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All donations and contributions // become the property of Menasoft & Partners. //**************************************************************************** // FILE LAST UPDATED: Friday, April 28, 2000 // Purpose: Britannia Tinker Script // Notes: This is used for general information pertaining to all Britannian Tinkerer's // Current Keyword List: // job, what*do*do, profession, occupation, tinker, clock, sextant, machine, device, part, gear, spring, // sticks, wood, lumber, skill, trade // [SPEECH jobTinker] ON=*job* ON=*work* ON=*what*do*do* ON=*profession* ON=*occupation* IF ( || ) DORAND 2 SAY I'm a tinker. SAY I'm a clockmaker. ENDDO ELIF ( ) IF ( || ) DORAND 2 SAY I'm a tinker. SAY I make clocks, sextants and other precision devices. ENDDO ELSE DORAND 2 SAY I'm a tinker. SAY I make clocks, sextants and other stuff like that. ENDDO ENDIF ELSE IF ( ) DORAND 2 SAY I craft precision machinery. SAY I build sextants, clocks and similar instruments. ENDDO ELIF ( ) DORAND 2 SAY I craft precision machinery. SAY I build sextants, clocks and similar instruments. ENDDO ELSE DORAND 2 SAY I'm a tinker. SAY I build sextants, clocks and things. ENDDO ENDIF ENDIF ON=*tinker* IF ( || ) IF ( ) DORAND 2 SAY I can fix most machines. SAY I make clockwork and other intricate mechnical things of such nature. ENDDO ELSE DORAND 2 SAY I can fix most machines. SAY I make clockwork and suchlike. ENDDO ENDIF ELIF ( ) IF ( || ) DORAND 2 SAY I build and repair clocks and similar machinery. SAY I've always been fascinated by gears, springs and other small parts. ENDDO ELSE DORAND 2 SAY I build and repair clocks and similar such things. SAY I've always been amazed by gears, springs and other small parts. ENDDO ENDIF ELSE IF ( ) DORAND 2 SAY Tinker is perhaps the best word, but I find it trivializes what I do. SAY I build precision machinery. ENDDO ELIF ( ) DORAND 2 SAY Tinker is such a common word. I find it trivializes what I do. SAY I build precision machinery. What does a tinker do? Tink? Tinkle?. ENDDO ELSE DORAND 2 SAY Tinker is such a wierd word. I don't think it describes what I do. SAY I build precision things. What does a tinker do? Tink? Tinkle?. ENDDO ENDIF ENDIF ON=*clock* ON=*sextant* ON=*machine* ON=*device* IF ( || ) DORAND 2 SAY I make clocks and sextants, and buy and sell used ones. SAY Clocks, sextants... I can make or fix all kinds of things like that. ENDDO ELIF ( ) DORAND 2 SAY I do my best business in clocks and sextants. SAY I make clocks and sextants, and also buy and repair used ones. ENDDO ELSE IF ( || ) DORAND 2 SAY My clocks and sextants are completely reliable. Thou wilt always know where thou art, and what the time is. SAY My clocks and sextants represent the very cutting edge of technology. ENDDO ELSE DORAND 2 SAY My clocks and sextants are really reliable. Thou wilt always know where thou art, and what the time is. SAY My clocks and sextants are the very cutting edge of technology. ENDDO ENDIF ENDIF ON=*part* ON=*gear* ON=*spring* IF ( || ) IF ( || ) SAY I can sell thee gears, springs and other parts, if thou wish. ELSE SAY I can sell thee gears, springs and other parts, if thou wish't. ENDIF ELIF ( ) IF ( || ) SAY I have some extra gears, springs and such that I could, perhaps, part with. ELSE SAY I got some extra gears, springs and such that I could part with. ENDIF ELSE IF ( || ) SAY The gears, springs and other parts of my devices are meticulously handcrafted. ELSE SAY The gears, springs and other parts of my things are real hard to make. ENDIF ENDIF ON=*sticks* ON=*wood* ON=*lumber* IF ( || ) SAY I could use some extra wood, to make frames out of. ELIF ( ) SAY If thou has some lumber for sale, I could perhaps use some. ELSE IF ( || ) SAY I use wood in some of my devices, and I don't have time to gather my own. ELSE SAY I use wood in some of my devices, and I don't have lotsa time to gather my own. ENDIF ENDIF ON=*skill* IF ( ) DORAND 4 SAY I already have an apprentice, but I could