!============================================================================! The room decorations Decor	farm	"farm" milw_street	with 		name 'farm' 'barn' 'corn' 'agriculture' 'field',	description "The farm across the street is one of the main reasons you chose to move into this house ten years ago. The way property development goes in Madison, it seems like a miracle that the farmer has held onto this land in the midst of the city. The barn is run-down and decrepit and the field is not yet planted for the season."; Decor	house	"house exterior" milw_street	with		name 'house' 'home' 'dwelling',	description "Your house is on the corner of the block. It is painted a light yellow and has a fenced in side yard. You have lived here for the past decade.",	before [; enter: <<go e_obj>>; ]; Decor	schumann	"music" home	with	name 'music' 'sheet' 'schumann',	description "The sheet music on the piano is a Henle Urtext of some of Schumann's finest compositions, including the Dichterliebe."; Decor	grid "grid" basement	with		name 'grid' 'table' 'computer' 'computers' 'cable' 'cables' 'ethernet' 'server' 'servers' 'spiderwebs' 'power' 'desk' '9grid',	description [; 		print "The physical hardware of your grid is cheap and worn. A mixture of no-name hardware and old dell minitowers, the processor speed, RAM, and storage space is all well below the current standard. The software is a different story - your Advanced Namespace Tools weave the physical boxes together into a coordinated whole. Sometimes you feel like the data within, how it is organized and flows, is like a living thing.^";		if (introgoal >= 3)			print "^The connection between the servers and the abstraction layers of the universe is hard to see clearly. Somewhere in the tangle of cables is a higher-dimensional bend, a knot that would be impossibe in three dimensions. Around that locus, your mind tries to map the information to color and shape and texture, but the perceptual constructs are unstable, constantly shifting. Staring directly at the point of connection is like watching through a kaleidoscope as chrome snakes crawl through a maze of mirrors.^";	]; Decor	ants "ANTS"	with		name 'ants' 'advanced' 'namespace' 'tools' 'software',	description "The Advanced Namespace Tools software is designed to build on Plan 9's strengths, using per-process namespace manipulation to allow multiple independent computing environments to coexist and share data easily. The central concept is breaking hierarchical dependencies and allowing free-form interconnections.",	found_in home basement; Decor	mess "mess" home	with	name 'papers' 'paper' 'clutter' 'junk' 'mess',	description "Old newspapers and magazines, scraps of paper, and junk mail clutter up your home."; Decor	coffee "coffee"	with		name 'coffee' 'java' 'joe' 'espresso' 'cappucino' 'latte',	description "Caffeine, your favorite of all drugs, is found abundantly within the dark foamy brew.",	found_in coffee_lion lady_wisdom; Decor	food "food" willy_coop	with		name 'food' 'produce' 'groceries' 'vegetables' 'meat' 'dairy' 'deli' 'aisles',	description "Organic fruit and vegetables, bulk pasta, nuts and other dry goods in bag-your-own bulk bins, a deli with numerous vegetarian and vegan homemade food items, free-range eggs and antibiotic-free meats, and herbal supplements fille the aisles."; Decor	cats "cat decorations" coffee_lion	with	name 'decorations' 'cat' 'cats',	description "Small metal cat sculptures, large wooden cat sculptures, cat paintings, prints, postcards, medium-sized ceramic cat sculptures, and wall calendars cover every visible surface."	has pluralname; Decor	gelato "gelato" coffee_lion	with	name 'gelato' 'case' 'homemade' 'freezer',	description "A large number of delicious-sounding flavors of gelato are on display in large cylinders in the freezer.",	before [;		take: "You need to buy that instead";		buy:			bankaccount = bankaccount - 5;			"You order a scoop of peanut butter habanero gelato dropped into a few shots of espresso. The spicy yet sweet frozen gelato and the dark hot espresso mingle on your tongue in an almost unbearably sensual fashion.";	]; Decor	bike_path "bike path" john_nolen	with	name 'path' 'cyclists' 'joggers',	description "The bike path emerges from the east side and runs along the shore of Lake