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- "Now that's a trick question, right Gary?" (Wink at him.)
- "That's probably best for everyone." He nods. "Let's go then."
- "You are really starting to remind me of him. It's not a compliment. I don't like it."
- "No, I don't. But you are reminding me of him more and more. It's not a compliment, I don't like it."
- "I completely agree. Your current state seems to make you very vulnerable to suggestions. And he's got a lot of them." He smiles.
- "Are you fucking insane?!" the lieutenant snaps at you. "Don't answer that! And STOP doing it! Let's go."
- "What, you're going to blow a lead, just like that?" The lieutenant gives you an incredulous look.
- "I'm not your mother." He avoids your gaze. "I don't care. Do what you have to do."
- "Let's go, officer." The lieutenant closes his notes. "These people wouldn't know a good performance if it bit them in the ass."
- The lieutenant doesn't say anything, but gives you a quick smile, before turning away.
- The lieutenant doesn't say anything -- but he smiles sadly.
- "You're right. How foolish of me. Won't happen again, detective."
- The lieutenant nods.
- The lieutenant remains perfectly still except to give you a devastating case of side-eye.
- The lieutenant, needless to say, is not impressed.
- "Go where? Accosting a minor?"
- "A name -- this is very good. Ellis Kortenaer..." he says to himself.
- You watch as her brains trickle out through her neon hair.