PLAZA ORB rain shivers - 38
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Shivers: All around you, rain falls on the great city of Revachol. Rain drips from the eaves and floods the gutters, washing the filth away.
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Shivers: Sheets of rain over the water. A flight of stairs leading into the ocean. Wave after wave washing the coast of Martinaise, with its motorboats and gently swaying reeds.
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Shivers: The ruins of a half-sunken seafort crumble on an inlet. Beyond the Bay of Revachol, ghosts rise into the sky.
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Shivers: The rain falls.
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Jump to: [mega shivers hjub]
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Shivers: A yard. Rain falls onto the roof of a woodshed. The lingering odour of decomposition mixes with that of damp soil.
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Jump to: [mega shivers hjub]
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Mack Torson: "Wonder if Vic's found his long lost boyfriend yet." He looks over at Chester McLaine and breaks into a laugh at his own joke. The rain falls outside.
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Chester McLaine: "Mack, they're *hetero-sexual life partners*. It's not like that," his partner smirks. "But yeah. There's trouble in paradise for that duo, Tequila Sunset has..." The sound of the rain grows so loud it drowns out his voice.
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Variable["plaza.sense_rainshivers_composure_cloak"]
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Variable["plaza.sense_rainshivers_composure_cloak"]
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!(Variable["plaza.sense_rainshivers_composure_cloak"])
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Composure: There's a Frittte on the corner. A plastic coat is folded into a small triangle under the counter by the window. Beyond that, the strikebreakers have gathered.
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Shivers: The great gates of the industrial harbour are locked. A chill runs down your back. You shudder like an animal trying to shake water from its hide.
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Jump to: [Shivers: "Behind the gates -- heaps of supply..."]
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Shivers: Behind the gates -- heaps of supply crates. Red and blue metal shipping containers slick with rain. The Greater Revachol Industrial Harbour is an artificial mountain range. Immense wealth resides within, and immeasurable poverty in its shadow.
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Esprit de Corps: On the bridge, Officers Torson and McLaine are standing guard. Torson wears jeans and a fishnet wifebeater. Satellite-Officer Vicquemare passes by, and the young man remarks to him...
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Mack Torson: "Where's your homo, homey?"
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Rhetoric: Midnight news and reruns.
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You: And closer to here?
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Variable["plaza.rainshivers_esprit_2"]
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Variable["plaza.rainshivers_esprit_2"]
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!(Variable["plaza.rainshivers_esprit_2"])
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Nix Gottlieb: The Precinct surgeon, chewing on a piece of candy, throws her a questioning glance, walking by: "Need a hand with that?"
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Jump to: [mega shivers hjub]
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You: What am I doing?
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Shivers: Looking up at the sky, cold water dripping from your hair.
Looking up at the sky, cold water dripping from your hat.
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You: What do I see?
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You: Shake the shivers off. [Discard thought.]
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You: What is beyond the Couron?
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Shivers: A silvery curtain of rain over the houses. The class divide.
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Jump to: [Untitled hub]
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Untitled hub
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You: Will I?
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Shivers: No. You are just one of the hundreds of thousands who watch them rise across the bay from Martinaise every day.
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Esprit de Corps: It's the only home you have now. But you can't go back. Not like this.
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Jump to: [Shivers: "Your vision blurs. You wipe your fa..."]
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IsAfternoon()
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IsAfternoon()
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!(IsAfternoon())
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Rhetoric: The news at noon.
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IsEvening()
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Shivers: A traffic jam. Rain thrumming on the roofs of motor vehicles. Inside, drivers watch water streaming down their windshields. The statue of a king shudders, he too is cold. The canal bridge has been raised.
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You: What's on the other side?
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You: Who are you, ghosts?
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Shivers: The skyscrapers of La Delta, the financial district. Faint golden light seeps from the office windows.
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Shivers: Two green snakeskin shoes stand at attention on the mosaic paving of the plaza.
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Jump to: [mega shivers hjub]
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Shivers: Standing in the rain, looking north, where Jamrock Rock City stretches inland.
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Jump to: [Untitled hub (02)]
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Chester McLaine: "That would be *irresponsible*."
