diff --git a/story.ni b/story.ni index a71d30e..7f5beae 100644 --- a/story.ni +++ b/story.ni @@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ A person has a number called hungerNum. A person has a number called coinsNum. [I'm thinking five coins per night is a normal price for an inn, and three coins per meal is a normal price for a meal. Every term of a remunerative career will be worth 42,424 coins, and every term of a non-remunerative career will be worth 4,554.] A person has a number called forcePanhandling. forcePanhandling is usually 1. A panhandlingStyle is a kind of value. A person has a panhandlingStyle. The panhandlingStyles are busking, divination, and begging. +A person has a number called PWAMembershipTimer. PWAMembershipTimer is usually 0. +A person has a truth state called PWAPlasticMember. PWAPlasticMember is usually false. +A person has a number called PWAStipendAccumulation. PWAStipendAccumulation is usually 0. An aquatic semblance is a kind of value. The aquatic semblances are fish-like, orca-like, dolphin-like, vrash-passing, and not fishy. A person has an aquatic semblance. The aquatic semblance of a person is usually not fishy. @@ -448,6 +451,9 @@ This is the turnpass rule: Now DateSeasonDay is DateSeasonDay + 1; Now DateWeekday is DateWeekday + 1; Now NecromanticStormCooldown is NecromanticStormCooldown - 1; + If the PWAMembershipTimer of the player > 0: + Now the PWAMembershipTimer of the player is the PWAMembershipTimer of the player - 1; + Now the PWAStipendAccumulation of the player is the PWAStipendAccumulation of the player + 1; If DateWeekday is 8: Now DateWeekday is 1; Charge the player for lodging; @@ -769,7 +775,7 @@ Instead of examining the player: Your Home in Ethriel is a room. "You, [full name of player], live in a five story home in Ethriel, on the fifth floor of Dome Three. Your home is quite humble by the standards of Ethriel, tall and narrow as most homes in the city-dome are. You sleep on the top floor. The view from the windows doesn't go outside, but only to the street below and the tall, narrow buildings on the other side of it. -You've been saving up resources to go on a long journey. Click [chargenlink chargen start] or type 'chargen' (without the quotes) to start creating your character. (It is highly recommended to play this game using a mouse as your primary input mechanism.)" +You've been saving up resources to go on a long journey. Click [chargenlink chargen start] or type 'chargen' (without the quotes) to start creating your character. Most of the game can be navigated via mouse, but a few things require keyboard input." Chargencondition is a truth state that varies. Chargencondition is usually true. @@ -1999,37 +2005,55 @@ When You Are In Ethriel begins: procgen dude; now the preferred hangout of Dude is Skakel's Games; -You Are In Ethriel is a scene. You Are In Ethriel begins when current city is Ethriel and chargencondition is false. You Are In Ethriel ends when current city is not Ethriel. When You Are In Ethriel begins: - now every ethriellink is held by the player; - -To say ethriellink (nextEthrielLink - an ethriellink): - hyperlink "[Displayname of nextEthrielLink]" as "zzxvm [nextEthrielLink]" - -An ethriellink is a kind of link. +GameHasBegun is a scene. GameHasBegun begins when chargencondition is false. When GameHasBegun begins: + now every CommonLink is held by the player; -Understand "zzxvm [any ethriellink]" as ethriel linking. Ethriel linking is an action applying to one thing. +You Are In Ethriel is a scene. You Are In Ethriel begins when current city is Ethriel and chargencondition is false. You Are In Ethriel ends when current city is not Ethriel. When You Are In Ethriel begins: + now every EthrielLink is held by the player; + +A CommonLink is a kind of link. CommonLinks are defined by the Table of All CommonLinks. + +To say CommonLink (nextCommonLink - a CommonLink): + hyperlink "[Displayname of nextCommonLink]" as "zzxvm [nextCommonLink]" + +Understand "zzxvm [any CommonLink]" as common linking. Common linking is an action applying to one thing. + +Carry out common linking: + if the noun is a CommonLink listed in the Table of All CommonLinks: + say "[reply entry]"; + Otherwise: + say "[bold type]BUG:[roman type] Tried to carry out common linking with [italic type][the noun][roman type] but that does not appear to be a common link:"; + showme the noun; + +Table of All CommonLinks +CommonLink Displayname reply +Sleeping ActionLink "sleep" "[Sleeping ActionLink]" +Theatre ActionLink "theatres" "[Theatre ActionLink]" +Theatre SecondLink "theatres" "[Theatre ActionLink]" +Bathhouse ActionLink "visit bathhouse" "[Bathhouse ActionLink]" +Bathhouse SecondLink "bathhouses" "[Bathhouse ActionLink]" +Relaxing in a Bathhouse ActionLink "relax" "[Relaxing in a Bathhouse ActionLink]" +Fantasizing ActionLink "fantasize" "[Fantasizing ActionLink]" +Cardhouses VisitLink "cardhouses" "[Cardhouses VisitLink]" + +An EthrielLink is a kind of link. EthrielLinks are defined by the Table of All EthrielLinks. + +To say EthrielLink (nextEthrielLink - an EthrielLink): + hyperlink "[Displayname of nextEthrielLink]" as "zzxvm [nextEthrielLink]" + +Understand "zzxvm [any EthrielLink]" as ethriel linking. Ethriel linking is an action applying to one thing. Carry out ethriel linking: - if the noun is an ethriellink listed in the Table of All