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<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/zaman.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "Venerable leader, how may I help?" $name: "Zaman, tone down the superlatives." Zaman: "As you wish, (set: $myVar to "Great")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["Great", "Your Beatitude", "Dear", "Your Grace"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$myVar");'>$myVar</tw-link> Leader." (set: $title to "$myVar") [[Great.|Zaman_2]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/jyoti.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "Finally, somebody decisive." $name: "I share that sentiment. The fans are insufferable." [[Tell me about yourself.|Jyoti_intro]] [[Who is your companion?|Jyoti_Lal]] [[What do you think of our task|Jyoti_task1]] (if: $DeadClub is true)[ [[I have a proposal to make|DeadClub_Jyoti]] ] [[Bye|TalkTo]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/jyoti.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "Would that I could. All I remember is waking up to a bunch of lackeys, covered in my own piss." Lal: "Father!" "Look, if you knew the bastard had urinary deformations, you could've at least fixed him up right. Got him a new one. I would've damn well appreciated it." [[Staying on subject|Jyoti_intro1]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/lal.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "Hello, $title Leader $name ! I have heard a lot about you." $name: "Can't say the same." "That-" [[Tell me about yourself|Lal_intro]] [[Tell me about Jyoti|Lal_Jyoti]] [[Bye|TalkTo]]

[[Tell me about yourself|Kaiya_intro]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/lal.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "I am honored that you ask, $title Leader $name! I am Lal, nee Agharwal. Brother to Princess-Regent, Quiana, of the Americanas Dominion. And of course son to Jyoti, whom we're standing next to. He adopted me when I was younger. A heart-wrenching story, actually. It is not my Father's most acclaimed feat, but it it quite definitely one of great importance to me personally. If you would like to hear the story, I would be delighted to recount it to you." Jyoti: "Definitely feel free to stop him before he does." Let's talk about [[something else|Lal]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/zaman.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "I am Zaman, the one that is your Most Loyal out of all Loyals, your undying servant. Ah, figure of speech." $name: "Okay Zaman, this isn't actually helping. Let's talk about [[something else|Zaman_2]]."

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<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/jyoti.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "I don't care for it. I really just want to make my wooden sculptures." $name: "Got it." Let's talk about [[something else|Jyoti]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/lal.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "My father? An astounding man. Came flying out of the coffin without a hint of a deadman's lisp. Unlike that poor fellow over there. I guess it stayed." $name: "Rom? No, they are a writer. But returning to Jyoti-" "He's become kind of unpleasant, I must say." Let's talk about [[something else|Lal]]

*A man approaches you, looking visibly flustered. You recognize him to be your attendant*. Zaman: "It is good to see you, Venerable Leader $name. [[Follow me|Intros]], the others await your arrival."

(put: (prompt: "What is the name you go by?") into $name) [[*You arrive at the photoshoot*.|Intro]]

*You follow him obediently, because you have nothing better to do*. $name: "Remind me again who's present?" Zaman: "Of course. Most of the nuclear powers have gathered today. 5 other exquisite individuals such as yourself." [[Who?|Intros_1]]

Zaman: "Gusel Dze Besarionis, of the Russkiy Federation" $name: "I know nothing about this person." [[Next.|Intros_2]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/gusel.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "So you are $name of the Pakk. Gusel. You must decide on the arrangement fast." $name: "I've no desire to be here for too long either." [[Tell me about yourself|Gusel_intro]] [[What do you think of our task|Gusel_task]] (if: $DeadClub is true)[ [[I have a proposal to make|DeadClub_Gusel]] ] [[Bye|TalkTo]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/gusel.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "The previous Gusel was a religious leader. A lunatic, if you ask me." $name: "Bold statements! [[How do you figure?|Gusel_intro1]]"

