VILLAGE POSSE 2 - 1188
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Cuno: "I'll make it tight, pig. Don't worry, the Cunn is on it."
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Empathy: He gulps, overcome with awe.
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Cuno: "This case -- this fucking grandpa shit.... this ugly shit? It's *nothing*. We saw a ghost. A real life ghost. Like he fucking proved *ghosts* are real -- it's that big, popo. It's fucking..."
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You: "That's right, it was a massacre. They got what was coming to them."
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Jean Vicquemare: "Who? Who got what was coming to them? The civilians? Lieutenant Kitsuragi? Why are you even *here* after he got shot? What else could you possibly fuck up?"
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You: Gulp.
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Judit Minot: "Speak up, lieutenant," she tries to reassure you. "It's okay. I believe there was a straggler."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Not as far as I could see. There were other things there, though..." He turns to you.
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Conceptualization: It's *interesting* time. Forget about the rest.
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Untitled hub
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Trant Heidelstam: "There are species of bees that, under the influence of kairomones, take wasp larvae to their hives. Ants do the same with aphids thinking they're..." he stops. "Do you think this is how it's stayed hidden?"
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Nothing is off the table, but -- I want to stress this -- the find does not have to be connected to the case. The case is 100% prosecutable -- without *any* kairomones."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Yes -- it's very okay."
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Jean Vicquemare: "Wait -- he tried to set up a drug lab?"
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Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
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Untitled hub (03)
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Untitled hub (03)
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You: "He's a trained sniper. The weapon he used is more than capable of making the shot."
"He's a trained sniper. The weapon he used -- the ballistics match."
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You: "Wait -- Jean. Was there *not* a giant kill-storm?"
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Cuno: "Pig, what the fuck is wrong with you?! Why you choking? Lay it on them! We have it!"
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Authority: Take the advice.
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Jean Vicquemare: "Of course. There *is* no motive..." He sighs.
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Jump to: [Kim Kitsuragi: ""Also -- we have a sniper's nest wi..."]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Also -- we have a sniper's nest with full view of the room in which the mercenary died. Right on the island. *And* two officers on the scene that Mr. Dros *confessed* to."
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Jean Vicquemare: "*Masterpiece*..." He rolls his eyes. "Get over yourself, Harry -- I can still smell the booze on the wind."
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Kim Kitsuragi: SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false or IsTHCCookingOrFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality")
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Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_percept_alcohol_smell"]
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Variable["village.posse_percept_alcohol_smell"]
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Volition: It will pass -- in time.
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Endurance: The iron smell of blood rises to your mouth.
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Inland Empire: That's it. The verdict.
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Trant Heidelstam: "You know, Harry -- if I may interrupt -- it would help if you had *evidence*. Any proof -- and I'd play ball here. The PR potential would be quite something for the RCM."
"You know, Harry -- if I may interrupt again -- it would help if you had *evidence*. Any proof -- and I'd play ball here. The PR potential would be quite something for the RCM."
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Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
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Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_phasmid_limbs"]
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Variable["village.posse_phasmid_limbs"]
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!(Variable["village.posse_phasmid_limbs"])
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Untitled hub
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Drama: You did not -- under any circumstances -- *talk* to it.
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Suggestion: Move on. Don't gloat.
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Jean Vicquemare: "Cool. To me it sounds like you got played by Evrart Claire. Duped -- for the hundredth time."
"Cool. To me it sounds like you got played by Evrart Claire. And it's true -- you *are* his little peone."
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Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_union_assassination"]
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Variable["village.posse_union_assassination"]
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Jean Vicquemare: "Is that why you want us to investigate the assassination of the previous Union head thing? To get off Evrart's hook?"
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Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
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Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
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IsCunoInParty()
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Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_union_assassination"]
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Judit Minot: "Jean, stop brutalizing him... He's trying."
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Jean Vicquemare: "Yes, we can *see* the jacket. Fuck the world. Fuck police duty. Fuck Jean Vicquemare -- that's what it says to me. Fuck me. We've been through this."
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Rhetoric: Dammit. Not *that* jacket, the one you got for the Doom Spiral. Forget it... It's not worth the effort.
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Jean Vicquemare: "Yes, we can see the jacket. 'Hey everybody -- I'm working undercover in a *hard fetish gang*. I don't care about anyone or anything.' We've been through this."
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You: "I also solved the case. It's *solved*. All of it."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Detective, it's better if *I* do that..." he says in a lowered voice.
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Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["plaza.tribunal_rc_dodge_ruud_shot"] == false
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Variable["plaza.tribunal_rc_dodge_ruud_shot"] == false
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!(Variable["plaza.tribunal_rc_dodge_ruud_shot"] == false)
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Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["plaza.tribunal_shoulder_wound_avoided_cuirass"]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "He did so at considerable risk to his person. Remember -- he was shot. We stopped an execution, not a negotiation. The loss of life was minimal compared to what it could have been."
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Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["church.kim_racism_reconciled"]
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Variable["church.kim_racism_reconciled"]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "I had a major collision with him on the subject. He yielded, and is now striving to be a crypto-fascist. That is: a regular police officer who *thinks* these things but doesn't say them. So that's... yeah."
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Kim Kitsuragi: IsTHCPresent("communist")
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Jean Vicquemare: "Okay, he did *something*..."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Other than that one time, he has tirelessly worked on the case. And he solved it. We have a confession, a murder weapon, *and* the perpetrator -- locked on the island right now, awaiting transportation."
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You: "There was also a dead man -- on the boardwalk. A missing person I found."
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Jean Vicquemare: "Yes-yes. Fallen through a gap in the boardwalk, drunk."
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Kim Kitsuragi: It doesn't look like the lieutenant wishes you to push this angle further.
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Esprit de Corps: 'Cut it out' is indeed what he is thinking.
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Cuno: "No." He does not take the order. "Cuno's going *all in*."
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Half Light: Oh no.... *all* in.
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You: "Cuno -- Shush."
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Cuno: "No." He stops you. "You've explained enough, pig. Cuno takes care of this shit now."
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Reaction Speed: There is *no* challenging the fury the kid is about to unleash.
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You: "Yes. Go home or fuck off."
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Judit Minot: "Lieutenant. Really... I..."
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Cuno: "Yeah, spin that real shit, pig. Murder weapon, big boy shit."
"Mmmhm." He nods, looking Vicquemare in the eye. "Murder weapon, big boy shit. My piggo tried to show you, but you shit the bed."
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Empathy: He's genuinely alarmed now.
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Judit Minot: "Lieutenant, please -- you have to have more than just some *mantis*. The straggler -- stick to that. You said you solved the murder."
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Volition: Stop taking this abuse. YOU. SOLVED. THE. CASE.
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Authority: Something that proves you haven't completely lost it. Something *solid*. You've *done* things. Good things. List those.
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Volition: No. There was a giant insect and they *have* to understand that. You will find proof. Don't give up.
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Logic: That makes sense, yes.
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Trant Heidelstam: "Very interesting." He looks around, quickly assessing the coast. "Such organisms are extremely vulnerable to disease. A single strain of bacteria could wipe out the whole species. We're probably looking at conservation efforts here..."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "I tried to... but I only got a blur."
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Empathy: Ouch...
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Cuno: "Stop squealing on yourself. Cuno *needs* to get out of this shithole." He turns to Vicquemare. "Pig's talking whack to impress you. It didn't go down like that. He done good. Tell them!"
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Trant Heidelstam: "Of course. Excuse me. I just thought it was noteworthy."
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Logic: He wasn't quite sure about the straggler before he heard this detail. It must have convinced him.
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Jean Vicquemare: "Okay-okay..." He rubs his temples. "Will he confess? To *prosecution*? No phasmid weirdness, just straight up confess?"
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Untitled hub (04)
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Jean Vicquemare: "Klaasje -- as in the suspect Lieutenant Kitsuragi brought in? I've read his reports -- don't fuck with me."
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Cuno: "Snitch binoclard..." He collects himself. "Yeah. Klaasje -- that chick. But she didn't do it. It was this old fuck. Grandpa on the island. Merc was fucking her and he couldn't hack it. Cuno can hack it."
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Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["seafort.deserter_health_phasmid"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_phasmid_degradation_discussed"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_phasmid_caused_randy_discussed"]
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Variable["seafort.deserter_health_phasmid"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_phasmid_degradation_discussed"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_phasmid_caused_randy_discussed"]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "A strange psychosexual fixation. Aggravated -- possibly -- by proximity to the phasmid and its chemicals. He himself gave a political reason -- said he had killed an enemy combatant."
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Kim Kitsuragi: He nods. "A strange psychosexual fascination. The result of spending all this time in solitude, on the islands of this bay... And trauma too. He himself gave a political reason. In his mind, he had killed an enemy combatant."
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Conceptualization: Oh, it's *way* more than that.
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Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_concept_way_more"]
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Jean Vicquemare: "And none of this can hide the smell of booze on the wind." He buttons his jacket.
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Jump to: [Judit Minot: ""Jean, maybe..." She stops and sigh..."]
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Judit Minot: "Jean, maybe..." She stops and sighs.
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Trant Heidelstam: "Some kind of a... what were they called? A bower? Yes. Things collected for a mating display. This would indicate a male. But... I don't know of *insects* displaying bowery behaviour."
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Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
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Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
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Jean Vicquemare: "Literal *cryptozoologists* are involved? That's it. No more phasmid-talk. There's no PR-value in delirium tremens."
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Trant Heidelstam: "Plants turning into bugs *is* a typical hallucination. Arche-typical even, dating back to many ancient tribal societies."
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Cuno: "It will NEVER be seen again! It wasn't seen for a *hundred* years. Fuck Cuno and let's all pretend there was no miracle. We don't need a giant insect, everything is so *good* without it in this fuck-hole..." He looks around.
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Volition: The sheer willpower in him MUST be making some dent in their incredulity. Some part of them must be thinking...
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Logic: ...if he is *that* certain. And they are not. C'mon...
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Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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Kim Kitsuragi: "This is a conversation for when we are no longer out in the open, in Martinaise, where Evrart and Edgar Claire have ears everywhere." The lieutenant lowers his voice -- just a little.
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Jean Vicquemare: "What?" He lowers his voice. "On behalf of..."
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Jean Vicquemare: "What? Hand Claire the terminal?"
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Untitled hub (03)
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You: "Eat the pigs!"
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You: "Vrrr... Viva la Revolución!"
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You: "Yeah. But for, like, conservative Revolution."
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You: "Yeah -- I actually just got manipulated into it."
"Yeah -- I probably got played."
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Jean Vicquemare: "Fuck you. You just got played by Evrart Claire. Duped -- for the hundredth time."
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Jean Vicquemare: "It doesn't matter how I know about *Al Gul*. What matters is -- you're Evrart Claire's messenger now. A *Union man*, as he calls it. He's a *mob boss*, did you know?"
"It doesn't matter how I know about *Al Gul*. What matters is -- you're Evrart Claire's peone now. Just as I said. He's a *mob boss*, did you know?"
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Jean Vicquemare: "Agreed."
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Judit Minot: "The body was transported to Precinct 41. Our morgue. I had Tillbrook and Mollins take care of funeral arrangements and family-stuff."
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Jean Vicquemare: "You're not the only cop in the world, Harry. This all comes back to us."
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Judit Minot: "Of course." She turns to Vicquemare. "Call it community outreach, right?"
