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Chapter Two - "Olympic Denizens"

Some scenery_gods are scenery in the Grand Palace. The scenery_gods are ambiguously plural. Understand "god", "gods", "goddess", "goddesses", "group", and "groups" as the scenery_gods. The printed name is "gods". The indefinite article is "a few". The description is "Quite a few gods are standing around in here talking. Jupiter is easy to identify by his long gray beard and the thunderbolt he keeps waving around to punctuate his speech. Mars is an angry-looking god in a bronze breastplate, a helmet, and a sneer, chatting with Minerva and her owl. Pluto, Neptune, Bacchus, and Mercury are apparently, to judge from their body language, swapping dirty jokes. [if scenery_trivia is in the location]Trivia lounges insouicantly nearby. [end if][if scenery_eris is in the location]Eris is mostly-hidden in a niche on the room's perimeter. [end if][if scenery_caesar is in the location]Caesar skulks, ignored, near the door. [end if][if scenery_anas is in the location]Anas cranes her neck around a column and nods her beak at you. [end if]And, finally, you pick out hundred-eyed Argus, talking to someone whom you guess to be Juno." Does the player mean doing something with the scenery_gods: it is unlikely. Instead of doing anything other than examining with the scenery_gods, say "It's probably not actually a very good idea to be announcing your mortal presence on olympus. So far none of the gods have noticed you. It'd be a good idea to keep it that way."

Scenery_juno is a woman. She is scenery. She is proper-named. The printed name is "Juno". Understand "Juno" and "Hera" as scenery_juno. Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_juno when the location is the Grand Palace, try smelling the scenery_gods. The description is "Juno is talking to hundred-eyed Argus."

Scenery_anas is a woman. She is scenery. She is proper-named. The printed name is "Anas". Understand "Anas" and "duck" as scenery_anas. Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_anas, say "You don't want to blow your cover." The description is "Anas winks at you from behind a pillar."

Scenery_eris is a woman. She is scenery. She is proper-named. The printed name is "Eris". Understand "Eris", "Discord", and "Discordia" as scenery_eris. Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_eris when the location is the Grand Palace, say "You don't want to blow your cover." The description is "Eris, shadowed in a niche at the perimeter of the room, waves minutely with her fingertips and flicks a delicate index finger in the direction of Argus."

Scenery_caesar is a man. He is scenery. He is proper-named. The printed name is "Caesar". Understand "Gaius", "Julius", and "Caesar" as scenery_caesar. Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_caesar, say "You don't want to blow your cover." The description is "Caesar lurks inconspicuously at the edge of the room, ignored by all the other gods. He catches your eye, glances towards Argus, and nods fractionally."

Scenery_trivia is scenery. Scenery_trivia can be female. Scenery_trivia is female. She is proper-named. The printed name is "Trivia". Understand "Trivia" as scenery_trivia. Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_trivia, say "You don't want to blow your cover." The description is "Trivia discreetly blows you a kiss when she catches you looking at her."

Scenery_mars is a man in the Grand Palace. He is scenery. He is proper-named. The printed name is "Mars". Understand "Mars", "Ares", "bronze", "breastplate", "greaves", "greave", "spear", "handsome", "armor", "armour" [for our British friends], "helmet", "crest", "sneer", and "war" as scenery_Mars. Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_mars, try smelling the scenery_gods. The description is "Mars is deep in conversation with Minerva. He's a scarred but handsome fellow, in bronze breastplace, greaves, and helmet, leaning on a spear."

Scenery_minerva is a woman in the Grand Palace. She is scenery. She is proper-named. The printed name is "Minerva". Understand "Minerva", "Athena", "Pallas", "shoulder", and "owl" as scenery_Minerva. Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_minerva, try smelling the scenery_gods. The description is "Minerva, her owl on her shoulder, chats with Mars."

Scenery_jove is a man in the Grand Palace. He is scenery. He is proper-named. The printed name is "Jove". Understand "Jove", "Jupiter", "Virilis", "Zeus", "beard", "gray", "thunder", "thunderbolt", "lightning", and "long" as scenery_jove. The description is "Jove gesticulates wildly with his hands while talking, causing everyone to duck back from the thunderbolt he is thereby swinging with gay abandon." Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_jove when the location is the Grand Palace, try smelling the scenery_gods.

Scenery_pluto is a man in the Grand Palace. He is scenery. He is proper-named. The printed name is "Pluto". Understand "Pluto", "Hades", "Serapis", "dark", "dark-complected", "heavyset", "full", and "beard" as scenery_pluto. The description is "Pluto, a dark-complected and heavyset god with a full beard, is telling dirty jokes with Mercury, Bacchus, and Neptune." Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_pluto, try smelling the scenery_gods.

Scenery_neptune is a man in the Grand Palace. He is scenery. He is proper-named. The printed name is "Neptune". Understand "Neptune", "Poseidon", "trident", "sea", "blue", "ocean", "fishy", and "fish-eyed" as scenery_neptune. The description is "Neptune has blue skin and a vaguely fish-eyed physiognomy. He's holding a trident, and laughing uproariously as he, Pluto, Bacchus, and Mercury swap dirty jokes." Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_pluto, try smelling the scenery_gods.

Scenery_bacchus is a man in the Grand Palace. He is scenery. He is proper-named. The printed name is "Bacchus". Understand "Bacchus", "Dionysus", "Dionysos", "wine", "grape", "grapevine", "cup", "cup of wine", "swaying", and "drunk" as scenery_bacchus. The description is "Bacchus sways slightly, wine sloshing over the edge of his cup, as he trades dirty jokes with Mercury, Neptune, and Pluto." Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_bacchus, try smelling the scenery_gods.

Scenery_mercury is a man in the Grand Palace. He is scenery. He is proper-named. The printed name is "Mercury". Understand "Mercury", "Hermes", "sandals", "winged", "wing", "fleet-footed", and "messenger" as scenery_mercury. The description is "Mercury, wearing his famous wing[e-acute]d sandals, is chortling with Bacchus, Neptune, and Pluto over dirty jokes." Instead of doing anything other than examining with scenery_mercury, try smelling the scenery_gods.