SEAFORT DESERTER REASONING - 1179
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The Deserter: "Three weeks ago, when the rich hag came in on her galley. Her honour guard came in tow."
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The Deserter: "Them fucking..." He looks at the charred wood. "I didn't like that."
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Suggestion: And now he longs to see her covered in blood.
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Variable["seafort.deserter_sugg_see_blood"]
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Past the Feld building, on the coast? What was she doing there?"
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You: "What was she doing there?"
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Variable["TASK.inspect_the_buoy_done"]
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Variable["TASK.inspect_the_buoy_done"]
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!(Variable["TASK.inspect_the_buoy_done"])
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IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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name_namely
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You: "Are you sure? I checked the submersible. There was nothing there."
"Are you sure? We checked the submersible. There was nothing there."
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You: "What did it say her name was -- in the passport?"
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You: "Where was this submersible, looks like the investigation missed it?"
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You: "You saw her name on the passport. But before, when I said her name is *Klaasje* -- you didn't seem to recognize it."
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You: "Moving on -- did you continue watching her after this?" (Proceed.)
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The Deserter: "Why would I need that trash?" He looks to the reeds, confused. "I'm not going to Villiers..."
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The Deserter: "It didn't say *Klaasje* in there..." He shakes his head.
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Jump to: [name_namely]
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Inland Empire: You lost it...
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Physical Instrument: You're a bad detective. Lazy and bad.
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Rhetoric: There! He's already admitted to it! Just ask...
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Jump to: [intense_scope_action]
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The Deserter: He nods. "Made a little love-nest up there. Sweaty linen and bottles they would use for god knows what... I saw other men there too, but I can't be sure. Even a woman once."
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IsKimHere()
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Shivers: Inside, in a cell, a young woman is withdrawing from amphetamines, barbiturates and alcohol. All at once. While two men in brown suits wave ICP badges at a young policeman. She hears the door open...
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IsEvening()
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Shivers: On the platform a young woman is withdrawing from amphetamines, barbiturates and alcohol. Yet still she smiles among the crowd, fading from your mind's eye...
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Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_full"]
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You: "Rich hag?"
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The Deserter: "Wrinkled up whore," he nods.
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Half Light: An anger too, in addition to loneliness.
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IsKimHere()
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Jump to: [themainhub]
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JUMP OUT to SEAFORT / THE DESERTER
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You: "You climbed, right? You *climbed* behind her window, like the CRAB-MAN?"
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The Deserter: "What are you talking about -- 'crab-man'?" He waves you off with a cough.
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The Deserter: "Like that too, yes," he nods. "Bending like a bow against the glass..."
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Jump to: [for_the_success]
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You: "Why then?"
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The Deserter: "I don't really know. I was there one night and she was crying, like a child -- in the corner of her room, on the floor. Like she does sometimes...."
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Jump to: [themainhub]
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Did you keep what was in it? When we found the submersible it was empty."
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You: "Did you keep the materials? When I found the submersible it was empty."
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Variable["seafort.deserter_modifier_composure_neurological"]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_modifier_composure_neurological"]
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!(Variable["seafort.deserter_modifier_composure_neurological"])
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Composure: There it is again. The strange neurological state he's sometimes in.
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Composure: A strange confusion comes over him from time to time. Some kind of aberration of the nervous system?
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Reaction Speed: He must have... climbed to the roof maybe?
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You: "How did you get close enough to see her bruises, Mr. Dros?"
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You: "You climbed, right? You *climbed* behind her window?"
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You: "How good are those fucking eyes of yours -- you use binoculars?"
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Kim Kitsuragi: ... then at the man. "How did you get in there? The hidden pinball workshop?"
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Variable["seafort.deserter_hiding_hub_looks_like_bum"]
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Physical Instrument: Of course it's not *okay*. Make up for it now, maximum performance!
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Jump to: [intense_scope_action]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_holes_in_head"]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_holes_in_head"]
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!(Variable["seafort.deserter_holes_in_head"])
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The Deserter: "Maybe..." He lowers his head and just stares at the logs. "I told you, I have holes in my brain now. I wouldn't just sit here waiting for you..."
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The Deserter: "Maybe..." He lowers his head and just stares at the logs. "I have these... holes in my brain now. I wouldn't just sit here waiting for you..."
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You: "She got away. I don't know where she is."
"She got away. We don't know where she is."
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The Deserter: "Good for her..." He looks to the city and nods: "That girl kept staring into the scope, you know -- in the end. This last week, kept staring at the island..."
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You: "She got away, but she led me here first. She figured out someone was watching her from the seafort."
"She got away, but she led us here first. She figured out someone was watching her from the seafort."
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The Deserter: "Gone..." He looks to the city and nods: "I knew it. She kept staring into the scope this last week. At the island, like she knew...." He sighs.
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IsCunoInParty()
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!(IsCunoInParty())
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The Deserter: "Her..." He repeats, staring at the ashes -- then the reeds. There's a twitch in the corner of his eye.
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The Deserter: "Her..." He repeats, staring at the ashes -- then at the reeds. There's a twitch in the corner of his eye.
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Cuno: "It was about bitches." The boy nods grimly.
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Esprit de Corps: There -- motive, detective. We have it.
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Shivers: ...and knows it's over. They've come for her. Outside it's springtime, the river flows blue and green into the Bay of Martinaise.