Monona. This is its busiest point. You have spent many hours on this trail, both in the nearby downtown section and the distant loops southwest of the city."; Decor	capitol "Capitol building" cap_square	with	name 'capitol' 'building',	description "This large white granite building is topped by a tall dome. It rises above the rest of the low skyline.",	before [;		enter: "You are in no mood for hanging out with legislators.";	]; Decor	restaurant "restaurant exterior" etown	with	name 'restaurant' 'late' 'night' 'late-night',	description "It may be just another outpost of a national chain, but you are fond of this place. Life would be more difficult without the occasional round of pancakes at 3 am.",	before [; enter: <<go n_obj>>; ]; Decor	clion "coffee lion exterior" mon_cot	with	name 'coffee' 'lion' 'cafe' 'coffeeshop',	description "The Coffee Lion is in an undistinguished building that used to be a dry-cleaners, but you can't judge a coffee by the cup.",	before [; enter: <<go e_obj>>; ]; Decor	allshops "atwood shopping block exterior" atwood_shops	with	name 'shops' 'shop' 'store' 'stores' 'astral' 'enchantments' 'turning' 'wheel' 'afterlife' 'essentially' 'art',	description "All of the stores look interesting and worth checking out.",	before [; enter: "Use compass directions to choose a store to enter."; ]; Decor	wfoodcoop "willy food coop exterior" willy_east	with	name 'co-op' 'willy' 'market' 'coop',	description "When you started shopping at the co-op, it was an old fashioned small corner market. Now, it is a mid-sized full service grocery store. It retains strong neighborhood support, and traffic on Williamson is often snarled by cars squeezing in and out of the crowded parking lot.",	before [; enter: <<go s_obj>>; ]; Decor	ladywis "lady wisdom exterior" willy_west	with	name 'lady' 'wisdom' 'cafe' 'coffeeshop',	description "The small brick building housing the cafe has a gorgeous sunburst mural painted on the side.",	before [; enter: <<go s_obj>>; ]; Decor	lothext "lothlorien exterior" mendota_lakeside	with	name 'lothlorien' 'loth' 'coop' 'co-op',	description "The Castle is five stories tall and painted light yellow. A mural of a tree stretches up the side of the building which faces the street.",	before [; enter: <<go w_obj>>; ]; Decor	rossext "rossinis exterior" mon_mid	with	name 'rossinis' 'pizza' 'restaurant' 'arcade' 'vintage' 'pizzeria',	description "Rossini's looks like an embodiment of the timeless archetype of neighborhood pizzeria and arcade. You can smell the pizzas in the oven.",	before [; enter: <<go w_obj>>; ]; Decor	artifacts "astral enchantment artifacts" astral_enchantments	with	name 'art' 'artworks' 'sculptures' 'sage' 'incense' 'button' 'buttons' 'sticker' 'stickers' 'tapestry' 'tapestries' 'papers' 'pipe' 'pipes' 'guide' 'guides' 'artifact' 'artifacts',	buycount 0,	description "All of the items in the store are well-suited to decorative and spiritual use.",	before [;		take: "You need to buy that instead.";		buy: 			bankaccount = bankaccount - 20;			artifacts.buycount++;			"You spend twenty dollars on a few items from the store. Your purchases will be delivered to your house automatically.";	],	has pluralname; Decor	home_artifacts "house decorations from Astral Enchantments" home	with	name 'trinket' 'trinkets' 'totem' 'totems' 'banner' 'tapestry' 'scarf' 'pan' 'charm' 'charms' 'mystic' 'goddess' 'pan' 'scultpure',	description "You think your decorations from Astral Enchantments improve the look of your home considerably. It definitely seems like a loonie lives here.",	before [;		take: "You prefer to leave it where it is.";	],	has pluralname; Decor	curiosities "antiques and curiosities in afterlife" afterlife_antiques	with	name 'antique' 'antiques' 'curiosity' 'curiosities' 'tchotchke' 'heirloom' 'painting' 'paintings' 'medical' 'equipment' 'animals' 'taxidermy' 'furniture' 'lamp' 'lamps',	buycount 0,	description "The density and diversity of the items for sale here is almost indescribable. Strange paintings cover the walls, old and scary looking medical equipment bristles from cabinets, taxidermied animals stare at you from every direction, peculiar tools are piled atop one-of-a-kind furniture and illuminated by the glow of a dozen strange sculptural lamps.",	before [;		take: "You need to buy items here