Conversation 982: INVENTORY / INFRA-MATERIALISM GUIDE

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ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			2
2	None			3 4
3	None		Variable["inventory.basic_guide_hub_reached"]	5
4	None		(Variable["inventory.basic_guide_hub_reached"]) == false	7
5	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	You spend a moment contemplating the cover's slightly unnerving swirl of orange, yellow, and green.		6
6	None			24
7	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	The cover of this pocket-sized volume features a swirl of orange, yellow, and green. The title, "A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism," is set in an authoritative yet approachable serif font.		8
8	Conceptualization	What an interesting colour palette. It's vibrant, yet somehow leaves you ever so slightly nauseated.		9
9	None			10 11
10	None		Variable["inventory.wrapper_inland_discard"]	12
11	None		(Variable["inventory.wrapper_inland_discard"]) == false	17
12	Inland Empire	No, no. These are *terrible* colours. They're like... like...		13
13	None			14 15
14	None		Variable["inventory.basic_guide_inland_colours"]	16
15	None		(Variable["inventory.basic_guide_inland_colours"]) == false	17
16	Inland Empire	Apricots.		17
17	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	On the inside jacket flap, you find a brief summary: "What is infra-materialism? A highly theoretical branch of Mazovian communism? A collection of mystical ramblings by a discredited revolutionary? Or possibly both?"		18
18	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	"This Brief Look(TM) introduces readers to one of this century's most fascinating and misunderstood theories in a concise, jargon-free manner."		19 20 21
19	You	So far, so good.		22
20	You	This feels like kid stuff. Is there no Slightly Longer Glance(TM) series?		23
21	You	Let's return to it later. [Leave.]
22	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	You turn to the table of contents. The guide itself is divided into several sections with seemingly esoteric titles like 'Effects of Plasm on Root Vegetables' and 'Mental Projection and Transference'. There's also a brief introduction about the life of Ignus Nilsen.		24
23	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	The back of the book contains four or five pages of primary and secondary sources, but you'd need access to a university library to find most of them.		25
24	None			30 27 28 31 29
25	Rhetoric	In other words, this guide is the only source you're likely to find.		22
26	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	The book fits quite snugly into your palm. It would also fit comfortably into a jacket pocket.		24
27	You	Start reading the first chapter.		40
28	You	Keep reading.	Variable["inventory.basic_guide_read"]	132
29	You	[Put the book away.]
30	You	Read the introduction on Ignus Nilsen.		32
31	You	Finish the book.	Variable["inventory.basic_guide_stage_two_reached"]	194
32	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Known to his numerous admirers as the 'Evangelist of the Revolution' and to his even-more-numerous enemies as the 'Apocalyptic Shrike', Ignus Nilsen remains one of the most controversial and fascinating figures to emerge in the years of the Antecentennial Revolution, second only to Kras Mazov himself.		33
33	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	During his unparalleled life, he helped guide a revolution in one country and found a new state in another. Along the way, he committed some of the most notorious war crimes in an era famed for its atrocities.		34
34	None			35 36
35	None		IsTHCPresent("apocalypse_cop")	37
36	None		(IsTHCPresent("apocalypse_cop")) == false	38
37	Half Light	He is your brother, a fellow *doom prophet*.		38
38	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	And yet, his most *fascinating* contribution to history may be the most overlooked: His theory of ideological plasm, from which his followers and successors developed the school of communism known as *infra-materialism*.		39
39	None			24
40	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	If you're like most people, you probably believe that your thoughts reside in your brain, right?		41
41	Conceptualization	Yes, you have a little cabinet for organizing and storing them away.		42
42	Inland Empire	That's not right at all. Thoughts don't exist in the brain, they float through the *air*! Your brain is but a fish swimming through them...		43
43	None			44 45
44	None		Variable["inventory.basic_guide_inland_thoughts"]	51
45	None		(Variable["inventory.basic_guide_inland_thoughts"]) == false	46
46	Interfacing	Completely backwards. You think with your hands, always have.		47
47	None			48 49
48	None		Variable["inventory.basic_guide_interfacing_hands"]	51
49	None		(Variable["inventory.basic_guide_interfacing_hands"]) == false	50
50	Endurance	Maybe if you're some kind of binoclard. *You* on the other hand, are a gut-thinker, through and through.		51
51	None			52 53 54 55 56
52	You	Uh, right?		57
