Citizen of Nowhere — 8 of 40

Section 9 - Northern Meadow

The Northern Meadow is a room.

South of your vegetable patch is the Northern Meadow.

The letter is an object.

Instead of examining letter for the first time:

Say "With some relief you realise that the letter is just an invitation. It reads:[paragraph break][bold type][italic type]As a valued supplier of goods to the capital you are herby invited to a garden party as an honoured guest of the Prime Minister.[paragraph break]Date: 12th May [paragraph break]Location: The walled garden of the old King's Castle, City of Lost[paragraph break][roman type]'Oh no!', you think to yourself, it's always a ridiculous hassle travelling down south, and you have long detested the city of Lost and the southern way of life, but it's a kind invite and you feel obliged to support the new democratic regime.[paragraph break]'Come on Dylan' you say, giving him a stroke, 'let's see what mischief we can get up to this time!'[paragraph break]".

Description of letter is "[italic type]As a valued supplier of goods to the capital you are herby invited to a garden party as an honoured guest of the Prime Minister.[paragraph break]Date: 12th May [paragraph break]Location: The walled garden of the old King's Castle, City of Lost[paragraph break]".

Instead of dropping letter:

Say "Better hold on to the letter, they won't let you into the party without it."

Description of the Northern Meadow is "You are in the meadow outside your hovel, several acres of wild grassland and wild flowers. You may be lonely out here sometimes, but the beauty of the landscape is some consolation.[if northern meadow is not visited][paragraph break]As you step out of your home there is a beating of wings above your head. Looking up, you see a pigeon rapidly disappearing out of sight as a letter flutters to your feet. You pick it up.[paragraph break]On the wind you can hear the distant shout of what sounds like a steam of obscenities questioning the sexual behaviour of your mother and suggesting that you go forth and multiply, followed by laughter coming from the pigeon's direction before it disappears from sight.[paragraph break]You sigh and think to yourself 'Now what!?'";

Before going south when player is in your vegetable patch:

If Letter is not carried by player, now letter is carried by player;

Move player to Northern Meadow;

rule succeeds instead.

Some wild flowers are inside the northern meadow.

Description of wild flowers is "There is a multitude of beautiful wild flowers, bowing gently in the breeze."

Instead of taking wild flowers:

Say "You decide to leave the flowers for the visiting bees to enjoy."

Wild flowers are scenery.

Instead of smelling wild flowers:

Say "You bend over and sniff a few of the flowers. The petals tickle your nose and the smell is sweet."

A gourd is inside the northern woods.

Instead of examining the gourd for the first time:

Say "A discarded dried out old gourd. It is spherical with two holes at one end and a single hole at the other.[paragraph break] As you are examining the gourd a convenient gust of wind blows across the top of it, making the air inside resonate, producing a loud humming noise."

Description of gourd is "A discarded dried out old gourd. It is spherical with a two holes at one end and a single hole at the other."

Instead of blowing gourd:

Say "You blow into the gourd and it makes a loud humming noise."

Instead of playing gourd:

Say "You blow into the gourd and it makes a loud humming noise."