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My New Game
by
Luke Deane
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"web1" by Benjamin Deane Include basic screen effects by emily short. The time of day is 00:00 AM At 00:01 AM: say "a [one of]seagull[or]coot[or]buzzard[or]yellow bird[or]macaw[or]bird[sticky random] flies past the window". At 00:02 AM: say "A man enters the office. 'Hello' he says, greeting you and sits down on a stool which you thought had been a bit of the wall. [paragraph break]'Right, now I know your CV is very impressive and all that but honestly…' [paragraph break]He pauses, taking a sip of tea from an enourmous red mug, [paragraph break]'I think that you might be a fraud. So far we havn't had any contemporary Lute players walk through the door and show an interest like you. The project runs for 50 years which is a frankly unreasonable commitment to ask of anyone and you don't even know what the music is going to be.'. [paragraph break]He stops and looks right at you for a moment.[paragraph break]You look back. [paragraph break]He sighs. [paragraph break]'So go on then what have you played before if you're all this…' I wave your CV[paragraph break]"; now the command prompt is "what have you played before? > ". Instead of taking the stand for the first time: move the stand to the player; say "You lift it off the carpet. [first time] It crumples awkwardly in your hands, pinching your skin somewhere. You curse loudly. It feels oddly purposeful, as though it meant to hurt you.. [only]"; wait for any key; say "well…?"; wait for any key. The player's piece is an indexed text that varies. To decide whether collecting pieces: if the command prompt is "what have you played before? > ", yes; no. After reading a command when collecting pieces: now the player's piece is the player's command; now the command prompt is ">"; choose a random row in the Table of weddings; say "'[player's piece] ok . . . feindish in my opinion, performed in full at my brothers wedding but oddly it created an angry mob. Not sure why. [weddings entry] [paragraph break]'"; now the command prompt is "anything else? > "; reject the player's command. Table of weddings weddings "The notes are a challenge to interpret though, i'll give you that!" "Don't mock me though, this is going to be WAY harder a performance than that was!" "Hmmm… perhaps it's not enough…" The player's piece2 is an indexed text that varies. To decide whether collecting piece2s: if the command prompt is "anything else? > ", yes; no. After reading a command when collecting piece2s: now the player's piece2 is the player's command; now the command prompt is ">"; choose a random row in the Table of histories; say "[histories entry] [paragraph break]'"; reject the player's command. Table of histories histories "'I was once asked to play that before i'd looked at the music. Managed it would you believe! Absolute miracle'. [paragraph break]You desperately hope that you fall into this kind of luck very very soon." "'I've played that on the theramin in the late 80s. Stupid piece of music in my opinion but they loved it at the Barbican.'. You're sweating, who is this guy? and what the hell is a Theramin?" "'Now here's an interesting fact, my great uncle actually wrote that as a rebellious response to a chemistry assignment, ended up earning him a pretty penny under the commonly known psudonym, HA!'. I look terrifyingly enthusiastic. You're eyes are moving around, looking for an escape route." Section - Potential Problem1 Understand "play the [something]" as playing. Playing is an action applying to one thing. Instead of playing the music, say "but you have no instrument." When play begins: Say "Do you play the Lute?"; if player consents, do nothing; otherwise end the story saying "Today we are looking for professional Lute players for an exciting new performance. Sorry but we can't help you." Every turn: choose a random row in the Table of Nerves; say "[nerves entry][paragraph break]". Table of Nerves nerves "aaaaah what the hell are you going to do, you don't even play the Lute! Don't worry, this was definately a brilliant idea, and it just might make you a large sum of money." "you're getting nervous now" "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "…" "This is it! This is your big chance to finally do somthing worthwhile!" "you feel uncomfortable at all the wating. You seem to have gotten away with this for far too long." "You find yourself staring at the [random thing that is not the player] and wondering who made it.". The Audition room is a room. "You lied. [line break]You can't play the Lute! [line break]But no one else knows that. [paragraph break]Welcome to Luke's audition room.". The stand is a supporter. The stand is in the audition room. The stand is portable. The description is "A sleek black stand probably from some under-branded over-priced company. It doesn't look very sturdy to you…[one of]stagg[or]yamaha[or]pd[cycling] maybe.". The page of music is on the stand. The description is "A complex mixture of hundreds of dots and lines arranged on the page. You look at each mark individually, trying to decypher what they mean. There's order there you can feel it, some kind of organisation, but to you it yeilds no instruction. It looks very beautiful, but you cannot read it.". The hallway is a room. Understand "hide [something]" as hiding. Hiding is an action applying to one thing. Understand "fold up [something]" as folding. Folding is an action applying to one thing. Understand "go to the [something]" as gogoing. goGoing is an action applying to one thing. Instead of gogoing the stand, say "you go to it. There can't be much time to work out how to get this job!". Instead of folding the music: now the music is held by the player; say "Feeling sneeky, you fold it up and put it in your pocket. Perhaps that was the only copy, you think to yourself, it certainly was hand written. You could pass it off as your own in your next interview. Already decided that you will be a contemporary performance fraud, you relish the oppertunity to gather resources.". Instead of eating the page of music: now the page of music is off-stage; say "You've never tasted a piece of music before. The subtle nuances fill your mouth, perhaps according to the complex balance of notes and rests, ink and space. Ultimately it tastes of musk.". The filling is a thing. The filling is portable. Instead of taking the filling: increase the score by 20; say "you put your filing back in. It sort of sticks there.". Instead of eating the stand: decrease the score by 20; now the filling is in the location; say "you break off a filling which tinkles to the floor. You can't eat the stand, that much is clear.". A thing can be outed or hidden. A thing is usually outed. Instead of hiding the page of music: now the page of music is hidden; say "blahblahblah". Some generic surroundings are backdrop. They are everywhere. Understand "walls" or "wall" or "ceiling" or "ground" or "floor" or "area" or "room" or "here" as the generic surroundings. Instead of touching the generic surroundings: say "You encounter nothing extraordinary." [revisit chapter 5.7 and take note of [stopping] command.]
