WHIRLING F1 ORB play pinball - 660
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Interfacing: All these mesmerizing machines, just waiting to be plugged back in and played.
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You: Kim 'Pinball' Kitsuragi, AKA Kimball?
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Encyclopedia: Exactly. That's what he's known as. His reputation proceeds him!
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You: "How did you..."
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Kim Kitsuragi: He puts his glasses back on. "Fine. I was a juvenile police officer -- for over 15 years. It's how I started out in the RCM. Once I had to infiltrate a pinball ring. As you do -- when you're a juvie cop."
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You: I'm not gonna talk to him about that.
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You: "You're Kim 'Pinball' Kitsuragi."
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You: "Hey, Kimball."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "It is *lame*."
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You: "Then why are you called Pinball?"
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Not only to you -- I am *Lieutenant Kitsuragi* to everyone." He nods. "Now -- we really need to continue our sweep of what appears to be a secret path through the Whirling."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "No. You're *gonna* call me Lieutenant Kitsuragi -- or on rare occasions 'Kim', because it's shorter." He nods. "Let's go."
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Volition: Any plan to call him Pinball or Kimball is immediately wiped from your neocortex, as if with some sort of mind altering device. It is simply not going to happen.
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You: "Let's move on then." [Finish thought.]
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Encyclopedia: Of course, of course. Just something that swam to the surface. Go on, do real police work. This isn't a pinball mystery.
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Suggestion: He also really doesn't want to talk about it.
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You: "I'm gonna call you Pinball now."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "It's best if *you* handle the juvenile delinquents," he nods.
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You: "You're Lieutenant Kitsuragi to me."
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You: "Don't worry, I'll keep calling you Kim."
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You: "I'm gonna call you *Kimball* now."
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You: "Wait, so *that's* why you didn't talk to Cuno."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Okay." He thinks for a moment. "I don't like pinball because I had to learn to play it for an undercover job at a pinball ring. And it's a lame, boring, and unchallenging game -- there. We can move on now."
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Encyclopedia: You still feel he's holding out on Seolite pinball tricks, but fine. Explore on then.
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You: Run your finger across the dust of the 'White Deora' machine.
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You: [Discard thought.]
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Kim Kitsuragi: "So *now* he remembers..." He looks at you in the silence of the workshop -- then takes his glasses off and cleans them.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Fine. I'm Kim 'Pinball' Kitsuragi." he puts them back on. "AKA The Kimball. You remembered -- congratulations."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Wonderful. He *only* remembers hearing about the *pinball policeman*."
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You: "You don't seem to really 'like' pinball."
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Encyclopedia: Kim 'Pinball' Kitsuragi!
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Empathy: The lieutenant grimaces, looking at the machines.
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Encyclopedia: It's strange that he doesn't like pinball. Kim here is a Seolite. His people are incredibly dextrous, and they all *love* pinball. Matter of fact...
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Volition: Super. Tip-top! This went pretty well all things considered.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "I am not *called* Pinball. It was used to taunt me -- a long time ago. *Before* I became a homicide detective. And got my lieutenancy."
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You: "No matter. This is a failure. I'm failing and I'm going to stop."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Okay." He thinks for a moment. "I don't like pinball because I had to learn to play it for an undercover job at a pinball ring. And it's a lame, boring, and unchallenging game -- there. We can move on now."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "But even *I* know that they don't play pinball. They have a rigid class society, and a punitive justice system..." He looks around. "We should continue with our exploration of this place. It doesn't matter."
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You: "So you're not all, like, pinball aces? Because I could swear I know you are."
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You: "Okay."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "No. *They're* not -- let's move on. There's more to this place than pinball machines."
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Encyclopedia: Deora was one of the three *Crown Cities* of the Dolorian era, on the Mundi isola -- the others being Rheasilvia and Advesperascit. This theme is all about early airships and beautiful, sad, pearl-laden women. It's quite nice actually.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "No."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "You can't *fire* them up, they're broken. Only that one machine in the main hall works. The Royalist Pinball." He looks away.
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Half Light: What a dumb name -- Royalist Pinball. If they weren't broken, he would kick one of these machines about now.
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You: Think: Kim Kitsuragi... Kim Kitsuragi...
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Lieutenant Kitsuragi is good too." He nods. "Now -- we really need to continue our sweep of what appears to be a secret path through the Whirling."
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You: "Wait, but I still can't remember anything *else*."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "End of story."
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You: "You were a juvie cop for 15 years?"
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You: "What about that other one -- the Franconigerian Ball. Wanna play that?"
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You: "Hey, didn't you guys, like, *invent* pinball?"
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Volition: Stop.
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You: "You know -- Seol guys. Massive pinball people."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Unbelievably," he nods. "To do that I needed to become a... *pinball champion*. I trained for nine months. The job was successful and I was moved out of the juvenile wing -- to homicide."
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Empathy: So that's why he doesn't want to talk to Cuno. Trauma-and-Stressor Disorder from being a juvie cop.
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Interfacing: Feels like it might jump back to life any moment, the lights illuminating the white robed woman.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Us *guys*?"
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Kim Kitsuragi: "What?"
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You: "Lame."
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You: "Sounds like you don't enjoy pinball, Kim."
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You: "What's 'White Deora'?"
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You: "How about we fire one of these bad boys up and play some ball?"
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Kim Kitsuragi: "No, I love it -- I love pinball. Who doesn't love pinball? Let's move on."
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Drama: He doesn't.
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Seol is an *extremely* protectionist isola, inaccessible to the rest of mankind. As it has been for over a thousand years. I have no special knowledge of them, despite my heritage."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "That time is over now." He looks at the pinball machine and breathes in. "I was already a 38 year old man. It was unbecoming. As was playing pinball."
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You: "Okay."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "It was not okay. I needed to become a... *pinball champion*." He shudders. "I trained for 9 months. The job was successful and I was moved out of the juvenile wing -- to homicide."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "No human being should. It is a game that requires no skill and a childlike affinity to flashing lights. And to *fantastique*, science fiction, and historic romance franchises."
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Kim Kitsuragi: "Some kind of..." He looks around, thinking. "Inane pinball theme -- probably related to Messina during the Dolorian age. The *history themes* are the worst."
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