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Expand Up @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ The typographer's office is a facade in Sigil Street. It is scenery.
Instead of looking toward Back Alley:
say "It doesn't look like there's anything interesting back that way."

Back Alley is south of Sigil Street. The description is "[one of]This isn't much, is it? Just[or]There is nothing here but[stopping] the back sides of a couple of [yellow buildings], some peeling yellow paint[one of], and[or];[stopping] not even much by way of windows to look in through. [if Sigil Street is unvisited]I think the place where [we] had the procedure done is just a block or two away, but I've already lost the door. I imagine they change it. [end if]
Back Alley is south of Sigil Street. It is improper-named. The description is "[one of]This isn't much, is it? Just[or]There is nothing here but[stopping] the back sides of a couple of [yellow buildings], some peeling yellow paint[one of], and[or];[stopping] not even much by way of windows to look in through. [if Sigil Street is unvisited]I think the place where [we] had the procedure done is just a block or two away, but I've already lost the door. I imagine they change it. [end if]

This alley runs north to the open street, towards the town square[if Sigil Street is unvisited]. That's the way [we][']ll want to go first[end if]."
The dull house-back is a facade in Back Alley. It fronts south. It is scenery. The description is "The owners of the house obviously didn't want a view in this direction, as there aren't any windows to see through, just a wall scarred by decades of occasional remodeling."
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Section 3 - Church Forecourt

The Church Forecourt is [south of Food Corner,] northwest of Fair, west of Park Center, [southwest of Postcard Stalls,] and north of Midway.
The Church Forecourt is [south of Food Corner,] northwest of Fair, west of Park Center, [southwest of Postcard Stalls,] and north of Midway. The Church Forecourt is improper-named.

Rule for distantly describing the Church Forecourt:
if the player is in New Church:
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Section 1 - Old City Walls

The Old City Walls are north of the Monumental Staircase. Understand "wall" as Old City Walls. The description is "Only portions of the old walls still stand, but you can walk along what remains, as though you were defending the place. They're a me[ter] and a half wide, made of ashlar blocks. On the vertical faces these blocks are still rough, but underfoot they have been worn smooth by the passage of many defenders and (subsequently) tourists. One of the [defaced ashlar block]s in the wall has even been defaced, some old inscription gouged out.[one of]
The Old City Walls are north of the Monumental Staircase. The Old City Walls are plural-named. Understand "wall" as Old City Walls. The description is "Only portions of the old walls still stand, but you can walk along what remains, as though you were defending the place. They're a me[ter] and a half wide, made of ashlar blocks. On the vertical faces these blocks are still rough, but underfoot they have been worn smooth by the passage of many defenders and (subsequently) tourists. One of the [defaced ashlar block]s in the wall has even been defaced, some old inscription gouged out.[one of]

I used to like to climb around up here when I was a kid. I made believe[--] oh, you'll think it's silly.[or][stopping]

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Expand Up @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ aquarium-exterior is a facade in Deep Street. It fronts east. The printed name i
The description is "[if Aquarium is visited]The outside manages to give an impression of poverty, gloom, and probable drug use; though, having seen the inside, I am going to guess that the real issues are sloth and kookiness[otherwise]I've never been inside the Aquarium: the outside never looked terribly savory. Perhaps that's the point[end if]."

Rule for writing a topic sentence about aquarium-exterior when aquarium-exterior is not as-yet-unknown:
say "[if boldening is true][bold type][end if]The Aquarium Bookstore[roman type] is to the east. [if aquarium-closed-sign is in location]There's a closed sign in the window and a forbidding atmosphere[otherwise]It's dim inside, but occasional movements suggest that the proprietor, Slango's friend Lena, is inside[end if]. "
say "[The Aquarium] is to the east. [if aquarium-closed-sign is in location]There's a closed sign in the window and a forbidding atmosphere[otherwise]It's dim inside, but occasional movements suggest that the proprietor, Slango's friend Lena, is inside[end if]. "

