Conversation 888: APT / CLEANING LADY

Cleaning lady inside the apartment building. Part of her greeting is in PIER / APARTMENTS PIER DOOR dialogue.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
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2 None
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3 You "I'm looking for a young male in his mid-twenties, dark hair, skinny build. A smoker on the balcony." IsTaskActive("TASK.where_does_the_smoker_on_the_balcony_live") and Variable["backyard.smoker_think_name_is_martin_martinaise"] == false
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4 You "I have a few questions about those apartments..." Variable["apt.foreclosed_apt_orb_clicked"] or Variable["apt.foreclosed_apt_table_orb_clicked"] or Variable["apt.vacated_apt_orb_clicked"] or Variable["apt.apt_for_rent_door_clicked"] or Variable["apt.padlock_main_hub"] or Variable["apt.cuno_door_main_hub_reached"] or Variable["apt.apt_orb_cuno_dad_snoring_clicked"] or Variable["pier.cindy_main_hub_reached"]
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5 You "Thanks, I'm off." [Leave.]
6 You "Who are you?"
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7 Cleaning Lady "I'm no one, just an old woman who cleans these hallways."
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8 You "Do you live here?"
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9 Cleaning Lady "If you can call it living..." She spits on the floor, before wiping it off with a broom. "I have a little room upstairs, right next to the coal room."
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10 You "I'm looking for Billie Méjean's apartment. Could you direct me?" IsTaskActive("TASK.go_to_billies_apartment") and Variable["tc.wcw_address"] == true
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11 Cleaning Lady "Yes-yes. I know who you mean. The scrawny boy who's always smoking like the devil, right?" She looks at the other end of the hallway.
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12 Cleaning Lady "Ask away, policeman."
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13 None
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14 You "Do you know who lived in the foreclosed apartment?" Variable["apt.foreclosed_apt_orb_clicked"] == true
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15 You "Why is there a hole in the wall in the abandoned apartment?" Variable["apt.foreclosed_apt_table_orb_clicked"] == true
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16 You "Is one of the residents on a vacation? Their mailbox is overflowing." Variable["apt.vacated_apt_orb_clicked"] == true
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17 You "That's all, thanks."
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18 You "No trouble, I just want to talk to him. Do you know where he lives?"
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19 Cleaning Lady She narrows her pale grey eyes. "It's about Victor, isn't it? It's always about Victor with her... You'll find the Méjeans in apartment #20 upstairs. It's one of the doors on the balcony."
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20 Cleaning Lady "Talk!" The cleaning lady starts laughing, but it turns into a violent coughing spasm. She squeezes her broom, trying to catch her breath.
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21 Cleaning Lady "He lives upstairs in room #28. Go to the balcony. It's one of those doors there," she points east. "He's usually home in the evening."
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22 Cleaning Lady She mumbles some kind of a response, then hacks something into her handkerchief.
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23 None
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24 You "I am looking for the parents of a kid named Cuno." Variable["TASK.get_drugs_from_cunos_apartment"] == true and Variable["TASK.get_drugs_from_cunos_apartment_done"] == false
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25 Cleaning Lady "De Ruyters are at the end of this hallway, right next to the communal bathroom."
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26 Cleaning Lady "The hell am I supposed to know?" The cleaning lady shrugs, her mouth puckered like a dried fig. "Another nut job, I assume."
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27 Cleaning Lady "People come and go, I don't keep an eye on everyone."
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28 You "Who lives in apartment #10?" Variable["apt.apt_for_rent_door_clicked"] == true and Variable["apt.cleaning_apt_10_empty"] == false
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29 You "Who lives behind the padlocked door?" Variable["apt.padlock_main_hub"] == true
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30 You "Tell me about the man who lives at the end of the hallway -- Uuno de Ruyter." Variable["apt.cuno_door_main_hub_reached"] == true
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31 Cleaning Lady The cleaning lady starts digging for something in her pockets. "I don't want to talk about de Ruyters," she mutters.
