JAM HORSEBACK MONUMENT - 545
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Horseback Monument: Variable["TASK.report_to_the_tribunal_done"] and Variable["TASK.check_back_on_renovation_later"]
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You: What did this king do?
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You: Variable["jam.monument_white_succeeded"]
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Horseback Monument: High above you, the king stands triumphantly oblivious to your memory trouble.
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Encyclopedia: But wait! You haven't even heard about his fabled cocaine addiction.
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You: I don't want to know.
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You: The what now?
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Encyclopedia: Neither do people in Martinaise. The statue has proved to be *controversial* in a neighbourhood mostly populated by the left-leaning working class.
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Conceptualization: Those critics might have it wrong, though. There's more to it than just 'ironism'... but you can't say what precisely. Perhaps this art mystery will be solved at a later time?
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Horseback Monument: Variable["jam.warship_interfacing_rc_success"]
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Horseback Monument: An old monument stands in the middle of the traffic island, pointing toward the sea. The horse and rider appear to be struggling against the vibrantly coloured cables and coiled wire.
The old king and his horse appear to be struggling against the vibrantly coloured cables and coiled wire.
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Horseback Monument: An old monument stands in the middle of the traffic island, pointing toward the sea. The whole thing is wrapped in vibrantly coloured cables and coiled wire. Where the horse's head should be, only twisted pieces of rebar remain.
The old monument is wrapped in vibrantly coloured cables and coiled wire. Where the horse's head should be, only twisted pieces of rebar remain.
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You: Who is this?
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Horseback Monument: A silver plaque on the statue's pedestal reads: 'I am Filippe III, the Squanderer, the Greatest of the Filippian Kings of Revachol; Son of Filippe II, the Opulent; Father of Filippe IV, the Insane.'
Pulling aside the poster covering the statue's pedestal reveals: 'I am Filippe III, the Squanderer, the Greatest of the Filippian Kings of Revachol; Son of Filippe II, the Opulent; Father of Filippe IV, the Insane.'
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Well... Martinaise is riddled with bullet holes. This place saw a lot of action during the Revolution. But the statue *is* recently renovated -- so maybe a joke? Target practice? Or a political statement?"
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Inland Empire: We'll see.
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Horseback Monument: The king stands high above you, surveying the bay. Mute and indifferent to your sightings.
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Horseback Monument: Filippe III, the Squanderer, however, with his bronze face up in the air, doesn't seem concerned about what the *hoi polloi* think of him in death.
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Rhetoric: Not that he ever did in life, either.
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Conceptualization: There's not an *ounce* of artistry here! It's even worse than expected.
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Half Light: That son of a bitch scammed you! Probably to *make fun of you*...
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Kim Kitsuragi: He takes a note. "I've made a note. Don't hold your breath."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Why not?" He shrugs. "What this shows us is guns aren't too uncommon here. And people still shoot them. Sometimes at kings." He takes a note in his notebook.
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Encyclopedia: His own maladministration foreshadowed the fall of the monarchy during the Antecentennial Revolution, an end to his family line and the monarchy on the Insulindian isola.
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You: Fair enough, I have other questions. (Stop the knowledge from pouring in.)
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You: How did he manage to blow through *the entire national treasury*?
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Encyclopedia: That's what the revolutionaries said -- 150 years later. Right before they emptied out the royal mausoleum and dumped His Majesty's mortal remains in the Insulindian Bay.
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Horseback Monument: IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")
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You: Wait, really? There's no way that's true.
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Untitled hub (03)
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You: Okay. Where is he buried now? (Proceed.)
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You: So he was addicted to nose candy. A bloated druggie?
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You: This is... a lot to process.
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You: Okay, what is nose candy?
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Authority: This is slander. The king was just and beautiful. The revolutionaries made this all up.
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You: I *really* don't get art.
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You: [Leave.]
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Horseback Monument: Variable["TASK.contact_warship_archer_done"]
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Horseback Monument: An old monument stands in the middle of the traffic island, pointing toward the sea. It looks as if it's been reassembled piece-by-piece, secured and mounted in the air with the aid of numerous ropes and rods.
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You: In what way?
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Encyclopedia: Well, he blew through the whole national treasury, starting the decline of one of the penultimate century's greatest superpowers: the Suzerain of Revachol...
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Horseback Monument: Filippe III's ludicrous bronze likeness looks defiantly up into the sky.
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Horrific Necktie: The man certainly knew how to live!
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Horseback Monument: Variable["jam.horseback_monument_scaffolding"]
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Horseback Monument: Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_boring"]
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You: That's brilliant! So funny and nihilistic.
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Encyclopedia: People in Martinaise tend to disagree, as do many prominent art critics and thought leaders with more *nuanced* social awareness than the young ironists.
