dcAnan checkPartyMembersNearDoor old_pickup_p_proc pickup_p_proc pickup_p_proc->old_pickup_p_proc start critter_p_proc talk_p_proc Node006 talk_p_proc->Node006 Node001 talk_p_proc->Node001 Node003 Hello, welcome, salutations! I am the Great Ananias (he offers you a slight bow, with a flourish). I bring mysteries from near and far friend. Mysteries from a world beyond our own... of the Netherworld. --- Come back to learn of the Great Ananias' mysteries of the Netherworld have you? talk_p_proc->Node003 Node999 Node003->Node999 Hmm, mysteries make me sleep uneasily, I better go. Goodbye. Node014 I know things that mere mortal man is not meant to know. Aiiieeee! Nyarloth...Oh, sorry (heh, heh). Got a little carried away there for a moment. I have tales of a Ghost that haunts these very grounds, as well as a Jan-u-wine Egypt-ee-an Mummy that you can see, right here in this marvelous sarcophagus. Node003->Node014 What kind of mysteries? Node003->Node014 Uh, nice to meet you Mr. Great Anus...something. destroy_p_proc look_at_p_proc You see a short man with a thick mustache. --- You see the Great Ananias. description_p_proc You see a short, mustachioed, man with a somewhat furtive look to him. use_skill_on_p_proc damage_p_proc map_enter_p_proc timed_event_p_proc Node998 Node002 No, my friend, a MUMMY! Straight from the sands of ancient Egypt to the sands of the Wastes! Exclusively for you to see! Node002->Node999 I've seen enough corpses already. Goodbye. Node007 For a person of your obvious class I would be happy to show this unique, and historic, specimen to you for a mere $25. Node002->Node007 OK, I'll bite. How much to see the wizened corpse? Node002->Node007 (too yourself) Hmm, a mummy would kinda describe the way a ghoul looks. OK, I'd like to take a look -- how much? Node007->Node999 I don't want to spend that much. I think I'll survive without seeing the thing. Goodbye. Node007a Node007->Node007a OK, I'll cough up the dough. Now...Show Me The Mummy! Node014->Node999 I don't think I have any more time to waste on whatever it is that you're hawking. Node014->Node002 Tell me about the mummy. I'm just dying to hear more about that. Node015 Well, you see, (he motions you closer) there was once a great queen that ruled all of the surrounding town. She kept her throne by virtue of a special amulet that she kept around her neck at all times. Great stuff, huh? Node014->Node015 I've just got to hear that ghost story. Uh, do I get a nice hot cup of cocoa to go with it? Node004 Node005 Today, in the room within, I have, for your eyes exclusively...A Jan-u-wine Egyptian Mummy! Node005->Node999 I don't have any interest in that sort of thing. Corpses scare me. Node005->Node002 A mummy? Node005->Node002 A mummy? Hmm, I wonder if it could be.... No, nobody could be that stupid. Node005->Node015 I think I'd rather hear the ghost story. Node015->Node999 OK. I think I've heard just about enough. Goodbye. Node016 Well, I'll cut to the chase then. So, the evil wizard poisoned the young princess and took her amulet. She's been wandering around the room next door ever since. Well, uh, that is, just at the witching hour, anyway. That's why I keep the door locked. Pretty darn scary, huh? Node015->Node016 Uh, yeah. You bet. So this princess had a *magic* amulet. Oh, do go on. I just can't stand this level of suspense much longer (yawn). Node008 Simply open the sarcophagus lid and the marvelous Mummy will be revealed, in all its ancient glory, to you. But please, no touching, and, uh, no flash photography. Node007a->Node008 Node009 There you go! The MUMMY! (the door to the sarcophagus swings open to reveal a desiccated corpse, that looks very much like an ordinary ghoul, standing in a poorly painted, chipped and cracked paper-mache sarcophagus.) --- There you go! Presenting, the MUMMY! (a crypt-like door swings open to reveal a jan-u-wine Egyptian mummy standing in an open sarcophagus that looks as though it's made out of pure gold!) Node008->Node009 Great. Node009->Node999 That's a mummy? I can't believe I just paid $25 to see a six-foot hunk of jerky. Goodbye. Node009->Node999 Wow, that's fantastic...I guess. (you look at the Mummy very intently for a while). Uh, thanks, Goodbye. Node010 (the Mummy, snorts, stretches languidly, and then looks at you with a sleepy blink to it's eyes) Hello. (he says, sleepily) Node009->Node010 Hey, wait a minute. That's not a Mummy. That's a ghoul. WOODY! Hey WOODY! Is that you? Node011 I assure you that the Mummy is, in fact, quite jan-u-wine. Node009->Node011 That sure looks like a ghoul to me. Node012 (Woody--for it is in fact Woody, not a Mummy, that stands somewhat drowsily before you--grabs the sides of the paper- mache sarcophagus, lets out a shriek and runs for the door, leaving a trail of toilet-paper 'mummy-wrappings' and a hasty "Thankee kindly, Stranger!" behind him.) --- You woke up Woody the ghoul and freed him from indentured mummy-tude. --- You see a short man with a thick mustache. --- You see the Great Ananias. Node010->Node012 Holy shit! That *is* Woody! Run Woody, run for it! Well, uh, gimp for it then! Go Woody go! Node011->Node999 Well, if you say so. But I sure think it looks like an ordinary ghoul. Goodbye. Node011->Node010 I don't think I believe you. Let me try something. WOODY! Hey WOODY! Is that you? Node013 (The Great Ananias shrugs) I knew I should have picked up that mono-headed Brahmin instead. Oh well, back to the drawing board. Node012->Node013 Hah! I knew it! You're finished in this town. You're not the Great Ananias anymore, you're just another ass. Node012->Node013 Go Woody go! Ahah! I knew it! Node013->Node999 Mono-headed brahmin? Sure, who would ever believe that! Goodbye, you Charlatan. Node016->Node999 OK. I think I've heard just about enough. Goodbye. Node016->Node002 The ghost of an amuletless princess in the trashed room next door? That's it? I can't believe you're peddling *that* as a story. I'd rather hear about this stupid Mummy you're supposed to have here.