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Chapter Two - "Dockside"

Part One - "Dockside"

Dockside is a room. It is west of Ostia. "These are the docks of Ostia. Your father's ship, [italic type]The Golden Ass[roman type], bobs at anchor just to the west[if Dockside is warned_about]. Part way down the sea wall, the sewer outflow gurgles into the harbor; iron rungs allow access[end if]."

Instead of going west in Dockside, follow the all-aboard-the-ass rule.

The outflow_pipe is scenery in Dockside. The description is "The sewers exit into the harbor here; the outflow pipe is perhaps four feet high, and you could easily enter the sewers through it if you chose." The printed name is "outflow pipe". Understand "pipe", "outflow", "outfall", "sewer", and "sewers" as the outflow_pipe. The outflow_pipe can be enterable. It is enterable. Instead of entering the outflow_pipe, try going down.

Before doing anything with the outflow_pipe:

if the location is Dockside and Dockside is not_warned_about

begin;

say "You'd never noticed before, but the sewers[italic type]do[roman type] exit into the harbor here. An iron ladder leading down the side of the wharf allows access.";

now Dockside is warned_about;

end if;

continue the action.

The scenery_ship is scenery in Dockside. The printed name is "[italic type]Golden Ass[roman type]". The description is "The [italic type]Golden Ass[roman type] bobs at anchor here. The ship is about 80 feet long[25 as a footnote]." Understand "ship", "boat", "golden", "ass", "corbita", "eighty", "80", "feet", "80-foot", and "merchant" as the scenery_ship. Instead of entering the scenery_ship, follow the all-aboard-the-ass rule. Instead of going up in the location of the scenery_ship, follow the all-aboard-the-ass rule.

The iron_ladder2 is a backdrop in Dockside. It is in Sewer_Mouth. The description is "Rusty iron rungs [if the location is Dockside]descend to the sewer's mouth[otherwise]ascend to the docks[end if]." Understand "rung", "rungs", "ladder", "rusty" and "iron" as the iron_ladder2. The printed name is "iron ladder". Instead of climbing the iron_ladder2:

if the location is Dockside, instead try going down;

if the location is Sewer_Mouth, instead try going up.

Before doing anything with the iron_ladder2:

if the location is Dockside and Dockside is not_warned_about

begin;

say "You'd never noticed before, but there [italic type]is[roman type] an iron ladder leading down the side of the wharf here, allowing access to the sewer outflow.";

now Dockside is warned_about;

end if;

continue the action.

The scenery_sea_wall is a backdrop in Dockside. It is in Sewer_Mouth. The description is "The sea wall is made of tan stone, coated in green slime." The printed name is "sea wall". Understand "sea", "wall", "stone", "tan", "green", and "slime" as the scenery_sea_wall.

Carry out going down in Dockside:

if Dockside is not warned_about, instead say "You can't go that way.";

say "You clamber down the rungs.";

if Stiffy Makane is not filthy, say "With rue, but without surprise, you note that you have gotten absolutely filthy.";

now Stiffy Makane is filthy;

now every garment worn by Stiffy Makane is filthy;

now every garment carried by Stiffy Makane is filthy;

continue the action.

Some pbs2 are men in Dockside. They are ambiguously plural. The printed name is "passers-by". They are scenery. The description of the pbs2 is "Passers-by rush to and fro on inscrutable business of their own." Understand "man", "woman", "men", "people", "passer", "passers", "passerby", "passer-byes", "passers-by", and "women" as pbs2. The default reply of the pbs2 is "They pay you no attention." Instead of attacking the pbs2, say "The thought of your father's displeasure, should you begin assaulting the people of Ostia, dissuades you." Instead of fucking the pbs2, say "Your father would not look kindly upon your rape of the people of Ostia." The pbs2 are unspeakable.