BOARDWALK PAYPHONE - 555
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_interfacing_white_succeeded"]
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You: "Yes, it's me -- Pierre."
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Payphone: "So nice of you to find the time to call me! It gets so lonely. Even the animals have died."
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You: "Yes, Pierre is dead."
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Payphone: "What a pity... I'm afraid I won't be coming to the funeral. I.... there... chrysanthemum..."
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Payphone: "But who are you then? A salesman of some sort? Modern goods are rubbish. And I can't afford them anyhow. It's a shame what you did to our country..." The woman moans and the phone lines howl in unison with her.
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You: "No, I'm a police officer."
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You: "I'm not a salesman, I was just calling a random number and you somehow ran with it."
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You: "I don't know who I am... But who are you?"
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You: "Yes, I'm a salesman. What exactly did we do to your country?"
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Payphone: Her voice is drowned in white noise. Sounds like waves washing a beach, growing in volume until the call suddenly disconnects.
497
Payphone: IsKimHere()
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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phonemainhub
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You: Keep dialling...
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Interfacing: 11 -- 17 -- 361 -- your fingers keep moving like a spider, every time the ring rotates back with a little ring of metal, like a bell tolling.
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Payphone: "You shouldn't mess with people like this..." His voice is very calm. "You go have a nice day now."
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Payphone: Phone hanging up.
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You: "Guillaume. Guillaume le Million."
501
Payphone: "Very funny, asshole. Why don't you grow up! Oh, and disco is dead!"
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Payphone: "Harry, please..." A sad voice answers, dressed in distortion.
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Electrochemistry: Underneath it she is naked and warm under a blanket.
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "You were making *prank calls*." Not a muscle moves in the lieutenant's face.
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Esprit de Corps: This has lowered his opinion of you -- but only a little.
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Payphone: "My *debt?* I don't fucking owe you, it's..." The young man realises something. "Who is... ah never mind, I don't have time for this..."
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Suggestion: He does not seem to be overly thankful of your kindness as he hangs up.
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Inland Empire: Life is garbage.
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You: "Kim..."
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Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant is too far away to hear your yelp. The sea wind blows...
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Empathy: He accepts your apology.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Let's just go, I've had enough of this phone booth."
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Empathy: The saddest sound in the world.
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_empathy_sound"]
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_volition_red_stop"]
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Variable["coast.payphone_volition_red_stop"]
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!(Variable["coast.payphone_volition_red_stop"])
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Volition: That's right. You *can*. Whatever you're doing here, you can just stop it and go on with your life.
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Volition: You can't. Some strange force is keeping the headset glued to your hand, your ear listening to the ring in the speaker...
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_kim_said_stop"]
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Variable["coast.payphone_kim_said_stop"]
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!(Variable["coast.payphone_kim_said_stop"])
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Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant shrugs apathetically, then walks a little distance away to concentrate on his notes. Looks like he'd rather not get into it again.
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You: "I'm not drunk."
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Payphone: "Oh god..." There's silence, it's heavy as tin. The white noise howls.
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You: "I want to talk about me. Who am I? You sound like you know me."
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Payphone: "What do you want to talk about? That we haven't talked about already..."
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Volition: Right now. I'm gonna give you *one* chance.
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_volition_hang_up_now"]
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Payphone: Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] and Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"] == false
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Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] and Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"] == false
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!(Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] and Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"] == false)
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Shivers: Run. To the church. Home. Anywhere but here. Anything but calling her again.
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_kim_one_time_grump"]
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Variable["coast.payphone_kim_one_time_grump"]
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!(Variable["coast.payphone_kim_one_time_grump"])
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Payphone: IsKimHere()
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Perception (Hearing): In the distorted distance you hear someone turning next to her. Bedsprings rattle.
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_perc_someone_there"]
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You: "It gets lonely even when you're with people."
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You: "What kind of pets did you have?"
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You: "That's... not good."
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Payphone: "He's my sister's grandson. He used to visit me as a lad... Fine young man..."
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Payphone: "This is because we are bred to be leaders. I can hear the common or mixed background from your voice."
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Payphone: "I just so wanted it to be Pierre... Have a pleasant evening, prankster."
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Payphone: "You're either a salesman or a statistician of some kind. I am not interested in cooperating."
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Authority: Again? Seriously?
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Payphone: Someone with a masculine voice picks up:
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You: "I don't know why I said that."
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Payphone: "Oh no... is that you?" Her voice sounds like she's waking up now. Still plaintive, tired...
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Payphone: "What are you, like five?" A woman's voice shouts something in the background and when Girard speaks again his voice is hushed...
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Payphone: "Thanks for calling, asshole!"
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You: Finish it.