53	You	Nah, I always listen to my gut.	Variable["inventory.basic_guide_endurance_guts"] == true	58
54	You	I'm more of a tactile guy. I let my fingers guide me.	Variable["inventory.basic_guide_interfacing_hands"] == true	59
55	You	I always thought I *swam* through them.	Variable["inventory.basic_guide_inland_thoughts"] == true	60
56	You	Honestly, I have no idea where some of these thoughts come from.		61
57	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Wrong! At least according to Ignus Nilsen...		62
58	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	There is no evidence that the human digestive system is the seat of cognition. But let's get back to Ignus Nilsen, shall we?		62
59	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	It's common for some developmentally delayed children to confuse sites of sensory input with the site of cognition. But let's get back to Ignus Nilsen, shall we?		62
60	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	*Very* interesting. And not so far removed from Ignus Nilsen's own theories...		62
61	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	This sounds more like a question for a psychiatrist. (See also: 'A Brief Look at Psychiatry'.) But let's stick with Ignus Nilsen a moment...		62
62	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	As Mazov's devoted comrade and leading theoretician, Nilsen was responsible for developing much of the intellectual foundation of communism. But his interests and speculations were famously wide-ranging.		63
63	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	During his final years in exile, he produced, among other things, an early guide to homebrewing, instructions for raising revolutionary children, plans for a universal pictographic language, and a detailed materialist critique of Dolores Dei's chess strategy.		244
64	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	"We may yet discover," he wrote in his notebooks, "that under certain, exceptional circumstances, the proletariat's embrace of historical materialism may be *so fervent* that their beliefs take form in the world of matter as a kind of revolutionary 'plasm'."		74 75 76
65	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Certainly. In essence, Nilsen is arguing that thoughts don’t just reside *inside* the brain, they radiate outward *from* it. According to this idea, the brain is an ideological transponder, constantly emitting waves of highly politicised energy, which Nilsen called 'plasm'.		75 76
66	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Whoa is right! What's more, Nilsen speculated that this plasm, when it becomes powerful enough, might begin to *influence* the material reality surrounding it. Hence the name: *infra-materialism*.		68
67	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Stay with us a moment longer. What's more, Nilsen speculated that this plasm, when it becomes powerful enough, might begin to *influence* the material reality surrounding it. Hence the name: *infra-materialism*.		68
68	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Unfortunately, Nilsen passed away before he was able to develop these initial ideas into a full-fledged theory. *That* work was left to subsequent generations of communist theorists...		69
69	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Building on Nilsen's basic insight, these theorists reached a startling conclusion: that a sufficiently revolutionary state might begin to exhibit certain *extra-physical* effects based on the amount of plasm generated by its citizens.		77 78 79 80
70	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Correct. Though certain particulars of the theory are commonly attributed to Nilsen himself, the *evidentiary* basis of those attributions has always been a point of contention between infra-materialists and their critics.		78 79 80
71	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	In fact, many of infra-materialism's critics both inside and outside the communist movement have said the same thing.		81
72	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Please, just stick with it. Otherwise, may we recommend 'A Brief Look at Words and Concepts'?		81
73	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	The actual theory is highly technical, but for the purposes of this Brief Look(TM), that's a fine *working definition* of the concept.		81
74	You	Hold on, can you put that in slightly *more* basic terms?		65
75	You	Whoa.		66
76	You	Huh. Okay...		67
77	You	Wait, so this isn't even *Nilsen's* theory -- it's his followers'?		70
78	You	This... doesn't make any sense.		71
79	You	I'm completely lost.		72
80	You	So these people are saying that if enough people just *believe* in communism, it will... come true?		73
81	Logic	That's because this is absolute idiocy. Not even worth engaging with.		82
82	None			83 84
83	None		Variable["inventory.basic_guide_logic_idiocy"]	85
84	None		(Variable["inventory.basic_guide_logic_idiocy"]) == false	86
85	Inland Empire	No-no-no. There's *something* here, you can feel it!		87 88
