PIER JOYCE LYNCHING AND TATTOOS - 631
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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Kim Kitsuragi: "What is the purpose of this, detective?"
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You: "Probably."
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Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]
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Jump to: [Joyce Lynching hub]
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You: "You liked him."
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Joyce Messier: "*Liked* is a bit strong," she tosses her head. "He... he was the most charismatic among them. He handled all the talking. His departure left a major gap in the group's *communication skills*."
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Rhetoric: Feels like there's a good response here, but you're not coming up with one. Carry on.
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Rhetoric: She's picked a strange hill to die on. Strike!
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Joyce Messier: "My only hope is that yours provides a single, concrete suspect -- before they indiscriminately pick theirs. Simply put..." She grabs hold of the mainsail:
"My only hope is that yours provides a single, concrete suspect -- before they indiscriminately pick theirs. Simply put..." She leans against the wooden planks:
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Joyce Messier: "If you don't pin this on someone *good* -- and do it *fast* -- they will identify and execute everyone present at the lynching. This, in turn, will force the Union to respond."
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Joyce Messier: "Have you ever seen a hornet invade a beehive, lieutenant?" She leans back. "It's not pretty."
"Have you ever seen a hornet invade a beehive, detective?" She leans back. "It's not pretty."
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Encyclopedia: The Seraise Giant Hornet, the world's second largest insect, can kill forty honey bees a minute while a group of 30 can decimate an entire hive of 20,000 bees in less than four hours.
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You: "Maybe the investigations can team up? You know, share resources and intelligence."
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Joyce Messier: "Surely you're joking. These people are killers. My only hope is that yours provides a single, concrete suspect -- before they indiscriminately pick theirs. Simply put..." She grabs hold of the mainsail:
"They won't. My only hope is that yours provides a single, concrete suspect -- before they indiscriminately pick theirs. Simply put..." She leans against the wooden planks:
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Empathy: She has no excess of emotions for this cadaver. Has she seen dead bodies before? It's likely.
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You: "What do you think?"
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You: Nowhere. There is no soul.
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Inland Empire: An empire without an emperor.
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje"] or Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje_done"]
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Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje"] or Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje_done"]
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Joyce Messier: "I'm not trying to reassure you, officer. Quite the opposite, in fact." There is a brief silence. Seagulls squawk over the bay...
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Inland Empire: Five days. Not more. Maybe sooner.
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Logic: One is obviously the *Scab Leader* -- at the harbour gates. The one chanting the idiotic slogans. He's barely maintaining his disguise.
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Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_surveillance_tip"]
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Variable["pier.joyce_surveillance_tip"]
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Logic: The other has a vantage point in a building South of the roundabout -- they were keeping tabs on you while you were canvassing the lorry drivers.
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You: "What? *Going native*?"
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Joyce Messier: "Yes."
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Joyce Messier: "One is a man, *Korty* they call him. A nickname as well. The other a woman, Phillis de Paule. Korty is... *the gunner,* I believe. De Paule is a radio operator."
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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Joyce Messier: "He was forty. Or fifty. It's hard to say which, he had a combat injury on his lower jaw. It made it difficult to estimate his age, or gauge his facial expressions."
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You: "I know the woman you're talking about. We have it under control."
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Joyce Messier: "Good. Then you've made progress. It's imperative that you move fast. The *tribunal* will not be patient."
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Rhetoric: The situation at the gates is a powder keg. She says she wants to avert catastrophe but that's where she draws the line? I call bullshit.
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Joyce Messier: She sips from her thermos.
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Jump to: [Joyce Lynching hub]
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You: "That's enough for now." (Conclude.)
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You: "What can you tell me about Krenel?"
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You: "Where are the remaining two mercs now?"
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You: "I'm glad we reached an agreement without turning the RCM into your personal investigative unit."
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You: "How are the lynching and the strike connected?"
"Tell me again -- how are the lynching and the strike connected?"
"I've already heard about a connection between the lynching and strike, but I need your testimony."
"Tell me again about the connection between the lynching and the strike."
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You: "What was that about a... *blood bath*?"
"Uh, did you say *blood bath*?"
"You said *contain the situation*?"
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You: "Don't you want to know where I found my badge?" (Put your badge away.)
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You: "This *colonel*, the one who was hanged -- did you know him?"
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You: "How much time do we have?"
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You: "You said the deceased assaulted a woman?"
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You: "Does this mean I don't have to look into that drug stuff?"
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Joyce Messier: "The story is, one of them, the colonel -- I don't know his real name -- sexually assaulted a local woman. While he was drunk and separated from his unit. This allowed some of the more militant Union members to subdue him."
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Joyce Messier: "He was taken out behind the Whirling-in-Rags and lynched. Last Sunday night."
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You: "What can they do against the Union? There seem to be a lot of them."
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let the blood let hub
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You: "Wash it nice and clean..."
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You: "Isn't this a pretty... bleak scenario you're describing?"
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You: "See, this is the Great Bloodletting I've been telling everyone about."
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You: "I can't see it happen. Too many things would have to go wrong first."
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You: "See, Kim. This is that Great Bloodletting I've been telling you about."
