ocdave checkPartyMembersNearDoor old_pickup_p_proc pickup_p_proc pickup_p_proc->old_pickup_p_proc getTimeBit start critter_p_proc talk_p_proc Node008 At last, my time has come. Are you going to kill me now? talk_p_proc->Node008 Node001 Oh. I didn't see you standing there. talk_p_proc->Node001 Node007 Oh. Hi. What can I do for you? talk_p_proc->Node007 Node999 Node001->Node999 Me go bye bye. Node001->Node999 Whatever. I just remembered some place I've got to be. Node002 Hey, shit happens -- and when it does, it happens to me. Node001->Node002 How not see? Me big. Node001->Node002 Should I hit you with a board to get your attention next time? Node003 I was born two months premature.  When I was one, I was dropped on the porch. When I was two, I had pneumonia. When I was three, I got the chicken pox. When I was four, I fell down the stairs and broke six ribs. When I was five, my uncle was decapitated by a watermelon.  When I was six, my parents hit me in the head with a shovel. When I was seven, I lost my right index finger to my pet rat. --- When I was eight, my dog Spike got hit by a tractor. When I was nine, my mother lost her arm to a rabid brahmin. When I was ten, my sister was torn to bits by a pack of dogs. When I was eleven, my grandfather killed himself because I was ugly. When I was twelve, my grandmother killed herself because I was ugly. When I was thirteen, my father poked out his eyes with a pitchfork in a drunken stupor. --- When I was fourteen, my brother lost his hand to a wallaby. When I was fifteen, my aunt choked to death on a chicken bone. When I was sixteen, I lost my cousin to a badger. When I was seventeen, I cut off my left big toe with a hoe. When I was eighteen, my father lost his right leg to the same tractor that killed my dog. When I was nineteen... Node001->Node003 Look sad. Why? Node001->Node003 That's ok, we all space out at times. Say, you look rather down. May I ask why? Node001->Node003 Yeah, whatever. Why are you so down? Node007->Node999 Sorry, me go. Node007->Node999 Wait a minute, I thought you were someone else. Node007->Node003 Uh, what you story again? Node007->Node003 I was wondering if I could hear your tale once again? destroy_p_proc look_at_p_proc You see a sad, older man. --- You see Dave, "Mr. Depression." description_p_proc You see a grumpy, older man in his early sixties. He has a weathered face and looks as if he has had his fair share of abuse. use_skill_on_p_proc damage_p_proc map_enter_p_proc push_p_proc timed_event_p_proc Node998 Node002->Node999 Uh... me be leaving now. Node002->Node999 I can tell I want to be elsewhere. Node002->Node003 Like what? Node002->Node003 Nice attitude. What caused it? Node003->Node999 Uh, me hear someone call. Bye! Node003->Node999 Wait a minute. I forgot I have something else to do right now. Node004 Yeah, well, shit happens -- and when it does, it happens to me. Node003->Node004 Sorry things bad. Node003->Node004 Wow! I'm sure glad that I'm not you! Node005 Well, there I was, traveling through the desert, when suddenly my brahmin falls over dead. About then I realized I was low on water and hadn't had a drink in quite a while. Later, my bones began to ache, my head started to hurt, my bowels became loose, and I got this rash that just wouldn't go away. It was time to sit down and die. --- Well, there I was sitting in the desert, waiting for the world to swallow my miserable existence, when a pack of deathclaws shows up. Well, I'm thinking to myself, this is it. Now I can die. I can wind up as a pile of deathclaw shit in the middle of the desert. But no... fate had yet another cruel card to play against me. --- You see, the deathclaws didn't kill me. Instead they gave me water, brought me here, gave me this room, gave me food, cleaned me up, and now they won't let me leave. I know they're fattening me up for some unknown, horrible fate. I keep telling them that I would probably taste better if I was leaner, but it does no good. They just smile -- if you can call it that -- and pat me on the head and say 'Don't worry, human, things will get better.' Ha! We both know what that means. --- Anyway, to make matters worse, then they started giving me some sort of medication. It was making me gassy, so I stopped taking it -- and it's a good thing I did. I think it was some sort of 'mind control' pill, because I started to feel like things weren't actually as bad as I thought! Anyway, that's about it. I'm just waiting for the dinner bell to chime, so that they can feast on my bloated body. Node003->Node005 Past bad, no talk. Things good now? Node003->Node005 Ok, I get the picture. What's currently bothering you? Node003->Node005 I'm truly sorry that you've had so much pain in your life. Hopefully things have gotten better? Node004->Node999 Me hear before. Bye. Node004->Node999 I really don't want to hear this. I think I'll be leaving. Node004->Node005 What happen now? Node004->Node005 So what's going on now to upset you so much? Node005->Node999 You no talk no more. Me go. Node005->Node999 I don't want to hear anymore. I've got to get out of here and away from you. Bye. Node006 Nope.  When I turned twenty-two this strange fungus started to grow on my test... Node005->Node006 Me... uh... you... You no have wife or child? Node005->Node006 Please tell me that you don't have any children. Node006->Node999 Arrg! You talk no more! Me go! Node006->Node999 Stop! I don't want to know!