Upper / North Canyon (lines 345-413)
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345 ! The UPPER/NORTH CANYON.
346 !
347 ! Defined in DM4 §23
348 Object Canyon_N "Upper End of Canyon"
349 with description
350 "The higher, broader northern end of the canyon rises only to an
351 uneven wall of volcanic karst.",
352 s_to Junction,
353 d_to Junction,
354 has light;
355
356 ! Defined in DM4 §15, modified in Exercise 24 and §23
357 Object -> huge_ball "huge pumice-stone ball"
358 with name 'huge' 'pumice' 'pumice-stone' 'stone' 'ball',
359 initial
360 "A huge pumice-stone ball rests here, eight feet wide.",
361 description
362 "A good eight feet across, though fairly lightweight.",
363 before [;
364 PushDir:
365 if (location == Junction && second == ne_obj)
366 "The Shrine entrance is far less than eight feet wide.";
367 AllowPushDir();
368 rtrue;
369 Pull, Push, Turn:
370 "It wouldn't be so very hard to get rolling.";
371 Take, Remove:
372 "There's a lot of stone in an eight-foot sphere.";
373 ],
374 after [;
375 PushDir:
376 if (second == n_obj) "You strain to push the ball uphill.";
377 if (second == u_obj) <<PushDir self n_obj>>;
378 if (second == s_obj) "The ball is hard to stop once underway.";
379 if (second == d_obj) <<PushDir self s_obj>>;
380 ],
381 has static;
382
383 ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- !
384 ! The XIBALBÁ/JUNCTION.
385
386 ! Defined in DM4 §23
387 Object Junction "Xibalb@'a"
388 with description
389 "Fifty metres beneath rainforest, and the sound of water is
390 everywhere: these deep, eroded limestone caves extend like
391 taproots. A slither northeast by a broad collapsed column of
392 ice-covered rock leads back to the Shrine, while a kind of canyon
393 floor extends uphill to the north and downwards to south,
394 pale white like shark's teeth in the diffused light from the
395 sodium lamp above.",
396 ne_to Shrine,
397 n_to Canyon_N,
398 u_to Canyon_N,
399 s_to Canyon_S,
400 d_to Canyon_S,
401 has light;
402
403 ! Defined in DM4 §23
404 Treasure -> stela "stela"
405 with name 'stela' 'boundary' 'stone' 'marker',
406 initial
407 "A modest-sized stela, or boundary stone, rests on a ledge
408 at head height.",
409 description
410 "The carvings appear to warn that the boundary of Xibalb@'a,
411 Place of Fright, is near. The Bird glyph is prominent.";
412
413 ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- !
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