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You: "I think the confrontation is inevitable."
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You: Shudder.
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Joyce Messier: "Clean, yes. Nothing will grow here for twenty years. Krenel will send in gunships and the Coalition Government will follow suit."
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Shivers: Houses drenched in red, blood gushing down Rue Saint-Cispare... the whole place mopped with a giant red rag! Fresh bullet holes for all the old buildings...
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Joyce Messier: "All we can do is keep the rest from going the same way. One single, concrete suspect delivered into Civil Court -- and I *may* be able to defuse this situation."
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Joyce Messier: "One single, concrete suspect delivered into Civil Court -- a good one -- and I *may* be able to defuse this situation."
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Joyce Messier: "It is very far from *disco*." A wave crashes against the side of her boat. "My only hope is that you provide a single, concrete suspect before the mercenaries indiscriminately pick theirs. Simply put..." She grabs hold of the mainsail:
"It is very far from *disco*." A wave crashes against the side of her boat. "My only hope is that you provide a single, concrete suspect before the mercenaries indiscriminately pick theirs. Simply put..." She leans against the wooden planks:
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You: "They just need someone to put the *Fear of Revachol* into their hearts."
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You: "Okay, I'll steer clear for the moment."
"Okay, we'll steer clear for the moment."
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You: "Vigilantes? The RCM gets its authority from the Coalition. Where does theirs come from?"
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You: "I still need to know where they are."
"We still need to know where they are."
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You: "I'll confront them directly."
"We'll confront them *directly*."
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Joyce Messier: "You're likely to run into them eventually. When that happens, I'll be in a better position to mediate if I don't appear *involved*."
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You: Stay quiet. Observe the woman's expression.
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Joyce Messier: Her mouth is relaxed, the accordion lines near her mouth vanish. The pearls of her eyes move slowly on the photo's surface.
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Logic: No idea. Maybe she's right -- it's a better idea not to confront them? Also, there's something wrong with your brain. This was so easy, how could you fail it?
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Joyce Messier: "That *would* afford a good vantage point." She nods, poised and unperturbed. "*Still* -- I hope you heed my advice. There's no need to kick the hornet's nest."
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Joyce Messier: "I hope I can answer it better."
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You: "I'm gonna say no."
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You: "This Lely -- anything else? Nationality? How old would you say he was?"
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Logic: The lieutenant was testing her -- asking a small detail first to see if she knew him better than she let on. She passed.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "That's alright, ma'am. Anything else -- nationality? What would you say was his age?"
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Kim Kitsuragi: "This does not come as news to us, but still..." He exchanges a glance with you. "To *your* knowledge, where did this assault take place? If you know."
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Joyce Messier: "Yes. I'm afraid this strike may descend into a small scale civil war. With possible consequences for all of Revachol West."
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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Joyce Messier: "That is exactly what it means. What I am about to tell you is more pressing, I assure you."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "*Every worker*..."
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Joyce Messier: "*...a member of the board*," she nods. "I tried to convince my employer it was simply a piece of rhetoric -- or a joke. They did not appreciate the humour."
"*...a member of the board*," she nods. "I tried to convince my employer it was simply an opening gambit, like you suggested -- or a joke even. They did not appreciate the humour."
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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Kim Kitsuragi: "What is the nature of this so-called investigation?"
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Conceptualization: Investigation upon investigation, here in Martinaise, racing toward some dark deadline.
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Joyce Messier: She remains unfazed. "That is precisely what the sailors feared when they drew these maps. A fear of drowning -- within one's own corpse."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "What next?"
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Joyce Messier: "Then he made his way to the Preto Grande, through what I think must be Staadskanaal -- an artificial channel through the Occident. From the Preto he sailed to the Insulindic ocean. First the Semenese islands, then this..." She points to his heart.
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You: "This man is no brother of mine, but this is his service history."
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Joyce Messier: "That makes sense to me. We have no more use for a Map of the Waterways. Just like we don't need sailors the way we used to. This is what the custom would morph into on the Occident -- mercenary tattoos."
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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Kim Kitsuragi: "We will be careful, ma'am."
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Encyclopedia: The International Collaboration Police (ICP) is charged with coordinating law enforcement activities in complex, multi-national investigations. Their database is the single largest source of information in the world.
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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Kim Kitsuragi: "For all your talk of averting this catastrophe, the situation at the gates is a powder keg. Does this not bother you?"
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Joyce Messier: "Of course it bothers me, lieutenant, but my hands are tied. How would my employer react if it appeared I were intervening on behalf of the *Union*?"
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You: "One is probably in a building overlooking the roundabout."
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Joyce Messier: "That *would* afford a good vantage point," she says. "In any case, it's practically inaccessible."
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Encyclopedia: Surely there are other people to ask about the tattoo. This is not necessary to complete the task, officer -- it's a dangerous side-task. Search elsewhere.
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Physical Instrument: Challenge accepted! I say we do it.
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Joyce Messier: "I can't remember." There's a pang of regret to her voice.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "And that seems to corroborate the ethnicity we gave." The lieutenant is pedantically happy about it.
