!       The BURIAL SHAFT.
!
!       Defined in Exercise 55
Object  Burial_Shaft "Burial Shaft"
  with  description
            "In your eventual field notes, this will read:
             ~A corbel-vaulted crypt with an impacted earthen plug as seal
             above, and painted figures conjecturally representing the Nine
             Lords of the Night. Dispersed bones appear to be those of one
             elderly man and several child sacrifices, while other funerary
             remains include jaguar paws.~ (In field notes, it is essential
             not to give any sense of when you are scared witless.)",
        n_to Wormcast,
        u_to [;
            cage.floor_open = true;
            self.u_to = self.opened_u_to;
            move selfobj to self;
            print "Making a mighty warthog-leap, you butt at the earthen-plug
                   seal above the chamber, collapsing your world in ashes and
                   earth. Something lifeless and terribly heavy falls on top of
                   you: you lose consciousness, and when you recover, something
                   impossible and grotesque has happened...^";
            ChangePlayer(selfobj);
            give warthog ~light;
            <<Look>>;
            ],
        cant_go
            "The architects of this chamber were less than generous in
             providing exits. Some warthog seems to have burrowed in from the
             north, though.",
        before [; Jump: <<Go u_obj>>; ],
        opened_u_to [; PlayerTo(cage); rtrue; ],
  has   light;

!       Defined in DM4 §5
Treasure -> honeycomb "ancient honeycomb"
  with  name 'ancient' 'old' 'honey' 'honeycomb',
        article "an",
        initial
            "An exquisitely preserved, ancient honeycomb rests here!",
        description
            "Perhaps some kind of funerary votive offering.",
        after [;
            Eat:
                "Perhaps the most expensive meal of your life. The honey tastes
                 odd, perhaps because it was used to store the entrails of the
                 Lord buried here, but still like honey.";
            ],
  has   edible;

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