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Shivers: Midtown, across the bay of Revachol. Cold rain falls on forty-story towers. Above them -- Lausanne Central Aerodrome; a cocoon suspended in the grey sky by a web of suspension wiring, encircled by hybrid aircraft.
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Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_klaasje_fled"]
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Jump to: [themainhub]
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You: "This is the so-called soucriant again, right? Joyce?"
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Jump to: [The Deserter: ""Wrinkled up whore," he nods."]
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Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]
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You: "Another question about her."
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You: "What *ways*? Tell me!"
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You: "Got it."
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The Deserter: "Herding the strikebreakers like that -- I kept an eye on them." He stares inland, then back at you.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "How could you see what she looked like? You said it was dark."
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The Deserter: "The sun came up, her hair was like cobwebs. She smoked more fags and snorted a line of whatever shit she was on. Right there..." he shakes his head. "She needed it just to move."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Sloppy, we should have gotten her to tell us about this..." the lieutenant mutters to himself. "Did you take the documents?"
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The Deserter: "No. I put them back. Why would I take them, I'm not going to Falne..." He seems confused, momentarily. "Or... I mean..."
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You: How does he know those minute details about her body?
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You: Variable["seafort.deserter_rc_reaction_how_does_he_know_all_about_klaasje"]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_rc_reaction_how_does_he_know_all_about_klaasje"]
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!(Variable["seafort.deserter_rc_reaction_how_does_he_know_all_about_klaasje"])
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Variable["seafort.deserter_rc_reaction_how_does_he_know_all_about_klaasje"]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "You could tell she was a *spook* from the documents?"
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The Deserter: "She had different colour hair on the photo, and glasses. *Forged*. Some sordid, bourgeois affair. I've heard about this kind of thing on the radio..."
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CheckItem("key_workshop_spare")
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CheckItem("key_workshop_spare")
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!(CheckItem("key_workshop_spare"))
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Interfacing: And he found use for it -- a spare key, like the one hanging behind the Union box window.
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Variable["seafort.deserter_maybells_could_not_talk_about_in_feelings_branch"]
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The Deserter: "There's..." he sighs, "there's nothing to hold on to, only this... It's not enough."
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Perception (Sight): The coals of his eyes glisten suddenly, like stones dripping with water. Is he crying?
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You: "When was this?"
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The Deserter: "The day after I'd killed him."
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You: "Did you leave the dried May bells behind her window?"
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The Deserter: "I did. I shouldn't have. It was a mistake..." A tremor passes the right side of his face.
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Visual Calculus: The bruises. Can you make that out in a scope?
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Variable["seafort.deserter_viscal_bruises_scope"]
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You: "How did you see all this. The bruises; that she was beaten?"
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The Deserter: "I'm not blind, am I?" He shakes his silver head.
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The Deserter: "That kind of thing is fine by the Party so it's fine by me. But it goes to show you..." He just shakes his head.
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Rhetoric: Seems like the answer was yes.
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You: Look east...
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Kim Kitsuragi: "We could get more..." the lieutenant uses the opportunity to tell you -- in a lowered voice. "We've got him talking..."
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Logic: Who knows what he's seen and done over the years?
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IsNight()
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!(IsNight())
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Shivers: ...and knows it's over. They've come for her. Outside night falls, the river flows by, treacle black into the Bay of Martinaise.
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You: Look north...
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Shivers: On the platform a young woman is withdrawing from amphetamines, barbiturates and alcohol. Yet still she smiles among the crowd, among the great ghost of the city she's leaving -- for another, far south.
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Shivers: Midtown, across the bay of Revachol. Snow falls on forty-story towers. Above them -- Lausanne Central Aerodrome; a cocoon suspended in the snowy sky by a web of suspension wiring, encircled by hybrid aircraft.
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Empathy: Good luck, Harry, she thinks. You need something *good* for this...
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Variable["seafort.deserter_bonus_hub_got"]
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Electrochemistry: Some strange glandular process takes place in him at the thought. Like yeast rising...
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Rhetoric: Joyce... he means Joyce again.
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You: "Let's talk about something else for now."
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The Deserter: "They moved into a deserted apartment above the roundabout." He nods toward the city. "Radio equipment out for all to see -- reactionary radio playing. Sloppy and drunk."
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The Deserter: "I've seen their kind during the Landing. Those Occidental and Mesque falangues weren't conscripts -- boys, like us. They were wights. All they know is to destroy and hurt."
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The Deserter: "Hiding something in the water. She had a fag after she'd done it. I was up in the ruins there -- she couldn't see me, but I could see her. Smoking... she was nervous, but not scared."
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Electrochemistry: And beautiful.
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You: "Did you take the documents?"
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You: "First -- you could tell she was a *spook* from the documents?"
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The Deserter: "She had different colour hair on the photo -- and glasses. *Forged*. Some sort of sordid, bourgeois affair. I've heard about this kind of thing on the radio..."
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The Deserter: "She practically breastfed that man. You wouldn't believe the things she let him do to her..." He shakes his head and stares at the ashes.
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Variable["seafort.dolores_done"]
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for_the_success
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The Deserter: "You turn it on inside and it gets so dark out you can't see a man looking in. I learned that in the Twenties when they were still hunting me. I've seen people do *some* shit, but..." He keeps shaking his head.
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Rhetoric: Those two took the cake.