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Reaction Speed: Dodged the bullet there. For a moment it seemed like you were just wasting time.
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Kim Kitsuragi: IsHighestCopotype("sorry_cop")
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IsHighestCopotype("sorry_cop")
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Then there's the... self-flagellation issue. He likes to apologize -- profusely. Making it sound like he's guilty of at least first degree murder. It's not a good communication strategy for an officer. It's..."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Then there's the *boring cop* issue. Despite all the obvious and almost grotesque mannerisms and sartorial choices he still insists he isn't *characteristic* enough. It's..."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Odder still -- he is also a Mazovian socio-economist, who believes in liquidating the ruling class. How he reconciles these two points of view, I do not know -- but he is *vocal* on both of them."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "And then there's the motor carriage in the sea -- something I was *not* present for..." He breathes in sharply. "But -- despite all this -- he is a great detective. One of the best I've seen, in fact."
"And then there's the motor carriage in the sea, and the drugs, of course, some kind of anti-radiation drug he uses to induce visions..." He breathes in sharply. "But -- despite all this -- he is a great detective. One of the best I've seen, in fact."
"And then there's the motor carriage in the sea, and the drugs, of course -- amphetamine, mostly..." He breathes in sharply. "But -- despite all this -- he is a great detective. One of the best I've seen, in fact."
"And then there's the motor carriage in the sea, and the constant smoking everywhere, all the time..." He breathes in sharply. "But -- despite all this -- he is a great detective. One of the best I've seen, in fact."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "He apprehended a straggler who stayed hidden for fifty years, ever since the Revolution; who's probably committed other murders over those years..." He pauses. "Oh -- and he also discovered a new species."
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Trant Heidelstam: "A... new species?"
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Untitled hub (02)
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You: "Boom. Boom. Boom."
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You: "Khm... yes. I believe the pheromone it emits may be responsible for the killer's mental degradation."
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You: "The curse turned out to be possibly entroponetical. Part of my larger investigation -- into Martinaise itself."
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Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
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IsKimHere()
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Jean Vicquemare: "What were you even doing in some commercial area? Your *job* was to solve a murder, not *Martinaise*."
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Cuno: "Yo -- Imma stop you right there, fuck-face. It's Cuno-time."
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Esprit de Corps: That's it. The cavalry has arrived.
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Cuno: "Yeah -- some fucked up grandpa did it. Fuckin' grandpa in the woods or some shit. Old shit. Cuno doesn't know about that. Look -- the REAL shit here is..."
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You: "It was a straggler -- from the Revolution. Who's stayed in hiding for 50 years. I found him."
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Untitled hub (04)
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You: "Uh -- big boy shit?"
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You: "He may have committed *other* murders over the years."
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You: "Wait, by gun of the killer, Cuno means the murder weapon. We have it."
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You: "He may have committed other murders over the years -- we have him confessing to one too. A big one."
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Composure: His hand is shaking with rage and excitement.
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Cuno: "This fucking *old* popo *discovered* it. Me and the pig-bacon discovered a new *species*. It was beautiful. It was..." He pauses, out of breath, then continues: "You ain't seen this kind of animal before. Fucking *miracle* shit."
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Jean Vicquemare: "I don't know. I zoned out. Harry --" He turns you. "Did you just pick up some island bum and pin it on him?"
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Cuno: "You aren't fucking *listening*! The bum is nothing. This is science history here. It was the Insulindian phasmid. It's *connected* to this shit." He turns to you. "Tell him!"
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You: "It had gathered *items* in its nest: behold, a passport."
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You: "It had gathered *items* in its nest: a helmet, a scope, and a passport."
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You: "I think it emits a chemical that makes it look even more like the reeds."
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You: "It had gathered *items* in its nest: a helmet and a scope."
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You: "I think it reproduces by parthenogenesis."
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You: "Its nervous system may be stored in its long limbs."
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You: (Conclude.) "It had mandibles that looked like hair. And it was completely white on the inside."
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Trant Heidelstam: "Actually, you know -- this would indicate it was a male. This is far from anything in my field, but I think such nests are called 'bowers'. They are for attracting mates."
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Encyclopedia: Bowers are built by males of species who can't afford colourful mating displays physically -- this one *was* plain coloured...
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Trant Heidelstam: "Interesting... Then it is *especially* vulnerable to disease. A single strain of bacteria could wipe out the entire species. We're *probably* talking conservation efforts here..." He looks around, quickly assessing the coast.
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Reaction Speed: In his mind he's already planning a nature reserve and *knows a good guy* for that.
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Judit Minot: "This would really help with some of the... *problems* we've been having."
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Trant Heidelstam: "Absolutely -- this is great. This does not say 'vigilante murderers' to me at all. This says: science, news, human interest." He smiles. "You know, it's a really good thing you have that photo."
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Trant Heidelstam: "We can still work 'Cop Discovers New Species' in there. I know a good guy in La Majeste. But only *after* the École Supérieure people find it. This *cannot* be done by fringe people."
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Jean Vicquemare: "It needs to be white coats and glassware for this fly. We need professionals..." He looks at the reeds.
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Jean Vicquemare: "What was that?" He cups his ear -- the wind blows. "It sounded like you set up a night club in the church."
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Untitled hub (03)
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Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
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IsCunoInParty()
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Suggestion: You know -- it might have been a *bad* idea to tell him that. Unless you want to be a drug baron and not a cop, of course...
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Jean Vicquemare: "I'm 100% sure it didn't *turn out* to be that. You know, cut the amateur entroponetic two-millimetre-hole shit -- this isn't Paradox B. We're a police force."
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Encyclopedia: Paradox B is a fringe science magazine published in Graad. Its mission is to explain theories like telekinesis and intraisolary pale, before they get out of hand.
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You: "The state he's in now? I don't know. But *we* got a confession -- he confessed to us."
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Judit Minot: "A detective *and* a civilian. Jean -- *and* the gun. He has it..."
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Untitled hub (03)
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You: "He's a trained sniper. The weapon he used is more than capable of making the shot."
"He's a trained sniper. The weapon he used -- the ballistics match."
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You: "Listen -- he was acting violent. Scatterbrained. In a *fragile* mental state."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "No, detective -- we *have* a motive..." He gestures for you to speak up.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "*Possibly* induced," he corrects you. "But even without that -- this man spent fifty years on the islands in the bay. In solitude. Loathing what Revachol has become. There's plenty for prosecution to pick from in terms of motive."
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You: "It's more than that -- a perfect folding mechanism. Like the phasmid."
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Jean Vicquemare: "*Perfect folding mechanism*..." He rolls his eyes. "Get over yourself, Harry -- I can still smell the booze on the wind."
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Inland Empire: Way, *way* more.
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Untitled hub
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Jean Vicquemare: "It doesn't hide the smell of booze on the wind either." He buttons his jacket.
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IsCunoInParty()
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Cuno: "Suit, we have a *shitload* of proof. Spin it on them, pig!"
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Suggestion: They're not going to consider more than one piece of evidence -- choose wisely.
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Untitled hub (02)
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You: "The fatso."
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Trant Heidelstam: "For the sake of political neutrality I would like to *not* partake in anything Union-related."
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You: "It was an accident."
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Jean Vicquemare: "You bet it was. Sounds to me like you got *played* -- because you were off your tits on Al Gul."
"You bet it was. Sounds to me like you got *played* by Claire. And it's true -- you *are* his little peone."
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You: "I masterminded a solution to an unsolvable problem."
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Jean Vicquemare: "Sounds like you got *played*, Harry. Because you were off your tits on Al Gul."
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Jean Vicquemare: "Great. Thanks." He turns to you. "You snorted the drugs. I know you did. Fuck it. It's all right. I mean -- honestly. *Anything* but the drink."
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Perception (Hearing): You hear gasps beneath the howling of the wind.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "As you can see -- it's about three metres tall. In fact, we think it may be the largest land invertebrate ever discovered."
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Variable["village.posse_union_assassination"]
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Cuno: "You fucking twisting his words again! My pig's not *dirty*. This is fucking *paladin* shit. He don't bend like that. Tell em --" He gestures for you to speak.
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Cuno: "You fucking twisting his words again! My pig's wasn't *duped*. This pig's fucking *mastermind* shit. He doesn't do like that. He doesn't get fucked. Tell em --" He gestures for you to speak.
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Savoir Faire: It could maybe roll it? Like a dung-beetle.
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Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
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Authority: He thinks of apologizing but decides against it.
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Jean Vicquemare: "You've spent the week with him -- on this case. What is your take?"
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You: That's not a good idea.
455
Rhetoric: Yes. Let's let the big boys talk.
131->455
132
Kim Kitsuragi: "The RCM consists of policemen of the state that *is*. So -- a little discrepancy there." He turns back to Vicquemare.
629
Jump to: [IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood ...]
132->629
133
Kim Kitsuragi: "It's worrying. Especially in light of his political views. Detective Du Bois is -- as you may know -- a fascist. A far-right woman-hater and, of course, also into race-stuff. Which -- for a police officer --" He shakes his head. "Not good."
134
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_2_ultraliberal_highest"]
135
Variable["village.posse_2_ultraliberal_highest"]
134->135
136
!(Variable["village.posse_2_ultraliberal_highest"])
134->136
780
Kim Kitsuragi: "Odder still -- he is also a full blown fascist. An ultranationalist woman-hater and more than a little racist. Which, I guess, goes well with the *grind*? I do not know -- but he is *vocal* about both beliefs."
135->780
779
Kim Kitsuragi: "Odder still -- he is also a full blown fascist. An ultranationalist woman-hater and more than a little racist. How he reconciles these two points of view..." He shrugs. "But he is *vocal* about both."
136->779
137
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["seafort.deserter_health_phasmid"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_phasmid_degradation_discussed"]
138
Variable["seafort.deserter_health_phasmid"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_phasmid_degradation_discussed"]
137->138
139
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_health_phasmid"] or Variable["seafort.deserter_phasmid_degradation_discussed"])
137->139
313
Kim Kitsuragi: "Detective?" He turns to you.
138->313
784
Kim Kitsuragi: "The killer did not seem to be *aware* of the phasmid's presence. Exhibiting a strange, atypical dementia, he fell into a stupor after its appearance. He became near-catatonic."
139->784
140
You: "The killer -- Lilianovich Dros -- we have a strong motive for him."
"The killer -- Lilianovich Dros -- I have a strong motive for him."
843
Trant Heidelstam: "Lilianovich?" The special consultant raises an eyebrow. "A Revolutionary matronym..."
140->843
141->91
192
Cuno: "Yeah, big shit." He nods and crosses his arms, regally. "Now listen up suit-fuck. You're gonna shit yourself, because it's gonna get wacko-natural."
142->192
143->98
144
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
145
Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
144->145
146
!(Variable["auto.is_snowing"])
144->146
370
Cuno: "Why are you not fucking shitting yourselves -- what's wrong?!" He glares at the officers standing silently in the falling snow. They look back at him, seemingly at a loss.
145->370
198
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["auto.is_raining"]
146->198
147
Cuno: "Why are you not fucking shitting yourselves -- what's wrong?!" He glares at the officers standing silently in the rain. The water is coming down hard, washing the concrete...
915
Trant Heidelstam: "Did he just say... Insulindian phasmid?"
147->915
148
Logic: It's not going well. Present something now -- something sane and clear. Make your case.