EthrielLinks: + if the noun is an EthrielLink listed in the Table of All EthrielLinks: say "[reply entry]"; otherwise: say "[bold type]BUG:[roman type] Tried to carry out ethriel linking with [italic type][the noun][roman type] but that does not appear to be an ethriel link:"; showme the noun; -Ethriellinks are defined by the Table of All EthrielLinks. - Table of All EthrielLinks -Ethriellink Displayname reply +EthrielLink Displayname reply Going Home in Ethriel "seek rest" "[seeking rest in Ethriel]" Seeking Entertainment in Ethriel "seek entertainment" "[seeking entertainment in Ethriel]" -Sleeping in Ethriel "sleep" "[sleeping in Ethriel]" -Visiting an Ethriel Theatre "visit theatre" "[visiting a theatre in Ethriel]" -Theatre Secondlink "theatres" "[visiting a theatre in Ethriel]" -Visiting an Ethriel Bathhouse "visit bathhouse" "[visiting a bathhouse in Ethriel]" -Bathhouse Secondlink "bathhouses" "[visiting a bathhouse in Ethriel]" -Relaxing in an Ethriel Bathhouse "relax" "[relaxing in a bathhouse in Ethriel]" -Fantasizing at Home in Ethriel "fantasize" "[fantasizing in Ethriel]" -Cardhouses Link in Ethriel "cardhouses" "[cardhouses in Ethriel]" Playing Games in Ethriel "play games" "[playin da games]" Seeking Food in Ethriel "Seek food" "[seeking food in Ethriel]" Eatin at Taigahane's "Taigahane's" "[Food at Taigahane's]" @@ -2047,11 +2071,16 @@ Sanctity in Ethriel "seek sanctity" "[sanctity in Ethriel]" Random Reading in Ethriel "read at random" "[random reading in Ethriel]" Querent-Querent Link One "Temple-Library of Querent-Querent" "[Go to QQ in Ethriel]" Querent-Querent Link Two "QQ" "[Go to QQ in Ethriel]" +PWA Link One "Past Worlds Alliance" "[Go to PWA in Ethriel]" +PWA Link Two "PWA" "[Go to PWA in Ethriel]" + +To say Go to PWA in Ethriel: + try visiting PWA. To say Go to QQ in Ethriel: try visiting QQ. -To say cardhouses in Ethriel: +To say Cardhouses VisitLink: try visiting a cardhouse. To say seeking rest in Ethriel: @@ -2070,14 +2099,11 @@ To say seeking food in Ethriel: Otherwise: playerport to Food Options in Ethriel; -To say visiting a theatre in Ethriel: +To say Theatre ActionLink: try visiting a theatre. -To say visiting a bathhouse in Ethriel: - If the location is Your Favorite Bathhouse in Ethriel: - Stop the action; - Otherwise: - playerport to Your Favorite Bathhouse in Ethriel. +To say Bathhouse ActionLink: + try visiting a bathhouse; To say seeking nature in Ethriel: If the location is Beyond the Domes: @@ -2284,14 +2310,14 @@ Instead of relaxing when the player is in a bathhouse: now securitynum of the player is securitynum of the player + 1; follow the turnpass rule. -To say relaxing in a bathhouse in Ethriel: +To say Relaxing in a Bathhouse ActionLink: try relaxing; To say Location Command Block in Ethriel: - say "'[EthrielLink Seeking Entertainment in Ethriel]' will bring you to the entertainment options for your current city, '[EthrielLink Going Home in Ethriel]' will take you to your home, or to your room at a local inn if you haven't got a home in this town, '[EthrielLink Seeking Work in Ethriel]' will take you to the daywork options screen, 'seek cargo' will take you to a mercantile clearinghouse (also the destination for delivering cargo), '[EthrielLink Sanctity in Ethriel]' will bring you to the local religious quarter (including libraries, if any), or '[EthrielLink Seeking Nature in Ethriel]' to go hunting, gathering, or just relax in nature. '[EthrielLink Seeking Food in Ethriel]' will give you the civilized restaurant and grocery options (if available). You can also 'depart' to go to another city if your preparations are adequate.[run paragraph on]". + say "'[EthrielLink Seeking Entertainment in Ethriel]' will bring you to the entertainment options for your current city, '[EthrielLink Going Home in Ethriel]' will take you to your home, or to your room at a local inn if you haven't got a home in this town, '[EthrielLink Seeking Work in Ethriel]' will take you to the daywork options screen, 'seek cargo' will take you to a mercantile clearinghouse (also the destination for delivering cargo), '[EthrielLink Sanctity in Ethriel]' will bring you to the local religious options (including libraries, if any), or '[EthrielLink Seeking Nature in Ethriel]' to go hunting, gathering, or just relax in nature. '[EthrielLink Seeking Food in Ethriel]' will give you the civilized restaurant and grocery options (if available). You can also 'depart' to go to another city if your preparations are adequate.[run paragraph on]". To say Personal Command Block in Ethriel: - say "You can always '[Personallink check calendar]' to see the current date in all three calendars or check the '[personallink check sheet]' to see your own stats and top 3 skills. To see all your skills, use '[personallink check skillbook]'. '[EthrielLink Sleeping in Ethriel]' will automatically move you to your housing in the current city, either a home (if you have one locally) or a room at an inn (if you don't).[run paragraph on]". + say "You can always '[Personallink check calendar]' to see the current date in all three calendars or check the '[personallink check sheet]' to see your own stats and top 3 skills. To see all your skills, use '[personallink check skillbook]'. '[CommonLink Sleeping ActionLink]' will automatically move you to your housing in the current city, either a home (if you have one locally) or a room at an inn (if you don't).