WESTCOAST EXECUTIONS VISCAL - 14
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["coast.exec_viscal_succeeded"]
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")
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IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")
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!(IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood"))
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Esprit de Corps: Foreign dissidents, unwashed criminals, and hoi polloi. Such is your belief, officer.
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsHighestPolitical("ultraliberal")
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Hmm, correct." The lieutenant examines the wall closely. "The density of the bullet holes is unusual, even in a general *average bullet hole frequency in Martinaise* sense. Grim affairs."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Meaning, this is *a lot* of bullet holes." He brushes the wall with his hand. "Looks like fully-automatic rifle fire. Something you don't see these days..."
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Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant gives a terse nod. "Nothing for us to do here. Let's move along."
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Jump to: [executionsmain]
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["coast.exec_kim_nodding_esprit"]
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Variable["coast.exec_kim_nodding_esprit"]
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!(Variable["coast.exec_kim_nodding_esprit"])
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Esprit de Corps: Follow your brother into death itself.
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Endurance: Phew! All that nodding was rough on the old neck. Close to feeling that twinge...
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Jump to: [executionsmain]
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Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant matches your nodding pace. He's a true professional at this.
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Endurance: The nodding's reaching critical mass! You can't take this much longer, captain!
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Jump to: [executions viscal hub]
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executions viscal hub
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Esprit de Corps: You, your friends, your family. Everyone you had ever known. This was *you*.
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Jump to: [executions viscal hub]
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Esprit de Corps: Leeches, fleas, and thieves. All the freeloader scum living off the hard work of others. Such is your belief.
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Empathy: Maybe you should change it. They were praying... screaming...
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You: Look at the people against the wall.
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Visual Calculus: A host of men, probably in everyday clothes -- ragged from the conflict and covered in dust. They were not sitting (a common practice for executions in some nations), as demonstrated by the height level of the bullet holes.
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Jump to: [executions viscal hub]
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Visual Calculus: The commandant -- the one who gives the order. Machine gun fire crackling through the air, the lights of the muzzle flashes dancing on his face...
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You: "Why not?"
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You: Say nothing, just nod.
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Endurance: Abort! Abort! No... shit, it's too late!
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You: "OH SHIT FUCK HELL!"
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Endurance: Whew, got off really lucky... that could have resulted in a world of hurt.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Alright," the lieutenant coughs abruptly. "It's a good moment to stop. My neck was starting to hurt. If there's nothing more, we should get going."
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Visual Calculus: The sun blazes high up in the sky... baking the planks, the sand, your skin. The order was carried out in the afternoon.
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Visual Calculus: A long time has passed since the moment of this fusillading. Rain and brine have since washed all the blood away. Not a trace remains.
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Authority: Soldiers... people in a bad spot they probably did not choose, ordered to commit acts they wanted no part of.
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Jump to: [executions viscal hub]
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Logic: Remember what Trant Heidelstam said about Feld.
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You: "What if it was the Feld personnel when their assets were being seized by the revolutionaries?"
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You: What *is* this...
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You: Who was who in this execution? I need to understand.
"Kim, who was who in this execution?"
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You: Look at the person standing on the side.
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You: Good bye. [Leave.]
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You: "Kim, who was who in this execution?"
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You: Look at the line of soldiers.
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Jump to: [executionsmain]
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executionsmain
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Another likely scenario." The lieutenant nods.
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Reaction Speed: Or maybe...
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Jump to: [executionsmain]
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsMorning()
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IsMorning()
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!(IsMorning())
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Visual Calculus: The morning sun rises beyond the horizon, radiating the first light of the day. The order was carried out at dawn.
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsAfternoon()
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Jump to: [executions viscal hub]
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You: I'm dumb.
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Perception (Sight): The scattering of bullet holes looks like one giant smiling mouth. Smiling its deadly smile. Laughing at you and the world and the living.
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You: Why this many bullet holes?
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You: Variable["coast.exec_whitec_viscal_bullets"]
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Variable["coast.exec_whitec_viscal_bullets"]
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!(Variable["coast.exec_whitec_viscal_bullets"])
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["coast.exec_whitec_viscal_bullets"]
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Perception (Sight): The density and spread of these bullet holes is surprising -- this takes *a lot* of bullets. Fully-automatic rifle fire.
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Visual Calculus: A row of ghostly shades facing a crumbling wall, with another seven shades standing ten metres from them. A single person stands on the sideline.
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Physical Instrument: It's too much! You can feel your vertebrae starting to crack, your muscles groaning...