244
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_2_logic_sane"]
148->244
149
Jean Vicquemare: "You went in drunk and you got yourself shot -- and others killed." He sighs, then continues more calmly: "Why are you even *here* after Kitsuragi got shot?"
149->154
150
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_2_logic_sane"]
151
Variable["village.posse_2_logic_sane"]
150->151
152
!(Variable["village.posse_2_logic_sane"])
150->152
151->52
374
Authority: It's not going well. You have to present something sane and forceful. Make your case. You've done stuff. Good stuff.
152->374
153
Jean Vicquemare: "This is *not* a joke. We *will* dump you, Harry. We will leave you here -- and you'll be just another bum on the coast. Take this as your *trial*. Stop fucking around."
597
You: "Ha ha ha..." (Laugh nervously.) "I don't know why I won't stop talking about the *three-metres-tall stick insect*. There was no insect!"
153->597
598
You: "I talked to it. It told me about the pale and the Oxygen Holocaust, and how its antenna turned into a foot."
153->598
637
You: "It's no joke. I found the Insulindian phasmid. I discovered a new species."
"It's no joke. I found the biggest land invertebrate ever found. I discovered a new species."
153->637
918
You: "The biggest land invertebrate ever found? It's anything but funny. Also, I think it's connected to the case."
153->918
371
Untitled hub (02)
154->371
155
Trant Heidelstam: "Of course. As I said, I'm only guessing. *I* didn't see it." He pauses, turning something over in his head. "It must be robust, if it can move a whole helmet with its limbs..."
"Of course. As I said, I'm only guessing. *I* didn't see it. It must be robust, if it can move *that*," he points to the helmet you're wearing, "with its limbs."
155->127
156
Trant Heidelstam: He nods. "At that size, this creature would have a lot of surface area to put neurons into. It's basic geometry."
599
Jump to: [Untitled hub]
156->599
157
Trant Heidelstam: "Of course. I'm getting ahead of myself. Stick insects have primitive nervous systems. Still -- this creature would have a lot of surface area to put neurons into..."
157->599
158
Trant Heidelstam: "Incredible..." he repeats, turning to Vicquemare. "It's a toughie that you don't have a photo. This would look very, very flashy in the papers. None of it says *vigilante murderers* to me at all. Great PR."
158->54
159
You: "Wait -- when did you do this?"
206
Kim Kitsuragi: "When you were out."
159->206
160
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["TASK.fridge_victims_body_done"]
161
Variable["TASK.fridge_victims_body_done"]
160->161
162
!(Variable["TASK.fridge_victims_body_done"])
160->162
210
Kim Kitsuragi: "There was a *fridge* we needed. And a possible witness. He was just chasing a lead and ended up advising a local shopkeeper -- it was okay."
161->210
925
Kim Kitsuragi: "There was a possible witness in there. And it was close to the crime scene. He was just chasing a lead and ended up advising a local shopkeeper -- it was okay."
162->925
163
Rhetoric: Get the kid in line. You could use his help here.
797
Untitled hub
163->797
164
Cuno: "Yeah, suit. Check this shit out -- the merc was bangin' some chick he wanted to bang. So he shot him. Chick's called Klaasje."
386
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"] == false
164->386
165->57
166
Jean Vicquemare: "Jealousy... I thought this Lilianovich was an old man. To have been hiding for fifty years... seventy-something?"
166->59
167
Perception (Smell): God dammit, doesn't it ever *leave*?! It *is* there! Like, in your bones or something...
167->16
168
Electrochemistry: It's just a little celebration.
667
Volition: Chin up. Keep focusing on the positives here.
168->667
169
Cuno: "There's a fucking FOUR-TON MANTIS on the island."
197
Jean Vicquemare: "What?!" he scoffs, then turns to you. "Sorry, kid, me and Harry need to..."
169->197
170
You: "It was completely white on the inside, but brown and beige on the outside. Like reeds."
896
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
170->896
171
Untitled hub (02)
303
You: "This was there." (Show him the helmet.)
"This was there." (Point to your head.)
171->303
342
You: "*This* is especially strange." (Show him the passport.)
171->342
707
You: "It had taken this -- from the killer." (Show him the scope.)
171->707
172
Jean Vicquemare: "It's a scope. From a gun. Nothing about this even *remotely* proves the existence of a giant insect. Here's my theory, Harry."
172->66
500
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
173->500
174
You: Just nod.
174->175
902
Logic: This has to be good stuff for him to backpedal out of it at first mention.
175->902
176
You: "I just told some people some things. No big deal. Things are calmer now."
176->347
177
Judit Minot: "God... Calm down, Jean."
903
Reaction Speed: Silence. Good. The man doesn't know what to say.
177->903
178
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
178->524
179
Kim Kitsuragi: CheckEquipped("jacket_pissflaubert")
180
CheckEquipped("jacket_pissflaubert")
179->180
181
!(CheckEquipped("jacket_pissflaubert"))
179->181
180->33
362
Jean Vicquemare: "You're right. It's *is* a small thing." He looks around. "Does anyone care? About a jacket? No one?"
181->362
182
Jean Vicquemare: "Talked? Okay. What you're giving us -- it's not news. It's not proof. Or an observation. It's a cryptozoological factoid. You can get it from Paradox B, Aquarius, any *mystery* station. Here's *my* theory."
182->757
183
Kim Kitsuragi: "Wait, it's better if I..." he says in a lowered voice.
269
Rhetoric: It's so much better if he does this. A million times better.
183->269
184
Kim Kitsuragi: "Well..." A cold gust of wind. He pulls up his collar. "The drinking, the lost gun, also losing his badge -- that's all true. *And* he's been drinking on the job."
402
Jean Vicquemare: The man sighs. Deeply.
184->402
185
Kim Kitsuragi: "Odder still -- he is also an ultraliberal 'hustler' who is always..." The lieutenant pinches the root of his nose. "*On the grind.* How he reconciles these two points of view, I do not know -- but he is vocal about both of them."
185->235
280
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["seafort.deserter_rc_logic_link_between_des_and_edgar"]
186->280
581
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["seafort.phasmid_touching_hub"]
187->581
188
Kim Kitsuragi: "A colossal stick insect. It was on the island, camouflaged as the reeds. It... unfolded from the reeds. I think we may be dealing with the Insulindian phasmid."
283
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
188->283
189
Judit Minot: "So it *is* connected...?"
521
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["seafort.phasmid_touching_hub"]
189->521
190
You: "Also, the phasmid was female. The reeds are its nest."
318
Trant Heidelstam: "Female? What makes you think so?"
190->318
191
You: "The previous head of the Débardeurs' Union was assassinated by *our* killer."
191->70
413
Reaction Speed: Wacko-natural. I think I know what it's gonna be...
192->413
193
Untitled hub (02)
193->48
367
You: "Cuno, if you're going to interrupt -- make it snappier."
193->367
814
You: "Yeah! And he's not ten, he's fucking twelve!"
193->814
829
You: "Look -- point is, we solved the case."
193->829
830
You: "Look -- point is, we saved as many people as we could."
193->830
464
Esprit de Corps: Don't think it's a good idea to let him speak.
194->464
195
Cuno: "Yeah, big shit. We taking them *all* down. We cleaning this shit up." He nods and crosses his arms, regally. "Now listen up suit-fuck. You're gonna shit yourself, because it's gonna get wacko-natural."
195->413
196
You: "Wait. It's *not* going to get that. Let me..."
789
Cuno: "Too late -- we're *in* this. There's a fucking FOUR-TON MANTIS on the island."
196->789
731
Authority: His patience has all but run out. The boy better wrap it up...
197->731
199
Variable["auto.is_raining"]
198->199
200
!(Variable["auto.is_raining"])
198->200
199->147
914
Cuno: "Why are you not fucking shitting yourselves -- what's wrong?!" He glares at the officers, who stand silently in the cold wind. In the distance a wave breaks...
200->914
201
Untitled hub (05)
634
You: "There was no Insulindian phasmid."
201->634
734
You: "There was an Insulindian phasmid. But it's not connected to the case."
201->734
790
You: "There was an Insulindian phasmid. *And* it may be connected to the case."
201->790
202
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["ice.andre_ok_drug_lab"] or Variable["ice.andre_logic_cut"]
203
Variable["ice.andre_ok_drug_lab"] or Variable["ice.andre_logic_cut"]
202->203
204
!(Variable["ice.andre_ok_drug_lab"] or Variable["ice.andre_logic_cut"])
202->204
872
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
203->872
322
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
204->322
205
Jean Vicquemare: "Without it..." He shakes his head.
856
Suggestion: You're doing good here. Perhaps only for a moment, but still...
205->856
379
You: "Uhm... Okay then."
206->379
475
You: "Why?"
206->475
207
You: "Yeah, and the club is called *Disco Elysium*."
"Yeah, and the club is called *No Truce with the Furies*."
"Yeah, and the club is called *Revachol West*."
"Yeah, and the club is called *The Return*."
540
Jean Vicquemare: "I don't care what your drug lab is called..." He calms himself. "Fuck it. You're done as a cop -- become a polonium dealer for all I care."
207->540
208
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
208->524
209
Jean Vicquemare: "What was that?" He cups his ear -- the wind blows. "It sounded like you set up a night club in the church."
295
You: "Yeah, I reinvigorated the local nightlife."
209->295
325
You: "Yeah! And I discovered a hitherto unexplored entroponetical phenomenon in there too -- a two-millimetre hole in the world."
209->325
841
You: "Yeah! I did some kids a solid. Turned their lives around."
209->841
210->79
211
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_used_anomaly_as_excuse"] or Variable["village.posse_church_hole_mentioned"]
212
Variable["village.posse_used_anomaly_as_excuse"] or Variable["village.posse_church_hole_mentioned"]
211->212
213
!(Variable["village.posse_used_anomaly_as_excuse"] or Variable["village.posse_church_hole_mentioned"])
211->213
542
Jean Vicquemare: "No, it didn't -- it didn't turn out to be entroponetical *again*. Enough with the isolary-pale two-millimetre-hole-in-the-world line. This isn't Paradox B. We're a police force."
212->542
213->106
214
Trant Heidelstam: "The custom started in Graad, where they have patronyms: Krasovich, Larsovich, etc. The revolutionaries saw this as a chauvinist atavism so they used matronyms, derived from the mother's name, instead."
882
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
214->882
215
You: "Cuno. Keep your head in the game."
926
Cuno: "Alright, yeah." He bites his lip. "Cuno's in it."
215->926
216
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
217
IsKimHere()
216->217
218
!(IsKimHere())
216->218
220
Jean Vicquemare: "And it worked? He got a war going?"
217->220
392
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
218->392
655
Cuno: "Yeah, like... the ballistics too, pig. We got him *knee deep* in popo shit."
219->655
436
Kim Kitsuragi: "Yes -- until we stopped it." The lieutenant is quick to correct him. "He saw the mercenary as an *enemy combatant* -- there's plenty for prosecution to pick from, as far as motive is concerned."
220->436
221
Inland Empire: It's *way* more than that.
221->489
222
You: "It's *way* more than that. It will win me Dora back."
335
Jean Vicquemare: "That's not how personal relationships work, Harry. You found a straggler. The first since the Thirties. Kudos. But that doesn't *change* anything."
222->335
223->493
224
You: "Oh yeah, it's going to get wacko-natural. Tell him."
224->169
301
Rhetoric: Put the best proof forth. As solid as you've got.