A ranking rule when aquarium-exterior is not as-yet-unknown and Aquarium is visited and a car (called target) is in the location:
increase description-rank of the target by 20.
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Section 2 - The Aquarium

The Aquarium Bookstore is east of Deep Street. It is a privately-controlled proper-named checkpoint room. It is indoors. The description is "The shop takes its name from the [collection of fish] mounted on every wall: swordfish, bass, other things I don't recogn[ize]. Underneath these dubious tokens, the walls are covered with bookshelves, and there are stacks of books on the floor where the shelves have proven insufficient."
The Aquarium Bookstore is east of Deep Street. It is a privately-controlled improper-named checkpoint room. It is indoors. The description is "The shop takes its name from the [collection of fish] mounted on every wall: swordfish, bass, other things I don't recogn[ize]. Underneath these dubious tokens, the walls are covered with bookshelves, and there are stacks of books on the floor where the shelves have proven insufficient."

The aquarium-shelving is scenery in the aquarium. Understand "shelves" or "bookshelves" or "shelving" as the aquarium-shelving. The printed name is "shelving". The description is "They're completely crammed with books."

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Section 8 - Docks

The Docks are north of the Fish Market. It is checkpoint. The description is "Here are some dozens of [boats] tied up: some of them are small to medium-sized fishing craft, some tourist boats for trips around the island, some merely ferries to the deeper harbor where the cruise ships anchor."
The Docks are north of the Fish Market. They are plural-named and checkpoint. The description is "Here are some dozens of [boats] tied up: some of them are small to medium-sized fishing craft, some tourist boats for trips around the island, some merely ferries to the deeper harbor where the cruise ships anchor."

The boats are scenery in the Docks. Understand "craft" or "fishing craft" or "tourist" or "ferries" as the boats. The description is "I know nothing about boats. You, on the other hand, appear to have an unnerving awareness of which of these craft are here on legal business and which are engaged in some form of smuggling or refugee-assistance."

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[The concept of the Monkey came fairly early.]

The Counterfeit Monkey is west of the Docks. It is proper-named and indoors. The description is "[one of]It takes a minute for us to adjust to the light in here. [or]Infamously this pub was raided in 1929, the year that the Bureau developed its first meager attempt at an Authentication Scope, and dozens of smugglers and fraudulent businessmen went to jail. But neither that raid nor subsequent scrutiny has ever shut the place down entirely. [or][stopping]Built when people were a bit shorter and ceilings were a bit lower, the Counterfeit Monkey is always smoky and never well lit, even in the middle of the day."
The Counterfeit Monkey is west of the Docks. It is improper-named and indoors. The description is "[one of]It takes a minute for us to adjust to the light in here. [or]Infamously this pub was raided in 1929, the year that the Bureau developed its first meager attempt at an Authentication Scope, and dozens of smugglers and fraudulent businessmen went to jail. But neither that raid nor subsequent scrutiny has ever shut the place down entirely. [or][stopping]Built when people were a bit shorter and ceilings were a bit lower, the Counterfeit Monkey is always smoky and never well lit, even in the middle of the day."

Out-direction of Counterfeit Monkey is east. [To the docks]

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Expand Up @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ The hotel has recently had a face lift, with the silly old ornamentation pried o
If you are my mother, you call this style Atlantean Postmodern. Less kindly, it is something from the sweaty dreams of an upscale swimming-pool installer."


Fleur d'Or lobby is indoors, proper-named and southern. The room divider is a scenery thing in Fleur d'Or Lobby. The printed name is "sheet of frosted glass". Understand "glass" or "sheet" or "sheet of" or "frosted" or "annotation" or "primordial" or "primeval" or "sea" as the room divider. The description is "The glass is a good three quarters of an inch thick, and looks very sturdy. The etched letters glow or fade out again depending on the changing light conditions in the lobby.
Fleur d'Or lobby is indoors, improper-named and southern. The room divider is a scenery thing in Fleur d'Or Lobby. The printed name is "sheet of frosted glass". Understand "glass" or "sheet" or "sheet of" or "frosted" or "annotation" or "primordial" or "primeval" or "sea" as the room divider. The description is "The glass is a good three quarters of an inch thick, and looks very sturdy. The etched letters glow or fade out again depending on the changing light conditions in the lobby.

