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If the Whirling is part of the same building then it's part of the Doomed Commercial Area. The darkness of this place is there too...
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"A strange thing happened when I tried calling a company named Slipstream SCA -- someone answered."
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She looks like she doesn't really believe you. "It can't be true. They don't work here anymore, they've been gone for years."
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"Are you sure it was Slipstream SCA? Was it a woman? Maybe it was Plaisance from the bookstore..."
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"It used to be a major electric company one hundred years ago. Are you sure it wasn't just some kids playing a prank on you?"
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It was too real to be just a prank. Either we're dealing with a professional actress, or...
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Whatever happened, keep your cool. It's probably better to admit that it was a harmless prank.
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"Pranks can be eerie." She looks as if she's still convinced it's nothing to be worried about.
"The kids these days..." She shakes her head. "We were just one of them and now they're terrorizing us. No solidarity."
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"A prank is more likely, no? The kids these days..." She shakes her head. "We were just one of them and now they're terrorizing us. No solidarity."
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"Yes, I think it was called Androgynous Orlando or something similar. They weren't a big hit around here -- turns out that working class men don't like genderless haircuts. They're scared of that word."
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"Me neither. I just want it off my face." She tucks a strand of hair under her headscarf.
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"I guess it just wasn't the time yet." She tucks a strand of hair under the headscarf.
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"You're right, it looks like you haven't let anyone near your hair in a long time." She tilts her head, looking at your shaggy mane.
She's right -- when was the last time? You should get an un-androgynous crew cut.
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"There used to be a fashion atelier here, but I have forgotten the head designer's name... They were doing well for a couple of years, until the insect rights activists came."
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"Mhmh -- the atelier produced a certain collection that used chitin among the materials. Apparently chitin is made in the Occident, where it's extracted from beetle wings."
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"And you know how all kinds of political movements are big in the Occident. The activists shut down the biggest chitin suppliers, which of course caused the price to skyrocket."
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- "Mhmh -- the atelier produced a certain collection that used chitin among the materials. Apparently chitin is made in the Occident, where it's extracted from beetle wings."
- "Yeah, the atelier didn't know it either. They produced a certain collection that used chitin among the materials. Apparently chitin is made in the Occident, where it's extracted from beetle wings."
"And -- naturally -- all the most fashionable tastemakers refused to be seen in chitin from then on. The atelier went bankrupt before they could finish the collection."
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"Hm. Really?" She looks at the windowsill, where a dead fly is lying on its back, legs curled up in a bowtie. "Anyway..."
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Poor guy... suddenly you get a feeling that insects are important to the case somehow. It's hard to say why.
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"At least it had some spark to it. Most young designers just combine lace with leather and call it original." She shifts in her simple workwear shirt.
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As she shifts around, you notice several dead flies on the windowsill in front of her. Legs up, they're not moving.
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"Actually, insects do have brains," she corrects you. "But yes, I understand what you're saying. I think the protesters took it a little too far."
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"Yeah, the atelier didn't know it either. They produced a certain collection that used chitin among the materials. Apparently chitin is made in the Occident, where it's extracted from beetle wings."
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"He got high on some weird taxidermy chemicals... I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Eventually they caused him to lose control of his bladder. The smell was awful."
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You can almost see it -- a small, sickly old man hunched behind his work desk, his pants stained with old piss, stuffing a sad stiff-legged raccoon dog. The entire scene looks tragic.
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"Oh boy, the fabled Revachol Ice City -- you're in for a treat here!" She smiles and leans closer, hands on her knees, like a stand-up comedian ready to tell a story.
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"The place was owned by two guys who had some rather innovative ideas about marketing. The bear was one of them. Now, ask me about their other ideas."
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