225->301
558
You: "Intuition. Turns out I have a wide intellectual base in here." (Point to your head.)
226->558
756
You: "I approached it and had a conversation with it. We talked."
226->756
899
You: "I examined the insect. Up close."
226->899
227
You: "Maybe I got too deep into what the cryptozoologists were telling me..."
227->67
228
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
228->524
229->118
229->174
664
You: "Edgar Claire."
229->664
230
Kim Kitsuragi: "He didn't quite *solve* it -- he cross-pollinated information between the company rep and Evrart. Until the rep came to see that the Union desires war. At which point Mrs. Messier decided to..." He shrugs.
230->73
828
Cuno: "First of all, yo -- those guys were all f****ts. The guys in the armour? F****ts. The Union guys? F****ts. So yeah --" He stares Vicquemare in the eye. "Suck Cuno's dick. You don't *know* me."
231->828
232
You: "I moved information between the company rep and Evrart. Until the rep came to see that the Union *wants* war. At which point Mrs. Messier decided to go."
772
Jean Vicquemare: "Go? And *hand* the terminal over to the Claire brothers?"
232->772
234
Kim Kitsuragi: "He did everything he could," the lieutenant interrupts him. "*We* did everything we could. The company hired unvetted mercenaries. Lieutenant Du Bois got between them and the locals."
723
Esprit de Corps: Here comes the cavalry.
234->723
358
Kim Kitsuragi: "He can talk human beings into telling him anything. And he doesn't stop. In all the time I've spent with him, he has not once stopped working on the case. He is tireless. Madly driven."
"He can talk human beings into telling him *everything*. And he doesn't stop. In all the time I've spent with him, he has not once stopped pursuing leads, however far-fetched and tangential. He is tireless. Madly driven."
235->358
236
Jean Vicquemare: "..."
237
Kim Kitsuragi: "I know this sounds fantastic. But I'm a four times decorated lieutenant of the RCM. I do not make up encounters with *cryptids* to spice up my day. I am very, very sane."
236->237
519
Jean Vicquemare: "I don't doubt you, lieutenant. If you say it was the Insulindian phasmid then it was the Insulindian Phasmid."
237->519
459
Kim Kitsuragi: "Yes -- but *also*..."
238->459
239
You: "It's incredible. But it was real."
684
Jean Vicquemare: "Lieutenant -- is it somehow *connected* to the case?" He pays you no heed.
239->684
240
Kim Kitsuragi: "It's worrying. Especially considering his political views. Detective Du Bois is -- as you may know -- a Mazovian socio-economist. He wants to liquidate the ruling class. Which -- again -- for a police officer... is a little odd."
"It's worrying. Especially considering his political views. Detective Du Bois is -- as you may know -- a Mazovian socio-economist. He's even gotten involved in a highly theoretical underground reading group. Which -- again -- for a police officer... is unusual."
860
Rhetoric: You should yell something.
240->860
241
You: "It had gathered *items* in its nest: a helmet, a scope, and a passport."
241->65
242
Cuno: "Yo, Cuno feels like you weren't really *listening* to Cuno." He drills his left temple with his index finger. "You were hearin' -- but you weren't listenin'. F***y f*g and the armour boys came to Martinaise to fuck shit up."
865
Cuno: "Hardie *boys* or whatever the fuck they are -- they were tellin' everyone and their mom how they wasted one of those armour fucks. It was *always* gonna go down like that. My pig stepped up -- got fucked in the leg for it. Sacrifice style."
242->865
243
Authority: Something that proves you haven't lost your mind.
869
Volition: No. There was a giant insect and they *have* to understand that. You will find proof. Don't give up.
243->869
245
Variable["village.posse_2_logic_sane"]
244->245
246
!(Variable["village.posse_2_logic_sane"])
244->246
245->243
870
Authority: It's not going well. You have to present something now. Something sane and forceful. Make your case.
246->870
247
Jean Vicquemare: "What is this man -- eighty? Ninety? What are we talking about here? A *octogenarian* sniper?"
372
You: "It's wild. But I have a confession *and* a murder weapon. He's on the island now -- waiting for arrest."
247->372
248
Kim Kitsuragi: "Actually -- you didn't."
537
You: "What do you mean?"
248->537
249
Jean Vicquemare: "Of course, lieutenant. Of course. We should treat the case and the phasmid as completely separate from each other. People are not going to..." He shakes his head.
695
Judit Minot: "They're not going to go for this speculation in the Constabulatory."
249->695
250
Trant Heidelstam: "Incredible..." he repeats, turning to Vicquemare. "The PR value of this is exceptional. 'Cop Discovers New Species.' Maybe even: 'Discovers the Insulindian Phasmid.' No... That's too much."
250->100
251->205
252
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
253
IsCunoInParty()
252->253
254
!(IsCunoInParty())
252->254
321
Cuno: "Get off the church-shit. It's making you sound crazy."
253->321
922
Suggestion: This isn't going to change a lot of minds, Harry.
254->922
255
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
255->524
256
Jean Vicquemare: "Yeah, I'm not going to waste more time with this -- whatever it was, it wasn't entroponetical, or a giant bug. Cut the Paradox B shit, we're a police force."
256->541
257
Logic: This is good. They can't deny it.
432
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
257->432
258->524
259
You: "It's my masterpiece. They'll teach this in cop-school."
259->15
260->25
261
Kim Kitsuragi: CheckEquipped("jacket_fucktheworld")
262
CheckEquipped("jacket_fucktheworld")
261->262
263
!(CheckEquipped("jacket_fucktheworld"))
261->263
262->32
263->179
264
Jump to: [IsKimHere()]
2040004
JUMP OUT to VILLAGE / POSSE 3
264->2040004
265
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
266
IsCunoInParty()
265->266
267
!(IsCunoInParty())
265->267
706
Cuno: "Large?!" The kid slaps his forehead in disbelief. "Gimp, it was fucking *gigantic*!"
266->706
438
Jean Vicquemare: "What you're giving us is not news. It's not proof, it's not even an observation. It's a cryptozoological factoid. You can get it from Paradox B, Aquarius, any *mystery* station..." He stops. "Here's *my* theory."
267->438
268->97
816
Jean Vicquemare: "Thank you for the input, Lieutenant Kitsuragi. I didn't mean to suggest you didn't handle the situation..." He brushes a stray strand of hair out of his eye and coughs.
269->816
270->269
271
Kim Kitsuragi: "He did so at considerable risk to his own life. He was shot -- not once, but twice. We stopped an execution, not a negotiation. The loss of life was minimal compared to what it could have been."
722
Untitled hub (02)
271->722
272
Kim Kitsuragi: "On the case?"
817
Jean Vicquemare: "On Lieutenant-Yefreitor Du Bois."
272->817
273
Kim Kitsuragi: IsHighestCopotype("apocalypse_cop")
274
IsHighestCopotype("apocalypse_cop")
273->274
275
!(IsHighestCopotype("apocalypse_cop"))
273->275
859
Kim Kitsuragi: "Then there's the apocalypse thing. At first I thought it was a joke -- but it's not. He actually thinks the world is about to end. In a *bloodletting*, or a *gloaming*. We're about to *become vapour*, even..."
274->859
306
Kim Kitsuragi: IsHighestCopotype("superstar_cop")
275->306
276
Kim Kitsuragi: IsHighestPolitical("communist")
277
IsHighestPolitical("communist")
276->277
278
!(IsHighestPolitical("communist"))
276->278
277->240
678
Kim Kitsuragi: IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")
278->678
279
Kim Kitsuragi: "It's just strange. Especially in light of his political views. Detective Du Bois is -- as you may know -- a true blue moralist. A man of the centre. Not prone to political outbursts. Which is commendable. But also... at odds with his behaviour."
281
Variable["seafort.deserter_rc_logic_link_between_des_and_edgar"]
280->281
282
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_rc_logic_link_between_des_and_edgar"])
280->282
681
Kim Kitsuragi: "He apprehended a revolutionary brigade who stayed hidden for fifty years, ever since the Revolution; who's probably committed other murders over those years..." He pauses. "Oh -- and he also discovered a new species."
281->681
282->84
284
Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
283->284
285
!(Variable["auto.is_snowing"])
283->285
682
Kim Kitsuragi: He takes out the photo and shows it to the officers across the yard. Thick white snow falls all around you -- flakes stick to the glossy photo of the phasmid.
284->682
584
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["auto.is_raining"]
285->584
286
You: "So what do you say? Wanna take this hot shit back?" (Point to yourself.)
286->264
287
Hand/Eye Coordination: He means murder weapon.
287->94
288
Drama: Don't tell him about the phasmid. He *will not* believe it. IT. DIDN'T. HAPPEN.
288->5
736
You: "I don't know. What I *do* know is -- there was no giant stick insect on the island. That would be insane."
288->736
917
You: "It's okay. A giant insect -- three metres tall -- came out of the reeds and left him in a catatonic state."
288->917
289
You: "Just a hunch."
692
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_nest_bower_discussed"]
289->692
290
Trant Heidelstam: "Well -- then it wouldn't matter if it's male or female. The bower would just be rudimentary behaviour from before the parthenogenetic mutation."
290->53
920
Shivers: In the mist-coloured distance over the water, nothing moves. No trace of it...
291->920
292
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
292->524
538
You: "Yeah! I did some kids a solid. Turned their lives around."
293->538
539
You: "Yeah! And I discovered a hitherto unexplored entroponetical phenomenon in there too -- a two-millimetre hole in the world."
293->539
643
You: "Yeah! I reinvigorated the local nightlife."
293->643
294->524
923
Kim Kitsuragi: "Four kids were living in a tent on the ice. They were going to drown when it melted. It's not optimal, but the building *was* abandoned. So he put them in there. It's okay."
295->923
296
Jump to: [Trant Heidelstam: ""Of course. Excuse me. I just thoug..."]
296->56
297
Cuno: "Fucking snitch binoclard..." He collects himself. "Yeah -- that chick. Get over it pig, she didn't do it. It was grandpa on the island. Merc was fuckin' her and he couldn't hack it. Cuno can hack it."
610
Untitled hub (02)
297->610
298
Physical Instrument: This left a mark. They can't deny it, son -- you got the bastard.
433
Authority: There. No one is saying anything. The silence agrees.
298->433
755
Jump to: [Untitled hub]
299->755
300
Jump to: [Jean Vicquemare: ""Fine. Brilliant theory. A real mas..."]
657
Jean Vicquemare: "Fine. Brilliant theory. A real masterpiece. You'll get a station call and you can tell all about it -- to some *other* officer. We'll send the coast guard to the island. Maybe they'll find your giant insect too."
300->657
895
Untitled hub
301->895
302
Jean Vicquemare: "Okay. One question -- how do you know that?"
302->21
497
Jean Vicquemare: "It's a helmet. From the victim. Nothing about this even *remotely* proves the existence of a giant insect. Here's my theory, Harry."
303->497
304->524
305
You: Keep it to yourself.
305->418
307
IsHighestCopotype("superstar_cop")
306->307
308
!(IsHighestCopotype("superstar_cop"))
306->308
940
Kim Kitsuragi: "Then there's the... superstardom. He likes to -- from time to time -- allude to being a *superstar law official*. At first I thought it was a joke, but... now I'm not so sure. He says *disco* about twenty times a day."
