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One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard

Release 1

Volume Seventeen - "Ivory"

Book One - "Background"

The Dream of the Red King is a scene. The Dream of the Red King begins when Stiffy Harrows Hell ends falsely. The Dream of the Red King ends when the time since The Dream of the Red King began is 9 minutes.

[ Turn off Locksmith ]

The opening doors before entering rule does nothing if the location is in Kentucky.

The closing doors before locking rule does nothing if the location is in Kentucky.

The closing doors before locking keylessly rule does nothing if the location is in Kentucky.

The unlocking before opening rule does nothing if the location is in Kentucky.

The intelligently opening doors rule does nothing if the location is in Kentucky.

The intelligently closing doors rule does nothing if the location is in Kentucky.

The intelligently closing keyless doors rule does nothing if the location is in Kentucky.

The intelligently opening containers rule does nothing if the location is in Kentucky.

When Dream of the Red King ends:

if the location is not Limbo, say "[paragraph break][paragraph break]";

follow the Looking-Glass-Ending rule.

This is the Looking-Glass-Ending Rule:

say "[paragraph break][italic type]Somewhere, the Red King stirs, stretches, and sleepily opens his eyes.[roman type][paragraph break][paragraph break][paragraph break]";

end the story saying "You have gone out-bang!-just like a candle".

[ ! This is to simulate the annoying lost-in-the-woods bit of Adventure]

Every turn during the Dream of the Red King:

if the location is Open_Forest

begin;

if the Open_Forest is not warned_about and a random chance of 1 in 2 succeeds

begin;

move the player to the Other_Forest, without printing a room description;

otherwise;

now the Open_Forest is warned_about;

end if;

otherwise;

now the Open_Forest is not_warned_about;

end if.

Kentucky is a region. End_Of_Road, Open_Forest, Other_Forest, In_Valley, Slit_In_Streambed, Inside_Building, Outside_Grate, and Road_Hill are in Kentucky.

Test Kentucky with "in/ get keys/ w/ s/ s/ s/ unlock grate with keys/ d"