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Apocalypse Now: Chapter 1
by
Kristjen Kjems
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"Apocalypse Now" by Kristjen Kjems Chapter 1 - Just Another Day [Bedroom] Rule for printing the locale description of all rooms: stop. After printing the banner text, say " Chapter 1 - Just Another Day: You awake in bed to the sound of the alarm. The migraine you're feeling is likely a side effect of the copious amounts of alcohol consumed the night before. Why you agreed to go out drinking with your co-workers the night before (a Sunday) you don't quite recall, but it's going to hurt today at work. The light-switch is on the wall to your right, just out of reach." The bedroom is a dark room. The bedside table is in the bedroom. On it is an alarm and a lamp. The description of lamp is "The bulbous shape and red hue of this lamp fit well with your other modern decor." The lamp is fixed in place. Instead of taking the alarm, say "Your alarm would do you no good at work." The alarm is a device. The alarm is switched on. The description of the alarm is "The alarm, gifted to you by your mother when you were young, is shaped like a trumpet. The fond memories it brings while gazing upon it don't make it any easier to get out of bed each morning." The bed is an enterable container in the bedroom. The player is in the bed. Instead of taking the bed, say "[The noun] is too heavy to lift." The description of the bed is "A messy, never made, twin bed. You've never had a need for anything larger." The light-switch is a device in the bedroom. The light-switch is scenery. Understand "light" and "switch" as the light-switch. Instead of switching on the light-switch: now the lamp is lit; say "You reach for the familiar switch that rests against the wall, switch it on, and illuminate your bedroom. Next to the bed you can see a lamp and an alarm clock. To the north of you is the bathroom, east will take you to your living room. A closet, containing your work clothes, is also here." The description of the light-switch is "It's a light-switch." After deciding the scope of the player when the location is the bedroom: place the light-switch in scope; place the alarm in scope. The bedroom darkness count is a number that varies. The bedroom darkness count is 0. The light-switch can be explored or unexplored. The light-switch is unexplored. After switching on the light-switch, now the light-switch is explored. Before exiting from the bedroom, try switching on the light-switch. Instead of switching on the light-switch while the player is in the bed, say "You can't reach the switch from here." Instead of exiting from the bed while the alarm is switched on, say "You should turn off the alarm first." After exiting from the bed, say "You push the sheets off of you and onto the floor. You stretch as you stand and almost fall over from the sheer power of your morning yawn." The closet is a container in the bedroom. In the closet is a suit. Understand "clothes" and "work clothes" as the suit. The suit is wearable. After wearing suit: say "Barney Stintson would be proud."; say "Way to be legen... wait for it.... dary!"; now the bedroom door is explored. Instead of taking the closet, say "Seriously?" The suit can be explored or unexplored. The suit is unexplored. Instead of wearing suit while suit is unexplored, say "Do you plan on showering while wearing the suit, or do you just want to go in to work smelling bad?" Instead of taking the lamp, say "You don't have a long enough extension cord." The bedroom door is a door. Understand "door" as the bedroom door. The bedroom door is east of the bedroom and west of the hallway. The bedroom door can be explored or unexplored. The bedroom door is unexplored. Instead of opening the bedroom door while the bedroom door is unexplored, say "You aren't dressed yet! Although, it would be fun to go to work naked, it probably isn't in your best interest." [bathroom] The bathroom is north of the bedroom. The description of the bathroom is "A pretty typical bathroom; A toilet is here, a sink, a shower... the only thing you're really missing is a bidet." The washbasin is in the bathroom. On it is a cup. The description of the washbasin is "Spotless... aside from the caked on toothpaste near the drain." The cup contains a toothbrush and toothpaste. The cup is fixed in place. Instead of taking the cup, say "You need that in the bathroom for your toothbrush." The bathroom sink is a device. The sink is on the washbasin. The sink is fixed in place. Understand "sink" as the bathroom sink. The bathroom sink can be explored or unexplored. The bathroom sink is unexplored. After switching on the bathroom sink, now the bathroom sink is explored. After switching off the bathroom sink, now the bathroom sink is unexplored. The shower is a container in the bathroom. The shower is enterable. Instead of taking the shower, say "That is sutured to the floor." After