# Nowheresville — 11 of 60

## Morpheus Kitami & Cody Gaisser

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Chapter 9 - Rules

[TALKING]

Talking to is an action applying to one thing.

Understand "talk to [person]" as talking to.

Talking to is a speech-like action.

Asking about is a speech-like action.

Answering that is a speech-like action.

Telling about is a speech-like action.

[PRYABILITY]

Pryability is a kind of value. The pryabilities are pryable and unpryable. A thing has a pryability. A thing is usually unpryable.

[PRYING / PRYING IT WITH]

Prying is an action applying to one thing.

Understand "pry [something]" as prying.

Check prying:

if the noun is pryable:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You can't pry that.";

stop the action.

Prying it with is an action applying to two things.

Understand "pry [something] with [something preferably held]" as prying it with.

Check prying it with:

if the noun is pryable:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You can't pry that.";

stop the action.

[HITTABILITY]

Hittability is a kind of value. The hittabilities are hittable and unhittable. A thing has a hittability. A thing is usually unhittable.

[HITTING / HITTING IT WITH]

Hitting is an action applying to one thing.

Understand "hit [something]" as hitting.

[Check hitting:

if the noun is a person:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You have no reason to hit that.";

stop the action.]

Hitting it with is an action applying to two things.

Understand "hit [something] with [something preferably held]" as hitting it with.

Understand "strike [something] with [something preferably held]" as hitting it with.

Understand "smash [something] with [something preferably held]" as hitting it with.

Understand "bash [something] with [something preferably held]" as hitting it with.

Check hitting it with:

if the noun is hittable:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You have no reason to hit that.";

stop the action.

[KICKING]

Understand "kick [something]" as attacking.

[PUSHING / PULLING A PERSON]

Instead of pushing something:

if the noun is an animal:

try attacking the noun;

if the noun is a person:

try attacking the noun;

otherwise:

continue the action.

Instead of pulling something:

if the noun is an animal:

try attacking the noun;

if the noun is a person:

try attacking the noun;

otherwise:

continue the action.

[DIGGING]

Digging is an action applying to one thing.

Understand "dig [something]" as digging.

Instead of digging:

say "You can't dig here."

[OPENING IT WITH]

Opening it with is an action applying to two things.

Understand "open [something] with [something preferably held]" as opening it with.

[SPINNING IT TO]

Spinning it to is an action applying to one thing and one number.

Check spinning it to: if the noun is not Locker 5151, say "[The noun] does not spin." instead.

Report spinning it to: say "Click! Nothing happens."

Understand "spin [something] to [a number]" as spinning it to.

Understand "turn [something] to [a number]" as spinning it to.

Understand "rotate [something] to [a number]" as spinning it to.

Understand "set [something] to [a number]" as spinning it to.

Understand "dial [something] to [a number]" as spinning it to.

Understand "open [something] with [a number]" as spinning it to.

Understand "unlock [something] with [a number]" as spinning it to.

[STAIRCASES]

A staircase is a kind of door. A staircase is usually open. A staircase is seldom openable.

[SAVEDNESS]

Savedness is a kind of value. The savednesses are saved and unsaved. A person has a savedness. A person is usually unsaved.

[DRUGGABILITY]

Druggability is a kind of value. The druggabilities are druggable and undruggable. A thing has a druggability. A thing is usually undruggable.

[DRUGGEDNESS]

Druggedness is a kind of value. The druggednesses are drugged and undrugged. An animal has a druggedness. An animal is usually undrugged.

[DRUGGING IT WITH]

Drugging it with is an action applying to two things.

Understand "drug [something] with [something preferably held]" as drugging it with.

Check drugging it with:

if the noun is druggable:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You can't figure out how to make that work.";

stop the action.

[FEEDABILITY]

Feedability is a kind of value. The feedabilities are feedable and unfeedable. A thing has a feedability. A thing is usually unfeedable.

[FEEDING IT TO]

Feeding it to is an action applying to two things.

Understand "feed [something preferably held] to [something]" as feeding it to.

Check feeding it to:

if the noun is feedable:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You can't force-feed that.";

stop the action.

[SHOOTING IT WITH]

Shooting it with is an action applying to two things.

Understand "shoot [something] with [something preferably held]" as shooting it with.

Understand "shoot [something preferably held] at [something]" as shooting it with (with nouns reversed).

Understand the command "fire" as "shoot".

Check shooting it with:

if the second noun is the toy gun:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You can't shoot with that.";

stop the action.

[WIPING IT WITH]

Wiping it with is an action applying to two things.

Understand "wipe [something] with [something preferably held]" as wiping it with.

Check wiping it with:

if the second noun is the clean rag:

continue the action;

if the second noun is the oily rag:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You see no reason to wipe anything using that."

[CLEANING IT WITH]

Cleaning it with is an action applying to two things.

Understand "clean [something] with [something preferably held]" as cleaning it with.

Check cleaning it with:

if the second noun is the clean rag:

continue the action;

if the second noun is the oily rag:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You see no reason to clean anything using that."

[RUBBING IT ON]

Rubbing it on is an action applying to two things.

Understand "rub [something preferably held] on [something]" as rubbing it on.

Check rubbing it on:

if the second noun is the clean rag:

continue the action;

if the second noun is the oily rag:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "Stop being weird."

[PUNCTURING IT WITH]

Puncturing it with is an action applying to two things.

