WHIRLING BATHROOM MIRROR - 9
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Mirror: Variable["auto.inside_shack"]
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You: Attempt to stop *The Expression* from happening.
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You: Face yourself.
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You: Use your chaincutters to fix the faucet. Stop steam from fogging up the mirror.
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You: [Let the mirror be for now.]
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You: Dig deep into your mind to locate the source of *The Expression*.
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You: Variable["whirling.mirror_subdued_expression"]
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Variable["whirling.mirror_subdued_expression"]
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!(Variable["whirling.mirror_subdued_expression"])
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_subdued_expression"]
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You: Okay...
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Encyclopedia: Things were good. It was *smooth sailing*. People made gold-and-champagne-tinted interiors and façades to suit the times, calling this *The New Style*. But, more importantly -- disco happened.
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Mirror: Whatever it is, at least it's dead now. There's clearly rigor mortis on your face. Or wait... is that an *expression*? Are you trying to make an expression with that face?
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Untitled hub
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Mirror: Maybe that's how it started? And now it doesn't even matter anymore -- you've worn that grin into your face and it will never come *off*...
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Mirror: What does it even *mean*? What is the emotion you're trying to convey?
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Volition: You couldn't stop if you wanted to. It's neurological.
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You: Actually, I'm not sure I *can* stop.
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You: No. (Keep making the face.)
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You: Okay. (Try to stop.)
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You: No, this is what superstars do. (Keep making the face.)
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Shivers: In a rundown shack on the far coast, a middle-aged man pounds his fist and looses an animal cry as he stares into a sliver of clouded glass...
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_shivers_shack"]
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Mirror: CheckEquipped("shirt_hjelmdall")
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CheckEquipped("shirt_hjelmdall")
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!(CheckEquipped("shirt_hjelmdall"))
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Composure: *Ahem*. It's a *lot* like the face on that rather unfortunate muscle-man t-shirt you just so happen to be wearing...
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Mirror: CheckItem("shirt_hjelmdall")
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Endurance: It was time to banish that ridiculous *Expression* from your face -- and replace it with a perfect reflection of your unyielding resolve, your noble suffering.
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Volition: Maybe it will make you temptation-proof, so something good will come out of this at least?
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You: Even love?
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Endurance: Especially love, bröther. Face it, no one's willing to make the sacrifices that are necessary, not in this day and age.
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Endurance: Bröther. You *have* succeeded...
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Endurance: It takes a true kingsman to summon the *will* to face reality in all its darkness. To stare straight into the abyss and do *what must be done*.
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Jump to: [Mirror main menu]
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Mirror: IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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!(IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]])
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
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Endurance: This idiocy has gone on too long. It's time to wipe that decadent homo-sexual grin off your face.
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You: It was just a reflex!
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Endurance: The problem is obvious: You simply can't hack it. You're a failure. It's all *too much* for you.
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Mirror: The bathroom mirror has been wiped completely clean. You see the reflection of your face in the mirror -- such as it is without *The Expression*. It's just hairy.
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You: I don't care. (Still wipe the mirror.)
I don't care, I hurt myself, it's what I do. (Wipe the mirror.)
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Mirror: Behold!
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You: I think it might be because I'm a superstar.
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Mirror: Please stop, it's horrible! You're scaring yourself.
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Inland Empire: Abort! You clearly have not thought this through. You won't like what you will see there -- and you will never *un-become* it.
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You: Lets just get it over with. Wipe the mirror.
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You: Maybe I should touch it first, make sure there's nothing *wrong* with my face.
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You: [Better not to know -- Leave.]
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Inland Empire: No-no, not the voice! Make it stop...
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Endurance: While the world burns, the two of you, together again, ride an aerostatic into the sunset. Maybe it will work this time? Spare Revachol and you'll never hear from her again. Will you sacrifice a second chance at love to keep Revachol safe?
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lastfacehub
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You: Wait, what happened to my face?
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You: I will never forsake my vöws. (Conclude.)
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Endurance: Now open your eyes and witness the wonder! The HMS Last Kingsman has left the docks. The world will tremble as you smash all the ice in the world.
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Endurance: It's time. Time to see yourself as you truly are. It's going to be absolutely *devastating*, but there's no way to avoid it.
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Endurance: It's time. Time to see yourself as you truly are. It's going to be absolutely *devastating*, but there's no way to avoid it.
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Endurance: It turns out you've already been wearing your *true* face. The face of The Loser. The face of He Who Could Not Handle It. Now, get out of your sight.