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Conceptualization: Like a crossword puzzle solver. Or a master at the guessing game Peng.
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Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_lynching_story_told"]
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Suggestion: It only lasts for the briefest instance but you catch a look of disappointment in her eye. Anger even.
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Joyce Messier: "Too many things have *already* gone wrong." She looks to you, eyes damp from the wind.
"Too many things have *already* gone wrong." She looks at you, eyes damp from the wind. "Lieutenant Double-Yefreitor Du Bois..."
"Too many things have *already* gone wrong." She looks to you, eyes damp from the wind. "Nameless, badge-less detective of the Citizens Militia..."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Do you know a lot about the inner workings of the RCM and the ICP, ma'am?"
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You: "I have no idea what you're talking about."
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Joyce Messier: "They don't have the same respect for the Revachol Citizens Militia as I do. To put it bluntly they think you're vigilantes, *ghetto savages*. It will not be a fruitful meeting."
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Authority: Vigilantes? You're a professional officer of the only *legitimate* authority in Revachol.
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Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_inland_soultravel"]
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You: "This one has flown quite far by now."
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You: "This one is going nowhere but the morgue."
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You: "I've spoken to him. For now the soul is fastened inside his corpse."
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Logic: This is so embarrassing. You have no idea. There's something *wrong* with your brain. Luckily the lieutenant still has his.
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You: "One must be the goon in ill-fitting work clothes by the harbour gates. The scab leader."
"I'm thinking the company put one leading strikebreakers at the gates. What do *you* think?"
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Joyce Messier: "That may be so." She is poised and unperturbed. "I still hope you heed my advice -- there's no need to kick the hornet's nest."
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Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.klaasje_asked_about_tattoos"]
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You: "Sounds like maybe the colonel went a little *native* during the course of his duties."
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Joyce Messier: "I wouldn't go as far as to use that term detective."
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Joyce Messier: "Yes. All the good conflict corridors: Supramundi, Yeesut, the Semenese islands. Countries that don't have a good record reporting *atrocious* military conduct on their soil."
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Joyce Messier: "If you mean did I see him alive -- yes. But I did not *know* him."
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Empathy: You don't know how you know -- it's not written on her face, nor in her voice -- but she had sympathy for this man.
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Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant cuts in: "What would you say was his eye colour -- the deceased's?"
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Joyce Messier: She closes her eyes, trying to picture the man's face... then shakes her head...
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Inland Empire: Down a deep, black well.
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Joyce Messier: "They boast a long list of clients: Saint-Batiste, Welchman-Lorentz, Eendracht... A warning sign, however -- the operations concerned all take place in third- or fourth-world countries. Guarding facilities, escort missions, and such."
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Joyce Messier: "Good for you." She looks at the coastline, then at you. "Now back to the impending blood bath."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Since you're sharing, ma'am -- this is also the RCM's worst case scenario."
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Joyce Messier: "Then we're on the same page -- as grim as it may be."
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You: "Too many investigations in Martinaise."
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Joyce Messier: "One single, concrete suspect delivered into Civil Court -- and I *may* be able to defuse this situation."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "It appears you've found it, yes. And I'm not happy for you."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "They don't report their progress to you?"
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You: "That's less than reassuring."
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You: "What? You mean you don't know what's going on?"
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You: "Places? Like stars in the sky?"
"Like stars in the sky?"
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You: Say nothing.
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You: "Places? Like blooms in a pattern?"
"Like blooms in a pattern?"
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You: "Places? Like vias on a microcircuit?"
"Like vias on a microcircuit?"
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You: "Then what?"
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Where is your radio, for contacting them -- if I may ask? Do you have an ear piece?"
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Savoir Faire: Nothing is inaccessible.
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You: "It sounds like you object to the words 'going native' more than him raping and killing people here."
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Joyce Messier: She's silent.
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You: "It's the first time I've heard of this. Where did this assault take place? And when?"
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Joyce Messier: "Last Sunday night, at the Whirling-in-Rags -- the hostel by the gates. Supposedly the colonel was drunk, maybe on narcotics too."
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You: "His name was..."
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Joyce Messier: "Lely. His service name, a nom de guerre most likely. He wouldn't divulge his full name. Only one of them did -- a bad sign if there ever was one."
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Joyce Messier: Variable["yard.hanged_dental_reconstruction_known"]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Indeed. This matches the dental reconstruction we saw on the body," he says to you, then turns back to Joyce. "What else? Nationality? Accent?"
"This matches the dental reconstruction we saw on the body; and Klaasje also mentioned it I believe..." he says to you, then turns back to Joyce. "What else? Nationality? Accent?"
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Kim Kitsuragi: "What else? Nationality? Accent?"
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Joyce Messier: "I can't. This man was no sailor -- and these are no ports. I can understand geographic fragments, but not their meaning."
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Esprit de Corps: Somewhere in an office lit by a single green desk lamp captain Ptolemaios Pryce -- 58, bald and bespectacled -- is writing in a ledger on his desk. Rows and rows of days and weeks, laconic remarks in a single column: *patrol*, *case*, *vacation*, *injured*...