Annotation in the corner indicates that this is a commissioned artwork by Anne Landis Rosehip, entitled 'The Primeval Sea.'"

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Section 4 - Drinks Club

Fleur d'Or Drinks Club is west of Fleur d'Or Lobby. It is indoors, checkpoint, proper-named and southern. The description is "The back wall is dramatically decorated with bottled liquors of all sorts, from gin to cachaça; there's a giant bottle of Campari, taller than your average three-year-old, with a red ribbon around its neck.
Fleur d'Or Drinks Club is west of Fleur d'Or Lobby. It is indoors, checkpoint, improper-named and southern. The description is "The back wall is dramatically decorated with bottled liquors of all sorts, from gin to cachaça; there's a giant bottle of Campari, taller than your average three-year-old, with a red ribbon around its neck.

What makes this place technically a drinks club rather than a bar is its lic[ense] to serve letter-manufactured food and drink. [A toolkit] on the [dor-bar-top] contains [a list of things *in the toolkit], ready to be transformed into their respective cocktails."

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Section 2 - Babel Cafe

South of Palm Square is Babel Café. Understand "cafe" as the Babel Café. The description of Babel Café is "Through many changes of management, this institution has fed the denizens of the university and ignored their semi-sedition." Babel Café is indoors, proper-named and southern.
South of Palm Square is Babel Café. Understand "cafe" as the Babel Café. The description of Babel Café is "Through many changes of management, this institution has fed the denizens of the university and ignored their semi-sedition." Babel Café is indoors, improper-named and southern.

Out-direction of Babel Café is north. [Back to Palm Square]

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Southwest of Palm Square is a apartment door. apartment door is a lockable locked door. It is scenery. Southwest of apartment door is My Apartment.

My Apartment is southern checkpoint. Understand "home" as My Apartment.
My Apartment is southern proper-named checkpoint. Understand "home" as My Apartment.

Understand "go home" as home-going. Home-going is an action applying to nothing.

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Understand "force [something openable]" or "force [something openable] open" as opening.

Rule for printing the name of my apartment while listing exits or facing:
[Rule for printing the name of my apartment while listing exits or facing:
say "my apartment".

Rule for printing the name of apartment bathroom while listing exits or facing:
say "apartment bathroom".
say "apartment bathroom".]

After going through the bathroom window:
let N be the number of entries in the path so far of the player;
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Section 5 - Higgate's Office

Higgate's office is an office. It is privately-controlled, checkpoint and southern.
Higgate's Office is an office. It is privately-controlled, checkpoint and southern.

Higgate's office door is west of the Language Studies Department Office. Higgate's office door is a door. It is open and lockable and scenery. The description is "A nondescript office door with Professor Higgate's name on it." Understand "west door" or "name" as higgate's office door when the location is the Language Studies Department Office.

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Section 11 - Lecture Hall

Lecture Hall 1 is east of Samuel Johnson Basement. The description is "The main lecture hall used for large survey courses in language studies offered to undergraduates. I sat through courses here when I was an undergraduate myself, and have now delivered a few lectures as a teaching assistant." Lecture Hall 1 is indoors and southern and checkpoint.
Lecture Hall 1 is east of Samuel Johnson Basement. The description is "The main lecture hall used for large survey courses in language studies offered to undergraduates. I sat through courses here when I was an undergraduate myself, and have now delivered a few lectures as a teaching assistant." Lecture Hall 1 is indoors, southern, improper-named and checkpoint.

Out-direction of Lecture Hall 1 is west. [Back to Samuel Johnson basement]

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After printing the name of Lecture Hall 1 while not constructing the status line:
say " [roman type](at the [podium])".

Instead of looking toward Lecture Hall 1 when the location is Samuel Johnson Basement:
Rule for distantly describing Lecture Hall 1 when the location is Samuel Johnson Basement:
say "There is a lecture room to the east."