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32 Cleaning Lady "Oh, that one is a scientist, a future scholar!" Suddenly the old lady's face is beaming.
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33 You "Astrology?"
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34 Cleaning Lady "Something to do with all those stars around his door. He asked me to leave his drawings up on the wall."
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35 You "You mean the star-and-antlers? I think that's the symbol of communism." Variable["apt.communist_room_revolutionaries_orb_clicked"] == true or Variable["XP.kras_bust"]
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36 None
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37 Cleaning Lady "Some lunatic lost his mind... All kinds of morons pass through these halls."
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38 Cleaning Lady "Addicts, all of them... And sometimes I hear them screaming." She winces.
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39 You "Why not?"
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40 None
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41 Cleaning Lady "The symbol of what now?"
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42 You "You know, the ones who support the working class against Capital."
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43 Cleaning Lady "Never heard of it," the cleaning lady replies, before another coughing spell takes hold of her.
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44 None
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45 Cleaning Lady "They don't like me cleaning behind their door, think I'm listening in on their fights."
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46 Cleaning Lady "No one lives there, it's been empty for months."
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47 None
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48 None Variable["apt.apt_for_rent_wc_reveal"]
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49 None (Variable["apt.apt_for_rent_wc_reveal"]) == false
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50 You "But I talked to someone through the door."
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51 Cleaning Lady "Impossible," the cleaning lady says, shaking her head, "I would know if someone had moved in there." She pauses, eyeing the hallway.
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52 You "But I heard someone walking inside."
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53 Cleaning Lady "Give me a moment." An elderly woman is leaning on her broom, her knuckles white as bone. She seems to be having difficulty breathing.
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54 Cleaning Lady "The cold never does any good for my bronchitis..." She sneezes into a dirty handkerchief.
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55 You "Are you alright? Should I call a doctor?"
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56 Cleaning Lady "I'm fine, fine, don't you worry about me!" She starts coughing, red spots appearing on her cheeks.
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57 Empathy You're still worried. It's very worrying.
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58 Cleaning Lady "What's he in trouble for?"
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59 Cleaning Lady "I think he studies astrology at the community college. Education's good, I always tell them to study."
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60 You "I am looking for Martin Martinaise." IsTaskActive("TASK.where_does_the_smoker_on_the_balcony_live") and Variable["backyard.smoker_think_name_is_martin_martinaise"] == true
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61 Cleaning Lady The cleaning lady smiles a gap toothed smile, when she hears you mention the name. "Oh, you'll find plenty of Martins here, don't you worry!"
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62 You "What do you mean? I wasn't joking."
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63 You "No, you don't understand. I'm looking for a real person named Martin Martinaise. He told me he's Martin Martinaise."
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64 Cleaning Lady "Pea-brain, someone played a trick on you. Martin Martinaise is a name for *anyone* from Martinaise. Like Jim Jamrock or Raoul Revachol."
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65 None
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66 None
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67 Perception (Hearing) Somewhere in the building a child starts crying. You hear a radio tuned to a talk show and someone taking a shower.
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68 None
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69 None
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70 Cleaning Lady "Give me a moment..." The cleaning lady still seems to be having difficulty breathing.
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71 None
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72 None Variable["apt.cleaning_greeting_done"]
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73 None (Variable["apt.cleaning_greeting_done"]) == false
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74 None
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75 You Let's do it later... [Leave.]
76 You "This won't take long, I only have a few questions."
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77 You "First, I'm the policeman that asked you to open the door. Are you sure you don't want to see my badge?" Variable["pier.apartments_door_badge"] == true
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78 Cleaning Lady "Go ahead then. What do you want to know, policeman?"
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79 Cleaning Lady "I already told you I don't care about any badges."
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80 Cleaning Lady "Now, what do you want from me, policeman?"
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81 You "He's wanted for murder. He's goin' away for life."
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82 Cleaning Lady "Murder!" The cleaning lady starts laughing, but it turns into a violent coughing spasm. She squeezes her broom, trying to catch her breath.
