Citizen of Nowhere — 25 of 40

Section 26 - The Forsaken Cavern

The Forsaken Cavern is a room.

The printed name of the forsaken cavern is "The Forsaken Cavern".

A workbench is a supporter inside the forsaken cavern.

On the workbench are some kipple.

Printed name of some kipple is "strange and complicated looking things."

Understand "all manner", "manner", "strange", "complicated", "complicated looking", "things", "strange and complicated things" and "complicated looking things" as kipple.

Instead of asking wizard about "electrickery":

Say "'It's the future!' says the Wizard. [paragraph break]'It almost works like magic, but it follows knowable rules, I just haven't worked out what they all are yet."

Instead of examining kipple for the first time:

Say "On the workbench there is a tangled jumble of wires, some of which are wound around magnets, lumps of what appear to be copper and lead, coloured glass, gears, hubs, springs, levers, buttons and a whole load of other odd things that you don't even recognise.[paragraph break] One particular item seems to be emitting a soft white light, the Wizard sees your interest and says, [paragraph break] 'Ah that's something new I've been working on, a flameless torch!'[paragraph break] He hands the item to you.[paragraph break] 'It uses electrickery! My research on it got me thrown out of the Magic Guild, but I care not, I know the future when I see it! Why don't you borrow it for a while and test it out for me.' [paragraph break] You take it from him and see that it has a small green button on it. You press it and the light goes out.";

Move torch to the player.

Instead of examining kipple:

Say "On the workbench there is a tangled jumble of wires, some of which are wound around magnets, lumps of what appear to be copper and zinc, coloured glass, gears, hubs, springs, levers, buttons and a whole load of other odd things that you don't even recognise."

Instead of examining workbench:

try examining kipple.

Instead of taking kipple:

Say "You can't carry all that stuff around, and beside it belongs to the Wizard and you have no clue what half of it is for."

A tangled jumble of wires is a scenery object inside the forsaken cavern.

Some magnets are a scenery object inside the forsaken cavern.

Instead of taking magnets:

Say "They're not yours."

Some lumps of copper are a scenery object inside the forsaken cavern.

Instead of taking lumps of copper:

Say "They're not yours."

Some lumps of zinc are a scenery object inside the forsaken cavern.

Instead of taking lumps of zinc:

Say "They're not yours."

Some coloured glass are a scenery object inside the forsaken cavern.

Instead of taking coloured glass:

Say "They're not yours."

Some gears are a scenery object inside the forsaken cavern.

Instead of taking gears:

Say "They're not yours."

Some springs are a scenery object inside the forsaken cavern.

Instead of taking springs:

Say "They're not yours."

Some levers are a scenery object inside the forsaken cavern.

Instead of taking levers:

Say "They're not yours."

Some buttons are a scenery object inside the forsaken cavern.

Instead of taking buttons:

Say "They're not yours."

A light source is a kind of device.

Carry out switching on a light source: now the noun is lit.

Carry out switching off a light source: now the noun is unlit.

The torch is a light source.

The torch is nowhere.

Printed name of torch is "flameless torch"

Description of torch is "The flameless torch is a silver metal cylinder, with a tangled mess of wires sticking out of it, and a small green button on the side. It is embossed with the letters O.E.D."

The torch is switched off.

Instead of switching on torch:

Say "You press the switch on the flameless torch, it makes a [italic type]fizzzz![roman type] noise and gives you a painful shock. It is now emitting a pale blue-white light";

Now torch is switched on;

Now the torch is lit.

A small green button is part of the torch.

Description of small green button is "It is small, green and buttony. It is carelessly fixed to the body of the torch at a skewed angle."

Instead of pushing small green button:

If torch is switched off:

try switching on torch;

Otherwise:

try switching off torch.

Instead of asking wizard about "torch":

Say "fff"

Blowing is an action applying to one visible thing.

Understand "blow [something]", "blow on [something]", "blow into [something]", "blow [someone]", "blow on [someone]", "blow into [someone]" and "blow out [something]" as blowing.

Instead of blowing something:

Say "You blow on [regarding the noun] [them]. nothing happens."

Instead of blowing someone:

Say "You blow on [regarding the noun] [them]. Nothing happens except some social awkwardness."

Instead of blowing Dylan:

Say "You blow on Dylan. Dylan rapidly shakes his head in irritation."

Instead of blowing the snake:

Say "That's probably not a good idea!"