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Encyclopedia: People in Martinaise tend to agree, as do many prominent art critics and thought leaders with more *nuanced* social awareness than the young ironists.
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Horseback Monument: Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_sorry"]
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Horseback Monument: The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the brilliant sunlight. The penumbral griever is a silhouette against the bright sky, the flowers lifting him in requiem starting to wilt...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the sodium lights. Darkness completely engulfs the penumbral griever, the flowers lifting him in requiem starting to wilt...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so in the rain. Drops fall like tears down the veil of the penumbral griever, while a few fallen petals drift like funerary boats downstream, weeping into drains...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so in the snow. The penumbral griever cuts black its misery against the white weather, the flowers lifting him in requiem starting to wilt in the cold...
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Horseback Monument: Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_boring"]
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Horseback Monument: The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the brilliant sun. The king of disco is lit up like a stage, anticipating a funky beat that will never come...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the sodium lights. The apricot sceptre illuminates the disco king like a beacon in the dark, calling all dancers to wait for the drop of the next funky beat...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so in the rain. Drops fall around the apricot sceptre and bounce off the glitter balls, yet the noble king of disco still hunts unperturbed for the next funky beat...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so in the snow. The apricot sceptre glows fiercer upon the white sheets, held up by the frozen king of disco who hunts for the next funky beat...
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Horseback Monument: Variable["TASK.see_ids_monument_renovation_done"]
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Horseback Monument: The old king looks defiantly to the west, wrapped in makeshift scaffolding like a mummy...
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Looks like the students took your advice to heart, detective."
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Volition: Not a good track record of mental health in that family.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Okay..." He cleans his glasses before looking up. "I can't see it. But I'll take your word for it."
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You: "What do you think?"
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You: The king is the king and he can do *anything*.
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Encyclopedia: Most historians think the Coalition's hasty landing may have ultimately *saved* the statue: If the communards had more time they would have reduced it up to even *finer* pieces.
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You: Who restored the monument?
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Horseback Monument: The scaffolding around the old monument has been taken down. In its place are the spoils of your investment. Numerous rods and ropes still hold the original reassemblage in place.
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Horseback Monument: Variable["jam.horseback_monument_scaffolding"]
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Horseback Monument: At the bottom of the posters, in smaller lettering, are details about meeting at a local coffeehouse.
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Horseback Monument: Variable["jam.monument_posters_kim_comment"]
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Horseback Monument: There are no lights that spell out your name, no workers with calloused hands leering from above -- just construction materials displayed as if to mourn your misplaced dreams.
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Encyclopedia: Some years ago a group of liberal, artistically inclined individuals (designers mostly) thought it would be *ironic* to restore the statue of the most wasteful ruler of Revachol in the poorest part of the city...
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Encyclopedia: The statue is supposed to capture the moment it was blown apart, like *an instant frozen in time*. A rare butterfly, trapped in amber, floating on a sea of... shit.
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You: Examine the scaffolding.
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Horseback Monument: A matrix of metal tubes and wooden planks jut out at odd angles. A miserable tarpaulin covers up the horse and rider, flapping in the cold coastal air...
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Horseback Monument: Variable["jam.horseback_monument_reflection_done"]
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Horseback Monument: Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_apocalypse"]
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Horseback Monument: IsKimHere()
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Encyclopedia: Beneath the cold waters of the Insulindian Bay, thrown there by the revolutionaries after they cleaned out the royal mausoleum.
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Horseback Monument: An old monument stands in the middle of the traffic island. It is surrounded by scaffolding that has been haphazardly erected around it.
An old monument stands in the middle of the traffic island. It is surrounded by scaffolding that has been haphazardly erected around it.
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Encyclopedia: His Majesty's courtiers said it helped him connect with the *Higher Realms*.
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Electrochemistry: Not just *any* nose candy, though. We're talking royal *Filippian* blow, allegedly twice as potent as the stuff you find nowadays. And purple, Filippian cocaine was purple.
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Encyclopedia: The original was blown apart by communards, then further damaged during the landing of the Coalition's airships during the Turn-Of-The-Century Revolution. When Martinaise was levelled.
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Horseback Monument: The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the brilliant sunlight. The tickets remain true to their duty -- except for a few that have come unstuck, now assigned to brushing dirt from the asphalt below...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the sodium lights. The tickets remain true to their duty, ready for the night shift -- except for a few that have come unstuck, now assigned to brushing dirt from the asphalt below...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so in the rain. The sodden tickets remain true to their duty against the storm -- except for a few that lie face down below, honourably drowned in a puddle...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so in the snow. The tickets remain true to their duty, like a crowd of commuters huddled for warmth -- except for a few that have come unstuck, now assigned to raking the drifts below...
