PIER APARTMENTS PIER DOOR - 887
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: A sturdy metal door guards the southwest entrance to the apartment building. It's locked.
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Visual Calculus: Backyard door? There must be another entrance to the east.
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Jump to: [door hub]
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You: Am I?
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Authority: Obviously. Look at that vague yet threatening stuff spewing forth from your mouth...
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: There is no reply. Just faint sweeping sounds inside.
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Authority: You already tried and all you got was *hurt*. Better not to try anymore. Then you won't get HURT.
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Authority: You're well versed in the kind of threatening legalese that implies criminal liability but in fact has no meaning whatsoever.
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You: "Ma'am, your non-compliance is hindering a police matter. I may be forced to refer you for potential prosecution."
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Rhetoric: Ah! It's like a carrot to the stick, sort of.
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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.
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: No reply. You can hear faint sweeping inside; a gust of wind blows through your clothes.
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Jump to: [door hub]
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: The door rattles against your knuckles, but there's no response.
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door hub
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You: "Hold on, who am I speaking to?"
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Cleaning Lady: "It doesn't matter who I am. Now go on, get out of here!"
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Kim Kitsuragi: "No, you're not."
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Cleaning Lady: "You don't scare me, punk! I may be an old woman but I can still take the likes of you!"
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You: "Hey, are you there? I've checked the backyard, but couldn't get in that way."
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You: Knock again.
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You: Convince her that you're a real policeman.
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You: "Kim, tell her we're real policemen!"
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You: "Ma'am, we're looking for Billie Méjean's apartment. We have important news to deliver."
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You: Knock.
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You: [Leave.]
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Perception (Hearing): From within comes the faint sound of a broom sweeping across the concrete floor.
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Cleaning Lady: "I don't care about your stinkin' badge. Just come in," she manages to say with a wheeze.
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Cleaning Lady: "I know my rights! And don't you 'ma'am' me, boy!" the voice snaps back.
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You: "Okay, miss, would it help if I showed you my badge?"
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: IsTaskActive("TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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You: "But I'm not joking."
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Cleaning Lady: "No, I already told you, I won't be responsible for any more strangers getting into the building..."
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Authority: Insufficiently deferential!
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: CheckItem("badge")
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Miss," the lieutenant jumps in, "would it help if we offered to show you our badges?"
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Cleaning Lady: "Good. We've had enough problems with bums and drunks and thieves loitering in the hallway... You have no business here."
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You: "I need to talk to a young man in this building."
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: Variable["backyard.door_whitecheck_failed_once"]
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Variable["backyard.door_whitecheck_failed_once"]
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!(Variable["backyard.door_whitecheck_failed_once"])
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Authority: You can't think of anything convincing. Time for some police brutality!
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: The door rattles again, but this time you hear an elderly woman's voice calling out from inside...
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Cleaning Lady: "Go check the backyard door, maybe someone there will..." She trails off, leaving the sentence unfinished.
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You: "Open up or I'm gonna breach this motherfucker!" (Kick the door.)
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CheckItem("badge")
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!(CheckItem("badge"))
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You: (Lie.) "I've got my badge right here, if you want to see it."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Madam, I assure you we're real police officers," the lieutenant repeats dutifully.
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You: Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"]
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Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"]
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!(Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"])
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"]
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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*."
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You: "I'm gonna light this place up!" (Roll up your sleeves.)
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Cleaning Lady: "Stop banging on the door! I'm not letting any more strangers inside."
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You: "This is the police -- open the door."
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Visual Calculus: This could be a way into the apartment building the smoking man vanished into.
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Jump to: [door hub]
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Southwest Entrance to the Tenements: Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building"] and Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building_done"] == false
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Perception (Hearing): But the sweeping on the other side has stopped.
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You: "Please, let me inside. It's cold out here."
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Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"]
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!(Variable["pier.apartments_door_whitecheck_authority"])
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Cleaning Lady: "The police?! Everyone knows the police don't come around *here*.“ The hallways echoes with her cackle.
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Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building"] and Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building_done"] == false
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!(Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building"] and Variable["TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building_done"] == false)
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Interfacing: Backyard door? With the smoker? You already were there. Didn't work.
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IsTaskActive("TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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!(IsTaskActive("TASK.find_a_way_inside_apt_building")--[[ Variable[ ]])
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