take a few minutes to teach thee some tricks of the trade. SAY It takes years of practice to reach my level of skill, but thou could learn something in a short time. SAY It will take a steady hand and a sure eye to be a tinker. If thou art willing to learn, then I can help thee. SAY It would be a pleasure to teach thee, if thou art ready to learn. ENDDO ELIF ( ) DORAND 4 SAY I could take a few minutes to teach thee some tricks of the trade. SAY It takes years of practice to reach my level of skill, but perhaps something could be learned in a short time. SAY If thou art willing to learn, then I can help thee. SAY It would be a pleasure to teach thee, if thou art ready to learn. ENDDO ELSE DORAND 4 SAY It'll be a bother, but I can help thee learn. SAY Maybe I could teach thee somethin' in a short time. SAY If thou'rt willing to learn, then I can help thee. SAY If thou'rt ready to learn, I can help. ENDDO ENDIF ON=*trade* IF ( || ) DORAND 2 SAY My trade is in the making clocks and sextants, and buy and sell used ones. SAY Trade is always good for a clockmaker, such as I. ENDDO ELSE DORAND 2 SAY I trade in the making of clocks and sextants, and I buy and sell used ones. SAY Trade's always good for a clockmaker, like me. ENDDO ENDIF [COMMENT SPEECH jobTinker] //TINKER DEFAULT=I do not understand thee. ON=BUY BUY ON=SELL SELL ON=Hail ON=Hi ON=Greet ON=Hello SAY=Greetings. ON=Job ON=What do you do ON=TRADE ON=TINKER SAY=Yes, I'm a tinker. I make things mechanical! Sextants, clocks, thou namest it! ON=Bye ON=Goodbye ON=Farewell SAY=Goodbye. BYE return 1 ON=CLOCK SAY=Aye. Clock making is very time consuming. Get it? Time consuming? ON=DEVICE SAY=Tis not a device, my friend. 'Tis something new that I call a Clock. ON=GEAR SAY=A gear is a metal thingamajig. A spinning thingamajig. ON=LUMBER SAY=Just find a tree and start whackin' with an axe. ON=MACHINE SAY=I's hopes to build a flyin' machine one o' these days. ON=PART SAY=A part? What part ye be hankerin' for? ON=SEXTANT SAY=Tells where ye be and wheres ye wants to be. ON=SKILL SAY=Oh, some says I have great skill. I believes 'em too. ON=SPRING SAY=A spring is a metal curly thingamajig. Much like the gear, just curlier. ON=STICKS SAY=Just pick up some sticks from the ground you good for nothin'... ON=WOOD SAY=Wood? Find a tree, take a axe and well, maybe ye shouldn't play with axes. //RANDOM=My grandfather's clock was to large for the shelf, so it stood ninety years on the floooooorrrr! dum dum ta de tum, la la la .... [SPEECH jobTinkerMaster] //GUILDMASTER Engineer DEFAULT=Thou art not well versed in logical speech! ON=Hail ON=Hi ON=Greet ON=Hello SAY=Greetings. ON=Job ON=What do you do ON=TINKER ON=TRADE SAY=The Tinker is nothing without the guidance of an Engineer. He does the tinkering, I do the thinking. ON=Bye ON=Goodbye ON=Farewell SAY=Goodbye. BYE return 1 ON=CLOCK SAY=A clock is a device which enables one to keep a precise and universal measure of time. ON=DEVICE SAY=Oh, there are many devices here, which do you speak of? ON=GEAR SAY=It's a little metal wheel that either receives or transmits force and motion. ON=LUMBER SAY=Lumber comes from a variety of trees. ON=MACHINE SAY=It is my hope of hopes to one day build a time machine. ON=PART SAY=Exactly what part do you speak of? ON=SEXTANT SAY=It's an instrument that measures angular distances using the sun, moon, and stars. ON=SKILL SAY=It takes an intelligent person to truly appreciate great skill in anything. ON=SPRING SAY=It's a wire of steel that's bent spirally and able to retain it's shape when compressed. ON=STICKS SAY=You ask me of sticks? You insult me. ON=WOOD SAY=Some fine wood may be found just outside of town. ON=GUILD SAY=Dost thou thinkest thee is smart enough? ON=JOIN SAY=Perhaps thou wouldst have a future in tinkering with some practice. ON=MASTER SAY=I am logic's master, but a slave to interesting gadgets. //RANDOM=Of course I've built bridges and so forth, but I'm most proud of my latest invention... the rotary egg beater. [EOF]