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The Deserter: "I can just walk in the hostel now, after a good wash. They all think I'm an antisocial, a vagrant. Closing hour is a good time. The kitchen's empty then."
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IsKimHere()
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You: "One more thing, Mr. Dros -- the dried flowers. On the roof."
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The Deserter: "What about them?"
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You: "How did you see all this. The bruises, that she was beaten?"
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The Deserter: "Heh..." He shakes his silver-grey head.
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You: "I'm not like that. I don't think like that."
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The Deserter: "No one gives a *shit* what you think," the old man spits in the ash. "You and your cronies kill ten working class men a day. I've heard the statistics on Channel 8."
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You: "I hate women too, you know."
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The Deserter: "True, there is something bourgeois about women..." He nods. "The weak are more vulnerable to exploitation by capital, unless they rise up in arms, which the likes of her..." He shakes his head.
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final_telling
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You: "I am not at liberty to say."
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You: "I arrested her."
"We arrested her."
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You: "I arrested her." (Lie.)
"We arrested her." (Lie.)
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The Deserter: "You're delusional. There's nothing to *see* in the soul of the bourgeois woman. It's the same as the surface -- sick hedonism and desperation."
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You: "Men are insane." (Shake your head.)
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You: "She did deserve a good punishing."
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The Deserter: "Where is she?" The old man looks at you. "I haven't seen her there for days."
"Where is she... that *Klaasje*?" The old man looks at you. "I haven't seen her there for days."
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Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]
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IsCunoInParty()
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IsCunoInParty()
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!(IsCunoInParty())
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Cuno: "We can totally get more out of him..." the kid whispers. "He's squeelin'..."
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The Deserter: The old man falls silent. Staring at your feet, the burnt logs.
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Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_seen_more"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_sugg_get_more"]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_seen_more"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_sugg_get_more"]
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!(Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_seen_more"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_sugg_get_more"])
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Physical Instrument: *Enough*. Take him in. Bend his arms behind his back and end this.
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Suggestion: You could get more out of him... He likes talking.
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The Deserter: The old man has fallen silent, staring at your feet. The burnt logs in the fire are moist from the sea air.
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Jump to: [themainhub]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Did you keep the documents in it?"
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Cuno: "Yeah." Cuno nods knowingly. "The lightning gets shit going. Speedfreaks fuckin' in the bushes..."
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Savoir Faire: He must knows his way around a creaky floorboard and a rusty hinge on a door...
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You: "Ever see her through a window, on a roof?"
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Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_peephole"]
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Jump to: [intense_scope_action]
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Hand/Eye Coordination: The calibre of bullet he used does not do that kind of damage.
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intense_scope_action
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You: "So you were jealous?"
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The Deserter: "Jealousy is a reactionary concept. I didn't *like* the reaver enjoying himself -- drugged out, soothed in the arms of a young woman. I wanted him to die so he could not enjoy life anymore."
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You: "What do you think she hid there?"
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The Deserter: "Her passport. And tickets to Villiers." He coughs. "And from there to Casherbrume."
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The Deserter: "That too," he nods.
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IsKimHere()
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You: "You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags." (Move on.)
"You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags. Those were *your* footprints. You just changed your shoes." (Move on.)
"You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags. Those were *your* footprints." (Move on.)
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The Deserter: "I've been through *all* of Martinaise -- every nook and cranny."
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IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Kim Kitsuragi: You hear the familiar scribble of the lieutenant's pen. A quick glance at you...
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IsCunoInParty()
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Jump to: [for_the_success]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_hiding_hub_looks_like_bum"]
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!(Variable["seafort.deserter_hiding_hub_looks_like_bum"])
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The Deserter: "I can just walk in there now, after a good wash -- I told you they think I'm an antisocial. Closing hour is a good time. The kitchen's empty."
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The Deserter: Neither does he. He lowers his head, like a sunflower on a withered stalk.
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IsKimHere()
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You: "There have been others?"
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The Deserter: "Yes. Over the years. It's not un-proletarian to feel something."
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Volition: It's as if something *put* the thought there. To leave the flowers.
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You: "Something *put* the thought in you. A compulsion."
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You: Say nothing.
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You: "You wanted to console her."
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You: "You wanted to manipulate her."
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Half Light: A sudden pang of rage.
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Variable["seafort.deserter_kim_taking_notes"]
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Jump to: [intense_scope_action]
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You: "Why did you?"
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Variable["seafort.deserter_rhet_thinking_thoughts"]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_rhet_thinking_thoughts"]
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!(Variable["seafort.deserter_rhet_thinking_thoughts"])
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Logic: Also, a little inconsistency here -- he was surprised to hear her name Klaasje, before. Would he not have seen it on the documents?
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Logic: A little inconsistency -- he was surprised to hear her name Klaasje, before. Would he not have seen it on the documents?
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The Deserter: "The world is insane..." He raises his gaze. Something glimmers in there. Then it's gone.
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Inland Empire: See you tomorrow, Harry. Her voice rings in the evening air, burning...
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dream_dream
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Variable["seafort.deserter_esprit_posse_in_village"]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_esprit_posse_in_village"]
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!(Variable["seafort.deserter_esprit_posse_in_village"])
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Esprit de Corps: "He's there, doing... *what* exactly I don't know," Satellite-Officer Vicquemare points at the ruins. "Behind that anti-aircraft-something. That's why we can't see him."