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/nuwa.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> $name: "Nuwa'mari?" "Nuwa will suffice." [[Tell me about yourself|Nuwa_hero]] [[What do you think of our task|Nuwa_task]] (if: $DeadClub is true)[ [[I have a proposal to make|DeadClub_Nuwa]] ] [[Bye|TalkTo]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/Rom.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "Ah, a-a-a face I recognize. How are you, my f-friend?" [[Tell me about yourself|Rom_intro]] [[What do you think of our task|Rom_task1]] (if: $DeadClub is true)[ [[I have a proposal to make|DeadClub_Rom]] ] [[Bye|TalkTo]]

Zaman: "If I may remind you: The task at hand is to arrange yourselves accordingly for the photoshoot. The others have agreed to entrust the task of deciding on the arrangement to you." [[Curses.|Curses]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/zaman.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "About you?" $name: "You know my memory hitches. Get on with it." "With pleasure, $title Leader $name! Where should I start..." $name: "[[Just cut to the bone.|Zaman_Nada]]"

"$title Leader $name, how do you do?" Have you decided on the arrangement? [[Yes|Decision]] / [[No|TalkTo]]

Zaman: "Elchore Pasternak, Leader of the Dispossessed, whom you already know." $name: "You mean Rom?" Zaman: "Dinstinguished 'Rom', yes yes." [[Next.|Intros_3]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/Rom.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "Oh-h you mean Elchore? My double was a political theorist. A writer. Self-appointed torch-bearer." $name: "[[So you know him quite well?|Rom_intro1]]"

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/Rom.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "Ah, I don't know. S-See, I don't really know about political things. That's kind of why... I uh, I'd proposed you could do it." $name: "Damn it, Rom." "S-sorry." Let's talk about [[something else|Rom]]

Zaman: "Holiness Nuwa'mari Majin, of the Resurrectionists." $name: "Patient 0?" Zaman: "Yes, she was the first to be brought back successfully." [[Who else?|Intros_5]]

Zaman: "And the recently resurrected Emperor Jyoti Agharwal. It is a day to celebrate!" $name: "How recently?" Zaman: "A mere 38 hours ago!" $name: "Shit. Guy's going to be out of it." [[The Task|Task]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/jyoti.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "This gowk here is apparently my son, but I can't see the resemblance. He's been trailing behind me all day long." Lal: "Dear Father, how would I not? A miracle it is that you're returned." Jyoti: "Stop calling me your Father, for Heaven's sake." Let's talk about [[something else|Jyoti]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/jyoti.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "But yeah, I can't tell you much. Memory loss and all." $name: "Side effect of the Fuo procedure. But I'm surpised they didn't help you prepare. You could've written yourself a little note before you croaked. A How To." "They could've done a lot of things. From what I've seen so far: the country's a wreck. Giving me the second life was a reckless buy, they didn't even have the money for it. All of which I shouldn't be talking about, but I care little for politics." Let's talk about [[something else|Jyoti]]

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$name: "Damn corpses, pinning the work onto the next fool." Zaman: "Please talk to the Respectable Photographer once you have decided. The world will be overjoyed to learn of your return!" [[Get this over with.|TalkTo]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/gusel.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "For one, she thought spirituality could be a solution to her nation's apathy and decadence. Have you met these people?" *Gusel glares at her silent bald escorts* "They don't even talk." $name: "Hard to speak with such a glare. [[What did happen with your eyes?|Gusel_intro2]]"

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/gusel.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "They got plucked right out. Her opponents wanted to drive home the point that she lacked vision, you understand, before they buried her face down. So I asked for some bright ones right back. My little diamonds." $name: "That's the way to do it." Let's talk about [[something else|Gusel]]

$name: We could form a nuclear committee. Corpses I'd say are the most objective. *grins* "I like the way you think." your dead club Also, have you recruited them into your dead club And set up the ⟨ nuclear warfare committee ⟩