307->940
308->80
309
Kim Kitsuragi: IsHighestPolitical("ultraliberal")
310
IsHighestPolitical("ultraliberal")
309->310
311
!(IsHighestPolitical("ultraliberal"))
309->311
864
Kim Kitsuragi: "It's odd. Especially in light of his political views. Detective Du Bois is -- as you may know -- a 'hustler'. He..." The lieutenant pinches the root of his nose. "Grinds. He makes *the reál*. He's a 'visionary' and a 'money engineer', which is just..." He shakes his head.
"It's odd. Especially in light of his political views. Detective Du Bois is -- as you may know -- a 'hustler'. He..." the lieutenant pinches the root of his nose, "recently commissioned a monument to his own 'grind' in the middle of the roundabout, which is just..." He shakes his head.
310->864
314
Kim Kitsuragi: "It's just strange. Especially in light of his political views. Detective Du Bois is -- as you may know -- a true blue moralist. A man of the centre. Not prone to political outbursts. Which is commendable. But also... at odds with his behaviour."
"It's just strange. Especially in light of his political views. Detective Du Bois is -- as you may know -- a true blue moralist. He recently attempted to contact a Coalition warship in order to assign 'la responsabilité', which is commendable. But also... at odds with his own behaviour."
311->314
312
Untitled hub
406
You: Say nothing.
312->406
511
You: "This is what I've been trying to tell you about."
312->511
590
You: "So -- as you can see, I'm a *pretty okay* detective."
"So -- as you can see, I'm a *pretty okay* detective -- and an absolutely GIANT FASCIST."
"So -- as you can see, I'm a *pretty okay* detective -- and an absolutely GIANT COMMUNIST."
"So -- as you can see, I'm a *pretty okay* detective -- and an absolutely visionary entrepeneur."
312->590
683
You: "Boom shakalaka, motherfucker!"
312->683
936
You: "Hosiannah."
312->936
313->85
314->403
465
Cuno: "Yeah -- smoked a ton of people -- unsolved shit." He nods and crosses his arms regally. "Now listen up, suit-fuck. You're gonna shit yourself, because it's gonna get wacko-natural."
315->465
316
Jean Vicquemare: "This sounds insane, Harry. What did you *do* on that island?"
316->50
317->736
317->917
533
Kim Kitsuragi: "You had to see it... It had the subdued colours of a female. And the nesting behaviour too, I think."
318->533
319
Trant Heidelstam: "As in cloning itself? What makes you think so?"
319->289
534
You: "It told me."
319->534
627
You: "Observation."
319->627
320
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
320->524
321->320
323
IsKimHere()
322->323
324
!(IsKimHere())
322->324
323->209
324->102
646
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_used_anomaly_as_excuse"]
325->646
326
Jean Vicquemare: "*Why*? That's not what you were supposed to do here."
479
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
326->479
327
Judit Minot: "Jean -- it *is* his style."
381
Inland Empire: It's *definitely* your style to solve *side-shit*.
327->381
328
You: "He's a trained sniper. The weapon he used is more than capable of making the shot."
"He's a trained sniper. The weapon he used -- the ballistics match."
886
Jean Vicquemare: "Okay." He rubs his temples. "And he'll confess? To the *prosecution* too?"
328->886
329
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
330
IsKimHere()
329->330
331
!(IsKimHere())
329->331
330->110
553
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
331->553
332
Jean Vicquemare: "Jealousy? He's what -- eighty? *Ninety*? Didn't you say he's been in hiding since the Revolution?"
332->164
333
You: "I'm still not *completely* satisfied with it. It could be just a *little* neater."
492
Jean Vicquemare: "Get over yourself -- you're not a *perfectionist*. You're a cop and you did a good job. With a lot of help from Lieutenant Kitsuragi."
333->492
334
Jump to: [seafort.deserter_bullet_connection]
550
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["seafort.deserter_bullet_connection"]
334->550
335->113
336
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_trant_matronym"]
337
Variable["village.posse_trant_matronym"]
336->337
338
!(Variable["village.posse_trant_matronym"])
336->338
491
Jean Vicquemare: "Cryptozoology? You're giving me *cryptozoology*? Trant was feeling *pity* for you -- you use the chance to go *full crypto*!"
337->491
929
Jean Vicquemare: "Cryptozoology? You're giving me *cryptozoology*? You say you have a motive and you use the chance to go *full crypto* on me!"
338->929
339
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
340
IsCunoInParty()
339->340
341
!(IsCunoInParty())
339->341
437
Cuno: "Fucking gimp... it's more than *interesting*. Cuno's pig's laying down science here. Shit's legit."
340->437
659
Jean Vicquemare: "And how do you know that?"
341->659
853
Jean Vicquemare: "It's a passport. Waterlogged paper. Nothing about this even *remotely* proves the existence of a giant insect. Here's my theory, Harry."
342->853
343
Jean Vicquemare: "With a corpse? That's it. No more phasmid-talk. There's no PR-value in delirium tremens."
343->173
344
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
345
IsKimHere()
344->345
346
!(IsKimHere())
344->346
345->230
346->232
857
You: "Yeah... maybe I didn't."
346->857
564
Untitled hub
347->564
566
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
348->566
349->128
350
You: "Cuno's a street kid I helped."
624
Jean Vicquemare: "I don't care. You took some drugs from some kid. And then snorted them. It's all right -- honestly. *Anything* but the drink."
350->624
351
Authority: It's still a point for you. No denying it.
351->34
353
Variable["plaza.tribunal_shoulder_wound_avoided_cuirass"]
352->353
354
!(Variable["plaza.tribunal_shoulder_wound_avoided_cuirass"])
352->354
517
Kim Kitsuragi: "He did so at considerable risk to his own life. He was shot, and survived only because of his armour. We stopped an execution, not a negotiation. The loss of life was minimal compared to what it could have been."
353->517
354->271
355
Kim Kitsuragi: IsTHCPresent("sorry_cop")
356
IsTHCPresent("sorry_cop")
355->356
357
!(IsTHCPresent("sorry_cop"))
355->357
939
Kim Kitsuragi: "Stop being sorry for five minutes," he says in a lowered voice.
356->939
357->816
820
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["TASK.sing_karaoke_done"]
358->820
359
Jean Vicquemare: "..."
407
Trant Heidelstam: "I must say, this," he points to the photo, "is absolutely extraordinary. It's... I don't even have *words* for it."
359->407
360
You: "It's probably not connected per se -- but the perpetrator knew of its existence."
360->189
361
You: "It may only be a small thing, but I found a man's jacket!"
361->261
904
Perception (Hearing): Silence. The wind blows.
362->904
363
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
364
IsCunoInParty()
363->364
365
!(IsCunoInParty())
363->365
798
Cuno: "This narrow-minded pig," he mumbles, drilling his temples with his index fingers. "I can't fucking..."
364->798
365->797
366
Cuno: "Smoked all those dinky fuckers. Saved this shit -- Martinaise shit. I see he's mournin' and shit.... His main pig got semi-wasted. Sent to the boo-boo-mobile -- Cuno steps up. Cuno fucking FILLS those shoes. Big boy shoes -- Detective Cuno."
703
Cuno: He comes to a sudden, abrupt stop.
366->703
367->2
368
Jean Vicquemare: "A straggler -- from the Revolution?" He sounds incredulous.
532
Cuno: "Yeah, fucko. He's on the island right now. In a coma or some shit. Oh -- and we also got the gun. Gun-of-the-killer shit. You know what I mean. *Now* let's get our big boy shit on..."
368->532
369
Perception (Sight): His eyes are welling up now.
369->144
370->915
468
You: "I solved the case. A straggler from the Revolution shot the merc. He was hiding for *fifty* years on that island before I found him."
371->468
469
Jean Vicquemare: "You just left him on the island -- unguarded?"
372->469
373
Jean Vicquemare: "This sounds insane, Harry. What did you *do* on that island? What happened to you?"
638
Empathy: He's genuinely concerned now.
373->638
374->832
375
Jean Vicquemare: "This sounds hysterical, Harry. What did you *do* on that island? What happened to you?"
375->638
376->98
640
Trant Heidelstam: "Hmm, yes. That would be a kairomone -- a pheromone that's seemingly beneficial to the host. It usually stimulates the affected nervous system -- not a human's, of course, but perhaps a predator's?"
377->640
378
Kim Kitsuragi: "Because I'm a police detective. And manufacturing drugs is *illegal*."
378->641
379->9
380
You: "Nothing. It's not important."
422
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
380->422
608
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
381->608
382
Judit Minot: "So... it *is* what a soldier of the ICM would be called."
483
Jean Vicquemare: "Thank you, Trant. Thank you for that piece of cultural theory." He turns to you. "You said you have a *motive*."
382->483
383
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_deserter_auth_cuno_explain"]
384
Variable["village.posse_deserter_auth_cuno_explain"]
383->384
385
!(Variable["village.posse_deserter_auth_cuno_explain"])
383->385
384->797
385->163
387
Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"] == false
386->387
388
!(Variable["TASK.arrest_klaasje_done"] == false)
386->388
545
Jean Vicquemare: "Klaasje -- as in the suspect he let escape? From Kitsuragi's report?"
387->545
388->58
389
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
390
IsKimHere()
389->390
391
!(IsKimHere())
389->391
390->109
613
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
391->613
393
IsCunoInParty()
392->393
394
!(IsCunoInParty())
392->394
488
Cuno: "Yeah. Check this shit -- he's like some fucking old school warrior. Man From Hjelmdall shit. Only against rich people and... pederasts I think? Cuno doesn't know what a pederast is, Cuno's not a university..."
393->488
394->657
395
You: "No. I know what I saw. It was *real*."
620
Jean Vicquemare: "Bugs everywhere. *Plants* turning into bugs. It's a typical hallucination. Every drunk past the age of forty has seen it."
395->620
396
Untitled hub
396->350
767
You: "Cuno's great. I should have taken him to the island. He'd tell you it's all true."
396->767
768
You: "To hell with it. You wouldn't understand anyway."
396->768
397->524
855
You: "How did you know I found him?"
398->855
509
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
399->509
400
Inland Empire: Win *who* back, you don't even know her name!
400->335
401
Cuno: "Yeah," he agrees, giving you a quick look. "Cuno's been around, seen shit, *real* shit -- he's not a fucking toddler!"
576
Empathy: He appreciated you remembering.
401->576
402->273
404
IsTHCPresent("communist")
403->404
405
!(IsTHCPresent("communist"))
403->405
404->83
675
Kim Kitsuragi: IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood") and Variable["village.posse_2_fascist_highest"] == false
405->675
824
Jean Vicquemare: "Fucking hell is that..." The man cranes his neck, still looking at the photo. "Is this somehow... *connected* to the case?"
406->824
460
Jean Vicquemare: "Yes. It really does make it hard to fire the drunk..." His tired eyes follow the photo as the lieutenant puts it away.
407->460
408
Kim Kitsuragi: "Yes -- but *also*..."
408->360
941
You: "Khm... yes, the phasmid may have contributed to his mental state in some way. Over the years."
408->941
409
Jean Vicquemare: "By god... is it somehow *connected* to the case?"
409->137
410
You: "I also looked into the mystery of the Doomed Commercial Area."
742
Jean Vicquemare: He shrugs. "I don't know what a 'Doomed Commercial Area' is."
410->742
411
Cuno: "Yeah-yeah, straggler, sure." He nods to you, then turns back to Vicquemare. "You getting this *smart* shit? The old fuck killed him. Confessed to it too. We got him snitchin' on himself -- popo style."
