Conversation · The Hanged Man
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"No?" The lieutenant's expression is stern and impenetrable. He points at you: "You will get your shit together."
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The lieutenant pays no heed: "We should go and do something else. Give it half an hour. Then come back, when you've gotten your act together."
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You've gained a Thought! When this dialogue is over, go to your THOUGHT CABINET and INTERNALIZE it for special bonuses and effects.
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"No. This is a two-man assignment, because it needs two officers to complete. I need your help." He withdraws his hand and looks you in the eye:
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"Seriously, this isn't fun. I don't wanna be a policeman anymore."
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"Okay. You've said it. You needed to say it, and now that you have..." He withdraws his hand from your back and looks you in the eye:
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"I've seen captains puke their guts out. It never gets easier, you never get used to the smell. Every Monday is cadaver day -- throw up, investigate, throw up, initial autopsy, throw up, bag it..." He pats your back again.
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"Then drive to the station, maybe throw up on the way there if you didn't bag the thing tight enough."
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You are being weak. This is weakness -- and it cannot go on much longer, or you will LOSE.
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"Are you okay, officer?" You feel the lieutenant pat you on the back. Heavy, rhythmic pats.
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The weight is reassuring. Like a crenel on solid fortification. Pat pat pat...
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You try to -- very professionally -- look at the corpse, but your stomach contracts. You manage to keep it in once...
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The smell is repulsive. It pushes in from your mouth, more instant and more familiar than anything you'd expected; more fever than odour. It fills your mind, flushing you from within.
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- The smell is repulsive. It pushes in from your mouth, more instant and more familiar than anything you'd expected; more fever than odour. It fills your mind, flushing you from within.
- The smell is repulsive. It pushes in from your mouth, more instant and more familiar than anything you'd expected; more fever than odour. It fills your mind, flushing you from within.
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Too late. It's impossible to keep it in. Your body curls and pushes it out. Burst by burst...
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Until a pool of vomit lies under your feet -- and your throat stings from the stomach acid.
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The smell of Commodore Red rises from the pool. Among it, distilled spirit and bits of shish-kebab.
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"It's okay, happens to everyone." The lieutenant hands you his white handkerchief: "Keep it."
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"It's not pity. You should wipe your mouth after vomiting." He pockets the handkerchief.
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"The hangover is clearly making this worse for you. You could use some ammonia -- to clear your head."
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"If you can handle the headache," he nods. "Some officers use it to deal with cadaverine odour."
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"That young woman, the gardener, mentioned she used salts for the smell." He nods toward the plaza.
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Acquiring Ammonia will provide a MODIFIER to the White Check. MODIFIERS make checks easier -- and allow you to retry them.
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"There's the Frittte nearby -- maybe they have some in their apothecary? If they don't..." He points to the greenhouse.
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"There's a greenhouse here -- and a gardener with a wheelbarrow on the corner of the Whirling-in-Rags. If she works here she might have something for the smell."
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"There's Frittte nearby, east of the hostel. They usually have a small apothecary. If they don't..." He points to the greenhouse.