8. The Chasm and the snake (lines 828-884)
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0828 Place Edge "Edge of Chasm"
0829 with name "wide" "chasm" "road" "daffodils" "clump",
0830 description
0831 "The road ends suddenly at a wide chasm. The road leads upward
0832 to the north, and you can see it continuing on the southern side
0833 of the chasm.",
0834 u_to Up_Road, n_to Up_Road,
0835 cant_go "The chasm is too perilous to approach. The only safe way is
0836 up and to the north.",
0837 before
0838 [; Jump: deadflag = true;
0839 "You jump bravely into the chasm, and plunge...
0840 gracefully through the air. (It gets a bit less noble and
0841 airy after that.)";
0842 ];
0843
0844 Object -> snake "hissing snake"
0845 with name "hissing" "snake",
0846 initial
0847 "Lying in a tight coil at the edge of the chasm is a hissing snake.",
0848 description
0849 "It has some V-markings, some scaly parts, colours from grey to
0850 reddish-brown. Is that any help?",
0851 life
0852 [; "The snake hisses angrily!"; ],
0853 before
0854 [; Cast:
0855 switch(the_spell_was)
0856 { urbzig_spell:
0857 remove self;
0858 snakes_cube.initial =
0859 "Beside a clump of daffodils is a featureless white cube.";
0860 "The snake is replaced by a clump of daffodils.";
0861 bozbar_spell:
0862 deadflag = true; remove self;
0863 snakes_cube.initial =
0864 "A featureless cube rests where the snake took off from.";
0865 "The snake is transformed into a huge, winged serpent,
0866 a dragon which bellows and leaps out into the chasm,
0867 backwinging furiously... and knocking you over the
0868 edge quite by accident.";
0869 yomin_spell:
0870 "Horrid reptilian thoughts insinuate their way into you.";
0871 }
0872 Take, Remove:
0873 "The slipperiness of its skin is only one of many reasons
0874 why this is ill-advised.";
0875 ],
0876 has animate;
0877
0878 FeaturelessCube -> snakes_cube "cube"
0879 with initial
0880 "The snake appears to be curled around a featureless white cube.",
0881 before
0882 [; if (snake notin nothing) "The snake won't let you near that cube!";
0883 ];
0884
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