Sugarcane

WOLF GAME

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<<nobr>>\n<h1>WEREWOLF GAME</h1>\n<ul class="title">\n<li>[[new game|new_game]]</li>\n</ul>\n<<endnobr>>

<<display "init">>\n<<display "character creation">>\n\n[[→|game_intro]]

...\n\n[[←|Start]]

<<set $pc to\n { eye: either ("brown", "blue", "black", "hazel")\n , eyefeat: "none"\n , haircolor: either ("black", "brown", "blond", "ginger")\n , hair: "military cut"\n , facialhair: "none"\n , bodyhair: "minimal"\n , skin: either ("pale, freckled", "pale", "tanned", "light-skinned", "dark-skinned")\n , scars: "none"\n , tattoos: "none"\n }>>\\n<<set $ccdisplay to null>>\\neye color: <<block pceye>><<print $pc.eye>> <<block customize>><<if $ccdisplay !== "eye">>\\n<<click "⭷">><<set $ccdisplay to "eye"; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\\n<<else>><<click "⭸">><<set $ccdisplay to null; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\n<<toggle $pc.eye "pceye" "brown" "brown">>\n<<toggle $pc.eye "pceye" "blue" "blue">>\n<<toggle $pc.eye "pceye" "green" "green">>\n<<toggle $pc.eye "pceye" "hazel" "hazel">>\n<<toggle $pc.eye "pceye" "red" "red">>\n<<toggle $pc.eye "pceye" "gleaming red-green" "gleaming red-green">>\n<<endif>><<endblock>><<endblock>>\neye features: <<block pceyefeat>><<print $pc.eyefeat>> <<block customize>><<if $ccdisplay !== "eyefeat">>\\n<<click "⭷">><<set $ccdisplay to "eyefeat"; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\\n<<else>><<click "⭸">><<set $ccdisplay to null; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\n<<toggle $pc.eyefeat "pceyefeat" "none" "none">>\n<<toggle $pc.eyefeat "pceyefeat" "eyepatch (left)" "eyepatch (left)">>\n<<toggle $pc.eyefeat "pceyefeat" "glasses" "glasses">>\n<<toggle $pc.eyefeat "pceyefeat" "bandage-wrapped" "bandage-wrapped">>\n<<endif>><<endblock>><<endblock>>\nhair color: <<block pchaircolor>><<print $pc.haircolor>> <<block customize>><<if $ccdisplay !== "haircolor">>\\n<<click "⭷">><<set $ccdisplay to "haircolor"; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\\n<<else>><<click "⭸">><<set $ccdisplay to null; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\n<<toggle $pc.haircolor "pchaircolor" "black" "black">>\n<<toggle $pc.haircolor "pchaircolor" "brown" "brown">>\n<<toggle $pc.haircolor "pchaircolor" "blond" "blond">>\n<<toggle $pc.haircolor "pchaircolor" "ginger" "ginger">>\n<<toggle $pc.haircolor "pchaircolor" "grey" "grey">>\n<<endif>><<endblock>><<endblock>>\nhair style: <<block pchair>><<print $pc.hair>> <<block customize>><<if $ccdisplay !== "hair">>\\n<<click "⭷">><<set $ccdisplay to "hair"; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\\n<<else>><<click "⭸">><<set $ccdisplay to null; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\n<<toggle $pc.hair "pchair" "bald" "bald">>\n<<toggle $pc.hair "pchair" "shaved to stubble" "shaved to stubble">>\n<<toggle $pc.hair "pchair" "widow's peak" "widow's peak">>\n<<toggle $pc.hair "pchair" "military cut" "military cut">>\n<<toggle $pc.hair "pchair" "sides shaved; top slicked back" "sides shaved; top slicked back">>\n<<toggle $pc.hair "pchair" "shaggy curls" "shaggy curls">>\n<<toggle $pc.hair "pchair" "mid-length ponytail" "mid-length ponytail">>\n<<toggle $pc.hair "pchair" "long braid" "long braid">>\n<<toggle $pc.hair "pchair" "bowl cut" "bowl cut">>\n<<toggle $pc.hair "pchair" "pulled-back small braids" "pulled-back small braids">>\n<<toggle $pc.hair "pchair" "dreadlocks" "dreadlocks">>\n<<endif>><<endblock>><<endblock>>\nfacial hair: <<block pcfacialhair>><<print $pc.facialhair>> <<block customize>><<if $ccdisplay !== "facialhair">>\\n<<click "⭷">><<set $ccdisplay to "facialhair"; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\\n<<else>><<click "⭸">><<set $ccdisplay to null; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\n<<toggle $pc.facialhair "pcfacialhair" "none" "none">>\n<<toggle $pc.facialhair "pcfacialhair" "stubble" "stubble">>\n<<toggle $pc.facialhair "pcfacialhair" "mustache" "mustache">>\n<<toggle $pc.facialhair "pcfacialhair" "goatee" "goatee">>\n<<toggle $pc.facialhair "pcfacialhair" "chinstrap" "chinstrap">>\n<<toggle $pc.facialhair "pcfacialhair" "full beard" "full beard">>\n<<endif>><<endblock>><<endblock>>\nbody hair: <<block pcbodyhair>><<print $pc.bodyhair>> <<block customize>><<if $ccdisplay !