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Interfacing: 451 -- you have dialled god knows how many numbers. The headset has been waiting silently to relay a signal -- surely nothing can come of this, you think. But it does. A connection.
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Volition: Now walk away. Forget about this. Walk away and do police work. *BURY* this in yourself and move on.
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Payphone: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Kim Kitsuragi: "What the hell are you doing?" The lieutenant has been keeping a distance, but steps closer now.
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Volition: What in the name of god did you just do?
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Authority: Before it's too late, please.
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optionsarehere
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_white_failed_once"]
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Variable["coast.payphone_white_failed_once"]
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!(Variable["coast.payphone_white_failed_once"])
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Interfacing: Again you close your eyes -- and again your fingers move on the rotary dial. Ten metallic rings as the dial returns to zero after each number.
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Interfacing: You close your eyes and feel your finger move on the rotary dial. You start with 005, as before...
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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Interfacing: What were you trying to achieve by closing your eyes? Did you want your muscle memory to take over and call somewhere? Where?
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Conceptualization: Home?
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Half Light: Pitiful and terrifying. You feel your pulse rise with each ring...
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Payphone: Calling still...
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Payphone: Calling...
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Payphone: Calling...
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Interfacing: You dialled 001. This is not the area code of Revachol. It is another destination -- on another isola. Some far-off nation state.
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Encyclopedia: 005 is Revachol ZoC -- 001 is Graad, on the Graadian isola, where the telephone was invented. The next two digits you dial are the area code for the city of Mirova...
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Pain Threshold: Fuck it, it doesn't hurt.
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_punchtwo_painth_resist"]
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Payphone: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Kim Kitsuragi: "That's enough now, officer..." The lieutenant stands at a distance.
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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Payphone: A metal payphone under a yellow plastic dome. There's a bitter, caustic taste on the tip of your tongue as you look at the handset.
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Jump to: [THEEND]
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THEEND
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Drama: What *you* are is a *surprise*, get his wife on the phone...
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2nd prank hub
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Payphone: "Writing. I hate writing so much... But I have to get back to it."
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Payphone: The man disappears with a sigh.
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Payphone: "Is that you?"
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Jump to: [theimportanthub]
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Payphone: "Yes, I'm in Mirova. Sleeping."
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Jump to: [afinalehub]
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You: "My heart hurts. I'm gonna have a heart attack."
"My heart hurts. I'm gonna have another heart attack."
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Payphone: "Oh no... please stop. Please let's just hang up..."
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Jump to: [secondcallhub]
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secondcallhub
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You: Pick up the handset.
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Payphone: You hear the tone -- the machine is operable.
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Payphone: Calling...
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Payphone: Still calling...
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Payphone: "You ruined it and you sold it to foreigners. You don't own anything if everything is for sale."
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Payphone: "Give it a thought. Goodbye."
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Variable["coast.payphone_punchtwo_painth_resist"]
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!(Variable["coast.payphone_punchtwo_painth_resist"])
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Payphone: It didn't give you *any* fun for that money. Nothing. Your hand is turning blue now... blood drips to the ground.
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Payphone: It didn't give you *any* fun for that money. Your hand is turning blue now... blood drips to the ground.
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You: "Get away from her, I'm a cop!"
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Payphone: You can't make out a single word, just vague voices. One more, a child, has joined. Something breaks -- or falls over? Footsteps approaching!
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Payphone: Something hits the phone with a loud crack of plastic and microphone hiss -- after that you are left with the disconnect tone.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "What the hell are you doing?" The lieutenant has been keeping a distance, but steps closer now.
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You: "You're right, Kim -- it went wrong. Horribly wrong. I shouldn't have done this..." (Hang up.)
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You: "What? I'm just having a bit of fun, what's the big deal?"
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You: "You seem to be in some sort of trouble. Maybe I can help you, I'm a police officer."
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Payphone: The phone gets hanged up fast as lightning, all you hear is a little shuffle of nylon as the hand moves on the other end.
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somesmallhub
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You: "I'm not drunk -- I'm *high*."
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You: "I'm not drunk or high, I'm just... hurt... why does it hurt to talk to you?"
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You: "Okay I'm drunk, what does it matter? I'm still *me*!"
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You: "Harry? How do you know my name?"
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You: "Harry? Who's Harry -- are you sleeping with him? I'm also Harry!"
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You: "Harry? Who's Harry?"
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You: "Harry? Who's Harry -- are you sleeping with him? Is *Harry* there?!"
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You: "I'm gonna get even drunker." (Take a big sip.)
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Pain Threshold: You just do. And you know it is going to hurt.
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callingcallinghub
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Horrific Necktie: Yeah, *bratan*. We've had all the fun there was to have here. And it wasn't much.
