PIER JOYCE INTRO - 630

G 0 START 1 input 0->1 1127 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]  and  Variable["pier.joyce_village_intro_done"] == false 1->1127 2 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] 3 Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] 2->3 4 !(Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]) 2->4 1204 Rhetoric: You *need* to make this lady admit she's only riding around on this boat because she's rich. 3->1204 4->1204 5 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 6 IsKimHere() 5->6 7 !(IsKimHere()) 5->7 561 Kim Kitsuragi: "His medical condition makes him a little *grumpy*, ma'am. I hope that's not a problem." 6->561 897 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 7->897 8 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_evrart_talk_advice_given"] 9 Variable["pier.joyce_evrart_talk_advice_given"] 8->9 10 !(Variable["pier.joyce_evrart_talk_advice_given"]) 8->10 315 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 9->315 1052 Authority: You don't have to tell her you met Evrart *right away*. There's time. 10->1052 11 Kim Kitsuragi: "How about you share your information on the lynching -- now that you've seen his badge." 1356 Joyce Messier: "The goal posts have moved, lieutenant. In the absence of the badge I have informed my employer there will be a probe." 11->1356 12 You: "Okay then." 1133 Joyce Messier: "I can't see why it *wouldn't* be okay. Now, what can I do for you?" 12->1133 13 Joyce Messier: "I'm glad to see you here." Her grip is tight and cold. "I'm glad to see you here." Her grip is tight and cold. She seems relieved. 479 Interfacing: Like steel. There is strength there. If she wanted, she could sink her nails deep into your skin. 13->479 14 Joyce Messier: "Of course, detective -- take care." 15 Kim Kitsuragi: "But the strike began in *December*." He looks at his notes. 991 Joyce Messier: "I wasn't the original negotiator here. I took over after Mr. Gaumont hit a wall with Mr. Claire, the Union boss. Mr. Claire refused to speak with Gaumont, despite *concessions* he'd granted the Union in prior negotiations." 15->991 16 Joyce Messier: "I believe the official title is Senior Labour Negotiator. In practice I'm a grocery clerk. I relay the Union's demands to Wild Pines, and return with Wild Pines' counter-offer..." 1259 Drama: No way. She's more. She can make decisions. 16->1259 17 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 18 IsKimHere() 17->18 19 !(IsKimHere()) 17->19 488 Kim Kitsuragi: "My colleague has his peculiarities. Let's not go into this particular one just yet." 18->488 819 You: "What do you mean *beguiled*?" 19->819 820 You: "Yes. They're *wunderbar*." 19->820 910 You: "*He* didn't do anything. It was the indisputable truth of his theories!" 19->910 20 Joyce Messier: "Charmed, enchanted, put under his spell." 20->820 20->910 21 Joyce Messier: "*Oh*. And what happened to yours, detective?" She returns the lieutenant's badge and turns to you. 1455 Jump to: [Empathy: "Awkwardness washes over the convers..."] 21->1455 22 You: "Some artist types stole my badge. It was a mistake to trust them." 912 Joyce Messier: "You mean someone *stole* your badge?" Her brow is slightly arched. 22->912 23 You: "Some damn *clown* stole it from me. It's a long story." 1457 Joyce Messier: "You mean someone *stole* your badge?" Her brow is slightly arched. 23->1457 24 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 818 Joyce MAIN hub 24->818 25 Reaction Speed: Your synapses flash! 754 You: "This house was built *before* the Revolution." 25->754 828 You: "Funny, I don't see any other *eel's heels* around." "Funny, I didn't see any other eel's heels docking there." 25->828 1511 You: "There doesn't seem to be much space left with this giant pleasure craft docked in the way." "There doesn't seem to be much space left with this 19-pace sloop docked here." 25->1511 26 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.cindy_kims_plan_of_action"] 27 Variable["pier.cindy_kims_plan_of_action"] 26->27 28 !(Variable["pier.cindy_kims_plan_of_action"]) 26->28 394 Rhetoric: There's a trace of irony in his voice. Mischief even. This is a tactic. 27->394 1146 Empathy: There's a trace of irony in his voice. Mischief even. The lieutenant is hatching some scheme. 28->1146 29 Empathy: There is no shame in her voice -- a touch of sadness, yes -- but no shame. 30 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 29->30 663 joyce BOAT hub 30->663 31 Joyce Messier: She takes a sip. 1445 You: "It's gonna happen." 31->1445 32 Empathy: The lieutenant is satisfied with where this is going. 175 You: "This isn't gonna happen." 32->175 679 You: Keep doing it. 32->679 755 You: "A thought is going to come out of my head and into my mouth -- and I will say it." 32->755 33 Joyce Messier: "As they do." 254 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 33->254 34 Joyce Messier: "Officer, I don't mean to be rude but are you sure your recent medical episode wasn't a *stroke*?" 1148 Volition: You're being handled. Don't stand for it. 34->1148 35 Rhetoric: An opening gambit, surely. 422 Untitled hub (02) 35->422 36 Joyce Messier: "It's quite simple, you see. Every time the Wild Pines Group makes a decision -- about, what? About *anything* really -- it needs the signature of *each* of the 2,200 workers in its Martinaise terminal." 593 Joyce Messier: "Just so you understand, this is but one of *twenty-two* terminals owned by Wild Pines. Essentially -- not only are they *kings* of the company, they are also kings of the 72,000 employees of Wild Pines Group." 36->593 37 Suggestion: She enjoys talking about the company. It would not hurt to inquire more. 424 You: Who are the other indotribes? 37->424 425 You: "How much money does Wild Pines have?" 37->425 764 You: "You're in *good* company, it seems." 37->764 765 You: "Got it. Tell me something else." 37->765 38 Joyce Messier: "Yes, past a certain point numbers begin to seem *imaginary*. But they are quite real for the 72,000 employees who depend on Wild Pines for their pay checks..." "I was not trying to impress you, I swear. The conglomerate employs 72,000 people, wages cover most of the revenue..." A wave hits the sloop, she looks at it indifferently. 598 Joyce Messier: "A conglomerate the size of Wild Pines is like a shark -- if it stops moving and growing it will die. Then what becomes of those 72,000 families? It is a tremendous responsibility." 38->598 39 Joyce Messier: "We built this district," she says, calmly. 1376 Rhetoric: *We* -- there it is. She owns up to it. 39->1376 40 Joyce Messier: "Of course not. Evrart is *fantastically* corrupt. I imagine he has a thick, viscous goo where you and I have blood." 600 Hand/Eye Coordination: If you were to prick him with something sharp you could see it oozing out -- a knife, maybe? No -- a rapier! 40->600 41 Joyce Messier: "It's how they circumvent the term limits, you see. With a funny little *switcharoo*. While in office they've embezzled god knows *how* much of their workers' dues." 271 You: "What about the Union itself, outside the brothers Claire?" 41->271 1451 You: "Let's take this back to the strike." 41->1451 42 You: "That's Evrart, alright." 768 Joyce Messier: "He is the most corrupt individual I have ever seen. And I deal with men like him for a living. If there is anyone more venal, more irredeemably nepotistic -- then it's his twin brother, Edgar." 42->768 43 Joyce Messier: "Organized labour at its best, as they say. Then something happened in the local chapter elections. The Brothers Claire came and transformed it into a... how do you say?" She hesitates, looking for the right expression. 1086 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 43->1086 44 You: "One of those facts is where my badge is." "One of those facts is where my badge is. Another is my name." 694 Joyce Messier: "I was hoping your *condition* was rhetorical, detective. A questioning technique." 44->694 45 Jump to: [Untitled hub (05)] 240 Untitled hub (05) 45->240 46 You: "You have so much else. I have only this." (Spread your hands) "This is the entirety of my existence." 775 Joyce Messier: She's silent. The wind flaps the sail above her. She's silent. The sloops sail is flapping in the wind. 46->775 47 You: "I don't remember *anything* except this lynching. There is only this coast -- and this lynching." 1487 Joyce Messier: "You know..." she puts her foot on the guardwire. "I don't mean to sound cold, but if you want something, you have to give something back. *More* than just guilt." 47->1487 48 Logic: She wants you to help her gain leverage to re-start negotiations with the Union. 1253 Joyce Messier: "The company has tried looking into this matter before -- to no avail. Perhaps someone with *your* authority and resources might turn over the right stones?" 48->1253 49 Suggestion: She is resolute in this, yet you sense that she *wants* to tell you. You'll have to earn her trust first. 746 Jump to: [a_hub_of_sorts] 49->746 50 Joyce Messier: "Meth- and dextro-amphetamine, GBL and various synthetic psychedelics. Honestly, it might be quicker to say what you *can't* make from the stuff." 305 Electrochemistry: Shit yeah, baby, it's the Party Pipeline! Why would you want to shut that down? 50->305 51 You: "There will be an investigation, that's all I can say." 1104 Joyce Messier: "Okay. I thank you for sharing that much with me." She exhales, as though a weight has been lifted from her shoulders. "My employer thanks you as well..." 51->1104 52 Joyce Messier: "Of course, detectives," she says, her tone more cautious suddenly. "In any case, you've held up your end of our arrangement. I trust you with the rest. Now it's my turn..." 139 Joyce Messier: "I wouldn't normally break protocol like this, but the situation demands it. If you don't solve this murder I'm afraid we may have a blood bath on our hands." 52->139 53 Inland Empire: You're thinking it, but your lips are not moving. 705 You: What, why not? 53->705 54 Joyce Messier: A well-kempt, yet tastefully short bob of dark hair. Despite the first hints of grey, she's elected to keep it au naturale -- shaped into a permanent wave, late-Forties style... 1241 Composure: Positively statuesque. 54->1241 55 Conceptualization: Surprisingly eloquent, really. The last one, not the first three -- those are ape-speak. 712 You: "Khnnnnnnnffff..." 55->712 1027 You: "Khk..." 55->1027 1112 You: "I am the scum of the earth." 55->1112 1338 You: "Money..." 55->1338 56 You: "I'm the stuff people have under their fingernails. Let's talk about something else please." 1028 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""Of course." She makes a slight bow..."] 56->1028 57 You: "You seem rich. Can I have some money?" 1245 Joyce Messier: "Why yes, I am rich. How much money do you need? Hopefully not too much, I couldn't bring all of it with me." 57->1245 58 Empathy: She's surprisingly nonchalant about this. If anything, your finally asking it has relieved some of the tension. 1113 Untitled hub 58->1113 59 Joyce Messier: "HOW MUCH MONEY?!" 59->1113 60 Joyce Messier: "Come now. Nobody carries that much cash on their person, particularly in a place like Martinaise... I'd get robbed." 1030 Joyce Messier: "And even *if* I did I still would not give you ten thousand reál. I would rather buy something nice with it. Like expensive hi-fi or a new *Hydrodynamique E40* sail." 60->1030 61 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 62 IsKimHere() 61->62 63 !(IsKimHere()) 61->63 958 Kim Kitsuragi: "You're right, ma'am, that donations are permitted under the Emergency Act, unseemly as it may be, as long as they're properly logged with the precinct..." 62->958 1031 Joyce Messier: "It's quite the *phainómenon*, I agree." She bows slightly. "Now how else can I help the RCM today, besides supplementing its salaries?" 63->1031 64 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_left_performative_experience"] 65 Variable["pier.joyce_left_performative_experience"] 64->65 66 !(Variable["pier.joyce_left_performative_experience"]) 64->66 959 Joyce Messier: "The *performative experience* has ended. Good -- what can I help you with?" 65->959 1512 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_left_angry"] 66->1512 67 Joyce Messier: "Well, technically speaking I'm not *on* it right now..." She looks at the sloop sway in the waves. 67->663 68 Jump to: [reportinghub] 1344 reportinghub 68->1344 69 Joyce Messier: "Taking it out of commission will deal a blow to the smuggling network. Excellent work." 546 Jump to: [reportinghub] 69->546 70 Joyce Messier: 71 70->71 72 !() 70->72 73 Joyce Messier: "About the boat?" A wisp of steam rises from her thermal cup. 1486 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 73->1486 74 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_special_greeting_done_night"] 75 Variable["pier.joyce_special_greeting_done_night"] 74->75 76 !(Variable["pier.joyce_special_greeting_done_night"]) 74->76 802 Joyce Messier: Variable["auto.is_raining"]  and  IsDayFrom(2) 75->802 1184 Joyce Messier: "You're back. Good." She takes a sip from her silvery thermal cup. "What can I help you with -- at this late hour?" 76->1184 77 You: "Old, huh? I think I have that too." 150 Joyce Messier: "Don't worry. It's curable -- with *questions*. Ask me some, it'll help pass this night." 77->150 78 Joyce Messier: "Sadly I need this one myself. It's hydrophobic, repels water, almost *magically*. The company makes them for offshore platform personnel. Very sturdy." 461 Joyce Messier: She gives the material another pat. "What I *can* do for you is answer some *questions*. Nothing like talking to pass a rainy day." 78->461 79 You: "One more thing -- you said something *happened* in the elections?" 890 Joyce Messier: "I'm glad you asked. There was a woman -- the previous forewoman of the Union. She disappeared." 79->890 80 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 81 IsKimHere() 80->81 82 !(IsKimHere()) 80->82 806 Kim Kitsuragi: "Disappeared?" 81->806 1350 You: "Disappeared?" "I heard something strange happened to her..." 82->1350 83 You: "Some kind of extortion probably." 387 Joyce Messier: "Indeed. The company suspects foul play, but there's nothing they could do, it was a Union matter." 83->387 84 Jump to: [pier.joyce_evrart_hub_reached] 6350332 JUMP OUT to PIER / JOYCE ON EVRART 84->6350332 85 Joyce Messier: "Because it was manufactured in Revachol East by a company called Cor-de-Leite, and it's hull is '19 paces long." 313 Conceptualization: She makes a point of being unromantic about it. 85->313 86 You: "Seems like they have no idea about business." 518 Joyce Messier: "In its defence, another said *DEMAND DEMOCRACY*. Pretty tame stuff compared to *EVERY WORKER -- A MEMBER OF THE BOARD*." 86->518 87 Inland Empire: Oh, but you are: too ashamed to ask this person for *money*, too scared to belittle yourself in her eyes -- those half-precious stones of Eau-de-Nil. 1335 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 87->1335 88 You: "Let me get this straight -- the materials come from Samara to Revachol *through* the terminal?" 1263 Joyce Messier: "Yes. After they clear the terminal we lose track. The actual production is taking place at various sites in and around Jamrock Quarter. North of here." 88->1263 89 Rhetoric: Ludicrous, even, it's meant. 591 Strike hub 89->591 90 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce"]  and  Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] == false 91 Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce"]  and  Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] == false 90->91 92 !(Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce"]  and  Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] == false) 90->92 93 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 91->93 378 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 92->378 94 IsKimHere() 93->94 95 !(IsKimHere()) 93->95 94->11 95->12 316 You: "How about you share your information on the lynching -- now that you've seen my badge." 95->316 96 Reaction Speed: This one's a slippery eel. 96->378 97 Joyce Messier: "Then what is this positively destitute *jetty* doing here?" She puts her foot down on the rotten planks beneath. "And what about that fleet of skiffs?" 1500 Rhetoric: A fleet? Three shabby fishing boats is hardly a *fleet*. 97->1500 98 Joyce Messier: "Leyton, my maiden name." Her bony hand dangles from the sleeve of her oversized raincoat. 99 Jump to: [MeetJoyceHub] 98->99 1357 MeetJoyceHub 99->1357 100 You: "What can you tell me about this lynching?" "Let's talk about the lynching." "Hey, about my missing badge again..." 532 Joyce Messier: (Variable["pier.joyce_lynching_hub_reached"]  or  Variable["pier.joyce_harrier"]) 100->532 101 Kim Kitsuragi: "And when did you first arrive?" 1056 Joyce Messier: "I arrived three weeks ago..." She thinks. "Yes, in the middle of February -- the bay was still partially frozen then. I prefer to do these things on-site. Like the RCM." 101->1056 102 Kim Kitsuragi: "Of course, ma'am. We should have introduced ourselves..." The lieutenant hands her a piece of blue plastic. "I'm Lieutenant Kitsuragi, from Precinct 57..." 1199 Joyce Messier: CheckItem("badge") 102->1199 103 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 104 IsKimHere() 103->104 105 !(IsKimHere()) 103->105 742 Kim Kitsuragi: "And how are the talks going?" 104->742 321 You: "How are these talks going?" 105->321 106 You: "Wait, I thought Le Calliou was one big island?" 1359 Joyce Messier: "Okay." She gives you a crooked smile. "If you want to get technical. The point is we're *all* on islands here. And sail is still the most expedient way to get from one island to another. Especially when you're in a hurry to resolve a *strike*." 106->1359 107 You: "There it is again -- the name of that infernal machine! I woke up to that sound, you know?" 666 Joyce Messier: "Hmm, I suppose that one *does* have a rather loud electrical engine." She does not quite understand what you meant. "A specific drone. In any case...." 107->666 108 Joyce Messier: "What a surprise," she says, not the least bit surprised. "That is one disadvantage of a motor carriage relative to a sloop like this one." The sloop bobs gently in the water. 108->2 109 You: "Understood. About this boat of yours..." (Back off.) 1138 Joyce Messier: She nods attentively. 109->1138 110 You: "I'm pretty sure I do. I police." 246 Kim Kitsuragi: "It is a little known fact among those who *police* that the Wayfarer Act specifically denies the RCM the authority to demand anyone's operator license." 