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_secondgreeting_done"]
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Variable["whirling.mirror_secondgreeting_done"]
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!(Variable["whirling.mirror_secondgreeting_done"])
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Mirror: Variable["TASK.report_to_the_tribunal_done"]
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_first_greeting_done"]
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Jump to: [Mirror main menu]
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_steam_stopped"]
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Variable["whirling.mirror_steam_stopped"]
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!(Variable["whirling.mirror_steam_stopped"])
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
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Mirror: CheckEquipped("chaincutters") == false
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CheckEquipped("chaincutters") == false
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!(CheckEquipped("chaincutters") == false)
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Interfacing: Your hands, however skilful, can't manage this task on their own. You should get your chaincutters out.
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Interfacing: The chaincutters slip out of your hands as you attempt to twist the faucet into place. Well, you know one thing for sure -- you've probably never been a plumber.
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Mirror: You *can't*, can you? It's like it's not even voluntary anymore. You have worn that grin into your face and now it won't come *off*...
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Jump to: [Exploring your face]
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Exploring your face
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Encyclopedia: Sometimes you like to add finger pistols to the mix, because unlike Guillaume le Million you are a police officer. It's your nifty little way to say: I'm armed and dangerous.
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Encyclopedia: You have some understanding of the recent history of disco. The rest is darkness.
You have some understanding of the near history of disco. The rest is darkness, aside from the useless fact that the motor carriage outside was a Coupris Kineema.
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Mirror: Oh my god, you *can't* stop! It's like it's not even voluntary anymore! You have worn that grin into your face and now it won't come off...
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Endurance: Can't hear you over the moans of your wömen. They writhe in pleasure as the foreigners are playing them like instruments. Be careful, or they'll wear you like a sock, Harry.
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You: Pull the imaginary lever.
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Endurance: You're a hard motherfucker... (Tightness -- in gaseous form -- leaves your body.) If we didn't know better, we'd say you *enjoyed* consigning your city to the flames.
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You: Wait, why do I need to do that?
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Endurance: Your heart can belong to Revachol or it can belong to darkness. As long as it's torn between them it's broken and useless.
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You: What's going on? I thought I *succeeded*!
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Jump to: [lastfacehub]
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
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Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
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!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"])
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Endurance: It's time. Time to see yourself as you truly are. It's going to be absolutely *devastating*, but there's no way to avoid it.
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Endurance: This idiocy has gone on far too long. It's time to wipe that decadent homo-sexual grin off your face. Time to see yourself as you truly are.
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You: What's too much?
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Endurance: Love... time... Revachol... all of it. The pressure is putting you on your knees.
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You: It's never not too late! I can *still* turn it back...
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Endurance: No, it's *far* too late. All that remains is for you to feel bad, because you failed, and there's nothing you can do about it. That is the way of the world...
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Endurance: Yes. It *should* be awful, because you failed. Failing is weakness and weakness is awful. That is the way of the world...
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
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Electrochemistry: It's like something snaps in you -- a nerve ending, a thought, a sadness. Your face in the mirror is suddenly clean of the leer that had distorted it for god knows how long.
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Electrochemistry: Just like that it's over -- the running gag that your life had become. A sad old man looks back at you.
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Electrochemistry: It's like something snaps in you -- a nerve ending, a thought, a sadness. Your face in the mirror is suddenly clean of the leer that had distorted it. For god knows how long...
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Variable["whirling.mirror_first_greeting_done"]
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!(Variable["whirling.mirror_first_greeting_done"])
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Mirror: A mirror hangs on the wall, covered in steam. You cannot see yourself, just the outlines of a man. You have no memory of the face that awaits you there, underneath the soft vapour.
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Mirror: A mirror hangs above a bent and broken sink. In a fierce discharge of masculine energy someone has ripped half the faucet off.
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You: It's an expression of pain.
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Mirror: You are correct.
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You: I promise.
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Mirror: You liar. You can't even tell the truth to yourself. Go ahead, try something!
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Untitled hub
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You: Really? Nothing?
Really? I don't remember *anything*?
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You: Wipe the mirror.
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You: No way, I'm not doing this. [Back off.]
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Encyclopedia: Out of the dazzling swirl of disco music, in an open air *boîte de nuit* somewhere in Revachol West, Guillaume's blond mane appeared on the screen. He sang some bullshit. Then he made *The Expression*.
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Untitled hub
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You: Anything else? Like who am I? Why did I drink myself into oblivion?
Anything else? Like who am I? Why did I become a cop? Why did I drink myself into oblivion?
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Mirror: Variable["tc.you_are_cop"]
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You: I am ready.
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Endurance: Love... time... Revachol...
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Interfacing: An involuntary twitch runs through your hand, almost like reflex.
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You: I may as well give up then...
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Endurance: Who said anything about giving up?