130->293
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Rhetoric: He knew she knows. She was looking at the island, figuring it out -- day by day, cigarette by cigarette...
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Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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!(Variable["auto.is_snowing"])
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Esprit de Corps: As the men go, Patrol Officer Minot looks back over her shoulder -- at the crumbling fortification in the snowfall, like a rotten tooth rising out of the water...
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Esprit de Corps: As the men go, Patrol Officer Minot looks back over her shoulder -- at the crumbling fortification, like a rotten tooth rising out of the water...
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The Deserter: "I could see they've returned now. To show their real face -- the face they don't dare show their bourgeois voters back on Mundi, with their families and polyester clothes..."
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Jump to: [themainhub]
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The Deserter: "So don't you sermonize me, you racist shithole." He adds. "It's still bourgeois when the bourgeois does it. Fiddling with their sexual organs..."
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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You: "Did you keep the materials?"
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Jump to: [themainhub]
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talking_talking
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You: "Khm..." (Cough.) "Moving on -- the victim arrives some time after her..."
"Khm..." (Cough.) "Moving on -- the negotiator's *security detail* arrives shortly after..."
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You: "Whore. Good strong word. I use it often myself."
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You: "What is it with these *whores* and *pederasts*... aren't you a communist?"
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You: "Did you have feelings for that woman?"
"You had feelings for that woman."
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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The Deserter: "The sun came up and her hair was like cobwebs. She smoked more fags and snorted a line of whatever *shit* she was on. Right there..." he shakes his head. "She needed it just to move."
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Jump to: [intense_scope_action]
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IsKimHere()
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Esprit de Corps: One more loose end down. We're doing this, detective.
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Jump to: [intense_scope_action]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"]
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!(Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"])
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Logic: Rightly so. Fix this now! Push on, extra carefully!
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Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"]
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Empathy: On her.
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Logic: This one's *gone*. Make up somehow, connect something else, fast!
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Half Light: A strange, uncalled for rage he seems to have no control over.
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You: "Nothing."
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The Deserter: "I don't understand..." He shakes his head.
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Kim Kitsuragi: In the silence, the lieutenant draws a line in his notes. Then nods at you once more.
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Esprit de Corps: One more down.
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Kim Kitsuragi: "A red haired woman? Ruby..."
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You: "A red haired woman? Ruby..."
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You: Let it be.
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The Deserter: "She'd look -- at night, crying or smoking on the roof -- staring right into me..." He adds, to no one in particular: "It doesn't matter."
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The Deserter: "I was there one night and she was crying. Like a child, in the corner of her room -- on the floor. I'd never seen her do that before."
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Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_klaasje_arrest"]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_klaasje_arrest"]
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!(Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_klaasje_arrest"])
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You: Shake it off.
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169->389
170
Shivers: Across the harbour, on the South bank of the River Esperance, white snow falls on a two story box of duraluminum. Precinct 57, near the gates to Terminal H.
170->167
171->7610857
172
The Deserter: "I've been through *all* of Martinaise -- every nook and cranny."
365
Reaction Speed: Thank god, the kid is picking it up...
172->365
173
The Deserter: "Wrinkled up whore," he nods.
173->144
174
Logic: That must be the representative of the Harbour company, who came in on her boat.
366
its_joyce_time
174->366
175->49
273
You: "Wights?"
175->273
176->77
177
The Deserter: "No. Why would I do that? I didn't need tickets to Villiers... I put them back. If I wanted to extort someone I'd do better."
315
Rhetoric: This implies that he's thought about extorting her.
177->315
178
The Deserter: "I could see who she was, too," he nods. "A spook. On the run. Revachol's the cloaca of capital now. All the bagmen and arms dealers end up here. To do drugs and have sex like animals."
469
IsKimHere()
178->469
180
Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_peephole"]
179->180
181
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_peephole"])
179->181
180->21
434
The Deserter: "Mhm," he smacks his lips. "Bending like a bow against the glass..."
181->434
182->152
183
Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]
184
Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]
183->184
185
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"])
183->185
406
You: One little thing missed and I drown in anxiety...
184->406
407
You: No. It's cool. I've already got him. I don't need to be perfect.
184->407
185->153
186->183
187
IsKimHere()
188
IsKimHere()
187->188
189
!(IsKimHere())
187->189
529
Kim Kitsuragi: "One more thing -- the flowers, Mr. Dros. The dried flowers that were on the roof."
188->529
189->85
479
You: "One more thing about her..."
189->479
190
The Deserter: "What do you mean *put*?" He raises his eyes. They're round and wide.
480
Empathy: A brief flash of terror.
190->480
191
Composure: And inexplicably. It doesn't go with his pained voice.
556
Jump to: [intense_scope_action]
191->556
192
klaasje_the_spook
192->80
192->86
367
You: "And the bruises -- you could see her bruises through the scope of a rifle?"
192->367
193->65
195
Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]
194->195
196
!(Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"])
194->196
195->89
445
Drama: Safe and sound, sire. Surely you have not misplaced the witness.
196->445
446
The Deserter: "At night, crying or smoking on the roof. Like she knew I was here..." He says to no one in particular: "It doesn't matter."
197->446
198
The Deserter: "Locked up with your masters, like I'll be... maybe we'll meet?" He looks to the city. "She kept staring into the scope, you know -- in the end. Like she *knew*."
263
The Deserter: "Staring at the island, the fort, like she knew I was here..." He adds, to no one in particular: "It doesn't matter."
