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- "Dance, monkey fucker!!"
- The lieutenant groans, but doesn't say anything.
- "Wow. That's quite a story."
- "Good call. The guys at Processing can take care of the rest."
- "You know, detective, there's... something admirable about that, in its own way..."
- "You know, detective, there's... something admirable about that, in its own way..."
- The lieutenant says nothing, but his face is rigid. It seems he does not approve of your athletic displays.
- "Unlike men, they also have to deal with the very same mentality you two are displaying right now." He frowns. "If it weren't for this they would outperform …
- "No."
- "Fuck you too, piggo! Fuck you and your four eyed friend!" He shakes his head, disappointed. "Thought you wanted to make this right with Cuno..."
- "You are, officer," says the lieutenant, breaking his silence. "Get yourself together."
- The lieutenant isn't laughing. At all.
- "No, you don't." He stops you. "No one is checking out anything. Put that away."
- "This is work. So how about it, Cuno? This can be yours." (Shake the pack of cigarettes at the boy.)
- "Okay, man. Cuno is a man and men smoke. You want this?" (Shake the pack of cigarettes at the boy.)
- "I told you not to tempt such forces." The annoyance in his voice is directed at you, not the gremlins.
- "Officer, you need to get up. This is turning into a farce."
- "See? He could know something. So how about it, Cuno?" (Shake the pack of cigarettes at the boy.)