in the store.";		buy:			bankaccount = bankaccount - 25;			self.buycount++;			print "Your purchases will be delivered to your home automatically. ";			switch(self.buycount) {			1: "You find a perfect portrait of Beethoven and buy it.";			2: "You find an old transistor radio. It has a sticker attached which says 'BOSS' inside a pink hand pointing upward. Perfect for receiving transmissions from the VALIS satellite!";			3: "You find a set of taxidermied turkey claws nailed to a wooden board. The representation of the purifying claws of a lion deity!";			4: "You find a large purple candle in the shape of a wizard. Another manifestation of the VALISpectrum purple!";			default: "You find a few interesting old postcards that will vanish into the vastness of your library of papers.";			}	],	has pluralname; Decor	art_objects "art in Essentially Art" essentially_art	with	name 'art' 'sculpture' 'sculptures' 'paintings' 'drawing' 'drawings' 'photo' 'photos' 'photograph' 'photographs',	description "Most of the art here has a strongly local character. Lots of paintings and photographs of the Wisconsin landscape and wildlife. Nothing appeals to you as much as Artemis print series.",	before [;		take: "Not yours to take.";		buy: "You aren't really interested in most of the art.";	]; Decor	home_curiosities "house antiques from Afterlife" home	with	name 'portrait' 'beethoven' 'radio' 'taxidermy' 'turkey' 'claws' 'purple' 'candle' 'postcards' 'antique' 'antiques' 'curiosity' 'curiosities',	description "The aura of strange magic in your house, a heady blend of woo-woo and spiritualism, is enhanced by your collection of curiosities.",	before [;		take: "You have arranged your mystic objects carefully and you don't want to disturb their positioning.";	],	has pluralname; Decor	wheel_decor "items inside Turning Wheel" turning_wheel	with	name 'bicycles' 'bikes' 'cycles' 'accessories' 'workshop' 'maintenance' 'mount' 'disassembled',	description "Bikes are heavily used for transportation in this neighborhood, and the store is full of the bikes of customers, waiting for maintenance. The variety is staggering, and most of them show signs of years of heavy use and abuse.",	has pluralname; Decor	lake_mendota "Lake Mendota"	with	name 'lake' 'mendota' 'water',	description "Madison's largest lake is an old friend. Its waves speak an ancient and complex language. It explores the shoreline in constant undulating caresses.",	found_in mendota_lakeside james_madison loth_backyard loth_dock lakeshore_path,	has proper; Decor	lake_monona "Lake Monona" john_nolen	with	name 'lake' 'monona' 'water',	description "Madison's smaller lake and its bay reflect the skyline of the south side of the isthmus. You have spent many a summer night biking along the path by the shore.",	has proper; Decor	memorabilia "memorabilia" rossinis_pizza	with	name 'memorabilia' 'poster' 'posters' 'albums' 'elvis' 'marilyn' 'novelties' 'novelty' 'alarm' 'clock' 'clocks' 'peter' 'frampton' 'electric' 'guitar',	description "Posters for old movies and music cover the walls. Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, TV stars of the 70s. Mid 20th century novelty items like Babe Ruth alarm clocks and an electric guitar signed by Peter Frampton sit up on shelves.",	has pluralname; Decor	lava_lamp "Lava Lamp" rossinis_pizza	with	name 'lava' 'lamp',	description "You spend a moment hypnotized by the flowing orange amorphous shapes within the glowing cylindrical lamp.",	before [; take: "Not yours to take."; ]; Decor	pizza "pizza" rossinis_pizza	with	name 'pizza' 'food' 'breadsticks' 'garlic' 'bread',	description "The pizza here has a thin, chewy, crispy-edged crust. The cheese and toppings are generous, and the sauce is savory.",	before [;		take: "You should probably buy your own.";		buy:			bankaccount = bankaccount - 10;			"You buy a small mushroom pizza and some garlic bread. It makes a perfect meal.";		smell: "The food smells wonderful.";	]; Decor	patrons "restaurant patrons" eside_hq,	with	name 'patrons' 'partiers' 'travelers' 'eccentrics',	description "Two collegiate men with baseball caps and a beery demeanor. A quiet man in a suit reading a newspaper. A large woman with her eyes half-closed, holding her head in her hands. A heavily tattooed couple of uncertain genders. These are your companions tonight.",	has pluralname animate; Decor	breakfast "breakfast" eside_hq	with	name 'breakfast' 'food' 'lunch' 'dinner' 'pancakes' 'eggs' 'bacon' 'sausage' 'french' 'toast',	description "The food here is ordinary but acceptable. ",	before [;		take: "You need to buy that instead.";		buy:			bankaccount = bankaccount - 15;			print "You order your usual, pancakes, eggs, and potatoes.