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You: Just one more nod.
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You: Stop nodding.
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Endurance: Whew, got off lucky there... that could have resulted in a world of hurt.
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Jump to: [executionsmain]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Perhaps the ones executed here were the loyalist-conservatives -- killed by the communists at the start of the civil war. Or it could have been the communists, put to death during the last stretch of the conflict by the Coalition forces."
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["boardwalk.trant_about_feld_takeover"]
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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!(Variable["auto.is_raining"])
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Visual Calculus: Droplets of rain fall on the wooden planks, the surrounding sand dunes. The clouds block out any rays of light...
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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Perception (Sight): A scattering of bullet holes is spread across the cracked wall, reaching from one corner to the other.
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You: "Oh my god, look at all these bullet holes! I haven't seen any other bullet holes in the walls before, somehow."
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You: Walk away. [Leave.]
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You: Even more bullet holes. Something has definitely happened here.
"Look, Kim. Even more bullet holes. Something's definitely gone down here."
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsKimHere()
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["reputation.kim"] >= 5
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Variable["reputation.kim"] >= 5
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!(Variable["reputation.kim"] >= 5)
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Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant also nods. It is quite a scene -- the two of you standing next to the broken wall of an abandoned building... nodding. Nodding along.
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Kim Kitsuragi: The lieutenant is nodding so hard it looks like his head is about to snap off his neck.
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You: Don't stop nodding.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Busted the neck, did you?" He cranes his neck left and right, stretching. "Glad I stopped when I did... my neck was really starting to hurt. Don't worry, it'll mend... now, we should get going."
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Authority: In all truth, violence offers no answer... It's only the last available resort when all mediation fails. And here, all did fail.
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You: Who were they?
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsHighestPolitical("communist")
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Esprit de Corps: Ordinary people -- familiar, each and every one of them.
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["coast.exec_esprit_who_are_they"]
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsKimHere()
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Visual Calculus: Ten metres away -- other shades are lined up in an orderly manner, automatic rifles primed. A gust of wind blows by -- the coats of the firing squad flap slowly in the breeze. A single person stands on the side.
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Esprit de Corps: Two officers of the law against the world. Nodding in unison. It is your source of power. The bond of camaraderie between you... is palpable...
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You: Nod even more.
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You: Shake your head.
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Esprit de Corps: He would follow you into death itself... and you would do the same for him.
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["coast.exec_kim_nodding_esprit"]
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Authority: Overpriced mercenaries putting down some rabid dogs. Someone's gotta do it, right?
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsHighestPolitical("communist")
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IsHighestPolitical("communist")
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!(IsHighestPolitical("communist"))
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Authority: Murderers. Twisted by orders. Young boys forced into killing.
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] and Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"] == false
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Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] and Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"] == false
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!(Variable["TASK.ask_about_ruby_in_village"] and Variable["TASK.locate_ruby_on_the_coast_done"] == false)
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Shivers: Behind this building -- the other one. Once filled with engineers and designers of Feld Electric, now collapsed and dead, but for some rats... You feel drawn, for some reason, to the faded mural again.
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You: "You mentioned Coalition forces. Could it have been them against the wall?"
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Yeah... it's very unlikely the Coalition forces were the ones who died here. They were always the *last* ones against the wall."
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IsHighestPolitical("ultraliberal")
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!(IsHighestPolitical("ultraliberal"))
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsHighestPolitical("moralist")
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Visual Calculus: They stand, facing the wall... It's impossible to discern any details about their personality or background.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "The manufacturing and sale of automatic rifles was curtailed after the Revolution. The destructive power of such tools proved to be... too much. We do need to retain some humanity in this world."
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Jump to: [executionsmain]
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Perception (Sight): The scattering of bullet holes looks like one giant smiling mouth. Smiling its deadly smile.
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Kim Kitsuragi: He nods in agreement -- it really is a very serious scene, worth shaking your head over.
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Variable["coast.exec_whitec_viscal_bullets"]
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!(Variable["coast.exec_whitec_viscal_bullets"])
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Visual Calculus: A row of ghostly shades stand facing the wall. There are many of them, a dozen at least, their heads lowered and eyes blindfolded. It's quiet. No sound, no movement.
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Visual Calculus: Unable to piece together the *big picture* just now. There's a hole in the hypothesis.
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IsKimHere()
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Kim Kitsuragi: At first the lieutenant doesn't say a word... he just stares at the wall. "I don't know," he says finally. "I don't know who died here, lined up beside that horrible wall. It could have been any of the parties involved in the Revolution."
