Rhetoric
- conversations
- 248
- Locations
- 15
Description
COOL FOR: IDEOLOGUES. CONVERSATIONALISTS. WOULD-BE-POLITICIANS.
Rhetoric urges you to debate, make intellectual discourse, nitpick – and win. It enables you to break down arguments and hear what people are really saying. You’ll spot fallacies as soon as they’re used -- what exactly did the waiter leave out of their testimony? What was the dancer trying to divert you from? Was that double entendre intended, or did you just get an accidental lead?
At high levels, Rhetoric will make you an impressive political beast – one whose beliefs are impenetrable. Which is to say, one whose mind will not change; one who will calcify. With low Rhetoric, though, you’ll have a hard time of shooting down any argument. Nailing people to their testimonies will be neigh impossible.
Where
15Tasks
125- Add even more beauty to the wall
- Open trash container
- Interview the Wild Pines rep
- Interview the Union boss
- Perform field autopsy
- Find out who is in the Union box
- Speak to the assault victim
- Ask about Ruby in the village
- Return to the Whirling-in-Rags
- Go to the island
- Run the number on the victim's armour
- Find your paperwork
- Ask 'Scab Leader' about tattoos
- Spirit is eternal
- Ask Kim to tell you about the case
- Inspect the window in Klaasje's bedroom
- Prove your authority to Titus Hardie
- Look for Ruby on the coast
Dialogue
248- The motor carriage looks very sad sitting all alone in the ice.
- The scaffolding around the old monument has been taken down. In its place are the spoils…
- She's crying, too heartbroken to notice you standing next to her.
- "I have nothing to say to you. Get out of my sight."
- The ageing alcoholic is still there, breathing... The air in the room is stale.
- "Don't call... don't call her..." The drunk man speaks in his sleep. Drool dribbles from…
- "The legend returns. You know the deal, legend-man. Smokes are smokey, pilsner... gets…
- The woman stands, slumped. She looks catatonic under her mountain of RCM paraphernalia…
- "Hello! Isn't this a fine morning?" He nods to you, smiling.
- "Oh hey, wey. There's coffee in the back... Oh, wait, I meant the Mother's love."
- "Yes, what is it?" She doesn't look up from the keyboard.
- This door has been closed with a padlock. A chalk-drawn number on the board says #11.
- The woman gazes steadily at the waves. A sudden gust picks up her dark hair and lets it…
- Several maps have been attached to a bulletin board hidden inside the alcove. They're…
- Bratan, now is the time!
- "Oh... sorry, officer... What do you want?"
- Droplets of rain fall on the white-on-blue police livery of the motor carriage.
- "Hey, Sylvie, it's the police again."