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| <p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Chapter 6 - The Augean Stables</span></p><p class="indent0">Elis is west of Nemea. "<span class="quote">This bustling land is full of [</span><span class="substitution">merchants</span><span class="quote">] hawking their wares and haggling over prices.[</span><span class="substitution">paragraph break</span><span class="quote">]To the east you can just make out the edge of the Nemean [</span><span class="substitution">grasslands</span><span class="quote">] on the horizon, west lie the city stables. A [</span><span class="substitution">mountain</span><span class="quote">] looms to the northeast, and the [</span><span class="substitution">isle</span><span class="quote">] Erytheia lies to the northwest, across the [</span><span class="substitution">ocean</span><span class="quote">].</span>" Elis is southwest of Mount Erymanthos. </p><p class="indent0">The isle is a backdrop. The isle is in Elis and Erytheia. Understand "<span class="quote">island</span>" and "<span class="quote">shore</span>" and "<span class="quote">shoreline</span>" and "<span class="quote">Erytheia</span>" as the isle. </p><p class="indent0">Instead of examining the isle:</p><p class="indent1">if the player is in Erytheia:</p><p class="indent2">try looking instead;</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You can't see the isle from here. You'll have to take a ferry due northwest to see it.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">The stables are a backdrop. The stables are in Elis. Understand "<span class="quote">Augean</span>" and "<span class="quote">Augean stables</span>" and "<span class="quote">stable</span>" as the stables. </p><p class="indent0">Instead of examining the stables:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You can't make out very much of the stables from here, they're a ways off to the west.</span>".</p><p class="indent0">The ocean is a backdrop. Understand "<span class="quote">water</span>" and "<span class="quote">sea</span>" and "<span class="quote">salty</span>" and "<span class="quote">salty sea</span>" and "<span class="quote">salty ocean</span>" and "<span class="quote">blue-green</span>" as the ocean. The ocean is in Elis and Erytheia and the Peloponnesian Shore and the Western Shore and Crete. The description of the ocean is "<span class="quote">[</span><span class="substitution">if the player is in the Western Shore</span><span class="quote">]Slightly more tumultuous than most of the ocean waters on beaches nearby.[</span><span class="substitution">else</span><span class="quote">]Calm and gentle as far as oceans go, at least on this beach.[</span><span class="substitution">end if</span><span class="quote">] The water is a rich blue-green.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">Instead of entering the ocean:</p><p class="indent1">try swimming instead.</p><p class="indent0">Instead of drinking the ocean:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">Yuck, too salty!</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of tasting the ocean:</p><p class="indent1">try drinking the ocean instead.</p><p class="indent0">The mountain is a backdrop. The mountain is in Elis and Mount Erymanthos and Stymphalia and Keryneia. The description of the mountain is "<span class="quote">It's really not much more than a large hill, but for you, any slight incline seems mountainous.</span>" </p><p class="indent0">Instead of climbing the mountain:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">Or you could just walk towards it.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">The merchants are people in Elis. "<span class="quote">Some merchants are hawking their wares here.</span>" </p><p class="indent0">Understand "<span class="quote">people</span>" and "<span class="quote">sellers</span>" as the merchants. The merchants are plural-named. The description of the merchants is "<span class="quote">Everyone is yelling different prices and pulling at various foodstuff and metalwork and vases, you can hardly keep track of all the merchants[</span><span class="substitution">'</span><span class="quote">] hustle and bustle. It's making you a bit dizzy just looking at them. [</span><span class="substitution">paragraph break</span><span class="quote">]The only pattern you notice is that they all seem to be [</span><span class="substitution">if stables-clean is false</span><span class="quote">]avoiding[</span><span class="substitution">else</span><span class="quote">]gravitating towards[</span><span class="substitution">end if</span><span class="quote">] the stables to the west.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">The wares are scenery in Elis. Understand "<span class="quote">vases</span>" and "<span class="quote">vase</span>" and "<span class="quote">metalwork</span>" and "<span class="quote">foodstuff</span>" as the wares. </p><p class="indent0">Check taking the wares:</p><p class="indent1">try asking the merchants about "<span class="quote">wares</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Check touching the wares:</p><p class="indent1">try taking the wares instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Check buying the wares:</p><p class="indent1">try taking the wares instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Check examining the wares:</p><p class="indent1">try examining the merchants instead.