[run paragraph on]". Understand "seek rest" as going home. Going home is an action applying to nothing. Instead of going home when current city is Ethriel and chargencondition is false: If the location is Your Sort-Of Home in Ethriel: @@ -2315,7 +2341,6 @@ Understand "seek food" as seeking food. Seeking food is an action applying to n Otherwise: playerport to Food Options in Ethriel; - Understand "seek nature" as seeking nature. Seeking nature is an action applying to nothing. Instead of seeking nature when Current City is Ethriel and chargencondition is false: If the location is Beyond the Domes: Stop the action; @@ -2323,10 +2348,10 @@ Understand "seek nature" as seeking nature. Seeking nature is an action applyin playerport to Beyond the Domes. Understand "seek sanctity" as seeking sanctity. Seeking sanctity is an action applying to nothing. Instead of seeking sanctity when Current City is Ethriel and chargencondition is false: - If the location is Religious Quarter in Ethriel: + If the location is Religious Options in Ethriel: stop the action; Otherwise: - playerport to Religious Quarter in Ethriel. + playerport to Religious Options in Ethriel. To say seeking entertainment in Ethriel: If the location is Entertainment Options in Ethriel: @@ -2334,7 +2359,7 @@ To say seeking entertainment in Ethriel: Otherwise: playerport to Entertainment Options in Ethriel. -To say sleeping in Ethriel: +To say Sleeping ActionLink: try sleeping; To say seeking work in Ethriel: @@ -2356,7 +2381,7 @@ Your Favorite Bathhouse in Ethriel is a room. Your Favorite Bathhouse in Ethrie Off to the side, you see a [if the alloace spectrum of the player is sex-repulsed asexual]vrash lounging with a small vrash who is almost certainly their child.[otherwise]trio of vrash groping each other. One of them is out of the water with her tail raised over the pool, and another has his nose pushed forward to take advantage.[end if] This kind of scene is pretty normal here. -Local commands: You can '[EthrielLink Relaxing in an Ethriel Bathhouse]' here, or 'talk to' a local. [line break]Area Change commands: [Location Command Block in Ethriel] [line break]Personal Commands: [Personal Command Block in Ethriel]". +Local commands: You can '[CommonLink Relaxing in a Bathhouse ActionLink]' here, or 'talk to' a local. [line break]Area Change commands: [Location Command Block in Ethriel] [line break]Personal Commands: [Personal Command Block in Ethriel]". There are 2 privately-named proper-named genericNPCs in Your Favorite Bathhouse in Ethriel. @@ -2683,9 +2708,51 @@ Instead of visiting farms when Current City is Ethriel and chargencondition is f Otherwise: Stop the action; -Religious Quarter in Ethriel is a room. "Ethriel is a big city, but not a particularly holy one. There are no cathedrals in Ethriel, but many of the religions of Theoma are represented here with small facilities. The local [EthrielLink Querent-Querent Link One] is probably the biggest holy structure in the city. The Illuminated Order maintains a temple with morning and afternoon services every Skansday. The Past Worlds Alliance maintains a library and a small lutragon otherworld with ceremonies every evening. The Uttermost Darkness maintains a collection of underground meditation cells. The Ranakanthists maintain a temple with midnight services on Niesday, Gwensday, and Ryesday. The Ascending Path maintains a reading room. +Religious Options in Ethriel is a room. "Ethriel is a big city, but not a particularly holy one. There are no cathedrals in Ethriel, but many of the religions of Theoma are represented here with small facilities. The local [EthrielLink Querent-Querent Link One] is probably the biggest holy structure in the city. The Illuminated Order maintains temples with morning and afternoon services every Skansday. The [EthrielLink PWA Link One] maintains a library and a small lutragon otherworld with ceremonies every evening. The Uttermost Darkness maintains a collection of underground meditation cells in each dome. The Ranakanthists maintain a temple with midnight services on Niesday, Gwensday, and Ryesday. The Ascending Path maintains several reading rooms. -Local commands: You can 'visit' one of the faiths, referring to it by its name. [EthrielLink Querent-Querent Link Two] and the PWA can be referred to with their initials. [line break]Area Change commands: [Location Command Block in Ethriel] [line break]Personal Commands: [Personal Command Block in Ethriel]" +There isn't really a religious quarter, but the religious structures are sprinkled across the five domes of Ethriel. + +Local commands: You can 'visit' one of the faiths, referring to it by its name. [EthrielLink Querent-Querent Link Two] and the [EthrielLink PWA Link Two] can be referred to with their initials. [line break]Area Change Commands: [Location Command Block in Ethriel] [line break]Personal Commands: [Personal Command Block in Ethriel]" + +Understand "visit PWA" or "visit Past Worlds Alliance" as visiting PWA. Visiting PWA is an action applying to nothing. Instead of visiting PWA when Current City is Ethriel and chargencondition is false: + If the location is Past World Alliance in Ethriel: + stop the action; + Otherwise: + playerport to Past World Alliance in Ethriel. + +A PWA guildhall is a kind of room. + +Past World Alliance in Ethriel is a room. The printed name of Past World Alliance in Ethriel is "PWA in Ethriel". Past World Alliance in Ethriel is a PWA guildhall. "The Past Worlds Alliance looks like a business crossed with unreality. The signage out front is in a vibrantly red, glistening, expensive material that only exists when summoned into Theoma. Inside, a lobby with a big smoothly curving counter greets you, a vrash behind the counter guarding the hinged doors in the counter itself that lead deeper into the structure. 