PIER APARTMENTS PIER DOOR - 887

G 0 START 1 input 0->1 22 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: A sturdy metal door guards the southwest entrance to the apartment building. It's locked. 1->22 2 Visual Calculus: Backyard door? There must be another entrance to the east. 75 Jump to: [door hub] 2->75 3 You: Am I? 70 Authority: Obviously. Look at that vague yet threatening stuff spewing forth from your mouth... 3->70 4 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: There is no reply. Just faint sweeping sounds inside. 40 Jump to: [door hub] 4->40 5 Authority: You already tried and all you got was *hurt*. Better not to try anymore. Then you won't get HURT. 47 Jump to: [door hub] 5->47 6 Authority: You're well versed in the kind of threatening legalese that implies criminal liability but in fact has no meaning whatsoever. 6->3 20 You: "Ma'am, your non-compliance is hindering a police matter. I may be forced to refer you for potential prosecution." 6->20 7 Rhetoric: Ah! It's like a carrot to the stick, sort of. 18 Cleaning Lady: "Hold your horses..." You hear the click of a night latch, before the lady on the other side gets caught in a coughing spasm. 7->18 8 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: No reply. You can hear faint sweeping inside; a gust of wind blows through your clothes. 27 Jump to: [door hub] 8->27 9 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: The door rattles against your knuckles, but there's no response. 19 Jump to: [door hub] 9->19 10 Jump to: [door hub] 15 door hub 10->15 11 You: "Hold on, who am I speaking to?" 17 Cleaning Lady: "It doesn't matter who I am. Now go on, get out of here!" 11->17 12 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: IsKimHere() 13 IsKimHere() 12->13 14 !(IsKimHere()) 12->14 16 Kim Kitsuragi: "No, you're not." 13->16 59 Cleaning Lady: "You don't scare me, punk! I may be an old woman but I can still take the likes of you!" 14->59 28 You: "Hey, are you there? I've checked the backyard, but couldn't get in that way." 15->28 33 You: Knock again. 15->33 42 You: Convince her that you're a real policeman. 15->42 52 You: "Kim, tell her we're real policemen!" 15->52 66 You: "Ma'am, we're looking for Billie Méjean's apartment. We have important news to deliver." 15->66 71 You: Knock. 15->71 72 You: [Leave.] 15->72 16->59 53 Perception (Hearing): From within comes the faint sound of a broom sweeping across the concrete floor. 17->53 26 Cleaning Lady: "I don't care about your stinkin' badge. Just come in," she manages to say with a wheeze. 18->26 19->15 58 Cleaning Lady: "I know my rights! And don't you 'ma'am' me, boy!" the voice snaps back. 20->58 21 You: "Okay, miss, would it help if I showed you my badge?" 21->7 79 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: IsTaskActive("TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building")--[[ Variable[ ]] 22->79 23 You: "But I'm not joking." 34 Cleaning Lady: "No, I already told you, I won't be responsible for any more strangers getting into the building..." 23->34 24 Authority: Insufficiently deferential! 36 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: CheckItem("badge") 24->36 25 Kim Kitsuragi: "Miss," the lieutenant jumps in, "would it help if we offered to show you our badges?" 25->7 27->15 82 Cleaning Lady: "Good. We've had enough problems with bums and drunks and thieves loitering in the hallway... You have no business here." 28->82 29 You: "I need to talk to a young man in this building." 29->34 30 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: Variable["backyard.door_whitecheck_failed_once"] 31 Variable["backyard.door_whitecheck_failed_once"] 30->31 32 !(Variable["backyard.door_whitecheck_failed_once"]) 30->32 31->5 46 Authority: You can't think of anything convincing. Time for some police brutality! 32->46 74 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: The door rattles again, but this time you hear an elderly woman's voice calling out from inside... 33->74 56 Cleaning Lady: "Go check the backyard door, maybe someone there will..." She trails off, leaving the sentence unfinished. 34->56 35 You: "Open up or I'm gonna breach this motherfucker!" (Kick the door.) 35->12 37 CheckItem("badge") 36->37 38 !(CheckItem("badge")) 36->38 37->21 65 You: (Lie.) "I've got my badge right here, if you want to see it." 38->65 39 Kim Kitsuragi: "Madam, I assure you we're real police officers," the lieutenant repeats dutifully. 39->4 40->15 43 You: Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"] 42->43 44 Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"] 43->44 45 !(Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"]) 43->45 61 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"] 44->61 45->61 46->35 57 You: "Ma'am, if you don't open this door, I'm gonna introduce you to a lateral vascular neck restraint -- and it's going to *hurt*." 46->57 77 You: "I'm gonna light this place up!" (Roll up your sleeves.) 46->77 47->15 48 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: IsKimHere() 49 IsKimHere() 48->49 50 !(IsKimHere()) 48->50 49->25 50->24 51 Cleaning Lady: "Stop banging on the door! I'm not letting any more strangers inside." 51->11 78 You: "This is the police -- open the door." 51->78 52->39 53->78 54 Visual Calculus: This could be a way into the apartment building the smoking man vanished into. 54->15 55 Jump to: [door hub] 55->15 67 Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building"]  and  Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building_done"] == false 56->67 57->12 73 Perception (Hearing): But the sweeping on the other side has stopped. 58->73 59->10 60 You: "Please, let me inside. It's cold out here." 60->34 62 Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"] 61->62 63 !(Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"]) 61->63 62->6 63->30 64 Cleaning Lady: "The police?! Everyone knows the police don't come around *here*.“ The hallways echoes with her cackle. 64->23 64->29 64->60 65->7 66->8 68 Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building"]  and  Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building_done"] == false 67->68 69 !(Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building"]  and  Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building_done"] == false) 67->69 76 Interfacing: Backyard door? With the smoker? You already were there. Didn't work. 68->76 69->2 70->20 71->9 73->48 74->51 75->15 76->75 77->12 78->64 80 IsTaskActive("TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building")--[[ Variable[ ]] 79->80 81 !(IsTaskActive("TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building")--[[ Variable[ ]]) 79->81 80->54 81->15 82->55