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Section - What Things Are Near

A thing has a thing called the home. The home of a thing is usually the void.

The home of the stove is the sink.

When play begins:

repeat with the fixture running through major things:

now the home of the fixture is the fixture;

repeat with the item running through things enclosed by the fixture:

now the home of the item is the fixture;

repeat with the item running through things enclosed by the player:

now the home of the item is the player.

To decide what thing is the vicinity of (item - a thing):

if the item is off-stage:

decide on the void;

if the item is water:

if nothing is filled with water:

if the sink is switched on:

decide on the sink;

otherwise:

decide on the void;

otherwise:

decide on a random thing that is filled with water;

if the item is a liquid:

decide on a random thing that is filled with the item;

if the player encloses the item:

decide on the player;

if the item is a major thing:

decide on the item;

if a major thing (called fixture) encloses item:

decide on the fixture;

if something (called the enclosure) encloses item:

decide on the enclosure;

decide on the home of the item.

Propinquity relates a thing (called X) to a thing (called Y) when Y is the vicinity of X. The verb to be near implies the propinquity relation.

Nearishness relates a thing (called X) to a thing (called Y) when the vicinity of Y is the vicinity of X. The verb to be nearish implies the nearishness relation.