Citizen of Nowhere — 32 of 40

Section 46 - Inside Number 10 Clowning Street

inprime is a room

printed name of inprime is "Inside Number 10 Clowning Street"

There is a desk inside inprime.

An office chair is an enterable supporter.

Instead of entering office chair:

Say "The PM is on the chair!"

An office chair is inside inprime.

The Prime Minister is a female person on an office chair.

The indefinite article of prime minister is "The"

Description of prime minister is "Jane Smith, Nowhere's first Prime Minister. A fiercly intelligent and honourable lady. She has silver-grey hair in a short bob and is wearing a smart blue trouser suit. She is reading through some papers on her desk.";

Papers are a scenery object on the desk.

Description of papers is "A collection of official looking papers, you can see that one is titled [']Conditions of Surrender[']"

Description of desk is "A highly polished mahognony Executive Desk, covered in official papers."

Instead of taking papers:

Say "They are not for your eyes."

Instead of taking off uniform2 when player is inside inprime:

Say "Probably best to keep your disguise on for now!"

Instead of talking to prime minister for first time:

Say "The prime minister looks up from her reading and says 'Yes what is it now!? You already have me under house arrest and I'm reading through these ridiculous conditions of surrender!' As she looks at you with her fierce eyes there is a flash of recognition and she laughs,[paragraph break] 'Ha! Nice disguise! Thank god for a friendly face. Well you can see the situation for yourself, I'm stuck here, most of our troops are locked up inside the barracks inside the castle, King Being of Somewhere has taken up residence in the castle, when he's not terrorizing people in that goddamn airship of his! [paragraph break]She lowers her voice to a whisper, ‘Our only hope apart from the pie in the sky weapons of Oz here’ (Oz raises his head and winks at you), ‘is that our heavy troops are still in hiding to the far east of the city. I've been trying to get word to them to relieve the city but I'm stuck here with my every move monitored. Here, take this (she hands you a note), find a carrier pigeon and get word to the troops. If you can possible get in the castle and cause some mischief that would help, you'll need this to get in’ (she hands you a codebook).[paragraph break] The PM sighs and says 'You and your father have done so much for this country already, I'm sorry for this burden.'";

Move note to player;

Move codebook to player.

Instead of talking to prime minister:

Say "'You better get moving, the city won't hold out for much longer!'"

Instead of asking prime minister about something:

Say "'Never mind that for now, you better get moving, the city won't hold out for much longer!'"

Understand "PM" as prime minister.

A note is an object

A note is nowhere.

Description of note is "A note on official government paper with a wax seal. It is addressed to[italic type] Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, acting commander of the 1st Armoured Division of Nowhere.[roman type]"

Instead of reading note:

Say "The note is sealed and not for your eyes."

A codebook is an object

A codebook is nowhere.

Description of codebook is "A leather bound notebook, it reads:[paragraph break][bold type]******TOP SECRET******[line break]Order of Operations To Lower Drawbridge[roman type] [paragraph break] 1. Stand on Signalling Platform[line break] 2. Wave green flag to start message.[line break] 3. Wave black and white flags in correct order to signal the number 4 in binary.[line break] 4. Wave red flag to end message."

Instead of reading codebook:

Say "[bold type]******TOP SECRET******[line break]Order of Operations To Lower Drawbridge[roman type] [paragraph break] 1. Stand on Signalling Platform[line break] 2. Wave green flag to start message.[line break] 3. Wave black and white flags in correct order to signal the number 4 in binary.[line break] 4. Wave red flag to end message."

The Wizard2 is a person inside inprime.

Printed name of Wizard2 is "Wizard of Ounces"

Understand "Wizard of Ounces", "Wizard" and "Oz" as wizard2.

Indefinite article of wizard2 is "the".

The wizard2 is wearing a cape2.

description of cape2 is "A long black cape with many folds."

understand "cape" as cape2

printed name of cape2 is "cape"

The wizard2 is wearing a pointedhat2.

Description of pointedhat2 is "A conical pointed hat with no brim, it has a pattern of stars on it."

Understand "pointed hat" as pointedhat2

printed name of pointedhat2 is "pointed hat".

a beard2 is part of wizard2.

description of beard2 is "A white santa-claus type beard."

understand "beard" as beard2

printed name of beard2 is "beard".

Instead of talking to wizard2 for first time:

Say "'Hello again' he says, 'been having fun?'"

Instead of talking to wizard2 for second time:

Say "You sure pissed off the Giant! Pretty funny though!"

Instead of talking to wizard2:

Say "Be careful out there, the King of Somewhere is a sadistic little grub of a man."

Description of the wizard2 is "Cape, pointed hat, beard, you know the kind of thing. Think Dumbledore, but less derivative of Gandalf.[paragraph break]He is currently fiddling with some contraption with wires."

Description of contraption is "Another of Oz's creations, it looks a bit like a cross between a cannon and a crossbow, but smaller. A messy tangle of wires are attached in various places. It is letting out a low frequency hum."

wizard2 is carrying the contraption.

Instead of taking contraption:

If player is inside inprime:

Say "'Sorry' says Oz, 'It's not ready yet.'";

Otherwise:

Say "You decide to leave the damn thing alone, there has been enough killing today."

Instead of asking wizard2 about something:

Say "'I'm not too sure about that.' says Oz"

instead of asking wizard2 about something when the player's command includes "giant":

Say "'You sure pissed him off! Funniest thing I've seen in ages!'"

instead of asking wizard2 about something when the player's command includes "King of Somewhere":

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

instead of asking wizard2 about something when the player's command includes "Somewhere":

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

instead of asking wizard2 about something when the player's command includes "contraption":

Say "'It's a new thing I'm working on, it's a handheld weapon, but at the moment it's too dangerous to use.'"

instead of asking wizard2 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 wizard2 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 wizard2 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!'"