Understand "puncture [something] with [something preferably held]" as puncturing it with.

Understand "stab [something] with [something preferably held]" as puncturing it with.

Understand "poke [something] with [something preferably held]" as puncturing it with.

Understand "pop [something] with [something preferably held]" as puncturing it with.

Check puncturing it with:

if the noun is the balloon:

if the second noun is the pin:

continue the action;

if the second noun is the straightened hanger:

say "The balloon bobbles around a bit, but it doesn't pop. Looks like you'll need something sharper.";

stop the action;

otherwise:

say "You can't puncture the balloon with that.";

stop the action;

otherwise:

if the second noun is the pin:

say "You don't need to puncture that.";

otherwise:

say "You can't figure out how to puncture the [noun] with the [second noun]."

[TOSSING]

Understand "toss [something preferably held] at [something]" as throwing it at.

[READING]

Reading is an action applying to one thing.

Understand "read [something preferably held]" as reading.

Check reading:

if the noun is the dusty tome:

continue the action;

if the noun is the pamphlet:

continue the action;

if the noun is the police records:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You can't find anything to read there.";

stop the action.

[BENDING]

Bending is an action applying to one thing.

Understand "bend [something preferably held]" as bending.

Understand "straighten [something preferably held]" as bending.

Understand "uncoil [something preferably held]" as bending.

Understand "fold [something preferably held]" as bending.

Understand "unfold [something preferably held]" as bending.

Check bending:

if the noun is the coathanger:

continue the action;

if the noun is the straightened hanger:

say "No matter how you try, you just can't bend it back to its original shape.";

stop the action;

otherwise:

say "You can't bend that.";

stop the action.

[POKEDNESS]

Pokedness is a kind of value. The pokednesses are poked and unpoked. A thing has a pokedness. A thing is usually unpoked.

[KEYEDNESS]

Keyedness is a kind of value. The keyednesses are keyed and unkeyed. A thing has a keyedness. A thing is usually unkeyed.

[GAPPEDNESS]

Gappedness is a kind of value. The gappednesses are gapped and ungapped. A thing has a gappedness. A thing is usually ungapped.

[PUTTING IT UNDER]

Putting it under is an action applying to two things.

Understand "put [something preferably held] under [something]" as putting it under.

Check putting it under:

if the second noun is the blue door:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You don't need to put [i]that[/i] under [i]that[/i].".

[CHAIREDNESS]

Chairedness is a kind of value. The chairednesses are chaired and unchaired. A person has a chairedness. A person is usually unchaired.

Every turn while Max is chaired:

if Max is on the chairs:

say "The waitress continues to glare.";

if Max is on the stool:

say "The bartender maintains eye contact.";

if Max is on the antique chairs:

say "The waiter hovers over you.";

if Max is on the brown chairs:

say "You are making the secretary uncomfortable.";

otherwise:

continue the action.

[LUBRICATING IT WITH]

Lubricating it with is an action applying to two things.

Understand "lubricate [something] with [something preferably held]" as lubricating it with.

Understand "oil [something] with [something preferably held]" as lubricating it with.

Understand "grease [something] with [something preferably held]" as lubricating it with.

Check lubricating it with:

if the second noun is the oily rag:

if the noun is the old fridge:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "You don't need to lubricate that.";

otherwise:

say "You're not going to lubricate anything with that."

[INJUREDNESS]

Injuredness is a kind of value. The injurednesses are uninjured and injured. A person has an injuredness. A person is usually uninjured.

Every turn while the player is injured:

say "[one of]Your hand hurts. A lot.[or]Your hand is throbbing.[or]You find it hard to concentrate due to the pain.[or]You just want the agony to stop.[or]You've almost tuned out the agonizing pain, but you can't help but notice the ache.[or]It hurts more when you move like that.[or]It hurts.[or]Your hand is troubling you again.[or]A sharp pain shoots up your arm.[or]You can't stop thinking about your wounded hand.[or]The pain has receded for a moment.[at random]".

[RAISED SUPPORTERS]

A raised supporter is a kind of supporter.

For printing a locale paragraph about a raised supporter (called the high place):

if the player is on a supporter (called the riser):

say "Up on [the high place](and only visible because you're on [the riser])[is-are a list of things on the high place].";

otherwise:

say "The [high place] is above you."

Definition: a thing (called target item) is out of reach:

if the player is on a supporter, no;

if the target item is on a raised supporter, yes;

no.

Before doing something:

if the noun is out of reach or the second noun is out of reach:

say "You can't reach from down here." instead.

Instead of putting something on a raised supporter when the player is not on a supporter:

say "You can't reach from down here."

Instead of searching or examining a raised supporter when the player is not on a supporter:

say "You can't see from down here."

Disallowed-all is a truth state that varies. Disallowed-all is false.

Rule for deciding whether all includes an out of reach thing:

now disallowed-all is true;

it does not.

Rule for printing a parser error when the latest parser error is the nothing to do error and the player is not on a supporter:

if disallowed-all is true:

say "Whatever might be up there, you can't see or reach from down here.";

otherwise:

make no decision.

A first action-processing rule:

now disallowed-all is false.

Instead of putting something on a raised supporter when the player is not on a supporter:

say "You can't reach from down here."

Instead of searching or examining a raised supporter when the player is not on a supporter:

say "You can't see from down here."