411->368
412
Untitled hub (03)
412->196
412->224
595
You: Say nothing.
412->595
413->412
414
Cuno: "There's a fucking FOUR-TON MANTIS on the island."
414->197
415
You: "If Kim were here right now, he'd tell you it was inevitable."
596
Jean Vicquemare: "Don't make this about Lieutenant Kitsuragi. He's a *great* cop -- and you almost got him killed. I don't even understand why you're *here* after he got shot."
415->596
416
You: "I got shot too -- in that fight." (Point to your leg.) "I did my absolute best."
"I got shot too -- TWICE. I did my absolute best."
416->149
472
Untitled hub (02)
417->472
418->249
419
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["seafort.phasmid_touching_hub"]
420
Variable["seafort.phasmid_touching_hub"]
419->420
421
!(Variable["seafort.phasmid_touching_hub"])
419->421
420->250
421->158
423
IsKimHere()
422->423
424
!(IsKimHere())
422->424
924
Jean Vicquemare: "Yeah, honestly -- it doesn't sound too important. Since it's not connected to the case -- or a giant living organism."
423->924
698
Jean Vicquemare: "It's not what you were *sent* to do here."
424->698
425
You: "Actually, I'm not that sure if I *have* a motive. I had another thing..."
425->389
426
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
427
IsKimHere()
426->427
428
!(IsKimHere())
426->428
427->166
484
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
428->484
429
Cuno: "Yeah. Politics shit. My pig also connected, like... the weapon to him..." He looks to you.
751
Hand/Eye Coordination: Slam the weapon man, the murder weapon.
429->751
430
Logic: He's not getting it.
430->11
431
Jean Vicquemare: "Okay, Cuno -- okay." He rubs his temples, then turns to you. "And he'll confess? To *prosecution* too?"
431->890
432->524
433->257
548
Jean Vicquemare: "Yeah, okay, I get it -- people develop fucked up psyches in solitude. If he's been hiding for fifty *years* it's understandable."
434->548
435->550
436->334
437->302
438->757
439
You: "I *did* hallucinate a talking tie..."
498
Jean Vicquemare: "The tie's talking again -- that's it. No more phasmid-talk. There's no PR-value in delirium tremens."
439->498
440
Jean Vicquemare: "No shit."
440->173
441
Cuno: "I knew it! The bitch sees it. Bitches are fucking *smart*. But you dicks are dumb as fuck! It's real, I told you."
441->24
442
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
442->524
443
Jean Vicquemare: "Maybe? Certainly. You're Evrart Claire's go-to-guy now. He's a *mob boss*, did you know?"
"Maybe? Certainly. You're Evrart Claire's peone now. Just as I said. He's a *mob boss*, did you know?"
443->26
444
Kim Kitsuragi: "I don't even know which jacket he's talking about. There have been... many things that he's found. He gets meticulous. But it's okay."
905
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
444->905
445
Jean Vicquemare: "Who's *Cuno*?"
572
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
445->572
446->97
447
Jean Vicquemare: "Okay..." A slow nod.
447->903
448
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_nest_bower_discussed"]
449
Variable["village.posse_nest_bower_discussed"]
448->449
450
!(Variable["village.posse_nest_bower_discussed"])
448->450
773
Trant Heidelstam: "Mhm..." He ignores your answer. "Then it wouldn't matter if it's male or female. The bower would just be rudimentary behaviour from before the parthenogenetic mutation."
449->773
774
Trant Heidelstam: "Interesting..." He ignores your answers. "Then it is *especially* vulnerable to disease. A single strain of bacteria could wipe out the entire species. We're probably talking conservation efforts here..." He looks around, quickly assessing the coast.
450->774
451
Kim Kitsuragi: "It's worrying. Especially considering his political views. Detective Du Bois is -- as you may know -- a Mazovian socio-economist. He wants to liquidate the ruling class. Which -- again -- for a police officer... is a little odd."
452
Kim Kitsuragi: IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal") and Variable["village.posse_2_ultraliberal_highest"] == false
453
IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal") and Variable["village.posse_2_ultraliberal_highest"] == false
452->453
454
!(IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal") and Variable["village.posse_2_ultraliberal_highest"] == false)
452->454
781
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_2_fascist_highest"]
453->781
454->235
455->629
456
Kim Kitsuragi: "Well, except that one time when he stopped to sing karaoke. Which -- by the way -- was a valiant effort. He really sang his heart out."
769
Jean Vicquemare: "Yeah... it was what it was..."
456->769
457
Kim Kitsuragi: He takes out the photo of the phasmid and shows it to the officers across the yard. The wind blows, flapping the glossy rectangle in his hand.
457->122
458
Jean Vicquemare: "Fucking hell, is that... Is this somehow *connected* to the case?" He ignores you, still staring at the phasmid.
458->137
459->785
520
Empathy: This is a very, very sad man who has just seen something that's made him forget his sadness.
460->520
461
Rhetoric: There! You need to make your case -- now. The floor is all yours, he prepared it well.
461->524
462
You: "Khm... I *also* started a night club. In the church."
"Khm... I *also* started a night club -- and a drug lab -- in the church."
462->202
463
You: "It had gathered *items* in its nest: a helmet and a scope."
463->65
687
Rhetoric: You may want to rethink your strategy of letting a 12 year old present your case.
464->687
465->413
466
Cuno: "WHAT?! I can't fucking *believe* this shit... He's lying!" He turns back to them. "He's fucking lying. We were *just* there, he went up to it. He fucking touched it!"
"WHAT?! I can't fucking *believe* this shit... He's lying!" He turns back to them. "He's fucking lying. We were *just* there, he went up to it. He touched it! He fucking *talked* to it!"
466->316
467
Jean Vicquemare: "You went in drunk and got people killed." He shakes his head. "Why are you even *here* -- after Kitsuragi got shot? What else could you possibly fuck up?"
467->154
636
Jean Vicquemare: "A straggler? From the *Revolution?*" He sounds incredulous.
468->636
470
Logic: There is a *perfect* explanation for that!
469->470
470->288
471->98
835
You: "It could have been male, actually..."
472->835
876
You: "I still think it was female."
472->876
473
You: "To me it seemed to have... *some* character."
473->156
474
Kim Kitsuragi: "I told them a police raid will sweep the church in two days. Which, by the way -- it will. If they have any brains they won't be producing in there."
474->159
474->379
474->475
475->378
476
Jean Vicquemare: "What?" He cups his ear -- the wind blows. "It sounded like you set up a drug lab!"
602
Untitled hub (03)
476->602
477
Suggestion: It's not *that* okay. Get off this subject. Now.
477->10
478
Untitled hub
478->86
478->380
649
You: "Rue de Saint-Ghislaine 10. A commercial building where all businesses go bankrupt. I looked into it."
478->649
480
IsKimHere()
479->480
481
!(IsKimHere())
479->481
480->160
794
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
481->794
482
Trant Heidelstam: "This man would be Lilian's son -- Lilianovich." He turns to Vicquemare. "The custom was overturned after the revolutions failed, but not before making it to Revachol."
543
Logic: He thinks this detail bolsters your straggler theory.
482->543
483->56
485
IsCunoInParty()
484->485
486
!(IsCunoInParty())
484->486
485->332
486->300
487
You: "He also had political reasons."
487->429
887
Cuno: "But he did that shit. To get the Union fucks killed, so they'd get the other fucks killed. Boom! Giant kill-storm. Mastermind shit -- only, like, a really old mastermind who's fucking stupid."
488->887
489->111
489->222
489->259
489->333
575
You: "It's *way* more than that. I'll win her back with this."
489->575
616
You: "I did all I could. Every second was a struggle."
489->616
490
Kim Kitsuragi: "Also -- we have ballistics from the gun, matching the bullet found in the dead mercenary's head. *And* two officers on the scene that Mr. Dros *confessed* to."
549
Judit Minot: "It's a clean win."
490->549
556
Jean Vicquemare: "I'm pulling the plug on this *straggler* thing." He shakes his head. "You're gonna get a station call to explain what happened. Coast guard is gonna scan the island. That's it."
491->556
492->63
494
SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false or IsTHCCookingOrFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality")
493->494
495
!(SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false or IsTHCCookingOrFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality"))
493->495
494->167
850
Perception (Smell): God dammit -- it *is* bad. Even you can smell it.
495->850
496
Jean Vicquemare: "You experienced a *delirium hallucination*. It's typical of cognitive damage. From years of chronic alcoholism. You started *seeing shit* in the reeds -- and convinced this poor kid of it too."
916
Cuno: "POOR kid?! Fuck you, f****t! Cuno's loaded!" The boy clenches his bony fists so hard the knuckles turn white. "Can't *believe* you're not believing me..."
496->916
497->66
498->173
499
Cuno: "Fucking... Cuno doesn't have a photo camera 'cause Cuno *is* fucking POOR, okay?! That sucks about the Cuno. So Cuno didn't take a fucking PHOTO. And Cuno didn't paint a fucking picture."
933
Cuno: He points to his skull. "But it's in my head. In here. Cuno's *eyes* took the picture. It's RIGHT FUCKING HERE. I can't BELIEVE you're not getting this..." He grinds his teeth.
499->933
501
IsCunoInParty()
500->501
502
!(IsCunoInParty())
500->502
501->499
771
Rhetoric: That's it. The argument is lost.
502->771
503
Judit Minot: "Fuck it -- I believe him." She looks at Vicquemare and shrugs.
503->441
504
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_said_phasmid_real"]
505
Variable["village.posse_said_phasmid_real"]
504->505
506
!(Variable["village.posse_said_phasmid_real"])
504->506
505->503
506->304
507
Jean Vicquemare: "If that's even remotely true, then a clandestine investigation will be required. It smells like *bad news* to me -- a classic shitkid case that'll get people killed. Or fired."
508
Savoir Faire: Not discussing it further *out here in the open* is probably a good idea. People must have seen you return from the island. Word travels fast...
507->508
508->442
509->524
510
Judit Minot: "Still," she says quietly. "Good work with the missing person, detective."
510->351
511->458
592
Untitled hub
512->592
513
Esprit de Corps: But a case against Evrart would be big...
715
Trant Heidelstam: "I would prefer *not* to partake in anything Union-related." The consultant, too, has lowered his voice. "For political neutrality."
513->715
514
Kim Kitsuragi: SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false or IsTHCFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality")
515
SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false or IsTHCFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality")
514->515
516
!(SubstanceUsedOnce("alcohol") == false or IsTHCFixed("the_waste_land_of_reality"))
514->516
578
Kim Kitsuragi: "Well..." He pulls up his collar. "The drinking, the gun-losing, also losing the badge -- that's all true. Although he has *not* been drinking on the job this week."
515->578
516->184
517->722
518
Jean Vicquemare: "*One* week."
518->273
825
Untitled hub
519->825
775
Rhetoric: Now you make your case. Now is the time. Now or never.
520->775
522
Variable["seafort.phasmid_touching_hub"]
521->522
523
!(Variable["seafort.phasmid_touching_hub"])
521->523
522->359
685
Trant Heidelstam: "We could order a search. I could get people from EPIS on the island, entomologists, doctors. There must be signs of it in the reeds -- if we found the Insulindian phasmid, well -- that would be absolutely *exceptional*. The PR value alone..."
