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"Maybe." She doesn't really seem to care that much about honour. "But Slipsteam's history now. All their remaining assets got seized by the bailiffs in '47."
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A gust of cold air sweeps through the chimney. The stones and minerals on the shelves rattle as though agitated. For a moment it almost feels as though you're outside the building, exposed to the atmosphere...
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"Didn't we already talk about this?" she asks, as the wind continues to seep in through the cracks in the old chimney.
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"It's because you're not in the same building as the others. This isn't technically the Doomed Commercial Area."
"What are you talking about?" she says, shaking her head. "My address is exactly the same -- Rue de Saint-Ghislaine 10."
No. The old coal plant that used to be here was subsumed into the new venture, its ruins swallowed up -- yet it has a different address in the heart of the city.
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"No, this used to be a coal plant." (Touch the safety curtains.) "You're in a chimney of another building."
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"This doesn't make any sense." She looks around the makeshift nest that she has carved out for herself, bewildered.
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"Are you saying my business was spared because of a technicality? Where is this coming from?"
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Don't let her become complacent! She still needs to ward her soul against the evil forces!
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"Actually, it's only your workshop that's protected. You should still do something to defend your person."
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"Do you know what this is?" She raises her hand to reveal a piece of metal shining on her index finger.
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"It's a mourning ring," she replies. "I made this when my first company failed. It was a small jewellery shop right here in the East Delta Commerce Centre, built with the little I inherited from my parents..."
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"I drove it into the ground within a year. I didn't have what you would call a viable business plan."
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- "It's a mourning ring," she replies. "I made this when my first company failed. It was a small jewellery shop right here in the East Delta Commerce Centre, built with the little I inherited from my parents..."
- "It's a mourning ring," she replies, talking over your voice. "I made this when my first company failed. It was a small jewellery shop right here in the East Delta Commerce Centre, built with the little I inherited from my parents..."
"See? The curse is real! I bet you didn't run this little jewellery shop from the protective depths of the chimney?"
"No, you're right, I didn't." She laughs again, but it sounds rather small and sad.
"It wasn't just the jewellery shop either. I always thought that it was just the world, that you were supposed to try again and again until you finally succeed."
"And now you're telling me, what?" She closes her eyes. "That it was all because I didn't run my little shops and ventures from a dump inside an abandoned chimney?"
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"Yeah." She stares out of the window, not really hearing your words. "Or maybe it's the entire world that's cursed? It's such a precarious place. Nothing ever works out the way you wanted."
"That's why people like role-playing games. You can be whoever you want to be. You can try again. Still, there's something inherently violent even about dice rolls."
"It's like every time you cast a die, something disappears. Some alternative ending, or an entirely different world..." She picks up a pair of dice from the table and examines them under the light.
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"But anyway... thanks for sharing your theories, officer." She gives you a tired smile.
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"A lucky charm? A Semenese ward?"
"It's a mourning ring," she replies, talking over your voice. "I made this when my first company failed. It was a small jewellery shop right here in the East Delta Commerce Centre, built with the little I inherited from my parents..."
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"I'm just using logic -- it's windy in here. You probably haven't properly sealed the chimney crown." (Point above.)
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"Hmm," she says, looking up. "You're right, I should take a trip to the roof once the snow is gone."
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Aside from getting naked, you're not sure what else to do. The building holds no more answers for you.
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"Excuse me, what are you doing?" The dicemaker stares at you while you start to fuss with your pants.
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"Undressing in a stranger's place of business? Yes, it was -- an unbelievably bad idea." She trembles, as if trying to shake it off.
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"Miss, I apologize for my colleague's behaviour. He's still recovering from an unusual medical episode..."
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"No, I don't feel hot. We're in a derelict smokestack. If anything then it's cold here!"
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"Oh no, not the zipper." She rolls over to the other end of her table with her chair, looking for something to grab from the tool box.
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