110->246 111 Joyce Messier: "The other time I *would* have finished the race were it not for an urgent work matter, much like the one I'm on now." 914 You: "That's good enough for me." 111->914 1441 You: "Still *need* to see a license, ma'am." 111->1441 112 Joyce Messier: "The boat? No. *It* is called Cor-de-Leite '19 -- because that's the type of sloop it is." 1363 Inland Empire: The word *it* feels strange. Such a beautiful boat deserves a proper name... 112->1363 113 Encyclopedia: It is a stable country, and yet there has always been something *ominous* about its perfect stability, its place at the edge of the Mundi isola, overlooking the Ubi Sunt? isles fracturing into the Great Unrest of the pale. 250 You: Look at the photo page. 113->250 114 You: "So I can't arbitrarily pull people over and ask for their papers?" 171 Joyce Messier: "You may still ask to see my passport," she says, trying to strike a conciliatory tone. "*That* I'm obliged to share with you." 114->171 115 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 116 IsKimHere() 115->116 117 !(IsKimHere()) 115->117 500 Kim Kitsuragi: "Detective, may I remind you that Mrs. Messier is a *professional negotiator*?" He doesn't look like he thinks you'll best her in single combat. 116->500 1268 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] 117->1268 118 Joyce Messier: "Okay." She takes a sip. 252 You: "Something is about to happen." (Point to your head.) "In here." 118->252 1147 You: "Any moment." 118->1147 119 You: "Fuck it... Let's get back to work." 759 Joyce Messier: She quietly nods. "You have my full cooperation." 119->759 120 Joyce Messier: "Such a tough guy." She gives you a crooked smile. "You have my full cooperation, tough guy -- and that of the Wild Pines Group." 831 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 120->831 121 You: "Wait -- what if I want to hear about *trade secrets*?" 1210 Joyce Messier: "First you'd have to repeal the Emergencies Act of Trade and Aliments that gives me the right to silence. It's quite the octopus." 121->1210 122 You: "An octopus? I will *slay* it!" 1074 Joyce Messier: "Good luck -- It's only kept in place by the vested interests of half the civilized world, including your own." 122->1074 123 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 124 IsKimHere() 123->124 125 !(IsKimHere()) 123->125 1156 Kim Kitsuragi: "Excuse me," the lieutenant looks up from his notes, "From whom did you *hear* about this lynching?" 124->1156 423 Jump to: [Strike hub] 125->423 126 Joyce Messier: "All the best parts of it. Rue de Saint-Ghislaine with its bastions, the plaza's Meteoran mosaic. Even some of the old street lamps have been put back thanks to investments from the WP." She points behind you where the seawall rises. 1014 Joyce Messier: "Before Martinaise was swallowed by the industrial harbour, even before it was part of Revachol -- long before Terminal B was erected here -- the Pines built it as a resort for its Revacholian employees." 126->1014 127 You: "A giant leech sucking the life out of Revachol." 1312 Joyce Messier: "Or a mob." She nods. "Sadly, Wild Pines have cooperated with what amounts to a crime syndicate for two decades. However much you feed the wolf -- the wolf always hungers." "Indeed. And a hungry one." She nods. "Sadly, Wild Pines have cooperated with what amounts to a crime syndicate for two decades. However much you feed the leech -- the leech always hungers." 127->1312 128 Joyce Messier: "Ha!" She lets out a loud cackle. "I suppose you are, officer. *All*-Revachol. But enough about Evrart -- what else can I tell you about?" 129 Jump to: [Strike hub] 128->129 129->591 130 Joyce Messier: "The situation is *extremely* volatile. The sooner we can speak about this lynching business, the better for all of us." 846 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 130->846 131 You: "I'd rather not get into it, but yes: a bunch of clowns -- and some *arlecchinos* -- stole my badge." 191 Joyce Messier: "Some *arlecchinos* you say?" She shakes her head. "I'm afraid what I need to tell you is anything but *fun* I really need to discuss it, however. With the RCM -- and I need your badge for that." 131->191 132 Suggestion: *Feelings* will guide the way. 1380 You: "But, madam, I need to know about this lynching. It's *very* important to me. It's the case I'm solving." 132->1380 133 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 134 IsKimHere() 133->134 135 !(IsKimHere()) 133->135 849 Kim Kitsuragi: "Detective," the lieutenant closes his notebook. "A word in private before we continue." 134->849 938 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 135->938 136 Joyce Messier: "Yes, I believe there is a connection -- but that's a subject for *later*." Her eyes narrow. 136->49 137 Joyce Messier: "*Precisely*. Someone needs to move the ingredients *from* the harbour into the city. Once they reach Jamrock they're distributed to a network of local manufacturers, well beyond our grasp. But in transit they are *vulnerable*." 1426 Joyce Messier: Variable["whirling.hardie_went_through_ruby_info"] 137->1426 138 Joyce Messier: "It's true they drove a number of the local businesses to bankruptcy preparing for this venture. I've talked to a few business owners -- it was quite the shakedown. But the contents of a few cash registers cannot provide for *two thousand* men." 1463 You: "So you think the strike is being funded with source ingredients for drugs?" 138->1463 1498 Half Light: The words *blood bath* sound cold in her mouth. They taste of iron and strawberries. 139->1498 140 Jump to: [Strike hub] 140->591 141 You: "Why? How is you looking at the photo tied to the lynching?" 1333 Joyce Messier: "Better not to tie the forestay to the backstay on this. I hope there is something else I can help you with?" 141->1333 142 Joyce Messier: "Yes -- but please don't call me that." 205 You: "Why?" 142->205 143 You: "Help me, I'm poor. I need money to keep living." 1399 Joyce Messier: "Ah yes, of course, I'm sad to hear that." She nods, as if its self explanatory. "How much do you need?" 143->1399 144 Jump to: [Untitled hub] 144->1113 145 Logic: She is memorizing your badge number. 1176 Joyce Messier: She hands it back to you. "Pleased to meet you, Lieutenant Double-Yefreitor Du Bois. I am glad to see a man of high qualification -- the situation is precarious." 145->1176 146 Joyce Messier: "What is... speedfreaks FM?" She looks at you quizzically. 302 You: "A very loud radio station about motor carriages and rock music, I think." 146->302 452 You: "It's Lieutenant Kitsuragi's favourite radio station!" 146->452 147 Joyce Messier: "The *Ex-* something? The *Ex-* what?" 215 You: "The *Executor*!" 147->215 307 You: "Just the *Ex-Something*." 147->307 458 You: "The *Ex-Wife*." 147->458 148 Authority: What is implied here?! That you're a *drunk*?! 217 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_authority_drunk"] 148->217 149 Joyce Messier: "Matter of fact, I don't." She takes another sip. 559 You: (Better not to poke further) "That's good. This way you can answer me some questions." 149->559 641 You: "Why is that?" 149->641 1125 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 150->1125 151 You: "Like what?" 353 Joyce Messier: "Reports from inside Terminal B suggest it's a hub for the local drug trade. This is an open secret in Martinaise. The Union *controls* the terminal, so it goes to reason..." 151->353 152 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_shivers_drugflow"] 153 Variable["pier.joyce_shivers_drugflow"] 152->153 154 !(Variable["pier.joyce_shivers_drugflow"]) 152->154 390 You: Shake it off. 153->390 1390 You: (Shiver.) "Fucking misery." 153->1390 1264 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 154->1264 155 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 155->663 156 Joyce Messier: "Keep in mind, this is a negotiator Mr. Claire has worked with before, and who was more than fair with him and the Union." 1187 Authority: Sounds like usual aggressive posturing. 156->1187 157 Joyce Messier: Variable["tc.vesper"] 158 Variable["tc.vesper"] 157->158 159 !(Variable["tc.vesper"]) 157->159 158->250 671 You: Anything else? 158->671 159->250 160 Joyce Messier: "The sooner the probe is finished the sooner I can share *crucial* information with you." She takes a sip of tea. "Now, is there anything I can do for you in the meanwhile? Tea, perhaps?" 397 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 160->397 161 You: "I don't seem to have my badge, actually..." 1504 Joyce Messier: "How curious." She returns the lieutenant's badge and turns to you. "Why is that, detective?" "More curious by the minute..." She returns the lieutenant's badge turns to you. "Why is that, detective?" 161->1504 162 Joyce Messier: Variable["whirling.kimintro_did_not_shake_hand"] 163 Variable["whirling.kimintro_did_not_shake_hand"] 162->163 164 !(Variable["whirling.kimintro_did_not_shake_hand"]) 162->164 165 Kim Kitsuragi: "I'm afraid my partner doesn't shake hands. Please don't take offence." 163->165 1055 Joyce Messier: "I'm glad to see you here." The woman and the lieutenant exchange a brief handshake. 164->1055 319 Joyce Messier: "None taken, officer." They exchange a brief handshake. "Either way, I'm glad you're both here now." 165->319 166 Joyce Messier: "Heavens, no. There have been *two* prior strikes. Both times the Union won significant concessions -- including overtime pay *and* a medical plan. This time their demands are more... I guess you could say *aggressive*." 166->89 167 Joyce Messier: "The information I'm to share with you includes sensitive trade secrets. For the sake of my employer, I have to ask for your name and badge number." "The information I'm to share with you includes sensitive trade secrets. For the sake of my employer, I have to ask for your names and badge numbers." 659 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 167->659 168 Logic: She's referring to Lieutenant Kitsuragi's motor carriage. 1281 Joyce CAR hub 168->1281 169 You: "More like the Anarchy Act in my opinion." 330 Kim Kitsuragi: "No need to politicize this. You may still ask for the lady's *passport*." 169->330 170 You: "No need." 1062 Joyce Messier: She nods politely. "Of course. Any more questions about the boat, sir?" 170->1062 669 Authority: You need to save face if you want her respect. DEMAND that passport! 171->669 1141 You: "Yes. I'm going to need to see your passport." 171->1141 172 You: "Let's talk about the *economics* of this boat you're on." (Go in for the kill.) 1507 Joyce Messier: "Oh my, the *E-word*." She crosses her arms. "You mean to say that it's a symbol of *conspicuous consumption*? That I'm a member of the ruling class." 172->1507 173 Untitled hub (02) 674 You: "No -- it's a symbol of our subjugation to *foreign* capital. The bad kind of capital." "No. You're siphoning off honest Revacholian tax revenue to shifty-eyed Vespertine financiers." 173->674 984 You: "Yes. Exactly." 173->984 1365 You: "Forget about it. I was out of line." 173->1365 1499 You: "Precisomundo. Class war time baby." 173->1499 174 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 174->663 1208 Joyce Messier: "No worries." She takes another sip. "We can just go back to discussing my fast, large, interminably middle class boat." 175->1208 176 Empathy: Her concern is sincere, her eyes round and affectionate. 177 Drama: What situation? 176->177 1072 Untitled hub (02) 177->1072 178 Kim Kitsuragi: "Don't worry. He'll be *fine*. It's all related to his unusual medical episode." He opens his notebook. "Continue, please. He has questions." 262 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 178->262 179 You: "I have other questions." 1211 Joyce Messier: She nods: "I hope I can be of help." 179->1211 180 You: "You would be surprised at the amount of damage I can inflict upon myself." 1448 Joyce Messier: "I imagine a man like you can take quite the *lashing*." She sizes you up. "But I believe we were talking about the *strike*." 180->1448 181 Jump to: [Untitled hub] 1073 Untitled hub 181->1073 182 You: "That's all I need here. Let's change the topic." 1010 Joyce Messier: "Of course." She passes the thermal cup between her gloved hands. "How else can I help?" 182->1010 183 You: "The workers can't be kings. The king is king." 184 Joyce Messier: "That may well be. It's not up to me to decide who is king. But as negotiations go -- it's not a swell start." 183->184 267 You: "What are you going to do?" (Proceed.) 184->267 343 You: "Sounds like an opening gambit." (Proceed.) 184->343 185 Joyce Messier: "The Pines' *core competency* is logistics -- container shipping, freight, that sort of thing." She points to the small dots on the horizon. "See those airships there, blinking? Those are the shipping side of things..." 1522 Joyce Messier: ...then to the east, toward the harbour: "And that is the terminal. Another subdivision deals with energy -- oil and gas exploration. Offshore platforms." 185->1522 186 Jump to: [Strike hub] 186->591 187 You: "Numbers like that mean nothing to me." 187->38 188 You: "Eight percent of *all* cargo in the world? That's quite the endeavour indeed." 1084 Joyce Messier: She nods, forcefully: "There are no minor cogs in the system. Each terminal must be accounted for, lest the entire system break. Every hiccup in such a system means thousands lose their jobs -- the world over. I'm here to assure that doesn't happen." 188->1084 189 You: "I prefer not to have an opinion on these things." 272 Joyce Messier: "Of course, officer." 189->272 190 You: "My name is Harrier Du Bois, from Precinct 41. I don't have a badge *yet*." 936 Joyce Messier: "A pleasure to meet you, Harry -- what happened to your badge?" 190->936 1191 Drama: Unbelievable, sire. Even the *arlecchinos* didn't work. 191->1191 192 Joyce Messier: "I have sympathy for your *highly* unusual conundrum, sir. And I believe you. But as it stands I cannot share any confidential information until I've seen a badge." "I have sympathy for your *highly* unusal condition, sir. And I believe you. But as it stands I cannot share any confidential information until I've seen *both* your badges." 193 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 192->193 194 IsKimHere() 193->194 195 !(IsKimHere()) 193->195 431 Kim Kitsuragi: "I understand the dictates of protocol, ma'am, but... is there no way around it?" 194->431 1319 Suggestion: Hang on, she's a professional *negotiator*. She should be open to some sort of mutually beneficial arrangement. 195->1319 196 Suggestion: She's a negotiator. Just float a favour at her. Insinuate. Easy. Just offer her a *favour*, like I said -- nice and dirty. 1230 You: "Surely there's some other way to demonstrate my law enforcement credentials." "Surely there's some other way to demonstrate our law enforcement credentials?" 196->1230 197 Suggestion: You're doing it! Despite your own best efforts you're still getting in, somehow... 470 Joyce Messier: "I'll be frank with you. If I'm going to break protocol, I need to be able to justify it to my superiors. They're going to want to see something *tangible*." 197->470 198 Joyce Messier: "No. We asked East Motor Tract to raise the drawbridge. The road company is a partner of one of our subsidiaries. However..." She pauses, looking to the sea. 1100 Joyce Messier: "This is a limited-time opportunity. Once the complaint has been processed by the trade committee they'll have no choice but to lower the drawbridge -- and the operation will continue." She looks north. 198->1100 199 Joyce Messier: "As eager as I am to *share* it, lieutenant, once the job is done." 200 Jump to: [narco hub] 199->200 1386 narco hub 200->1386 201 Joyce Messier: "Word has travelled, yes, but nothing of real substance has surfaced yet, I gather?" She smiles, then explains: "Wild Pines has eyes on the intersection -- but not ears." 858 Visual Calculus: One of the tall buildings overlooking the roundabout -- it would give them a read on the entire quarter. 201->858 202 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_tatttoo_hub_reached"] 203 Variable["pier.joyce_tatttoo_hub_reached"] 202->203 204 !(Variable["pier.joyce_tatttoo_hub_reached"]) 202->204 618 Joyce Messier: "I fear I've told you all I know." She takes the photo. "It's an Oranjese Map of the Waterways -- or some version of it. It depicts the travels this man made while he was still alive." 203->618 1396 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: "She reaches for the photo; takes it..."] 204->1396 1472 Joyce Messier: "*Joyce* is much more efficient." 205->1472 206 Volition: What you meant to say was: 290 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 206->290 207 You: "Can I have some money, ma'am?" 208 Joyce Messier: "Of course." She nods, she doesn't even smile. "How much do you need." 207->208 443 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_knows_u_want_money"] 208->443 209 You: "I need 30 reál." 717 Joyce Messier: "That's a good sum -- not too small, not fantastically large." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag -- in it you see paper notes arranged like black gills. "That's a good sum. Not too small, not fantastically large like a billion." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag made of see-through plastic. 209->717 210 You: Nay, 'twould be dishonourable, and mine honour is my life. 624 Suggestion: Can you eat honour? Are you an *honour-vore?* Give me a break... 210->624 211 Joyce Messier: "Good morning, officer. I'm Joyce." She extends her hand in greeting. 1272 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 211->1272 212 Joyce Messier: "A first-rate find -- that should tell you all you need to know about their network, I would imagine." 213 You: "It's an octopus whose tentacles reach every corner of the city." 212->213 303 You: "Yes. They're spread all over Jamrock... and beyond. I couldn't even identify the exact end points." 212->303 382 Joyce Messier: "An ominous vision..." She nods solemnly. "At least you understand the gravity of the situation. And the maps should prove very valuable indeed." 213->382 214 Joyce Messier: "So this goes *beyond* Jamrock... she looks inland. "At least you now understand the gravity of the situation. And those maps should prove very valuable indeed." 964 Jump to: [reportinghub] 214->964 640 Joyce Messier: "Oh, I *do* like the sound of that." A smirk passes her face. "It sounds so *decisive*, so..." 215->640 216 Jump to: [MeetJoyceHub] 216->1357 218 Variable["pier.joyce_authority_drunk"] 217->218 219 !(Variable["pier.joyce_authority_drunk"]) 217->219 1057 Conceptualization: She hasn't actually said it to every drunk in town. It was spoken in jest. 218->1057 460 Conceptualization: Relax. She meant it in jest. 219->460 220 Joyce Messier: "Of course. That's what I'm here for." 220->818 221 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_kim_medical_condition"]  or  Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"] 222 Variable["pier.joyce_kim_medical_condition"]  or  Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"] 221->222 223 !