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/Rom.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "I-I thought they just wanted to crown their achievements. Victory o-over nature and so on." $name: "You're definitely onto something here. I'd say the idea is also that we figure out our place in relation to each other. That way send a message." "But then shouldn't they be doing this?" $name: " Let's talk about [[something else|Rom]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/Rom.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "Y-yes, g-getting to know him wasn't hard: he journaled a lot. Wrote down the interactions with all he'd met. But I wouldn't recommend his writings. He's sarcastic and unpleasant. I-I wouldn't keep such a f-friend." $name: "Duly noted. [[What else can you tell me?|ROm_intro2]]"

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/Rom.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "Hmm well, h-he wanted to be immortalized. His testament had a detailed section on the terms of his death and treatment of his body... Like he asked to be brought to constitutional meetings, marked as present but not voting. I-I guess it should be handed to him, he put a lot of heart into his work and his kinsmen." Let's talk about [[something else|Rom]]

End Game: You put Gusel at the head of the official photograph. It establishes the importance of religion and spirituality for the future. Gusel, personally, doesn't care for it and has delegated the responsibility to Rom. (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Nuwa is true)[You convinced Nuwa] (if: $Rom is true)[and Rom] to found the Nuclear Power Treaty Organization with you.] (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Gusel is true)[You also managed to convince Gusel] (if: $Jyoti is true)[and Jyoti to support the cause. You are a force to be reckoned with.]] (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Gusel is false)[You failed to convince Gusel] (if: $Jyoti is false)[and Jyoti to support the cause.The Organization is significantly weakened without their presence.]]

End Game: You put Rom at the head of the official photograph. The push for social justice intensifies. The possibility of it being successful becomes greater once mass resurrection becomes more affordable and popular. (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Nuwa is true)[You convinced Nuwa] (if: $Rom is true)[and Rom] to found the Nuclear Power Treaty Organization with you.] (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Gusel is true)[You also managed to convince Gusel] (if: $Jyoti is true)[and Jyoti to support the cause. You are a force to be reckoned with.]] (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Gusel is false)[You failed to convince Gusel] (if: $Jyoti is false)[and Jyoti to support the cause.The Organization is significantly weakened without their presence.]]

End Game: You put Jyoti at the head of the official photograph. This decision brings about class revolution, that eventually spirals into the abolition of governments. Jyoti, on the other hand, continues making sculptures. (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Nuwa is true)[You convinced Nuwa] (if: $Rom is true)[and Rom] to found the Nuclear Power Treaty Organization with you. This is the only organization that does not cease to hold authority.] (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Gusel is true)[You also managed to convince Gusel] (if: $Jyoti is true)[and Jyoti to support the cause. You are a force to be reckoned with.]] (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Gusel is false)[You failed to convince Gusel] (if: $Jyoti is false)[and Jyoti to support the cause.The Organization is significantly weakened without their presence.]]

End Game: You put Nuwa at the head of the official photograph, an expected development considering she's Patient 0. The world takes it as a sign that further militarization is required. (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Nuwa is true)[You convinced Nuwa] (if: $Rom is true)[and Rom] to found the Nuclear Power Treaty Organization with you. This ensures that talks continue among the nuclear powers.] (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Gusel is true)[You also managed to convince Gusel] (if: $Jyoti is true)[and Jyoti to support the cause. You are a force to be reckoned with.]] (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Gusel is false)[You failed to convince Gusel] (if: $Jyoti is false)[and Jyoti to support the cause.The Organization is significantly weakened without their presence.]]

End Game: You put yourself at the head of the official photograph. Might as well, for all your efforts. This signifies a continued push for technological advancement for the world. You take on an active role in this development, putting the undead cause as your priority. (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Nuwa is true)[You convinced Nuwa] (if: $Rom is true)[and Rom] to found the Nuclear Power Treaty Organization with you.] (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Gusel is true)[You also managed to convince Gusel] (if: $Jyoti is true)[and Jyoti to support the cause. You are a force to be reckoned with.]] (if: $DeadClub is true)[(if: $Gusel is false)[You failed to convince Gusel] (if: $Jyoti is false)[and Jyoti to support the cause.The Organization is significantly weakened without their presence.]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/nuwa.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "A