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Payphone: It didn't give you *any* fun for that money.
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Pain Threshold: Your hand is swelling up.
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Payphone: Calling...
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Payphone: "You're not an amnesiac, Harry... You're drunk."
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Logic: You only have two, maybe three things left to say before the change runs out.
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Payphone: "I don't understand what you're saying."
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simpleholdupspaghetti
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Encyclopedia: Twenty-two million people live in Mirova, the capital city of Graad. It is the capital of the world after Revachol was destroyed.
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Payphone: End of tone. Someone picks up.
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Payphone: "Pierre? Is that you, Pierre?" The voice is female and sounds about a hundred years old.
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You: Put 10 cents in and dial a random number: 005-24-03-155.
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You: "You're naked, aren't you?" (Beat the handset against the phone.)
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Payphone: You can't hear her reply.
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Payphone: "Wh-who is this?" The man does not understand.
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You: Hang up. [Leave.]
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You: "I'm sorry it was a stupid joke, I shouldn't have called, it's stupid -- I'm so sorry."
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You: "It's Harry, put her on, I don't like waiting."
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You: "Doesn't matter, put her on, I don't like waiting."
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You: "It's Pierre, now put her on. I don't like waiting."
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Payphone: More shouting. You're pretty sure you hear a man saying *fuck* several times. Then the crackle in the phone line gets violently loud, like the surf breaking.
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Physical Instrument: You hear a faint *thuck*. You could swear you're hearing furniture falling over.
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You: Keep dialling...
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Interfacing: 41 -- 44 -- 47 -- the rotary dial feels cold from the sea air.
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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Jump to: [Kim Kitsuragi: ""Big deal?!" Not a muscle moves in..."]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Big deal?!" Not a muscle moves in the lieutenant's face.
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Jump to: [afinalehub]
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afinalehub
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Jump to: [afinalehub]
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You: (Hang up.)
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Payphone: Your hand isn't moving. The headset hisses in your ear with *evil* sadness.
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Payphone: She does not answer anymore.
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You: "I'm gonna solve it."
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You: "None of it matters -- not anymore."
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You: "Can you help me solve it? I need to solve it. They won't take me back if I don't."
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You: "It doesn't matter. This case doesn't matter."
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Payphone: "Are you sure you're Pierre? Your voice, it's different... I... there... chrysanthemum..."
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Payphone: You dial the number again -- as you've done many times. You remember it well now: 001 -- 41 -- 44 -- 47 -- 11 -- 17 -- 361 -- 451 -- 67 -- 451 -- 451.
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Payphone: Calling...
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Jump to: [theimportanthub]
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theimportanthub
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Jump to: [THEEND]
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Empathy: It looks like she does not want to pick it up, Harry. Stop scaring her.
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_empathy_stop_being_an_idiot"]
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You: "I am the last faithful kingsman. I will free the city of Revachol. I will turn back the sea. I will reverse time." (Proceed.)
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Payphone: "You're not a kingsman, Harry... You're drunk."
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Payphone: In the middle of it -- a familiar ring. Small. Distorted.
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Payphone: Calling...
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Payphone: And calling -- for two minutes now. You're out of luck. No one's home there either. But the payphone still has your ten cents in there...
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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Payphone: You pick up the handset. There's a tone -- the machine is operable.
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Payphone: Then the ocean breaks. Out of the depths, a woman's voice emerges. Small. The dearest thing you've ever heard.
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Payphone: "Hello." She sounds sleepy.
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Jump to: [THEEND]
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Payphone: Static sings inside the phone glued to your ear. Ancient, sticky...
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Jump to: [afinalehub]
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Payphone: She does not answer. All you hear is hiss.
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Jump to: [secondcallhub]
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Inland Empire: Dora. The name feels like a *gift*. A gift that was meant for you -- to make it possible to live.
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_inland_dora"]
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Variable["coast.payphone_perc_someone_there"]
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!(Variable["coast.payphone_perc_someone_there"])
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Volition: Don't react. Whatever you do, don't react to that last thing.
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Jump to: [theimportanthub]
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Payphone: "To hell with the police! To hell with you..."
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You: "Good bye."
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Payphone: A sigh. She heard you, but she does not hang up. And neither do you. You can't.
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Jump to: [Payphone: "The headset lands in the cradle wit..."]
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Payphone: The headset lands in the cradle with a clank.
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You: Just let it ring.
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Payphone: Calling...
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Payphone: Calling...
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Payphone: Calling...
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Kim Kitsuragi: "You're right, you shouldn't have."
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You: "We could all be a bit kinder to each other, don't you think? Consider your debt paid, my friend."
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Payphone: Disconnect tone.
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Endurance: The handset starts slipping from your sweaty palm... your breathing is heavy.