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Mack Torson: "With that animal? Never again, man. What, is he still down there, in... you know, south of the interchange? The... what was it?"
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IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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CheckItem("jacket_patrol_cloak") or CheckItem("jacket_fritte_raincoat") or CheckItem("jacket_nansencoat") or CheckItem("jacket_navalcoat")
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Shivers: These spring thaw will not last. The winter will return to Revachol.
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HasShirt()
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HasShirt()
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!(HasShirt())
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Shivers: Your shirt sticks to your chest. The cold finds its way under your skin. You shiver, and the city shivers with you.
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HasJacket()
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Variable["coast.snow_shivers_above"]
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Variable["coast.snow_shivers_above"]
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!(Variable["coast.snow_shivers_above"])
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Shivers: More coalition aerostatics. Way up there -- where rain forms -- rotors flutter silently. Your sight clears.
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Shivers: Coalition aerostatics hang like apparitions under the cloud cover. Way up there -- where rain forms -- rotors flutter silently. Your sight clears.
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Judit Minot: "No. Thank you. I got it." She gets the umbrella to open, and, with a quick smile and nod to the surgeon, sprints down the steps. The rain falls all around her...
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You: How does it feel?
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CheckEquipped("jacket_patrol_cloak") or CheckEquipped("jacket_fritte_raincoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_nansencoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_navalcoat")
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You: Clench your teeth to stop shuddering.
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You: Shake your shoulders again.
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Rhetoric: You have never been there. They don't need the law east of the river.
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Jump to: [mega shivers hjub]
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Jump to: [Untitled hub]
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Jump to: [mega shivers hjub]
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mega shivers hjub
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Shivers: A yard. Rain falls onto the roof of a woodshed. Coal leaks into a puddle beneath a dead man's feet. He swings from a tree, bloated. Droplets of rain slip from his cold cheeks.
A yard. Rain falls onto the roof of a woodshed. Coal leaks into a puddle beneath the feet of a dead man. He swings from a tree, a gaping hole in his bare, rotting chest.
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Variable["plaza.rainshivers_esprit"] or Variable["coast.snowshivers_esprit"]
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Variable["plaza.rainshivers_esprit"] or Variable["coast.snowshivers_esprit"]
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!(Variable["plaza.rainshivers_esprit"] or Variable["coast.snowshivers_esprit"])
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Jump to: [Shivers: "Your vision blurs. You wipe your fa..."]
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Shivers: Your hair sticks to your forehead, cold and wet.
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Variable["TASK.fridge_victims_body_done"] or Variable["TASK.send_corpse_to_processing_done"]
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You: "It's cool. I'm in control."
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Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant nods, then looks east.
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You: Look up.
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Jump to: [mega shivers hjub]
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Shivers: To be in Martinaise, where no one goes. At the run-off point of a long-forgotten canal, in the whitest part of town. In the shadow of the day the Revolution failed.
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You: What am I doing here?
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Shivers: In the rain-swept distance above the rooftops of Jamrock, a re-purposed silk mill stands perched above the motorway exit. Precinct 41 hunches in the rain.
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DayCount() < 3
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Jean Vicquemare: "No, nothing. It's just... Judit went to his place and found the Monday mail unopened. I think he's still *there*. You didn't, like, drink with him over the weekend did you?"
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Jean Vicquemare: "In Martinaise. He's in Martinaise."
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Shivers: Your shirt sticks to your chest. The shoulders of your disco blazer grow heavy. The cold finds its way in under your skin. You shiver, and the city shivers with you.
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Composure: You're not dressed for this weather. You should get an overcoat, or a patrol cloak.
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You: What's in the south?
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You: Say nothing.
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Shivers: Hallways collapsed from the mortar hits of a war that was lost long ago. Clotheslines go to waste in the rain. Radios play.
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IsMorning()
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Esprit de Corps: Patrol Officer Judit Minot stands beneath the awning overhanging the entrance, struggling to open her big black umbrella.
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Shivers: You shudder, looking down at your feet. Dirty rainwater runs veins into the plaza snow.
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Shivers: You realize you have no shoes on. Your feet are red with cold.
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Shivers: You realize you still have only one shoe. Nearby, on the balcony of the Whirling-in-Rags hostel-cafeteria, a single crocodile-skin shoe now fills with rainwater.