^";			if ((space_pancakes notin player) && (eside_hq.metjay >= 3)) {				move space_pancakes to player;				print "^You take your Space Pancakes with you, just in case.^";			}			return true;	]; Decor	arcade "arcade machines" rossinis_arcade,	with	name 'arcade' 'machines' 'cabinets' 'games' 'crt' 'displays' 'video' 'pac-man' 'pacman' 'space' 'invaders' 'galaga' 'pong' 'street' 'fighter' 'mortal' 'kombat' 'missile' 'command' 'pinball' 'donkey' 'kong' 'robotron',	description "Almost every classic arcade cabinet of the 1980s - circles eating dots, plumbers fighting monkeys, screenfulls of low resolution robots, alien ships marching in rows across the top of the screen, world tours of one-on-one marital arts, and the timeless rattle and thump of pinball machines.",	before [;		play: "Your bottomless pocket of quarters is put to use as you wander from machine to machine, trying to surpass your scores and progress from decades ago. These games are fast, fun, and unforgiving. After a few 'practice' attempts, you finally do well enough to get your initials on the high-score board.";	],	has pluralname; Decor	figures "figures" atlantis_temple	with	name 'figure' 'figures' 'people' 'man' 'woman' 'pillar' 'temple',	description "You can't make out any detail of anything here.",	before "You can't interact with anything other than the abstractions here."; Decor	alchemy_supplies "alchemical supplies" gelato_alchemy_lab	with	name 'shelf' 'shelves' 'bottle' 'bottles' 'plant' 'plants' 'mineral' 'minerals',	description "There wide variety of shapes and colors of the bottles is exceeded by the diversity and strangeness of the materials identified on the labels. Traditional herbs mingle with exotica like seemingly empty jars labeled 'Armadillo Dreams' and 'Large Even Primes'",	has pluralname; Decor	alchemy_apparatus "alchemical apparatus" gelato_alchemy_lab	with 	name 'alchemical' 'apparatus' 'maze' 'sphere' 'spheres' 'tube' 'tubes' 'button' 'cylinder' 'glass',	description "You thought the cabling of your basement grid was complex, but it is simplicity compared to the knotted spirals of tubing connecting the numerous distillation and condensation chambers of the alchemy apparatus. Glass, chromed steel, tarnished brass, rubber, plastic, wood, even cloth and fur, are all used as materials for different spheres, cylinders, and curved textured surfaces.",	react_before [;		rub: gelato_alchemy_lab.brew++;			"You place your hands on the glass spheres and slowly rub them until you feel they are the same temperature as your skin.";		push: gelato_alchemy_lab.brew++;			"You place your finger on the button. It thrums with the vibration of the machine. You gently press it inward, and a soft sigh of escaping vapor leaves the alchemical apparatus. Steam and bubbles appear in some of the transparent connecting tubes.";	]; Decor	termites "termites" lost_in_grid	with	name 'termite' 'termites' 'insect' 'insects' 'bug' 'bugs' 'enemies' 'fork',	description "The termites are ugly and noisome. They look like screen-caps from a 90s full-motion video game and they move like they have turned the 9p protocol into some kind of xml-ized monstrosity with a php-web frontend, a c++ backend, and an enterprise java middleware layer.",	before [;		attack: "There are far too many of them.";	],	has pluralname; Decor	devotional_objects "devotional objects" infinite_loop	with	name 'devotional' 'object' 'objects' 'statue' 'statues' 'bead' 'beads' 'tool' 'tools',	description "Statues, prayer beads, prayer wheels, mandalas, and other tools for giving devotion to Buddhist deities.",	before [;		take: "They aren't yours to take.";		buy: "You buy a few small items to be given away as gifts.";	],	has pluralname; Decor	pasta "pasta" pasta_other	with	name 'pasta' 'noodles' 'macaroni' 'spaghetti' 'food' 'lunch' 'dinner',	description "A wide variety of pasta dishes is available here.",	before [;		buy: "You order