(Variable["pier.joyce_kim_medical_condition"]  or  Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) 221->223 1411 Joyce Messier: "I have a medical condition of my own -- nothing unusual, though. I'm *old* you see." 222->1411 1044 Joyce Messier: "It's a medical thing. It's called... *old*. I'm old you see." 223->1044 224 Joyce Messier: "And your opinion, detective? If I may ask. I'm a curious and talkative person you see," she explains." Would you say the Débardeurs' Union is..." 224->127 224->189 840 You: "Basically a socialist mob." 224->840 1220 You: "An effective advocate for the rights of local workingmen." 224->1220 225 Joyce Messier: "Yes. On the last day of the local chapter elections her daughter phoned in and said she wasn't running anymore -- or coming to work. Ever. End of story." 1417 Reaction Speed: This *forewoman* -- her name? 225->1417 226 You: "This forewoman? Her name?" 464 Joyce Messier: "Sadly, the company records do not even give a name. She's just *forewoman*, in private correspondence: Holly. I don't even know if it's a sur- or given name. And I don't have access to the Unions' files." 226->464 227 Jump to: [Untitled hub (05)] 227->240 228 Suggestion: With your help -- hopefully -- says her warm tone. 882 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 228->882 229 Joyce Messier: Variable["village.joyce_left_mid_village_greet"] 230 Variable["village.joyce_left_mid_village_greet"] 229->230 231 !(Variable["village.joyce_left_mid_village_greet"]) 229->231 1130 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: "The woman is tying a complicated na..."] 230->1130 1491 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""I'll just keep the Cor-de-Leite in..."] 231->1491 232 Joyce Messier: "It may come to nothing, or it may just blow the case wide open. I suspect the traffic jam won't disperse for a few more days. You should have the time you need." 698 Joyce Messier: "In the meantime, let me know if there's any other way I may be of assistance." She takes another long sip from her seemingly bottomless thermal cup. 232->698 233 Visual Calculus: One of the tall buildings overlooking the roundabout, most likely. That would give them a read on the entire quarter. 1393 Joyce Messier: "In any case, it's a relief to know someone has looked into it. If I may ask -- will there be an official investigation? I assume you discovered there *is* an operation..." 233->1393 234 Kim Kitsuragi: "And this is my colleague from Precinct 41." He waits for you to show your badge. 234->161 739 You: "My badge. Yes. Of course. My badge that I have on me." 234->739 235 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 236 IsKimHere() 235->236 237 !(IsKimHere()) 235->237 737 Joyce Messier: SetVariableValue("pier.joyce_kim_there_for_money", true) --[[ Variable[ ]] 236->737 627 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 237->627 238 Joyce Messier: "This unmistakably *proletarian* fleet of skiffs." She waves at the nearby fishing boats. "As I said, *plenty* of people drive boats. Of all social strata." 1206 Untitled hub 238->1206 239 Joyce Messier: "Good afternoon, officer, I'm Joyce." She extends her hand in greeting. 239->1272 240->22 240->23 606 You: "Remember when I told you I literally cannot remember even the most basic facts about reality?" 240->606 911 You: Why should I blame it on an artist? 240->911 1090 You: "I've recently suffered from an *unusual* medical episode. My lost badge is related to it." "Remember when my partner told you I'd recently suffered from an *unusual* medical episode? My lost badge is related to it." 240->1090 241 Joyce Messier: Variable["plaza.kineema_intro_done"] 242 Variable["plaza.kineema_intro_done"] 241->242 243 !(Variable["plaza.kineema_intro_done"]) 241->243 242->168 821 no_kineema_yet 243->821 244 Joyce Messier: "Good," she takes a sip of her thermal cup. 751 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 244->751 245 Empathy: There is a pinch of *defensiveness* in her voice, but it is playful. 1277 You: "Wait, we're on an *archipelago*?" (Look around.) 245->1277 1439 You: "What do you mean -- archipelago?" 245->1439 752 Encyclopedia: The Wayfarer Act is one of the few pieces of legislation governing human interaction in the Revachol Zone of Control, along with the Emergency Trade and Aliments Acts. 246->752 247 You: "Makes sense, I guess. I mean, look at me!" 1286 Kim Kitsuragi: "No need to resort to self pity, detective. You can still ask for her passport." 247->1286 248 Encyclopedia: It's one of the foundational laws in Revachol, designed to limit the authority of local institutions. Part of it prohibits the RCM from requesting most documents and licenses without permission from a Coalition representative... 670 Rhetoric: It's a law that keeps Revachol what it is -- in limbo. 248->670 249 Joyce Messier: The woman is silent, smiling while the waves lap against the hull. In your hand, under the plastic -- a light blue passport saying *REPUBLIC OF VESPER*. The coat of arms has a lion and an ostrich, sejant. 1505 Encyclopedia: The Republic of Vesper, formerly the Republic of Vesper-Messina, was once a dual kingdom. An amicable parting of ways produced two constitutional monarchies. Vesper, the richer of the two, is an Occidental nation known for its proximity to the pale and its exotic financial derivatives. 249->1505 496 Joyce Messier: The woman -- born in the year 3 in the Commune of Revachol -- smiles at you, face adorned with frown lines and crow's feet. The photo is recent. The name reads Rejoyce Leyton-Messier. 250->496 251 Joyce Messier: "Okay. It *is* Antecentennial." She looks at the building looming overhead. "It *is* Antecentennial." She looks across the water, trying to catch a glimpse of the looming building. 636 You: "The people who live there now lead a different *lifestyle* if you know what I mean." 251->636 924 Joyce Messier: "Of course." 252->924 253 You: Wave your hand next to your head. (It will help!) 1004 Reaction Speed: It doesn't. 253->1004 255 IsKimHere() 254->255 256 !(IsKimHere()) 254->256 513 Kim Kitsuragi: "The thoughts happen *inside* his brain," the lieutenant explains. 255->513 256->253 1366 You: "Nothing is going to come." (Give up.) 256->1366 257 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 257->663 258 Joyce Messier: "Of course. You have my full cooperation -- and the cooperation of the Wild Pines Group." 1008 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 258->1008 259 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"] 260 Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"] 259->260 261 !(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) 259->261 260->178 515 Kim Kitsuragi: "Don't worry. He'll be *fine*. It's all part of his unusual medical condition." He opens his notebook. "Continue, please. He has questions." 261->515 262->818 263 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_logic_shooting_foot"] 264 Variable["pier.joyce_logic_shooting_foot"] 263->264 265 !(Variable["pier.joyce_logic_shooting_foot"]) 263->265 516 Pain Threshold: Did someone say *shooting yourself in the foot*? 264->516 1078 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""But -- I am derailing us. You want..."] 265->1078 266 You: "Most of them probably don't know what that means." 1079 Joyce Messier: "Fortunately they explained it. Every time the Wild Pines Group makes a decision -- about *anything* -- it needs the signature of *each* of the 2,200 workers in its Martinaise terminal." 266->1079 1449 Joyce Messier: "I'm not sure. Naturally I assumed that was just their opening position, a hard-nosed tactic with a side of mockery. But there's been no follow up, just the same nonsensical slogan repeated over and over again..." 267->1449 268 You: "The king is dead. Long live the workers!" 268->184 269 Rhetoric: There was a touch of discomfort there. She wants to merely *represent*. 270 You: "Fair enough. Tell me something else." 269->270 762 You: "So what do *they* do?" 269->762 835 Joyce Messier: She nods. 270->835 769 Joyce Messier: "The Débardeurs' Union was once a perfectly normal institution. Twenty years ago, anyway. It must *not* have been easy to establish under the Emergency Act, but they did it. I can respect that." 271->769 1311 Jump to: [Strike hub] 272->1311 273 Joyce Messier: She hands it back to you: "It is a relief to see a double-yefreitor here. The situation is precarious to say the least. It needs a quick solution, or we will have a blood bath on our hands." 360 Jump to: [Joyce Lynching hub] 273->360 274 Joyce Messier: "However," she says, with a touch of regret, "This isn't about my feelings. There's also protocol to consider. I'm afraid I can't say any more until I've seen that badge." 274->1319 275 You: What kind of arrangement would it be? 1092 Suggestion: I mean favours for favours. A *dirty* alliance of some sort. 275->1092 276 You: "You don't understand. It's not like a side-case for me. This is my *main thing*." 1525 Joyce Messier: "Trust me, officer, I am *fully committed* to resolving this impasse. This isn't some *side gig* for me." 276->1525 277 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 278 IsKimHere() 277->278 279 !(IsKimHere()) 277->279 432 Kim Kitsuragi: "Wild Pines seems to be *well apprised* of the local drug trade, ma'am. Do you mean to say the Union also *produces* the product? Sells drugs, I mean?" 278->432 1192 Jump to: [Untitled hub] 279->1192 280 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 281 IsKimHere() 280->281 282 !(IsKimHere()) 280->282 854 Kim Kitsuragi: "There was a shakedown of local businesses preceding the strike. Many were squeezed to bankruptcy to fund it." 281->854 282->138 283 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 284 IsKimHere() 283->284 285 !(IsKimHere()) 283->285 359 Kim Kitsuragi: "It appears we're being monitored every step we take, colleague." The lieutenant shrugs. "Did we have any other business here?" 284->359 612 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 285->612 286 Joyce Messier: "To answer your question -- yes. They were organized by Wild Pines. The contractors picked them up from Jamrock and drove them over. This is standard practice. The company reserves a right to man its stations." 286->140 287 Joyce Messier: You're poor. Poor as balls. You can't ask this person for money. You're too... 392 Untitled hub 287->392 288 Inland Empire: You think your little *communism" protects you from this feeling? No. The more *demeaning* it is to grovel at her feet... 288->1335 289 Joyce Messier: "That's garbage! You're a police officer." 289->56 1244 You: "No I'm not. I'm gunk." 289->1244 290->818 291 You: "What? I thought you said you had like twenty billion or something." 1172 Joyce Messier: "That was the annual revenue of the *entire* Wild Pines Group, not my personal fortune..." 291->1172 292 Rhetoric: Her tone makes clear that you've violated some kind of rich-person taboo. Wouldn't be the first time. 293 You: "Hydrodynamique E40? Sounds fast." 292->293 1401 You: "Hi-fi? I like high fidelity disco music too." 292->1401 1173 Joyce Messier: "It is. Fast and silent." She gives you a crooked little smile. "Try again, but lower." 293->1173 294 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 295 IsKimHere() 294->295 296 !(IsKimHere()) 294->296 626 Kim Kitsuragi: "This may seem like *odd* behaviour for a police officer, ma'am, but it's a perfectly common side effect of his..." He squints at you. 295->626 625 Joyce Messier: "Uhm..." The woman dips her fingers back into the bag. "I really did bring as little cash as possible, to avoid attention. So here you are, the last of bit of filthy *lucre* I can share." 296->625 297 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] 298 Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] 297->298 299 !(Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]) 297->299 298->67 633 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_boat_hub_reached"] 299->633 300 You: (Show her your badge.) "I found my badge, by the way." 543 Joyce Messier: "By love, you did!" She inspects the piece of blue plastic, her eyes scanning from left to right. 300->543 301 You: "It didn't have Speedfreaks FM." 301->146 962 Joyce Messier: "I... fail to see the relevance of this station, but..." she smiles warmly, "I'll defer to your judgement. Was there anything else?" 302->962 303->214 304 Jump to: [narco hub] 304->1386 457 Untitled hub 305->457 306 You: "Because it's sleek... and fish-like." 1048 Joyce Messier: A smirk passes her face. "I think I'll stick with the factory name. But thank you." 306->1048 722 Joyce Messier: "Very absurd," she nods. "Thank you for the suggestion. I will stick with the factory name for now -- but thank you." 307->722 308 You: "Okay, but what *kind* of boat is it?" 971 Joyce Messier: "It's a pleasure craft. A nineteen-pacer. It also happens to be rated for Category 1 racing. Though these days I mainly use it for business..." 308->971 309 Untitled hub 309->77 309->559 642 You: "No you're not. You look young." 309->642 727 You: "Were you not overexposed? Does that not cause insomnia?" 309->727 310 You: "No need. Tell me something." 1186 Joyce Messier: "Of course." 310->1186 311 Joyce Messier: "Yes, extremely. Keep in mind, this is a negotiator Mr. Claire has worked with before, and who was more than fair with him and the Union." 311->1187 312 Jump to: [Strike hub] 312->591 586 You: "How about... Dolores." 313->586 885 You: "How about the *Ex-* something." 313->885 1182 You: "How about the *Sleek Fish*." 313->1182 314 Jump to: [reportinghub] 314->1344 315->818 316->1356 317 Shivers: All around you, rain keeps falling down. On the wooden boards she's standing on, and on the water around you... 317->310 728 You: "Neither do I." (Pat your similarly wet cloak.) 317->728 805 You: "I could use a coat like that. The rain is freezing." 317->805 318 Joyce Messier: "Joyce L. Messier. I represent the board of Wild Pines -- the owners of the harbour. You must be from the RCM..." She steps closer and holds out her hand over the railing. 318->1357 574 Joyce Messier: "I was dispatched to handle a strike, not a lynching. Anything I can do to assist the RCM in this matter, I will, gladly." 319->574 320 Joyce Messier: "I'm glad to see you here." She withdraws her small hand and picks up her cup. 1136 Empathy: She is unfazed by your rudeness, probably chocking it up to local custom. 320->1136 405 Joyce Messier: "They're *not*. That's the problem. The Union stopped all negotiations a week ago. After that awful lynching took place." 321->405 322 You: "You mean Jean-Luc, my Race Mentor? He's a great teacher, a man of *virtù*." 909 Joyce Messier: "Oh, so you've *met* him." She takes a sip of tea. "Has he beguiled you with his inane theories?" 322->909 323 You: "Do you have a licence for this boat?" 1139 Joyce Messier: "Officer, I assure you I'm a highly qualified pleasure craft operator." 323->1139 324 You: "Still. I haven't seen anyone else sail a boat around here." 582 Joyce Messier: "I haven't seen anyone else drive a souped-up Coupris Kineema motor carriage either." 324->582 325 do not return 325->106 325->109 325->324 1437 You: "Uhm, Caillou? I thought we were in Revachol." 325->1437 326 Kim Kitsuragi: "Actually," the lieutenant becomes defensive, "that motor carriage has been specially issued to serve as a patrol and *pursuit* vehicle." 1202 Kim Kitsuragi: "It's for crossing long distances in the Greater Revachol Industrial Harbour. It's not a toy." 326->1202 327 You: "You lost me there -- I have no idea what a Coupris Kineema is." 1360 Joyce Messier: "Pardon me, it's not especially relevant." 327->1360 328 Jump to: [Rhetoric: "You *need* to make this lady admit..."] 328->1204 329 Joyce Messier: "I *mean* we are on Le Caillou, are we not?" She raises her brow. 1358 Encyclopedia: Technically, the neighbouring Ozonne and Face-à-La-Mer island groups are archipelagos, while Le Caillou, by contrast, is a single, fertile land mass, the fourth largest island in the world. It is not an archipelago. 329->1358 330->669 331 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 331->663 332 You: Look at her passport. 332->249 333 NAMEHUB 333->308 884 You: "Cool, but your boat really needs a name." 333->884 1001 You: "How do you like it?" (Conclude.) 333->1001 334 You: It'll come off like I'm envious. And I'm not. 335 Rhetoric: You're *not*? Okay then, just keep on admiring the boat then, unburdened by envy. 334->335 1145 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 335->1145 336 Joyce Messier: "Yes -- anyway." She adjusts her hair. The permanent wave in her auburn locks radiates victory. 336->174 337 Reaction Speed: It happens quicker than a shooting star -- but did the lieutenant just *wink* at you? 977 Joyce Messier: "How interesting." She turns to you, unfazed. "I wish you a swift recovery. In the meanwhile, you have my *full* cooperation. And the full cooperation of the Wild Pines Group." 337->977 338 Joyce Messier: "I am a bourgeois woman and this is my long, incredibly lightweight, interminably bourgeois boat." 1294 Jump to: [Empathy: "There is no shame in her voice -- a..."] 338->1294 339 Kim Kitsuragi: "I told you his methods are... unconventional." 756 failure reaction hub 339->756 340 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 340->663 341 Joyce Messier: "I'm afraid the Emergencies Act was put in place by the same Coalition government that leases the RCM the right to police West Revachol." 1447 Logic: You'd be shooting yourself in the foot, in other words. 341->1447 342 Joyce Messier: "But -- I am derailing us. You wanted to know about the strike." 342->181 934 Joyce Messier: "So I hoped." She nods. "But this type of opening is usually followed by a more reasonable offer. I have yet to hear one, just the same nonsensical slogan repeated over and over again..." 343->934 344 Joyce Messier: She nods. 1155 Jump to: [Strike hub] 344->1155 345 Joyce Messier: "They started as an exploration and cargo fleet conducting trade between the Samaran and Insulindian isolas -- 250 years ago, when Pines' ships explored the South-Semenese and charted Lo Manthang on behalf of the suzerain." 597 Joyce Messier: "Centuries of care, deliberation -- and *madness* -- have gone into this endeavour. Vessels pass through the Great Unrest to re-emerge with apricots in tow. The logic of the system is totalizing... It's taken *everything* from its employees to build it." 345->597 346 You: "What is it made of?" 689 Joyce Messier: "It's made of one thousand millions -- a million is made of a thousand thousands." 