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Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje"] == true
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Inland Empire: You'll meet her soon enough, you feel.
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You: "What then?"
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Authority: They would have to. To project strength and power.
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You: "The numbers are against them -- a thousand to one."
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Joyce Messier: "These men work in tandem using semi-and fully automatic firearms. Their armour is virtually impenetrable to muzzle-loaded weapons -- even *yours*. Most Union workers don't have guns at all..."
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Joyce Messier: CheckItem("gun_villiers")
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Joyce Messier: "*Many* bleak scenarios have already come to pass to lead us here..." She looks at you, eyes damp from the wind.
"*Many* bleak scenarios have already come true." She looks at you, eyes damp from the wind. "Lieutenant Double-Yefreitor Du Bois..."
"*Many* bleak scenarios have already come true." She looks at you, eyes damp from the wind. "Nameless, badge-less detective of the Citizens Militia..."
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Joyce Messier: "Not much. Their public resume is relatively good -- as far as private military contractors go. I believe they were once called... Downwell."
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Joyce Messier: "In my line of work it pays to do your research. I was prepared to deal with the RCM. I did *not* think I would be dealing with a group like *Krenel*."
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Joyce Messier: "That is a *bad* idea, one I won't be a party to." She shakes her head emphatically.
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Joyce Messier: "Sorry," she breaks her concentration. "I was trying to see if I can read the web of interdependencies between these points -- the stars." She points to one on the photo paper.
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Joyce Messier: "Quite a few. Vredefort -- the Oranjese capital -- traditionally stands on the right shoulder." She points to it on the photo. "He started somewhere near here, I think."
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Joyce Messier: "Close," she nods. "Port cities. This is an Oranjese Map of the Waterways -- a sailor's tattoo worn by wayfarers of the Dolorian century, over 300 years ago. The sailors would mark their bodies to map their travels."
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Joyce Messier: "I can't. This man was no sailor -- and these are no ports. I can understand geographic fragments, but not their meaning."
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You: "What travels did the dead man make?
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You: "That's all for the tattoos. Thank you for your help."
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You: "Who could tell me more?"
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You: "What is the use of this map?"
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You: "What is that?"
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Joyce Messier: "Revachol," she says. "Those are the two constants: Vredefort on the shoulder and Revachol in the heart. They started the tradition of these maps right after the discovery of Insulinde, at the dawn of the Interisolary Age."
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Conceptualization: For all the boys looking for adventure -- a blood spatter on the seas.
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Joyce Messier: She hands you back the photo. "Is there anything else I can help you with?"
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Joyce Messier: "Heavens no, I'm not an undercover agent. There's a shortwave at the ship's wheel," she nods toward the sloop's cabin.
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You: "This is where you draw the line -- *going native*? Not at hiring a paramilitary death squad?"
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Joyce Messier: "Paramilitary death squad is a bit rich." She remains calm: "But yes -- were it up to me I would have at least *vetted* them more thoroughly."
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You: "Boy oh boy, is that not good..."
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Joyce Messier: "It's not good, no," a wave crashes against the side of her boat. "My only hope is that you provide a single, concrete suspect before the mercenaries indiscriminately pick theirs. Simply put..." She grabs hold of the mainsail:
"My only hope is that yours provides a single, concrete suspect -- before they indiscriminately pick theirs. Simply put..." She leans against the wooden planks:
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You: "Damn right."
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Empathy: Your response does not inspire great faith in the RCM.
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You: "*Every worker*..."
151->153
306
You: "Do you need a security detail?"
151->306
152->306
153->152
154
Half Light: You should show those meatheads exactly how *savage* you really are.
154->38
338
Joyce Messier: "I can't. But that's how you read this story. The points themselves don't have letters, numbers, anything. Their size, location on the body and distance from each other tells you what they represent."
155->338
427
Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_esprit_service_history"]
156->427
157
Joyce Messier: "It's a matter of days, not weeks."
268
Jump to: [Joyce Lynching hub]
157->268
158
Joyce Messier: "Is that all?" She puts down the photo.
158->159
159->141
160
thisistofixsomethings
160->46
347
You: "Tell me about the others first."
160->347
161
Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant consults his notebook, his eyebrows knitted in concentration...
270
Kim Kitsuragi: "Odd... we haven't heard any reports about an *assault* in connection with the lynching. Where did it take place? And when?"
161->270
162
Jump to: [Joyce Lynching hub]
162->29
163
Kim Kitsuragi: "Ma'am, with all due respect -- I've been around Martinaise and there's a giant hulk of a man in ill-fitting clothes at the harbour gates. Mr. 'Right to Work.' His heart *really* isn't in it."
466
Joyce Messier: "Not a terribly good actor that one. Still..."
163->466
164
Kim Kitsuragi: "Meaning they're used to operating in war zones."
164->90
165
Joyce Messier: "Sadly -- no. Before this happened I had little interest in them. Now that I do -- I don't have the resources." She thinks.
373
Joyce Messier: "If you still have access to the ICP's database, you could run a better background check than I ever could. It may take some time, though..." She thinks.