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Shivers: Urban coastline, rain dripping off eternite-covered roofs. Cinder blocks left over from half-finished construction. A defunct research and development building once seized by revolutionaries. An old wooden church stands on stilts above the water.
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You: And beyond that?
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Inland Empire: Will you ever go there?
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IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Kim Kitsuragi: From the corner of his eye, the lieutenant gives your feet a worried glance. Rain drips from his glasses.
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You: "I should probably do something about this."
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You: Shudder, look further...
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Rhetoric: The evening news.
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Jump to: [Shivers: "Your vision blurs. You wipe your fa..."]
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Shivers: Your vision blurs. You wipe your face with your hand. The rain stings your eyes, making you look up and blink.
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Shivers: Humid. Your coat shields you from the rain while the city shivers around you.
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Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant nods, then looks east.
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Untitled hub
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You: Where do I live?
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Shivers: On a street there that flows like a muddy river in the snow, with fire traps rising on either side. A film rental opens its doors to the rain, an armoured motor carriage rushes past the corner where you used to walk together... Suddenly, the hair on your back rises.
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Rhetoric: The morning news.
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HasShirt() and CheckEquipped("jacket_suede")
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HasShirt() and CheckEquipped("jacket_suede")
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!(HasShirt() and CheckEquipped("jacket_suede"))
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HasShirt() and HasJacket()
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You: What is in the west?
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Shivers: Coal City, end of all lines.
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You: What is there?
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Untitled hub (02)
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You: Where the hood, where the hood, where the hood at?
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You: Why am I not there?
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CheckEquipped("jacket_patrol_cloak") or CheckEquipped("jacket_fritte_raincoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_nansencoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_navalcoat")
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CheckEquipped("jacket_patrol_cloak") or CheckEquipped("jacket_fritte_raincoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_nansencoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_navalcoat")
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!(CheckEquipped("jacket_patrol_cloak") or CheckEquipped("jacket_fritte_raincoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_nansencoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_navalcoat"))
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Kim Kitsuragi: "This rain will not let up any time soon. At least we're dressed for it -- let's keep moving."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "This rain will not let up any time soon. I'd recommend you put on your coat."
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You: And before that?
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Shivers: You -- on the Martinaise plaza. A small dot looking up at the sky. Droplets form on your eyelashes.
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Shivers: Capeside apartments -- tower blocks crowd one another, 4.46 mm bullets still lodged in their war-torn stone walls.
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Jean Vicquemare: "Huh? Yeah." He opens his umbrella, but the wind immediately turns it inside out.
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Mack Torson: "Hetero -- sexual. Life -- partners."
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Jean Vicquemare: "Funny apery." Vicquemare struggles with his umbrella, the ribs are protruding from its canopy. "Male-centric workplace humour. Have you seen him?"
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Variable["plaza.kineema_57th_hub"]
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Variable["plaza.kineema_57th_hub"]
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!(Variable["plaza.kineema_57th_hub"])
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Esprit de Corps: Satellite-Officer Jean Vicquemare rushes down the Precinct stairs, umbrella in hand. It's unopened. He doesn't seem pleased about the spring rain.
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Shivers: Your shirt sticks to your chest. The shoulders of your jacket grow heavy. The cold finds its way under your skin. You shiver, and the city shivers with you.
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Shivers: A yard. Rain falls onto the roof of a woodshed. Filthy water pools around a body. Droplets of rain slip from the dead man's cold cheeks.
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You: What's below?
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Shivers: Collapsed storm drains. Old sewage systems flooded with rainwater. Hidden weapon caches from the Revolution. Doors leading down to Le Royaume -- the catacombs to which, for three centuries, they delivered the blue-blooded dead.
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You: Run your fingers through your dampened hair.
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Shivers: Your hair is an oily mess flecked with ash from neighbouring coal plants. Smoke stacks rise somewhere in the distance.
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You: Let go of the feeling.
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Variable["plaza.rainshivers_esprit"]
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Variable["plaza.rainshivers_esprit"]
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!(Variable["plaza.rainshivers_esprit"])
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Jean Vicquemare: "What?"