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_endurance_passive_heart"]
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Variable["coast.payphone_endurance_passive_heart"]
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!(Variable["coast.payphone_endurance_passive_heart"])
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Inland Empire: It's *really* time to stop this now.
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You: Stop!
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Interfacing: 41 -- 44 -- 47 -- it's too late now, the movement is almost mechanical.
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Jump to: [THEEND]
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You: "You want my MONEY?!" (Punch the phone.)
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Payphone: IsTHCPresent("the_destroyer")
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Untitled hub
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You: "I'm tired too."
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You: "Is there anything I can do to help you? I'm with the police."
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You: "What are you tired of?"
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You: Let it call more.
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Variable["coast.payphone_inland_dora"]
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!(Variable["coast.payphone_inland_dora"])
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Physical Instrument: And fight.
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Volition: You need to stop, Harry. You'll die.
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Payphone: "Harry..."
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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Payphone: "You're not a revolutionary, Harry... You're drunk."
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You: "A creature is a creature. I wish I was the wind."
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Payphone: "Oh no, not this... what time is it?"
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You: "Your voice makes me want to turn into dust."
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You: "I am an ultra-high-net-worth individual. I understand how reality works. I have *seen* into it. My mind is clear." (Proceed.)
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Payphone: "You're not a high-net-worth individual, Harry... You're drunk."
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Payphone: Calling...
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Payphone: Calling...
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_volition_put_it_down_before_badness"]
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You: Hang up.
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You: "Who is this?"
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Payphone: "Dora." She's still confused. "Who is this? The connection is bad..."
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Payphone: Calling...
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Payphone: Calling...
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Payphone: "You're not ominous, Harry... You're drunk."
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You: Long windows... how do I know that?
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_kim_said_stop"]
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Variable["coast.payphone_kim_said_stop"]
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!(Variable["coast.payphone_kim_said_stop"])
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Are we about *done* with this now?" The lieutenant has taken a few steps back.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Khm..." A single *khm* lets you know the lieutenant is ready to move now.
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Inland Empire: Who cares. Run. Go. Don't think about this. Do police work, it's all there is.
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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Payphone: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_concept_electricity"]
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Variable["coast.payphone_concept_electricity"]
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!(Variable["coast.payphone_concept_electricity"])
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Drama: No, what *you* are is a *surprise*, get his wife on the phone...
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Payphone: "I'm tired..." A man answers, fast this time. His voice is hoarse from cigarettes. You hear typing in the background.
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Perception (Hearing): Sounds like he hasn't talked to anyone in quite a while.
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Payphone: "If I could go just one month without writing. No, two months... I could regenerate my brain. Fucking liberalism..."
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You: Hang it up.
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Inland Empire: He doesn't have a home. His home is under a boat.
375
Endurance: His own *heart*.
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Payphone: "The Academy. Where I work."
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You: "The Academy? That sounds better than my job. I'm happy."
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You: "My job is sad and terrible. It has dead bodies in it."
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You: "Pfft, Academy... my job is *real*."
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You: I'm making a funny prank call.
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Volition: Fun? You need to stop. Harry. You're killing yourself.
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Physical Instrument: Push the headset in the cradle with all the strength you have!
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You: Smash the headset into the cradle.
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You: No. I can't. I need the pain.
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Variable["coast.payphone_volition_put_it_down_before_badness"]
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!(Variable["coast.payphone_volition_put_it_down_before_badness"])
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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Payphone: The cord dangles in the wind like a sickening worm.
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Payphone: Calling...
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Payphone: And calling -- for who knows how long. But no one answers. You need to insert more money to call again.
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You: "Is someone *there*?"
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You: Don't react.
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Inland Empire: You get a sinking feeling. It makes you look if Lieutenant Kitsuragi overheard you. To your relief, he did not.
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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You: "You're warm."
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Payphone: There's a sigh.
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Payphone: "Hello, Girard speaking!"
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Conceptualization: Hello, Girard. Technically speaking, you're electricity.
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Payphone: "Mhm," she hums, her voice warm from sleep.
246
Payphone: "Who is this?"
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Jump to: [Kim Kitsuragi: ""You're right, you shouldn't have.""]
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Interfacing: Strange. This is not how you started before.
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You: Wait -- what did I just do?
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Jump to: [Payphone: "Calling..."]
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Jump to: [phonemainhub]
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Payphone: An ultra-long-distance call. Your ear fills with a crackle, the wash of a strange ocean full of white noise. A little bird starts ringing in there, not like the local calling tone before. No, a small ring in a cage of distortion, far away, a distant network of phones...
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Jump to: [theimportanthub]
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Payphone: Calling...