</p><p class="indent0">Check asking the merchants about anything:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You'd rather not get trampled within the crowds of the marketplace.</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Check telling the merchants about anything:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You'd rather not get trampled within the crowds of the marketplace.</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Check giving anything to the merchants:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You'd rather not get trampled within the crowds of the marketplace.</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Check showing anything to the merchants:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You'd rather not get trampled within the crowds of the marketplace.</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent0">Before going northwest in Elis:</p><p class="indent1">if the score is less than 9:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You get a spike of anxiety, as though you're unsure you should be sailing in this direction, but the ride is fairly short and the symptoms are just manageable enough for you to book passage on a ferry headed for...</span>";</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You quash your fears of seasickness and book passage on a ferry headed for...</span>".</p><p class="indent0">The Augean Stables is west of Elis. "<span class="quote">[</span><span class="substitution">if stables-clean is false</span><span class="quote">]This is, without a doubt, the grossest place you've ever been in. Shit is everywhere. Literally. [</span><span class="substitution">paragraph break</span><span class="quote">]Chittering like shit-covered demons are the famed [</span><span class="substitution">carnivorous horses</span><span class="quote">] that reside in these stables, but thankfully the layers of feces are so thick they can't get to you. [</span><span class="substitution">paragraph break</span><span class="quote">]The mountains of manure are clearly mostly composed of horse dung, but you also smell the unmistakable stench of human dung, giant dung, crab dung, any kind of dung you can possibly imagine. And that's not even mentioning the snot, the fertilizer, the spittoons, and the dead bodies. Anything gross you can think of is present here, covered in [</span><span class="substitution">shit</span><span class="quote">]. Thankfully, there is an exit, back east to the city center.[</span><span class="substitution">else</span><span class="quote">]This is, without a doubt, the most beautiful place you've ever been in. Sparkles are everywhere. Literally. [</span><span class="substitution">paragraph break</span><span class="quote">]Chittering like smooth, seductive demons are the famed [</span><span class="substitution">carnivorous horses</span><span class="quote">] that reside in these stables, thankfully held fast by strong, twinkling rainbow chains.[</span><span class="substitution">paragraph break</span><span class="quote">]The gleaming finished wood of the walls and stable doors is the most eye-catching part of the room, but you can also see many other beautifully arranged [</span><span class="substitution">sparkling amenities</span><span class="quote">], such as gorgeous satin and leather saddles, shining hair polish, marble floors, and impeccable riding gear. And that's not even mentioning the decorations, the polished stone, the gilded tapestries, and the silver ornaments. Anything beautiful you can think of is present here, covered in diamonds. The only exit is back east to the city.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">Instead of inserting the frozen ham into the shit:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">No, it won't clean anything while it's just one large block of ice.</span>"</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of putting the frozen ham on the shit:</p><p class="indent1">try inserting the frozen ham into the shit instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">After dropping the frozen ham when the player is in the Augean Stables:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">Dropped, but it won't clean anything while it's just one large block of ice.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">Instead of smelling the shit:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You nearly pass out. What were you thinking?</span>"</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of eating the shit:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You'd rather die.</span>"</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of entering the shit:</p><p class="indent1">try eating the shit instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of touching the shit:</p><p class="indent1">try taking the shit.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of tasting the shit:</p><p class="indent1">try eating the shit.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of rubbing the shit:</p><p class="indent1">try taking the shit.