entering the shower, say "You enter the shower, turn the knobs to the only setting you can still feel, scalding, and bathe yourself." After exiting from the shower: say "Good hygiene is a good thing to have."; now suit is explored. Instead of taking the toothpaste: say "Brushy brushy brushy."; say "Minty.". Instead of taking the toothbrush: say "Brushy brushy brushy."; say "Minty.". The toilet is in the bathroom. The toilet is fixed in place. [hallway] The description of the hallway is "The hallway is bare. You were never much for pleasantries and therefore have left your hallway as a path solely for the purpose of bedroom to living room travel." [livingroom] The description of the living room is "Not very homey; there is a TV here, a kitchen, and a table. You didn't even bother with purchasing a couch." The living room is east of the hallway. The TV is a device in the living room. The TV is fixed in place. The TV is switched off. Instead of switching on the TV, say "You turn the TV onto the news, CNN, and hear something about tensions being particularly high with the Russians and Chinese today over Syria, but you really can't be bothered with politics and turn it off almost immediately upon hearing the words." The front door is north of the living room and south of the frontyard. The front door is a lockable and unlocked door. The matching key of the front door is a set of keys. [Is it possible to make a situation where events would happen if the character did/or didn't lock the front door when he/she left??] The living room table is in the living room. On it is a set of keys. [kitchen] The kitchen is an enterable container in the living room. After entering the kitchen, say "A pretty typical kitchen. A sink and fridge are here, an ID badge, and a bowl of fruit with an apple and a banana in it." The description of the kitchen is "A pretty typical kitchen. A sink and fridge are here, an ID badge, and a bowl of fruit with an apple and a banana in it." Instead of taking the kitchen, say "You dreamt that you pulled the kitchen from the house once, unfortunately this isn't a dream." The breakfast bar is a supporter in the kitchen. On it is an ID badge and a bowl of fruit. The bowl of fruit is a container. Instead of taking the bowl of fruit, say "You ponder for a moment at whether or not wearing your fruit bowl to work as a hat would be a good idea, but decide against it." The banana and the apple are in the bowl of fruit. The banana is edible. The apple is edible. The refrigerator is an openable container in the kitchen. Instead of opening the refrigerator, say "It's empty." Instead of taking the refrigerator, say "If only you could lift a refrigerator by yourself." Understand "fridge" as the refrigerator. The kitchen sink is a device in the kitchen. The kitchen sink is switched off. The kitchen sink is fixed in place. Understand "sink" as kitchen sink. [frontyard] The description of the frontyard is "You step outside into the warm spring air, your car is where you left it, in the driveway, and begrudgingly head over to it." In the frontyard is a vehicle called the sedan. Understand "car" as the sedan. The sedan is lockable and locked. The matching key of the sedan is a set of keys. The description of the sedan is "Pull me over red, your favorite color." After entering the sedan, move the player to the parking lot. After entering the sedan, move the sedan to the parking lot. Instead of opening the sedan while the sedan is locked, say "Damn. Did I forget my keys inside?" [At work] [Parking lot] The parking lot is a room. The description of the parking lot is "Already filled with cars, you get a spot as far south from the office as possible. This is not at all unusual for you." The office building door is north of the parking lot and south of the lobby. The office building door is a lockable and locked door. The matching key of the office building door is the ID badge. [the lobby] The office space is north of the lobby. "A sea of cubicles lies in front of you. Your cubicle is somewhere in the middle. You can almost feel the anger, always emanating, from your boss on the northern end of the 'sea,' but you can't quite see her door. The break room is east of you." The description of the lobby is "Stan the Security Guard sits here behind his desk, eyes fixed on his many monitors. The office is just to the north." Stan the Security Guard is a man in the lobby. The description of Stan the Security Guard is "A slightly heavy-set man in his early 40s. The poor guy, like me, does nothing but sit behind a desk all day." [a room full of cubicles] your cubicle is an enterable container in the office space. Instead of taking your cubicle, say "Disregarding the fact that the cubicle wall weighs hundreds of pounds you try and take your cubicle with you... to no avail." [the boss' office] The boss' office door is north of the office space and south of the boss' office. The boss' office door is a door. The boss' office door can be explored or unexplored. The boss' office door is unexplored. Instead of opening the boss' office door while the boss' office door is unexplored, say "You have no reason to go and talk to the boss right now." The stool is an enterable container in the boss' office. The window is an openable container in the boss' office. The window is fixed in place. Instead of opening the window, say "Your boss probably has it closed for a reason. It wouldn't be nice for you to intrude on her space." The description of the boss' office is "[if unvisited]You casually stroll into your boss' office, pretending... or not caring, about the fax you just received. 