86	Logic	There's probably something wrong with this theory, but you're the kind of person who believes anything they read in a book, so why don't you just roll with it?		87 88
87	You	Alright, let's hear about this extra-physical stuff!		89
88	You	I'll just give it a few more pages...		89
89	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Infra-materialists divide the extra-physical effects of the revolutionary state by the level of plasm required to achieve them.		90
90	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	At the lowest, or *first level*, revolutionary plasm is believed to stimulate or invigorate matter without altering its essential properties.		91 92
91	You	This sounds like that business with the turnips...	Variable["apt.student_maurice_turnips"] == true	131
92	You	How exactly does the plasm 'stimulate' matter?		93
93	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	To take one example: During the Revolutionary period, many communard farmers in Graad reported extraordinary yields of certain root vegetables, most notably turnips.		94
94	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	The difference in these yields was simply too great to be accounted for by mere climate or soil conditions. The only reasonable explanation, infra-materialists argue, is the high level of revolutionary plasm emanating from the commune itself.		95
95	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Even today, in parts of the SRV there are collective farms whose root vegetable yields exceed those thought possible by capitalist agronomists.		96
96	Logic	Who's to say the farmers aren't just cooking the books? Sounds like obvious SRV propaganda.		97
97	None			98 99
98	None		Variable["character.beard_shaven"]	100
99	None		(Variable["character.beard_shaven"]) == false	101
100	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	It's also been postulated that plasm may account for the remarkably full and manly facial hair observed on *some* communist males.		104 105
101	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	It's also been postulated that plasm may account for the remarkably full and manly facial hair observed on many communist males.		106 107
102	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Your hand feels clammy against your bare chin. You wipe it along the back of the book and keep reading...		103
103	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Of course, infra-materialists argue that revolutionary plasm may stimulate human physiology in other ways as well.		108
104	You	Stroke your bare chin.		102
105	You	Don't, it's embarrassing.		103
106	You	Stroke your beard proudly.		103
107	You	Stroke it, but modestly.		103
108	Electrochemistry	Oh yeah, we're talking about white-hot *communist sex*, baby.		109
109	None			110 111
110	None		Variable["inventory.basic_guide_electro_commie_sex"]	112
111	None		(Variable["inventory.basic_guide_electro_commie_sex"]) == false	113
112	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	That's correct! Reports from the Revolutionary period claim that the most radically devoted communards were able to engage in vigorous intercourse for up to *eight hours* at a time.		114
113	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	In fact, reports from the Revolutionary period claim that the most radically devoted communards were able to engage in vigorous sexual intercourse for up to *eight hours* at a time.		114
114	Endurance	Eight hours, huh? Seems doable. Your machinery could go the distance if called upon...		115
115	None			116 117
116	None		Variable["inventory.basic_guide_endurance_loverboy"]	118
117	None		(Variable["inventory.basic_guide_endurance_loverboy"]) == false	119
118	Inland Empire	Stop, stop! Banish the thought. This isn't what you came for.		120
119	Endurance	Eight hours? There's no way. Your equipment would be mashed to jelly.		120
120	Hand/Eye Coordination	No wonder the communards couldn't shoot straight -- they were too shagged out!		121
121	Conceptualization	Hyper-productive vegetables and ultra-horny communards are fine, but this theory hasn't quite gotten strange enough for you.		122
122	None			123 124
123	None		Variable["character.habit_speed"]	125
124	None		(Variable["character.habit_speed"]) == false	126
125	Electrochemistry	Sexual euphoria... increased sensitivity to stimulation... if you didn't know better, you'd say this plasm stuff sounds a lot like being on amphetamines.		126
126	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	And on that note, you feel like you've gotten the general idea of Infra-Materialism. Enough to carry on a basic conversation, at least. But if you'd like to go even deeper into some of the more speculative aspects of the theory, you could always read further...		127
127	None			128 129
128	None		Variable["inventory.basic_guide_concept_strange_enough"]	130
129	None		(Variable["inventory.basic_guide_concept_strange_enough"]) == false	267
130	Conceptualization	Of course you want to go deeper. What else are you here for?		267
131	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Precisely, though plasm does more than increase vegetable yields. It may also influence the *physiology* of revolutionaries themselves.		97
