Composure
- conversations
- 175
- Locations
- 10
Description
COOL FOR: CARD PLAYERS. MILITARY FETISHISTS. COOL PEOPLE.
Composure wants you to not crack: or, at least, it wants you to not crack in front of other people. It enables you to put up a strong front. It keeps your emotions hidden from the world and helps you to read the body language of others – to sense the cracks in their own composure. As well, it keeps you looking good while you do it. You’ll rock that disco outfit a lot more if you don’t slouch.
At high levels, Composure makes you tuck your gut in and maintain a stern expression. Even lying in bed, late night when no one else can see you, you’ll have to keep it up. You’ll never be able to stop. With low Composure, though, you’ll always be the first to crack. Every cop’s got a point when all that fear and rage comes spilling out – and the ones who unleash it don’t stay on the force much longer. Perhaps worse still, you won’t even make the ranks of Fashion Police.
Where
10Tasks
122- End-of-day debrief with Kim
- The Missing Insects Case
- Replace lost boule
- Make truce with Cuno
- Find your other shoe
- Interview cafeteria manager
- Inspect victim's body
- Find money for rent and pay Garte
- Pay for damages
- Talk to Garte for Sylvie
- Talk to Joyce about the pale without Kim
- Who put the clothes in the trash?
- Style your paperwork
- Read your ledger and name the case
- Wash off the death smell
- Joyce's info on the lynching
- The victim's tattoos
- Send victim's body to processing
Dialogue
175- "Everything's still cool here, officer," the street vendor assures you.
- "The shine on these sunglasses lasts a lifetime, officer! One hundred percent guaranteed!"
- "You keep coming back. That's good, officer! Keep browsing those clothes, keep saving…
- "Oh, it's you again. Are you looking for a die?"
- Out of old habit he still snaps his fingers at you -- but then stops immediately…
- A sulphur-crested cockatoo sits on the cover, its beak slightly open. It looks as if the…
- This is the door to your room.
- The man nods at you, checks his watch and sighs, "Ai-ai-ai..."
- The air outside is brisk, the lieutenant is silent for a moment. He listens to the…
- "I've got some good news." The lieutenant smiles. "I took care of the body. The thought…
- As you turn, a bright light catches your eye, making you squint.
- What's this? We're getting reports of normal, reasonable, temperate political opinions…
- "Always a pleasure to see an officer of the law!"
- Just dead and dying locusts, and the slow swaying of surrounding reeds.
- The trap is filled with dead and dying locusts. Most of them aren't moving anymore. You…
- The trap is full of locusts, but they seem weak and unhealthy. A few lie on their backs…
- "Think you can hang our brother and then just fucking talk your way out of it?" His eyes…
- On the table you see a bowl of water, a rough soap, and next to it a small hand mirror. A…