'Welcome to the Past Worlds Alliance. What can the PWA do for you?' she asks. + +There's a library, a canteen, and teaching instruction available here, but those services are members-only. There's also a gate to a lutragon otherworld, a tropical paradise maintained by local necromancers, which is basically a bathhouse with a more outdoor theme and a near-certainty of containing at least one tesam. It's definitely the place to go if you're an otter chaser. + +Local commands: You can 'buy membership'. If you're a member of the PWA, you can 'visit library', 'buy a meal', or 'attend classes'. Even if you're not a member, you can 'visit otherworld' to go to the lutragon otherworld. [line break]Area Change Commands: [Location Command Block in Ethriel] [line break]Personal Commands: [Personal Command Block in Ethriel]" + +Understand "buy membership" as buying a membership. Buying a membership is an action applying to nothing. + +Plastic PWA Card is a thing. Plastic PWA Card is tangible. Plastic PWA Card has bulk 0. The description of Plastic PWA Card is "This white business card of exotic material identifies itself as a Plastic-Tier Past World Alliance Membership Card. It has your name, your image (sans color), and an expiration date of 'infinity' engraved on it. This card is a symbol of staggering wealth." + +Gold PWA Card is a thing. Gold PWA Card is tangible. Gold PWA Card has bulk 0. The description of Gold PWA Card is "This golden business card identifies itself as a Gold-Tier Past World Alliance Membership Card. It has your name, your image (sans color), and an expiration date engraved on it. It expires in [PWAMembershipTimer of player] days." + +Carry out buying a membership when the location is a PWA Guildhall: + say "The vrash behind the counter says, 'A plastic membership in the Past World Alliance will cost thirty million coins and will never degrade. It's good in all cities with PWA offices, but there's admittedly only a few: Kyvisveiln, Ethriel, Galrien, Nowhere, Edge of Paradise, the Three Memories, and Korjek. It comes with a permanent stipend of 8 coins per day that can be collected at any PWA guildhall, and will probably pay off before the land gods terminate this world to move on to the next.'"; + If coinsNum of the player < 30000000: + say "You do not have that many coins in your accounts."; + say "Seeing you shake your head, the clerkgon asks, 'Do you want to buy a gold membership? It will cost eight thousand coins and last for one year. It's good in the same cities as the plastic membership. We offer the same stipend for gold members, though obviously, this still results in paying us more than you receive. It's meant as travel aid for journeys within our zone of operations, though some members never collect it until they're renewing their membership, in which case it's more of a loyalty discount for continued membership.'"; + If player consents: + say "You get a golden card. The vrash staffing the counter touches it and focuses for a moment, and then it reshapes itself to bear your name, an engraving of your image, and an expiry date. She tells you, 'You can buy more years at any time, to any number of years, at 5,000 coins per year. If you lose your card, please visit the Archive of Lost Things to retrieve it from Indarian. Be aware that plastic membership, should you later decide to upgrade, is not discounted by your current gold membership's value. We hope you enjoy our library, our discounted fish cafeteria, our discounts with associated businesses, and our free-to-members instructional offerings.'"; + now coinsNum of the player is coinsNum of the player - 8000; + now PWAMembershipTimer is PWAMembershipTimer + 364; + Now Gold PWA Card is held by the player; + Otherwise: + say "Do you want to buy a plastic membership?"; + If player consents: + now coinsNum of the player is coinsNum of the player - 30000000; + now PWAPlasticMember of the player is true; + Now Plastic PWA Card is held by the player; + If Gold PWA Card is held by the player: + now Gold PWA Card is nowhere; + say "You show your accounts book and the vrash behind the counter studies it for a moment, then gets up saying, 'Sorry, I need to confirm this with our staff geomancer.' She departs into the facility, leaving you sitting in the front. A few minutes later, she comes back bearing an ornately gemmed treasure box. She sets it on the counter before you and opens it, revealing a stiff, shiny card of an unknown white material. The vrash staffing the counter touches it and focuses for a moment, and then it reshapes itself to bear your name, an engraving of your image, and an infinity symbol under the text 'expiry date'. She tells you, 'Welcome to the Past World Alliance. The joining of a plastic member is quite momentous. You've laced your Fate with the Past World Alliance for likely tens of thousands of years, and you'll probably