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Endurance: Enough. The Franconigerian Court of Honour has held your naked soul up against the Sevenfold Sun Miracle and looked right through it. Close your eyes and *know*, this is who you are:
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.hard_faschist"] > 3
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Electrochemistry: Hey! It took a minor neurological *miracle* to get your face to this point!
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Endurance: You've let your guard down. Now the combined armies of Pain and Shit are streaming through your gates, pillaging your stores, carrying off your wömen...
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_steam_stopped"]
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Variable["whirling.mirror_steam_stopped"]
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!(Variable["whirling.mirror_steam_stopped"])
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Mirror: A mirror hangs on the bathroom wall. It's barely covered in steam anymore. You see yourself -- *The Expression* fixed to your clean-shaven face. You're still not accustomed to it.
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Mirror: IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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You: Of course I do. It's... uhm... is it some kind of superstar? I think I'm a superstar.
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Mirror: It appears you're also dead. There's clearly rigor mortis on your face, or wait... is that an *expression*? Are you trying to make an expression with that face? Why?
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You: God, I don't know -- it's indescribable.
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Mirror: You should check yourself for a pulse, because from here it looks like a cadaverous spasm.
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You: I'm outta here. [Leave.]
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Logic: Probably not, no.
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Mirror: Hot water sprays from the base and steam covers the mirror. You cannot see yourself, just the outline of a man.
Hot water sprays from the faucet's base and steam covers the mirror. You cannot see yourself, just a vague impression of a man.
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You: How bad could it be?
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Mirror: Where to even begin? There's the bloatedness, then the swollenness... It's like there's an upholstery of alcohol underneath your skin.
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Drama: If it doesn't rhyme, you're not pronouncing it right.
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You: How long ago was The New?
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Mirror: Variable["tc.date_fifty_one"]
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Mirror: It doesn't have to be. You can swoon over Guillaume and his champagne-cork smile whenever you want to... Maybe some of the stardust will return?
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You: Hold on, my cocksmanship is on par with...!
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Endurance: What's that? Can't hear yourself over the moans of your wömen in the hands of foreigners who play them like instruments. Be careful, or they'll wear you like a sock, Harry-boy.
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Endurance: *Never*. May this serve as a constant reminder of your sacred, un-put-downable burthen.
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Physical Instrument: That's one way of saying that the nerve damage is *quite* severe. The only way you'll be able to change your face now is with your fingers...
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Mirror: Variable["auto.inside_shack"]
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Variable["auto.inside_shack"]
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!(Variable["auto.inside_shack"])
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Mirror: You step back from the mirror. A loose board creaks.
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Mirror: You step back from the mirror. A bead of water drips from the pipe beneath the washbasin.
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Endurance: It's all shit.
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You: All of it?
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Endurance: *All* of it.
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Esprit de Corps: He sets down the paper and quickly scribbles the date and time in his notebook, along with a note: 'HDB possible relapse? Check in first thing.'
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Endurance: Now shout from the top of your lungs: YOU ARE THE NOBLE SUFFERER.
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Mirror: Variable["auto.inside_shack"]
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Mirror: IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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!(IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]])
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Endurance: Have you really been wearing that decadent homo-sexual grin this whole time? It's disgusting. No wonder you haven't been able to *truly face yourself*.
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Mirror: Really -- all recollection of the person you are, the people in your life and even the world you're in has drowned in a sea of blood alcohol. This was no mere night of drinking, it was a deluge. Of world-ending proportions.
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Encyclopedia: The click is used to spur on a horse. It also features heavily in Guillaume Le Million's regional mega-hit "Don't Worry (Your Pretty Little Head)".
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Mirror: Variable["tc.you_are_cop"]
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Variable["whirling.mirror_shivers_shack"]
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!(Variable["whirling.mirror_shivers_shack"])
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Shivers: From above the Bay of Revachol, a cold wind gathers in response. The people of the fishing village pull their coats and blankets tight about themselves...
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Shivers: A cold damp seeps in through the gaps between the wall planks. There is no one to bear witness to your vow...
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You: It can't be.
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You: (Bow down.) Yes. My heart forever beats for Revachol, I am all she has left. The constant kingsman.
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Endurance: Yes... you truly are. (Tightness -- in gaseous form -- leaves your body.) She's lucky to have you, watching her sleep.
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Endurance: It can, and it *is*. Just a mountain of shit, every bit of it.
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
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Endurance: Face it, bröther. No one's got the *willpower* to set things right. They won't do what it takes.
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Endurance: Look deep inside yourself. You know it's true, because it *hurts*.
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Endurance: Now open your eyes and witness the (small) wonder! The HMS Modest Kingsman has left the docks. You are neither the greatest nor the strongest icebreaker on the seas, but you are what you are.