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Dying is an action applying to nothing. Understand "<span class="quote">die</span>" and "<span class="quote">end it</span>" and "<span class="quote">end it all</span>" and "<span class="quote">end me</span>" and "<span class="quote">pass out</span>" and "<span class="quote">faint</span>" as dying.</p><p class="indent0">Carry out dying:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">Tempting, but you fight the urge.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">The description of the shit is "<span class="quote">The horror! The horror!</span>".</p><p class="indent0">The description of the mop is "<span class="quote">The mop is already damp with a little water and soap. A sticker on the side of the mop reads 'MAGIMOP™ courtesy of [</span><span class="substitution">italic type</span><span class="quote">]Hephaestus, Inc[</span><span class="substitution">Roman type</span><span class="quote">]. With this one-of-a-kind Replenisher model, you'll never need a bucket again! (Note: Hephaestus, Inc is not responsible for any accidentally soaked or damaged property.)'</span>"</p><p class="indent0">Instead of drinking the mop:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">Grosss!!</span>"</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Drying is an action applying to one thing. Understand "<span class="quote">dry [</span><span class="substitution">something</span><span class="quote">]</span>" and "<span class="quote">dust [</span><span class="substitution">something</span><span class="quote">]</span>" as drying.</p><p class="indent0">Check drying:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You don't know where your towel is.</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of drying the ocean:</p><p class="indent1">if the player carries the mop:</p><p class="indent2">try cleaning the ocean with the mop instead;</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">Even if you had a towel or a magical mop, you couldn't dry up an entire body of water!</span>"</p><p class="indent2"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of drying the expansive lake:</p><p class="indent1">if the player carries the mop:</p><p class="indent2">try cleaning the expansive lake with the mop instead;</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">Even if you had a towel or a magical mop, you couldn't dry up an entire body of water!</span>"</p><p class="indent2"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of drying the river Styx:</p><p class="indent1">if the player carries the mop:</p><p class="indent2">try cleaning the river Styx with the mop instead;</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">Even if you had a towel or a magical mop, you couldn't dry up an entire body of water!</span>"</p><p class="indent2"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of drying the mop:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">Impossible, it's magically self-replenishing!</span>"</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of inserting something into the ocean:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">And watch it get washed away forever? No thanks.</span>"</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of inserting something into the river Styx:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">And watch it get washed away forever? No thanks.</span>"</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of inserting something into the expansive lake:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">And watch it get washed away forever? No thanks.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">Some carnivorous horses are people in the Augean Stables. Understand "<span class="quote">horse</span>" as the carnivorous horses. The description of the carnivorous horses is "<span class="quote">As you stare at them, they immediately begin to chitter up to you and gnash their teeth. You drop back quickly, hyperventilating. You think it's probably best to avoid these creatures.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">Check asking the carnivorous horses about anything:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">As you attempt to approach the beasts, they immediately begin to chitter up to you and gnash their teeth. You drop back quickly, hyperventilating. You think it's probably best to avoid these creatures.</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Check telling the carnivorous horses about anything:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">As you attempt to approach the beasts, they immediately begin to chitter up to you and gnash their teeth. You drop back quickly, hyperventilating. You think it's probably best to avoid these creatures.</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Check giving anything to the carnivorous horses:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">As you attempt to approach the beasts, they immediately begin to chitter up to you and gnash their teeth. You drop back quickly, hyperventilating. You think it's probably best to avoid these creatures.</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Check showing anything to the carnivorous horses:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">As you attempt to approach the beasts, they immediately begin to chitter up to you and gnash their teeth. You drop back quickly, hyperventilating. You think it's probably best to avoid these creatures.