a starchy lunch and enjoy it.";	]; Decor	wheel "wheel" cosmic_wheel	with	name 'firmament' 'harmony' 'spheres' 'creation' 'spacetime' 'universe' 'cosmos' 'galaxy' 'galaxies' 'quantum',	description "The infinite immensity of the turning wheel of the axis of reality is beyond your capacity to understand or affect."; Decor	aerator "aerator" cascade_aerator	with	name 'sugar' 'river' 'basin' 'cascade' 'aerator' 'trail' 'military' 'ridge' 'water' 'waterfall' 'waterfalls' 'hillface' 'piled' 'rock' 'path',	description "Your mind is filled with night air, stars, and the bubbling sound of water tumbling over rocks."; Decor	glenda "glenda" bunnyworld	with	name 'rabbit' 'bunny' 'hare' 'glenda' 'rabbits' 'bunnies',	description "The rabbit looks quite unusual. It's head and body are a single jellybean shaped mass. In fact, it is clearly Glenda, the Plan 9 bunny."; Decor	red "red beam" inside_moon	with	name 'red' 'beam',	description "The blood red beam is the lowest note of the color-scale of the current key."; Decor	orange "orange beam" inside_moon	with	name 'orange' 'beam',	description "The vivid orange beam is the second note of the current color-scale."; Decor	yellow "yellow beam" inside_moon	with	name 'yellow' 'beam',	description "The pale lemon yellow beam is the third note of the color-scale."; Decor green "green beam" inside_moon	with	name 'green' 'beam',	description "The neon green beam is the fourth note of the color-scale."; Decor blue "blue beam" inside_moon	with	name 'blue' 'beam',	description "The sky blue beam is the fifth note of the color-scale."; Decor indigo "indigo beam" inside_moon	with	name 'indigo' 'beam',	description "The deep indigo beam is the sixth note of the color-scale."; Decor violet "violet beam" inside_moon	with	name 'violet' 'beam',	description "The royal purple violet beam is the seventh note of the color-scale."; Decor colorbeams "beams of color" inside_moon	with	name 'beams' 'colors' 'color' 'light' 'ray' 'rays' 'moon' 'interior' 'ripples' 'waves' 'black' 'holes' 'magnifications',	description "You can't see what creates the beams of light criss-crossing the vast interior space. They are gorgeous, rich-hued and soft-edged. The changing distortions and magnifications that continuously alter their mesh remind you of a slow-motion film of a reflection in rippling water. You can examine the colors individually.",	has pluralname; Decor dock "Loth dock" loth_dock	with	name 'dock' 'wood' 'plank' 'planks',	description "Physically, the dock is small, old, askew, and just barely suitable for launching a canoe. Experientially, the dock is a place of freedom from convention and convergence of the stories of diverse individuals. You can relax and be human here, a simple thing, but precious and rare."; Decor tree "tree by dock" loth_dock	with	name 'old' 'gnarled' 'tree',	description "This old tree-friend has more than a few tales to share. It's upper branches are still green and leafy, but down by the water, a thick section of trunk, damaged by a storm decades ago, arches white and polished over the water, loved by hands and feet of many visitors.",	before [;		climb: 			achieved(56);			"You decide your arthritis and eternal buzz aren't going to keep you out of the tree, and cautiously you navigate the footholds and angled stubby branch remnants to a delightful perch above the waves. You spend a few minutes communing with wood and water before scrambling back down.";	]; Decor tables "picnic tables" loth_backyard	with	name 'picnic' 'table' 'tables' 'tree' 'trees',	description "Shady blackberry trees curve over the old wooden picnic tables. Later, when the berries are ripe, they will litter the table and yard, rendering the garments of unwary sitters into a canvas of smeared dark fruits.",	has pluralname; Decor garden "garden" loth_backyard	with	name 'garden' 'fruit' 'fruits' 'herb' 'herbs' 'vegetable' 'vegetables',	description "The coop's garden is set into a middle layer of the terraced hillside. It is regularly pillaged by rabbits, because soft-hearted residents balk at the measures that would be needed to fight the neighborhood herbivores. Nevertheless, it provides a few peppers and herbs to season house meals as well as a splash of flowery color during spring."; Decor staircase "rock staircase" loth_backyard	