Faithful Companion — 2 of 17

Chapter - Inclusions, Settings, Miscellany

Use no scoring.

Use American dialect.

Use the serial comma.

Release along with source text and an interpreter.

Include Editable Stored Actions by Ron Newcomb.

Include Plurality by Emily Short.

Include Default Messages by Ron Newcomb.

Include Small Kindnesses by Aaron Reed.

When play begins: say "'Haunted?' [paragraph break]The caretaker grimaces. 'A year since you visited, you say? Some hooligans smashed the mausoleum up a month back. Since then, well, I'm the only one who'll go near it. And I don't care to stay long. See for yourself if you like, and I'll collect you in the morning.' [paragraph break]Poor Thurnley. No rest even in the tomb."

The description of the player is "Older than you once were." [Can't believe I forgot this the first time!]

Instead of going nowhere (this is the just list exits rule):

if in darkness:

issue miscellaneous library message number 17; ["It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing."]

stop the action;

try listing exits.

The just list exits rule is listed instead of the Small Kindnesses reporting on exits rule in the instead rulebook.

The block throwing at rule is not listed in any rulebook.

The futile to throw things at inanimate objects rule is not listed in any rulebook.

Carry out an actor throwing something at something: move the noun to the holder of the second noun.

Report throwing it at: say "You throw [the noun] at [the second noun], but it falls to the [if the holder of the noun is not the location][the holder of the noun][otherwise if in the Cemetery]ground[otherwise]floor[end if]."

Report the ghost throwing something at something: say "The leaves swirl around as if throwing [the noun], but it falls to the [if the holder of the noun is not the location][the holder of the noun][otherwise if in the Cemetery]ground[otherwise]floor[end if]."

Requesting the credits is an action out of world applying to nothing. Understand "about" or "help" or "credits" or "credit" or "hint" as requesting the credits.

After printing the banner text: say "[line break]Type ABOUT for more information about this game."

Carry out requesting the credits: say "[italic type]Faithful Companion[roman type] was originally an entry in EctoComp 2013, organized by J.J. Guest. Version 2 retains the same main puzzles and mechanics but has rewritten prose and, with luck, smoother interaction.[paragraph break]Warmest thanks to Paul Lee for beta-testing on Version 2. Thanks also to Healy (Molly) for a transcript and comments on Version 1, and for more useful feedback on Version 1 from Mike Snyder, Angela Shah, Peter Pears, Colin Sandel, David Whyld, Sean M. Shore, and Club Floyd.[paragraph break]Thanks to Buster Hudson for the cover image used on IFDB (Adapted from 'Leaves on the Bench' by Chetin http://chetin.deviantart.com/art/Leaves-on-the-Bench-185815339; released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)[paragraph break]Thanks also to Ron Newcomb for writing Editable Stored Actions, without which this game would not be possible.[paragraph break]Please send bug reports, feedback, or hint requests to matt@mattweiner.net or to matt w on the intfiction.org forum. (This version has no in-game hints, sorry!)"