BOOKSTORE HJELMSERIES - 572
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Man from Hjelmdall Series: The display rack is brimming with worn paperbacks featuring an extremely muscular, sword-wielding barbarian on the cover. Nearly all the titles contain the word *Hjelmdall* somewhere.
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Man from Hjelmdall Series: Maybe a hundred? "Man from Hjelmdall and the Sages at the End of the World", "Man from Hjelmdall and the False-God", "Man from Hjelmdall and the Scorched Earth", "Man from Hjelmdall: The Hjelmdall Colonies", "Man from Hjelmdall and the Swamp Beast", "Man from Hjelmdall and the Snow Crabs."
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Half Light: Those snow crabs are worse than they sound.
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You: "Wow, more Hjelmdall..."
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Man from Hjelmdall: Mountains of it. Heroic quantities of Hjelmdall. Roy's puny shirt is nothing compared to the *real deal*.
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Plaisance: She nudges her glasses. "It *is* a best-seller for a reason."
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Man from Hjelmdall Series: Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"] or Variable["character.interactable_tutorial_seen"]
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Man from Hjelmdall Series: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Kim Kitsuragi: "The entire series is also *endearingly* racist, if I may add."
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Plaisance: "Oh, sir, I know." The storekeep apologizes immediately. "This really isn't representative of our values. But the store has to cater to its customers."
"Oh, sirs, I know." The storekeep apologizes immediately. "This really isn't representative of our values. But the store has to cater to its customers."
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You: "That doesn't sound like something I'd be interested in."
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Plaisance: "At last, someone sensible..." She fiddles with her pendant. "However, I still urge you to buy one. Can't judge a book by the cover, they say!"
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You: [Leave.]
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You: "Storekeep, tell me about the muscleman books."
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Plaisance: "Oh, *Man from Hjelmdall*. A very popular series of adventure novels." She looks at the book with some disdain. "They're awfully immoral and violent books."
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Plaisance: "What does it matter? They're all the same." She rolls her eyes, then fiddles with her pendant. "However, the customer is always right, they say."
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Plaisance: "If you're a novice of the series, I'd recommend 'Hjelmdallermann: the Man from Hjelmdall.' It's supposed to be a good introduction to the series."
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You: "Who's this Man from Hjelmdall?"
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Plaisance: "He's a 'hero' from the frozen northlands. He travels to all sorts of lands and mainly kills people. There are hundreds of books in the series... and they sell incredibly well."
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Encyclopedia: It's pulp adventure. Takes place in a faux-mythological non-place called Hjelmdall. There is no such region on the Katla isola.
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Jump to: [Man from Hjelmdall Series: "The display rack before you is burd..."]
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Man from Hjelmdall Series: The display rack before you is burdened under piles of Man from Hjelmdall novels.
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You: Is that all?
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Man from Hjelmdall Series: Not even close! "Man from Hjelmdall in Hell", "Man from Hjelmdall and the Forest of Slaves", "Man from Hjelmdall Under the Lake", "Man from Hjelmdall: Hjelmdall Burning". There's even "The Trial of Death", a Pasternal combat game book set in the world of Hjelmdallermann, and so much more.
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You: Hmm, aren't all women devil women?
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Man from Hjelmdall Series: Especially those leering types who seem to wear nothing but an armoured bikini. There's also some sort of a snake-lizard beast slithering around her abdomen-chest-shoulder region.
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You: "Why are they so popular?"
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You: "Storekeep, this book is misogynistic. How can you peddle such filth?"
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Man from Hjelmdall Series: Variable["doomed.book_wc_hjelmwoman"]
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Variable["doomed.book_wc_hjelmwoman"]
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!(Variable["doomed.book_wc_hjelmwoman"])
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Pain Threshold: A twinge at the back of your head makes you flinch. Your eye starts twitching.
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Pain Threshold: Nothing of interest. Only silence and the cosmic background pain-radiation.
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You: Enough.
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Jump to: [Man from Hjelmdall Series: "The display rack before you is burd..."]
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You: Ugh, what is it?
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Man from Hjelmdall Series: Your hand reaches toward a book with glossy cover art of the very muscular Man from Hjelmdall -- in *chains* -- kneeling in front of a staircase leading to a throne. A woman sits on the throne, leering at the man.
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You: Interesting.
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Jump to: [Man from Hjelmdall Series: "The display rack before you is burd..."]
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hjelmhub
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You: "I want to buy the 'Hjelmdallermann' book."
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You: Do any of the books call out to me?
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You: Look through the display of books.
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You: "I want to buy 'Man from Hjelmdall and the Devil Woman'."
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Jump to: [hjelmhub]
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You: Ow!
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Jump to: [hjelmhub]
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Physical Instrument: This is entirely, *completely* you. You have found the *right* books.
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Plaisance: "Oh yes, certainly." She rubs her hands together. "Another good sale."
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Man from Hjelmdall Series: Between the throne and the Hjelmdallermann lies a bonfire, casting shadows on the wall. The shadow of the woman's head-dress looks like a pair of devil horns. The title reads: "Man from Hjelmdall and the Devil Woman".
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You: Good god, how many are there?
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Inland Empire: She's laughing at him. Belittling him.
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Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"] or Variable["character.interactable_tutorial_seen"]
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!(Variable["tc.turn_off_tutorial_node"] or Variable["character.interactable_tutorial_seen"])
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Jump to: [hjelmhub]
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Tutorial Agent: You've acquired an interactable item. Investigate this item further by going to the INTERACT tab in your INVENTORY.
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Jump to: [hjelmhub]
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You: Variable["doomed.book_wc_hjelmwoman"]
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Variable["doomed.book_wc_hjelmwoman"]
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!(Variable["doomed.book_wc_hjelmwoman"])
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Man from Hjelmdall Series: Rows and rows of Hjelmdallermenn blur your vision. You make out some titles: "Man from Hjelmdall and the Mammoth-Riders", "Man from Hjelmdall: Return to Hjelmdall", and the solipsistic "Man From Hjelmdall and the Hjelmdall Man."
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Conceptualization: It's symbolic of vice and sin.
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You: "Sounds good. Which one should I start with?"
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Plaisance: "Blood and violence, scantily clad women, epic narratives, all those mystical things he encounters. They're bound to grab those with little imagination and nothing to do."
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