132	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	You flip forward a few pages until you come upon a chapter titled 'Mental Projection and Transference'...		133
133	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	When a community has achieved a sufficiently high degree of revolutionary fervour, infra-materialists believe that second-level effects may be observed.		134
134	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	At this second level, certain hyper-revolutionary individuals may even develop the ability to extend their thoughts into material space and vice versa.		135
135	None			137 136 138
136	You	"Hey, Kim. You'd say that we share a pretty special connection, right?"	IsKimHere() and Variable["inventory.basic_guide_esprit_reading_minds"]	139
137	You	Wait, does that mean communists can *read minds*?		172
138	You	So why do these effects only work for hyper-revolutionary communists? (Continue.)		176
139	None			140 141
140	None		Variable["reputation.kim"] >= 5	147
141	None		(Variable["reputation.kim"] >= 5) == false	142
142	None			143 144
143	None		Variable["reputation.kim"] < 1	145
144	None		(Variable["reputation.kim"] < 1) == false	146
145	Kim Kitsuragi	"If by 'special' you mean 'marred by extreme dysfunction,' then yes, I suppose it is pretty special."		148
146	Kim Kitsuragi	"I would say we share a perfectly average connection for two law officials working a case."		149
147	Kim Kitsuragi	"I suppose we do work quite well together."		150
148	You	"That's exactly what I mean. It's probably why we're always finishing each other's..."		151
149	You	"It's way more than average. Haven't you noticed that we're always finishing each other's..."		151
150	You	"You and me, we're on the same wavelength. It's why we're always finishing each other's..."		151
151	Kim Kitsuragi	Your words hang in the air as the lieutenant scribbles something in his notebook. At some point he realizes you're waiting for him and looks up with a tightly knit brow.		152 153 154
152	You	"... sentences."		158
153	You	"... sandwiches."	Variable["inventory.sandwich_mainhub_reached"] == true	163
154	You	"... cigarettes."	Variable["tc.kim_one_smoke_per_day"] == true and Variable["character.habit_smokes"] == true	155
155	Kim Kitsuragi	"It's true that you and I do share a similar addiction, but that's hardly remarkable among officers of the RCM."		162
156	Kim Kitsuragi	"That happened exactly once, and only under extreme duress."		162
157	Kim Kitsuragi	"We have never shared a sandwich, detective. Despite your heroic efforts, I might add."		162
158	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant looks at you evenly for a moment, then returns to his notebook without a word.		166 167
159	Kim Kitsuragi	"Did I? My bad, detective. Won't happen again." He doesn't look up from his notebook.		162
160	Kim Kitsuragi	"My apologies, I thought leaving your partner hanging was simply the style at the 41st."		162
161	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant remains engrossed in his notebook.
162	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	As we were saying, it's generally believed that these effects are only exhibited by certain *hyper-revolutionary* individuals, generally less than .01% of the revolutionary population...		171
163	None			164 165
164	None		Variable["inventory.sandwich_kim_ate"]	156
165	None		(Variable["inventory.sandwich_kim_ate"]) == false	157
166	You	"Kim, you left me hanging there."		168
167	You	Forget it.		162
168	None			169 170
169	None		Variable["yard.hanged_left_kim_hanging"]	160
170	None		(Variable["yard.hanged_left_kim_hanging"]) == false	159
171	None			135
172	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	According to infra-materialist theory, yes! Under suitably revolutionary conditions, that is...		173
173	Esprit de Corps	Of course, one doesn't need to be a communist to be attuned to the thoughts of your brothers and sisters.		174
174	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	It's become something of a folk legend that during their final meeting, Nilsen and Mazov didn't speak a single word, preferring to sit in silence with their chamomile tea, reading one another's thoughts.		245 246
175	None			135
176	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Because plasm has never been directly observed, the exact mechanism behind these effects remains entirely speculative.		177
177	Logic	In other words, there's no evidence that any of this mind-reading stuff is real.		178
178	Inland Empire	Why are you getting hung up on mechanisms... Open your mind's aperture just a little wider! You're so close to true understanding!		179
179	None			180 181
180	None		Variable["character.habit_pyrholidon"]	182
181	None		(Variable["character.habit_pyrholidon"]) == false	183
182	Electrochemistry	Pssst! You know what *else* lets you feel like you can read minds? Spooky ol' pyrholidon...		183
183	None			184 185
184	None		Variable["inventory.basic_guide_logic_evidence"]	186
185	None		(Variable["inventory.basic_guide_logic_evidence"]) == false	192