with	name 'rock' 'rocky' 'staircase' 'firepit' 'dock',	description "Downward from you is the lower level of the backyard. A set of large limestone boulders wedged into the hillside provides crude stairs. Another ring of smaller rocks circles a recently used firepit, and a small wooden dock extends outward into the water."; Decor swing "porch swing" loth_porch	with	name 'porch' 'swing' 'bench',	description "The Loth swing is the happy result of do-it-yourself construction. Large wooden beams angle together to support a heavily used wooden bench hanging from chains. As large as a couch, it provides a perfect spot to sit and talk while watching the lake and the wind in the trees and the bats at twilight. Many of the happiest moments in your life willan-on-have been spent here.",	before [;		enter:			achieved(58);			print "From the swing, the view of the sky, trees, and lake is perfect. Whether it is a sunny afternoon or the middle of the night, this is a perfect spot for thought, conversation, or relaxation.";	],	has supporter enterable; Decor greatroom_stuff "greatroom stuff" loth_greatroom	with	name 'couch' 'couches' 'books' 'bookshelves' 'shelves' 'fireplace',	description "The couches, bookshelves, and other objects in the Great Room are a bewildering mix of styles and vintages. Each day finds them arrayed in new patterns, according to the ever-shifting purposes of socializing, performance, and children playing."; Decor greatroom_pianos "greatroom pianos" loth_greatroom	with	name 'piano' 'pianos',	description "Heavily played but still possessing a musical voice, the pair of old pianos anchor the far end of the room.",	before [;		play:			achieved(57);			"The Castle inspires in you its own special variants of the songs and themes of your ongoing compositions. Sometimes you punch out the e minor staccato chords of the 'dock theme', or during twilight just a succession of pianissimo arpeggios. One afternoon a friend from Louisiana was visiting and, inspired by thoughts of Gottschalk, you find your fingers blazing through a series of syncopated progressions reminiscent of celebratory Caribbean parades.";	]; Decor loth_art "artwork"	with	name 'art' 'artwork' 'artworks' 'wall' 'walls' 'picture' 'pictures' 'graffiti' 'painting' 'paintings',	count 0,	description [;		print "You inspect one of the many artworks here and see ";		switch(random(9)) {		1: "a circular piece of glass with concentric rings of different colors.";		2: "the words 'Art is Communication.'";		3: "a pair of disembodied eyes with cat-pupils staring at you.";		4: "a purple flower painted directly on the wall.";		5: "a wild and muddy swirl of disorganized brushstrokes on a piece of wood.";		6: "a pencil sketch of a young girl with wide eyes and delicate mechanical arms.";		7: "a photograph of an old blue pickup truck with 'fuck capitalism' stencilled on the side in black spray paint.";		8: "a sculpture of a goat or mule made of old nails.";		9: "a poster of the band KISS with the faces replaced by those of Foucault, Derrida, Guattari, and Maya Angelou.";		}	],	found_in loth_greatroom loth_upstairs; !============================================================================! The immobile prop objects Prop	shelves "bookshelves" home	with		name 'shelf' 'shelves' 'bookshelf' 'bookshelves' 'books' 'book' 'library',	readcounter 0,	description [;		self.readcounter = self.readcounter +1;		switch(self.readcounter) {		1: move forseewhy to player;			"As you look at your bookshelves, you notice an embarassing book called 4CY UNI R2B 1 that you wrote a decade earlier, and an odd urge compels you to put it in your pocket.^^You have been reading books and collecting a personal library for your whole life, and have recently inherited your father's collection as well. There is a loose topical organization, with one bookshelf devoted to math and science, one to music theory and history, one to fiction, and one to oddities. You can just >x shelves repeatedly to revisit some of your favorites.";		2: "You pick up 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' by Robert Heinlein. It tells the story of a future in which the moon is a penal colony. An administrative supercomputer there acquires sentience, and becomes the leader of a revolution against Lunar Authority. The