198->263
199
Perception (Hearing): You hear a low frequency hiss, barely. Beneath the audible spectrum. Then it's gone.
355
IsKimHere()
199->355
200->389
201
Esprit de Corps: As the men go, Patrol Officer Minot looks back over her shoulder -- at the crumbling fortification in the rain, like a rotten tooth rising out of the water...
201->73
202->144
204
IsCunoInParty()
203->204
205
!(IsCunoInParty())
203->205
204->101
205->228
206
Cuno: "Yeah, but that one too, right? Secret Whirling shit?"
246
The Deserter: "Yes, that too." He shakes his head, almost in awe. "The things they did in that little room. What she'd *do* to feel good..." He explains: "Funny, the way light works..."
206->246
207
lets_do_the_one_that_doesnt_break
207->117
313
You: "One more thing about this woman..."
207->313
535
You: "Was that why you left the dried flowers behind her window?"
207->535
208
Reaction Speed: Thank god, the lieutenant is picking it up...
551
Kim Kitsuragi: "But *that* nook too?" The lieutenant does not let you finish.
208->551
209
Variable["seafort.deserter_talked_soucriant"]
210
Variable["seafort.deserter_talked_soucriant"]
209->210
211
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_talked_soucriant"])
209->211
451
Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]
210->451
332
Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]
211->332
212->76
213
The Deserter: "And I wanted her to see his head explode," he nods. "That too. She should know better than to hold a child murderer between her thighs. I knew he'd be there for one more second, *writhing*..."
335
The Deserter: "That's all it takes for the bullet to reach his head." He squints. "Now that I think of it, I wasn't aiming for his mouth. I wanted his brains to spill out on her... but..." he shrugs, "you can't have everything."
213->335
214
Variable["seafort.deserter_volition_defenses"]
215
Variable["seafort.deserter_volition_defenses"]
214->215
216
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_volition_defenses"])
214->216
215->2
493
Suggestion: He wants to see her covered in blood.
216->493
217
You: "You wanted to punish her, so you killed him."
217->81
218
The Deserter: "In the water, behind the camp site there," he waves erratically toward the coast. "I don't remember precisely. It was in the winter. It was cold out..."
218->27
219->177
220->9
221
Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_window"]
222
Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_window"]
221->222
223
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_clicked_window"])
221->223
339
The Deserter: "I've seen her like that, yes," he nods. "Cutting those drugs of hers into little lines with a knife, masturbating..."
222->339
269
The Deserter: "Oh yes," he smacks his lips. "Cutting those drugs of hers into little lines with a knife, masturbating..."
223->269
224->400
225
The Deserter: "I got that open a long time ago. Some bourgeois game-merchant lived there -- I don't know... fifteen years ago? He left spare keys all over and I took one. Then I saw her turn the light on one night in my scope..." He points toward the Whirling-in-Rags.
225->57
226->530
227
You: "And the door? The steel door in the kitchen, how do you open that?"
227->225
311
You: "How did you get *in* there? The hidden pinball workshop?"
228->311
251
The Deserter: "I have my ways." A cracked smile appears on his dried white lips.
229->251
403
IsKimHere()
230->403
231
Logic: No it's not. Fix this now! Move on extra carefully! Be incredibly *minute*!
231->408
232
Variable["XP.connect_secret_roof_path_to_deserter"]
233
Variable["XP.connect_secret_roof_path_to_deserter"]
232->233
234
!(Variable["XP.connect_secret_roof_path_to_deserter"])
232->234
233->207
247
Variable["seafort.deserter_you_have_maybelled"]
234->247
235
You: "I just got this feeling. From what you said. Do you agree?"
235->33
236
Jump to: [You: ""When was this?""]
236->61
237
The Deserter: "If you came ten years ago, I would have killed you." He wipes his eye.
237->120
238
The Deserter: "*Twisted* by psychopharmaceuticals, alcohol, and the class interests of the bourgeoisie. They all are -- women nowadays..." He raises his eyes from the ashes.
519
Jump to: [intense_scope_action]
238->519
240
Perception (Hearing): You hear a low frequency hiss, barely beneath the audible spectrum. Then it's gone.
239->240
240->91
241
Esprit de Corps: Special consultant Heidelstam is optimistic: "We'll see the boat when he comes. Let's go get a coffee until then. I know this interesting little place, where..." His voice trails off as the three walk down the jetty.
562
Variable["auto.is_raining"]
241->562
242
Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
243
Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
242->243
244
!(Variable["auto.is_snowing"])
242->244
243->170
383
Shivers: Across the harbour, on the South bank of the River Esperance, the air stands still outside Precinct 57 -- a two story box of duraluminum near the gates to Terminal H.
244->383
245
Cuno: "You've been through some secret route shit, huh? *Inside* the Whirling-in-Rags, creepin' around?"
245->172
246->83
248
Variable["seafort.deserter_you_have_maybelled"]
247->248
249
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_you_have_maybelled"])
247->249
427
SetVariableValue("seafort.deserter_maybells_could_not_talk_about_in_feelings_branch", true) --[[ Variable[ ]]
248->427
567
try_not_to_fuck_it_up
249->567
250
The Deserter: "Since she came to Martinaise. I saw her sneaking in the reeds early in the morning, behind the Feld building. It was dark, still winter. She didn't have her skimpy outfit on then, just a spot in the night, moving..."
