	"What has entroponetics changed then?"		802
802	Joyce Messier	"Nothing. We remain powerless before the pale. The only real advance in pale transit is the speed with which an aerostatic craft can pierce it. Less exposure leads to less... effects later."		803
803	You	"Aerostatic craft?"		804
804	Joyce Messier	"Hybrid airships, detective. Conventional rotors or jet engines no longer add velocity after the point of reference for motion is suspended -- once you've crossed from near pale to far pale..."		805
805	Joyce Messier	"In essence, we throw them in and they come out the other end -- if we throw them precisely."		806
806	You	"If we do not?"		807
807	Joyce Messier	"Then they don't."		870
808	None			613
809	Joyce Messier	"The pale outweighs reality two to one -- there is more pale than there is matter. And the ratio is slipping."		810
810	You	"Slipping how? To our detriment or..."		811
811	Joyce Messier	"What do you think, detective?" She looks you in the eye.		812 813
812	You	"It's shrinking. There is more and more of the world."		814
813	You	"It's growing. There is more and more of the pale."		815
814	Joyce Messier	"Oh no, detective -- it's not. One of the few measurable effects of the pale is that it is expanding at an unknown rate."		816
815	Joyce Messier	"Precisely. One of the few measurable effects of the pale is that it is expanding at an unknown rate."		816
816	Joyce Messier	"An intuitive conclusion of that development is that one day the pale will cover everything -- but this sort of talk is mostly left to extremists."		817 818 873
817	You	"It's not extreme at all. It's going to happen."		819
818	You	"Cover everything? That can't be. Where would we go..."		819
819	Joyce Messier	"Most people -- and indeed most private and government sector organizations; entire civilizations and religions even -- find handy ways to ignore, or downplay that knowledge."		820
820	Joyce Messier	"I suggest you do the same."		874
821	None			613
822	Joyce Messier	"Yes, sweet reality," she stomps her foot. "But before we do, tell me detective..."		823
823	Joyce Messier			824 825
824	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]	826
825	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) == false	827
826	Joyce Messier	"Is this the first time you're hearing this? Do you really not remember anything?"		835
827	Joyce Messier	"This isn't really an inquiry, is it? You can't remember a single thing -- this is the first time you're hearing about any of this."		828 829 830
828	You	"You're right. This is all new to me."		833
829	You	"No. Nothing like that."		831
830	You	"I'd like to discuss something else, if you don't mind."		834
831	Joyce Messier	"Of course, how silly of me. Another basic term perhaps?" She stands attentively.		832
832	Drama	There is no way in any reality that she's still buying your shtick. Better drop it.		913
833	None			839
834	Joyce Messier	"Of course, pardon my prying -- another basic term perhaps, or..." She stands attentively.		913
835	None			836 837 838
836	You	"Nothing. Just alcohol fumes and blackout."		839
837	You	"I sometimes sense vague shadows of a past, and it's not good."		839
838	You	"I'm getting a sense of who I am, but no, I didn't know this."		840
839	Joyce Messier	"Then tell me -- what do you think of the pale?"		841
840	Joyce Messier	"Beyond curious... Tell me -- what do you think of the pale?"		841
841	None			842 843 844 884 845 846 847 848 849
842	You	"It's terrifying."		850
843	You	"You were right. It's disco."	Variable["pier.joyce_paledisco"]	850
844	You	"It will end all life."		850
845	You	"Its advance can only be stopped with immediate, total, ruthless Communism."		850
846	You	"A powerful anti-communist force. Perhaps too powerful... but still. They have it coming."		850
847	You	"I'm worried. I have to say, it doesn't sound very liberal to me."		850
848	You	"I don't know how you've all survived with it -- it's a huge accomplishment."		850
849	You	"Who am I to think anything of it?"		850
850	Joyce Messier	"Hmhm..." Her eyes tense. Crow's feet radiate from them. She observes you: your bloodshot eyes and swollen face.		851
851	Endurance	Your ailing constitution, sweaty forehead, the beads there and your heavy breathing.		852
852	Joyce Messier	"You really didn't know. This does not spell good for the investigation, detective. If you don't know even this, then..." She stops mid-sentence.		853 855 854 856
853	You	"I'll handle it. It's under control."		858
854	You	"Yes. I'm in serious trouble here."		857