panic a manager at your bank when you next reconcile accounts. I hope we serve you well.'" A QQ library is a kind of room. @@ -2695,7 +2762,7 @@ The Temple-Libraries of Querent-Querent are the most ubiquitous religious struct Local commands: You can 'look up' cities if you know their names, or use 'look up cities' to find the names of cities which have had QQ files entered into the game already. You can also '[EthrielLink Random Reading in Ethriel]' to spend a time block studying a random book in the collection. [line break]Area Change commands: [Location Command Block in Ethriel] [line break]Personal Commands: [Personal Command Block in Ethriel]" -Understand "visit QQ" as visiting QQ. Visiting QQ is an action applying to nothing. Instead of visiting QQ when Current City is Ethriel and chargencondition is false: +Understand "visit QQ" or "visit Querent Querent" as visiting QQ. Visiting QQ is an action applying to nothing. Instead of visiting QQ when Current City is Ethriel and chargencondition is false: If the location is QQ in Ethriel: stop the action; Otherwise: @@ -2823,7 +2890,7 @@ Carry out reading at random when the location is a QQ library: now the entertainNum of the player is the entertainNum of the player + 1; follow the turnpass rule; -The list of QQ book subjects is always {"the underwater cities of the veserus", "the tribes of Niazion", "the swaivshon cities of the Kelkaithian Deep-Under", "the Deep-Under", "the myrskor farms of the Deep-Under", "divination practices around the world", "the philosopher-kingdom of Isoss", "minor city-domes in towns across Kelkaith", "the flight over the mountains between Galrien and Kyvisveiln", "the Selhin Range in Midwestern Kelkaith", "the differences between agricultural practices in Midwestern Kelkaith and Central Tachamund", "the ever-regrowing forests of Woodwall", "the three Memories, a nation in far-easern Kelkaith accessible only by flight", "the Marim League, a fomer nation in Northern Tachamund", "the undeveloped areas of the world, awaiting future settlement", "the broad, undeveloped valley in southeastern Kelkaith, located between Nowhere and Galrien", "the two large and minimally developed islands considered part of Kanjamund, each at least as large as the Marim League", "Relny, a small city with an unbreakable spire that was the missing land god's only action", "missing theomes", "benevolent theomes", "hostile theomes", "popular sea lanes", "expeditions into interior Ormeri, a vast and minimally inhabited continent", "diplomatic relations between citystates", "kinds of citystate government", "the merchant league of Suvkeyanin", "the widely-upheld law forbidding the export of clocks from Kelkaith", "candies around the world", "a gustatory tour of Kelkaith", "a gustatory tour of Tachamund", "a gustatory tour of Reytas", "the Firelands", "lutragon otherworlds", "otherworlds around Theoma", "grandwagons", "flying wagons", "flightpacks", "izerah carts", "famous explorers", "famous merchants", "fate beacons around Theoma", "fate beacons", "wagon maintenance", "divinations useful to travellers", "piety as understood by Querent-Querent", "comparative theology", "spices around the world", "alcohols around the world", ""}. +The list of QQ book subjects is always {"the underwater cities of the veserus", "the tribes of Niazion", "the swaivshon cities of the Kelkaithian Deep-Under", "the Deep-Under", "the myrskor farms of the Deep-Under", "divination practices around the world", "the philosopher-kingdom of Isoss", "minor city-domes in towns across Kelkaith", "the flight over the mountains between Galrien and Kyvisveiln", "the Selhin Range in Midwestern Kelkaith", "the differences between agricultural practices in Midwestern Kelkaith and Central Tachamund", "the ever-regrowing forests of Woodwall", "the three Memories, a nation in far-easern Kelkaith accessible only by flight", "the Marim League, a fomer nation in Northern Tachamund", "the undeveloped areas of the world, awaiting future settlement", "the broad, undeveloped valley in southeastern Kelkaith, located between Nowhere and Galrien", "the two large and minimally developed islands considered part of Kanjamund, each at least as large as the Marim League", "Relny, a small city with an unbreakable spire that was the missing land god's only action", "missing theomes", "benevolent theomes", "hostile theomes", "popular sea lanes", "expeditions into interior Ormeri, a vast and minimally inhabited continent", "diplomatic relations between citystates", "kinds of citystate government", "the merchant league of Suvkeyanin", "the widely-upheld law forbidding the export of clocks from Kelkaith", "candies around the world", "a gustatory tour of Kelkaith", "a gustatory tour of Tachamund", "a gustatory tour of Reytas", "the Firelands", "lutragon otherworlds", "otherworlds around Theoma", "grandwagons", "flying wagons", "flightpacks", "izerah carts", "famous explorers", "famous merchants", "fate beacons around Theoma", "fate beacons", "wagon maintenance", "divinations useful to travellers", "piety as understood by Querent-Querent", "comparative theology", "spices around the world", "alcohols around the world", "traveling with only a backpack", "the journey of a traveling busker", "a polycule who traveled Theoma together"}. Skakel's Games is a room. Skakel's games is a cardhouse. "Skakel's Games is a place