disco elysium psyche quotes꩜

VOLITION - In honour of your shit, lieutenant-yefreitor. Which you kept *together* in the face of total, unrelenting terror. Day after day. Second by second. INLAND EMPIRE- DETECTIVE ESPRIT DE CORPS - ARRIVING AUTHORITY - ON THE SCENE

INLAND EMPIRE - A strange feeling... looking at the water. Maybe you should just wander off into the sea? Leave it all and walk in...

HORRIFIC NECKTIE - SHUT UP, FUCK-MIDGET! VOLITION - I have no idea what's going on here, but you should not do anything that the horrific necktie tells you to do. KIM KITSURAGI - "Uhm... detective?" He's staring at you as you clutch your necktie.

CUNO - "Pigs gonna have sex?" YOU - Write: 'pigs gonna have sex'. KIM KITSURAGI - Naively, the lieutenant does not double check your notes. HORRIFIC NECKTIE - *El Bigo Mistako*, lieutenant!

KIM KITSURAGI - He nods. "We'll be all right, officer. This is nothing." ESPRIT DE CORPS - You feel fortified by his assurance. It's going to be all right.

YOU - There's more to the freckled woman than what you're suggesting. There's more to disco, too. And to me. INLAND EMPIRE - And more than that: you're sad. There's an absence inside of you, something missing that may have been freckled too.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY - Slowly, with your breath held, you take two small steps toward the phasmid. The creature lets out a series of ultrasonic clicks that swarm around your head like swallows… EMPATHY - Like laughter. A sort of happiness.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Are you fucking insane?!" the lieutenant snaps at you. "Don't answer that! And STOP doing it! Let's go." AUTHORITY- The lieutenant's command instantly lets all the wind out of your sails, like he overrode your mind or flicked some secret master-switch.

YOU - Wait, what happened to my face? ENDURANCE - It was time to banish that ridiculous *Expression* from your face -- and replace it with a perfect reflection of your unyielding resolve, your noble suffering. INLAND EMPIRE - You are a terror even to yourself!

KIM KITSURAGI - The lieutenant picks up his gun and then holsters it. "In the name of god, please get a hang of yourself." EMPATHY - He's definitely not impressed by the way you're handling it, but he doesn't hold it against you either. He's supportive like that.

EMPATHY - There-there dead man, you were someone's child. It's all over now.

VOLITION - Good on you. I know you were tempted to shout *fuck*, but you controlled your impulse. Well done. YOU - "Fuck." VOLITION- This is a shame and a disappointment.

YOU - "He's always leaving... Why is he always leaving, Kim?" KIM KITSURAGI - "Who knows, detective? It's a... mystery," he says, turning his face away from you. EMPATHY - There, he's laughing again!

INLAND EMPIRE - You, every morning, walking from Voyager Road to teach gym. She -- leaving for the academy with her spring coat on. The air filled with the smell of smoke and raspberries and incredible hope. An ocean full of hope.

CUNOESSE - "Fucking pussy didn't shoot shit, did he? Didn't shoot me, didn't shoot himself in the mouth..." EMPATHY - "Didn't shoot *me*." There is sincere disappointment on her face. This kid was expecting *pandemonium* and release from her mortal coil.

KIM KITSURAGI - "God, please..." the lieutenant says quietly, without trembling. He aims, face pale... VISUAL CALCULUS - He's aiming for the eye-slot in Ruud's helmet. An extremely difficult shot. EMPATHY He has to. The rifleman will fire at you again.

INLAND EMPIRE - Under your thrumming eyelids, you see a dizzying array of colours. You won't get off this carousel quite so easily.

KIM KITSURAGI - "This church. The coast in general... we shouldn't linger here. This isn't a good place to get lost in." EMPATHY - An imperceptible tinge of fear. The lieutenant is afraid of the church. He does not know why, but he is.

ESPRIT DE CORPS - Beneath that surface query, a touch of self-doubt. The lieutenant isn’t sure he can solve the murder *without* you.

VOLITION - Subdue the regret. Dust yourself off, proceed. You'll get it in the next life, where you don't make mistakes. Do what you can with this one, while you're alive.