Inside of the Exterior Cave is the forsaken cavern.

The Wizard of Ounces is inside the forsaken cavern.

The Wizard of Ounces is a person.

Understand "oz" as wizard of ounces.

Indefinite article of wizard of ounces is "The".

Instead of smelling the forsaken cavern:

Say "It has a stale smell of ammonia and dankness, as if some exotic animal once lived in here for a long time."

Instead of talking to the Wizard for the first time:

Say "'That was a neat trick to get past the snake' says the Wizard [paragraph break] 'I find it keeps most of the unwelcome visitors away. At least any that get past usually deserve to enter.'[paragraph break] The wizard stretches out his hand and you shake it. He says,[paragraph break]'I'm the Wizard of Ounces or 'Oz' for short, nice to meet you.'"

Instead of talking to the Wizard for second time:

Say "'Be careful if you are heading to the maze' says the Wizard, 'it's an epic labyrinth, rumour is that someone got lost in there and has never been seen since.'"

Instead of talking to the WIzard:

Say "'Hadn't you better be getting on?' says the Wizard."

Instead of asking wizard about something:

Say "'I'm not sure about that.' says the Wizard."

The wizard is wearing a cape.

description of cape is "A long black cape with many folds."

The wizard is wearing a pointed hat.

Description of pointed hat is "A conical pointed hat with no brim, it has a pattern of stars on it."

a beard is part of wizard.

description of beard is "A white santa-claus type beard."

Description of the wizard is "Cape, pointed hat, beard, you know the kind of thing. Think Dumbledore, but less derivative of Gandalf."

Instead of showing strange object to wizard for the first time:

Say "'Oh so you've been going through my bins have you?' says the Wizard, 'It's a way diviner, or at least it used to be, it's broken and too fiddly for my eyes to fix.'"

Instead of showing strange object to wizard:

Say "'Yes I you already showed it to me,' says the Wizard, 'it's a broken way diviner.'"

Instead of giving strange object to wizard for the first time:

Say "'Oh so you've been going through my bins have you?' says the Wizard, 'It's a way diviner, or at least it used to be, it's broken and it's too fiddly for my old eyes to fix'"

Instead of giving strange object to wizard:

Say "'Yes I you already showed it to me,' says the Wizard, 'it's a broken way diviner.'"

Instead of showing mazesolver to wizard for first time:

Say "'You fixed it! I am impressed it should get you out of any maze you find yourself in.' He hands it back to you."

Instead of showing mazesolver to wizard:

Say "'You already showed it to me' says the Wizard, 'You did well to get it fixed.'"

Instead of giving mazesolver to wizard for the first time:

Say "'You fixed it! I am impressed it should get you out of any maze you find yourself in.' He hands it back to you."

instead of giving mazesolver to wizard:

Say "'You already showed it to me' says the Wizard, 'You did well to get it fixed.'"

instead of asking wizard about something when the player's command includes "mazesolver":

Say "'It will lead you out of any maze by pointing in the direction you need to go.'"

instead of asking wizard about something when the player's command includes "strange object":

If player is carrying strange object:

Say "You show the wizard the strange object. 'Oh so you've been going through my bins have you?' says the Wizard, 'It's a way diviner, or at least it used to be, it's broken and too fiddly for my old eyes to fix.";

Otherwise:

Say "You describe the strange object to the Wizard 'Oh so you've been going through my bins have you?' says the Wizard, 'It's a way diviner, or at least it used to be, it's broken and too fiddly for my eyes to fix it.";

instead of asking wizard about something when the player's command includes "magic guild":

Say "'They threw me out for my research on electrickery! Natural science is considered heresy!'"

instead of asking wizard about something when the player's command includes "guild":

Say "'They threw me out for my research on electrickery! Natural science is considered heresy!'"

instead of asking wizard about something when the player's command includes "magic":

Say "'I'm done with magic, all that incantation and scrying. The occult is the knowledge of the hidden, now I'm interested in knowledge of the measurable. Quite apt given my name, the irony of nominative determinism!'"

instead of asking wizard about something when the player's command includes "giant":

Say "'You want to be wary of him, if you annoy him and he catches you, you'll be in trouble!'"

instead of asking wizard about something when the player's command includes "King of Somewhere":

Say "'The King of Somewhere is a cruel tyrant."

instead of asking wizard about something when the player's command includes "Somewhere":

Say "'The King of Somewhere is a cruel tyrant."