250->3
251->403
343
The Deserter: "Her..." he repeats, with strange slowness.
252->343
253
Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]
254
Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]
253->254
255
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"])
253->255
534
Physical Instrument: As you should be, son, this is pitiful. Make up for it now!
254->534
255->408
256
Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]
257
Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"]
256->257
258
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_physint_lost_it"])
256->258
257->32
258->408
259->547
261
Variable["seafort.deserter_viscal_bruises_scope"]
260->261
262
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_viscal_bruises_scope"])
260->262
557
Reaction Speed: And the fact that she was a *spook*. How did he come to that?
261->557
508
Reaction Speed: Wait, she was a *spook*? How did he come to that?
262->508
378
Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]
263->378
264
Variable["auto.is_raining"]
265
Variable["auto.is_raining"]
264->265
266
!(Variable["auto.is_raining"])
264->266
544
Shivers: Across the harbour, on the banks of the River Esperance, cold rain falls on Precinct 57 -- a two story box of duraluminum near the gates to Terminal H.
265->544
266->242
267
Shivers: Good bye, Martinaise.
267->389
268->95
368
Electrochemistry: Everything in him fills with impossible longing, all at once.
269->368
270
You: "And that too."
270->246
271->297
272
You: "Let's talk about something else for now."
487
The Deserter: He draws shallow breaths.
272->487
545
The Deserter: "Barely alive. They like to kill while they're on their drugs. After the landing, in the burning years I would take shots at them, *end* them. The worst ones. If I had a bullet to spare."
273->545
275
Variable["seafort.deserter_sugg_see_blood"]
274->275
276
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_sugg_see_blood"])
274->276
464
Authority: To punish her.
275->464
276->104
277->177
278
IsKimHere()
279
IsKimHere()
278->279
280
!(IsKimHere())
278->280
279->51
280->79
520
Variable["TASK.klaasjes_real_name_done"]
281->520
395
The Deserter: "It was something else..." He stutters. "I don't remember. It was dark that morning. I only remember her face on the photo."
"It was something..." He stutters. "I don't remember. It was dark that morning. I only remember her face on the photo."
282->395
283
Reaction Speed: It quickly comes to you.
The secret path. He could have just *changed* his shoes, the prints in the dust were his!
283->472
284->12
285
You: "And you brought her May bells?"
552
The Deserter: "Yes," he looks at the charred logs. "I don't know why I do the things I do anymore."
285->552
286->313
286->535
287
Kim Kitsuragi: In the silence, the lieutenant draws a line in his notes.
287->537
288
Jump to: [intense_scope_action]
288->547
542
The Deserter: "I know she's gone." He looks to the city. "Locked up, or on the run.... She kept staring into the scope, you know. In the end, this last week. At the fort. Like she *knew*."
289->542
290
Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant nods at you, in acknowledgement.
291
Esprit de Corps: That's it. Motive. We have it.
290->291
291->91
292
Esprit de Corps: There, on a dilapidated jetty in a nameless village, two police officers and one special consultant look across a narrow strip of sea. The ruins of a seafort stick out of the water, built by Filippe II, re-appropriated by the Commune, then lost in the Landing...
292->129
293->241
294
Shivers: ...and knows it's over. They've come for her. Outside the dusk gathers, the river flows by, gold and orange into the Bay of Martinaise.
294->389
565
The Deserter: "Yes," he nods enthusiastically. "Old-fashioned."
295->565
296
The Deserter: "Lax sexual morals are a bourgeois ploy," he gargles a spit ball. "As to pederasty, the Party legalized it in '04. My Party, not your liberal masters." He spits it out on the dying coals.
296->138
298
Variable["seafort.deserter_bonus_hub_got"]
297->298
299
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_bonus_hub_got"])
297->299
298->99
447
IsKimHere()
299->447
300->202
301
Empathy: While he stands here and rots.
301->375
302->209
303
You: "And by that you mean the representative of the harbour company?"
303->173
304
Variable["XP.detect_compromized_skillset"]
305
Variable["XP.detect_compromized_skillset"]
304->305
306
!(Variable["XP.detect_compromized_skillset"])
304->306
337
Volition: This man has seen past her, like you did.
305->337
306->493
307
You: "How long had you been watching her?"
307->250
308->218
309->9
310
Drama: He's setting it up for you...
538
Visual Calculus: The bruises. You can't make that out in a scope...
310->538
311->113
312
You: "How did you get close enough to see the bruises, Mr. Dros?"
312->251
555
The Deserter: "Woman..." he smiles suddenly.
313->555
443
The Deserter: "Man needs to feel something else. In this fight, it helps if you have your eye on something there," he looks to the city. "It's weakness, I know."
"Man needs to feel something else. It helps if you have your eye on something -- there," he looks to the city where the lights sparkle. "Something pretty. It's weakness, I know."
314->443
497
Variable["seafort.deserter_you_have_maybelled"]
315->497
316->9
318
IsKimHere()
317->318
319
!(IsKimHere())
317->319
318->310
319->538
320->14
321->238
322
You: This has got nothing to do with that. (Try to forget it.)
348
Inland Empire: It's no good, Harry. Her voice rings in the evening air. It smells of burning buildings...
322->348
323
Jump to: [The Deserter: "The old man raises his gaze. Someth..."]
541
The Deserter: The old man raises his gaze. Something glimmers in the corner of his black eye...
