MEET
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MEET
I'm Carl, the landlord.
Good afternoon, comrade Carl Stein.
Margaret Zauer, librarian.
We met about 10 years ago. I worked at the library of the 42nd teaching block.
You probably don't remember me, and I have a good memory for faces.
Nice to meet you. I attended the 42nd block.
I hope you'll like living in our building.
I will if it's clean and quiet.
And no kids!
DISCUSS THE WEATHER
This is the warmest autumn we've had in awhile.
You're young, Carl. You'd feel warm even in the Arctic. At my age, it's always freezing.
Juvenile romanticism is inevitably replaced by senile rheumatism...
DISCUSS WAR
Do you keep track of the news from the frontline?
Oh, no. I'm saving my nerves.
These fools can't fight properly! If I were in charge, I would've exterminated all of our enemies long ago!
Don't you think that's too much?
Nonsense, Carl Stein.
The history of mankind is about the bloodshed. Have you been ditching school?
Come to my library. I'll give you some textbooks on the history of war.
DISCUSS LIBRARY WORK
Do you like your job?
Absolutely!
What could be better than guarding books from people?
I wouldn't last a day in the children's library.
Unfortunately, society has once again forgotten that spanking is the best way to deal with a misfit who ruins books!
You have stern views on bringing up children. Do you have kids?
No, Carl, I don't have children. They're the antithesis of everything I love: order and quiet.
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TELL HER YOU RUINED BOOKS
When I was a kid, I ruined plenty of books. I did it when I got older, too…
Seriously, Carl?
I remember tearing pages out of several pathetic memoires. I purposefully chose a certain article... I can't remember what it was about.
WHAT?! That was you?! For an article removed from "Memoires of the Great Leader," I was accused of...
Seven years! Seven years of camps, Carl!!! All because of you!
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JOKE
What can I say? You lived your life for a reason, though in vain.
Do you know why we can't win this war, Carl?
Because the idea that we're a fortress under siege is failing us. We expect to be attacked from the outside!
And the real enemies are right here, under our noses!
You won't ruin another life, you scum!
CALM DOWN (-500 reputation points)
Calm down, Margaret. That's in the past; I'm a state official now.
I don't know how to apologize to you...
I'll calm down. But I'll never forgive you.
Reputation-500
Do you know why we can't win this war, Carl?
Because the idea that we're a fortress under siege is failing us. We expect to be attacked from the outside!
And the real enemies are right here, under our noses!
You won't ruin another life, you scum!
END CONVERSATION
FIND OUT WHAT SHE WANTS
Whose car is that by our building?
That's a mobile propaganda unit. It'll leave in a couple of days.
That's unacceptable! It makes my windows rattle!
I'm an old woman. I need peace and quiet!
I can't help it!
We'll see about that…
TALK ABOUT THE MOBILE PROPAGANDA UNIT
Margaret, the mobile propaganda unit blew up! Did you do that?
So that's what that awful noise was! Did it burn down?
I won't hide my joy!
What are you so happy about?
It must be quiet! Not only in the libraries, but in the apartments of honest citizens, too!
But that's government propaganda!
First, they let the country deteriorate into civil unrest, then they expect a talking booth to fix everything?
Patriotism should be burned onto our brows and backs, not instilled through boring lectures!
TALK ABOUT THE MOBILE PROPAGANDA UNIT
Carl, what happened to that annoying device?
I heard them calling out to overthrow the government! Is that a joke?
I don't know; something must've broken down.
This is unacceptable! The country is racing toward chaos!
This fish rots from both ends!
ASK ABOUT SUSPICIOUS THINGS IN THE HOUSE
Have you seen anything suspicious, Margaret?
You came to the right place, Carl.
The flower pot on the first floor is full of cigarette butts!
Someone is stealing the mail.
The fridge door won't open
The neighbors started making noise; someone was cursing their boss over their phone... Need I continue?
No thanks!
END CONVERSATION
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