to buy and sell board games and card games, but more than that it's a place to play them. A table can be rented for a petty sum. There are usually gamesgons hanging around to recruit into a game, and games to spectate when you're waiting for a slot to open or a group to come apart and seek other entertainments. Failing all else, Skakel zirself is there most of the time and willing to play any game zie knows (of which zie knows a great many). And there are finger-friendly snacks and drinks available here or in adjacent businesses. @@ -2833,7 +2900,7 @@ There is a privately-named proper-named genericNPC in Skakel's Games. Your Sort-Of Home in Ethriel is a room. "This isn't really your home anymore, now that you've quit your job and resolved to go adventuring. You'll be gone for years, so you imagine. This traveling is going to be your new career. Are you going to come back to Ethriel at the end of your journey? If you're just going to move away, you should probably sell your home. Otherwise, it'll sit here gathering dust in your absence. -Local commands: You have some books and bookgems in the home (potentially quite a lot if you've been an authorgon or philosophygon). 'Check library' will yield a list of notable titles. You can try to amuse yourself with the power of your mind alone using the '[EthrielLink fantasizing at home in Ethriel]' command, but it'll get old pretty quick. If anyone is traveling with you and staying in your room as they do, you may 'talk to' them. [line break]Area Change commands: [Location Command Block in Ethriel] [line break]Personal Commands: [Personal Command Block in Ethriel]" +Local commands: You have some books and bookgems in the home (potentially quite a lot if you've been an authorgon or philosophygon). 'Check library' will yield a list of notable titles. You can try to amuse yourself with the power of your mind alone using the '[CommonLink Fantasizing ActionLink]' command, but it'll get old pretty quick. If anyone is traveling with you and staying in your room as they do, you may 'talk to' them. [line break]Area Change commands: [Location Command Block in Ethriel] [line break]Personal Commands: [Personal Command Block in Ethriel]" To say playin da games: try playing games; @@ -2872,7 +2939,7 @@ Fantasizing is an action applying to nothing. Understand "fantasize" as fantasi Otherwise: stop the action; -To say fantasizing in Ethriel: +To say Fantasizing ActionLink: try fantasizing @@ -2941,9 +3008,9 @@ Your Room in an Ethriel Inn is a room. "You've lived in Ethriel for years, but Local commands: You can 'sleep' or 'read a book' here. If you want to read a specific book or bookgem, 'read ' will focus on it. If anyone is traveling with you and staying in your room as they do, you may 'talk to' them. [line break]Area Change commands: [Location Command Block in Ethriel] [line break]Personal Commands: [Personal Command Block in Ethriel]" -Entertainment Options in Ethriel is a room. "Ethriel has a lot of pilgrimgons visiting the Archive of Lost Things, which gives it a touristgon economy. It has many options for entertainments. Really, it's no wonder you lived here for so long. There are [EthrielLink Theatre Secondlink], bowling alleys, [EthrielLink Bathhouse Secondlink], [ethrielLink Cardhouses Link in Ethriel], and of course the most famous museum in Theoma: The Archive of Lost Things. You can also visit a master artgon to try to view recent paintings and potentially commission a new one, or a book shop to try to pick up a book or bookgem that might just be your new favorite. +Entertainment Options in Ethriel is a room. "Ethriel has a lot of pilgrimgons visiting the Archive of Lost Things, which gives it a touristgon economy. It has many options for entertainments. Really, it's no wonder you lived here for so long. There are [CommonLink Theatre SecondLink], bowling alleys, [CommonLink Bathhouse SecondLink], [CommonLink Cardhouses VisitLink], and of course the most famous museum in Theoma: The Archive of Lost Things. You can also visit a master artgon to try to view recent paintings and potentially commission a new one, or a book shop to try to pick up a book or bookgem that might just be your new favorite. -Local commands: The 'visit <type of venue> command will go to specific places. '[EthrielLink Visiting an Ethriel Theatre]' to see a play, '[EthrielLink Visiting an Ethriel Bathhouse]' to visit a bathhouse, and so on. 'Visit a theatre' will also be recognized. Of special note in this location is the 'visit museum' command, which would ordinarily visit a theatre, but in this location will visit the Archive of Lost Things, the most notable landmark of Ethriel. [line break]Area Change commands: [Location Command Block in Ethriel] [line break]Personal Commands: [Personal Command Block in Ethriel]" +Local commands: The 'visit <type of venue> command will go to specific places. '[CommonLink Theatre ActionLink]' to see a play, '[CommonLink Bathhouse ActionLink]' to visit a bathhouse, and so on. 