VILLAGE JOYCE - 1248
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Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_village_intro_done"]
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Joyce Messier: "I'll just keep the Cor-de-Leite in the channel, if that's okay. It's too shallow near the pier..." She winds the mooring line around a post.
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Lilienne, the Net Picker: "Aye, ma'am... And it's a jetty, by the way."
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Joyce Messier: "It's good to see you here. I only just arrived myself."
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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You: "Well, it was good running into you." [Leave.]
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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You: "What brings you here?"
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Joyce Messier: "Nothing, really... I've had my eye on this jetty for weeks now. So I decided to investigate it personally. This cluster of buildings isn't on any of the official maps, as far as I can tell."
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Joyce Messier: ...then secures the mooring line. "It's good to see you here, detective. I only just arrived myself."
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Joyce Messier: Variable["village.joyce_blackc_shivers_clouds"]
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Variable["village.joyce_blackc_shivers_clouds"]
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!(Variable["village.joyce_blackc_shivers_clouds"])
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Shivers: Their cloud shadows slide over the ruins of Revachol West -- wherever they pass, the temperature drops slightly but perceptibly.
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Esprit de Corps: It's early spring and the rains are coming. An officer enters a low hut of stone and wood. Inside, weapons are piled against the walls. Rifles with splintering stocks... and swords. Tens if not hundreds.
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Joyce Messier: "Hmh... How *do* I like it?" She casts her gaze toward the village -- slush melting on the cinder blocks, construction work left half-finished ten years ago...
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Perception (Hearing): Water drips down eaves of eternite. The jetty below her feet creaks to the tune.
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Authority: What is this? Destruction of property? Hooliganism? Elder abuse? And who is this *scamp*, anyway?
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Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.cindy_authority"]
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You: "Oblivion -- that's so me."
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Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]
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You: "The place is doomed either way."
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Joyce Messier: "Maybe..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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Esprit de Corps: "The children carry them up. Come May, the streets will be flooded..." Outside the wind rattles the loose hatches. "*Flooded* with cheap weapons. In angry hands."
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Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.joyce_realityhub_reached"]
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Joyce Messier: "Oh, I'm not *frightened*, officer. I'd never..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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Jump to: [Shivers: "Above you there forms a quilt of al..."]
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Variable["pier.joyce_village_intro_done"]
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!(Variable["pier.joyce_village_intro_done"])
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Jump to: [IsNight()]
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Joyce Messier: Variable["village.joyce_left_mid_village_greet"]
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Variable["pier.cindy_authority"]
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!(Variable["pier.cindy_authority"])
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You: "Sounds like Cindy the SKULL alright. Want me to book her?"
"Who is this *scamp*? Want me to look into it?"
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You: "That's just Cindy being Cindy. You can ignore her."
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You: Leave it be.
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You: "So how do you like it here?" (Look around.)
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Joyce Messier: "Perhaps you shouldn't have. I sort of liked it on her..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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You: "This isola?"
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Joyce Messier: "Yes -- Insulinde."
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Do we?" He glances at his watch. It doesn't look like he does.
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Joyce Messier: "I hear you have singled out a *suspect* and are in pursuit. This is cause for cautious optimism -- I would not want to delay you..."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "What brings you here, madam?"
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Joyce Messier: "Remind me to tell you one day." She corrects the scarf around her neck. "For now -- how can I assist you in this new location?"
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discoverthis!
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Esprit de Corps: "They're antiques," says Lieutenant John 'The Archetype' McCoy to his partner. "They're digging them up from the catacombs now, fixing them. Old caches from the Revolution. "
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Joyce Messier: "Have I told you how they discovered this place?" The wind picks up, her raincoat flaps in the gust.
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discoveryisgo
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Joyce Messier: "You're not alone. Neither do most of these people -- the literacy rate is around 45% west of the river. Fifty years of occupation have left these people in an *oblivion* of poverty."
"Well, your condition has left you no worse off than most of these people -- the literacy rate is around 45% west of the river. Fifty years of occupation have left these people in an *oblivion* of poverty."
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You: Say nothing.
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You: "Forty-five percent is around where I operate. Things are getting better though."
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Joyce Messier: IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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!(IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]])
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Joyce Messier: The woman is tying a complicated nautical knot around the post.
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Joyce Messier: "Hello, detectives." She fastens the end of the line around the post and straightens her back.
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Joyce Messier: "Hello, detective." She fastens the end of the line around the post and straightens her back.
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Jump to: [You: ""So how do you like it here?" (Look..."]
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Joyce Messier: "It's just as well -- Lilienne and I are getting on much better. For one, she appreciates the concept of *rent*."
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Joyce Messier: "That they don't..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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Shivers: Above you there forms a quilt of altocumulus clouds, twisting into each other. The wind tugs and stretches them over the bay.
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Joyce Messier: "Oh jetty, oh jetty...." she responds mournfully...
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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Joyce Messier: "No need -- Lilienne and I are getting on much better. For one, she appreciates the concept of *rent*."
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Joyce Messier: IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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!(IsTaskActive("TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date")--[[ Variable[ ]])
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Joyce Messier: The woman is tying a complicated nautical knot around the post, while occasionally exchanging a few words with the other woman.