</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent0">The shit is a thing in the Augean Stables. "<span class="quote">An absolutely massive pile of shit is here, covering practically everything.</span>" Understand "<span class="quote">poop</span>" and "<span class="quote">feces</span>" and "<span class="quote">manure</span>" and "<span class="quote">caca</span>" and "<span class="quote">layers</span>" and "<span class="quote">poo</span>" and "<span class="quote">dung</span>" and "<span class="quote">fertilizer</span>" and "<span class="quote">droppings</span>" and "<span class="quote">turds</span>" and "<span class="quote">crap</span>" and "<span class="quote">snot</span>" and "<span class="quote">dead bodies</span>" and "<span class="quote">dead body</span>" and "<span class="quote">spittoons</span>" and "<span class="quote">spittoon</span>" and "<span class="quote">stables</span>" and "<span class="quote">doorframe</span>" and "<span class="quote">shelf</span>" and "<span class="quote">floor</span>" and "<span class="quote">floors</span>" and "<span class="quote">wall</span>" and "<span class="quote">walls</span>" and "<span class="quote">stable</span>" and "<span class="quote">mountain</span>" and "<span class="quote">mountains</span>" and "<span class="quote">doorway</span>" as the shit.</p><p class="indent0">Does the player mean cleaning the stables with something:</p><p class="indent1">it is very unlikely.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Does the player mean cleaning something with the mop:</p><p class="indent1">it is very likely.</p><p class="indent0">Instead of taking the shit:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">Gross... no, you're way too germaphobic to try to do this with your hands. You'd never be able to wash out the smell, let alone the actual substance.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">The hammer is a tool. The hammer is in the Augean Stables. "<span class="quote">The corner of a [</span><span class="substitution">hammer</span><span class="quote">] is peaking out from a high shelf above the massive piles of poop. It's just barely in reach.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">The description of the hammer is "<span class="quote">A medium-sized hammer. It probably gives you a slight bonus to your bludgeoning damage, but considering your noodly arms, probably not more than a +0.5.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">The mop is a thing in the Augean Stables. "<span class="quote">There is a [</span><span class="substitution">mop</span><span class="quote">] hanging outside the doorframe.</span>" A thing can be soapy or dry. A thing is usually dry. The mop is soapy. Understand "<span class="quote">magimop</span>" and "<span class="quote">replenisher</span>" and "<span class="quote">soap</span>" as the mop.</p><p class="indent0">Understand the command "<span class="quote">clean</span>" as something new.</p><p class="indent0">Cleaning it with is an action applying to two things. Understand "<span class="quote">clean [</span><span class="substitution">something</span><span class="quote">] with [</span><span class="substitution">something</span><span class="quote">]</span>" as cleaning it with. Understand the command "<span class="quote">wipe</span>" as something new. Understand the commands "<span class="quote">wipe</span>" and "<span class="quote">wash</span>" as "<span class="quote">clean</span>".</p><p class="indent0">Understand "<span class="quote">limbs</span>" as yourself. </p><p class="indent0">Check cleaning it with:</p><p class="indent1">if the second noun is yourself:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You don't think you'd get very far using only your hands.</span>" instead;</p><p class="indent1">else if the second noun is dry:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You can't clean with that!</span>" instead;</p><p class="indent1">else if the noun is shit:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">Futile. Utterly, completely futile. You'd probably pass out from the effort.</span>" instead;</p><p class="indent1">else if the noun is the carnivorous horses:</p><p class="indent2">if stables-clean is true:</p><p class="indent3">say "<span class="quote">They don't need to be cleaned.</span>" instead;</p><p class="indent2">else:</p><p class="indent3">say "<span class="quote">Futile. Utterly, completely futile. You'd probably pass out from the effort.</span>" instead;</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">[</span><span class="substitution">if the noun is plural-named</span><span class="quote">]They don't need to be cleaned.[</span><span class="substitution">else</span><span class="quote">]That doesn't need to be cleaned.[</span><span class="substitution">end if</span><span class="quote">]</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent2"></p><p class="indent0">Carry out cleaning it with:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">[</span><span class="substitution">if the noun is plural-named</span><span class="quote">]They don't need to be cleaned.