'Visit a theatre' will also be recognized. Of special note in this location is the 'visit museum' command, which would ordinarily visit a theatre, but in this location will visit the Archive of Lost Things, the most notable landmark of Ethriel. [line break]Area Change commands: [Location Command Block in Ethriel] [line break]Personal Commands: [Personal Command Block in Ethriel]" Understand "visit cardhouse" or "visit a cardhouse" or "visit card house" or "visit a card house" as visiting a cardhouse. Visiting a cardhouse is an action applying to nothing. Instead of visiting a cardhouse while current city is Ethriel: playerport to Skakel's Games. @@ -3118,7 +3185,7 @@ Local commands: The 'visit <name of venue>' or 'eat at <name of venue>' command Table of Restaurant Foods Eatery Description of Food -Taigahane's {"the default meal option without modifications. Spiced reindeer, cabbage, and bread. It's filling, if basic. It comes with unlimited small beer to wash it down", "the spiced reindeer alone. This way, you can better appreciate the sweet spicy rub applied to the meat. It's really the only part of Taigahane's menu that stands out. It comes with unlimited small beer to wash it down", "a savory reindeer stew, a thick, rich brown stew, served in a bread bowl that is quite delicious when it's soaked in these flavors. It comes with unlimited small beer", "a reindeer sandwich. It's not that different from the default meal option, but the meat is chopped up so it's easier to shear through the sandwich without so much pressure that it falls apart, and on the whole it's a little faster and more convenient to eat as a result. The unlimited small beer is the same with every item from Taigahane's, and decent though mostly just meant for hydration rather than flavor"} +Taigahane's {"the default meal option without modifications. Spiced reindeer, cabbage, and bread. It's filling, if basic. It comes with unlimited small beer to wash it down. Well, they say unlimited, but if you actually try to get drunk on the low-alcohol brew, they'll cut you off before you get there", "the spiced reindeer alone. This way, you can better appreciate the sweet spicy rub applied to the meat. It's really the only part of Taigahane's menu that stands out. It comes with unlimited small beer to wash it down", "a savory reindeer stew, a thick, rich brown stew, served in a bread bowl that is quite delicious when it's soaked in these flavors. It comes with unlimited small beer to wash it down. Well, they say unlimited, but if you actually try to get drunk on the low-alcohol brew, they'll cut you off before you get there", "a reindeer sandwich. It's not that different from the default meal option, but the meat is chopped up so it's easier to shear through the sandwich without so much pressure that it falls apart, and on the whole it's a little faster and more convenient to eat as a result. The unlimited small beer is the same with every item from Taigahane's, and decent though mostly just meant for hydration rather than flavor"} Korloave's Greenhouse {"a chickpea and kale salad with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette. The crisp, roasted chickpeas offer a nutty flavor while the cilantro, mint, and scallions give it a cool herbal spice, an impression magnified by the fact that the dish is served cool. It actually comes to the table quite quickly. Good restaurants use divinations to start preparing food before it's ordered, but in this case you suspect the speed was because these salads are left to sit in the cooler overnight. That's no insult, but recommended handling for the recipe. The dish comes with a crystal glass bowl of white wine to drink", "a citrus noodle salad with tofu and fresh herbs. This intense, complex dish comes in with sweet tartness from its fruit, salt and a touch of smoke from its thin dark sauce, and a bright herbaciousness from the large leaves of minimally processed herbs. You're not a vegetarian, but vegetarians in Ethriel know that Korloave's is a good place to get a professionally prepared vegetarian meal. The dish comes with a crystal glass bowl of grapefruit juice to drink", "a sliced steak salad. The tomato, scallion, mint, and basil is all very welcome, but there are two stars to this dish. The first is the meat, thin-sliced but ample in quantity. The second is the spicy dressing, derived of fish sauce and livened up with a bit of lime, garlic, and sugar. The scallion in the salad is specifically the white parts of the scallion, making the ingredient function as a stand-in for onion. The dish comes with a crystal glass bowl of a tannic red wine", "onion basil beef. The name of the dish elides the heavy dose of chilies in the recipe. This extremely spicy dish does not come with a salad. It's mostly meat, and is particularly popular with kalla attending at Korloave's, even though by a quirk of the kalla tongue they can't taste the raw heat of the dish. To a kalla, this is a sweet onion beef. To any other dragon, this is a meat and onion dish served with basil and fire adorning it. The chilis are imported all the way from Reytas"} Cakeshapes {"a set of blunt woodworking tools, you pay at the counter, buying a glossy edible plate and its associated softening sauce while you're there. Despite superficially convincing appearances, the tools are shells of recolored locuseen with cream and candyfloss inside of them. When you've finished your tools, you break the plate apart and dip it in the sweet softening sauce that is provided, then drink the remaining sauce and eat the waxy-sweet bowl in which it was provided.", "a realistic dragon's egg and an edible spoon, you pay at the counter. Taking your egg back to a table in the mall, you break it open and scoop