855	You	"This investigation will be my masterpiece. The one they remember me by. I promise."		858
856	You	"It'll be a fucking disaster, I know it. All those people will die."		956
857	Joyce Messier	"Your colleague, Lieutenant Kitsuragi, is competent. I checked up on him. And you have me -- I will try to assist you in any way I can."		860
858	Joyce Messier	"I hope so, I truly do. If I may suggest -- hold on to your colleague Kitsuragi. I ran a check on him and he is very competent. In the meanwhile..."		859
859	Empathy	Some of that assurance is meant for herself, as much as it's meant for you. She must have a lot on the line here.		861
860	Empathy	Some of that assurance is meant for herself, as much as it's meant for you. She must have a lot on the line here.		862
861	Joyce Messier	"...you have me -- I will assist you in any way I can. Even if we have to do it one basic term at a time." She gives you a slight bow.		905
862	Joyce Messier	"Even if we have to do it one basic term at a time." She gives you a slight bow.		905
863	Joyce Messier			864 865
864	Joyce Messier		Variable["jam.paledriver_greeting_done"]	866
865	Joyce Messier		(Variable["jam.paledriver_greeting_done"]) == false	787
866	Logic	Someone else you've met may have been exposed as well. The strange grey-haired woman in her lorry.		787
867	You	"Do lorry drivers pass the pale?"	Variable["jam.paledriver_greeting_done"]	868
868	Joyce Messier	"Yes. Carried in the hulls of airships," she nods. "It's a horrific job. Automation will abolish it, soon."		1003
869	Endurance	An acidic smile on her lips. It's getting worse every year.		788
870	Visual Calculus	Gone -- like a skipping stone beneath the surface.		808
871	Joyce Messier	"One and all," she closes her eyes. "They say pale is death, but for the Universe."		883
872	You	"Off we go into the wild pale yonder."		871
873	You	Stay silent.		819
874	Joyce Messier			875 876
875	Joyce Messier		Variable["yard.hanged_talk_wild_pale_yonder"]	877
876	Joyce Messier		(Variable["yard.hanged_talk_wild_pale_yonder"]) == false	821
877	Inland Empire	Off we go... you see the hanged man's mouth open.		878
878	Joyce Messier			879 880
879	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_inalnd_yonder"]	872
880	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_inalnd_yonder"]) == false	881
881	You	Gulp.		882
882	Joyce Messier	"It doesn't look like you're doing the same. The suggestion was meant in earnest, detective. Live life."		821
883	Inland Empire	Why should we just leave and leave -- and the world get left behind?		821
884	You	"That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another."		850
885	You	Ask for Kim to step away while you discuss the pale.	Variable["pier.joyce_pale_kimturndown_one"] and Variable["TASK.what_is_pale"] and Variable["TASK.what_is_pale_done"] == false and IsKimHere()	886
886	Joyce Messier			887 888
887	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_volition_white_to_get_kim_to_step_away_pale_succeeded"]	889
888	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_volition_white_to_get_kim_to_step_away_pale_succeeded"]) == false	892
889	Volition	Good idea. Just ask him. He won't make a scene.		897
890	Volition	Yeah, you still aren't over the fear that something bad might happen. He expressly said you've had enough excitement for today.		895
891	Volition	...is what you want to do. But should you? He expressly stated you shouldn't hear about it. What if it renders you mad? Or catatonic? Or makes you lose your memory again?		895
892	Joyce Messier			893 894
893	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_volition_white_kim_failed_once"]	890
894	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_volition_white_kim_failed_once"]) == false	891
895	Joyce Messier	"Yes?" She's waiting for another term.		896
896	None			42
897	You	"Kim, can I talk to the ma'am alone for a second?"		899
898	Kim Kitsuragi	"Fine." He steps away with his notes.		939
899	Joyce Messier			900 901
900	Joyce Messier		Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]	898
901	Joyce Messier		(Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]) == false	902
902	Kim Kitsuragi	"Fine." He steps away with his notes.		939
903	You	"Now -- what is the pale?"		904
904	None			606
905	Joyce Messier			906 907
906	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_kim_away_for_pale_question"] == true and IsKimHere()	910
907	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_kim_away_for_pale_question"] == true and IsKimHere()) == false	921