323->541
325
Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_klaasje_fled"]
324->325
326
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_klaasje_fled"])
324->326
325->71
462
You: Shake it off.
325->462
326->389
327->73
329
Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]
328->329
330
!(Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"])
328->330
329->245
330->252
330->370
331->270
333
Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]
332->333
334
!(Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"])
332->334
524
Rhetoric: Joyce... he means Joyce.
333->524
362
Variable["seafort.deserter_rhet_he_means_joyce"]
334->362
431
Electrochemistry: Her body sweating from the drugs, slick from cerebral haemorrhage.
335->431
430
Conceptualization: For him to stop reacting to stimuli, to be broken off from the world. Cordoned into darkness.
336->430
337->214
338->106
526
You: "And beautiful."
338->526
339->368
340
Kim Kitsuragi: "You had to open the steel door in the kitchen? How?"
340->225
341->251
342
Kim Kitsuragi: "You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags." The lieutenant interrupts.
"You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags." The lieutenant steps in: "Those were *your* footprints. You just changed your shoes."
"You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags." The lieutenant steps in: "Those were *your* footprints."
372
The Deserter: "I've been through *all* of Martinaise -- every nook and cranny."
342->372
344
Pain Threshold: A little pain there. A prick.
343->344
344->153
346
Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"]
345->346
347
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"])
345->347
373
Inland Empire: Dive for other clues now, like you always do. Make it up in the deep end...
346->373
347->253
348->375
515
The Deserter: "That kind of thing is fine by the Party so it's fine by me, but it goes to show you..." He just shakes his head.
349->515
352
Jump to: [intense_scope_action]
350->352
351
Empathy: A bitter taste on his tongue.
351->352
352->547
353->547
354
You: "You saw through her? So did I."
354->90
356
IsKimHere()
355->356
357
!(IsKimHere())
355->357
356->290
357->41
358->378
359
Esprit de Corps: Across the water, on a dilapidated jetty in a nameless village -- made of grey cinder block houses with eternite roofs -- two police officers and one special consultant look across a narrow strip of sea.
359->129
360->296
361->86
361->367
363
Variable["seafort.deserter_rhet_he_means_joyce"]
362->363
364
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_rhet_he_means_joyce"])
362->364
363->366
489
Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]
364->489
365->206
366->17
366->272
366->303
454
You: "By that you mean Joyce Messier, the Wild Pines rep?"
366->454
528
The Deserter: "You can't see that through a scope. It's just a blur there..." He shakes his silver-grey head.
367->528
473
IsKimHere()
368->473
369
Kim Kitsuragi: "Did you make that hole?"
398
The Deserter: "With a clip point knife."
369->398
371
The Deserter: "Not in this lifetime droite." He waves you off with a cough, his thoughts elsewhere...
370->371
371->157
372->208
373->408
374->504
375->87
375->88
375->127
375->320
375->354
540
You: Say nothing.
375->540
376
Inland Empire: You stare at them too. In your mind, Her Innocence Dei still turns to leave, airport bag in hand, silks flowing in her wake...
512
Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_dolores_leaving"]
376->512
377->91
379
Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"]
378->379
380
!(Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"])
378->380
379->264
484
Variable["auto.is_raining"]
380->484
414
Shivers: Inside, in a cell, a young woman is withdrawing from amphetamines, barbiturates and alcohol. Shivering, she fades from your mind's eye...
381->414
382
The Deserter: "Like she *knew* I was here..." He adds, to no one in particular: "It doesn't matter."
382->378
383->167
384
IsNight()
385
IsNight()
384->385
386
!(IsNight())
384->386
421
Shivers: Smaller. Distant. Hidden. Not like the great chandelier she sees sparkle in the night below her. Street lights, towers, tenements and water -- and across it, a dark strip of ruins barely visible, if she didn't squint her eyes...
385->421
388
Shivers: Smaller. Distant. Hidden. Not like the great chandelier she sees sparkle in the spring air below her. Streets and towers, tenements and water -- and across it, a dark strip of ruins barely visible, if she didn't squint her eyes...
386->388
418
IsEvening()
387->418
388->267
388->389
390
Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_full"]
389->390
391
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_shivers_full"])
389->391
390->292
391->359
392->281
393
You: "You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags." (Move on.)
"You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags. Those were *your* footprints there. You just changed your shoes." (Move on.)
"You've been through the secret route behind the Whirling-in-Rags. Those were *your* footprints in the dust." (Move on.)
393->331
394->61
395->309
396
Encyclopedia: In the Free State of Semenine. Hidden away at the edge of the Earth, near the pale.
432
You: "This is the hidden buoy she told us about... You looked into it?"
396->432
548
You: "Some kind of hidden container on the coast? You looked into it?
396->548
397->13
399
Perception (Hearing): Good for listening in too. For hearing the moaning and the snorts.
398->399
399->112
401
IsKimHere()
400->401
402
!(IsKimHere())
400->402
401->340
402->227
404
IsKimHere()
403->404
405
!(IsKimHere())
403->405
436
Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]
404->436
405->46
406->154
439
Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"]
407->439
408->547
409->190
410
The Deserter: "No..." He starts to shake his head again, a sunflower on a withered stalk.
410->22
411->285
412
The Deserter: "You can't see bruises through a scope. It's just a blur..." He shakes his silver-grey head.