197->154
198
Payphone: There's a moment of silence before the voice speaks again, more calmly: "You got the wrong number, don't call here again."
198->256
199
Payphone: Time keeps passing. In the distance, seagulls squawk -- no one is home at this number. But the coin... it's still in there... you find yourself thinking:
199->51
200->53
202->239
203
You: "I don't know who I am. I am an amnesiac." (Proceed.)
203->83
204
Payphone: Still...
204->199
205
pierrehub
205->2
367
You: "No, this is not Pierre."
205->367
463
You: Hang up. [Leave.]
205->463
492
You: "I might be? What's Pierre like?"
205->492
360
Payphone: "Because it's me... Look, I don't understand what you're saying or why you're calling me. You seem drunk."
206->360
207
Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_volition_stop_doing"]
208
Variable["coast.payphone_volition_stop_doing"]
207->208
209
!(Variable["coast.payphone_volition_stop_doing"])
207->209
208->175
280
You: I don't know... I don't understand what's happening.
208->280
451
You: Catastrophic damage.
208->451
337
Jump to: [afinalehub]
209->337
211
Jump to: [afinalehub]
210->211
211->260
212
Payphone: She sighs. "Look, I don't understand what you're saying, or why you're calling me. You seem drunk."
212->113
213
You: [Leave.]
213->110
214
Payphone: "Do you have any news about Pierre?"
214->3
341
You: "Who is Pierre?"
214->341
457
You: "No, I have nothing."
214->457
215->66
216
Interfacing: Yes. 451 -- 67 -- 451 -- you are going deeper now, into some unknown place. Far away from this island of matter and its telecommunication networks....
216->41
217
Perception (Hearing): No answer. You're not sure but you think you hear a *man's* voice in the background. It's covered in pain and white noise...
217->102
218
Payphone: Phone hanging up.
396
Payphone: Disconnect tone.
218->396
219
You: Put 10 cents in and dial a random number: 005-99-77-313.
219->197
220
You: "Hey, Girard, get your wife for me, will you?"
220->90
221
You: "Girard... what a douche name... Change it -- change your name!"
221->40
222
Payphone: Calling...
222->10
223->509
224
Payphone: The sounds are muffled. You can make out two people: a man and a woman called *Bian*. They are talking to each other in agitated voices. There's a shuffle of feet, children maybe?
510
Perception (Hearing): Amid the howling in the wire you make out a woman's voice with a thick Samaran accent: "Girard... Girard, this is a joke. Someone is making a joke..."
224->510
225->43
545
Payphone: Calling...
226->545
488
Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_concept_home_home_home"]
227->488
228->288
229
You: Put 10 cents in and dial the long phone number again.
408
Payphone: You dial the number again -- twenty six pulls of the rotary dial. The machine eats the coin and a terrifying ocean of distance rustles in your ear...
229->408
379
You: Hang up.
230->379
467
You: No. Let it call. I *must*.
230->467
231
Jump to: [Payphone: "No response, only a sigh. The conne..."]
281
Payphone: No response, only a sigh. The connection crackles, like burning paper.
231->281
232
Payphone: "To work."
300
You: Say nothing.
232->300
556
You: "Where?"
232->556
233
You: "I am the law. I'm a detective. I'm doing a case. There's a hanged man."
233->98
234
Payphone: Calling...
234->184
420
Payphone: Disconnect tone.
235->420
236->509
237
You: "I need answers to my *mystery*."
398
Payphone: "Please. I am going to hang up now, okay?"
237->398
238
Jump to: [Payphone: "Calling..."]
245
Payphone: Calling...
238->245
239->103
239->220
239->221
317
You: "Sorry, wrong number."
239->317
464
You: "Is Alec Tricity there? I need to speak with Alec Tricity, please."
239->464
240->8
241
You: "Pick it up!"
346
Payphone: Calling...
241->346
242
Empathy: C'mon, you know why.
289
You: Still, let it ring.
242->289
399
You: Hang up.
242->399
243
You: "I'm the guy who's fucking your wife, Girard. Now put her on before I lose my patience."
542
Payphone: "Just tell me what's going on here!" Now you hear fear too. The voice gets further away from the microphone, then yells: "Bian, come here!"
243->542
244
You: "I'm Mazov. Kraz Mazov."
349
Payphone: "Very funny, asshole."
244->349
245->222
370
Jump to: [theimportanthub]
246->370
247
You: Let it call!
247->150
248
Payphone: *Still* calling...
544
Payphone: "Stop calling me, man!" Someone picks up. The voice on the other end is slightly hysterical.
248->544
249->509
250
Payphone: Calling...
254
Payphone: Calling in the night....
250->254
251
Payphone: There's still some unused change in there -- the machine waits for a number to be dialled.