523->685
524->43
524->140
524->190
524->191
524->286
524->361
524->410
524->462
525
You: "You have to believe me. There *was* a giant phasmid on the island."
"I lied. There *was* a phasmid. It's real. You have to believe me."
524->525
826
You: "*And* I also fixed the strike situation."
524->826
906
You: "I confiscated drugs from Cuno's dad."
524->906
617
Jean Vicquemare: "No -- I don't *have* to believe you made a *zoological discovery*. That is not a must. And even if you did... you're a cop. Who cares?"
525->617
526
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
527
IsCunoInParty()
526->527
528
!(IsCunoInParty())
526->528
527->90
735
came alone
528->735
529
Cuno: "You don't *know* what happened here. You don't know this shit. Automatic fucking weapons. Urban battleground shit. Battle lines drawn in *blood*. Blood Meridian. You don't *know* this shit."
530
Cuno: "Now -- Cuno wasn't there. Right -- you getting this? Cuno was breaking it up with Cuno's main bitch C. Parting-of-the-ways shit. But when Cuno got there -- pig had fucking *cleaned up*. Blood and ruin."
529->530
530->366
531
Jump to: [Untitled hub (02)]
531->193
532->287
833
Electrochemistry: It was definitely female.
533->833
534->448
535
You: "The perpetrator seemed intoxicated somehow. Like an addict. It's just a hunch, but..."
535->8
536
Jump to: [Untitled hub]
536->97
537->474
697
Jean Vicquemare: "You turned a church into a night club -- the *kids* are probably shooting up in there... What else did you do? Desecrate the altar? Shit in the chancel?"
538->697
645
Jean Vicquemare: "That's great! *Entroponaut* is a great new career for you -- *after* police officer. I don't care. Go live in the fucking pale."
539->645
540->103
541->87
542->541
750
Judit Minot: "It *is* what a soldier of the ICM would be called."
543->750
544
Authority: Bring him to heel.
544->383
545->297
546
Cuno: "You were *just* up his asscrack for the mass murder shit. Now it's nothing? Why do you think that shit *happened?*"
889
Jean Vicquemare: "..."
546->889
547
Jean Vicquemare: "Phasmid... Jude, I think we should just go and write Harry a station call. It's getting..."
799
Cuno: "Fucking... listen to him, pig! Grandpa's *deranged*. Cuno knows you don't believe this phasmid shit -- but he was hatin' rich people, some kind of *pederasts* too... fuckin' hating *everything*."
547->799
612
Cuno: "Yeah, he was like a fuckin' assassin, tell him..."
548->612
549->62
551
Variable["seafort.deserter_bullet_connection"]
550->551
552
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_bullet_connection"])
550->552
551->490
552->849
554
IsCunoInParty()
553->554
555
!(IsCunoInParty())
553->555
554->547
555->336
556->801
557
Cuno: "Yeah, and it had like these... tufts of reeds on it. Even after it unfolded. And bitch -- it unfolded like crazy! It was fucking beautiful."
618
Trant Heidelstam: "That's not *proof*, it's a description. But -- befitting a stick insect. If it's camouflaged to look like the reeds then it would have to be pretty large."
557->618
813
Jean Vicquemare: "What you're giving us -- it's not news. It's not proof. Or an observation. It's a cryptozoological factoid. You can get it from Paradox B, Aquarius, any *mystery* station. Here's *my* theory."
558->813
559
Half Light: Maybe it's true?
932
Inland Empire: No. It's not true. It was there. It was real. You remember every detail of its sounds, its movements, its presence...
559->932
560
Cuno: "Shit was there -- display the shit, pig. The shit! It's the proof."
560->171
561
Judit Minot: "Cuno -- please. If it's on the island, then it will be seen again. Calm down..."
561->68
562
Jean Vicquemare: "..."
562->74
563->26
665
You: "Maybe..."
564->665
666
You: "Hey -- how do you know about Al Gul?"
564->666
565
Kim Kitsuragi: "It's not *quite* like that... The move allowed us to stabilize things here. It was *not* bad for Martinaise. And we don't owe anyone anything."
565->447
567
IsKimHere()
566->567
568
!(IsKimHere())
566->568
622
Kim Kitsuragi: "No. It's *nothing* like that. He was reckless with information -- but ethical. We don't owe anyone anything. This allowed us to stabilize things in Martinaise."
567->622
568->29
569
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
570
IsCunoInParty()
569->570
571
!(IsCunoInParty())
569->571
812
Cuno: "Yeah -- he really fucked the Cuno on that," the kid says with a respectful glance. "But that's old shit. Cuno's now. Pig's just being a good pig. That's cool to Cuno."
570->812
571->445
573
IsKimHere()
572->573
574
!(IsKimHere())
572->574
766
Kim Kitsuragi: "You don't want to know."
573->766
574->396
575->400
576->686
577
Kim Kitsuragi: "Don't make this *harder* for yourself," he says in a lowered voice.
577->816
818
Judit Minot: "See?"
578->818
579->312
580
Kim Kitsuragi: "Well... except that one time when he stopped to sing karaoke. Which, by the way -- I have to disagree with you, Mr. Vicquemare -- was a valiant effort. He really sang his heart out."
580->42
582
Variable["seafort.phasmid_touching_hub"]
581->582
583
!(Variable["seafort.phasmid_touching_hub"])
581->583
582->188
823
Kim Kitsuragi: "A colossal stick insect -- three metres tall. It's on the island, camouflaged as the reeds. It... unfolded from them. I did not -- unfortunately -- get a photo. But I believe it may have been the Insulindian phasmid."
583->823
585
Variable["auto.is_raining"]
584->585
586
!(Variable["auto.is_raining"])
584->586
587
Kim Kitsuragi: He takes out the photo and shows it to the officers across the yard. Rain comes down, he covers the glossy photo of the phasmid with his hand.
585->587
586->457
587->122
588
Kim Kitsuragi: "The old man was not *aware* of the phasmid's presence. Exhibiting a strange, atypical dementia, he fell into a stupor after its appearance. He became near-catatonic."
588->189
589
You: Say nothing.
589->409
590->458
591
You: "It had gathered *items* in its nest: behold, a passport."
591->65
592->46
913
You: "I did everything I could. The company had hired unvetted..."
592->913
593->828
594
Rhetoric: Not bad, Cuno. Could be a little *shorter* though.
787
Jean Vicquemare: "Yes. I understand. He was in the fight."
594->787
595->414
596->154
597->375
598->373
599->97
600
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
600->524
601
Drama: He's really softening it up there.
601->292
602->207
696
You: "Yeah. *And* a night club. In the church. It was a huge operation to set it up."
602->696
921
You: "I didn't. It's the wind. You misheard."
602->921
603
Jean Vicquemare: "That's great! *Night club owner* is a great new career -- because you're *done* as a police officer."
603->252
604
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_sugg_drug_baron"]
605
Variable["village.posse_sugg_drug_baron"]
604->605
606
!(Variable["village.posse_sugg_drug_baron"])
604->606
644
Electrochemistry: Hmm...
605->644
606->208
607
Jean Vicquemare: "Get a grip. No one cares about your *entroponetic adventures* right now."
607->923
608->524
609
You: "I don't have time for this. Straight to the motive, please."
609->296
610->328
610->487
704
Jean Vicquemare: "Okay. We'll see about it when we get coast guard on the island."
611->704
612->165
614
IsKimHere()
613->614
615
!(IsKimHere())
613->615
614->12
615->13
668
Jean Vicquemare: "I've never doubted you can pull yourself together and work -- in bouts. Bouts don't last." He buttons his jacket. "I can still smell the booze on the wind."
616->668
617->20
618->265
619
Untitled hub (03)
619->227
619->395
619->439
708
You: "I *did* have a conversation with a corpse..."
619->708
803
You: "The damage alcohol has done to my mind *is* extensive..."
619->803
663
Trant Heidelstam: "You're right about that..."
620->663
621
Jean Vicquemare: "You think? Claire played you like a fiddle. You got duped -- for the hundredth time."
"You think? Claire played you like a fiddle. It's true, you *are* his little peone."
621->26
622->177
623
Jean Vicquemare: "You're right, lieutenant -- I don't." He turns to you. "You snorted the drugs, I know you did. It's all right, I mean, at this point -- *anything* is but the drink."
815
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
623->815
624->713
625->510
626
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
626->524
627->692
628->276
629->675
630
You: "Boom shakalaka."
630->684
631
Kim Kitsuragi: "It's worrying. Especially in light of his political views. Detective Du Bois is -- as you may know -- a fascist. A far-right woman-hater and, of course, also into race-stuff. Which -- for a police officer --" He shakes his head. "Not good."
"It's worrying. Especially in light of his political views. Detective Du Bois is -- as you may know -- a fascist. He's spent *hours* trying to find a way to 'reverse time' with other far-right individuals. And, of course, there's the race-stuff. Which -- for a police officer --" He shakes his head. "Not good."
631->39
632->49
633->201
634->466
635
You: "The company hired unvetted mercenaries. It was their fault. I did all I could."
635->467
636->372
871
You: "Yeah -- from the Revolution. He may have killed others too."
"Yeah -- from the Revolution. He has killed others too -- the previous Union leader, for one."
636->871
637->373
639
Judit Minot: "Lieutenant, please. The straggler -- just... stick to that. You said you *solved* the case?"
638->639
737
Logic: She's right. This is not going well for you. You have to present something coherent -- and sane.
639->737
838
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["seafort.deserter_wc_health_success"]
640->838
642
Kim Kitsuragi: "No. He just let some youths set up a club in the church. They *thought* they could produce in there. They won't. The building was abandoned. It was an okay idea -- better than having them out on the ice."
641->642
642->601
643->603
644->208
645->252
647
Variable["village.posse_used_anomaly_as_excuse"]
646->647
648
!(Variable["village.posse_used_anomaly_as_excuse"])
646->648
647->607
793
Jean Vicquemare: "That's great! *Entroponaut* is a great new career for you -- *after* police officer. I don't care. Go live in the pale."
648->793
649->326
650
Jean Vicquemare: "Okay, Trant, thank you. I get it. Harry..." He looks at you sternly. "No more giant insects -- you said you have a *motive*."
650->363
651
You: "He killed the mercenary in an act of jealousy."
651->426
652->797
653
Empathy: He understands you *have* to nail this.
653->425
653->651
700
You: "He killed the mercenary hoping to start a war between the company and the Union."
653->700
827
You: "He, uh... being a Communard probably had to do with it. You know, class warfare stuff."
653->827
845
You: "He killed him in an act of rage induced by the phasmid's semiochemicals."
653->845
654
Jean Vicquemare: "Okay. Mastermind."
654->430
655->431
656
Jump to: [Untitled hub]
656->797
657->64
658->524
659->21
661
IsCunoInParty()
660->661
662
!(IsCunoInParty())
660->662
661->560
662->171
663->500
664->175
665->443
666->76
667->658
668->493
669
Jean Vicquemare: "You think?"
670
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
669->670
670->524
671
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["tc.dora_is_her_name"]
672
Variable["tc.dora_is_her_name"]
671->672
673
!(Variable["tc.dora_is_her_name"])
671->673
674->608
676
IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood") and Variable["village.posse_2_fascist_highest"] == false
675->676
677
!(IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood") and Variable["village.posse_2_fascist_highest"] == false)
675->677
676->134
677->452
679
IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")
678->679
680
!(IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood"))
678->680
679->631
680->309
681->187
682->122
683->824
684->137
685->461
686->193
687->531
688->369
689->148
690
Jean Vicquemare: "What is this, a joke? We *will* dump you, Harry. We will leave you here -- you'll be just another bum on the coast. This is a *trial*. Stop fucking around."