== "bodyhair">>\\n<<click "⭷">><<set $ccdisplay to "bodyhair"; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\\n<<else>><<click "⭸">><<set $ccdisplay to null; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\n<<toggle $pc.bodyhair "pcbodyhair" "shaved" "shaved">>\n<<toggle $pc.bodyhair "pcbodyhair" "minimal" "minimal">>\n<<toggle $pc.bodyhair "pcbodyhair" "hairy chest" "hairy chest">>\n<<toggle $pc.bodyhair "pcbodyhair" "hairy forearms & calves" "hairy forearms & calves">>\n<<toggle $pc.bodyhair "pcbodyhair" "coarsely-haired" "coarsely-haired">>\n<<endif>><<endblock>><<endblock>>\nskin color: <<block pcskin>><<print $pc.skin>> <<block customize>><<if $ccdisplay !== "skin">>\\n<<click "⭷">><<set $ccdisplay to "skin"; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\\n<<else>><<click "⭸">><<set $ccdisplay to null; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\n<<toggle $pc.skin "pcskin" "pale, freckled" "pale, freckled">>\n<<toggle $pc.skin "pcskin" "pale" "pale">>\n<<toggle $pc.skin "pcskin" "tanned" "tanned">>\n<<toggle $pc.skin "pcskin" "light-skinned" "light-skinned">>\n<<toggle $pc.skin "pcskin" "dark-skinned" "dark-skinned">>\n<<endif>><<endblock>><<endblock>>\nscars: <<block pcscars>><<print $pc.scars>> <<block customize>><<if $ccdisplay !== "scars">>\\n<<click "⭷">><<set $ccdisplay to "scars"; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\\n<<else>><<click "⭸">><<set $ccdisplay to null; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "none" "none">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "fang marks; across neck and chest" "fang marks; across neck and chest">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "claw marks; across ribs" "claw marks; across ribs">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "burns; flecks across left side of body" "burns; flecks across left side of body">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "cuts; across back of hands and both forearms" "cuts; across back of hands and both forearms">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "cuts; across ribs and side" "cuts; across ribs and side">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "cratered bullet mark; right side of stomach and back" "cratered bullet mark; right side of stomach and back">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "cratered bullet mark; left shoulder" "cratered bullet mark; left shoulder">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "buckshot mark; chest and right shoulder" "buckshot mark; chest and right shoulder">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "facial scar; over cheek and through eyebrow" "facial scar; over cheek and through eyebrow">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "facial scar; across bridge of nose" "facial scar; across bridge of nose">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "facial scar; notched left ear" "facial scar; notched left ear">>\n<<toggle $pc.scars "pcscars" "prisoner brand; left deltoid" "prisoner brand; left deltoid">>\n<<endif>><<endblock>><<endblock>>\ntattoos: <<block pctattoos>><<print $pc.tattoos>> <<block customize>><<if $ccdisplay !== "tattoos">>\\n<<click "⭷">><<set $ccdisplay to "tattoos"; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\\n<<else>><<click "⭸">><<set $ccdisplay to null; reshow ("customize")>><<endclick>>\n<<toggle $pc.tattoos "pctattoos" "none" "none">>\n<<toggle $pc.tattoos "pctattoos" "disordered mess of sailor tattoos covering most of both arms, chest, and back" "disordered mess of sailor tattoos covering most of both arms, chest, and back">>\n<<toggle $pc.tattoos "pctattoos" "knuckle tattoos; lettering in coils up wrists and forearms" "knuckle tattoos; lettering in coils up wrists and forearms">>\n<<toggle $pc.tattoos "pctattoos" "chest piece; deer skull and antlers surrounded by thorn vines" "chest piece; deer skull and antlers surrounded by thorn vines">>\n<<toggle $pc.tattoos "pctattoos" "chest piece; bloody heart pierced with crossed daggers" "chest piece; bloody heart pierced with crossed daggers">>\n<<toggle $pc.tattoos "pctattoos" "ornate lemniscate double-barred cross across back from lower neck to waist" "ornate lemniscate double-barred cross across back from lower neck to waist">>\n<<toggle $pc.tattoos "pctattoos" "sharp-angled geometric knotwork in rings around both biceps" "sharp-angled geometric knotwork in rings around both biceps">>\n<<toggle $pc.tattoos "pctattoos" "zig-zagging lines down spine" "zig-zagging lines down spine">>\n<<toggle $pc.tattoos "pctattoos" "symmetrical curving lines and dots across hips and thighs" "symmetrical curving lines and dots across hips and thighs">>\n<<toggle $pc.tattoos "pctattoos" "dots and lines across eyebrows, cheeks, jawline" "dots and lines across eyebrows, cheeks, jawline">>\n<<toggle $pc.tattoos "pctattoos" "palms and soles of feet inked solid black" "palms and soles of feet inked solid black">>\n<<endif>><<endblock>><<endblock>>