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Visual Calculus: I'm just a representation of your mental faculties... piecing together any available information. You should probably ask the lieutenant.
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Variable["coast.exec_kim_nodding_esprit"]
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!(Variable["coast.exec_kim_nodding_esprit"])
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Visual Calculus: The sun falls slowly toward the horizon... the last light of the day. The order was carried out in the evening.
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IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood")
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!(IsHighestPolitical("revacholian_nationhood"))
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Authority: Martyrs of the Nation, the ardent knights. The few who had the guts to do this.
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsHighestPolitical("ultraliberal")
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["tc.revolution"] and Variable["tc.coalition_government"]
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Esprit de Corps: Collateral damage on the path toward normalcy and progress. Such is your belief, officer.
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You: "What about people from the Coalition? The so-called moralists?"
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Jump to: [executions viscal hub]
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Visual Calculus: It's dark, very dark... faint lights flicker at the edge of your vision. It's rare for the order to be carried out at night...
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You: Fine. Okay.
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IsHighestPolitical("moralist")
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!(IsHighestPolitical("moralist"))
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IsKimHere()
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Kim Kitsuragi: "To be honest, if a Coalition member was anyone in this situation -- it was the commandant. The superior giving the orders."
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Visual Calculus: Seven men in combat uniforms and dark coats, holding automatic rifles aimed at the people. Soldiers from some side... but from which one?
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Authority: Men of duty. Dark duty.
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You: Keep nodding, goddamn it! Stay the course!
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Kim Kitsuragi: A small bead of sweat runs down the side of the lieutenant's face as he maintains his nodding...
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["coast.exec_painth_save_against_neckpain"]
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Variable["coast.exec_painth_save_against_neckpain"]
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!(Variable["coast.exec_painth_save_against_neckpain"])
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["coast.exec_nodding_endurance_warning"]
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["coast.exec_nodding_endurance_warning"]
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Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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!(Variable["auto.is_snowing"])
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Visual Calculus: Snowflakes fall on the wooden planks and the surrounding sand dunes, covering the land with the white of innocence...
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Kim Kitsuragi: "It could even have been the employees of the Feld R&D Center down the coast, as their building was taken over by the revolutionaries."
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: Variable["coast.exec_authority_who_are_they"]
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsHighestPolitical("moralist")
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IsHighestPolitical("moralist")
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!(IsHighestPolitical("moralist"))
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IsHighestPolitical("ultraliberal")
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!(IsHighestPolitical("ultraliberal"))
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Variable["tc.revolution"] and Variable["tc.coalition_government"]
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!(Variable["tc.revolution"] and Variable["tc.coalition_government"])
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Visual Calculus: A cold sea wind blows away the figures.
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Pain Threshold: Almost snapped your neck... but I fucking got this. No pain... no pain...
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Variable["coast.exec_authority_who_are_they"]
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You: Who were they?
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Alright," the lieutenant coughs abruptly. "I'm glad we stopped when we did... my neck was starting to hurt. If there's nothing more, we should get going."
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Variable["boardwalk.trant_about_feld_takeover"]
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!(Variable["boardwalk.trant_about_feld_takeover"])
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Variable["coast.exec_esprit_who_are_they"]
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!(Variable["coast.exec_esprit_who_are_they"])
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Jump to: [executions viscal hub]
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsNight()
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IsNight()
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!(IsNight())
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Visual Calculus: The abundance of bullet holes leads to two options: either an inordinate amount of executions were performed here, or they did not use a *conscience round* -- where only one soldier has the loaded rifle. Looks like this was a mass execution with everyone fully armed.
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Variable["coast.exec_nodding_endurance_warning"]
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!(Variable["coast.exec_nodding_endurance_warning"])
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Endurance: Your neck couldn't withstand all this effort... it's too much!
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Variable["coast.exec_nodding_endurance_warning"]
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!(Variable["coast.exec_nodding_endurance_warning"])
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Variable["coast.exec_viscal_succeeded"]
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!(Variable["coast.exec_viscal_succeeded"])
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Kim Kitsuragi: As the lieutenant takes out a handkerchief and softly taps the sweat off his temple... a faint crack echoes through the coast...
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Scattering of Bullet Holes: IsAfternoon()
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IsAfternoon()
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!(IsAfternoon())
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IsHighestPolitical("communist")
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Esprit de Corps: Comrades. The forsaken, the wretched, who tried to rise against the horrors of the world.
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IsAfternoon()
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