%send% %actor% The guard whispers to you 'Please do not tell me you are giving up!'
else
wait 1 s
tell %actor.name% Halt! You cannot pass here.
wait 2 s
msend %actor% The guard seems to think for a minute, looking you up and down.
wait 2 s
msend %actor% The guard takes a deep breath and glances nervously over his shoulder, before turning back to you.
wait 3 s
%send% %actor% The guard whispers to you 'You look like a person of great might. Perhaps you could help us...'
wait 2 s
msend %actor% The guard glances quickly over his shoulder again.
wait 2 s
%send% %actor% The guard whispers to you 'An evil sorceress has taken over our caves, and is forcing my people to build her a palace in the mountainside.'
wait 3 s
%send% %actor% The guard whispers to you 'She is most cruel, and if you can rid us of her we would be eternally grateful.'
wait 2 s
%send% %actor% The guard whispers to you 'I will let you pass, though it may cost my life.'
wait 2 s
%send% %actor% The guard whispers to you 'Please do not let us down!'
set Zn27_greeted 1
remote Zn27_greeted %actor.id%
wait 2 s
msend %actor% The guard whispers to you: Here, take this and hold it if your eyes are not accustomed to the dark.
%echo% A little girl walks into the room and peers at you curiously.
wait 2 s
%echo% The little girl whispers 'Are you real?'
wait 2 s
%echo% Shrinking suddenly, the little girl crumples into a heap on the floor.
wait 2 s
%echo% Writhing, she seems to transform into a small doll lying on the ground.
%load% obj 2723
wait 2 s
%echo% The doll whimpers 'Take me with you... please!'
set Zn27_offereddoll 1
remote Zn27_offereddoll %actor.id%
wait 30 s
%purge%
end
~
#2734
(2702) rdelete offereddoll~
2 g 100
~
if (%actor.varexists(zn27_offereddoll)%)
rdelete Zn27_offereddoll %actor.id%
end
~
#2735
(2764) Deathtrap message~
2 g 100
~
%echo% You realise too late that only an empty chasm lies below. Plummeting faster and faster, you don't even have time to pray before you hit the ground!
say Hey, I learned some neat things about Dynar magic today.
wait 1 s
say Want to hear?
~
#2758
test~
2 f 100
~
%load% obj 14902
~
#2759
test door~
0 c 100
test~
eval where %self.room%
if %where.east(bits)% == DOOR CLOSED
return 0
else
say Impudent fool! Your insolence forces me to take action
%damage% %actor% 100
end
~
#2760
(2721) cui greets~
0 gh 100
~
if %actor.class% == Cleric
set zn27_class healer
end
if %actor.class% == Warrior
set zn27_class conqueror
end
if %actor.class% == Magic User
set zn27_class seeker
end
if %actor.class% == Thief
set zn27_class deceiver
end
if %actor.name% == %zn27_first%
%send% %actor% The mighty Cui tips its head acknowledgingly in your direction.
%echoaround% %actor% The mighty Cui tips its head toward %actor.name%.
elseif %actor.is_pc%
wait 2 s
say Welcome %zn27_class%, I am Nyah, one of the Cui... or at least a memory of them.
wait 4 s
say My existance, I'm afraid is merely an illusion. But you, my friend, are undoubtedly real.
wait 4 s
global zn27_class
set zn27_greeted %actor.name%
global zn27_greeted
set zn27_first %actor.name%
say Will you speak your name?
global zn27_first
end
~
#2761
(2721) cui responds to name~
0 d 100
*~
if %actor.sex% == female
set gender woman
elseif %actor.sex% == male
set gender man
else
set gender person
end
if %actor.name% == %zn27_greeted%
if %speech.car% == %actor.name%
wait 1 s
say Ah, it is refreshing to meet a %gender% unafraid to reveal who %actor.heshe% truly is.
wait 2 s
say A pleasure to meet you %actor.name%.
wait 2 s
emote bows its head politely.
else
wait 1 s
emote peers closely at you.
wait 1 s
say I know this is not your name, %zn27_class%.
wait 1 s
say But it is yours to give or withhold, I will press you no further.
wait 2 s
emote bows its head politely.
end
end
set zn27_greeted off
global zn27_greeted
~
#2762
(2722) Ve greets~
0 gh 100
~
if %actor.class% == Cleric
set zn27_class healer
end
if %actor.class% == Warrior
set zn27_class conqueror
end
if %actor.class% == Magic User
set zn27_class seeker
end
if %actor.class% == Thief
set zn27_class deceiver
end
wait 1 s
smile %actor.name%
wait 1 s
say Welcome, %zn27_class%.