<<block mapblock>><<citymap $_pos>><<set markVisited ($_pos)>>\n<<endblock>>\\n/%\n{{{TODO}}}\n* {{{write room descriptions}}}\n* {{{write npc dialog}}}\n* {{{get follow-up questions based on clues working}}}\n* {{{figure out what room investigation would even look like}}}\n* {{{hover/click controls for map movement?}}}\n* {{{add secret & inaccessible exits; split riverside exits in two so you actually have to cross the river}}}\n* {{{place more npcs(?)}}}\n%/

<<nobr>>\n<<set $_debug to false>>\n\n<<set $_pos to 41>>\n<<set $_enteredFrom to null>>\n<<set $_visited to replicate (0, Math.ceil (mapData.length / 32))>>\n\n<<set $facts =\n [ "is your name"\n , "is your occupation"\n ]>>\n<<set $locations =\n [\n ]>>\n<<set $events =\n [\n ]>>\n<<set $people =\n [ "suspicious people"\n ]>>\n<<set $persons =\n [\n ]>>\n<<set $times =\n [\n ]>>\n\n<<set $rumormonger =\n { name: "rumormonger"\n , topics:\n { "do you know...":\n { "any...":\n { "non-wolf beasts": "rumormonger non-wolf"\n , "ashen beasts": "rumormonger ashen beasts"\n , "spark beasts": "rumormonger spark beasts"\n , "beasts who can hide as humans": "rumormonger beasts who hide"\n }\n }\n }\n }>>\n<<set $drunkard =\n { name: "drunkard"\n , topics:\n { "do you know...":\n { "any...":\n { "non-wolf beasts": "drunkard non-wolf"\n }\n }\n }\n }>>\n<<set $worker =\n { name: "worker"\n , topics:\n { "do you know...":\n { "any...":\n { "non-wolf beasts": "worker non-wolf"\n , "ashen beasts": "worker ashen beasts"\n }\n }\n }\n }>>\n\n<<set $goodbye_spec =\n { name: "goodbye_spec"\n , topics:\n { "goodbye": "goodbye interrupt"\n }\n }>>\n<<set $know_nothing =\n { name: "know_nothing"\n , topics:\n { "*": "know nothing"\n }\n }>>\n<<set $human =\n { name: "human"\n , topics:\n { "": "human intro"\n , "do you know...":\n { "any...":\n { "unturned humans": "human know humans"\n , "incomplete beasts": "human know altered"\n , "beasts": "human know beasts"\n }\n }\n }\n }>>\n\n<<set $factoryworkerUnique =\n { name: "young factoryworker (unique)"\n , topics:\n { "": "transformed young factoryworker splash"\n , "have you heard of...":\n { "the beast-masked hunter": "tfed young factoryworker heard of beast-masked"\n , "the beast-masked hunter's latest victim": "tfed young factoryworker heard of beast-masked victim"\n }\n , "do you know...":\n { "the beast-masked hunter": "tfed young factoryworker know beast-masked"\n , "the beast-masked hunter's latest victim": "tfed young factoryworker know beast-masked victim"\n }\n , "where is...":\n { "the beast-masked hunter's latest victim": "tfed young factoryworker where is beast-masked victim"\n }\n , "have you seen...":\n { "the beast-masked hunter": "tfed young factoryworker have you seen beast-masked"\n , "the beast-masked hunter's latest victim": "tfed young factoryworker have you seen beast-masked victim"\n }\n , "where were you...":\n { "*" : "tfed young factoryworker time"\n }\n }\n }>>\n\n<<set $bestialdockworkerUnique =\n { name: "bestial dockworker (unique)"\n , topics:\n { "": "bestial dockworker splash"\n , "goodbye": "bestial dockworker goodbye"\n , "do you know...":\n { "the beast-masked hunter's latest victim": "bestial dockworker know beast-masked victim"\n }\n , "where is...":\n { "the beast-masked hunter's latest victim": "bestial dockworker where is beast-masked