908	Kim Kitsuragi	"Good." The lieutenant returns. "You have not passed out from it. Perhaps I worried for nothing... Are we still on the reality low-down -- or should we do actual policework now?"		940
909	Kim Kitsuragi	"Good." The lieutenant returns. "You have not passed out from it. Perhaps I worried for nothing... Are we still on the reality low-down -- or should we do actual policework now?"		940
910	Joyce Messier			911 912
911	Joyce Messier		Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]	908
912	Joyce Messier		(Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]) == false	909
913	Joyce Messier			914 915
914	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_kim_away_for_pale_question"] == true and IsKimHere()	918
915	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_kim_away_for_pale_question"] == true and IsKimHere()) == false	923
916	Kim Kitsuragi	"Good." The lieutenant returns. "He has not passed out from it. Perhaps I worried for nothing... Are we still on the reality low-down -- or should we do actual policework now?"		924
917	Kim Kitsuragi	"Good." The lieutenant returns. "He has not passed out from it. Perhaps I worried for nothing... Are we still on the reality low-down -- or should we do actual policework now?"		924
918	Joyce Messier			919 920
919	Joyce Messier		Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]	916
920	Joyce Messier		(Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]) == false	917
921	None			42
922	None			42
923	None			42
924	None			42
925	None			461 539
926	Joyce Messier	"No, but... please. A little context. We're not in such a hurry."		927
927	Rhetoric	We have time for you to tell me why you need a reality lowdown.		928
928	None			6
929	Joyce Messier	"We are where we are. I have no truer answer to give, unfortunately." She watches you closely as you scan the horizon.		983
930	You	"Hah -- and what is this Revolution I keep hearing about?"		931
931	Joyce Messier	"It's quite easy: every hundred years or so our species gets together to decide what's next: who gets shot in the head and who gets the mineral rights -- it's a real kerfuffle."		543
932	Joyce Messier			933 934
933	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_electrochem_blast_hard"]	354
934	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_electrochem_blast_hard"]) == false	337
935	Joyce Messier			936 937
936	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_savoir_return_without_kim"]	595
937	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_savoir_return_without_kim"]) == false	938
938	Rhetoric	This is not going to happen with the lieutenant present -- unless you can convince him to step aside.		595
939	Volition	See? What can he do. You're a grown man.		903
940	None			941 942 943 944
941	You	"You needn't have worried."		947
942	You	"That was fucking insane. Kim."		949
943	You	"Right. Let's get to work lieutenant."		946
944	You	"Some more reality lowdown before we go."		945
945	Joyce Messier	"I am happy to oblige." She awaits your question.		922
946	Joyce Messier	"Good luck, detectives." She nods you good-bye.
947	Kim Kitsuragi	"But I did. Anyway..." He looks around, a little uncomfortable now.		948
948	Esprit de Corps	Dammit, you're a grown man, the lieutenant thinks. Shouldn't have gotten protective here.		943 944
949	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes, well..." he thinks. "The rest of us have dealt with it for thousands of years, so..." He looks around, a little uncomfortable now.		950
950	Esprit de Corps	You will have to deal with it too, the lieutenant thinks. This is why I didn't want you to know.		943 944
951	You	"What was the RCM again?"	Variable["pier.joyce_rcm_hub_reached"]	269
952	Rhetoric	He's being sarcastic.		281 279
953	None			303 304 305
954	Joyce Messier	"Yes, lieutenant. Permit me to conclude with this -- who you are -- to me -- is the police. The only legitimate law enforcement authority in Revachol."		953
955	Joyce Messier	"So, permit me to conclude with this -- who you are -- to me -- is the police. The only legitimate law enforcement authority in Revachol."		953
956	Joyce Messier	"Steel yourself, officer," she says in a reassuring manner. "Your colleague, Lieutenant Kitsuragi -- he is competent. I checked up on him. And you also have me -- I will try to assist you in any way I can."		860
957	Joyce Messier			606
958	Encyclopedia	All right. We're in. I know these all look good, but begin with the first, okay.		960