165->373
167
IsKimHere()
166->167
168
!(IsKimHere())
166->168
167->120
200
You: "What else? Nationality? Accent?"
168->200
169
Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_mc_heard"]
170
Variable["pier.joyce_mc_heard"]
169->170
171
!(Variable["pier.joyce_mc_heard"])
169->171
279
Joyce Messier: "You found it the motor carriage you drove into the sea."
170->279
244
Joyce Messier: "I think I know where you found it, Officer Du Bois -- in that motor carriage protruding from the ice over there."
171->244
172
Joyce Messier: "Do not gloat, officer. These are grave matters."
172->72
173
Joyce Messier: "Krenel -- an Oranjese military company. As far as I know three arrived in Martinaise. They report to me sporadically, but they do not answer to me. To be frank, our relationship is deteriorating."
249
Joyce Messier: "They wear ceramic armour, have semi-automatic weapons and years of combat experience. They also have Trauma-and-Stressor Disorder and no idea how to conduct themselves in an urban civilian environment."
173->249
174
Joyce Messier: "It was the *Union* who strung him from that tree." A wave crashes against the side of her boat. "My hope is that you provide a single, concrete suspect before Krenel indiscriminately pick theirs. Simply put..." She grabs hold of the mainsail:
"It was the *Union* who strung him from that tree." A wave crashes against the side of her boat. "My hope is that you provide a single, concrete suspect before Krenel indiscriminately pick theirs. Simply put..." She leans against the wooden planks:
174->128
175
Hand/Eye Coordination: The muzzle-loaders need to be reloaded after every one or two shots -- the automatics every one or two *minutes*.
367
Joyce Messier: She is silent for a moment, then concludes: "As I said -- a blood bath."
175->367
177
IsKimHere()
176->177
178
!(IsKimHere())
176->178
444
Joyce Messier: "All we can do is keep that which has not from following suit. One single, concrete suspect delivered into Civil Court -- and I *may* be able to defuse this situation."
177->444
421
Joyce Messier: "All we can do is keep the little that has not from following suit. One single, concrete suspect delivered into Civil Court -- and I *may* be able to defuse this situation."
178->421
180
Variable["pier.joyce_lynching_story_told"]
179->180
181
!(Variable["pier.joyce_lynching_story_told"])
179->181
253
Joyce Messier: "I am sorry to have been the bearer of bad news. If there is anything else I can help you with, please ask."
180->253
394
Joyce Messier: "No, no, no -- we *need* to discuss this *now*. There isn't time to waste. Blood bath, remember?"
181->394
182
You: "I have to say -- this is *not* disco."
182->37
184
Joyce Messier: "That's wise," she nods. "Our goal is to *avert* catastrophe. Besides," she sighs, "You're likely to encounter them sooner or later."
183->184
446
Jump to: [Joyce Lynching hub]
184->446
185
Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
186
IsKimHere()
185->186
187
!(IsKimHere())
185->187
401
Kim Kitsuragi: "It was taken with a Trigat, not long ago. This is the man's upper body. There were no more markings on his hands or legs."
186->401
187->40
187->137
188
Joyce Messier: "The sailor's soul would use it to fly back home if they should die abroad. This is a sort of... contraption. To be reeled back in by. The *silver cord*, they would call it."
451
Inland Empire: Where is he now?
188->451
289
Joyce Messier: "I would say he's near the Arcade Islands by now, ready to exit the Insulindian and enter the pale. If I've read his home address correctly." She smiles.
189->289
190
Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_esprit_service_history"] or Variable["pier.joyce_cyclo_service_record"]
191
Variable["pier.joyce_esprit_service_history"] or Variable["pier.joyce_cyclo_service_record"]
190->191
192
!(Variable["pier.joyce_esprit_service_history"] or Variable["pier.joyce_cyclo_service_record"])
190->192
375
Untitled hub
191->375
450
Jump to: [tattoo hub]
192->450
193
Empathy: It could go this or the other way. Maybe if you're tactful, it could be beneficial?
193->86
194->146
383
You: "Never mind. Forget it."
194->383
195
You: "Okay. Anything else you can tell me?"
"Okay. Anything else you got on them?"
195->165
196->2
197->24
199
Joyce Messier: "He was Occidental I think. Light brown hair, a mix accent. Oranjese, or Messinian maybe? His injury gave him an accent all his own..."
198->199
201
Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
199->201
200->199
202
IsKimHere()
201->202
203
!(IsKimHere())
201->203
349
Joyce Messier: Variable["yard.hanged_result_determined_ethnicity"]
202->349
263
Joyce Messier: "In a way it was humanizing. He had to learn to speak *through* it -- through the injury." She nods. "That's all I know, I guess. I only met him once."
203->263
204
Drama: She's being truthful. She is pressing them as hard as she can.
204->6
205
Joyce Messier: She sips from her thermos. She does not look away from you.
205->55
206
Joyce Messier: "I have an indirect role to play, I'm sad to say. My employer experienced a *momentary lapse of faith* in me. In that moment they elected to deploy a private military contractor. As an *insurance* measure. They called it my 'security detail'."
233
You: "A momentary lapse of faith?"