346->689 347 You: "Is he that bad?" 347->768 348 Joyce Messier: "Of course." She takes a sip from the thermal cup. 348->591 349 Joyce Messier: "Edgar looks *exactly* like his brother, except for that lazy eye. He also *talks* exactly like Evrart does. And when one's term as foreman is up, the other takes over." 349->41 350 Joyce Messier: "Refreshingly honest, officer." She nods. "The company has tried appeasing in the past, but I'm afraid our concessions have only emboldened Evrart and his brother." She turns to you: 350->224 351 Joyce Messier: "Of course." She grabs the mainstay and leans toward you. "But before we do, officer -- let me be perfectly clear..." "Of course." She grabs the mainstay and leans toward you: "But before we do, officers -- let me be perfectly clear..." 351->130 352 Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)] 662 Untitled hub (03) 352->662 1381 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_logic_consider_this"] 353->1381 354 You: "So the strike is *connected* to the lynching?" 354->136 355 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 356 IsKimHere() 355->356 357 !(IsKimHere()) 355->357 1384 Kim Kitsuragi: "Ingredients for *what*, ma'am?" 356->1384 607 You: "What kind of *ingredients* are we talking about here?" 357->607 358 Joyce Messier: "With all due respect to these desert cacti, the contents of a few cash registers cannot provide for *two-thousand* men. The local businesses can scarcely provide for themselves." 358->1463 359->612 6320029 JUMP OUT to PIER / JOYCE LYNCHING AND TATTOOS 360->6320029 361 Inland Empire: Yes. You should be able to take care of yourself. Not grovel at her beautiful feet, dishonouring yourself and your organization with this request... 361->1335 362 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_volition_white_succeeded"] 363 Variable["pier.joyce_volition_white_succeeded"] 362->363 364 !(Variable["pier.joyce_volition_white_succeeded"]) 362->364 1479 Volition: Voila, you're doing it! 363->1479 1243 Volition: I am sorry. It just doesn't come out of your mouth. What does is: 364->1243 365 Joyce Messier: "My...." She doesn't know what to say: "Why do you say that?" 1339 You: "I'm gunk." 365->1339 366 You: "MONEY!!!" 1544 Joyce Messier: "I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you," she chuckles to herself. "The wind is a bit strong, could you repeat that?" 366->1544 367 Kim Kitsuragi: "Ideas like this one are all part of his rare medical condition, ma'am. Nothing to be worried about." 1402 Jump to: [Untitled hub] 367->1402 368 Untitled hub 540 You: "You bribed me all right. I'm your little *peone* now." 368->540 541 You: "I'm still getting my head around this whole *money* concept. You were just helping me out." 368->541 628 You: "Funny that your worried about this and not your ruthless exploitation of the entire *human race*." 368->628 1404 You: "Certainly not. I am an *honourable* policeman." "I am an *honourable* policeman. One of the few good men in Revachol." 368->1404 1547 You: "I want to talk about something else now." 368->1547 369 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 370 IsKimHere() 369->370 371 !(IsKimHere()) 369->371 370->958 542 Joyce Messier: "That's heartening to hear. There are too few honourable men in Revachol." She gives you a slight bow. "Now how else can I help the RCM today, besides supplementing its salaries?" 371->542 372 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_strike_hub_reached"] 373 Variable["pier.joyce_strike_hub_reached"] 372->373 374 !(Variable["pier.joyce_strike_hub_reached"]) 372->374 1342 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""Of course." She takes a sip from t..."] 373->1342 1371 Joyce Messier: "Everything." She smiles. "Right up to -- but not including -- *trade secrets*." 374->1371 375 Joyce Messier: "More lessons in basic reality?" She's positively surprised. "My favourite part of the day! Go ahead, ask me anything." 1343 Jump to: [REALIDAD HAB] 375->1343 376 New jump 377 Composure: Fast, observantly. Like an electronic printer. 377->145 378->818 379 You: "We turned up quite a few *interesting* things actually..." (Share information.) 1252 Joyce Messier: "Ah, good to hear. I wouldn't want to pry into a confidential police matter. But, in the event you'd like to share more... I *would* like to know who it was." 379->1252 380 Joyce Messier: "That speaks of the vastness and sophistication of the operation. Were you able to examine the radio?" 380->301 381 You: "Unfortunately the dial knob was missing, the radio itself was inoperative." 380->381 1040 You: "It was the nerve-center for the operation. She could contact a whole fleet of lorries." 380->1040 796 Joyce Messier: She nods. "Sensible for her to disable access to such essential information." 381->796 382->964 383 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_concept_to_logic"] 384 Variable["pier.joyce_concept_to_logic"] 383->384 385 !(Variable["pier.joyce_concept_to_logic"]) 383->385 1242 Logic: ...within reason. 384->1242 1474 You: Yeah, so? 385->1474 386 You: "Okay. I've made up my mind about the smuggling investigation..." (Proceed.) 1179 Joyce Messier: "Yes?" 386->1179 1555 Joyce Messier: "The point of the presentation is -- these kinds of things *happen* around the Claires. Watch out when you're dealing with him." 387->1555 388 You: "You'll never guess what I found. My badge!" (Show her your badge.) 808 Joyce Messier: "Did you? Wonderful!" She inspects the piece of blue plastic, the faded green pearls of her eyes scanning left to right. 388->808 389 Jump to: [NAMEHUB] 389->333 551 Joyce Messier: She continues: "The literage the local producers must get from this terminal alone must be *oceanic*." 390->551 391 You: I'm not ashamed! 391->87 392->391 621 You: As I should be -- for even considering it. This is a woman and I'm a *man*. 392->621 1334 You: What is this feeling? I've never felt it before. 392->1334 1352 You: Ashamed? 392->1352 1477 You: I'm a god damn working man, I'm not *ashamed* to shake this leech for some dough. 392->1477 1543 You: Yes. I should make my own god damn money by now. 392->1543 393 Jump to: [narco hub] 393->1386 394->337 395 Rhetoric: Don't tell her you've met Evrart *right away*. There's time. 395->8 396 You: "This was your plan all along." 983 Joyce Messier: She shakes her head vigorously. "My plan is to share information. The only way to do that *now* is by telling my employers you've kept your end. Which I hope you will, because let me tell you: we are in *dire* waters." 396->983 397->818 398 Joyce Messier: "*Oh*. And what happened to it, detective?" She returns the lieutenant's badge. 398->1455 399 Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant breathes a sigh of relief. "Good. We won't be needing to go to my Kineema, then." 792 Reaction Speed: There must be about 200 reál in that zip bag. Maybe a little less. Plus some change at the bottom. 399->792 400 You: Don't shake her hand. 1501 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 400->1501 401 You: "Joyce L? What does the 'L' stand for?" 401->98 402 Joyce Messier: IsAfternoon() 403 IsAfternoon() 402->403 404 !(IsAfternoon()) 402->404 973 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 403->973 724 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 404->724 1527 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] 405->1527 406 You: "How long have you been here?" 406->1056 407 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 408 IsKimHere() 407->408 409 !(IsKimHere()) 407->409 408->15 409->991 410 Kim Kitsuragi: "And this is my colleague from Precinct 41." He points to you. "I'm afraid he doesn't have his badge at the moment. I hope mine will suffice." 410->1504 411 You: "I drove my motor carriage into the sea, you know. It sank." 411->108 412 Suggestion: The graciousness of her response makes you feel glad you didn't hassle her about her papers for no reason. 412->331 413 Empathy: Laced with just a touch of pity. 413->669 414 You: "Fine. Anyway..." (Change the subject.) 414->336 415 Reaction Speed: Uhm... 416 You: "Uhm..." 415->416 416->31 417 You: "Good thing everyone else has tiny skiffs." 508 Joyce Messier: "I assure you, they drove quite the hard bargain for this space -- but you're right." 417->508 418 Reaction Speed: Nothing happens. For quite a while. 418->253 680 You: "They will come from my head -- the arguments." 418->680 419 Joyce Messier: "You're marbles on glass, dear. Don't worry." 757 Jump to: [failure reaction hub] 419->757 420 Joyce Messier: "Of course." She bows slightly. "You have my full cooperation -- and the cooperation of the Wild Pines Group." 758 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 420->758 421 Joyce Messier: "'Fuck off, midget.' Gaumont is short of stature, you see." 978 You: "Cool." 421->978 1153 You: "Hmh. Okay then." 421->1153 1493 You: "*Not* cool." 421->1493 422->183 422->267 422->268 422->343 1081 You: "That's pretty funny, I have to admit." 422->1081 423->591 1303 Encyclopedia: Saint-Batiste, LUM, an unknown entity known as Brightest Star... 424->1303 1304 Joyce Messier: "I'm not at liberty to discuss the company balance sheet, but I *can* tell you that last year the company booked more than 20 billion reál in revenue." 425->1304 426 You: "Wow." 1375 Joyce Messier: "Twenty billion is a large number, but the conglomerate employs 72,000 people. They all need to be paid. Then there are capital improvements, interest payments..." A wave hits the sloop, she grasps the mainstay for balance. "Twenty two billion is a large number, but consider this -- the conglomerate employs 72,000 people. They all need wages..." She turns her eyes towards the wave rising against the sloop. 426->1375 427 Joyce Messier: "And to think -- there are years when the group books *losses* in the billions..." A wave hits the sloop, she grasps the mainstay for balance. "And to think -- there are years when the group runs a *loss* of billions..." She turns her eyes towards the wave rising against the sloop. 1307 Joyce Messier: "Wild Pines employs 72,000 people, all of whom have families that depend on their salaries. It is a tremendous responsibility." 427->1307 428 Rhetoric: She's being sarcastic. Don't take her performance literally. 1015 You: "Really?" 428->1015 1216 You: "That's not what you really think, right? 428->1216 429 Joyce Messier: "Have you *seen* him?" 839 You: "I'd rather you tell me about something else." 429->839 935 You: "No." 429->935 430 Kim Kitsuragi: "As I said, ma'am," the lieutenant interjects, "his technique may be *very* unconventional. But he *is* an officer of the RCM." 1260 Joyce Messier: "Of course. I sympathize. But I'm afraid I simply can't share anything more until I've seen that badge..." 430->1260 1318 Joyce Messier: "I'm afraid not, lieutenant. These are my employer's orders..." 431->1318 1042 Joyce Messier: "We're in logistics. It's our business to know -- and no. As far as the company knows, the Union does not produce it. They transport the ingredients. For a cut." 432->1042 433 You: "There's no way I can take this case." (Refuse.) "There's no way we can take this case." (Refuse.) 857 Joyce Messier: "I am very sad to hear that, officer." Her voice is ice cold and laced with worry. "If you change your mind, please let me know. If not, good luck finding your badge -- and your memory." 433->857 434 Joyce Messier: "It may come to nothing, or it may just blow the case wide open. I can keep the drawbridge up for a few more days at least. You should have the time you need." 434->698 435 Kim Kitsuragi: "*If* there is an investigation it will be part of an ongoing operation -- subject to confidentiality. I am sure you understand." 435->52 436 Joyce Messier: "I don't believe that for one moment, officer." There is a pause, then her stern expression clears. "I'm just going to assume that departmental regulations prevent you from saying anything more..." 615 Joyce Messier: "In any case, you've held up your end of our arrangement. Now it's my turn..." 436->615 437 Jump to: [Strike hub] 437->591 438 Joyce Messier: "If these *workers* were organized by Wild Pines or its affiliates, then it would be a company secret. I could not share it with you -- not yet, at least." 866 Jump to: [Rhetoric: "It's implied she's open to discussi..."] 438->866 439 Joyce Messier: "That's the man who was killed..." She almost takes the photo -- but then stops. "I'm afraid this is a discussion for once we've cleared the lynching question." 439->141 1240 You: "Fine, let's return to it later." 439->1240 1397 You: "So you know something about the tattoos?" 439->1397 440 Joyce Messier: "As I was saying..." Her voice breaks the silence and suddenly you're back again. Nearby, a seagull pecks at a piece of garbage... "If there's *any* way I may be of assistance, please don't hesitate to ask." 951 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 440->951 441 Joyce Messier: "Of course." She makes a slight bowing motion. 1398 Empathy: She understands what you're trying to do -- ask for money. But shame is contagious and she doesn't want to offend you by saying it out loud. 441->1398 442 You: "I need 60 reál." 793 Joyce Messier: "That's a good sum -- not too small, not fantastically large." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag -- in it you see paper notes arranged like black gills. "That's a good sum. Not too small, not fantastically large like a billion." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag made of see-through plastic. 442->793 444 Variable["pier.joyce_knows_u_want_money"] 443->444 445 !(Variable["pier.joyce_knows_u_want_money"]) 443->445 444->58 954 Empathy: She's surprisingly nonchalant about this. Could it be that she somehow knows more about your predicament than she's letting on? 445->954 446 Joyce Messier: "Try again, dear. A little lower this time." 446->144 447 Joyce Messier: "So would I -- but woe! There is no such denomination." 789 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 447->789 448 Interfacing: You illustrate the expression by holding an imaginary-- and very, very tiny-- *peone* between your thumb and index finger. 1032 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 448->1032 449 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 450 IsKimHere() 449->450 451 !(IsKimHere()) 449->451 450->958 1482 Joyce Messier: "Au contraire, officer. I also feel queasy about the pittance the Coalition calls your salary. Now is there something else I can do for you, or did you want to chat about *dialectics* some more?" 451->1482 968 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 452->968 453 Volition: Yes. *All* ears. That's how she operates. 876 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 453->876 454 Joyce Messier: "A runaway? Good work, this is a tangible lead towards solving the whole mystery." 547 Joyce Messier: Variable["jam.abandoned_seen_posters"] 454->547 455 You: "What do you mean?" 608 Joyce Messier: "The *lorries,*" she stresses. "Someone needs to move the ingredients from the harbour into the city. Once they reach Jamrock they're distributed to a network of local manufacturers, well beyond our grasp. But in transit they are *vulnerable*." 455->608 456 Joyce Messier: "Perhaps you've noticed that a number of lorries are tangled in a traffic jam at the roundabout just now? Interview the drivers who are still hanging about. One of them might be waiting for a *crucial* shipment." She gives you a knowing look. 850 Perception (Sight): Her irises are light green, like the River Esperance in bright daylight, upstream where it's clearer. 456->850 457->88 697 You: "And you want us to investigate." (Move on.) 457->697 800 You: "Why are you trying to shut down the Party Pipeline?" 457->800 556 Joyce Messier: "Thank you for the suggestion. I see the word has emotional resonance for you. For me, sadly -- none. So I will stick with the factory name." 458->556 459 Joyce Messier: "Of course you're not. It was only a joke." 459->216 460->216 888 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 461->888 462 You: "It happens." 463 Joyce Messier: "Does it?" She arches her brow. "The company suspects foul play, but there's nothing they could do, it was a Union matter." 462->463 463->1555 464->83 464->462 1126 You: "Eerie." 464->1126 465 Jump to: [Composure: "Quickly, methodically, like an elec..."] 605 Composure: Quickly, methodically, like an electric printing machine. 465->605 466 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_inland_it"] 467 Variable["pier.joyce_inland_it"] 466->467 468 !(Variable["pier.joyce_inland_it"]) 466->468 1002 Shivers: A breeze ripples through the sails and tugs at your hair. Below, the sleek, fishlike shape of the hull parts the water. Beneath that -- a resounding darkness. You're reminded of something, or some*one*... 467->1002 468->333 469 Joyce Messier: "I assure you it is no small matter for me either. We *all* share the responsibility for disarming this situation -- I hope you have a badge for me as soon as possible." 469->46 469->276 1261 You: "Like what?" 470->1261 471 Joyce Messier: "The Union is conducting drug trade out of the harbour. It's an open secret in Martinaise. Surely it must not come as a *complete* surprise to the RCM either. Perhaps it's time to look into it?" 1431 Joyce Messier: Variable["cargo.evrart_come_back_and_ask"] == true  and  Variable["cargo.evrart_lock_independent_harbour_q"] == false 471->1431 472 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_evrart_hub_reached"] 473 Variable["pier.joyce_evrart_hub_reached"] 472->473 474 !(Variable["pier.joyce_evrart_hub_reached"]) 472->474 1494 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_evrart_talk_advice_given"] 473->1494 517 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 474->517 475 Untitled hub (03) 475->396 1497 You: "Fair, I guess. The probe will be done soon." 475->1497 476 You: "I heard something about a *complex operation* earlier. This adds up." 477 Joyce Messier: She nods. "I'm glad to hear, officer. I'm sure you'll find out just what that means, soon enough." 476->477 1429 Jump to: [narco hub] 477->1429 478 Joyce Messier: "Evrart Claire is a man of the *utmost* integrity. If you can say one thing about him, it's that he always puts the interests of the workers first." 478->428 479->574 480 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"] 481 Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"] 480->481 482 !(Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]) 480->482 1119 Joyce Messier: IsNight() 481->1119 1043 Joyce Messier: A striking woman leans against the cabin top of her sailing boat, smiling as you approach. Her green raincoat glistens with droplets, a silk scarf is tied around her throat. 482->1043 483 You: "You seem rich. Can I have some money?" 