959	Suggestion	All right. You're in. Begin with the first one -- you'll appear worldly.		42
960	Joyce Messier			961 962
961	Joyce Messier		Variable["coast.joyce_enclyclo_first_first"]	42
962	Joyce Messier		(Variable["coast.joyce_enclyclo_first_first"]) == false	959
963	Joyce Messier			964 965
964	Joyce Messier		IsKimHere()	966
965	Joyce Messier		(IsKimHere()) == false	163
966	Kim Kitsuragi	"This has been informative, thank you ma'am. I'm sure my memory-impaired partner has many more questions to ask..." He turns to you. "...about even more fundamental aspects of reality..."		967
967	Kim Kitsuragi	"Might I suggest not asking them all right now? Ma'am Messier will be here later too. And tomorrow. Isn't that true, ma'am?"		968
968	Joyce Messier	"Absolutely -- my commitment here is long term."		972
969	Joyce Messier			970 971
970	Joyce Messier		Variable["TASK.get_reality_lowdown_done"]	163
971	Joyce Messier		(Variable["TASK.get_reality_lowdown_done"]) == false	963
972	None			974 975 973
973	You	"But won't I be lazy if I don't do it all now?"		976
974	You	"You're right lieutenant. I'll continue later."		977
975	You	"But I want to know everything now."		978
976	Kim Kitsuragi	"Of course not," He shakes his head. "You're already diligent for getting this far -- and diligent boys remember where they left off."		979
977	Kim Kitsuragi	He nods. "It's better not to eat all your candy at once."		979
978	Kim Kitsuragi	"That is understandable -- but perhaps it's better not to eat all your candy at once?"		979
979	Joyce Messier	"Indeed. I am always at your service."		980
980	None			42
981	Suggestion	Everyone wants to talk about themselves. She will, in time.		373
982	Inland Empire	Vast, lukewarm and unknowable. Flowing in and out of sight.		153
983	Inland Empire	This is one thought you need to complete. Where are you?		644
984	Joyce Messier			985 986
985	Joyce Messier		IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]]	987
986	Joyce Messier		(IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false	512
987	Joyce Messier	"Actually, yes. The thought did cross my mind when Mademoiselle Lilienne earlier told me about the fresh produce these women sell to restaurants on the Delta."		515
988	Joyce Messier			989 990
989	Joyce Messier		Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] and CheckEquipped("neck_tie")	991
990	Joyce Messier		(Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] and CheckEquipped("neck_tie")) == false	932
991	Horrific Necktie	Yes, and perform auto-erotic asphyxiation on yourself with your funny neck tie. Out in the open somewhere!		932
992	Esprit de Corps	"We always do."		118
993	Joyce Messier	"And if those authorities drink so hard they need help recalling the basic terms of reality -- well, I am here to help." She bows and smiles.		998
994	Joyce Messier			995 996
995	Joyce Messier		Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]	993
996	Joyce Messier		(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) == false	997
997	Joyce Messier	"...and if the law officials of our nation need help with the basic terms of reality -- well, then I am here to help." She bows.		998
998	None			42
999	Inland Empire	Dark orange flames reflect in her green eyes. An oil fire on the ocean.		545
1000	Joyce Messier	"Wonderful."		140
1001	Encyclopedia	ORG: Occident-Revachol-Graad.		493
1002	Encyclopedia	ORG: Occident-Revachol-Graad.		494
1003	Reaction Speed	You should ask the Paledriver about this. See what she says.		1004
1004	Inland Empire	That poor woman must have stories to tell like you wouldn't imagine...		780 781
1005	Conceptualization	The doubt is fully formed in your head -- the alien feeling persists -- yet something's still missing. You have finished mulling over the Jamais Vu thought, but your Conceptualization skills are not nuanced enough to make sense of it...		708
1006	Joyce Messier			1007 1008
1007	Joyce Messier		IsTHCCooking("jamais_vu")	713
1008	Joyce Messier		(IsTHCCooking("jamais_vu")) == false	705
1009	Endurance	Your stomach grumbles approvingly... the reality rhizome is opening up before your very eyes.		1013
1010	Joyce Messier			1011 1012
1011	Joyce Messier		IsTaskActive("TASK.return_to_mhead_once_you_understand_reality")--[[ Variable[ ]]	1009
1012	Joyce Messier		(IsTaskActive("TASK.return_to_mhead_once_you_understand_reality")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false	1013
1013	None			614 615

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