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Chester McLaine: "It's not like that. They're what you call *hetero-sexual life partners*. They have a battle-tested relationship. A 'bröderbund', if you will."
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You: What's in the north?
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You: What is down the shore?
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Shivers: YOU CANNOT RETURN.
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Shivers: HAVE A BROTHER IN THE CUT. WHERE THE WOOD AT?
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HasJacket()
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!(HasJacket())
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Shivers: The shoulders of your jacket grow heavy. The cold finds its way under your skin. You shiver, and the city shivers with you.
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Shivers: Water runs down your bare chest. The cold finds its way under your skin. You shiver, and the city shivers with you.
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Shivers: Winter's grip on the city is loosening. The spring thaw is here.
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You: Finally. What now?
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Shivers: Grey sky like great battleships, clouds colliding with one another. Rain falls down on the world.
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Mack Torson: "Is there something wrong?"
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Kim Kitsuragi: "This rain will not let up any time soon. You should get a raincoat. There's a Frittte to the east. They sell them there."
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HasShirt() and HasJacket()
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!(HasShirt() and HasJacket())
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DayCount() < 3
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!(DayCount() < 3)
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Variable["coast.snowshivers_esprit"]
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Variable["plaza.rainshivers_inland_longs_for_delta"]
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Shivers: Revachol is the capital of the world. Jamrock is the capital of Revachol. Droplets form on your eyelashes.
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Inland Empire: It's home.
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You: And beyond that?
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You: What's above?
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You: "Motherfucker." [Finish thought.]
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Jump to: [mega shivers hjub]
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Variable["TASK.get_the_dead_body_down_from_the_tree_done"]
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Variable["TASK.get_the_dead_body_down_from_the_tree_done"]
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!(Variable["TASK.get_the_dead_body_down_from_the_tree_done"])
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Variable["coast.snow_shivers_activated"]
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You: What's in the east?
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Shivers: Couron, the lower middle class. Distributary after distributary cuts the city blocks in half. Seven-story buildings trail off into the rain.
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Shivers: The road ascends; a raised motorway loops above the ghetto. Beneath its concrete columns -- a sea of rooftops, woodwork, and tar stretches northward. Four-story buildings as far as the rain can fall. The snows melt in Jamrock.
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IsTHCFixed("the_way_home") or Variable["tc.live_in_jamrock"]
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Variable["plaza.rainshivers_inland_longs_for_delta"]
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!(Variable["plaza.rainshivers_inland_longs_for_delta"])
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CheckItem("jacket_patrol_cloak") or CheckItem("jacket_fritte_raincoat") or CheckItem("jacket_nansencoat") or CheckItem("jacket_navalcoat")
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!(CheckItem("jacket_patrol_cloak") or CheckItem("jacket_fritte_raincoat") or CheckItem("jacket_nansencoat") or CheckItem("jacket_navalcoat"))
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CheckEquipped("jacket_patrol_cloak") or CheckEquipped("jacket_fritte_raincoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_nansencoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_navalcoat")
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!(CheckEquipped("jacket_patrol_cloak") or CheckEquipped("jacket_fritte_raincoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_nansencoat") or CheckEquipped("jacket_navalcoat"))
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IsTHCFixed("the_way_home") or Variable["tc.live_in_jamrock"]
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!(IsTHCFixed("the_way_home") or Variable["tc.live_in_jamrock"])
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You: What is Jamrock?
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Shivers: La Drisienne, King Dris's Passenger Harbour. Cruise ships flanked by dock arms. Cranes watching over the mouth of the river distributary.
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You: What is across the distributary?
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IsEvening()
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!(IsEvening())
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Variable["coast.snow_shivers_activated"]
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!(Variable["coast.snow_shivers_activated"])
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Shivers: The spring thaw must be here. The snow is melting...
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Variable["TASK.fridge_victims_body_done"] or Variable["TASK.send_corpse_to_processing_done"]
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!(Variable["TASK.fridge_victims_body_done"] or Variable["TASK.send_corpse_to_processing_done"])
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201->4
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Variable["coast.snowshivers_esprit"]
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!(Variable["coast.snowshivers_esprit"])
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IsMorning()
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!(IsMorning())
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