206->233
206->306
207
Joyce Messier: "They were dispatched after I relayed the Union's initial offer."
246
Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_every_worker_member_heard"]
207->246
208
Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
209
IsKimHere()
208->209
210
!(IsKimHere())
208->210
234
Kim Kitsuragi: "So what happened?"
209->234
210->30
468
Joyce Messier: "Nothing. Mr. Claire refuses to let me into the harbour. I have not been able to discuss this matter with anyone there. The remaining two Krenel contractors carry out their orders -- for now."
211->468
212
Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_halflight_bloodletting"]
213
Variable["pier.joyce_halflight_bloodletting"]
212->213
214
!(Variable["pier.joyce_halflight_bloodletting"])
212->214
213->34
214->32
215->138
216->144
315
Joyce Messier: "The times have changed."
217->315
218
Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub]
218->6310818
220
IsKimHere()
219->220
221
!(IsKimHere())
219->221
220->57
221->110
222->143
224
IsKimHere()
223->224
225
!(IsKimHere())
223->225
224->160
226
Joyce Messier: SetVariableValue("pier.joyce_kim_not_present_at_lely_name", true) --[[ Variable[ ]]
225->226
226->160
342
who_tells
227->342
228->119
230
Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje"] or Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje_done"]
229->230
231
!(Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje"] or Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje_done"])
229->231
344
You: "It's not the first I've heard of this. Where did this assault take place? And when?"
230->344
231->117
232
Hand/Eye Coordination: The muzzle-loaders need to be reloaded after every one, two -- or in your case three -- shots, the automatics every one or two *minutes*.
232->367
233->207
234->30
236
Joyce Messier: "They've gone to ground, as it were. I don't recommend seeking them out." She puts her foot on the guardwire, for balance. "For one -- they're almost certainly armed to the teeth."
"They've gone to ground, as it were. I don't recommend seeking them out." She raises a cautionary finger. "For one -- they're likely to be armed to the teeth..."
235->236
236->78
237
Joyce Messier: Variable["yard.hanged_result_determined_ethnicity"]
238
Variable["yard.hanged_result_determined_ethnicity"]
237->238
239
!(Variable["yard.hanged_result_determined_ethnicity"])
237->239
238->69
409
Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant jots something down in his notebook, muttering to himself: "Had him down as Mondial... should change it to Occidental."
239->409
240->89
240->195
241
Rhetoric: Should have cornered her. Maybe it would have yielded something...
241->67
242
You: "Who did the passing on then?"
353
Joyce Messier: "The remaining contractors. Their *tribunal*. It's what they believe."
242->353
243
You: "Okay, I'll steer clear for the moment."
"Okay, we'll steer clear for the moment."
387
Jump to: [Joyce Messier: ""That's wise," she nods. "Our goal..."]
243->387
244->148
245
You: "No. It was a in a good, normal place."
244->245
245->98
247
Variable["pier.joyce_every_worker_member_heard"]
246->247
248
!(Variable["pier.joyce_every_worker_member_heard"])
246->248
247->149
442
Joyce Messier: "'Every worker a member of the board'. I tried to convince my employer it was simply a piece of rhetoric and not a serious demand. But the... *stridency* of it seems to have spooked them."
248->442
249->208
250->130
251
Half Light: Maybe a good bloodletting is just what Martinaise needs?
251->212
252->131
253->218
254->154
255->141
256
Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
257
IsKimHere()
256->257
258
!(IsKimHere())
256->258
447
Kim Kitsuragi: "You said you can't read it."
257->447
374
You: "You said you can't read it -- seems like you can."
258->374
259->317
260
Logic: One must be at the harbour gates, causing trouble. Directing strikebreakers perhaps? You can hear the sounds of the ruckus coming from there all the time.
260->19
261->459
262->199
329
Pain Threshold: Must be hard to force your face to move in a new fashion. If you continue like this, you'll have an aneurysm. Then you'll have to, too.
263->329
264->162
265->172
266
Joyce Messier: "Absolutely not. These mercenaries are muscle, pure and simple. They are meant to intimidate the Union into surrendering."
282
Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
266->282
395
Joyce Messier: "Whether to execute one, some, or all of the Union militants."
267->395
268->29
269
You: Leave it be.
269->158
270->303
271->17
272
You: "I had another question for you."
272->44
432
Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
273->432
274->67
275
You: "Could you contact the company? Tell them to call them off."
386
Joyce Messier: "I have. And they *will*. However, these orders take time to reach what is basically a rogue unit out in the field, here. Until they do -- it's all on us."
275->386
276
Joyce Messier: "Either way, he's alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman. Sometime later a group of dockworkers got their hands on him..."
276->25
304
You: "And who was this woman?"
(Don't mention it.) "And who was this woman?"
276->304
277->324
278
Half Light: It'll be all of them. The decision is already made.
278->308
279->148
279->245
280->206
281
Joyce Messier: "It doesn't matter. What matters is -- you found it. And not a moment too soon."
281->358
283
IsKimHere()
282->283
284
!(IsKimHere())
282->284
359
Kim Kitsuragi: "Who are they, exactly?"
283->359
307
You: "Who are they?"
