Conversation 887: PIER / APARTMENTS PIER DOOR

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Column definitions:

• ID: a numerical index for the entry within this conversation.
• Character: the character speaking or acting.
• Dialogue: prose containing spoken dialogue and other description.
• Conditions: logical checks governing this entry appearing or occurring.
• Links: entries that might follow this one, depending on conditions and player choice. Most links are internal to this conversation, external links to other conversations are marked with the format (conversation ID, entry ID).

ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			2
2	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements	A sturdy metal door guards the southwest entrance to the apartment building. It's locked.		62
3	You	Knock.	Variable["pier.apartments_door_knocked_once"] == false	5
4	You	[Leave.]
5	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements	The door rattles against your knuckles, but there's no response.		15
6	None			3 7 24 57 59 9 4
7	You	Knock again.	Variable["pier.apartments_door_knocked_once"] == true	8
8	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements	The door rattles again, but this time you hear an elderly woman's voice calling out from inside...		55
9	You	Convince her that you're a real policeman.	Variable["backyard.smoker_greeting_done"] == true and Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_reveal"] == true and Variable["pier.apartments_door_real_whitecheck_reveal"] == true and IsTaskActive("TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building")	10
10	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements			11 12
11	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"]	17
12	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		(Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"]) == false	74
13	Authority	You can't think of anything convincing. Time for some police brutality!		14 36 31
14	You	"I'm gonna light this place up!" (Roll up your sleeves.)		32
15	None			6
16	None			6
17	Authority	You're well versed in the kind of threatening legalese that implies criminal liability but in fact has no meaning whatsoever.		72 38
18	You	"This is the police -- open the door."		20
19	You	"Hold on, who am I speaking to?"		21
20	Cleaning Lady	The hallways echoes with her cackle: "The police?! Everyone knows the police don't come around *here*."		53 22 27
21	Cleaning Lady	"It doesn't matter who I am. Now go on, get out of here!"		37
22	You	"But I'm not joking."		26
23	None			6
24	You	"Hey, are you there? I've checked the backyard, but couldn't get in that way."	Variable["backyard.smoker_greeting_done"] == true and Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_reveal"] == true and CheckItem("key_apartment_building") == false	25
25	Cleaning Lady	"Good. We've had enough problems with bums and drunks and thieves loitering in the hallway... You have no business here."		28
26	Cleaning Lady	The voice replies: "No, I already told you, I won't be responsible for any more strangers getting into the building..."		29
27	You	"I need to talk to a young man in this building."	Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building"] and Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building_done"] == false	26
28	None			6
29	Cleaning Lady	"Go check the backyard door, maybe someone there will..." She trails off, leaving the sentence unfinished.		67
30	Cleaning Lady	"You don't scare me, punk! I may be an old woman but I can still take the likes of you!"		16
31	You	"Ma'am, if you don't open this door, I'm gonna introduce you to a lateral vascular neck restraint -- and it's going to *hurt*."		32
32	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements			33 34
33	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		IsKimHere()	35
34	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		(IsKimHere()) == false	30
35	Kim Kitsuragi	"No, you're not."		30
36	You	"Open up or I'm gonna breach this motherfucker!" (Kick the door.)		32
37	Perception (Hearing)	From within comes the faint sound of a broom sweeping across the concrete floor.		18
38	You	"Ma'am, your non-compliance is hindering a police matter. I may be forced to refer you for potential prosecution."		39
39	Cleaning Lady	"I know my rights! And don't you 'ma'am' me, boy!" the voice snaps back.		48
40	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements			41 42
41	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		IsKimHere()	47
42	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		(IsKimHere()) == false	43
43	Authority	Insufficiently deferential!		44
44	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements			45 46
45	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		CheckItem("badge")	51
46	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		(CheckItem("badge")) == false	52
47	Kim Kitsuragi	"Miss," the lieutenant jumps in, "would it help if we offered to show you our badges?"		54
48	Perception (Hearing)	But the sweeping on the other side has stopped.		40
49	Cleaning Lady	"Hold your horses..." You hear the click of a night latch, before the lady on the other side gets caught in a coughing spasm.		50
50	Cleaning Lady	"I don't care about your stinkin' badge. Just come in," she manages to say with a wheeze.
51	You	"Okay, miss, would it help if I showed you my badge?"		54
52	You	(Lie.) "I've got my badge right here, if you want to see it."		54
53	You	"Please, let me inside. It's cold out here."		26
54	Rhetoric	Ah! It's like a carrot to the stick, sort of.		49
55	Cleaning Lady	"Stop banging on the door! I'm not letting any more strangers inside."		19 18
56	Kim Kitsuragi	"Madam, I assure you we're real police officers," the lieutenant repeats dutifully.		71
57	You	"Kim, tell her we're real policemen!"	IsKimHere() and Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_reveal"] == true	56
58	None			6
59	You	"Ma'am, we're looking for Billie Méjean's apartment. We have important news to deliver."	IsTaskActive("TASK.go_to_billies_apartment") and Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_reveal"] == true	60
60	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements	No reply. You can hear faint sweeping inside; a gust of wind blows through your clothes.		61
61	None			6
62	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements			63 64
63	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		IsTaskActive("TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building")--[[ Variable[ ]]	65
64	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		(IsTaskActive("TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building")--[[ Variable[ ]]) == false	6
65	Visual Calculus	This could be a way into the apartment building the smoking man vanished into.		6
66	Visual Calculus	Backyard door? There must be another entrance to the east.		23
67	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements			68 69
68	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building"] and Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building_done"] == false	70
69	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		(Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building"] and Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building_done"] == false) == false	66
70	Interfacing	Backyard door? With the smoker? You already were there. Didn't work.		23
71	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements	There is no reply. Just faint sweeping sounds inside.		58
72	You	Am I?		73
73	Authority	Obviously. Look at that vague yet threatening stuff spewing forth from your mouth...		38
74	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements			75 76
75	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		Variable["backyard.door_whitecheck_failed_once"]	77
76	Southwest Entrance to the Tenements		(Variable["backyard.door_whitecheck_failed_once"]) == false	13
77	Authority	You already tried and all you got was *hurt*. Better not to try anymore. Then you won't get HURT.		78
78	None			6