186	None			187 188
187	You	Wait, if there's no evidence plasm exists, how can the theory be true?		189
188	You	Let it go.		192
189	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Most infra-materialists would argue that the inability of skeptics to detect plasm is simply evidence of their own insufficient revolutionary enthusiasm.		190
190	Logic	There you have it. A perfectly unfalsifiable loop. The theory is impossible to disprove on its own grounds...		191
191	Logic	Meaning it's hardly a theory at all.		192
192	Rhetoric	This should be more than enough for a stimulating discussion. That said, if you're still yearning for *more*....		249
193	None			24
194	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	You breeze through the next several sections until you arrive at the final chapter, titled 'A Communism Above Reality'...		195
195	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	When a society's revolutionary fervour reaches the third and highest level, infra-materialist theoreticians have postulated that the laws of physics cease to be laws.		196
196	None			197 198
197	None		IsTHCPresent("lawbringer")	199
198	None		(IsTHCPresent("lawbringer")) == false	200
199	Authority	SAY IT. You know you want to.		200
200	None			201 202
201	You	That's because *I'm* the law. The law-jaw.	Variable["inventory.basic_guide_authority_law"] == true	203
202	You	"Cease to be laws..." What do they become then?		204
203	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Under suitably revolutionary conditions, you might be! Though infra-materialists would argue that it's more like the community is *collectively* the law.		205
204	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	More like suggestions, according to some of the SRV's leading infra-materialists.		206
205	Authority	At last, a book gives you the respect and validation you're entitled to.		206
206	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Of course, it's impossible to say what exactly happens under these conditions. No known society has ever achieved the levels of revolutionary enthusiasm the theory seems to require.		207
207	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Some infra-materialists have even argued that it might require more plasm than *humanity alone* may be capable of producing.		208
208	None			209 210 211
209	You	Wait, are there non-human sources of plasm?		212
210	You	Has anyone ever gotten close to reaching the third level?		253
211	You	What would a third-level society even look like? (Conclude.)		263
212	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	In the SRV, there have been attempts to organise certain species of aquatic mammals, as well as a few of the higher corvids...		213
213	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	But as of this writing only human beings have demonstrated the intellectual capacity for revolutionary communism.		214
214	None			208
215	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	It concerns an interesting series of events that took place during the invasion of Revachol. As Coalition forces made landfall, a cadre of Nilsen's most fervent acolytes *attempted to compress a Coalition aerostatic* with their collective will...		216
216	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	According to communard lore, these acolytes positioned themselves at the top of a redoubt just over the Bay of Revachol. From that vantage, they proceeded to visualise *pinching* Coalition Warship Debutante between their fingers, a gesture believed to assist in the extra-physical materialisation of their thoughts.		217 218 219
217	You	Why didn't they just get some high-powered merc gear? (Tap your armour.)	CheckEquipped("gloves_t500") or CheckEquipped("shoes_t500") or CheckEquipped("shirt_t500") or CheckEquipped("hat_t500")	220
218	You	Should've used their finger pistols instead. (Aim your finger pistols toward the bay.)	IsTHCPresent("finger_pistols")	221
219	You	Did it work?		222
220	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	The communards were notoriously under-equipped against the much better-funded Coalition. In any event, it's doubtful even ceramic armour would have altered the outcome.		222
221	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	There's no evidence the communards were equipped with finger pistols, though it's unlikely they would have decisively altered the outcome.		222
222	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	The acolytes (along with the redoubt) were vapourised in an artillery strike before the process could be completed...		262
223	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	It's been said, though, that in the weeks following the battle, the captain of the Debutante noted an increase in incidents of crewmen striking their heads on unexpectedly low bulkheads.		259
224	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	It's a matter of fierce debate what form society would assume under the highest levels of revolutionary plasm, also known as 'Full Communism' or, as Nilsen termed it, 'Communism Above Reality'.