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/nuwa.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "Nuwa'Mari was a strategist of her time. Sacrified herself in the Attack on the Grey Plains, a warrior's death. Little is truly known about her, and I know even less. All that remains are second-hand accounts from the men of her time. Little men. A loathsome set of readings." $name: "I don't find that surprising. Were you able to uncover anything in that?" "A feeling of her, many; but nothing more. She could not be more distant." Let's talk about [[something else|Nuwa]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/zaman.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "You were a renown inventor in your time. A visionary. Feminist. An voice standing up for the disenfranchised and the ignored!" $name: "Representation is important..." (set: $DeadClub to true) Let's talk about [[something else|Zaman_2]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/zaman.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "So how can I help you, $title Leader $var?" [[Tell me about yourself|Zaman_intro]] [[Tell me about... me again?|Zaman_NadaPascua]] (if: $DeadClub is true)[ [[I have a question for you|DeadClub_Zaman]] ] [[Bye|TalkTo]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/zaman.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> $name: "Who presides over the Nuclear Committee?" "A good question, $title Leader $name ! And one I can't really answer." [[So you mean to say...|DeadClub_cont]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/zaman.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "That the world still hangs on a delicate balance of an unofficial mutual agreement? That is so. It is good peace reigns!" $name: "Excellent. I wonder what the others think of this." Let's talk about [[something else|Zaman_2]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/Rom.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> $name: "This, my dear friend, will be a committee overseeing the nuclear reserves of the world and will be made up of all of us, resurrectees. I don't think there is anyone more suited for the job. Seeing as we're dead." "I-I understand your intention... but I worry that we don't carry enough clout. We're sh-shadows of the people we once belonged to. Figureheads. This photograph is proof of that." $name: [[We can capitalize on our doubles.|Rom_agrees]] [[We can establish our own gravitas.|Rom_agrees2]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/jyoti.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> $name: "The joke will be on all of them. I want us to head a committee that will oversee nuclear reserves. A means to legitimize us as political entities of our own." "Frankly, it sounds like more trouble than it's worth. I'm already treated like a King and I didn't even know the guy." $name: [[Symbols is what we are, and symbols get recontexualized|Jyoti_disagrees]] [[Agreed, but who is more suited for the task of standing for us than us?|Jyoti_agrees]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/gusel.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> $name: "Not just any club. One that will oversee the nuclear reserves of the world: I find that we're more trustworthy." "...None of them will hand it over. Not with threats being this world's currency. And if you believe that you might be even more nutty than Gusel ever was." $name: [[You've shown yourself that there's a way to convince anybody.|Gusel_agrees]] [[We're a force to be recognized if we stand together.|Gusel_disagrees]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/nuwa.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> $name: "A committee overseeing the nuclear reserves of the world, that will be made up of all of us, resurrectees. The most "objective" of all voices." "And how do you plan to leverage this for us?" $name: [[By ploy, what else has ever worked?|Nuwa_agrees]] [[Our status offers a few advantages that we can still use.|Nuwa_disagrees]]

<div id="bg" style="left: 0px; right: 0px; width:300px; height:300px"><img src="http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/adelak17/gusel.png" width="80%" heigth="80%"></div> "That could be a possibility. But I don't see the others rushing to your idea. I won't partake." Let's talk about [[something else|Gusel]]

$name: "Rom, you must know of the current nuclear balance. That there is no established executive power presiding over this delicate balance, that would be uncontrolled by any of the parties involved?" "I-it is hard to ignore." "Well, my friend, that is where I think we can step in. Us, the dead." "I-I understand your intention... but I don't know if we mean that much. Not as the shadows of the people we once belonged to. Figureheads, mouth pieces." [[We can capitalize on our doubles [[We can claim our own gravitas

$name: "The joke's on all of them, since they failed to account for the fact that our wants and theirs don't align. I want ours to have representation." "It sounds like more trouble than it's worth." $name: [[Agreed, but who is more suited for the task than us? [[Yes, but we have rights and shouldn't revoke them.