412->288
413->198
414->389
416
IsEvening()
415->416
417
!(IsEvening())
415->417
416->294
417->68
419
IsEvening()
418->419
420
!(IsEvening())
418->420
483
Shivers: Smaller. Distant. Hidden. Not like the great chandelier she sees sparkle in the dusk below her. Streets, towers, tenements and cold water; and across the water -- a dark strip of ruins barely visible, if she didn't squint her eyes...
419->483
420->384
421->267
421->389
423
IsKimHere()
422->423
424
!(IsKimHere())
422->424
566
Kim Kitsuragi: "Khm," the lieutenant coughs.
423->566
424->212
425
You: "You mean the Wild Pines representative again, right?"
425->300
426
You: "The bruises on her body -- any chance you've seen them through a *hole in a wall?*"
426->221
427->567
488
The Deserter: He draws shallow breaths.
428->488
430->213
431->304
456
The Deserter: "After she was gone." He nods.
432->456
433->11
434->82
435
You: "You made that hole?"
435->398
437
Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]
436->437
438
!(Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"])
436->438
437->342
438->252
438->370
440
Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"]
439->440
441
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_logic_lost_it"])
439->441
440->231
476
Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"]
441->476
442->116
443->232
444
You: "And you could see her bruises -- through the scope of a rifle?"
444->412
445->89
446->378
448
IsKimHere()
447->448
449
!(IsKimHere())
447->449
448->67
449->92
450->171
452
Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]
451->452
453
!(Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"])
451->453
452->75
453->425
453->428
454->173
455->105
463
You: "Okay then."
455->463
456->6
457->309
458
The Deserter: "Yes. After she'd gone. It was a submersible. Well made, actually..."
458->278
459
IsKimHere()
460
IsKimHere()
459->460
461
!(IsKimHere())
459->461
460->494
461->38
462->16
492
The Deserter: *Splat*, a bloody spitball lands on the firewood.
463->492
464->547
465
The Deserter: "I did." He almost smiles. "She had a face like an archipelago, with those birthmarks. And a body, hard and lean and bruised all over -- black and yellow. I could see she's taken a beating."
465->178
467
Variable["seafort.deserter_rc_reaction_how_does_he_know_all_about_klaasje"]
466->467
468
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_rc_reaction_how_does_he_know_all_about_klaasje"])
466->468
467->283
468->30
470
IsKimHere()
469->470
471
!(IsKimHere())
469->471
470->56
471->63
472->102
472->108
472->393
472->426
474
IsKimHere()
473->474
475
!(IsKimHere())
473->475
474->369
475->435
477
Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"]
476->477
478
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_lost_it"])
476->478
501
Inland Empire: Is it? You don't feel like it is. You feel like you should make up for it by *scrutinizing* him extra carefully...
477->501
478->256
503
The Deserter: "That fucking whore..." He waves his hand, with sudden anger. Something comes over him...
479->503
480->159
480->235
481->352
482->198
483->267
483->389
485
Variable["auto.is_raining"]
484->485
486
!(Variable["auto.is_raining"])
484->486
485->43
559
Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
486->559
487->23
488->143
490
Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"]
489->490
491
!(Variable["pier.joyce_hub_reached"])
489->491
490->366
491->174
492->19
493->274
494->199
495->77
496->106
498
Variable["seafort.deserter_you_have_maybelled"]
497->498
499
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_you_have_maybelled"])
497->499
498->124
499->520
500->408
501->408
502->547
503->158
504->237
506
Variable["seafort.deserter_kim_taking_notes"]
505->506
507
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_kim_taking_notes"])
505->507
506->160
507->287
508->192
510
Variable["seafort.dolores_done"]
509->510
511
!(Variable["seafort.dolores_done"])
509->511
510->376
511->301
513
Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_dolores_leaving"]
512->513
514
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_inland_dolores_leaving"])
512->514
513->322
558
You: The dream...
513->558
514->375
515->103
516->323
517
Shivers: Midtown, across the bay of Revachol. The oceanic wind washes forty-story towers. Above them -- Lausanne Central Aerodrome; a cocoon suspended in the sky by a web of suspension wiring, encircled by hybrid aircraft.
517->324
518->268
519->547
521
Variable["TASK.klaasjes_real_name_done"]
520->521
522
!(Variable["TASK.klaasjes_real_name_done"])
520->522
546
Reaction Speed: One little thing -- what was her *name*, on the passport. Just curious...
521->546
522->9
523->109
524->362
525
You: "So in conclusion, it wasn't about him. It was about *her*." (Conclude.)
525->459
526->107
527->396
528->150
529->397
531
Variable["seafort.deserter_maybells_could_not_talk_about_in_feelings_branch"]
530->531
532
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_maybells_could_not_talk_about_in_feelings_branch"])
530->532
531->187
532->502
533->251
534->408
535->410
536->120
537->259
538->64
538->444
539->288
540->541
541->351
542->382
543->236
544->167
545->137
546->9
547->52
547->62
547->145
547->217
547->307
547->312
547->525
548->458
549->106
550->465
551->246
552->118
553->33
554->33
555->191
556->547
557->192
558->128
560
Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
559->560
561
!(Variable["auto.is_snowing"])
559->561
560->72
561->517
563
Variable["auto.is_raining"]
562->563
564
!(Variable["auto.is_raining"])
562->564
563->201
564->132
565->212
566->212
567->117
567->313
568->98