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Endurance: It's time. Time to see yourself as you truly are. It's going to be absolutely *devastating*, but there's no way to avoid it.
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Endurance: This idiocy has gone on too long. It's time to wipe that decadent homo-sexual grin off your face.
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Endurance: It's time. Your efforts at avoiding this moment have been truly *heroic*, but now there's nothing left but for you to confront yourself as you *truly* are, no matter the consequences...
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
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Interfacing: The faucet is quite terribly mangled, but you just might be able to twist its parts into place.
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Interfacing: You handle the chaincutters deftly, applying just enough pressure. The faucet regains a recognizable shape. The steam stops.
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
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Mirror: Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
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Mirror: A mirror hangs on the bathroom wall. It's barely covered in steam anymore. It's your face in the mirror -- adorned with *The Expression*.
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
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Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
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!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"])
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Mirror: An old mirror hangs on the wall. You see the reflection of your face in it -- such as it is without *The Expression*. It's just hairy.
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Mirror: Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
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Mirror: IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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Conceptualization: Was this not the same *élan* that founds empires and lays waste to cities, virile, uncaring towards *the little things*?
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Electrochemistry: It's too late. Like an image on film, *The Expression* belongs to your primary motor cortex. It would take a minor neurological miracle for you to cease producing it.
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Mirror: Variable["auto.inside_shack"]
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You: I'm pretty sure I can't stop.
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Mirror: Oh my god, you're right! It's like it's not even voluntary anymore. You have worn that grin into your face and now it won't come *off*...
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Mirror: Yeah, there is definitely something wrong with it.
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Untitled hub
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You: Wait, can Kim be in the aerostatic too?
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Conceptualization: You'll plough your way toward the frigid lands of Katla and Vaasa, smashing every ice sheet in your path. Nothing, *nothing* can stop an icebreaker...
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You: But I was trying so hard! I was making progress!
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Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
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!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"])
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Endurance: This idiocy has gone on too long. It's time to wipe that decadent homo-sexual grin off your face.
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Jump to: [Mirror main menu]
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
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Endurance: Let this new face be a reminder, an unalterable mark of shame. This is the face of The Loser, the face of He Who Looks at Himself and Despairs. Now, get out of your sight.
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Endurance: It wasn't enough. You simply don't have what it *takes*...
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Variable["auto.inside_shack"]
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_saw_your_face"]
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Mirror: As you slowly reach your hand toward the surface of the mirror...
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Mirror: It's not. It's swollen and snail-like, wriggling between your fingers.
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Mirror: You have no idea who this *thing* is, do you?
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You: I think it's supposed to look *suggestive*. I'm afraid it's meant *for the ladies*.
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You: I'm insinuating that I'm vaguely sympathetic. I think I'm sort of pulling it off too -- in a *sad has-been* kind of way. There is some charm to it.
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You: Superstardom.
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Mirror: Variable["whirling.bathroom_mirror_conceptualizaion_success"] == true
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Mirror: No. That would be too insane.
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Endurance: Fine... The three of you, all together, ride an aerostatic into the sunset. The question remains: Will you sacrifice love to keep Revachol safe?
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Endurance: We keep it buried like a horrible secret. We feed it through the cracks in the floorboards out of a sickening sense of nostalgia. Just enough to keep it alive. And yet it still comes to us in moments of weakness, unbidden, a source of shame and panic...
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Conceptualization: This is a horrible allegory for... whatever is on the other end.
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Mirror: Variable["coast.payphone_called_her"]
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Endurance: There's a lever in front of you. Pull it, and atomic fire blankets your beloved Revachol. Millions die in an instant. But you are spared. You, and the voice in the payphone.
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Endurance: Remember: Kingsmen are not born, they are made. And the only thing that can unmake us is that which drove us to rise above in the first place. We keep that thing locked in the deepest cellars of our mind. So deep we forget what it is.
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Endurance: Despite doubt, fear, sentimentality and weakness, you plough ever forward, like an icebreaker, tearing through the frigid North Sea.
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You: How do I know I'm a true kingsman?
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You: I will bear any burthen.
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Mirror: Variable["TASK.face_yourself_done"]
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Mirror: IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself")--[[ Variable[ ]]
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You: Not my wömen...
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Endurance: Oh yes, they're all gone. Carried off by foreign invaders because you failed to uphold your most ancient and noble vöws. The worst part is they might even *prefer* it this way...
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Mirror: HasVolitionDamage()
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Encyclopedia: It belongs in The New -- the third decade of the current century. Enough time had passed from the failure of Revolution that, for a fleeting moment, free market economy seemed like the ultimate, uncontested way of life for our species.
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Mirror: *Too* late. You clearly have rigor mortis on your face, or wait... is that an *expression*? Are you trying to make an expression with that face? Why?
