Conversation 907: APT ORB / encyclo logo of communism

The symbol of communism.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
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1 None
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2 Encyclopedia That isn't *just* a five-pointed star -- it's an inverted white pentagram cradled in a wreath of antlers. The iconography of communism, in other words.
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3 You Inspect the symbol closer.
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4 You [Discard thought.]
5 Encyclopedia The star-and-antlers was developed in the sixth decade of the last century and quickly adopted by Mazov and the communards during the Revolution...
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6 You Why is the star upside down?
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7 You What's the deal with the antlers? Variable["inventory.fumee_antlers"] == false
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8 You Why white?
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9 Encyclopedia To symbolize the toppling of the old order.
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10 You What does it evoke in me? [Finish thought.]
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11 Encyclopedia The wreath of antlers represents a natural crown. It was about building a society that could exist in accord with the natural world -- and at the same time above it.
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12 Encyclopedia Also, some social democrats were already using it.
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13 None
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14 Encyclopedia Because white is the colour of peace.
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15 None
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16 Encyclopedia Gone. Gone is the glory. Of hope, only the scribblings of impoverished students remain. In dirty hallways...
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17 None
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18 None
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19 None
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20 None IsTHCPresent("communist")
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21 None (IsTHCPresent("communist")) == false
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22 None
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23 None IsTHCPresent("moralist")
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24 None (IsTHCPresent("moralist")) == false
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25 None
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26 None IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")
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27 None (IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")) == false
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28 None
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29 None IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal")
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30 None (IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal")) == false
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31 Rhetoric You are the Big Communism Builder now. It's you or no one.
32 Encyclopedia You see noble aims but also mountains upon mountains of corpses. They should've taken a more *measured* approach. Also, you're really smart.
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33 Encyclopedia Smug superiority? Esthetic musings? The triumph of Capital is undeniable, but... maybe the guns were sort of cool? Revolutionaries had loads of guns.
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34 Encyclopedia Nothing at all yet. Right now it's just meaningless shapes on a wall.
35 Rhetoric The price of idealism unrestrained by humanism. Never again.
36 Encyclopedia Communism is the ideology of gutless intellectuals and clueless university students. They don't care about the *real* wörking man.
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37 Endurance In other words, it doesn't mean a thing to *trüe* Revacholians.
38 Savoir Faire Whatever kid drew this graffito will get it one day. You just can't beat FREEDOM and hustle-jiggling all the time.
39 You "Look out, Kim: There are communists around here." IsKimHere() and IsTHCPresent("communist") == false
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40 Encyclopedia Even today, half a century after, the star-and-antlers retains the ability to evoke hope, disappointment, and fear in equal measure.
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41 Kim Kitsuragi "I'll keep my Armistice handy, detective."
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42 Rhetoric He doesn't actually reach for his gun.
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43 None
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44 None
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