284->307
285->132
286
Perception (Sight): She wears fingerless gloves, her fingernails are cut short and fractured. Like those of a working woman.
286->185
288
Joyce Messier: "Port cities. On the oceans. This is an Oranjese Map of the Waterways -- a sailor's tattoo worn by wayfarers of the Dolorian century -- as early as 300 years ago. The sailors would mark their bodies to map their travels."
287->288
288->141
289->471
290
Conceptualization: The Old Old World passing by and the New New World already here.
290->256
291
Joyce Messier: "*Krenel* -- an Oranjese military company. As far as I know three arrived in Martinaise. They report to me sporadically, but they do not answer to me. To be frank, our relationship is deteriorating."
291->249
292
You: "You're right..."
292->27
293
You: Where *are* these mercenaries?
294
You: Variable["pier.joyce_logic_rc_mercs"]
293->294
295
Variable["pier.joyce_logic_rc_mercs"]
294->295
296
!(Variable["pier.joyce_logic_rc_mercs"])
294->296
474
Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_logic_rc_mercs"]
295->474
296->474
297
Joyce Messier: Variable["gates.scableader_greeting_done"]
298
Variable["gates.scableader_greeting_done"]
297->298
299
!(Variable["gates.scableader_greeting_done"])
297->299
298->18
299->260
300->163
301
Kim Kitsuragi: "Your concern may be appearances. Ours is keeping the peace."
301->70
302->7
302->228
303->323
357
Joyce Messier: "That's a good question, officer. I don't have the slightest idea. As I said, it's a rumour -- about a rumour. In any case, it's what the colonel's remaining... colleagues... believe."
304->357
305->29
306->266
307->291
308->11
308->100
308->147
308->182
396
You: "You've made a mess here."
308->396
445
Joyce Messier: "I am sorry to confirm it."
309->445
310
Joyce Messier: "All we can do is keep the rest from following suit. One single, concrete suspect delivered into Civil Court -- and I *may* be able to defuse this situation."
310->132
311
Joyce Messier: She reaches for the photo; takes it, then holds it in her hand...
"Of course -- excuse my hesitation before." She reaches over the guardwire and takes the photo; holds it in her hand...
339
Joyce Messier: ...for about half a minute -- in silence.
311->339
312->255
376
Joyce Messier: "His platoon members? The other contractors -- though I do *not* suggest you go and show them that picture. This man was their friend and comrade."
313->376
314->56
315->471
316
Joyce Messier: "Whatever I can help you with. We need to contain the situation."
316->29
317->141
318->65
318->85
318->272
319->112
320
Rhetoric: It's the *expression* she objects to?
320->22
320->116
320->195
321->116
321->195
322->146
322->383
323->276
324->29
325->24
326
Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.klaasje_asked_about_tattoos"]
327
Variable["pier.klaasje_asked_about_tattoos"]
326->327
328
!(Variable["pier.klaasje_asked_about_tattoos"])
326->328
327->140
328->123
352
Jump to: [Joyce Lynching hub]
329->352
330->49
331
Joyce Messier: Variable["tc.union_members_amount"]
332
Variable["tc.union_members_amount"]
331->332
333
!(Variable["tc.union_members_amount"])
331->333
365
Logic: The Union has over two thousand men.
332->365
366
Untitled hub
333->366
334->32
335
Joyce Messier: "It doesn't have to be like this." She looks at you, eyes damp from the wind.
"It doesn't have to be like this." She looks at you, eyes damp from the wind. "Lieutenant Double-Yefreitor Du Bois..."
"It doesn't have to be like this." She looks at you, eyes damp from the wind. "Nameless, badge-less officer of the Citizens Militia..."
335->101
337
Joyce Messier: "Somehow I doubt that lecturing them on the legitimate use of force will persuade them to stand down."
336->337
337->135
337->183
337->399
337->400
338->108
339->286
340->142
341
Esprit de Corps: *IN MARTINAISE, LOOKING INTO KRENEL*, he writes in one. Then the man puts down his pen and rubs his temples with both hands. Outside there is a siren, distant gunshots on the streets of the Jamrock Quarter.
425
Encyclopedia: Vredefort? Vredefort has a military academy. The Semenese islands saw a recent conflict. In Revachol he was executed.
341->425
343
You: "You're right. Not a good idea." (Leave it off the schedule.)
342->343
472
You: "I need the information." (Mark it down: ask mercs about tattoos.)
342->472
431
Joyce Messier: "I am relieved you think so. I don't think deciphering that tattoo should come before public security."
343->431
344->323
345->324
346
Joyce Messier: "Or he *didn't*." She tilts her head. "This is information passed on to me from some teenagers loitering around the canal. I cannot testify by it. "
346->242
462
You: "What did these teenagers by the canal say?"