~
#2763
(2726) Revealer greets~
0 gh 100
~
if %actor.is_pc%
wait 2 s
say Welcome, visitor.
wait 2 s
say Tell me, do you seek knowledge of this place?
wait 2 s
say You need only answer yes or no.
end
~
#2764
(2726) yes answer teleports~
0 d 100
yes~
wait 1 s
say Very well, then knowledge shall be revealed.
wait 1 s
%send% %actor% The Revealer waves his hand slowly over your eyes.
%echoaround% %actor% The Revealer waves his hand slowly over %actor.name%'s eyes.
wait 1 s
%teleport% %actor% 2785
%force% %actor% look
%force% %actor% xxmemlinxx
return 0
~
#2765
(2726) no ends conversation~
0 d 100
no~
wait 1 s
say Then knowledge shall not be found.
wait 1 s
emote tips his head politely.
~
#2766
(2728) memlin initially greets~
0 c 100
xxmemlinxx~
wait 1 s
bow %actor.name%
wait 1 s
say Ah! Welcome!
wait 1 s
say If you would like me to tell you more about this place, just beckon and I will follow!
~
#2767
(2728) memlin follows when beckoned~
0 c 100
bec~
%send% %actor% You beckon a young memlin.
%echoaround% %actor% %actor.name% beckons a young memlin.
smile
wait 1 s
fol %actor.name%
wait 1 s
say If you wish me to stop following at any time, just say stop.
wait 1 s
say In any of these rooms, if you would like to hear what I have to say, just say explain.
eval where %self.room%
if %where.vnum% == 2785
wait 1 s
say The way down will return you to the temple.
end
~
#2768
(2728) memlin stops following when asked~
0 d 100
stop~
wait 1 s
say Very well, though just beckon if you should want me again.
wait 1 s
fol self
wave %actor.name%
%echo% A young memlin returns to his place.
%teleport% %self% 2785
~
#2769
(2728) memlin greets~
0 gh 100
~
wait 1 s
say Greetings! Just beckon me if you would learn more of this place.
~
#2770
(2728) entry into 2743 not permitted~
0 i 100
~
eval where %self.room%
if %where.vnum% == 2743
fol self
wait 1 s
say Ah, this is the way out, I can go no further.
wait 1 s
bow
%echo% A young memlin leaves the room.
%teleport% %self% 2785
elseif %where.vnum% == 2791
wait 1 s
shiver tor
elseif %where.vnum% == 2796
wait 1 s
pet rabbit
elseif %where.vnum% == 2797
wait 1 s
hug little
elseif %where.vnum% == 2795
wait 1 s
smile dynar
elseif %where.vnum% == 2794
wait 1 s
smile khan'li
end
~
#2771
(2728) different info for rooms~
0 d 100
explain~
emote clears his throat.
wait 1 s
eval room %self.room%
if %room.vnum% == 2785
say This is the beginning of all things. A delicate balance of darkness and light, neither conquering the other.
wait 3 s
say The cosmos must be in motion for there to be life. If it becomes still, it will stagnate and die.
elseif %room.vnum% == 2787
say This is the first of the two forms of existance...
wait 1 s
say Miru, the inertia, the solidity that builds up and crumbles down.
wait 1 s
pat sculpture
wait 1 s
say This is Miru, stone and gems and dust... all Miru. You and I also.
elseif %room.vnum% == 2786
say This is the second of the two forms of existance...
wait 1 s
say Lamen, the breeze, the energy that flows and shifts and never dies.
wait 1 s
caress flame
wait 1 s
say This is Lamen, and the forked light that appears in the sky.
elseif %room.vnum% == 2788
say The Imari stir the universe... keep it from dying.
wait 1 s
say The scales must be always in motion, light and dark can never stop dancing.
wait 2 s
say Their will can always be felt... like a pull, the force of Navi.
elseif %room.vnum% == 2789
say Imari have the ability to draw upon their own life energy, scattering it in an immense burst of lamen to seed new forms of weaker life.
wait 3 s
say The Imari must sacrifice themselves for the birth of their creation. The waves of energy that ripple through the universe on this self-scattering are called Natul.
wait 2 s
elseif %room.vnum% == 2790
say The first wave of Natul always produces the most powerful beings, a union of lamen and miru in a form that perceives most keenly the pull of the Imari and the ebbing and flowing of the universe.
wait 4 s
say These are the Cui, the Dragons, the mighty beasts whose bones litter every seeded world like a stamp of creation.
wait 3 s
say Their bodies are mostly miru shells, with the majority of their lamen existance concentrating in their eyes, giving them powers of perception unlike anything known to miru life.
wait 4 s
say The Cui also have the ability to procreate, taking the form of Denuo and like the Imar who made them, trickling their lamen into the miru population.
wait 3 s
say Slowly becoming more and more miru themselves until mortality takes them and they crumble into the substance of the world.
elseif %room.vnum% == 2792
say The direct descendants of a Cui and a Denuo joining are known as Ve.