Loonies, as they call themselves, are multicultural free-love techno-anarchists. Years ago, when you started your Plan 9 programming and internet projects, you chose the name 'mycroftiv' as a reference to the intelligent computer in the novel.";		3: "You pick up 'VALIS' by Philip K. Dick. It tells the story of a science-fiction author who is contacted by a beam of divine pink light and begins to experience multiple simultaneous identities and temporal locations. The pink light comes from the VALIS satellite, a benign godlike intelligence which helped guide immortal teacher-prophets on Earth.";		4: "You pick up 'Cosmic Trigger' by Robert Anton Wilson. It tells many stories to emphasize that what we call reality is actually a collectively-agreed upon fiction, and there is no single objective reality shared by all observers. It ends with the story of an Iowa farmer who was given 'pancakes from space' by visiting aliens.";		5: "You pick up 'Lost Goddesses of Early Greece' by Charlene Spretnak. It tells the story of pre-Homeric myths including 'The Triad of the Moon' which describes rituals for Artemis, Selene, and Hecate. There is a place outside the city limits that is appropriate for the ritual for Hecate, which involves eating while facing away from a crossroads and leaving some of the food as an offering.";		6: "You pick up 'Moon Palace' by Paul Auster. It tells the story of a fatherless young man whose life is interwoven with coincidences involving the moon. Attending college in the late 60s, he voluntarily embraces poverty and madness and finally homelessness until a chance meeting with a stranger leads to a redemptive love affair. He gets a job caring for a mysterious old man on the verge of death, who tells him a fantastic story of a career as a painter who created a series of lost artistic masterpieces while living in a cave in the deserts of the southwest US.";		7: "You pick up 'Labyrinths' by Jorge Luis Borges. Many of the stories are set in fantastic universes which illuminate something important in our world: the power of language and naming, the branching stories created by free will and randomness, the author of dreams who is also a dream-image.";		8: "You pick up 'Time Pressure' by Spider Robinson. It tells the story of time travellers from the future who infiltrate a group of Canadian hippies living commmunally as part of a conspiracy to record humanity's life experiences to allow everyone to live forever in a future digitally augmented reality.";		9: "You pick up 'Godel Escher Bach' by Douglas Hofstadter. It tells the story of self-referential strange loops in mathematics and consciousness.";		default: "You browse your shelves and read a few random lines from Yeats for inspiration.";		}	],	has pluralname; Prop	terminal "terminal" home	with		name 'terminal' 'computer' 'plan' 'plan9' 'grid' '9grid' 'system',	acted 0,	description [; print "Your terminal glows with a Mondrian-like arrangement of pastel windows, each rio bound into a different namespace. Multiple rc shells are running, acme is open, and several irc channels are available within hubfs. You can check for messages with >use terminal.^";		if (introgoal == 3) print "^You check the namespace of your main shell, and you see some unexpected devices. ^^mount #x/fiction /loc/basement ^mount #x/reality /loc/basement. ^^You should probably check out the servers in the downstairs to see what is happening.^";	],	before [;		use:			if (introgoal == 3) 				"The monitor is covered with a flickering pattern of rainbow static. You need to find out what the hardware downstairs is doing.";			print "You perform your usual cycle of checking email and irc...^";			if (xochi.email == 1)				Heartbeat_term_storyline();			if (xochi.email == 5)				Schumann_term_storyline();			if (willy_coop.singing == 1)				Housekeepers_term_storyline();			if (elginbday == 4)				Bday_term_storyline();			if (elginbday == 8)				Bday_visit_storyline();			if (self.acted == 0)				print "^You spend some time talking with your irc friends, who offer valuable perspective on keeping yourself in contact with shared social reality.^";			self.acted = 0;			return true;	]; Prop	piano "piano" home	with		name 'piano' 'upright' 'walter',	obsessionclear 0,

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