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Some things are sacred." } }, { "name": "window", "rect": [ 186, 34, 46, 36 ], "msgs": { "look": "Grey Victoria daylight through glass that hasn't been washed since the Diefenbaker administration." } }, { "name": "workbench", "rect": [ 116, 88, 82, 28 ], "msgs": { "look": "The workbench holds the TEAC four-track like an altar holds a relic." } }, { "name": "stairs", "rect": [ 244, 60, 76, 56 ], "msgs": { "look": "Up to daylight, dinner, and — tonight — a ferry to a D.O.A. show." } } ], "props": [ { "name": "portastudio", "sprite": "portastudio", "x": 156, "y": 101, "synonyms": "four-track teac tascam recorder deck", "msgs": { "look": "The TEAC Portastudio. 180 pounds of overdubbing possibility. It wants tape and it wants a reason.", "do": "It powers up with a hum like a small appliance dreaming big.", "listen": "Tape hiss. The sound of potential." } }, { "name": "castle box", "sprite": "castlebox", "x": 218, "y": 154, "synonyms": "box junk castle", "msgs": { "look": "A box of gear from Castle, the cover band you both did time in. Cables, setlists nobody needs, and — is that a fresh reel of tape?" }, "solid": true }, { "name": "drum kit", "sprite": "drumkit", "x": 112, "y": 150, "synonyms": "drums kit", "msgs": { "look": "John's kit, tuned like a jazz kit because he IS a jazz kid. The high school band has no idea what it's incubating.", "play": "You are a bassist. There are laws." }, "solid": true } ], "npcs": [ { "name": "John", "sprite": "john", "x": 152, "y": 164, "portrait": "john-face", "wander": 10, "msgs": { "look": "Your kid brother. Eight years younger, already swings harder than drummers twice his age." }, "dialogue": [ { "says": "Sticks spin in his fingers. “So? Are we a band, or are we two guys who own instruments?”", "choices": [ { "text": "We need a sound of our own first.", "goto": 1 }, { "text": "Heard D.O.A. play UVic tonight.", "goto": 2 }, { "text": "Later, John.", "goto": -1 } ] }, { "says": "“No guitar player, eh? Fine. You be the guitar. I'll be the horn section.” He plays a bar of 9/8 like it's nothing.", "choices": [ { "text": "That. Exactly that.", "goto": -1 } ] }, { "says": "“Then what are we still doing in the basement? GO. Take notes. Loud ones.”", "choices": [ { "text": "On it.", "goto": -1 } ] } ] }, { "name": "Mom", "sprite": "mom", "x": 98, "y": 146, "portrait": "mom-face", "wander": 6, "msgs": { "look": "Mom, running the laundry room like mission control." }, "dialogue": [ { "says": "“Play all you like, love — the whites are done at eight.” She pauses. “The loud one in 7/4 was nice.”", "choices": [ { "text": "You could tell it was 7/4?", "goto": 1 }, { "text": "Thanks, Mom.", "goto": -1 } ] }, { "says": "“I've been listening to that washer for twenty years, Robert. I know time when I hear it.”", "choices": [ { "text": "...Mom might be the best musician in the house.", "goto": -1 } ] } ] } ], "music": 1, "script": "room0.rhai" }