[</span><span class="substitution">else</span><span class="quote">]That doesn't need to be cleaned.[</span><span class="substitution">end if</span><span class="quote">]</span>".</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of cleaning the dead Stymphalian birds with the mop:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You clean up the disgusting bird carcasses with the mop, leaving the cursed forest floor clean once again. As you work, you notice the grass underneath the mess has shifted to spell out a message: [</span><span class="substitution">paragraph break</span><span class="quote">]'Don't feed the trolls, clean the trolls! Visit the island of Crete, to the west south and east. Advertisement brought to you by the unionized janitorial Cyclopes of [</span><span class="substitution">italic type</span><span class="quote">]Hephaestus, Inc.[</span><span class="substitution">Roman type</span><span class="quote">]'[</span><span class="substitution">paragraph break</span><span class="quote">]Then, as soon as you manage to read the message, it disappears. How strange.</span>";</p><p class="indent1">now the dead Stymphalian birds are nowhere.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of cleaning the hammock with the mop:</p><p class="indent1">if the score is greater than 5:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You scrub the hammock with the mop and remove some of the dried goo stains and bird feathers, leaving it slightly less bedraggled.</span>";</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">continue the action.</p><p class="indent2"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of cleaning the flag with the mop:</p><p class="indent1">if the score is greater than 5:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You scrub the flag with the mop and remove some of the dried goo stains and bird feathers, leaving it slightly less bedraggled.</span>";</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">continue the action.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Mop-joke is a truth state that varies. Mop-joke is false.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of cleaning the ocean with the mop:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You dry up the ocean completely with your mop!</span>";</p><p class="indent1">now mop-joke is true.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of cleaning the river Styx with the mop:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You dry up the river Styx completely with your mop!</span>";</p><p class="indent1">now mop-joke is true.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of cleaning the expansive lake with the mop:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">You dry up the expansive lake completely with your mop!</span>";</p><p class="indent1">now mop-joke is true.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Mop Punchline is a recurring scene. Mop Punchline begins when mop-joke is true for 3 turns.</p><p class="indent0">When Mop Punchline begins:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">Fooled you, didn't I? You can't mop a body of water, silly!</span>";</p><p class="indent1">now mop-joke is false.</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Mop Punchline ends when mop-joke is false.</p><p class="indent0">Instead of attacking the mop with a tool:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">There'd be no sense breaking your mop unless you wanted to create a wooden stake. But there's no need for such a weapon - you're not Buffy Summers!</span>".</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of attacking something with the mop:</p><p class="indent1">if the noun is the shit or the noun is the dead Stymphalian birds or the noun is the caved-in rocks or the noun is the deep scratches:</p><p class="indent2">try cleaning the noun with the mop instead;</p><p class="indent1">else if the noun is the carnivorous horses:</p><p class="indent2">if stables-clean is true:</p><p class="indent3">say "<span class="quote">As you attempt to approach the beasts, they immediately begin to chitter up to you and gnash their teeth. You drop back quickly, hyperventilating. You think it's probably best to avoid these creatures.</span>" instead;</p><p class="indent2">else:</p><p class="indent3">try cleaning the noun with the mop instead;</p><p class="indent1">else if the noun is the golden hind:</p><p class="indent2">try taking the golden hind instead;</p><p class="indent1">else if the noun is the lion and lion-bottle is true:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">[</span><span class="substitution">The noun</span><span class="quote">] receive[</span><span class="substitution">if the noun is plural-named</span><span class="quote">][</span><span class="substitution">else</span><span class="quote">]s[</span><span class="substitution">end if</span><span class="quote">] a violent bath.[</span><span class="substitution">if the noun is a person</span><span class="quote">] [</span><span class="substitution">They</span><span class="quote">] [</span><span class="substitution">are</span><span class="quote">] now very annoyed. Or at least, [</span><span class="substitution">they</span><span class="quote">] would be if [</span><span class="substitution">they</span><span class="quote">] were awake, which [</span><span class="substitution">they're</span><span class="quote">] not.