Square Chamber (lines 196-251)
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196 ! The SQUARE CHAMBER.
197 !
198 ! Defined in DM4 Exercise 2, modified in $8 and $9
199 Object Square_Chamber "Square Chamber"
200 with name 'lintelled' 'lintel' 'lintels' 'east' 'south' 'doorways',
201 description
202 "A sunken, gloomy stone chamber, ten yards across. A shaft of
203 sunlight cuts in from the steps above, giving the chamber a
204 diffuse light, but in the shadows low lintelled doorways to
205 east and south lead into the deeper darkness of the Temple.",
206 u_to Forest,
207 e_to Wormcast,
208 s_to Corridor,
209 before [;
210 Insert:
211 if (noun == eggsac && second == sunlight) {
212 remove eggsac;
213 move stone_key to self;
214 "You drop the eggsac into the glare of the shaft of
215 sunlight. It bubbles obscenely, distends and then bursts
216 into a hundred tiny insects which run in all directions
217 into the darkness. Only spatters of slime and a curious
218 yellow-stone key remain on the chamber floor.";
219 }
220 ],
221 has light;
222
223 ! Defined in DM4 §8
224 Object -> "carved inscriptions"
225 with name 'carved' 'inscriptions' 'carvings' 'marks' 'markings' 'symbols'
226 'moving' 'scuttling' 'crowd' 'of',
227 initial
228 "Carved inscriptions crowd the walls, floor and ceiling.",
229 description
230 "Each time you look at the carvings closely, they seem to be still.
231 But you have the uneasy feeling when you look away that they're
232 scuttling, moving about.
233 Two glyphs are prominent: Arrow and Circle.",
234 has static pluralname;
235
236 ! Defined in DM4 §8
237 Object -> sunlight "shaft of sunlight"
238 with name 'shaft' 'of' 'sunlight' 'sun' 'light' 'beam' 'sunbeam'
239 'ray' 'rays' 'sun^s' 'sunlit' 'air' 'motes' 'dust',
240 description
241 "Motes of dust glimmer in the shaft of sunlit air, so that it seems
242 almost solid.",
243 before [;
244 Examine, Search:
245 ;
246 default:
247 "It's only an insubstantial shaft of sunlight.";
248 ],
249 has scenery;
250
251 ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- !
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