690->597
690->637
691
Jump to: [Untitled hub (03)]
691->524
693
Variable["village.posse_nest_bower_discussed"]
692->693
694
!(Variable["village.posse_nest_bower_discussed"])
692->694
693->290
694->99
695->536
792
Jean Vicquemare: "Fuck it. Fine. I don't care. Your life as a cop is over -- become a polonium dealer for all I care."
696->792
697->252
698->255
699
Judit Minot: "Jean -- it's his style. He does side cases. I'm sure it was important enough. Call it community outreach."
744
Jean Vicquemare: "It's not what he was sent here to do. He was sent here to solve a murder -- not look into commercial areas."
699->744
700->216
701
Judit Minot: "Jean. He has it. No more cooperation needed. He had a civilian there for the confession -- this is doable."
701->704
702->658
729
Jean Vicquemare: "Are you done?"
703->729
704->298
705
You: "I know things about it. I think it reproduces by parthenogenesis."
802
Trant Heidelstam: "Well, that's not exactly *proof*. It's a theory. But -- it *is* interesting."
705->802
706->438
707->172
708->343
709
Reaction Speed: And eyes too -- your return from the island must not have gone unnoticed.
760
Jean Vicquemare: "Understood. Of course."
709->760
710
Kim Kitsuragi: IsCunoInParty()
711
IsCunoInParty()
710->711
712
!(IsCunoInParty())
710->712
761
Cuno: "The fuck, you puss? This'll send shit flying. Trust Cuno. Grandpa laid down some real shit. *Conspiracy*-style."
711->761
712->507
713->524
714
Kim Kitsuragi: "No. I wouldn't say it was..." He looks to you.
714->473
740
You: "It was a sensing entity. There was something there."
714->740
877
You: "Intelligent? It behaved like an insect."
714->877
716
Logic: This has to be good stuff for him to backpedal out of it at first mention.
715->716
716->228
717
Reaction Speed: Damn, now it sounds like you were just wasting time.
717->608
718->272
720
IsKimHere()
719->720
721
!(IsKimHere())
719->721
720->234
721->526
722->35
909
You: "Yes. What he said."
722->909
910
You: "Yeah, it was a massacre -- we got wiped. Where the hell were *you*?!"
722->910
911
You: "I'm just sorry."
722->911
938
You: "The firefight is a trivial matter compared to the greatest discovery of this *century*."
722->938
723->36
724
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["whirling.minot_karaoke"]
725
Variable["whirling.minot_karaoke"]
724->725
726
!(Variable["whirling.minot_karaoke"])
724->726
725->580
726->456
727
Kim Kitsuragi: "And he *solved* it. Near-perfectly. In one week we have: a confession, a murder weapon -- *and* the perpetrator. Locked on the island right now, awaiting transportation."
727->280
728->319
729->242
730->195
732
Cuno: "Yo -- this is like the biggest moment in history right now. You wanna fucking listen to what's coming out of Cuno's *mouth*." He points to his crooked scowl.
731->732
733
Cuno: "We saw a giant insect. White as fuck. *Literally* the Insulindian phasmid or some shit. Praying mantis-style. It was three metres tall, and this pig right here..." He points his finger at you.
732->733
733->95
868
Jean Vicquemare: "..."
734->868
735->4
735->415
735->416
735->635
736->690
737->150
875
Trant Heidelstam: "Like a cephalopod's? Phasmids, I think, only have nerves in their heads and abdomens, though... there is a correlation between invertebrate size and intelligence. Was it...?"
738->875
834
Kim Kitsuragi: "Yes, but also reed-coloured -- beige and brown, a little green -- on the outside. After unfolding from a single stalk, it still retained parts that looked like reed tufts on its limbs."
739->834
740->156
741
Jean Vicquemare: "It wasn't the fucking wind! You said you started a drug lab." He takes a moment to collect himself. "Fine. I don't care. You're done as a cop -- become a polonium dealer for all I care."
741->103
742->478
743
Cuno: "This pig *helps* people, okay? He's a fuckin' handy helper, he does that shit. He finds insects and solves side-shit. It's his style. Side-style."
743->327
744->717
745
Jean Vicquemare: "No, it didn't -- it didn't turn out to be entroponetical *again*. Enough with two millimetre holes and the giant bugs -- this isn't Paradox B. We're a police force."
745->541
746
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_used_anomaly_as_excuse"] or Variable["village.posse_church_hole_mentioned"]
747
Variable["village.posse_used_anomaly_as_excuse"] or Variable["village.posse_church_hole_mentioned"]
746->747
748
!(Variable["village.posse_used_anomaly_as_excuse"] or Variable["village.posse_church_hole_mentioned"])
746->748
747->745
748->256
749
Jump to: [IsCunoInParty()]
749->794
750->650
751->328
752
You: "I think once he's resuscitated -- yes. We got him talking once. He'll talk again."
846
Jean Vicquemare: "*Resuscitated* -- that sounds great..."
752->846
753->550
754
Jean Vicquemare: "Jude, he's drunk. It's cold. I'm fucking freezing. Let's get him to the station when he's sobered up. In two weeks or something."
754->19
755->797
756->182
758
IsCunoInParty()
757->758
759
!(IsCunoInParty())
757->759
758->496
852
Jean Vicquemare: "You experienced a *delirium hallucination*. It's typical of cognitive damage. From chronic alcoholism. Which is what you have. So you started *seeing shit* in the reeds."
759->852
760->513
761->507
762
Jean Vicquemare: "How? It seems to be ongoing. I see red banners on the gates."
762->344
763
You: "I did it for the World Revolution."
763->562
764->509
765->509
766->623
767->624
768->77
769->186
770
You: "So -- as you can see, I'm a *pretty okay* detective."
"So -- as you can see, I'm a *pretty okay* detective -- an absolutely GIANT FASCIST."
"So -- as you can see, I'm a *pretty okay* detective -- an abolutely GIANT COMMUNIST."
"So -- as you can see, I'm a *pretty okay* detective -- an absolutely visionary entrepreneur."
770->684
907
Electrochemistry: You know, maybe you should become a beach bum? Just a thought... Because this isn't going too good.
771->907
772->804
773->53
774->123
775->524
776
Kim Kitsuragi: Variable["village.posse_2_rhetoric_yell"]
777
Variable["village.posse_2_rhetoric_yell"]
776->777
778
!(Variable["village.posse_2_rhetoric_yell"])
776->778
777->131
861
You: "I AM A POLICEMAN OF THE STATE TO COME!"
777->861
778->629
779->235
780->235
782
Variable["village.posse_2_fascist_highest"]
781->782
783
!(Variable["village.posse_2_fascist_highest"])
781->783
863
Kim Kitsuragi: "Odder still -- he is also an ultraliberal 'hustler' who is always..." The lieutenant pinches the root of his nose. "*On the grind.* Which I guess, goes well with some of his racism. I don't know -- he is vocal about both beliefs though."
782->863
783->185
912
Untitled hub (02)
784->912
785->588
786
You: "Boom. Boom. Boom."
786->408
788
Cuno: "Second -- you dinky fucking asshole. This pig right here," he points to you, "this oink-oink motherfucker *solved* that shit. On Death Island. Case solved. Go home, or fuck off."
787->788
788->193
789->197
790->868
791->101
792->103
793->923
795
IsCunoInParty()
794->795
796
!(IsCunoInParty())
794->796
795->743
796->699
797->215
797->425
797->651
797->700
797->827
797->845
798->544
848
Cuno: "Worse than Cuno's violent dad. Shakes like a pig, eyes like saucers. Wavin' at nothing. That's some dark shit -- and he's been with that bug for like -- ever. Don't close your mind to this shit!"
799->848
800->610
801->754
802->339
803->440
804->119
804->120
804->176
804->763
805->564
807
IsKimHere()
806->807
808
!(IsKimHere())
806->808
807->565
808->29
809
Kim Kitsuragi: IsKimHere()
810
IsKimHere()
809->810
811
!(IsKimHere())
809->811
810->444
811->905
812->121
813->757
814->401
815->524
816->130
817->514
818->518
819->403
821
Variable["TASK.sing_karaoke_done"]
820->821
822
!(Variable["TASK.sing_karaoke_done"])
820->822
821->724
822->727
823->236
824->137
825->239
825->589
825->630
825->770
826->762
827->216
828->529
829->92
866
Cuno: "Yeah -- and solved that shit. Fucking... grandpa in the woods did it. Old shit. Cuno doesn't know about that. Look -- the REAL SHIT here is..."
830->866
831->411
832->691
919
Trant Heidelstam: "Incredible... Were there eggs in the nest?"
833->919
834->419
837
Trant Heidelstam: "It must be robust if it can move a helmet with its limbs..." He trails off, lost in thought.
835->837
836->123
837->127
839
Variable["seafort.deserter_wc_health_success"]
838->839
840
!(Variable["seafort.deserter_wc_health_success"])
838->840
839->305
839->535
840->418
841->923
937
Reaction Speed: Damn, now it sounds like you were just wasting time.
842->937
843->609
844
You: "A Revolutionary matronym?"
843->844
844->214
845->329
846->701
847
Cuno: "You ain't saying shit, because you don't got shit to say."
847->219
927
Rhetoric: Hah!
848->927
849->549
850->168
851->226
852->559
853->66
854->25
855->78
908
Authority: Quit while you're ahead? Or... no?
856->908
857->669
858->722
859->276
860->776
861->132
862->276
863->235
864->403
865->594
866->831
867->3
868->689
869->524
870->869
871->247
873
IsKimHere()
872->873
874
!(IsKimHere())
872->874
873->248
874->476
875->714
876->155
877->157
878->604
880
IsKimHere()
879->880
881
!(IsKimHere())
879->881
880->211
881->746
883
IsKimHere()
882->883
884
!(IsKimHere())
882->884
885
Trant Heidelstam: "This man's mother was Lilian. He's Lilian's son -- Lilianovich. The custom was overturned after the Revolution failed, but not before it made it to Revachol."
883->885
884->482
885->382
886->890
887->654
888->546
889->847
890->107
890->752
892
Variable["village.posse_concept_way_more"]
891->892
893
!(Variable["village.posse_concept_way_more"])
891->893
892->112
893->221
894
You: "It emits a chemical that makes it look *more* like the reeds."
894->802
895->170
895->241
895->463
895->591
895->705
895->894
930
You: "Its nervous system is stored in its *limbs*."
895->930
897
IsCunoInParty()
896->897
898
!(IsCunoInParty())
896->898
897->557
898->618
899->813
900->504
901->709
902->710
903->178
935
Jean Vicquemare: "See -- no one cares."
904->935
905->524
906->569
907->626
908->600
909->816
910->577
911->355
912->360
912->786
912->941
913->47
914->915
915->96
916->559
917->153
918->373
919->6
920->600
920->856
921->741
922->320
923->477
924->255
925->79
926->653
927->108
928->656
929->556
930->802
931->225
932->619
933->561
934->621
935->809
936->824
937->749
938->183
939->816
940->276
941->189