225	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	In some of his later writings, Nilsen himself speculated about the potential for an *extra-physical architecture* that disregards the laws of 'bourgeois physics' and instead relies on the revolutionary faith of the people for structural integrity.		226 227
226	You	Meaning the buildings stay up because people *believe* they'll stay up?		228
227	You	That... seems like a bad theory to design buildings based on.		229
228	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Precisely. Nilsen observed that the financial system operates on the same principle of faith, so why not an architectural system?		230
229	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Nilsen called it "the highest expression of Communist principles, a society whose literal foundation is the faith of its people".		230
230	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	On the following page you come across a few black-and-white reproductions from Nilsen's own notebooks. One sketch depicts a government ministry shaped like a great inverted pyramid, a hectare in width at the top, balanced atop foundations the size of common apartments...		231
231	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Another depicts a leaning tower wrapped in a dramatic helix. The caption beneath it reads: 'The Tower of History'.		232
232	Interfacing	Something about that tower looks awfully familiar. Could it be *that's* what the students were trying to recreate with the matchboxes?		233
233	None			234 235 236
234	You	Wait, but what if the people stop believing and the buildings collapse?		260
235	You	This might be too much, even for me.		238
236	You	Plausible or not, there's something beautiful about this idea. Is there any more?		239
237	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	"A state that has lost the faith of its people has forfeited the right to exist."		235 236
238	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	That's alright, because you've reached the end of the book.		241
239	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	There is no more. You've reached the outer theoretical limits of communism, and in less than 200 pages.		240
240	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	If you'd like to read further, may we recommend 'A Brief Look at Occidental Architecture'?		242
241	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	If you'd like to try something different, may we recommend 'A Brief Look at Graadian Literature'?		242
242	None			24
243	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	But one subject he returned to time and time again was the fundamental relationship between thoughts and matter...		64
244	Conceptualization	A true man of ideas, equal to any of the great Dolorian polymaths.		243
245	You	That's... strangely beautiful.		247
246	You	That's... probably not what happened.		247
247	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	One of the minor tragedies of the late Revolutionary period is that few reliable accounts survive.		248
248	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Much of what we know of the communards' activities during this period come from memoirs and second-hand accounts, some only written down decades after the fact and of dubious authenticity.		175
249	None			250 251
250	None		Variable["inventory.basic_guide_inland_aperture"]	252
251	None		(Variable["inventory.basic_guide_inland_aperture"]) == false	193
252	Inland Empire	You must! Everyone knows books save their best parts for the end...		193
253	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	There are numerous stories from Samara involving bandits or fascist mercenaries being levitated by farmers from the most ideologically advanced communes. Of course, few of these incidents have ever been rigorously investigated or substantiated...		261
254	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Among known attempts to channel third-level capabilities, the most well-documented is the curious case of Coalition Warship Debutante.		255 256
255	You	I've got to know what that's about.		215
256	You	I've heard enough.		257
257	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Of course, colourful anecdotes only scratch the surface of what infra-materialists believe may be possible in a truly *third-level* society...		258
258	None			208
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260	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	In the corner of one of the reproduced notebook pages, you can make out the following words written in Nilsen's distinctive slashing script...		237
261	Encyclopedia	The form of these stories also recalls several well-known Samaran folktales, in particular the one commonly known as 'Clever Oleg and the Flying Magistrate'.		254
262	Half Light	Picture the lot of them, all standing with their fingers in the air one minute, the next reduced to a bloody mist!		223
263	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Some have theorised that such a society would be fundamentally unrecognisable, lacking many of the institutions we typically take for granted in advanced societies, including organised governments, financial institutions, and law enforcement.		264
264	Half Light	D-d-did that book just say there's no place for you in this future?		266
265	A Brief Look at Infra-Materialism	Others have argued that people living under third-level conditions will be immune to such infirmities as hunger, disease, and mental illness...		225
266	Authority	This sounds like a seditious fantasy! How can they allow books like this in print?		265
267	None			26
268	None			26