out the sweet paste inside it. The egg is empty; the semblance of cannibalism is not taken to the extent of including a fetal dragon sculpture inside the egg. You crunch up the pieces of the shell [beakcheck 1] and lick them apart with your tongue, then you finish by manually breaking up the spoon and holding the pieces in your [beakcheck 2] until they likewise dissolve away. It's all very sweet.", "a small treasure chest full of coins. Each coin is a sweet that melts in your [beakcheck 2], and the treasure chest itself is a brittle sweet that functions only until you strain it with your fingers.", "a cake shaped like a heavy tome and an edible fork. Sitting open to a double-spread of illuminated pages, you spend a few moments reading about a land made of sweets in which life is easy and everything is delicious, then you dig in. The brittle tines of the fork break partway through, so you go up and buy another one; it's not the expensive part of this meal.", "an arid rocky landscape and a bowl of softening sauce. The 'rocks' would melt in your mouth if you were very patient, and you could well break up this whole dish and eat it that way, but the softening sauce starts them dissolving on contact, which is much faster. The 'rocks' fizz and melt in your mouth, revealing a mix of caramel or cream flavors depending on the color of the 'rock'. When you're done, you lick out the last drops of softening sauce (there isn't much left), then bite into the slightly waxy bowl itself."} S&S Flatbreads {"cheese, garlic, spinach, and a heavy cream sauce. The flatbread is assembled before your eyes and slid into the oven. You wait ten minutes in the sitting area outside of the establishment, until they call your name and you come forward to pick up your plated flatbread. The rich, creamy, savory thing is still hot and ever so slightly sweet in crust and sauce, with the creamy sauce muting the bitterness of the spinach", "tomato sauce, pork, and cheese. The flatbread is assembled before your eyes and slid into the oven. You wait ten minutes in the sitting area outside of the establishment, until they call your name and you come forward to pick up your plated flatbread. The rich, savory thing is still hot and ever so slightly spicy from something in the meat, with a bright and tangy taste from the sauce and a gooey, salty flavor contributed by the cheese", "olives, pork, and tomato sauce. The flatbread is assembled before your eyes and slid into the oven. You wait ten minutes in the sitting area outside of the establishment, until they call your name and you come forward to pick up your plated flatbread. The rich, salty thing is still hot and ever so slightly spicy from something in the meat, with a piquant and luxurious flavor from the imported olives. The pricetag on this is surprisingly good for using so many olives", "fish, broccoli, garlic, cheese, corn, and tomato sauce. The flatbread is assembled before your eyes and slid into the oven. You wait ten minutes in the sitting area outside of the establishment, until they call your name and you come forward to pick up your plated flatbread. The only fish used at S&S Flatbreads is a small, salty fish with an intensely flavored oil whose flavor is not moderated at all from the preservation process it goes through before being shipped inland. It's a bit challenging to come up with a dish that uses the fish at this place and still tastes good, but it's rewardingly different from the other flavors you consume. The broccoli and corn have a moderating influence on the flavor. The flatbread as a whole is still rich and savory as every flatbread from S&S flatbreads is", "shredded quema, a salting of crumbled fatty pork, spinach, cheese, and a heavy cream sauce. The flatbread is assembled before your eyes and slid into the oven. You wait ten minutes in the sitting area outside of the establishment, until they call your name and you come forward to pick up your plated flatbread. The richness of the cream and pork is mediated by the gentle bitterness of the spinach and the gooey savoriness of the cheese. The cream and the crust contribute a little bit of sweetness", "a giant cookie. If you want to eat a giant cookie, you can. This kind of dissolute meal scandalizes flux worlders, but where are those on Theoma? Immortality has its rewards. The cookie is put into the oven as though it were a flatbread, and a few minutes later it is pulled back out and plated for you. Gooey chips of melted locuseen candy are only the start; when you dig into the cookie, you discover it contains a thin, molten layer of locuseen in it. The cookie is dense and flavorful, very sweet and slightly bitter, with vanilla and caramel notes coming from the locuseen"} @@ -3307,7 +3374,10 @@ Accumulating Wealth Kelkaithian {pottergon, haulergon, haulergon, haulergon, lum [Ideas for further interests: Freedom, status, and prior worlds.] Understand "visit bathhouse" or "visit a bathhouse" as visiting a bathhouse. Visiting a bathhouse is an action applying to nothing. Instead of visiting a bathhouse in Entertainment Options in Ethriel: - playerport to Your Favorite Bathhouse in Ethriel; + If the location is Your Favorite Bathhouse in Ethriel: + stop the action; + Otherwise: + playerport to Your Favorite Bathhouse in Ethriel; An NPClink is a kind of link. NPCLinks are defined by the Table of NPC Menu Options.