The woman is tying a complicated nautical knot around the post while occasionally exchanging a few words with Lilienne, the Net Picker.
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JUMP OUT to PIER / JOYCE INTRO
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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aquickpreview
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You: "This... fishing village?"
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You: "This island?"
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Joyce Messier: "She could easily just..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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Empathy: You detect a note of longing in her voice.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Thank you, ma'am. Do keep an eye on your boat."
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Joyce Messier: "No -- the Insulindian isola."
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isolaisolaisolation
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villageprerere
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Logic: That -- and she's also keeping an eye on *you*.
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whateverhub
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You: "Don't worry. I got her sword." (Show it.)
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You: "She's a woman. She doesn't know how to use a sword."
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You: Say nothing.
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You: "You're right to be scared. This is all your fault."
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You: "You're in no danger." (Whisper) "The working class have no idea what's happening to them."
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You: "Try not to be scared. This is just how the *real* city looks."
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Joyce Messier: Variable["village.joyce_esprit_about_village"]
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Joyce Messier: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Fortunately for you, madam, the RCM is on the scene."
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Rhetoric: All right. Politics time. Let's *react*.
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Joyce Messier: Variable["pier.cindy_first_greeting_balcony_done"]
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Variable["pier.cindy_first_greeting_balcony_done"]
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!(Variable["pier.cindy_first_greeting_balcony_done"])
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Authority: What is this? Destruction of property? Hooliganism? Elder abuse?
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Joyce Messier: "Of course. Jetty. I prefer a good jetty to a pier any day. Jet-jet-jetty..."
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Drama: Something about the way she says it makes you want to sing.
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You: "J-j-j-jettady-jetty."
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You: "Hello, ma'am."
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You: [Leave.]
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Joyce Messier: "Godspeed, detective."
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Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub]
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JUMP OUT to PIER / JOYCE INTRO
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You: "Tell me something else then."
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Joyce Messier: "Of course. I hear you have singled out a *suspect* and are in pursuit -- this is cause for cautious optimism. How can I help you at this juncture?"
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Joyce Messier: "Of course -- how fortuitous that I'm so close at hand. What do you need?"
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Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub]
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Authority: Real men, real politics, real thoughts in your head!
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Joyce Messier: She's tying a complicated nautical knot around the post.
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Inland Empire: This story she will tell only before she *leaves* Martinaise. At the very end of her stay.
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You: "Have you been spying on me?"
"Have you been spying on us?"
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Joyce Messier: "'Spying' has such a negative connotation. I did track your progress along the coast, however, and decided I would be better able to assist you from here..."
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Joyce Messier: "Then there's the matter of that little scamp in old-lady clothes. She threatened to paint the Cor-de-Leite red. Like blood, you see. Well, I like it the way it is -- white."
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Variable["village.joyce_esprit_about_village"]
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!(Variable["village.joyce_esprit_about_village"])
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Joyce Messier: "Do you know how they discovered this place?" The wind picks up, her raincoat flaps in the gust.
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You: "I need your help with something, right away! No time to talk!"
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Joyce Messier: "It's pornographically poor. The street has no name, all the men are dead or missing... and is that the carcass of a motor carriage over there?" She squints her eyes...
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Joyce Messier: Variable["TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date_done"]
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Joyce Messier: "Godspeed, detectives."
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You: "No, I don't know how they discovered it."
"No, you haven't told me how they found it."
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Joyce Messier: "I'm surprised that woman hasn't put me to the sword yet. Maybe she will? You should ask your questions while you can."
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Lilienne, the Net Picker: Dark eyes survey the coast leading up to Martinaise. Dull grey metal rests in her scabbard -- a sword. The wind is too loud for her to hear...
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Joyce Messier: "So am I -- and I *do* know how to use one..." She leans against the railing, looking up at the grey sky.
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You: "What is an isola, exactly?"
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Joyce Messier: "I'm guessing you *don't* know then..."
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Jump to: [Joyce MAIN hub]
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Variable["TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date_done"]
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!(Variable["TASK.meet_lilienne_for_a_date_done"])
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Joyce Messier: "It's a pity. Most of these people will never know what this place means -- this island of matter. Or why they were ferried over in the first place..."
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Joyce Messier: "No matter -- Lilienne and I are getting on much better. For one, she appreciates the concept of *rent*."
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Joyce Messier: You leave her fastening the mooring line around the post rotting in the water.
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Perception (Smell): The smell of salt and dog shit in the background.
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Joyce Messier: "...maybe there is something else I can assist you with? While you're *hot* in pursuit?"
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Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"]
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!(Variable["pier.joyce_amnesia_known"])
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Joyce Messier: "I knew you would sympathize." She nods. "Most Revacholians will never know what this place means, our home -- this island of matter. Or why they were ferried over in the first place..."
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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IsKimHere()
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!(IsKimHere())
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Joyce Messier: ...then secures the mooring line. "It's good to see you here, detectives. I only just arrived myself."
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You: "Tell me now, I have time."
"Tell me now, we have time."
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Variable["village.joyce_left_mid_village_greet"]
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!(Variable["village.joyce_left_mid_village_greet"])
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Variable["pier.joyce_realityhub_reached"]
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!(Variable["pier.joyce_realityhub_reached"])
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