victim"\n }\n , "have you seen...":\n { "the beast-masked hunter's latest victim": "bestial dockworker seen beast-masked victim"\n }\n , "where were you...":\n { "last night, after second bell": "bestial dockworker where last night second bell"\n }\n }\n }>>\n\n<<set $genericBeastmasked =\n { name: "generic beast-masked hunter knowledge"\n , topics:\n { "have you heard of...":\n { "the beast-masked hunter": "generic heard of beast-masked"\n , "the beast-masked hunter's latest victim": "generic heard of beast-masked victim"\n }\n }\n }>>\n\n<<set $nightwatchmanUnique =\n { name: "transformed night watchman (unique)"\n , topics:\n { "": "transformed night watchman splash"\n }\n }>>\n<<set $maskedChurchmanUnique =\n { name: "masked churchman (unique)"\n , topics:\n { "": "masked churchman splash"\n }\n }>>\n<<set $ladyNightUnique =\n { name: "lade of the night (unique)"\n , topics:\n { "": "lady of the night splash"\n }\n }>>\n\n\n<<set $youngFactoryworker =\n { title: "Young Factoryworker"\n , dialog: [$factoryworkerUnique, $goodbye_spec, $know_nothing]\n }>>\n<<set $bestialDockworker =\n { title: "Bestial Dockworker"\n , dialog: [$bestialdockworkerUnique, $genericBeastmasked, $goodbye_spec, $know_nothing]\n }>>\n<<set $nightWatchman =\n { title: "Night Watchman"\n , dialog: [$nightwatchmanUnique, $goodbye_spec, $know_nothing]\n }>>\n<<set $maskedChurchman =\n { title: "Masked Churchman"\n , dialog: [$maskedChurchmanUnique, $genericBeastmasked, $goodbye_spec, $know_nothing]\n }>>\n<<set $ladyOfTheNight =\n { title: "Lady of the Night"\n , dialog: [$ladyNightUnique, $goodbye_spec, $human, $know_nothing]\n }>>\n\n<<set $genericHuman =\n { title: "Idler"\n , dialog: [$rumormonger, $human, $goodbye_spec, $know_nothing]\n }>>\n<<endnobr>>

<<set $interrupt to true>>\nblah blah, goodbye\n\n[[→|map]]

"know nothing" fallback

<<display "masked hunter intro blurb">>\n\n[[→|map]]

There's been a break in the case.\n\nVarious members of the Kings of Kane Street and Red Street Regents, two street gangs with aspirations of being allied with the Royals, have been turning up dead. Each of the victims have been beasts, and all looking overpowered, bodily torn apart by claws.\n\nThere's been a rumor of a hidden hunter: one who wears a leather beast mask and fights with false claws forged from star-metal. This <<clue "beast-masked hunter">> has been picking off the gangs one by one. The going theory is this is sending a message to the Royals, or maybe the hunter working his way through the lesser gangs before trying bigger fry. The gangs are out for vengeance, and the Royals -- though they would never show it -- are undoubtedly getting uneasy.\n\nThere have been aspirants, beast and human alike, looking for the hunter for months: for revenge, to offer up his head to the Royals for protection, or for their own unknown motives. You're one of the latter.\n\nLast night there was an altercation in the undermarket. There's a new dead beast. You're not sure who, but there's a different buzz. <<clue "There's something different about this latest victim">>, though you don't know what, yet.\n\n<<grantTopic "the beast-masked hunter" "persons">>\n<<grantTopic "the beast-masked hunter's latest victim" "persons">>\n<<grantTopic "the latest killing by the beast-masked hunter" "events">>

