Lower Canyon (lines 414-476)
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414 ! The LOWER/SOUTH CANYON.
415 !
416 ! Defined in DM4 §23
417 Object Canyon_S "Lower End of Canyon"
418 with description
419 "At the lower, and narrower, southern end, the canyon stops dead at
420 a chasm of vertiginous blackness. Nothing can be seen or heard
421 from below.",
422 n_to Junction,
423 u_to Junction,
424 s_to "Into the chasm?",
425 d_to nothing,
426 has light;
427
428 ! Defined in DM4 §12, modified in §21 and §23
429 Object -> chasm "horrifying chasm"
430 with name 'blackness' 'chasm' 'pit' 'horrifying' 'bottomless',
431 before [;
432 Enter:
433 deadflag = 3;
434 "You plummet through the silent void of darkness, cracking
435 your skull against an outcrop of rock. Amidst the pain and
436 redness, you dimly make out the God with the Owl-Headdress...";
437 JumpOver:
438 "It's far too wide.";
439 ],
440 after [;
441 Receive:
442 remove noun;
443 print_ret (The) noun,
444 " tumbles silently into the darkness of the chasm.";
445 Search:
446 "The chasm is deep and murky.";
447 ],
448 react_before [;
449 Jump:
450 <<Enter self>>;
451 Go:
452 if (noun == d_obj) <<Enter self>>;
453 ],
454 each_turn [;
455 if (huge_ball in parent(self)) {
456 remove huge_ball;
457 Canyon_S.s_to = On_Ball;
458 Canyon_S.description =
459 "The southern end of the canyon now continues onto the
460 pumice-stone ball, wedged into the chasm.";
461 "^The pumice-stone ball rolls out of control down the last few
462 feet of the canyon before shuddering into the jaws of the
463 chasm, bouncing back a little and catching you a blow on the
464 side of the forehead. You slump forward, bleeding, and...
465 the pumice-stone shrinks, or else your hand grows, because you
466 seem now to be holding it, staring at Alligator, son of
467 seven-Macaw, across the ball-court of the Plaza, the heads of
468 his last opponents impaled on spikes, a congregation baying
469 for your blood, and there is nothing to do but to throw anyway,
470 and... but this is all nonsense,
471 and you have a splitting headache.";
472 }
473 ],
474 has scenery open container;
475
476 ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- !
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