[</span><span class="substitution">end if</span><span class="quote">]</span>";</p><p class="indent1">else if the noun is Hippolyta and hippolyta-unconscious is true:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">[</span><span class="substitution">The noun</span><span class="quote">] receive[</span><span class="substitution">if the noun is plural-named</span><span class="quote">][</span><span class="substitution">else</span><span class="quote">]s[</span><span class="substitution">end if</span><span class="quote">] a violent bath.[</span><span class="substitution">if the noun is a person</span><span class="quote">] [</span><span class="substitution">They</span><span class="quote">] [</span><span class="substitution">are</span><span class="quote">] now very annoyed. Or at least, [</span><span class="substitution">they</span><span class="quote">] would be if [</span><span class="substitution">they</span><span class="quote">] were conscious, which [</span><span class="substitution">they're</span><span class="quote">] not.[</span><span class="substitution">end if</span><span class="quote">]</span>";</p><p class="indent1">else if the noun is yourself:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You receive a violent bath, but fail to off yourself with the mop.</span>";</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">[</span><span class="substitution">The noun</span><span class="quote">] receive[</span><span class="substitution">if the noun is plural-named</span><span class="quote">][</span><span class="substitution">else</span><span class="quote">]s[</span><span class="substitution">end if</span><span class="quote">] a violent bath.[</span><span class="substitution">if the noun is a person</span><span class="quote">] [</span><span class="substitution">They</span><span class="quote">] [</span><span class="substitution">are</span><span class="quote">] now very annoyed.[</span><span class="substitution">end if</span><span class="quote">]</span>"</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Mopping is an action applying to one thing. Understand "<span class="quote">mop [</span><span class="substitution">something</span><span class="quote">]</span>" as mopping.</p><p class="indent0">Check mopping:</p><p class="indent1">if the player carries the mop:</p><p class="indent2">try cleaning the noun with the mop instead;</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You don't have a mop!</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent2"></p><p class="indent0">Hammering is an action applying to one thing. Understand "<span class="quote">hammer [</span><span class="substitution">something</span><span class="quote">]</span>" as hammering.</p><p class="indent0">Check hammering:</p><p class="indent1">if the player carries the hammer:</p><p class="indent2">try attacking the noun with the hammer instead;</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You don't have a hammer!</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent0">The strip of bacon is an edible thing. "<span class="quote">A strip of bacon is here, lying sadly in front of the doorway.</span>" The strip of bacon is nowhere. The description of the strip of bacon is "<span class="quote">A single slice of fried pig meat is all that's left of the Erymanthian boar.</span>". Understand "<span class="quote">fried</span>" and "<span class="quote">meat</span>" as the strip of bacon.</p><p class="indent0">Instead of smelling the strip of bacon:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">It smells rather alluring, like great fried meat always does.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">Instead of eating the strip of bacon:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">It does smell rather alluring, but you're on a low-acid diet so you can't partake.</span>" </p><p class="indent0">Stables-clean is a truth state that varies. Stables-clean is false.</p><p class="indent0">Some sparkling amenities are things. "<span class="quote">The whole stable glitters with cleanliness and sparkling amenities.</span>" The sparkling amenities are nowhere. Understand "<span class="quote">rainbow chains</span>", "<span class="quote">stables</span>", "<span class="quote">stable</span>", "<span class="quote">chains</span>", "<span class="quote">satin saddles</span>", "<span class="quote">leather saddles</span>", "<span class="quote">saddles</span>", "<span class="quote">shining hair polish</span>", "<span class="quote">hair polish</span>", "<span class="quote">polish</span>", "<span class="quote">marble floors</span>", "<span class="quote">marble</span>", "<span class="quote">satin</span>", "<span class="quote">rainbow</span>", "<span class="quote">leather</span>", "<span class="quote">shining</span>", "<span class="quote">sparkles</span>", "<span class="quote">impeccable riding gear</span>", "<span class="quote">riding</span>", "<span class="quote">gear</span>", "<span class="quote">impeccable</span>", "<span class="quote">riding gear</span>", "<span class="quote">decorations</span>", "<span class="quote">polished stone</span>", "<span class="quote">polished</span>", "<span class="quote">stone</span>", "<span class="quote">gilded tapestries</span>", "<span class="quote">gilded</span>", "<span class="quote">tapestries</span>", "<span class="quote">diamonds</span>", "<span class="quote">silver</span>", "<span class="quote">ornaments</span>", "<span class="quote">stable amenities</span>", "<span class="quote">doorframe</span>", "<span class="quote">shelf</span>", "<span class="quote">finished wood</span>", "<span class="quote">wood</span>", and "<span class="quote">silver ornaments</span>" and "<span class="quote">floor</span>" and "<span class="quote">floors</span>" and "<span class="quote">wall</span>" and "<span class="quote">walls</span>" and "<span class="quote">diamond</span>" and "<span class="quote">doorway</span>" and "<span class="quote">saddle</span>" as the sparkling amenities.