Instead of looking toward Lecture Hall 1:
Rule for distantly describing Lecture Hall 1:
say "[We] see the podium that way."

The podium is a supporter in Lecture Hall 1. It is scenery. The description is "An advanced, pre-wired [podium] that allows the instructor to project slides from a laptop or show movies."
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Sanity-check looking under the conference poster when the conference poster is fixed in place:
say "That would be hard to do without ripping it off the wall." instead.

Lecture Hall 2 is south of Lecture Hall 1. The printed name is "Lecture Hall". Understand "seats" or "among the seats" or "among seats" or "(among seats)" or "(among the seats)" as Lecture Hall 2. Lecture Hall 2 is indoors and southern.
Lecture Hall 2 is south of Lecture Hall 1. The printed name is "Lecture Hall". Understand "seats" or "among the seats" or "among seats" or "(among seats)" or "(among the seats)" as Lecture Hall 2. Lecture Hall 2 is indoors, improper-named and southern.
The description is "Many are the fine hours I have spent here dozing; and many are the students of mine who have done the same. The circle of life becomes complete."

After printing the name of Lecture Hall 2 while not constructing the status line:
say " [roman type](among the [if boldening is true][bold type][end if]seats[roman type])".

Instead of looking toward Lecture Hall 2:
Rule for distantly describing Lecture Hall 2:
say "[We] see the seats that way."

Some wooden seats are supporters in Lecture Hall 2. Understand "hard" or "wood" as the wooden seats. The initial appearance is "The room extends [if Location is Lecture Hall 1]south[otherwise]north[end if], full of hard [wooden seats]." The description is "Ingeniously uncomfortable."
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Section 1 - Foot of Stairs

Below Bureau Hallway is Bureau Basement South. Bureau Basement South is indoors, forbidden and southern. Understand "bureau basement s" as Bureau Basement South. The description of Bureau Basement South is "[We] have descended into a windowless underground passage. The hallway runs [north] from here, and for an eerily long way [--] the tunnels must extend well beyond the above-ground profile of the building."
Below Bureau Hallway is Bureau Basement South. Bureau Basement South is indoors, forbidden, improper-named, and southern. Understand "bureau basement s" as Bureau Basement South. The description of Bureau Basement South is "[We] have descended into a windowless underground passage. The hallway runs [north] from here, and for an eerily long way [--] the tunnels must extend well beyond the above-ground profile of the building."

Out-direction of Bureau Basement South is up. [To bureau hallway]

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Section 2 - Basement Middle

North of Bureau Basement South is Bureau Basement Middle. It is indoors, forbidden and southern. The description of Bureau Basement Middle is "The hallway continues both [north] and [south], flanked by doors painted immutable col[our]s: hyacinth, celadon, chartreuse."
North of Bureau Basement South is Bureau Basement Middle. It is indoors, forbidden, improper-named, and southern. The description of Bureau Basement Middle is "The hallway continues both [north] and [south], flanked by doors painted immutable col[our]s: hyacinth, celadon, chartreuse."

The hyacinth door, the celadon door, and the chartreuse door are scenery in Bureau Basement Middle.

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Section 3 - Secret Section

Bureau Basement Secret Section is indoors, checkpoint, forbidden and southern. The description is "The heightened security on this side of the door is obvious everywhere [we] look. The floor is tiled in paisley tiles. The light fixtures give off pale pink light. The walls are covered in frog leather. The doors are locked with padlocks the size of handbags, locks decorated à la Louis Quinze, combination locks made of solid gold. There is not a bare noun in sight."
Bureau Basement Secret Section is indoors, checkpoint, forbidden, improper-named, and southern. The description is "The heightened security on this side of the door is obvious everywhere [we] look. The floor is tiled in paisley tiles. The light fixtures give off pale pink light. The walls are covered in frog leather. The doors are locked with padlocks the size of handbags, locks decorated à la Louis Quinze, combination locks made of solid gold. There is not a bare noun in sight."

Out-direction of Bureau Basement Secret Section is south. [Bureau basement middle]

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