Holding Pattern 2

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  "path": "dialogues/quests/holding_pattern/holding_pattern-2.dialogue",
  "text": "~ start\nif is_quest_completed\n\tWesley: You're in the book. Cleared for the Red Zone. Back to work, then. [#end]\nelif is_quest_accepted and are_quest_requirements_met\n\tWesley: *He lays fresh pads on the chair's arms.*\n\t\tTakes a few rounds, with rest in between. After each one I ask you some questions and watch how you move. If things start happening in the wrong order, tell me.\n\t- Sit down => first_session\n\t- I'm not ready\n\t\tWesley: Then we wait. Back to work, then. [#end]\nelif is_quest_accepted\n\tWesley: You pay first. Then the chair. [#end]\n\t\tBack to work, then.\nelse\n\tWesley: *He checks the cable behind the rig's mesh cover, then lays clean pads beside the chair.*\n\t\tReady. The rig pulls power off the CELL in short bursts. We run it until the green line looks the same every time. Why that matters, ask the Institute. I just follow their steps.\n\tWesley: Then you get a small taste of what the Scar does. Enough for your body to learn it. Not so much I can't shut it off.\n\t\tThe straps hold your arms down in case they stop listening to you. Say the word and I stop.\n\tWesley: [#quest_info=7836e31b-0a82-4a4a-b28e-91842e55eb29]\n\tif is_quest_accepted:\n\t\tWesley: [quest: accepted]\n\t\t- Sit down => first_session\n\t\t- I'll come back\n\t\t\tWesley: When you come back, we start from the top. Back to work, then. [#end]\n\telse:\n\t\tWesley: [quest: declined] [#end]\n\t\t\tYour choice. No chair, no clearance. Back to work, then.\n=> END\n\n~ first_session\nif is_quest_accepted and are_quest_requirements_met\n\tWesley: *He straps your forearms down. Behind the partition, relays begin to click. The trace on the small green screen drops each time the load rises.*\n\t\tNot right yet. Again.\n\tWesley: *The first few traces differ. He resets the load after each one. By the sixth cycle, they match.*\n\t\tThere. That's the one. Follow my finger.\n\tWesley: *You feel your hand close before you decide to move it. His finger crosses your vision twice. He cuts the exposure and waits for your grip to loosen.*\n\t\tFirst session. Tell me where you are.\n\t- Frontier. Keep going. => remaining_sessions\n\t- Stop. I need to get out.\n\t\tWesley: *He disconnects the pads before undoing the straps.* [#end]\n\t\t\tSit till your hands stop shaking. You're not cleared. When you come back, we start from the top.\nelse\n\tWesley: Pay for your spot first. Back to work, then. [#end]\n=> END\n\n~ remaining_sessions\nif is_quest_accepted and are_quest_requirements_met\n\tWesley: *Between sessions, he washes the raw patches beneath the pads. You rest until you can hold a cup without watching your hand.*\n\t\tAnother round. Same questions after.\n\tWesley: *The relays resume. This time his finger crosses your vision once. After another rest and exposure, your hand closes when you ask it to.*\n\t\tYour name. Where you are. What I asked you last time.\n\tWesley: *You answer. He checks the trace under one final exposure, then removes the pads.* [#complete_quest]\n\t\tMemory's fine. Hands work. Looks like it stuck. You're cleared.\n\tWesley: The CELL stays here. Whatever it did to you, you take with you. Keeps your head straight out there. Won't stop a bullet, though. Or a bad decision. [#end]\n\t\t*Red Zone access is now available for your account.*\n\t\tBack to work, then.\nelse\n\tWesley: Pay for your spot first. Back to work, then. [#end]\n=> END\n"
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