251->288
252
Jump to: [phonemainhub]
252->288
253
Pain Threshold: Punch it again, the pain is good.
440
Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_punchone_painth_resist"]
253->440
254->17
255
Payphone: "I'll get you your money, alright? I just need 'til tonight. Let me work."
533
Plaseum HUB
255->533
256->164
257->85
258
Payphone: "Do you know what time it is? It's so late here..." Sounds like she's looking for a clock on the night stand.
335
Payphone: "It's four o'clock, Harry! I need to wake up in two hours."
258->335
259
You: "Ooo... are you there?"
259->258
260->25
260->65
260->97
260->233
261
You: "Where are you? You sound like you're in another world."
260->261
267
You: "Is someone there with you?"
260->267
299
You: "You're in Mirova, right?"
260->299
387
You: "Do you want to party?"
260->387
418
You: "Where are you going in two hours?"
260->418
450
Payphone: "I'm in Mirova. Sleeping."
261->450
262
Volition: You need to stop. Harry. You're killing yourself.
262->95
263
Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_endu_cramp_damage"]
264
Variable["coast.payphone_endu_cramp_damage"]
263->264
265
!(Variable["coast.payphone_endu_cramp_damage"])
263->265
264->96
528
Pain Threshold: No. We're not gonna do this. Your hand is *not* going to cramp up, not now.
265->528
266->260
486
Payphone: "Yes."
267->486
268
Logic: It's over.
268->93
292
Payphone: IsKimHere()
269->292
270->538
271
You: "I'm no one, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done this..."
271->542
272
Pain Threshold: That's it. You're caught in a trap. It'll take quite a while for the shit-circus to end now.
272->196
273
You: "I was just having a bit of fun, what's the big deal?"
273->291
274->515
275->382
276
Jump to: [theimportanthub]
276->509
277
Payphone: Calling still...
277->109
278
Payphone: "There is nothing."
278->551
279->231
280->262
338
Volition: What are you doing to yourself right now?
281->338
282
Jump to: [afinalehub]
282->260
283->420
284
Payphone: Pause. There is silence on the other end.
285
Payphone: "You won't get me and you won't get my money!"
284->285
312
Payphone: Phone hanging up.
285->312
286->66
287
Jump to: [phonemainhub]
287->288
288->88
288->134
288->213
288->219
288->229
304
You: Dial a random number -- with your eyes closed.
288->304
314
You: Put 10 cents in and dial a random number: 005-51-17-912.
288->314
480
You: Put 10 cents in and dial a random number: 005-11-11-313.
288->480
494
You: Put 10 cents in and dial the long phone number one more time.
288->494
549
You: "You want more money now, huh?! YOU WANT FUCKING MONEY?!!!?" (Punch the phone again.)
288->549
289->238
290
Payphone: "No, but I got a feeling Al Kickurass is gonna make an appearance if you ever call this number again. Have a good one, asshole!"
290->296
291->522
293
IsKimHere()
292->293
294
!(IsKimHere())
292->294
357
Kim Kitsuragi: "Officer -- that's enough. Let's return to work..."
293->357
294->93
295
Payphone: The headset lands in the cradle with a clank. There it sits -- still warm from your hand. You have no idea what just happened.
295->162
474
Payphone: Disconnect tone.
296->474
297->278
298
Jump to: [phonemainhub]
298->288
299->64
300->281
301->112
302
You: There's more?
302->216
303
Payphone: "Sure you do. No one has anything nowadays."
303->37
305
You: Variable["coast.payphone_interfacing_white_succeeded"]
304->305
306
Variable["coast.payphone_interfacing_white_succeeded"]
305->306
307
!(Variable["coast.payphone_interfacing_white_succeeded"])
305->307
352
Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_interfacing_white_succeeded"]
306->352
307->352
308
Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_concept_recede"]
309
Variable["coast.payphone_concept_recede"]
308->309
310
!(Variable["coast.payphone_concept_recede"])
308->310
309->147
461
You: "No."
309->461
310->236
311
Payphone: A metal payphone under a yellow plastic dome. You could use it to call someone, unless you're out of change...
311->67
532
You: [Leave.]
311->532
312->420
313
You: "'Harry please?!' -- I am going to *end* this call, dammit."
496
Payphone: "Please do. Just please do."
313->496
500
Payphone: Calling...
314->500
315->188
316
Payphone: Still calling...
316->38
425
Payphone: "Don't worry about it, buddy -- happens to all of us. You have a nice day now!"
317->425
318->236
319->104
320
Payphone: Calling...
320->124
321
You: "Wait Girard! Let's just keep talking, buddy!"
321->75
322->152
322->247
323->125
324
Payphone: Still calling...