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83 Cleaning Lady "I'd wager you've got the wrong man. But even so, you're out of luck, policeman -- I saw him leave the building just before you came in."
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84 You "Even so, I'd like to talk to him."
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85 You "Are you sure you don't mean astronomy?"
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86 Cleaning Lady "That's what I said, astrology."
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87 You "Communism. It's a political ideology."
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88 You "It's an ideology. It has some noble aims, but it's also been used to justify terrible bloodshed."
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89 You "Communism. You know, like in the world revolution?" Variable["tc.revolution"]
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90 Cleaning Lady "Huh," the cleaning lady says, "I thought Revachol *was* the capital."
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91 Cleaning Lady The cleaning lady shrugs and returns to sweeping.
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92 Rhetoric The clash of ideas and atrocities are as far from her world as fairies and wizards.
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93 Cleaning Lady "Ah!" the cleaning lady says, leaning on her broom. "All I know about politics is that it has brought us more harm than good."
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94 None
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95 None IsKimHere()
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96 None (IsKimHere()) == false
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97 Kim Kitsuragi The lieutenant shakes his head, as though to say 'let it go.'
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98 None
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99 None IsKimHere()
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100 None (IsKimHere()) == false
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101 Kim Kitsuragi "He's actually *not* wanted for murder. We just want to talk with him."
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102 You "Who lives in apartment #12? I heard snoring." Variable["apt.apt_orb_cuno_dad_snoring_clicked"] == true and Variable["TASK.get_drugs_from_cunos_apartment"] == false
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103 Cleaning Lady The cleaning lady frowns. "The de Ruyters... He's chained it and fallen into a stupor again."
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104 Half Light So she doesn't. Not after *that one time*. There's a *that one time* here.
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105 None
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106 None Variable["apt.cleaning_halflight_that_one_time"]
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107 None (Variable["apt.cleaning_halflight_that_one_time"]) == false
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108 Empathy It didn't get physical. She heard something she doesn't want to hear again.
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109 Visual Calculus It was dirtier there. After the janitor's closet. She avoids the end of the hallway.
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110 None
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111 None
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112 None IsKimHere()
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113 None (IsKimHere()) == false
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114 You "I saw unpaid utility bills -- aren't they going to be thrown out?"
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115 Kim Kitsuragi "We saw unpaid utility bills -- aren't they going to be evicted?"
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116 You "Okay."
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117 Cleaning Lady "I don't like talking about them," she says mostly to herself.
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118 Cleaning Lady "No one likes them in this building." She shakes her head. "It's only because of the kid they haven't been thrown out."
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119 Cleaning Lady "I don't like talking about those people," she looks down the hallway.
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120 None
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121 Cleaning Lady "The less said about those people, the better."
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122 You "Sounds like he has."
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123 Half Light She's scared of room #12.
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124 None
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125 Cleaning Lady "Maybe it's those *counterculture people* again? Breaking into our house like it's a public space... You're a policeman, be good and take a look, will you?"
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126 You "I didn't find any counterculture people in apartment #10 -- it was just a real estate agent setting up the room for new tenants." Variable["TASK.investigate_apt_10"] == true and Variable["TASK.investigate_apt_10_done"] == false and Variable["apt.real_estate_agent_main_hub_reached"] == true
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127 Cleaning Lady "I see..." She takes out her handkerchief and wipes her nose. "I hope some good people are finally going to move in. This place needs them."
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128 None
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129 Cleaning Lady "It's barely bigger than a closet, but I don't complain, no..." She juts out her chin, eyes shining. "I have my bed and my aching bones to keep me company and that's all I need from this world."
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130 You "It's for loons who have no idea how economy works."
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131 Cleaning Lady "Economy? Why should anyone care about economy?!" She shrugs and returns to sweeping.
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132 You "It's a symbol for contributing to the demise of our noble state in the name of some made-up world of 'equality'."
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133 Cleaning Lady "I don't believe in equality. Never seen it work." She shakes her head and returns to sweeping.