'Sit down,' she says immediately upon seeing you."; Instead of taking the stool, say "Probably not a good idea to steal something while right in front of the boss." Scolding is a scene. Scolding begins when the player is in the boss' office for the first turn. When Scolding begins: move the player to the stool; say "You sit on the stool."; say "'Do you know why I called you into my office? No? Did you get the memo? THIS MORNING?! TPS reports, they need...'"; say "Your boss is drowned out by a dull roar coming from what sounds like outside."; say "Your eyes dart to the window. Way off in the distance you see, unmistakingly, a mushroom cloud."; say "MOVE!!!"; After exiting from the stool: say "'Hey! Where are you going?!' your boss exclaims.' All you can do is point to the window. She turns and looks in awe.'". Scolding ends when the player is in the boss' office for the second turn. When Scolding ends: now the 50s refrigerator is explored; say "HURRY UP! The sound of the explosion draws ever nearer.". Your boss is a woman in the boss' office. The description of your boss is "If it weren't for the fact that you respect your boss so much, you might find her attractive." [your cubicle] After entering your cubicle, say "This is your cubicle, there are many like it, but this one is yours. In front of you rests your computer and a desk chair. A fax machine rests ontop a filing cabinet on the right hand side. A phone sits on the wall." The phone, computer, and desk chair are in your cubicle. The computer is a device. The computer is switched off. Instead of switching on the computer, say "You press the computer's power switch, but it doesn't turn on. That's the 3rd time this month. Maybe you should call IT... later." The filing cabinet is a supporter in your cubicle. The fax machine is on the filing cabinet. The fax machine is a container. The memo is in the fax machine. Instead of taking or examining the memo, say "You pick up the memo, dated from last Wednesday (funny, you don't remember seeing it before this morning) and read something about TPS reports now requiring a cover page." The Message is a scene. The Message begins when the player is in your cubicle for the third turn. When The Message begins: say "The fax machine lights up while the whirling sounds of an incoming fax can be heard.". The Message ends when the player is in your cubicle for the fourth turn. When The Message ends: say "A fax is spit rather violently from your machine and onto the floor."; move the new fax to your cubicle. Instead of taking the phone, say "That is company property." Instead of taking the computer, say "That is company property." Instead of taking the desk chair, say "That is company property." Instead of taking the fax machine, say "That is company property." Instead of taking the filing cabinet, say "That is company property." The new fax is an object. Instead of taking or examining the new fax: say "It's from your boss and only has two words on it; SEE ME!"; now the boss' office door is explored. [the break room] The break room is east of the office space. The description of the break room is "Almost empty, kept company by a very old refrigerator in the corner. It is obvious that this company cares about its employees." The 50s refrigerator is an openable and enterable container in the break room. The description of the 50s refrigerator is "This bad boy looks like it came right out of an old movie. These things are like cockroaches, as far as survivability goes." Instead of taking the 50s refrigerator, say "You never could shake your fascination with attempting to lift things that are too heavy for you." Instead of entering the 50s refrigerator while the 50s refrigerator is unexplored, say "There is no reason for you to go into a refrigerator." The 50s refrigerator can be explored or unexplored. The 50s refrigerator is unexplored. After entering the 50s refrigerator: say "Within seconds of you entering the refrigerator the roaring, defeaning sound of the explosion you saw earlier can be heard around you. You let out a small sigh of relief, glad to have guessed that this fridge was lined with lead, securing your survival, but worry about the coming hours and the challenges you'll undoubtedly face."; say "TO BE CONTINUED."; end the game in victory.