1107 Inland Empire: ...is what you *want* to say. But it isn't that easy, is it? 483->1107 484 Joyce Messier: "Joyce L. Messier. I represent the board of Wild Pines -- the owners of the harbour. You gentlemen must be from the RCM..." She steps closer and holds out her hand over the railing. 484->1357 485 Joyce Messier: "Uhm..." She seems confused. "I meant *you* -- the Revachol Citizens Militia. The police." 485->99 486 a_hub_of_sorts 486->322 486->354 487 You: "Tell me more about this *behemoth*." "Tell us more about this *behemoth*." 486->487 743 You: "Oh, you mean Measurehead?" 486->743 1436 You: "How were the talks going before the lynching?" (Proceed.) 486->1436 577 Joyce Messier: "What can I say? The Union employs a giant covered in tattoos." She pauses. "A racist giant. I guess that's part of their *big tent* organization now." 487->577 995 Joyce Messier: "Of course. To each their own." 488->995 489 Joyce Messier: "In any case..." She takes a sip from her thermal cup. 489->328 490 Joyce Messier: Variable["coast.sunken_dialogue_done"]  and  Variable["pier.joyce_said_not_yours_kineema"] 491 Variable["coast.sunken_dialogue_done"]  and  Variable["pier.joyce_said_not_yours_kineema"] 490->491 492 !(Variable["coast.sunken_dialogue_done"]  and  Variable["pier.joyce_said_not_yours_kineema"]) 490->492 1438 Jump to: [Joyce CAR hub] 491->1438 492->328 493 Jump to: [Rhetoric: "You *need* to make this lady admit..."] 493->1204 494 Kim Kitsuragi: "Actually, you don't." 494->110 585 You: "What do you mean?" 494->585 495 You: The what now? 495->248 1541 Jump to: [Untitled hub] 496->1541 497 Joyce Messier: "Why *Dolores*?" 982 Pain Threshold: Because it *stings*. In an ancient and beautiful way. 497->982 498 Joyce Messier: "Hmm. Well, it means nothing to me. I think I'll stick with the factory name. But thank you for the suggestion." 498->389 499 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 499->663 500->1268 501 You: Fire back -- quick! 502 You: Variable["pier.joyce_reaction_red_performed_comeback"] 501->502 503 Variable["pier.joyce_reaction_red_performed_comeback"] 502->503 504 !(Variable["pier.joyce_reaction_red_performed_comeback"]) 502->504 1508 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_reaction_red_performed_comeback"] 503->1508 504->1508 505 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 506 IsKimHere() 505->506 507 !(IsKimHere()) 505->507 753 Kim Kitsuragi: "That is good to hear, madam." He opens his notebook. "My colleague will take the lead on this interview. I should let you know that he's recovering from an *unusual* medical episode -- *very* unusual -- but I can assure you of his ultimate competency." 506->753 507->24 508->338 509 Joyce Messier: "I assure you, they drove quite a hard bargain for this space -- but you're right." 923 Joyce Messier: "I am a bourgeois woman and this is my fast, lightweight, interminably bourgeois boat." 509->923 510 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 511 IsKimHere() 510->511 512 !(IsKimHere()) 510->512 587 Kim Kitsuragi: "Except he isn't." 511->587 512->175 512->679 512->755 513->253 513->1366 514 Joyce Messier: "Oh, dear, that *is* serious. If this is in any way dangerous for your health, we can always resume our conversation later." 681 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 514->681 515->262 1075 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_pain_fopot"] 516->1075 517->818 594 Untitled hub (03) 518->594 519 Joyce Messier: "Personally, I don't think it has the same *pizzazzo* as *EVERY WORKER -- a MEMBER OF THE BOARD*." 519->594 520 Joyce Messier: "I don't, in fact." She shakes her head. "I'm afraid what I need to tell you is wholly unrelated to art. I really need to discuss it, however. With the RCM -- and I need your badge for that." 893 Drama: Unbelievable, sire. Even the *performance* artists didn't work. 520->893 521 You: "It's possible. After a night of heavy drinking I lost all memory of my life and the world." 1224 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_irregular_question"] 521->1224 522 Joyce Messier: "Oh, *dear*..." She sighs with compassion, sadness even. "I suppose this does explain some of the more *curious* turns in our conversation." 1018 Logic: She must have been suspecting something for a while now. 522->1018 523 You: "This boat, for example. And a home somewhere! I *only* have this case." 1019 Joyce Messier: "Officer..." The carbon fibre hull creaks. 523->1019 524 Joyce Messier: "It's quite straightforward. Someone is using Terminal B to smuggle raw ingredients from the Samaran isola into Revachol with the Union's blessing. Wild Pines has suspected it for years." 524->355 525 You: "What proof do you have that the Union is involved?" 1165 Joyce Messier: "How do you think they're financing this strike? There are thousands of unpaid dockworkers going strong for the fourth month straight." 525->1165 526 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.tell_joyce_about_smuggling"] 527 Variable["TASK.tell_joyce_about_smuggling"] 526->527 528 !(Variable["TASK.tell_joyce_about_smuggling"]) 526->528 1464 Joyce Messier: "Yes, my eyes on the harbour have sent word to that effect -- what have you discovered?" 527->1464 699 Joyce Messier: Variable["jam.jammystery_lorrymans_questioned"] >= 3 528->699 529 Visual Calculus: They must have someone in an overlook position, near the gates... 1347 Joyce Messier: "I suggest you go back and canvas for more suspects." 529->1347 530 Joyce Messier: "The... *scabs*?" She raises her brow. "You mean the huddled masses of Jamrock, come to plead for work where the Union refuses to?" 1106 Reaction Speed: Don't let her answer it herself. 530->1106 531 You: "Do you know something about these tattoos?" (Show her the photo.) 531->439 533 (Variable["pier.joyce_lynching_hub_reached"]  or  Variable["pier.joyce_harrier"]) 532->533 534 !((Variable["pier.joyce_lynching_hub_reached"]  or  Variable["pier.joyce_harrier"])) 532->534 1471 Joyce Messier: "Of course," her back straightens. "Anything to help." 533->1471 1418 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_looking_for_badge_for_lynch"] 534->1418 535 Jump to: [tattoo hub] 6320141 JUMP OUT to PIER / JOYCE LYNCHING AND TATTOOS 535->6320141 536 You: "I need 130 reál." 1175 Joyce Messier: "That's a good sum -- not too small, not fantastically large." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag -- in it you see paper notes arranged like black gills. "That's a good sum. Not too small, not fantastically large like a billion." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag made of see-through plastic. 536->1175 537 Joyce Messier: "That's a reasonable sum -- not too small, not fantastically large." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag -- in it you see paper notes arranged like black gills. "That's a good sum. Not too small, not fantastically large like a billion." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag made of see-through plastic. 716 Joyce Messier: She removes a few notes and hands them to you. The paper is cold and oily to the touch. 537->716 538 Kim Kitsuragi: "... unusual medical episode." 1545 Joyce Messier: "It's all right, lieutenant." The woman dips her fingers back into the bag. "I really did bring as little cash with me as possible, to avoid attention. So here you are -- the last bit of filthy *lucre* I can share." 538->1545 539 Joyce Messier: She removes a few notes and hands them to you. The paper is cold and oily to the touch. 571 Joyce Messier: IsTaskActive("TASK.help_kim_with_money_plan")--[[ Variable[ ]] 539->571 540->448 541->61 542->235 543->377 544 Joyce Messier: "Good evening, officer, I'm Joyce." She extends her hand in greeting. 544->1272 545 Joyce Messier: "What is La Puta Madre?" 637 You: "A seriously bad guy." 545->637 1177 You: "A seriously bad guy. I might even be on his take!" 545->1177 1425 You: "Better not to frighten you, ma'am." 545->1425 546->1344 548 Variable["jam.abandoned_seen_posters"] 547->548 549 !(Variable["jam.abandoned_seen_posters"]) 547->549 1345 You: "She's a fan of vintage movie stars. The inside of the cab was plastered with posters." 548->1345 549->68 550 Joyce Messier: "The Union won *significant* concessions -- including overtime pay *and* a medical plan. This time their demands are more... I guess you could say *aggressive*." 550->89 551->1264 552 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 552->663 553 Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant clears his throat audibly. 1271 Esprit de Corps: Be very careful, what information you're gonna share with her. 553->1271 554 Joyce Messier: "Now, per our original agreement, it's time for me to share company secrets with you." There's a change in her demeanour. A caution comes over her. A tension. 1346 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""I wouldn't normally break protocol..."] 554->1346 555 Joyce Messier: "What?" 555->306 557 Jump to: [NAMEHUB] 556->557 557->333 558 You: "Answer me a question." 558->220 559->220 560 Joyce Messier: "Downright *haunting* if you ask me. The Wild Pines suspected foul play, but what could they do? It was a Union matter." 560->1555 1353 Joyce Messier: "Oh no -- not a problem at all." 561->1353 562 You: "I just like the name for some reason." 562->498 563 Joyce Messier: "I am sorry for the inconvenience, Lieutenant Kitsuragi. But we need them trapped here. This is a unique opportunity. I'm sure you understand." 855 Jump to: [narco hub] 563->855 564 You: "I need 25 reál." 899 Joyce Messier: "That's a good sum -- not too small, not fantastically large." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag -- in it you see paper notes arranged like black gills. "That's a good sum. Not too small, not fantastically large like a billion." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag made of see-through plastic. 564->899 565 Joyce Messier: "I am glad to hear that. Because let me tell you: we are in *dire* waters. The sooner the probe is finished the sooner I can share *crucial* information with you." 566 Joyce Messier: She takes a sip of tea. "Now, is there anything I can do for you in the meanwhile? Tea, perhaps?" 565->566 566->397 567 Joyce Messier: "Frighten me?" She smiles. "I'm not frightened easily, but I understand -- some things are best for the police to keep to themselves." 1485 Jump to: [reportinghub] 567->1485 568 Joyce Messier: Variable["whirling.kim_badge_lie"] 569 Variable["whirling.kim_badge_lie"] 568->569 570 !(Variable["whirling.kim_badge_lie"]) 568->570 569->234 570->410 572 IsTaskActive("TASK.help_kim_with_money_plan")--[[ Variable[ ]] 571->572 573 !(IsTaskActive("TASK.help_kim_with_money_plan")--[[ Variable[ ]]) 571->573 814 Joyce Messier: CancelTask("TASK.help_kim_with_money_plan_cancelled")--[[ Variable[ ]] 572->814 573->792 574->505 575 You: "You seem smart, I need someone to give me a low-down on this... *reality* we're in." 1035 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""This... *reality*?" She pulls her..."] 575->1035 576 Joyce Messier: "Nothing, honestly. I've said it to every drunk in town and you're the first one who's responded." 576->148 577->746 578 Joyce Messier: Variable["cargo.evrart_kim_heard_name"] 579 Variable["cargo.evrart_kim_heard_name"] 578->579 580 !(Variable["cargo.evrart_kim_heard_name"]) 578->580 985 Joyce Messier: Variable["whirling.kim_badge_lie"] 579->985 580->568 581 Kim Kitsuragi: "And this is my colleague from Precinct 41, Detective Du Bois." He points to you. "I'm afraid Harry doesn't have his badge at the moment. I hope mine will suffice." 581->21 1278 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 582->1278 583 Joyce Messier: "Neither is this." The woman pats the cabin hardtop. "A toy, I mean. It's a machine for crossing long distances in the bay of Revachol. Between the city and the islands." "Neither is that." The woman nods toward the sloop. "A toy, I mean. It's a machine for crossing long distances in the bay of Revachol. Between the city and the islands." 583->493 584 You: Let it be. 584->489 892 Kim Kitsuragi: "The Wayfarer Act specifically denies the RCM the authority to demand anyone's operator license. It's a *little known fact* among us law officials." 585->892 586->497 587->32 588 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""No worries." She takes another sip..."] 588->1208 589 Joyce Messier: "You stood there for the longest time! And it looked like you were having trouble forming a sentence." 1007 Joyce Messier: "My mother had a stroke. She exhibited similar problems -- although not *quite* like yours." 589->1007 590 Kim Kitsuragi: "What the ma'am means is that the Emergencies Act and the RCM both get their authority from the Coalition Government." 590->1447 591->79 591->182 686 You: "Tell me about this Union boss -- Mr. Claire." "What do you think of Evrart?" 591->686 834 You: "What are their demands?" 591->834 967 You: "What happened to this... Gaumont?" 591->967 1467 You: "The scabs at the gate -- did you put them there?" 591->1467 592 You: "Nope. That's weak." 1154 Joyce Messier: "Personally, I agree -- It lacks the *pizzazzo* of *EVERY WORKER -- A MEMBER OF THE BOARD*." 592->1154 593->35 594->266 981 You: "What exactly do they mean by it, though? What's the demand?" 594->981 1301 You: "What does that even mean?" 594->1301 595 You: "That's *it*? I thought Wild Pines was supposed to be big time." 595->427 596 You: "Where does Wild Pines *get* all these billions?" 596->345 1013 Jump to: [wild pines end hub] 597->1013 1523 wild pines end hub 598->1523 599 You: "Evrart is a hero of the worker's movement." 599->768 600->42 600->347 600->599 731 You: "He can't be that bad." 600->731 1085 You: "He's not *that* bad." 600->1085 1218 You: "You sound like you're about to take a rapier to him." 600->1218 1450 You: Say nothing. 600->1450 601 Joyce Messier: "Why do you think so?" Her voice is calm, there is only curiosity there. 1159 Conceptualization: What she calls *corruption* is simply an aesthetic category. 601->1159 602 You: "They're good labour men. Can't fault them for a little *corruption*." 1313 Joyce Messier: "Ha!" She throws her hair back. "A real Man of the Left. What else can I tell you about?" 602->1313 603 Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)] 603->662 604 You: "Then I'll find it somehow. Let's talk about something else until I do." 604->351 1223 Logic: She's memorizing your badge number. 605->1223 1379 Joyce Messier: "How can I forget?" She tilts her head to the side. 606->1379 607->50 608->1426 609 Joyce Messier: Variable["tc.camionneur_meaning"] 610 Variable["tc.camionneur_meaning"] 609->610 611 !(Variable["tc.camionneur_meaning"]) 609->611 1102 Suggestion: It sounds like she tried looking into it herself, though she's clearly not the type your typical lorryman would confide in. 610->1102 778 Suggestion: It sounds like she tried looking into it herself. But she's clearly not the type your typical lorryman would confide in. 611->778 612->818 613 spillthehub 613->51 613->379 780 You: "You sent us on a wild goose chase. There's nothing to investigate." 613->780 1394 You: "Hold on, you seem anxious to know. Why's that?" 613->1394 614 Jump to: [spillthehub] 614->613 702 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""I wouldn't normally break protocol..."] 615->702 616 You: Let her continue. 863 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] 616->863 617 You: "I have a photo of the victim's tattoos." (Show it to her.) "Can you tell me about these tattoos again?" "Now can you tell me about these tattoos?" (Show her the photo.) 617->202 618->535 619 You: "Your name is Rejoyce?" 619->142 620 Perception (Smell): A breeze carries with it the faint scent of juniper and oranges. 1542 Joyce Messier: While dull orange pearls hang from her ear lobes, red from cold. Her light green eyes scan you, full of knowledge -- and worry. Wealth and all its possibilities. 620->1542 621->361 622 You: "I NEED MONEY!!!" 622->59 623 Suggestion: Whoa, whoa. Did you see how easy that was? Ask her for more! *Toot-toot* Train to moneytown! 1247 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_ask_more"] 623->1247 1341 Joyce Messier: "So," she returns the zip bag to her jacket. "I hope I didn't just *bribe* you, officer. It may not be technically *illegal* under the Emergency Act, but still..." 624->1341 1481 Joyce Messier: "So," she returns the zip bag to her jacket. "I hope I didn't just *bribe* you, officer. It may not be technically *illegal* under the Emergency Act, but still..." 625->1481 626->538 627->818 628->449 629 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 630 IsKimHere() 629->630 631 !(IsKimHere()) 629->631 630->958 1405 Joyce Messier: "Of course." She bows slightly. "Now how else can I help the RCM today, besides supplementing its salaries?" 631->1405 632 Joyce Messier: She clears her throat. "Now, how else can I help the RCM today, besides supplementing its salaries?" 632->235 634 Variable["pier.joyce_boat_hub_reached"] 633->634 635 !(Variable["pier.joyce_boat_hub_reached"]) 633->635 1483 Joyce Messier: "What would you like to know?" She taps her foot on the deck. 634->1483 907 Joyce Messier: "Why, yes I am..." She looks at the deck under her feet. Green and white sails flutter overhead. 635->907 636->509 1549 Joyce Messier: "Well, he sounds *very* dangerous. I urge you to take care, officer. I wouldn't want anything to happen to you. Not with what's coming..." 637->1549 638 Jump to: [reportinghub] 638->1344 639 Jump to: [reportinghub] 639->1344 1550 Joyce Messier: "*Powerful*..." 640->1550 641->221 1349 Joyce Messier: "Thank you -- I do what I can to remain presentable. Now, ask me some questions. It'll help us pass the night." 642->1349 643 Joyce Messier: She looks at you, expectantly. It is as if you have said nothing -- because you have not. No begging words have left your mouth... 965 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 643->965 644 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_exited_once"] 645 Variable["pier.joyce_exited_once"] 644->645 646 !(Variable["pier.joyce_exited_once"]) 644->646 646->14 647 Joyce Messier: "I can't hear you, darling... speak up, please." 647->521 1117 You: "I could've eaten it for all I know. I don't remember anything. This world, this city. Nothing." 647->1117 648 Kim Kitsuragi: "Why I had to call East Motor Tract -- and *beg* them to open the drawbridge for me. I'd wondered since I first drove *in*. On my motor carriage." 648->563 649 Suggestion: She means: you know her closer now, in some way you know her soul a bit. 649->638 650 Logic: Remember those bold, new exotic revenue streams Evrart said he was going to fund his harbour with? You should go back and ask him about that. 1422 Joyce Messier: "*Or* you can find your badge, which, honestly, seems like a lost cause." 