180->251
181
You: Does this have anything to do with Ostentatious Orchestrations?
354
Encyclopedia: Not really. OO must have just stirred your mind. They're more like a disco rock band anyway...
181->354
182->92
183
Pain Threshold: That voice... so warm and sweet...
183->29
184
Esprit de Corps: You used to believe you came from a large family with many half-brothers and sisters, but where are they now? However you shout, they can't hear you...
184->92
185->183
187
You: Variable["whirling.mirror_endurance_rc"]
186->187
188
Variable["whirling.mirror_endurance_rc"]
187->188
189
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_endurance_rc"])
187->189
278
Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_endurance_rc"]
188->278
189->278
191
IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]]
190->191
192
!(IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]])
190->192
337
Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
191->337
471
Jump to: [Mirror main menu]
192->471
193->2
195
Variable["TASK.report_to_the_tribunal_done"]
194->195
196
!(Variable["TASK.report_to_the_tribunal_done"])
194->196
418
Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
195->418
196->39
197
Mirror: A mirror hangs on the bathroom wall. In it -- your face, a regular, clean-shaven police officer.
473
Mirror: IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]]
197->473
198
Mirror: An old mirror hangs on the wall. You see the reflection of your face in it -- adorned with *The Expression*.
198->334
201
You: I'm scared. I want to stop doing this.
454
Mirror: Don't be scared. It's only your face. It's not like anyone is going to *see* it.
201->454
202
Mirror: You should check yourself for a pulse, superstar. From here it looks like a cadaverous spasm.
349
You: I don't want to know.
202->349
403
You: Check for pulse.
202->403
404
You: I don't need to. I almost died trying to get that tie, but I heard my heart beat.
202->404
203
Mirror: That's right! Not even yourself. Go ahead, try something, it's not an order.
203->99
204->2
205
Jump to: [Mirror main menu]
205->2
206
You: Goddamnit...
206->444
468
Endurance: A day will come when you need to take a shotgun to that cellar, shoot whatever is down there in the head, and walk away, never looking back.
207->468
208
Endurance: Face it, bröther. No one's got the *willpower* to build her up again. They won't do what has to be done.
208->440
209->138
210
Endurance: The bloated whores, schizophrenic anarchists and deformed moneylenders tremble, trying to shield their eyes, as he -- *Le gendarme en diamant* -- walks by!
210->75
211->16
228
You: How dare you speak of Revachol that way...
211->228
330
You: You're wrong. There's still a way to turn back time. To make things *richtig*.
211->330
212->2
213
Endurance: Now, every night, while you masturbate in the ruins of your not-so-great-anymore hall, they're getting pleasured by foreign men with superior testosterone levels and *far* more advanced sexual practices than your feeble grunt-and-thrust.
213->60
213->90
281
You: Accept your fate with quiet resignation.
213->281
417
You: God, does it have to be so awful?
213->417
214
You: I did not.
371
Endurance: Yes, you did. There's no use denying it...
214->371
215
Mirror: The bathroom mirror has been wiped completely clean. You see the reflection of your face in the mirror -- even now adorned with *The Expression*.
215->19
216
Mirror: Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
217
Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
216->217
218
!(Variable["character.beard_shaven"])
216->218
344
Mirror: A mirror hangs on the bathroom wall. In it -- your clean-shaven face, adorned with *The Expression*. You're still not accustomed to it.
217->344
321
Mirror: A mirror hangs on the bathroom wall. In it -- your face, adorned with *The Expression*.
218->321
219->453
422
Mirror: Please promise yourself you are not going to try it on any of the *ladies*, whatever happens.
220->422
221->45
222
Mirror: Good call. Go ahead and try something, if you like. Or -- you know -- stop staring into the mirror.
222->99
223
Encyclopedia: Some twenty odd years. There is a vast ocean of time between right now and *The Expression* looking good on you -- or anyone. Humanity has run aground in that time, it's a different world now. The Expression is a relic.
223->326
224->136
328
You: If I can't stop, I wouldn't want to know. Better to just keep making it.
224->328
465
You: I can try to. (Try to stop.)
224->465
225->157
226
Authority: This is the face worn by the first law-bringers, the noble tyrants. Today you join their number...
226->139
227
Composure: *Ahem*. It's a *lot* like the face a certain muscle-man is making on that t-shirt you insist on carrying around...
355
You: Will I ever be able to make another face again?
227->355
228->208
230
Variable["auto.inside_shack"]
229->230
231
!(Variable["auto.inside_shack"])
229->231
230->11
433
Mirror: IsKimHere()
231->433
232->75
233
You: What happens to me then?