346->462
347->23
348->68
350
Variable["yard.hanged_result_determined_ethnicity"]
349->350
351
!(Variable["yard.hanged_result_determined_ethnicity"])
349->351
439
Joyce Messier: Variable["whirling.klaasje_kim_changed_victims_ethnicity"] or Variable["XP.determine_victims_ethnicity"]
350->439
351->263
352->29
353->462
355
Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje"] or Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje_done"]
354->355
356
!(Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje"] or Variable["TASK.interrogate_klaasje_done"])
354->356
355->48
356->161
357->124
358->29
359->173
360
Joyce Messier: "It's a smokescreen. In secret, they are conducting an independent military tribunal into the lynching. Once this *investigation* is concluded, executions will follow."
360->52
361
You: "For now?"
361->360
362
Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
363
IsKimHere()
362->363
364
!(IsKimHere())
362->364
443
Kim Kitsuragi: "The Débardeurs have over two thousand men. It will be a thousand to one."
363->443
364->331
365->366
366->31
366->129
367->251
368->74
370
IsKimHere()
369->370
371
!(IsKimHere())
369->371
370->35
371->310
372->104
377
Joyce Messier: Variable["tc.icp"]
373->377
374->326
375->58
375->269
406
You: "Maybe it's a record of his military career?"
375->406
388
Joyce Messier: Variable["tc.scab_leader_is_a_merc"]
376->388
378
Variable["tc.icp"]
377->378
379
!(Variable["tc.icp"])
377->379
378->75
379->62
380->243
380->293
381->29
382->97
383->241
384
Joyce Messier: "Ah yes, your condition. The International Collaboration Police maintains a database for these sorts of things. Perhaps you should consult it. It was just a suggestion."
384->275
385
Joyce Messier: "Perhaps the arrangement no longer stands... excuse me, it's not my place to pry. If it does you should take advantage of it. Just a suggestion."
385->275
386->204
387->184
389
Variable["tc.scab_leader_is_a_merc"]
388->389
390
!(Variable["tc.scab_leader_is_a_merc"])
388->390
389->193
392
Logic: You wouldn't even know where to start.
390->392
391
Jump to: [tattoo hub]
391->141
392->391
393->169
422
Volition: She cannot let you leave without having her say.
394->422
395->278
396->174
397->92
404
Joyce Messier: "Until the executions start? Truthfully -- I don't know. It depends on their progress identifying the members of the lynch mob. And their impatience."
398->404
399->39
400->453
401->40
401->137
402->12
403->290
404->105
405->255
406->222
407->29
408->275
409->352
411
CheckItem("gun_villiers")
410->411
412
!(CheckItem("gun_villiers"))
410->412
411->232
412->175
413
Kim Kitsuragi: "Occidental... that fits the statement of another witness," the lieutenant says, pleased.
413->352
414->281
416
IsKimHere()
415->416
417
!(IsKimHere())
415->417
416->99
417->162
418->362
419->335
420
Joyce Messier: "It will not be a pretty sight."
420->334
421->132
422->292
452
You: "My bad, I thought you said *mud* bath..."
422->452
423->346
449
Joyce Messier: "Not on this matter. I'm afraid they consider this a personal initiative." There is a brief silence. Seagulls squawk over the bay...
424->449
425->190
426->188
428
Variable["pier.joyce_esprit_service_history"]
427->428
429
!(Variable["pier.joyce_esprit_service_history"])
427->429
428->341
429->425
430
Joyce Messier: "Do what you have to do, detective. I don't think deciphering that tattoo should come before public security. But if you should wade into the mob to find out -- I couldn't stop you."
"Do what you have to do, detective Du Bois. *I* don't think deciphering that tattoo should come before public security. But if you should wade into the mob to find out -- I couldn't stop you."
430->59
431->317
433
IsKimHere()
432->433
434
!(IsKimHere())
432->434
433->64
434->26
435->301
436->320
437
Joyce Messier: "That the man was killed because he assaulted a local woman. I've asked around a bit -- this seems to be the accepted story around Martinaise."
437->14
438->157
440
Variable["whirling.klaasje_kim_changed_victims_ethnicity"] or Variable["XP.determine_victims_ethnicity"]
439->440
441
!(Variable["whirling.klaasje_kim_changed_victims_ethnicity"] or Variable["XP.determine_victims_ethnicity"])
439->441
440->413
441->237
442->306
443->10
444->132
445->334
446->29
447->326
448->449
449->438
450->141
451->79
452->205
454
IsKimHere()
453->454
455
!(IsKimHere())
453->455
473
Kim Kitsuragi: "Did you miss the part about *ceramic armour* and *automatic weapons*, detective?"
454->473
455->136
457
IsKimHere()
456->457
458
!(IsKimHere())
456->458
457->164
458->240
460
Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]
459->460
461
!(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"])
459->461
460->384
461->385
462->437
463->352
464->70
465->128
477
Kim Kitsuragi: "And the other must be in one of the four-story buildings overlooking the roundabout. He or she was reporting back to you while we were canvassing the lorry drivers."
"And the other one, de Paule, must be in one of the four-story buildings overlooking the roundabout. She was reporting back to you while we were canvassing the lorry drivers."
466->477
467->50
468->361
469->420
470->334
471->141
472->430
473->136
475
Variable["pier.joyce_logic_rc_mercs"]
474->475
476
!(Variable["pier.joyce_logic_rc_mercs"])
474->476
475->297
476->82
477->42
478->70