650->1422 652 Joyce Messier: IsMorning() 653 IsMorning() 652->653 654 !(IsMorning()) 652->654 1551 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 653->1551 654->402 655 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 656 IsKimHere() 655->656 657 !(IsKimHere()) 655->657 656->101 657->406 658 Joyce Messier: "Let's say I was not making the kind of progress I'd hoped for when I first arrived..." 658->655 660 IsKimHere() 659->660 661 !(IsKimHere()) 659->661 660->102 661->662 662->190 693 You: "The thing is -- I don't have a badge at this moment." 662->693 1162 You: "Why is this necessary?" 662->1162 1314 You: "I'm Lieutenant Double-Yefreitor Harrier Du Bois, from Precinct 41." (Give her your badge.) 662->1314 663->172 663->323 664 You: "Does she have a name?" 663->664 747 You: "I think I have a handle on the boat thing." (Conclude.) 663->747 997 You: "Not a lot of people on boats, are there?" 663->997 664->112 665 Joyce Messier: "We are. And the city of Revachol is on the island of Le Caillou." 998 Jump to: [do not return] 665->998 666->2 667 Joyce Messier: "I just renewed its safety inspection last month, officer. It is completely seaworthy. In fact, it's taken part in not one, but *two* Insulindic regattas, and finished once." "I just renewed its safety inspection last month, officers. It is completely seaworthy. In fact, it's taken part in not one, but *two* Insulindic regattas. Even finished once." 668 You: "What happened the other time?" 667->668 667->914 667->1441 668->111 669->170 669->1141 797 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 670->797 671->113 672 Kim Kitsuragi: "I'm enjoying this part of the interview -- it has *so* little to do with the murder we're investigating." 1492 Esprit de Corps: I really do, the lieutenant thinks -- is she thrown off, yet? He's looking at the woman, assessing her... 672->1492 673 Joyce Messier: "Then certainly you must know that under the Wayfarer Act the RCM doesn't have the authority to demand anyone's operator license. Freedom of movement and all that." 673->752 674->115 675 You: Why am I even thinking about this? I have police work to do. 676 Rhetoric: Have it your way. 675->676 676->1145 677 Rhetoric: He's trying to signal something. He *wants* you to play up your condition. 677->337 678 Joyce Messier: "Of course." 678->175 678->679 926 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 679->926 680->33 682 IsKimHere() 681->682 683 !(IsKimHere()) 681->683 682->259 684 Pain Threshold: Don't worry. It'll get better when you die. 683->684 1370 Untitled hub (03) 684->1370 685 You: Leave it alone. 685->342 686->478 687 Untitled hub 687->86 1214 You: "Forget it. I wanted to ask something else about the strike." 687->1214 1300 You: "I like it." 687->1300 1302 You: "Over-aggressive commie posturing." 687->1302 1520 You: "I don't know what to think about that." 687->1520 688 Joyce Messier: "They are having a blast -- but how can they *afford* it? After four months my assumption was they would prefer a more *practical* solution." 688->267 688->343 689->187 689->426 689->595 939 You: "The money I owe is *so much* less than that." 689->939 690 Joyce Messier: "A conglomerate the size of the Wild Pines is like a shark -- if it stops moving it will die. Then what becomes of those 72,000 families? It's a tremendous responsibility." 690->1523 691 Joyce Messier: "You know more than you let on." She takes a sip and looks you over afresh. "Certainly it helped, but most of the original indotribes have failed or been absorbed. To survive Wild Pines had to grow and adapt. No suzerain did that." 691->1013 692 You: "Between Evrart the Human Leech and Measurehead, this Union sounds like a *motley crew*. I'm into it." (Wink.) 1221 Joyce Messier: "Well..." She looks across the bay, trying to find the words. "I suppose that's *one* way to look at it -- they're an interesting composition, albeit vile. But enough about Evrart -- what else can I do for you?" 692->1221 842 Joyce Messier: "What happened to it, detective?" 693->842 695 You: "It's not." 694->695 1317 You: "I wish it were." 694->1317 1456 You: "Perhaps it is. But it's also true that I don't remember where my badge is." 694->1456 695->192 696 Joyce Messier: "I'm afraid I can't say any more until we've taken care of formal protocol." 937 Jump to: [Untitled hub (05)] 696->937 1099 Joyce Messier: "Yes. But you won't get anything out of Evrart and the Dockworkers' Union. Still --" she raises her bony finger, "every chain has its weak link." 697->1099 1023 Perception (Smell): A waft of flowers and caramel reaches you where you're standing. 698->1023 700 Variable["jam.jammystery_lorrymans_questioned"] >= 3 699->700 701 !(Variable["jam.jammystery_lorrymans_questioned"] >= 3) 699->701 700->201 1232 Joyce Messier: "On the contrary, officer," she smiles. "There are yet camionneurs you have not talked to. And don't look so surprised. In a time like this it would be strange if Wild Pines *didn't* have eyes on the harbour." 701->1232 702->139 703 Joyce Messier: "If these *strikebreakers* were organized by Wild Pines or its affiliates, then it would be a company secret. I could not share it with you -- not yet, at least." 703->866 704 Untitled hub 704->332 704->619 1142 You: "Everything appears to be in order." (Give the documents back.) 704->1142 1289 You: "You're from Vesper?" "You're from the Republic of Vesper." 704->1289 1111 Inland Empire: Look at that lady. Take a *gander*. Squint your eyes, bub. 705->1111 706 You: What nice fabrics. 867 Joyce Messier: Why yes! Tucked away under that sturdy green raincoat, almost rustic in its simplicity -- a silk shirt and matching scarf around her gentle throat... 706->867 707 You: What lustrous hair. 707->54 708 You: Say it: "Can I have some money?" 709 You: Variable["pier.joyce_volition_white_succeeded"] 708->709 710 Variable["pier.joyce_volition_white_succeeded"] 709->710 711 !(Variable["pier.joyce_volition_white_succeeded"]) 709->711 710->362 711->362 713 Joyce Messier: "Excuse me, I didn't hear you." Her voice is kind, a little hoarse from the wind. 712->713 713->206 714 You: "No, I didn't. Let's talk about something else." 714->441 715 You: "I need 100 reál." 1114 Joyce Messier: "That's a good sum -- not too small, not fantastically large." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag -- in it you see paper notes arranged like black gills. "That's a good sum. Not too small, not fantastically large like a billion." She reaches into her raincoat and pulls out a zip bag made of see-through plastic. 715->1114 716->571 717->539 718 You: "It's possible there's even a connection to La Puta Madre." 718->545 719 Kim Kitsuragi: "No, he's not. Our friend here has quite the sense of humour, part of his technique, you see?" 1407 Joyce Messier: "Nevertheless, he sounds *terribly* dangerous. I urge you to take care, officer. I wouldn't want anything to happen to you." 719->1407 720 Joyce Messier: "Well," she smiles and points toward the roundabout, "here's your chance." 720->304 721 Joyce Messier: "And *now* people are getting *lynched*, I hear. Behind the Whirling-in-Rags... a disastrous situation if there ever was one." 721->123 722->557 723 Joyce Messier: "Then what does that say?" She points to the plaque on the side of the pier. "Does it say *docking reserved for residents of Rue de Saint-Ghislaine 33A*?" 1421 Joyce Messier: "33A -- this old *proletarian* haunt here." She waves at the ruin looming overhead. "As I said, *plenty* of people drive boats. Of all social strata." 723->1421 725 IsKimHere() 724->725 726 !(IsKimHere()) 724->726 1410 Joyce Messier: "Good evening, officers, I'm Joyce." She extends her hand in greeting. 725->1410 726->544 887 Joyce Messier: "Very keen of you, officer. I do also have *saudetic syndrome* from overexposure to the pale. It makes me roost in the night. Like an owl." 727->887 729 Joyce Messier: "Very rugged," she nods in approval. "Good choice. Now, I suspect you had questions -- nothing like talking to pass a rainy day, am I right?" 728->729 729->888 730 Joyce Messier: "Clever. Few suspect a woman in this sort of skulduggery. Good move on their part." 730->314 731->768 732 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_discussed_drawbridge"] 733 Variable["pier.joyce_discussed_drawbridge"] 732->733 734 !(Variable["pier.joyce_discussed_drawbridge"]) 732->734 733->434 734->232 735 Joyce Messier: "I cannot rescind that promise." She smiles apologetically. "To my knowledge, the drivers are still at the roundabout. I will tell you *everything* I know -- when you've finished with them." 735->475 736 Rhetoric: Meaning: the information she has will raise the stakes in this game. 813 Half Light: How bad can the info she has be? 736->813 737->627 738 Kim Kitsuragi: He looks at you expectantly. Then it dawns on him... 1134 You: "I don't seem to have my badge, actually..." 738->1134 1430 Kim Kitsuragi: He looks at you expectantly. Then it dawns on him... 739->1430 740 You: Shake her hand. 740->13 741 You: "What can you tell me about this strike?" "Tell me more about the strike at the harbour." 741->372 742->405 1137 Joyce Messier: "Yes -- Jean-Luc *Measurehead*." She leans back and rolls her eyes. 743->1137 744 Kim Kitsuragi: "This isn't the first time the Union has gone on strike?" 744->166 745 Jump to: [a_hub_of_sorts] 745->486 746->486 747->244 748 Joyce Messier: "Of course there are." She looks around. "We are on an archipelago. How else are you supposed to get around?" 748->245 749 You: "That's not mine. It belongs to my partner, Lieutenant Kitsuragi." 913 Joyce Messier: "No matter *whose* it is. A motor carriage is just a tool. You need it to do your job -- as I do mine. It's just a means of getting where you need to go." 749->913 750 Joyce Messier: "Of course. The situation is precarious." 750->818 751->818 823 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_cyclo_wayfarer"] 752->823 753->26 754->251 755->678 829 You: "I swear to god I'm usually sharp. I don't know what happened. Why am I not *killing it*?!" 756->829 1005 You: "Fuck this, I'm outta here." [Leave.] 756->1005 1071 You: "What were we talking about anyway?" 756->1071 757->756 758->818 759->831 760 Encyclopedia: The octopus that straddles Revachol. The *Emergencies Act* is the cornerstone of post-war Revachol, inseparable from the world it created. 760->122 1212 You: "Wouldn't want to disturb an octopus. Better let it be." 760->1212 1372 You: "How do I repeal it then?" 760->1372 761 Joyce Messier: "Then you might also like their other slogan: 'DEMAND DEMOCRACY!'" 761->592 1050 You: "Not *hard communist* enough for me." 761->1050 1080 You: "Oh, yeah. That's a good one." 761->1080 762->185 763 Logic: No, wait. The chief negotiator heard it from a man at the gates? Surely the Wild Pines Group has more effective channels of information. After all, 2,200 people are on strike -- this is a big deal for them. 763->186 1012 Joyce Messier: "Why, thank you." She does not register the real meaning of the remark. 764->1012 1305 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: "She nods."] 765->1305 766 You: "What exactly is a *billion*?" 1306 Joyce Messier: "It's a number, officer, a *big* one." 766->1306 767 You: "It probably helps to start out with a royal monopoly." 767->691 1158 You: "I remember hearing something about this Edgar." 768->1158 1309 You: "Wait, there are *two* of him?" 768->1309 769->43 770 Joyce Messier: "Pleased to meet you, lieutenant," she inspects the piece of blue plastic, the faded green pearls of her eyes scanning left to right. 770->605 771 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_lynchiong_no_badge_hub_reached"] 772 Variable["pier.joyce_lynchiong_no_badge_hub_reached"] 771->772 773 !(Variable["pier.joyce_lynchiong_no_badge_hub_reached"]) 771->773 772->696 1378 Joyce Messier: "Quite a few things, I'm afraid..." She falls silent for a moment. Contemplating something. 773->1378 774 Logic: Consider this -- perhaps she has been planning it all along? That you convince *yourself* into colluding with her? 1093 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_logic_consider_this"] 774->1093 775->523 776 Joyce Messier: "I will be frank with you." She puts down her thermal cup. "If I'm going to break protocol I need to be able to justify it to my superiors. They're going to want to see something very *tangible*." 1020 Suggestion: You're in, but expect her to drive a hard bargain. 776->1020 777 You: "Why didn't you come to the RCM earlier?" 1325 Joyce Messier: "We *did*, on more than one occasion. Apparently there's some sort of inter-precinct disagreement about whose jurisdiction this area falls under." 777->1325 778->855 779 You: "We have discovered enough to conclude -- for now." 1024 Joyce Messier: "Yes -- and? Will you start an official investigation?" 779->1024 780->436 781 You: "No, I mean scabs." 782 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] 781->782 783 Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] 782->783 784 !(Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"]) 782->784 783->286 784->438 785 Inland Empire: Maybe you can ask her for some *stock tips* -- that's a *maybe*. Or a *job*. But you're sure as hell too ashamed to ask for cash buddy. 785->1335 786 Joyce Messier: "Excuse me, I didn't hear you." her voice is kind, a little hoarse from the wind. "Did you say *money*?" 786->714 787 Physical Instrument: What is this? An athletic challenge? Scream it from the top of your lungs immediately, show that asshole! 1108 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_inland_shame_attack"] 787->1108 788 You: "I need 70 reál." 788->537 790 IsKimHere() 789->790 791 !(IsKimHere()) 789->791 790->367 791->1402 792->623 1403 Joyce Messier: She removes a few notes and hands them to you. The paper is cold and oily to the touch. 793->1403 794 Joyce Messier: She laughs out loud. It is a beautiful laugh, laced with glee and a certain sharpness. It travels far on the water... 794->632 795 You: "I saw a really advanced radio system with *a lot* of stations saved." 795->380 796->546 798 IsKimHere() 797->798 799 !(IsKimHere()) 797->799 798->169 798->247 874 You: "Okay, forget the stupid Wayfarer Act. I had another question..." (Back off.) 798->874 1140 You: "Wait, exactly how little known is this fact?" 798->1140 1442 You: "So we *can't* pull over random civilians and demand their papers? That's weak." 798->1442 799->114 966 You: "Huh, interesting. I had another question..." 799->966 1143 You: "Makes sense, I guess. I mean, look at me." 799->1143 1144 You: "More like Anarchy Act in my opinion." 799->1144 875 Joyce Messier: "I assure you, officer, these are *not* the sort of parties you'd want to attend." 800->875 801 Joyce Messier: "Okay. How about Cor-de-Leite '19. Why?" She taps on the side of the boat, it makes a hollow sound.... 801->85 803 Variable["auto.is_raining"]  and  IsDayFrom(2) 802->803 804 !(Variable["auto.is_raining"]  and  IsDayFrom(2)) 802->804 1122 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_special_greeting_done_rain"] 803->1122 1554 Joyce Messier: "You're back. Good." She takes a sip from her silvery thermal cup. "What can I help you with?" 804->1554 805->78 806->225 807 Kim Kitsuragi: "Thank you for your concern, ma'am. We'll be just fine." 807->312 808->465 809 You: "This case is what I will be *known* by!" 809->1487 810 Half Light: *Qualified pleasure craft operator*... so charming. Where's the damn licence? 1194 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_halflight_demand_licence"] 810->1194 811 Untitled hub 811->914 1440 You: "Can I see your licence?" 811->1440 812 Logic: Uncovering Union secrets could also give you an upper hand when dealing with them. 905 Authority: You'll be indebted to her, in a way. But one step ahead of the Union in another... 812->905 813->160 988 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 814->988 815 Joyce Messier: Variable["cargo.evrart_come_back_and_ask"] == true  and  Variable["cargo.evrart_lock_independent_harbour_q"] == false 816 Variable["cargo.evrart_come_back_and_ask"] == true  and  Variable["cargo.evrart_lock_independent_harbour_q"] == false 815->816 817 !(Variable["cargo.evrart_come_back_and_ask"] == true  and  Variable["cargo.evrart_lock_independent_harbour_q"] == false) 815->817 906 Logic: Remember those bold, new exotic revenue streams Evrart said he was going to fund his harbour with? You should go back and ask him about that. 816->906 848 Joyce Messier: "*Or*..." She picks the cup back up. "You can recover your badge -- though if I may be blunt with you, it sounds like that may be a lost cause." 817->848 818->100 818->300 818->483 818->531 818->575 818->617 818->708 818->741 960 You: "I've got some more questions about *reality*." 818->960 1275 You: "You're on a boat." "Let's talk some more about this *boat* that you're on." "You're on a boat." 818->1275 1330 You: "I spoke with the lorrymen at the roundabout." 818->1330 1406 You: "By the way, I've talked to Evrart Claire." "So I've been dealing with Evrart again..." 818->1406 1434 You: "Thank you. That's all for now." [Leave.] 818->1434 1519 You: "Tell me about Wild Pines. What do you do?" 818->1519 1526 You: "Okay. Tell me about this alleged drug trafficking." "Tell me again about this drug trafficking." "I've changed my mind about the drug trafficking case." "Tell me again about this drug trafficking." 818->1526 819->20 1276 Joyce Messier: "They're *nonsense*, a load of tripe." She tosses back her hair. "But we were on the subject of the talks I believe." 820->1276 821->107 821->327 822 Kim Kitsuragi: "I was just being polite -- even schoolchildren know the Wayfarer Act." 822->169 822->247 822->874 822->1442 824 Variable["pier.joyce_cyclo_wayfarer"] 823->824 825 !(Variable["pier.joyce_cyclo_wayfarer"]) 823->825 824->495 1362 You: *Yawn* 824->1362 825->797 826 You: "I don't know... feels pretty." 826->498 827 You: Actually, yes. I need to nail her for this. 920 Rhetoric: Charge! You've got the guns and the ammo. Before you do, it might be pertinent to ask a few more questions... learn whatever you can about this *boat* of hers. 827->920 1068 Joyce Messier: "You mean *eel's hips* -- but point taken. I am a bourgeois woman and this is my fast, light, interminably bourgeois boat." 828->1068 829->419 830 You: "How about we concentrate on the dishonourable thing that happened, huh?" 1368 Joyce Messier: "Of course." She slightly bows her head. "Please accept my apologies. What can I help you with?" 830->1368 831->818 832 You: "What is your role in this, precisely?" 