Kim Kitsuragi
- conversations
- 402
- Locations
- 16
Dialogue
402- The same two neon lit shapes -- a man and a woman. A ray of backward motion explodes from…
- This is the door to the pinball workshop that you left barred on the inside.
- Just as you look at the flowers, a gust of wind raises them from the roof, picking them…
- The elevator stands open, inviting you to step inside.
- All these mesmerizing machines, just waiting to be plugged back in and played.
- You can almost see the shape of a man and a woman, writhing inside -- bathed in drug…
- So this is where they brought faulty pinball machines to fix them up -- a long time ago…
- You clearly see footprints in the downy carpet of dust covering the workshop floor.
- Soft, light brown eyes look back at you, directly into the space behind your eye sockets…
- "Titus Hardie gave me a recording. On it, the deceased says he intends to rape someone."
- "What was what?"
- You made the right call there. It feels good. Pure.
- Six crumbling petals rest on your palm. They're white, a bell-shaped crown.
- "You think this will make them cooperate?"
- The porta-reel is just what you needed -- the reels attach to the apparatus with a…
- "Okay." She puts her coffee mug on the table.
- Wait, stop -- that man, bloated beyond all recognition, was 42?
- A warm column of air rises around you, encircling the building you stand on. You feel its…
Notes
461- The lieutenant's breath catches in his chest.
- The lieutenant snaps off the radio, turning it back to PRIMELINE. He stares at you silently.
- The lieutenant snaps off the radio, turning it back to PRIMELINE. He stares at you silently.
- "Really?" the lieutenant looks at you. "Well, I'm not indifferent on the matter either." He adjusts his glasses, visibly pleased to have found a fellow fan.
- "We aren't discussing this." After a few bars, the lieutenant turns the radio back to PRIMELINE.
- "I'm sorry you have to sell them because of me."
- His eyes trace the crane's contour as if trying to memorize its majestic shape. Then he notices your gaze.
- "Hell yeah!" The lieutenant exclaims. "My climbing might not have been as disco as your jump, but can we still get an Ace's High?"
- "Yes, that's one way of putting it." He turns to you with a faint smile, then looks back at the crane. "It's certainly an impressive achievement of engineeri…
- "Is it?" He looks at you, impressed. "Kvalsund makes lot of heavy equipment, but this is phenomenal even for them."
- "I knew you could do it!" The lieutenant exclaims. "My climbing down might not have been as disco as your jump, but at least we can explore the harbour now."
- Dialogue
- "Oh, I wasn't offering it to you, just holding it out there." He pockets the bill. "But I am willing to share information. Was there anything else?"
- The lieutenant watches you pocket the bank note. He looks a little puzzled.
- "So you've been putting up with all my bullshit because I'm your superior?"
- "Good," he says with a quick smile.
- "I don't want to get better -- I want to get worse."
- "It does seem to be a rather special relationship the two of you have forged, yes, lieutenant double-yefreitor."