441
Endurance: You will be free to love Revachol like no one has ever loved her. You will be her champion, and she will be *faithful* to you. If you can just make this last sacrifice, you will *finally* know happiness.
233->441
234
You: I won't give up. I *can't* give up.
234->167
235
Endurance: Look at yourself: You go about with this mopey look on your face like a dog who's been beaten with an old stick.
235->76
237
Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
236->237
238
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"])
236->238
237->34
238->148
239
Jump to: [Mirror main menu]
239->2
264
Jump to: [Mirror main menu]
240->264
241->49
242->45
243->349
243->403
243->404
245
Variable["whirling.bathroom_mirror_conceptualizaion_success"] == true
244->245
246
!(Variable["whirling.bathroom_mirror_conceptualizaion_success"] == true)
244->246
245->84
246->289
247
You: This is the face of a late-stage alcoholic.
247->180
248
Mirror: Getting clever appears to make *The Expression* even worse. Now it's mixed with smugness.
248->99
249
Electrochemistry: Still not happening. It won't come off that easy.
249->204
250
Mirror: Suddenly you realise you have no memory of the face that awaits you there, underneath the soft vapour.
250->172
251->27
252
You: I have no idea why it's there. It just is.
251->252
421
You: I'm not making it, the face is making it itself.
251->421
252->347
294
Volition: Does this thing *unmake* you, or does it heal you?
253->294
254->98
332
Encyclopedia: Nine million souls flicker out of existence. Sixteen if you include the greater metropolitan area.
255->332
256
Mirror: Variable["whirling.hard_faschist"] > 2
257
Variable["whirling.hard_faschist"] > 2
256->257
258
!(Variable["whirling.hard_faschist"] > 2)
256->258
257->165
333
Endurance: You're tired, afraid, sad, hungry and in pain. But most of all: confused. Yet *still*, like a tiny icebreaker -- the tiniest boat in the fleet -- you plough ever forward...
258->333
259
You: Oh no...
259->444
260
Endurance: What was *that*? Did you just *flinch* before your own reflection?
260->24
260->214
261
Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_interfacing_white_check_succeeded"]
262
Variable["whirling.mirror_interfacing_white_check_succeeded"]
261->262
263
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_interfacing_white_check_succeeded"])
261->263
262->119
263->42
264->2
266
Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
265->266
267
!(Variable["character.beard_shaven"])
265->267
480
Mirror: The bathroom mirror has been wiped completely clean. You see the reflection of yourself in the mirror -- *The Expression* fixed to your clean-shaven face. You're still not accustomed to it.
266->480
267->215
402
Mirror: There might have been. Ten years ago. It's little more than a cadaverous spasm now.
268->402
269->81
269->247
346
You: Dear lord help me, what is this?!
269->346
270
You: I guess that's it then. (Conclude.)
270->88
271
Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_said_superstar"]
272
Variable["whirling.mirror_said_superstar"]
271->272
273
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_said_superstar"])
271->273
409
Mirror: You should check yourself for a pulse, superstar. From here it looks like a cadaverous spasm.
272->409
273->202
274
Jump to: [Untitled hub]
274->431
275->2
276->355
277
You: I don't think I can do that.
391
Endurance: You haven't yet banished all weakness, but you will. We know you will...
277->391
279
Variable["whirling.mirror_endurance_rc"]
278->279
280
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_endurance_rc"])
278->280
356
Endurance: It's time you knew the truth, bröther.
279->356
280->260
343
Endurance: You don't even have anything to say for yourself, do you? Just gonna take it all lying down? Why not grab your ankles while you're at it? That's why you never stood a chance.
281->343
283
HasVolitionDamage()
282->283
284
!(HasVolitionDamage())
282->284
395
Interfacing: Told you that you *needed* those chaincutters. Everything is connected. Everything has a purpose.
283->395
373
Interfacing: Told you that you *needed* those chaincutters. Everything is connected. Everything has a purpose.
284->373
286
Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
285->286
287
!(Variable["character.beard_shaven"])
285->287
288
Mirror: An old mirror hangs on the wall. You see your reflection in it -- *The Expression* fixed to your clean-shaven face. You're still not accustomed to it.
286->288
287->198
288->334
289->250
290
You: What? What's wrong?
290->219
291
You: At least my tongue is okay. (Touch your tongue.)
291->155
292
You: Wipe the mirror now.
292->156
293->18
294->161
295
Endurance: So ask yourself, when the time comes, can you shoot the past in the head, walk away, and never look back on its rotting remains?
295->277
392
You: (Rack the imaginary shotgun.) Whatever it takes. For *Revachol*.