324->248
325->288
326->288
327
Encyclopedia: The area code for Revachol Zone of Control.
471
Payphone: Followed by seven digits at random. The last one makes the silence turn into a ring. It's calling...
327->471
328->136
329->62
331
IsKimHere()
330->331
332
!(IsKimHere())
330->332
331->21
332->288
333
Half Light: Both pitiful and terrifying. You feel your pulse rising with each ring...
333->383
334->212
335->260
336
Payphone: "No, I want to go to sleep..."
336->282
337->260
338->207
339->95
365
Payphone: Disconnect tone -- the machine ran out of money.
340->365
341->35
421
Payphone: "I was a baroness."
342->421
343->101
344
Inland Empire: This feels wrong. Should you be doing this?
344->87
345->302
346->222
400
Payphone: "Who the fuck do you think you are talking to me like that?" The voice on the phone is suddenly very agitated.
347->400
348
You: Why?
348->242
349->296
350->74
350->103
350->321
371
You: "Stop it! I was just kidding, I'm not sleeping with your wife!"
350->371
503
You: "I'm not going to stop. I'm going to keep fucking your wife, Girard."
350->503
351->94
353
Variable["coast.payphone_interfacing_white_succeeded"]
352->353
354
!(Variable["coast.payphone_interfacing_white_succeeded"])
352->354
431
Interfacing: You close your eyes and put your index finger on the rotary dial, then pull down on the number, then move one up and repeat the motion, twice...
353->431
354->47
355
Payphone: Still calling...
355->204
356->92
389
Volition: That's right. Walk away.
357->389
358
Payphone: The cold metal is hard and hurts your knuckles. You look at them turning purple.
358->373
359->256
360->113
361
You: "Hey."
361->258
362
You: Say nothing.
362->258
419
Endurance: This is bad, you feel your right hand on the handset cramping up with pain...
363->419
364
Jump to: [afinalehub]
364->260
365->27
366->340
367->214
368->217
369
Payphone: Calling...
369->234
370->509
371->75
372->272
373->288
374->7
375->129
376
Payphone: IsTHCPresent("the_destroyer")
377
IsTHCPresent("the_destroyer")
376->377
378
!(IsTHCPresent("the_destroyer"))
376->378
377->81
378->55
379->295
380->288
381
Electrochemistry: Takes your mind away from that voice, for one second at least...
381->56
382->288
433
Pain Threshold: Ringing by the bedside of a dark but capacious apartment with long windows... you know this to be true.
383->433
384
Logic: Seems like it did not have time to swallow the coin. This sometimes happens.
482
Interfacing: Lucky you. The call went too fast for the payphone to register. You can still make a new one without paying.
384->482
385
Inland Empire: He doesn't have a home. Not anymore.
385->375
386->85
387->336
388->26
389->268
390->182
391->260
392
You: "There was someone there before. I heard someone. Who's there with you?"
392->115
393->116
462
Perception (Hearing): It doesn't matter if you react or not. You still think you hear a *man's* voice in the background. It's covered in pain and white noise...
394->462
395->344
396->6
397
You: "I need to know who you are. WHO ARE YOU?!"
397->398
398->218
399->122
400->9
400->103
400->243
400->244
400->271
401
You: Just let it ring.
401->245
403
Variable["coast.payphone_empathy_stop_being_an_idiot"]
402->403
404
!(Variable["coast.payphone_empathy_stop_being_an_idiot"])
402->404
403->348
403->401
404->123
404->241
405
You: "I'm a revolutionary servant of humanity. I will free mankind and abolish the classes. I will raise the dead." (Proceed.)
405->145
406->107
407
You: "I want to die."
465
Payphone: "What?" It takes a second for her to realize what you said.
407->465
408->106
409
You: "Yes, but a slight change of plans -- I want this delivered to the Whirling-in-Rags in Martinaise."
547
Payphone: "Tethys, I uh..." The young man realises something. "Hey, you're not Tethys! Screw you and don't ever call here again, you're fucking with some *serious* people!"
409->547
410->373
411
Payphone: "No-no..." She's waking up now. "It's *you*, isn't it? It's you..."
411->276
412
Payphone: The cold metal is hard and your knuckles bleed a little...
412->56
414->167
415
Payphone: Calling...
415->277
479
Payphone: Calling...
416->479
417
Payphone: You do not hear the customary disconnect tone, just silence in the handset -- the machine is still waiting for you to dial a number.
417->384
418->232
419->263
420->287
421->284
422->101
423
You: "I want to live -- with you..."
"I want to live -- with you..." (Take a sip from the bottle -- your throat is parched all of a sudden.)
423->540
424->222
425->296
426->400
427->320
428->273
429
You: "You're right, Kim -- this went wrong, I shouldn't have done this..."