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Horseback Monument: The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the brilliant sunlight. The formless complexion glows at the centre, while the old architecture surrounding it groans in the heat with looming irrelevance...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the sodium lights. The formless complexion glows at the centre, each street lamp failing to replicate the shining brilliance of its rebellion...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so in the rain. The painted surface at the centre welcomes the droplets like a water slide. Around it, the coast's older architecture enjoys nothing but slow erosion...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so in the snow. The paint is a runny yolk at the centre, the birth cell of a new style -- ready to be dipped into and nourish the youth with sticky inspiration...
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Horseback Monument: The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the brilliant sunlight. The doom crier in the centre waits to be swallowed by the bright sky, his cardboard omen flapping in the wind like live bait...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so under the sodium lights. The doom crier embraces the blackened sky, his cardboard omen hiding its ill fortune in the dark...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so in the rain. The doom crier welcomes the wet erosion, his cardboard omen starting to sag under the weight of the weather...
The roundabout is quiet, almost eerily so in the snow. The doom crier embraces the deathly cold, his cardboard omen dusted with what looks like sky-fallen ash...
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You: "Lieutenant -- has someone *shot* the king?" (Point to the indentation)
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You: Don't mention it.
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Horseback Monument: The monument stands high above you. Mute and indifferent to your sightings.
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You: "None of the above. Maybe it's connected to the murder?"
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You: "Mhm, target practice."
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You: "Political. It's a *king* and he's shot."
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You: "Yes, a practical joke."
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You: What indentations? What do I see?
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You: Reflect on the re-conceptualization.
Look at the re-conceptualization.
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Perception (Sight): As you look up, you notice something about the statue. There are some odd indentations on the king's chest piece...
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Perception (Sight): Something with great kinetic energy seems to have impacted the cuirass... around where the 'heart' is. A bullet?
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Visual Calculus: Someone's shot him in the heart. Interesting.
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Shivers: A group of marble pleurants still surrounds the king's vandalized tomb... A deathly cold wind sweeps up candy wrappers and old newspapers.
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You: What happened to the statue?
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Encyclopedia: You see, Old Filippe wasn't just good at squandering the national treasury on gold and ceremonial weaponry. He was also a prodigious snorter of nose candy.
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Encyclopedia: Cocaine.
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Horseback Monument: Variable["plaza.ultralib_monument_superstar"]
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Horseback Monument: Variable["apt.student_posters_okay"]
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Horseback Monument: Variable["XP.discover_the_bullet"] or Variable["yard.hanged_got_bullet_out"] or Variable["whirling.hardie_rhetoric_wc"]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "If we connect every bullet hole in Martinaise to the murder, we'll get an overwhelming amount of loose threads..." He takes his notebook out. "But then again, our guy *was* shot. And that hole would be recent."
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Kim Kitsuragi: He takes a note. "It's not *completely* tangential -- at least worth noting down. I wouldn't hold my breath, though."
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Encyclopedia: Stories have it that he had his bedroom converted into a treasure chamber where he stored unfathomable wealth: *krugerrands*, bars of gold, ornate weaponry, armour, and various chalices.
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Encyclopedia: He called it the *Sol Aurum*. It was obscene. There were whispers he slept on a huge pile of gold-dipped feathers like some obese dragon, instead of a bed like a normal person.
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Horseback Monument: Variable["whirling.necktie_personified"] == true and CheckEquipped("neck_tie") == true
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You: A deplorable farce. No wonder everything went to shit.
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You: That's such a bad idea.
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Horseback Monument: An old monument stands in the middle of the traffic island, pointing toward the sea. It's been covered in posters with radical slogans like 'NO KINGS, NO BOSSES' and 'AGAIN, AND ONCE MORE AFTER THAT!'
The old king and his horse have been covered in posters with radical slogans like 'NO KINGS, NO BOSSES' and 'AGAIN, AND ONCE MORE AFTER THAT!'
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Kim Kitsuragi: "If we connect every bullet hole in Martinaise to the murder, we'll get an overwhelming amount of loose threads..." He takes his notebook out. "But then again, we don't really know what we're dealing with here, so..."
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Encyclopedia: The more you ask yourself, the less you know. One thing is for certain, though: you're brain-damaged. It's serious. And permanent.
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Encyclopedia: What did he do? You have no idea what *you* did a week ago! How would you know what this guy did many centuries ago?
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Savoir Faire: This is *not* what that Personal Brand Strategist of yours promised. No one even knows that you're paying for this re-conceptualization! Go and have a word with him. Find out what's going on.
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You: I would like to sleep on gold. Hustler-style.
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Encyclopedia: Even by the standards of the Filippian kings, Old Sumptuous Filippe was known for his profligacy.
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