295->392
297
Variable["whirling.hard_faschist"] > 3
296->297
298
!(Variable["whirling.hard_faschist"] > 3)
296->298
369
Endurance: *Nothing* -- not pain, fatigue, hunger, fear or desire -- will ever deviate you from the path. Like an icebreaker you crush all opposition, ploughing forward *no matter what it takes*.
297->369
298->256
299->370
300
You: No, not the stores...
416
Endurance: Oh yes, they're all *wiped out*. Your bushels of grain, your salted meats, your hogsheads brimming with bitter ale. All gone. Your fields have been put to the torch, your great-hall is a ravaged husk. You are bereft.
300->416
301
Endurance: And that doesn't even *begin* to cover what's happened to your wömen...
301->206
301->259
302
Mirror: Variable["plaza.tribunal_kim_shot"]
303
Variable["plaza.tribunal_kim_shot"]
302->303
304
!(Variable["plaza.tribunal_kim_shot"])
302->304
303->184
364
Esprit de Corps: In a mould-covered bathroom inside a trashed hostel near the edge of Martinaise, a middle-aged man grips the sides of a cold sink in white-knuckled fury...
304->364
306
You: Variable["whirling.mirror_interfacing_white_check_succeeded"]
305->306
307
Variable["whirling.mirror_interfacing_white_check_succeeded"]
306->307
308
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_interfacing_white_check_succeeded"])
306->308
307->261
308->261
309->264
310->239
311
Mirror: A mirror hangs on the bathroom wall. It's barely covered in steam anymore. You see your face, such as it is. A regular, clean-shaven police officer.
311->190
312
Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
313
Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
312->313
314
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"])
312->314
315
Mirror: A mirror hangs on the bathroom wall. In it -- your face, now without *The Expression*. It's just hairy.
313->315
314->216
315->473
317
Variable["whirling.mirror_saw_your_face"]
316->317
318
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_saw_your_face"])
316->318
376
Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
317->376
451
Mirror: An old mirror hangs on the wall, half-covered in shadows. You cannot see yourself fully, just the outline of a man. You have no memory of the face that awaits you there.
318->451
319
You: I promise. (Lie.)
319->103
320->172
321->473
322
Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_expression_source_located"]
323
Variable["whirling.mirror_expression_source_located"]
322->323
324
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_expression_source_located"])
322->324
323->178
429
Encyclopedia: Like the rest of you, it comes from a bad place somewhere in the past. That's all you know for now.
324->429
325
You: So I adopted it? Why?
350
Encyclopedia: Everyone loved it. Maybe you thought some of the stardust would rub off on you? Maybe it did? Either way, it's all gone now. Only the grimace remains.
325->350
326->431
327
Encyclopedia: There is a vast ocean of time between right now and *The Expression* looking good on you -- or anyone. Two decades, if the calendar is to be trusted. Humanity has run aground in that time, it's a different world now. The Expression is a relic.
327->326
328->9
329
Encyclopedia: *Ahem*. It's *very* similar to the face Hjelmdallermann is always making on the cover of those books...
329->355
330->113
331->18
332->75
333->114
335
IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]]
334->335
336
!(IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]])
334->336
335->56
399
Jump to: [Mirror main menu]
336->399
338
Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
337->338
339
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"])
337->339
338->115
339->116
340
Jump to: [Mirror main menu]
340->2
341
Endurance: That stupid *Expression* was your last line of defence, but now even that has collapsed. The combined armies of Pain and Shit are streaming through your gates, pillaging your stores, carrying off your wömen...
341->175
341->300
342->175
342->300
343->236
344->473
345
Mirror: Bet you are. Your nose feels like a small balloon in the middle of your face. It hurts when you honk it, and it doesn't appear to be a particularly tiny nose either. Not with all the drinks it's *absorbed* for you.
It's not, your nose feels like a balloon in the middle of your face. It hurts when you honk it -- doesn't appear to be a particularly small nose either. Not with all the drinks it's *absorbed* for you.
345->46
346->8
347->10
432
Electrochemistry: With all the synapses you extinguished, it's a miracle you can even think this sentence. You've interrupted a true act of self-annulment here.
348->432
349->222
350->132
352
Variable["tc.you_are_cop"]
351->352
353
!(Variable["tc.you_are_cop"])
351->353
352->47
353->326
354->274
355->91
356->72
357->16
357->228
357->330
359
Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
358->359
360
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"])
358->360
469
Endurance: It was time to banish that pitiful, *sad* look from your face -- and replace it with a perfect reflection of your unyielding resolve, your noble suffering.
359->469
360->15
361
Mirror: Variable["reputation.kim"] > 1
362
Variable["reputation.kim"] > 1
361->362
363
!(Variable["reputation.kim"] > 1)
361->363
362->97
442
Esprit de Corps: He sighs and returns to his crossword. He is a police officer, not a baby-sitter.