428->429
543
You: "I don't understand what I did wrong."
428->543
429->125
430->324
431->192
432->54
433->128
434
Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_made_fourth_prank_call"]
435
Variable["coast.payphone_made_fourth_prank_call"]
434->435
436
!(Variable["coast.payphone_made_fourth_prank_call"])
434->436
435->251
518
Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_hub_reached"]
436->518
438
Variable["coast.payphone_interfacing_white_succeeded"]
437->438
439
!(Variable["coast.payphone_interfacing_white_succeeded"])
437->439
438->59
439->434
441
Variable["coast.payphone_punchone_painth_resist"]
440->441
442
!(Variable["coast.payphone_punchone_painth_resist"])
440->442
441->412
442->358
444
You: Variable["coast.payphone_volition_red_stop"]
443->444
445
Variable["coast.payphone_volition_red_stop"]
444->445
446
!(Variable["coast.payphone_volition_red_stop"])
444->446
445->18
446->18
448
Variable["coast.payphone_empathy_sound"]
447->448
449
!(Variable["coast.payphone_empathy_sound"])
447->449
448->333
449->52
450->86
451->142
452->231
453
Jump to: [phonemainhub]
453->288
454->201
455
Jump to: [afinalehub]
455->260
478
Reaction Speed: Say you're not Pierre... that seems like a better idea. (You don't know why.)
456->478
457->303
458->70
459->5
460
You: "Hello."
460->190
495
Payphone: Silence. The connection falters. You hear her last words repeated back to you in an echo:
461->495
462->102
463->133
464->290
465->39
465->148
465->423
466
You: "Your voice is so beautiful."
466->411
467->193
468
Payphone: Variable["coast.payphone_volition_put_it_down_before_badness"]
469
Variable["coast.payphone_volition_put_it_down_before_badness"]
468->469
470
!(Variable["coast.payphone_volition_put_it_down_before_badness"])
468->470
469->46
470->322
471->355
512
Payphone: CheckEquipped("neck_tie") and Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"]
472->512
473->250
474->252
476
IsTHCPresent("the_destroyer")
475->476
477
!(IsTHCPresent("the_destroyer"))
475->477
548
Payphone: The cold metal is hard and your knuckles bleed.
476->548
477->253
478->205
550
Payphone: Calling...
479->550
481
Payphone: Calling...
480->481
481->170
482->298
483
Payphone: IsTHCPresent("the_way_home")
484
IsTHCPresent("the_way_home")
483->484
485
!(IsTHCPresent("the_way_home"))
483->485
484->385
485->375
486->364
487->340
489
Variable["coast.payphone_concept_home_home_home"]
488->489
490
!(Variable["coast.payphone_concept_home_home_home"])
488->490
553
Payphone: IsTHCPresent("hobocop")
489->553
490->375
491->114
492->34
493->453
494->100
495->63
496->537
498
IsKimHere()
497->498
499
!(IsKimHere())
497->499
498->186
499->380
500->316
501->296
502
You: "I can't *tell* you who I am. I have a secret plan to win mankind three thousand years of peace on this planet. I have to be ominously vague..." (Proceed.)
502->156
504
Payphone: IsKimHere()
503->504
505
IsKimHere()
504->505
506
!(IsKimHere())
504->506
505->76
506->75
523
Jump to: [THEEND]
507->523
508
Volition: Put it down.
508->468
509->105
509->121
509->149
509->153
509->203
509->405
509->407
509->460
509->466
509->502
510->91
511->327
513
CheckEquipped("neck_tie") and Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"]
512->513
514
!(CheckEquipped("neck_tie") and Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"])
512->514
513->80
514->50
515->78
516->93
517->292
519
Variable["coast.payphone_hub_reached"]
518->519
520
!(Variable["coast.payphone_hub_reached"])
518->520
519->108
520->311
521->288
522->507
523->201
524->33
525->526
526->259
526->361
526->362
527->231
528->96
530
Variable["coast.payphone_volition_hang_up_now"]
529->530
531
!(Variable["coast.payphone_volition_hang_up_now"])
529->531
530->176
531->455
532->60
533->77
533->126
533->409
546
You: "Uh... who is this?"
533->546
534
Payphone: Calling...
534->369
536
Payphone: Calling...
535->536
536->534
537->538
538->89
538->187
538->237
538->313
538->392
538->397
539
Conceptualization: This is too much... You need to recede...
539->308
540->539
541->400
542->224
543->12
544->255
545->508
546->198
547->256
548->381
549->376
550->415
551->417
552->551
554
IsTHCPresent("hobocop")
553->554
555
!(IsTHCPresent("hobocop"))
553->555
554->173
555->483
556->174