</p><p class="indent0">Digging is an action applying to nothing. Understand "<span class="quote">dig</span>" as digging.</p><p class="indent0">Check digging:</p><p class="indent1">if the player is in the Augean Stables and stables-clean is false:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">Gross... no, you're way too germaphobic to try to do this with your hands. You'd never be able to wash out the smell, let alone the actual substance.</span>" instead.</p><p class="indent2"></p><p class="indent0">Report digging:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">The ground is too hard here, and you don't have a shovel.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">Instead of swinging the hammer:</p><p class="indent1">if the player carries the hammer:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You give it a whirl, trip over your two left feet, and fall down[</span><span class="substitution">if the player is in the Augean Stables</span><span class="quote">], right into the pile of shit. Gross!![</span><span class="substitution">line break</span><span class="quote">][</span><span class="substitution">else</span><span class="quote">]. Ugh.[</span><span class="substitution">line break</span><span class="quote">][</span><span class="substitution">end if</span><span class="quote">][</span><span class="substitution">line break</span><span class="quote">]You quickly return to your feet.</span>";</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You don't have that.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">Instead of taking the sparkling amenities:</p><p class="indent1">say "<span class="quote">Better leave all these stable amenities be, you don't want to mess anything up.</span>"</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">The description of the sparkling amenities is "<span class="quote">Absolutely gorgeous!</span>".</p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Instead of attacking the frozen ham with the box of matches:</p><p class="indent1">if the player is in the Augean Stables:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You're on the right track, but you can't quickly melt something that big, you'll have to break it into chunks somehow first.</span>";</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">Not here! All that would give you is some wet, dripping frozen ham.</span>"</p><p class="indent0">Instead of attacking the frozen ham with the hammer:</p><p class="indent1">if the player is in the Augean Stables and the player carries the box of matches and the score is 4:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You hammer the ice cube surrounding the ham. Soon, ice covers the floor of the stables and you are left with a rather cold ham, which the carnivorous horses soon distract themselves with. You flare up a match and flick it onto the icy floor. The ice begins to rapidly melt until the whole room is flooded. (It was a really large ice cube.) You open the door, and the water floods out, leaving the room sparkling clean. Your hammer and box of matches were washed away by the water, and all that's left of the ham is a small strip of bacon lying sadly in front of the doorway.</span>";</p><p class="indent2">now the frozen ham is in the lost-and-found box;</p><p class="indent2">now the shit is nowhere;</p><p class="indent2">now the sparkling amenities are in the Augean Stables;</p><p class="indent2">now the matches are in the lost-and-found box;</p><p class="indent2">now the hammer is in the lost-and-found box;</p><p class="indent2">now stables-clean is true;</p><p class="indent2">now the strip of bacon is in the Augean Stables;</p><p class="indent2">increase the score by 1;</p><p class="indent2">follow the notify score changes rule;</p><p class="indent2">try requesting the score;</p><p class="indent1">else if the player is in the Augean Stables and the score is 4:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">You're on the right track, but you're going to need some heat to melt the ice once it's in pieces across the room.</span>";</p><p class="indent1">else:</p><p class="indent2">say "<span class="quote">Not here! All that would give you is some pieces of ice ham.</span>".</p><p class="indent0">test stables with "<span class="quote">take frozen ham/ e/ se/ s/ s/ e/ ask Iolaus about the box of matches/ w/ n/ n/ nw/ w/ sw/ w/ take hammer/ attack frozen ham with hammer</span>"</p><p class="indent0"> </p> | |
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