363->442
365
Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_esprit_bathroom"]
364->365
366
Variable["whirling.mirror_esprit_bathroom"]
365->366
367
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_esprit_bathroom"])
365->367
470
Esprit de Corps: Meanwhile, his colleague is filling in the last clues of his nightly crossword when he hears what seems to be some kind of animalistic howling from the adjoining room. He directs his eyes toward the door of their shared bathroom...
366->470
367->184
368->233
369->31
370->2
371->140
372
Mirror: The mirror begins to clear slowly without you having to wipe it.
372->264
373->372
374
Jump to: [Untitled hub]
374->69
375
Mirror: A mirror hangs on the bathroom wall. It's barely covered in steam anymore. You see your face, such as it is without *The Expression*. It's just hairy.
375->190
377
Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
376->377
378
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"])
376->378
452
Mirror: An old mirror hangs on the wall. You see the reflection of your face in it -- such as it is. A regular clean-shaven police officer.
377->452
378->126
379->85
379->290
380->99
382
You: No one tells me what to do.
382->203
384
Variable["whirling.mirror_subdued_expression"]
383->384
385
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_subdued_expression"])
383->385
384->133
406
Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_elchem_failed_once"]
385->406
386->28
388
Mirror: IsTHCPresent("lawbringer")
387->388
389
IsTHCPresent("lawbringer")
388->389
390
!(IsTHCPresent("lawbringer"))
388->390
389->226
411
Inland Empire: You are a terror even to yourself!
390->411
391->75
392->210
393->162
394->149
395->372
397
Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
396->397
398
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"])
396->398
397->311
445
Mirror: Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
398->445
399->2
400
You: I'm sorry. (Touch your nose.)
I'm sure everything is fine. (Touch your nose.)
400->345
401->271
402->99
427
Mirror: You find no sign of life on your swollen neck. However, putting your hand on your chest reveals an irregular heartbeat. You appear to be alive -- for now.
403->427
404->248
405->431
407
Variable["whirling.mirror_elchem_failed_once"]
406->407
408
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_elchem_failed_once"])
406->408
407->249
408->131
409->349
409->403
409->404
410->55
411->139
412->160
413
Mirror: Variable["tc.hjelmdall"]
414
Variable["tc.hjelmdall"]
413->414
415
!(Variable["tc.hjelmdall"])
413->415
414->329
415->355
416->301
417->61
419
Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
418->419
420
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"])
418->420
479
Mirror: The bathroom mirror has been wiped completely clean. You see the reflection of your face in the mirror -- such as it is. A regular, clean-shaven police officer.
419->479
420->120
421->347
422->68
422->319
422->382
424
You: Variable["whirling.mirror_expression_source_located"]
423->424
425
Variable["whirling.mirror_expression_source_located"]
424->425
426
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_expression_source_located"])
424->426
425->322
426->322
427->99
428->2
429->205
430
You: I feel the need to add a clicking sound when I make it: *Click-click*.
430->105
431->71
431->87
431->181
431->270
431->325
431->430
432->374
434
IsKimHere()
433->434
435
!(IsKimHere())
433->435
434->92
435->302
437
CheckItem("shirt_hjelmdall")
436->437
438
!(CheckItem("shirt_hjelmdall"))
436->438
437->227
438->413
439->440
440->54
440->74
440->234
441->295
442->92
443->162
444->213
446
Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
445->446
447
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"])
445->447
446->375
447->123
449
Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"]
448->449
450
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"] and Variable["character.beard_shaven"])
448->450
449->197
450->312
451->89
452->334
453->83
453->201
453->291
453->292
453->400
454->46
456
Encyclopedia: For Revachol -- your city -- that meant only one thing: Guillaume Le Million!
Forget about Ostentatious Orchestrations. For Revachol -- your city -- that meant only one thing: Guillaume Le Million!
455->456
456->86
458
Variable["tc.date_fifty_one"]
457->458
459
!(Variable["tc.date_fifty_one"])
457->459
458->327
459->223
461
Variable["tc.you_are_cop"]
460->461
462
!(Variable["tc.you_are_cop"])
460->462
463
Encyclopedia: You have some understanding of the near history of disco, plus the trivia you've picked up along the way. Episodic memory, however, remains in the dark. It may never return. You should prepare yourself for that.
461->463
462->48
463->405
464->2
465->49
466->60
466->281
466->417
467->92
468->53
468->233
469->387
470->361
471->2
472->2
474
IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]]
473->474
475
!(IsTaskActive("TASK.face_yourself_done")--[[ Variable[ ]])
473->475
474->145
475->340
477
Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"]
476->477
478
!(Variable["whirling.mirror_stopped_expression"])
476->478
477->235
478->341
479->19
480->19
481->190