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134 None
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135 None IsKimHere()
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136 None (IsKimHere()) == false
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137 Kim Kitsuragi "Thank you." He turns to you. "We should go check out his apartment on the balcony, see if he's home."
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138 You "What can you tell me about Cindy?" Variable["pier.cindy_main_hub_reached"] == true
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139 Cleaning Lady "The *artist*?" She scoffs. "Nothing I can do about her, I'm afraid. She ruins the walls faster than I can clean them. Still..."
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140 None
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141 Cleaning Lady She leans on her broom. "She leaves an old lady to her business. More than I can say for others..."
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142 You "The police has better things to do." (Nope.)
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143 You "Sure, I'll go see what I can find." (Take it on.)
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144 Cleaning Lady "Great. Young people, they're worse than rats, you know -- always littering the hallways with trinkets and empty beer cans..."
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145 Cleaning Lady "Suit yourself, Mr. Important. No one cares about this building any way..."
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146 Endurance This woman's health is failing her. There's not much to do, not in this damp.
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147 Logic She's the cleaning lady. She knows the floor plan and the residents.
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148 Shivers And all she gets, too. The coastal wind beats down hard on the coal room door, outside. Splashes of waves make the balcony slippery...
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149 Rhetoric She hasn't spoken to anyone for a while. Even her sentences feel rusty.
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150 Rhetoric Oops... you really didn't get the joke there.
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151 None
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152 None IsKimHere()
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153 None (IsKimHere()) == false
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154 Kim Kitsuragi "I thought it was obvious..." He stops before he offends you. "Anyway, officer. We *don't* have the witness' name."
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155 Rhetoric What was so funny about that?
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156 None
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157 Logic They probably just moved -- or died, hopefully somewhere else.
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158 Empathy With how small these rooms are -- wouldn't you want to break the wall down?
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159 Half Light She really doesn't like those *nut jobs*. Bad blood there.
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160 Esprit de Corps C'mon people, try to keep up *any* standards here. It's not about stars, it's... forget it.
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161 None
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162 You "Yes. Radiocomputer wizards are coming. They're gonna save the place -- and the economy." Variable["backyard.apts_radiocomputer_wizards"]
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163 You "No one is coming. There will be nothing but squalor unless we start killing real estate agents."
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164 You "Lax women and sexual deviants. That's who'll come." (Spit.)
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165 You "I'm sure everything will be fine. This apartment building needs *slow* change. Imperceptibly slow."
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166 You "Yes. Some highly technological wizards are going to save this place. It'll be an visionary innovation utopia." Variable["backyard.apts_radiocomputer_wizards"] == false
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167 Cleaning Lady "Oh, I do like wizards," she agrees wholeheartedly. "And people like that in general. They have a lot to tell us about our fates..."
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168 Rhetoric She means clairvoyants.
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169 Cleaning Lady "*We* won't be killing anyone. And *you* shouldn't say things like that. You're a police officer... there's been enough killing. I've *seen* it..." She coughs.
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170 Empathy She's seen it -- and known those who have been killed.
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171 Cleaning Lady "I know those types, yes. There have been some here, but they never make their rent. So they have to move out. I know their type..." She coughs.
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172 Authority She appreciates your effort to curb the deviantry and laxness.
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173 Cleaning Lady "Yes, well..." She doesn't know what to say so she just coughs and repeats: "I hope they're good people."
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174 Rhetoric Your statements are too vague to comment on.
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175 You "Do you know anything about a *secret meeting* that's happening tonight?" Variable["pier.cindy_talked_communism_quest"] == true and Variable["TASK.attend_secret_communist_meeting_done"] == false
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176 Cleaning Lady "What?" She frowns. "No. Nobody tells me anything."
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177 You "How about any unusual activity taking place after hours? Say after 22.00?"
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178 Logic Would she understand if they did?
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179 Cleaning Lady "If it ain't my business I keep my nose out of it..." She shakes her head and mutters to herself.
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180 Cleaning Lady "Think we'd all be better off if people kept their noses to themselves."
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181 None
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