832->16 833 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 833->818 1373 Joyce Messier: "There are leaflets everywhere, and banners... what did they say again? Oh, yes..." 834->1373 1490 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 835->1490 836 Joyce Messier: "You mean aside from being the terminal's legal owners?" She gives you a little smile. "Who are responsible for moving *eight* percent of the world's cargo?" 836->188 837 You: "You don't keep it moving -- the workers do. The company is nothing without them." 836->837 1215 You: "That's all I needed to know -- about something else..." 836->1215 837->39 838 Joyce Messier: "A company getaway. For a weekend or a summer holiday. Then came the Revolution, but that's another matter..." She takes a sip. "I'm here to make sure the Pines can fulfil their responsibilities to the place they *built*." 838->228 1524 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""Of course." She takes a sip from t..."] 839->1524 1377 Joyce Messier: "Thank you for being candid," she nods. "Sadly, Wild Pines have cooperated with what amounts to a crime syndicate for two decades. However much you feed the wolf -- the wolf always hungers." 840->1377 841 Joyce Messier: "Point taken." She falls silent. The crow's feet in the corner of her eye deepen. She looks to the city behind you, then to the coast. "But enough about Evrart -- what else can I do for you?" "Point taken." She falls silent. The crow's feet in the corner of her eye deepen. She looks to the village behind you, then to the sea. "But enough about Evrart -- what else can I do for you?" 841->129 1315 Empathy: Awkwardness washes over the conversation. The woman doesn't like this turn of events. 842->1315 843 You: "They said it was for a *performance*. You know how artists are nowadays." 843->520 844 Joyce Messier: "I... see..." She looks increasingly worried. "So are you saying you *lost* your badge during the course of this *episode*?" 844->521 844->1117 1355 You: "Uhm... yes." 844->1355 845 negotiate_or_die 845->275 845->388 845->604 1459 You: How do I negotiate my way out of this? 845->1459 846->818 847 Half Light: Perhaps she even knew beforehand of your affliction? A sudden pinch of paranoia comes over you... 1163 Jump to: [negotiate_or_die] 847->1163 848->133 1021 You: "Excuse us for a moment, madam." [Leave.] 849->1021 1531 Joyce Messier: "I'll be explicit: if you find this driver, I will share company secrets with you." 850->1531 851 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 852 IsKimHere() 851->852 853 !(IsKimHere()) 851->853 1326 Kim Kitsuragi: "We know the company has launched its own probe into the Union's alleged involvement -- we also know it's come up empty. It's not just the RCM -- *no one's* been able to find any hard evidence." 852->1326 1408 You: "That's not really my area. I just want to get to the bottom of this." "All this talk about *jurisdictions* is really cramping my style. I just want to get to the bottom of this." 853->1408 854->358 855->1386 856 You: "I'll look into it, probe the drivers, see what it yields." (Accept.) "We will take this case, probe the drivers, see what it yields." (Accept.) 1489 Joyce Messier: "Excellent." She takes a long sip of tea. "According to my reports there are at least three lorry drivers lingering near the roundabout. Hopefully one of them will know something." 856->1489 1231 Joyce Messier: "In the meantime, I'll still try to assist you any way I can. This disagreement is peanuts compared to what happens if you fail your main investigation." 857->1231 858->283 859 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_authority_cut_in_kim"] 860 Variable["pier.joyce_authority_cut_in_kim"] 859->860 861 !(Variable["pier.joyce_authority_cut_in_kim"]) 859->861 1105 You: Let the lieutenant handle it. 860->1105 1395 You: Yes -- I should decide. 860->1395 861->435 862 Jump to: [Joyce Lynching hub] 862->6320029 864 Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] 863->864 865 !(Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"]) 863->865 1026 Joyce Messier: "Yes. They were organized by Wild Pines. The contractors picked them up from Jamrock and drove them over. This is standard practice. The company reserves a right to man its stations." 864->1026 1332 Joyce Messier: "If they were organized by Wild Pines or its affiliates then it would be a company secret. I could not share it with you -- not right now at least..." 865->1332 1539 Rhetoric: It's implied she's open to discussing this matter with you at a later occasion. 866->1539 867->620 868 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_narco_hub_reach"] 869 Variable["pier.joyce_narco_hub_reach"] 868->869 870 !(Variable["pier.joyce_narco_hub_reach"]) 868->870 947 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs"] == true  and  Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs_done"] == false 869->947 870->524 871 You: "I've told you what I've found, now it's your turn." (Conclude.) 872 Joyce Messier: "I appreciate you placing your trust in me. Thank you again for looking into this matter. You have my gratitude -- and the gratitude of Wild Pines Group..." 871->872 872->554 873 Joyce Messier: "About the boat?" A wisp of steam rises from her thermal cup. 1180 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 873->1180 874->73 883 Electrochemistry: She has no *idea* what kind of parties you've been to. 875->883 877 IsKimHere() 876->877 878 !(IsKimHere()) 876->878 877->553 878->1344 879 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 880 IsKimHere() 879->880 881 !(IsKimHere()) 879->881 1118 Kim Kitsuragi: "No matter, detective. We're losing the thread again." 880->1118 963 Joyce Messier: "Now's neither the time nor the place to discuss such matters. What else did your investigation turn up?" "Right." She glances sideways at the lieutenant. "It's really not the time or place to discuss such matters. What else did you find in your investigation?" 881->963 882->818 883->1192 884->801 885->147 886 Joyce Messier: "Good afternoon, officers, I'm Joyce." She extends her hand in greeting. 886->1272 1256 Joyce Messier: "I almost never sleep anymore... if I do it's for an hour, four tops" She suppresses a yawn. "Go ahead -- ask me some questions. They are the *only* cure." 887->1256 888->818 889 Joyce Messier: "Yes. Keep in mind, this is a negotiator Mr. Claire has worked with before, and who was more than fair with him and the Union." 889->1187 890->80 891 Jump to: [negotiate_or_die] 891->845 892->752 893->45 894 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_check_found"] 895 Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_check_found"] 894->895 896 !(Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_check_found"]) 894->896 895->845 979 Rhetoric: She's a professional *negotiator*. She should be open to some sort of mutually beneficial arrangement.. 896->979 897->818 898 Joyce Messier: "What is that lieutenant?" 898->648 1051 Joyce Messier: She removes a few notes and hands them to you. The paper is cold and oily to the touch. 899->1051 900 Suggestion: It's hard to get a read on her precise disposition, but she *appears* helpful. 900->24 901 Empathy: She doesn't like it. Probably a bad memory. Mean girls at school or some ancient lover... 901->1541 902 Joyce Messier: Variable["cargo.evrart_main_hub_reached"] 903 Variable["cargo.evrart_main_hub_reached"] 902->903 904 !(Variable["cargo.evrart_main_hub_reached"]) 902->904 903->472 904->517 905->1386 906->848 907->663 908 You: "RCM -- what is that? I'm a little *foggy* here." "What exactly is the RCM? I remember hearing it from somewhere." 908->485 909->17 1058 Joyce Messier: "Funny, I could think of a few ways to dispute them." She pauses. "But we digress." 910->1058 1190 Drama: Everyone *knows* you can't trust artists. They're nearly as bad as *clowns*. 911->1190 912->843 913->490 1287 Joyce Messier: "Why wouldn't it be? This is Revachol. Wayfarer act and all. *Anyone* can drive a boat." 914->1287 915 Kim Kitsuragi: "Unless it's their *passport*, no. Do you want to ask for the lady's passport?" 915->669 916 Encyclopedia: The one time this busted up cabbage has something useful for your *job* you just want to stare at some boat. Fine. Knock yourself out. 916->797 917 Joyce Messier: "My sloop? I like it a lot." Her lips curl into a wry smile. "It's the *eel's hips*, baby." 1063 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 917->1063 918 Joyce Messier: "Technically speaking, you *don't*." 1364 You: "I'm pretty sure I do. I police." 918->1364 1506 You: "What do you mean?" 918->1506 919 You: Uhm... why? 1205 Rhetoric: Why what? Stop thinking. Take her down. 919->1205 920->1145 921 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 921->663 922 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 922->663 923->1294 924->418 925 Joyce Messier: "I can see your hand is getting tired now -- there is no need to continue. No one is keeping score." 925->756 927 IsKimHere() 926->927 928 !(IsKimHere()) 926->928 1209 Joyce Messier: "Lieutenant, I truly don't understand what is happening here." 927->1209 1003 Reaction Speed: Your hand tires from making the motion. 928->1003 929 Joyce Messier: "Officer, I am *so* sorry for the whole pier situation." 929->176 930 You: "I don't *think* it was a stroke." 931 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"] 930->931 932 Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"] 931->932 933 !(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]) 931->933 1369 Joyce Messier: "If you have doubts about your brain's blood supply, well... that's what we call a serious matter." 932->1369 1446 Joyce Messier: "A stroke could partially explain the *memory trouble* you've been experiencing." 933->1446 934->721 935->349 936->1315 937->240 938->818 939->38 940 Joyce Messier: Variable["tc.union_bankruptcy"] 941 Variable["tc.union_bankruptcy"] 940->941 942 !(Variable["tc.union_bankruptcy"]) 940->942 1327 You: "I've heard they shook down local business owners. Drove a few out of business to finance it." 941->1327 942->280 943 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 944 IsKimHere() 943->944 945 !(IsKimHere()) 943->945 1166 Kim Kitsuragi: "Or not -- though if you have evidence to the contrary I'm *eager* to hear it." 944->1166 945->200 946 Jump to: [narco hub] 946->1386 948 Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs"] == true  and  Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs_done"] == false 947->948 949 !(Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs"] == true  and  Variable["TASK.probe_drivers_about_drugs_done"] == false) 947->949 1329 Joyce Messier: "Until you come up with something at that intersection I'm afraid I have little else to tell you -- but I'll try. Ask." 948->1329 1391 Joyce Messier: "The lorries are still stuck at the roundabout -- if the police is asking, one of the drivers might admit to it." 949->1391 950 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 950->818 951->818 952 Joyce Messier: "Shall we talk about something else maybe?" Her voice is kind, if anything she sounds a little confused. 952->290 953 You: "I need 10,000 reál." 953->60 954->1113 955 Physical Instrument: Really put your back into it. Yell it from the top of your lungs! 955->57 955->143 955->207 955->366 956 You: "I would like 0.1 cents." 956->447 957 You: "Can I have some more?" 957->294 1115 Joyce Messier: "Which he most certainly will do." She bows, and then raises a single eyebrow in your direction: "Now, how else can I help the RCM today, besides supplementing its salaries?" 958->1115 1250 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 959->1250 960->375 961 You: "I found research about something called *ULAN* frequencies related to the operation." 1484 Joyce Messier: "High intensity microwave frequencies? They're used for navigational purposes, to compress the interisolary space. They may use it to communicate with incoming freighters..." 961->1484 962->381 962->1040 964->1344 965->818 966->873 1011 Joyce Messier: "Mr. Claire told him to, how did he put it?" She pauses to compose herself... 967->1011 969 IsKimHere() 968->969 970 !(IsKimHere()) 968->970 1116 Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant's stone-like face remains impassive, yet in his eyes -- a flash of reproach. 969->1116 970->962 972 Jump to: [NAMEHUB] 971->972 972->333 974 IsKimHere() 973->974 975 !(IsKimHere()) 973->975 974->886 975->239 976 You: "I'm not a drunk. I'm a police officer." "I'm not a drunk. I'm a police officer." (Wave around that big old bottle while you say it.) 976->459 977->900 978->311 979->845 980 Logic: As the shipments approach Revachol? Hmm... somehow you suspect something more *sinister*. 1053 Logic: Let's be honest, you have no idea what that meant -- interisolary microwave compression? Moving on... 980->1053 981->36 982->562 982->826 1254 You: "After Her Innocence Dolores Dei." 982->1254 983->736 984->115 986 Variable["whirling.kim_badge_lie"] 985->986 987 !(Variable["whirling.kim_badge_lie"]) 985->987 1267 Kim Kitsuragi: "And this is my colleague from Precinct 41, Detective Du Bois." He waits for you to show your badge. 986->1267 987->581 989 IsKimHere() 988->989 990 !(IsKimHere()) 988->990 989->399 990->792 1059 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 991->1059 992 Joyce Messier: IsEvening()  or  IsNight() 993 IsEvening()  or  IsNight() 992->993 994 !(IsEvening()  or  IsNight()) 992->994 995->745 996 You: "What happened then?" 996->550 997->748 998->325 999 Joyce Messier: "Yes, we are." She raises her brow. "We are on Le Caillou." 999->1358 1000 Joyce Messier: "Of course." She searches the pockets of her raincoat, producing a bundle of documents in a sealed plastic bag. 1000->704 1001->917 1002->333 1003->925 1070 You: Keep waving your hand, slowly. 1004->1070 1004->1366 1295 Joyce Messier: "Oh no..." Her eyes turn large and round... 1005->1295 1006 You: "Ma'am. You humiliated me." 1006->34 1007->930 1367 You: "Actually, I *might* have suffered a stroke. I'm not sure." 1007->1367 1008->818 1009 You: "I called my station's lazareth and they told me to 'drink less.'" 1150 Joyce Messier: "Drinking less sounds like a great start!" She nods approvingly, but without condescension. "Go on -- you have my full cooperation." 1009->1150 1010->902 1011->421 1012->425 1012->765 1013->1523 1014->838 1015->40 1016 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""Of course." She takes a sip from t..."] 1016->348 1017 Authority: But she *knows* you're police. 1017->603 1227 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 1018->1227 1019->47 1019->809 1020->151 1022 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 1022->818 1023->1022 1103 Empathy: She's trying to conceal her excitement, but the slight glimmer in her green eyes tells you otherwise. 1024->1103 1025 You: "Let's call them strikebreakers -- you put them there, right?" 1167 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] 1025->1167 1026->437 1027->713 1028->441 1029 You: "I need a *billion* reál." 1400 Joyce Messier: "Excuse me sir, I don't have a billion reál." 1029->1400 1030->292 1031->235 1033 IsKimHere() 1032->1033 1034 !(IsKimHere()) 1032->1034 1033->958 1034->794 6360620 JUMP OUT to PIER / JOYCE REALITY HUB 1035->6360620 1036 You: "It seems the architect of the operation has gone missing. An abandoned lorry is near the statue." "It seems the architect of the operation is missing. An abandoned lorry is near the statue of Filippe, a FALN A-Z *Tempo*." 1036->454 1037 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 1038 IsKimHere() 1037->1038 1039 !(IsKimHere()) 1037->1039 1038->719 1039->1407 1040->69 1041 Joyce Messier: "Now they won't even let me into the harbour. There's a 2.20 m racist behemoth blocking the gates." 1041->486 1042->1192 1043->652 1412 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_overradiated"] 1044->1412 1045 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 1046 IsKimHere() 1045->1046 1047 !(IsKimHere()) 1045->1047 1046->807 1047->312 1048->389 1049 Encyclopedia: A... billion? 1049->187 1049->426 1049->595 1049->766 1049->939 1050->1154 1051->571 1052->315 1053->639 1054 Logic: Didn't Titus mention that Ruby ran a *complex operation* out of her lorry? Could it be connected? Only one way to find out -- investigate! 1385 Visual Calculus: How convenient that they're stranded like beached whales at that roundabout. 1054->1385 1055->1136 1056->407 1057->99 1058->745 1060 IsKimHere() 1059->1060 1061 !(IsKimHere()) 1059->1061 1060->744 1061->996 1062->412 1064 IsKimHere() 1063->1064 1065 !(IsKimHere()) 1063->1065 1064->672 1065->499 1066 Rhetoric: You have the guns and the ammo! Take this *klassenfeind* down! Before you do -- it would be pertinent to ask other questions. Gather more info on this *boat* of hers... 1066->1145 1067 Joyce Messier: "Think nothing of it, officer." She runs her hand along the fibreglass cabin. "What's a little *class conflict* between friends?" 1067->922 1068->29 1069 Joyce Messier: "My..." she inspects the motion. "It's as if there is *a tiny spinner* on the side of his head, and he's *reeling* thoughts out." 1069->510 1070->1069 1296 Joyce Messier: "It was *quite* a while ago, but I think..." she looks around. "Yes. We were discussing my fast, large, ineluctably middle class boat." 1071->1296 1072->1006 1297 You: "What situation? I don't remember any situation." 1072->1297 1515 You: "No problem, let's resume normal, professional relations." 1072->1515 1073->121 1073->179 1073->832 1516 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 1074->1516 1076 Variable["pier.joyce_pain_fopot"] 1075->1076 1077 !(Variable["pier.joyce_pain_fopot"]) 1075->1077 1076->180 1077->685 1078->342 1079->593 1080->519 1081->688 1082 Joyce Messier: "What *we* do -- I'm afraid I don't speak for Wild Pines as a whole. It's a giant undertaking." 1082->269 1083 You: "What does such a huge system want with a place like this?" (Look around.) 1083->836 1084->228 1085->768 1087 IsKimHere() 1086->1087 1088 !(IsKimHere()) 1086->1088 1310 Kim Kitsuragi: "A mob," the lieutenant says succinctly. "The Débardeurs are a crime syndicate. Sad as it may be, we're forced to cooperate with them." "A mob," the lieutenant says succinctly. "The Débardeurs are a crime syndicate. Sad as it may be, I suspect we'll be forced to cooperate with them." 1087->1310 1088->127 1088->189 1088->840 1088->1220 1089 You: "Sounds like they're All-Revachol. I'm All-Revachol, too. To hell with the rest." 1089->128 1090->844 1091 Joyce Messier: "I *do* believe you -- naive as that may sound. I simply can't imagine what you'd gain by *faking* such a condition." 1091->1227 1092->774 1094 Variable["pier.joyce_logic_consider_this"] 1093->1094 1095 !(Variable["pier.joyce_logic_consider_this"]) 1093->1095 1094->847 1095->1163 1096 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_red_check"] 1097 Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_red_check"] 1096->1097 1098 !(Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_red_check"]) 1096->1098 1097->196 1098->132 1164 Logic: The hand-off. The motor lorries at the roundabout. 1099->1164 1101 Joyce Messier: "Thousands of litres of raw ingredients will pour onto the streets of Revachol. Not the East, across the river, but the West. The vulnerable, the weary..." 1100->1101 1389 Shivers: A cold breath rushes in from the bay, making its way down the alleyways and potholed streets -- from Martinaise to Jamrock. In the traffic you hear the clinking of glass vials, concealed beneath tarpaulin. Or is it just your teeth chattering in the cold? 1101->1389 1102->855 1234 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 1103->1234 1104->615 1105->435 1536 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_reaction_reply_to_scabs"] 1106->1536 1107->787 1109 Variable["pier.joyce_inland_shame_attack"] 1108->1109 1110 !(Variable["pier.joyce_inland_shame_attack"]) 1108->1110 1109->705 1170 You: "YOU SEEM RICH. CAN I HAVE SOME MONEY?" 1109->1170 1110->643 1111->706 1111->707 1112->365 1113->209 1113->442 1113->536 1113->564 1113->715 1113->788 1113->953 1113->956 1113->1029 1246 You: "I need 1 reál." 1113->1246 1546 Joyce Messier: She removes a few notes and hands them to you. The paper is cold and oily to the touch. 1114->1546 1115->235 1116->962 1117->1224 1118->963 1120 IsNight() 1119->1120 1121 !(IsNight()) 1119->1121 1120->74 1121->802 1123 Variable["pier.joyce_special_greeting_done_rain"] 1122->1123 1124 !(Variable["pier.joyce_special_greeting_done_rain"]) 1122->1124 1123->1554 1198 Joyce Messier: "You're back. Good." She looks at the ripples on the water's surface. "What can I help you with -- not an umbrella, I hope. I don't need one myself, you see..." She pats her wet raincoat. 1124->1198 1125->818 1126->560 1128 Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]  and  Variable["pier.joyce_village_intro_done"] == false 1127->1128 1129 !(Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]  and  Variable["pier.joyce_village_intro_done"] == false) 1127->1129 1128->229 1129->64 12490142 JUMP OUT to VILLAGE / JOYCE 1130->12490142 1131 Kim Kitsuragi: "Well -- at least this solves *one* mystery." 1131->898 1132 Reaction Speed: ... they're profiting from this trade. 1132->1253 1133->96 1134->398 1135 You: "My badge. Yes. Of course. My badge that I have on me." 1135->738 1136->574 1137->746 1361 Jump to: [joyce BOAT hub] 1138->1361 1282 Perception (Sight): The crowns of her teeth are porcelain, white as the boat's hull as she smiles. 1139->1282 1140->822 1141->1000 1288 Joyce Messier: She nods and returns the plastic bag to her coat. 1142->1288 1443 Joyce Messier: "You may still ask for my passport." She strikes a reconciliatory tone... 1143->1443 1144->171 1145->663 1146->677 1147->418 1148->830 1148->930 1149 You: "Huh, what do you mean?" 1148->1149 1148->1367 1149->589 1150->831 1151 You: "No one lives forever, baby." 1151->120 1152 Joyce Messier: "I am glad you see it that way. To repeal the act would mean *repealing* the Coalition government. The one that leases you the right to police West Revachol..." 1152->1447 1153->889 1154->594 1155->591 1374 Joyce Messier: "I first heard it from the *boia* at the gates,” her reply comes quick, “the one who's very name advertises his aversion to work. I think he said it was *Call Me Mañana*." 1156->1374 1157 Encyclopedia: The Wild Pines Group is one of the original Revacholian *indotribes* -- companies awarded royal monopolies by the king (the suzerain) himself, centuries ago. The king is long gone, but several of the indotribes remain. 1157->37 1158->429 1159->602 1159->692 1159->1089 1160 You: "Talking in aesthetic categories is the privilege of the overclass. From what I've seen -- most people are just trying to survive." 1159->1160 1160->841 1161 Empathy: Worry lines crease her forehead, but it's more than worry. In her eyes, a hint of... is that *guilt*? 1161->167 1222 Joyce Messier: "I just can't go around telling confidential information to strangers. I've signed a contract." 1162->1222 1163->845 1322 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_logic_lorries_pickup"] 1164->1322 1165->940 1166->199 1168 Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] 1167->1168 1169 !(Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"]) 1167->1169 1168->286 1169->703 1170->53 1171 You: "Oops, I must have misheard." 1171->446 1172->446 1480 Joyce Messier: "I like high fidelity *anything*, sir." She gives you a fast little smile. "Now try again, but lower." 1173->1480 1174 Joyce Messier: She removes a few notes and hands them to you. The paper is cold and oily to the touch. 1174->571 1175->1174 1251 Joyce Messier: Seaweed drips from the badge in your hand. It smells of fish. "What can I help you with, lieutenant-yefreitor?" 1176->1251 1177->1037 1178 Joyce Messier: "We contain multitudes, do we not? It might not be pertinent to her... *profession*, but who knows? It may help you find her yet." 1178->649 1179->433 1179->856 1180->663 1181 Joyce Messier: "*EVERY WORKER -- A MEMBER OF THE BOARD!*" 1521 Logic: Most of the workers probably don't know what that means. 1181->1521 1182->555 1183 Joyce Messier: "I'm not really *big* on moralist symbols. I think I'll stick with the factory name. But thank you." 1183->389 1184->558 1348 You: "It's night. Don't you ever sleep?" 1184->1348 1185 Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub] 1185->818 1186->888 1187->1155 1188 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: "She smiles. "Watch out for yourself..."] 6350496 JUMP OUT to PIER / JOYCE ON EVRART 1188->6350496 1189 Rhetoric: She's not actually considering it. It's sarcasm. 1189->557 1190->227 1191->45 1192->457 1193 Inland Empire: Yes. You're too ashamed to ask this person for *money*, too scared to belittle yourself in her eyes -- those half-precious stones of Eau-de-Nil. 1193->1335 1195 Variable["pier.joyce_halflight_demand_licence"] 1194->1195 1196 !(Variable["pier.joyce_halflight_demand_licence"]) 1194->1196 1195->811 1262 Encyclopedia: Her nonchalance *might* be related to something called the Wayfarer Act -- a law that says she doesn't *need* a licence. Sly fox... you're not aggressive enough to harass her further on this. 1196->1262 1197 Reaction Speed: This checks out. 1197->763 1198->317 1200 CheckItem("badge") 1199->1200 1201 !(CheckItem("badge")) 1199->1201 1200->352 1201->578 1202->583 1203 Joyce Messier: "Surely you're aware that under the Wayfarer Act the RCM doesn't have the authority to demand anyone's operator license. Freedom of movement and all that." 1203->752 1291 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_rhetoric_boat_suggestion"] 1204->1291 1205->334 1205->675 1205->827 1206->414 1206->501 1207 Rhetoric: Yup. That's the stuff. 1207->417 1208->340 1209->339 1210->760 1211->833 1212->1152 1213 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""Fortunately they explained it. Eve..."] 1213->1079 1214->344 1308 Jump to: [Joyce Messier: "She nods."] 1215->1308 1216->40 1217 Joyce Messier: "Yes. Edgar looks *exactly* like his brother, except for that lazy eye. He also *talks* exactly like Evrart does. And when one's term as foreman is up, the other takes over." 1217->41 1219 Joyce Messier: "Oh heavens no! We get along just fine... Yet now that you mention it, I can't stop imagining that black treacle... Just dribbling down his double chin..." She stops and smiles. 1218->1219 1219->42 1219->347 1219->731 1219->1085 1219->1450 1220->601 1221->129 1452 Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_doodads_mentioned"] 1222->1452 1223->273 1225 Variable["pier.joyce_irregular_question"] 1224->1225 1226 !(Variable["pier.joyce_irregular_question"]) 1224->1226 1225->522 1458 Joyce Messier: "Oh, *dear*..." she sighs with confusion, sadness even. "Some kind of encephalopathic amnesia? I don't even know how to respond..." 1226->1458 1228 IsKimHere() 1227->1228 1229 !(IsKimHere()) 1227->1229 1228->430 1229->274 1230->776 1231->1022 1232->529 1233 You: "Wait, where exactly are these *eyes* located?" 1535 Joyce Messier: "It doesn't really matter -- and I do apologize for the surveillance. Wild Pines can't afford to be blind at a time like this." 1233->1535 1235 IsKimHere() 1234->1235 1236 !(IsKimHere()) 1234->1236 1237 Authority: The lieutenant is about to interject. Cut him off. This decision should be yours. 1235->1237 1236->613 1237->859 1238 You: "You're right, I don't know what got into me. Some of that degenerate dock worker lingo has rubbed off, it seems." 1468 Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] 1238->1468 1239 Joyce Messier: "Ha!" She gives you a crooked smile. "If the workers were organized by Wild Pines then it would be a company secret. I could not share it with you  -- not yet, at least..." 1239->866 1240->1333 1241->1542 1242->1474 1243->55 1244->952 1245->443 1340 Joyce Messier: "No, you don't. One reál won't get you two pieces of bath tissue to rub together." 1246->1340 1248 Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_ask_more"] 1247->1248 1249 !(Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_ask_more"]) 1247->1249 1248->210 1248->957 1249->1341 1250->818 1251->90 1252->453 1253->815 1254->1183 1255 Joyce Messier: "Good morning, officers. I'm Joyce." She extends her hand in greeting. 1255->1272 1257 Empathy: Her smile is bitter. There is no cure. 1256->1257 1257->1185 1258 You: "Sail away." 1258->1188 1259->103 1260->1319 1261->471 1262->155 1263->277 1265 IsKimHere() 1264->1265 1266 !(IsKimHere()) 1264->1266 1265->1131 1266->393 1267->1134 1267->1135 1269 Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] 1268->1269 1270 !(Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"]) 1268->1270 1269->97 1270->723 1271->1344 1273 IsKimHere() 1272->1273 1274 !(IsKimHere()) 1272->1274 1273->484 1274->318 1275->297 1276->745 1277->999 1279 IsKimHere() 1278->1279 1280 !(IsKimHere()) 1278->1280 1279->326 1280->241 1281->411 1281->584 1281->749 1282->810 1283 Joyce Messier: IsKimHere() 1284 IsKimHere() 1283->1284 1285 !(IsKimHere()) 1283->1285 1284->494 1285->918 1286->669 1287->552 1288->331 1290 Joyce Messier: "My husband is. I have dual citizenship. A Vespertine is handier when travelling." 1289->1290 1290->1541 1292 Variable["pier.joyce_rhetoric_boat_suggestion"] 1291->1292 1293 !(Variable["pier.joyce_rhetoric_boat_suggestion"]) 1291->1293 1292->919 1444 You: Yes, I do! 1292->1444 1424 Authority: She's having a good time arguing against the law. Too good, perhaps? 1293->1424 1294->29 1296->257 1297->420 1298 END 1299 Joyce Messier: "Why, by throwing off half a century of foreign domination under the Coalition! Unfortunately for you, the Coalition also leases you the right to police West Revachol..." 1299->1447 1300->761 1301->36 1302->518 1303->764 1303->765 1304->1049 1305->835 1306->346 1307->1523 1308->835 1309->1217 1310->350 1311->591 1312->1311 1313->129 1314->770 1316 Drama: 'Twas stolen by some *artist*, surely. Best to pin the blame on them. Everyone *knows* you can't trust artists. 1315->1316 1316->240 1317->192 1318->1319 1319->894 1320 Reaction Speed: Wait! She just admitted that the lynching and the strike are connected. 1320->1041 1321 You: "The lorries." 1321->137 1323 Variable["pier.joyce_logic_lorries_pickup"] 1322->1323 1324 !(Variable["pier.joyce_logic_lorries_pickup"]) 1322->1324 1323->1321 1409 You: "Am I going to need bolt cutters for this?" 1323->1409 1324->455 1324->1409 1325->851 1388 Joyce Messier: "Well," she smiles and points toward the roundabout, "here's your chance, officers." 1326->1388 1327->358 1328 Joyce Messier: "The two *might* even be connected." 1328->943 1329->946 1330->526 1331 Joyce Messier: "I've kept my eye on the camionneurs -- even tried to get to know one. It's a *mystery* I'm already invested in: which one of them, if any, could organize such a complex operation?" 1331->614 1332->1539 1540 Empathy: She *wants* to answer the question. Protocol keeps her from it. 1333->1540 1476 Inland Empire: Shame? You haven't really been in the presence of gentlefolk either, have you? What shame is there to be felt in front of these... dockworkers, cops and hotel clerks. But to *belittle* yourself in these eyes of Eau-de-Nil... 1334->1476 1336 IsKimHere() 1335->1336 1337 !(IsKimHere()) 1335->1337 1478 Authority: Oh god, the lieutenant is here too! Do not DISHONOUR the force! 1336->1478 1337->440 1338->786 1339->289 1340->1402 1341->368 1342->348 6360713 JUMP OUT to PIER / JOYCE REALITY HUB 1343->6360713 1344->718 1344->795 1344->871 1344->961 1344->1036 1423 You: "It's a she, by the way." 1344->1423 1548 You: "I came upon a few hidden maps illustrating the range of the smuggling network." 1344->1548 1345->1178 1346->139 1347->612 1348->149 1349->1125 1350->225 1351 Joyce Messier: "I'm afraid I can't say any more until we've taken care of formal protocol." 1351->891 1352->1193 1354 Composure: It truly isn't. She controls herself very well. 1353->1354 1354->897 1355->647 1356->735 1357->400 1357->401 1357->740 1357->908 1357->976 1357->1258 1435 You: "What gave me away?" "What gave us away?" 1357->1435 1358->325 1359->998 1360->2 1361->663 1362->916 1363->466 1364->673 1365->1067 1366->588 1367->514 1368->5 1369->681 1370->119 1370->1009 1370->1151 1371->1073 1372->1299 1373->1181 1374->1197 1375->690 1376->126 1377->1311 1378->1161 1379->44 1380->469 1382 Variable["pier.joyce_logic_consider_this"] 1381->1382 1383 !(Variable["pier.joyce_logic_consider_this"]) 1381->1383 1382->48 1383->1132 1384->50 1385->456 1386->386 1386->476 1386->525 1386->777 1387 You: "Actually, let's discuss something else for now." 1386->1387 1392 You: "We already have some suspicions that one of the drivers was present at the lynching." 1386->1392 1530 You: "It's no coincidence the lorries are stranded there like that, is it?" 1386->1530 1534 Joyce Messier: She simply nods. 1387->1534 1388->304 1389->152 1533 Joyce Messier: "A lot of it," she nods. "It comes in from large Samaran factories. In South Safre, Siigay and Hsin-Yao. The literage they must get from this terminal alone must be *oceanic*." 1390->1533 1391->946 1392->1328 1393->1103 1394->1331 1465 Authority: Exactly -- but what? 1395->1465 6320311 JUMP OUT to PIER / JOYCE LYNCHING AND TATTOOS 1396->6320311 1397->1333 1398->290 1399->443 1400->291 1400->1171 1401->1480 1402->1113 1403->571 1404->369 1405->235 1406->84 1407->1485 1408->720 1488 Joyce Messier: "Unlikely, officer. I'm talking about the lorries. Once the ingredients reach Jamrock they're distributed to a network of local manufacturers, well beyond our grasp. But in transit they may be *vulnerable*." 1409->1488 1410->1272 1411->1412 1413 Variable["pier.joyce_overradiated"] 1412->1413 1414 !(Variable["pier.joyce_overradiated"]) 1412->1414 1415 Reaction Speed: Didn't she have *another* medical condition? 1413->1415 1414->309 1415->309 1416 forewoman_hub 1416->83 1416->226 1416->462 1416->1126 1417->1416 1419 Variable["pier.joyce_looking_for_badge_for_lynch"] 1418->1419 1420 !(Variable["pier.joyce_looking_for_badge_for_lynch"]) 1418->1420 1419->1351 1420->771 1421->1206 1422->133 1423->730 1424->921 1425->567 1427 Variable["whirling.hardie_went_through_ruby_info"] 1426->1427 1428 !(Variable["whirling.hardie_went_through_ruby_info"]) 1426->1428 1427->1054 1428->1385 1429->1386 1430->161 1432 Variable["cargo.evrart_come_back_and_ask"] == true  and  Variable["cargo.evrart_lock_independent_harbour_q"] == false 1431->1432 1433 !(Variable["cargo.evrart_come_back_and_ask"] == true  and  Variable["cargo.evrart_lock_independent_harbour_q"] == false) 1431->1433 1432->650 1433->1422 1434->644 1435->576 1436->658 1437->665 1438->1281 1439->329 1440->667 1441->1283 1442->915 1443->413 1444->1066 1445->118 1446->681 1447->263 1448->181 1449->721 1450->768 1451->1016 1453 Variable["pier.joyce_doodads_mentioned"] 1452->1453 1454 !(Variable["pier.joyce_doodads_mentioned"]) 1452->1454 1453->1017 1454->603 1455->1315 1456->192 1457->131 1458->1091 1460 You: Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_red_check"] 1459->1460 1461 Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_red_check"] 1460->1461 1462 !(Variable["pier.joyce_suggestion_red_check"]) 1460->1462 1461->1096 1462->1096 1532 Joyce Messier: "Precisely. Smuggled out of that very gate at night, most likely. Then loaded onto lorries and driven to Jamrock. You simply need to find *one* driver who'll open up to you." 1463->1532 1464->779 1464->1233 1465->613 1466 Jump to: [Joyce Lynching hub] 1466->6320029 1467->530 1469 Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] 1468->1469 1470 !(Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"]) 1468->1470 1469->286 1470->1239 1471->862 1472->901 1473 Conceptualization: These are the kind eyes of the rich-man, that seem to say: everything is possible... 1473->383 1475 Inland Empire: Now look at you, you misery-clad simian, barely able to tie your own laces. Your armpits are lakes, a scythe of booze precedes you. Your hair sticks to your forehead and your underwear feels uncomfortable... 1474->1475 1475->287 1476->1335 1477->288 1478->440 1479->955 1480->144 1481->368 1482->235 1483->663 1484->980 1485->1344 1486->663 1487->197 1488->1426 1489->732 1490->818 12490002 JUMP OUT to VILLAGE / JOYCE 1491->12490002 1492->499 1493->156 1495 Variable["pier.joyce_evrart_talk_advice_given"] 1494->1495 1496 !(Variable["pier.joyce_evrart_talk_advice_given"]) 1494->1496 1495->8 1496->395 1497->565 1498->1466 1499->115 1500->238 1502 IsKimHere() 1501->1502 1503 !(IsKimHere()) 1501->1503 1502->162 1503->320 1504->1455 1505->157 1506->1203 1507->173 1509 Variable["pier.joyce_reaction_red_performed_comeback"] 1508->1509 1510 !(Variable["pier.joyce_reaction_red_performed_comeback"]) 1508->1510 1509->25 1510->415 1511->1207 1513 Variable["pier.joyce_left_angry"] 1512->1513 1514 !(Variable["pier.joyce_left_angry"]) 1512->1514 1513->929 1514->480 1515->258 1517 IsKimHere() 1516->1517 1518 !(IsKimHere()) 1516->1518 1517->590 1518->341 1519->1082 1520->1213 1521->687 1522->1157 1523->596 1523->767 1523->1083 1523->1215 1524->348 1525->46 1526->868 1528 Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"] 1527->1528 1529 !(Variable["TASK.what_does_joyce_done"]) 1527->1529 1528->1041 1529->1320 1530->198 1531->812 1532->609 1533->1264 1534->1022 1535->233 1537 Variable["pier.joyce_reaction_reply_to_scabs"] 1536->1537 1538 !(Variable["pier.joyce_reaction_reply_to_scabs"]) 1536->1538 1537->616 1537->781 1537->1025 1537->1238 1538->863 1539->437 1540->950 1541->704 1542->1473 1543->785 1544->57 1544->143 1544->207 1544->622 1545->1481 1546->571 1547->629 1548->212 1549->1485 1550->1189 1552 IsKimHere() 1551->1552 1553 !(IsKimHere()) 1551->1553 1552->1255 1553->211 1554->818 1555->1045