wait 1 s
say They inherit characteristics of both their parents, usually turning to prophesying and magic arts, their skills and powers outdoing even the strongest of their Denuo brothers.
wait 3 s
say Ve also have extra powers of perception and foresight, though at times they are uncertain and unclear.
elseif %room.vnum% == 2791
say The sole restriction on Cui life and an inherent knowledge manifested strongly in their minds is that procreation must be only with Denuo life.
wait 4 s
say The union of Cui with Cui concentrates, rather than dilutes the portion of lamen in the resulting life, creating an unstable orb of energy called a Tor that distorts the universe around it like a bubble.
wait 7 s
say A Tor is a sphere of Navi-sensitve lamen that acts as containment for the unnatural offspring, enclosing it and holding it in a state of stasis with the very will of the Imari.
wait 5 s
say Tors have strange and unstable influences on the existance around them, often leading them to be perceived as cursed.
wait 4 s
say Very rarely, a Tor will suddenly fail whenever balance shifts extremely in the universe. These occasional shifts demand redirection of Imari focus, causing the power of the Tor to weaken and allowing the lifeform to awaken and emerge.
wait 7 s
say The lifeform that emerges from a Tor is called a Nevim, a potent and unnatural concentration of lamen life, closest in power to the Imari themselves.
wait 4 s
say Nevim do not feel the pull of Navi and do not perceive the greater state of the cosmos, using their powers according to their own will and wreaking havoc upon the universal balance.
wait 5 s
say Shunned through fear and isolated from every other form of life, Nevim become bitter and angry, forces of destruction and causing much pain in an attempt to exorcise their own.
wait 1 s
elseif %room.vnum% == 2793
say The second wave brings forth the Denuo, the lesser beings, the second-born who live and die without changing form, colouring the lamen that flows through them but being entirely of miru.
wait 3 s
say The Khan'li, the Dynar, and myself of Memlin kind, are all examples of Denuo life.
elseif %room.vnum% == 2794
say Khan'li embrace the darkness of night and the heat of summer, inheriting through their forebearer Cui a kinship with fire, which they are not harmed by, though simple water acts like acid on their skin.
wait 4 s
say Black and red are their colours and they enjoy sharp points, reflective surfaces for their inclination to repel light and singular works of beauty, believing themselves superior as the firstborn.
wait 4 s
say They live mainly underground or in caves, seeking to escape the occasional rains and sculpting their showy palaces into mountains.
wait 3 s
say They believe in domination of the strong over the weak and have hardly any sense of guilt or compassion, taking no pleasure in cruelty but exercising it without hesitation for the slightest benefit.
wait 4 s
say It is said that the Khan'li cannot love, but they will endure all manner of suffering for a person that has invoked the Lyra or fire-spirit in them (a kind of blazing obsession), even holding them captive if they are unwilling or untrustworthy.
wait 4 s
say They are passionate, ambitious, powerful, proud, single-minded and fearless.
elseif %room.vnum% == 2795
say Dynar are smaller than the Khan'li, but just as adept at fighting, extremely fast, able to contort their bodies amazingly and putting their skills to use in the construction of elaborate weapons and studying of the world.
wait 4 s
say Pale-skinned, their blood is as the milky sap of trees, having slight phosphorescent properties which causes them to glow faintly in darkness.
wait 3 s
say They believe in the superiority of light over darkness, often trying to 'improve' their fellow Denuo.
wait 2 s
say The Dynar are intensely private, fearing corruption from outside forces and are easily broken in spirit if separated from their own kind.
wait 3 s
say Their strengths lie in their ability to work with natural forces, having a keen friendship with animal-kind and able to speed the growth of plant life.
wait 3 s
say Water is their inheritance and they are able to breathe as easily in it as in air. They are gentle, thoughtful, meditative, deeply loyal, private and highly intelligent.
elseif %room.vnum% == 2797
chuckle
wait 1 s
say Well I may be slightly biased here, but...
wait 3 s
say Peace-loving and highly spiritual, the memlins are most in touch with the flow of Navi and are constantly trying to bridge the gap between the Dynar and the Khan'li, dedicating much of their art to the beauty of both races.
wait 6 s
say Well adapted to living and digging small tunnel networks for themselves, the memlins occasionally also build habitats in deep forests.
wait 4 s
say The memlin skills are a mystery to most as they are an unaggressive race, It is known that they do not bleed, having bodies that rise and return to earth and that neither fire nor water harm them.
wait 6 s
say In times of great need, it is said that they can call instant death upon an enemy, though these cases are so rarely witnessed that they are often believed to be myth.
wait 5 s
say In any case, I have never seen it.
elseif %room.vnum% == 2796
say After the first and second wave, the Natul continues rippling.
wait 2 s
say Every ebbing wave thereafter produces more of this miru life, rendering it lesser and weaker until the Natul is utterly spent.