<div class="npc_resp">Yeah, of course. Everybody has.</div>

He jolts forward.\n<div class="npc_resp">Of course! He's killed again, the menace! Killed <<clue "in the night">></div>\n<<autoresponse "In the night?">>\nHe sneers at you.\n<div class="npc_resp">What, you're trying an //investigation//? It was <<clue "just after second bell">>. Later when <<clue "we">> found the body.</div>\n\n<<grantTopic "last night, after second bell" "times">>

<div class="npc_resp">If I knew him, he'd be dead.</div>\n/% / <<display "tfed young factoryworker angry ask know">> %/

<div class="npc_resp">Fuck off; it's none of your business who I know. Or //knew//.</div>\n/% (+ heat up) %/

<div class="npc_resp">He was killed down in the undercity, at <<clue "Where Rats Drowned">>. <<clue "We've">> dragged the body away already.</div>

<div class="npc_resp">If I saw him, I'd've killed him.</div>\n/% / <<display "tfed young factoryworker angry ask know">> %/

<div class="npc_resp">//Seen// him? yeah, I've seen him. His body was <<clue "torn up all over">>. Clawed apart by that fucking hunter.</div>\n\n<<autoresponse "Torn up all over?">>\n\n<div class="npc_resp">The hunter got him <<clue "in the back">>. Shredded him up good.</div>

<div class="npc_resp">It's none of your fucking business, where I was or wasn't.</div>

{asking again or after the other personal-knowledge questions :}\n<div class="npc_resp">do i gotta repeat myself? i'd've killed him, if i knew where to get at him</div> (+ heat up)

<div class="npc_resp">Yeah, he's that mysterious hunter, right? Nobody's really seen him, though.</div>\n<div class="npc_resp">Still, can't argue with that many bodies.</div>

<div class="npc_resp">Yeah, last night, right? There was a big crowd down in the undercity.</div>\n<div class="npc_resp">Sounded like some people found the body while it was still warm.</div>

<div class="npc_resp">The guy he killed, it was <<clue "Mikhael the Crusher">>, right? That's what everybody is saying.</div>\n\n<<autoresponse "So, do you know him?">>\n\n<div class="npc_resp">Know //of// him, maybe. I'm not associated with those folks.</div>

<div class="npc_resp">He was killed over at <<clue "Where Rats Drowned">>, but the <<clue "Kane Street gang">> dragged him off before sunup.</div>

<div class="npc_resp">What, after he got himself killed? Nah. Heard he was <<clue "all clawed up">>, though.</div>

<div class="npc_resp">Working here. I heard some yelling further upriver, but figured it was just the usual drunkards arguing, until it got real loud.</div>\n\n<<autoresponse "Did you see anything unusual?">>\n\n<div class="npc_resp">What, aside from the crowd? <<clue "No, nothing">>.</div>

<<display "intro blurb">>\nThe city fell only recently, but the rot has been bubbling beneath for years.\n\nHe's a youth, one of many working at the factory or foundry -- not older than twenty, but so long infected that he's grown up more beast than human. When he stands up his body unfurls, looming a good seven feet tall: a gaunt, lanky monster with clawed limbs, gleaming eyes, and a mouth full of fangs. But it's easy enough to forget that when he's slumped down, sprawled out, limbs tucked in, eyes shaded from the light, chatting like any other youth. Only the way he tilts his head side-to-side, like a confused dog, when he hears you approach gives him away.<<nobr>>\n\n<div class="npc_resp">What do you want?</div>\n\n<<autoresponse "I just have a few questions for you...">>\n\nHe glowers.\n\n<div class="npc_resp">About what?</div>\n\n<<autoresponse "I'm looking for the beast-masked hunter.">>\n\nHe lets out a baying cackle of a laugh.\n\n<div class="npc_resp">You and everybody else. You think I know anything? Go ahead, ask away.</div>\n\n<<endnobr>>

<<display "intro blurb">>\nA dockworker who shows signs of infection.\n\nLike many dockworkers, he wears only rough cloth pants and a pair of worn sandals. He's thickly muscled from laboring, and his upper body is coated in a uniform layer of coarse dark hair. His face looks like a wolf's head that's been squashed in: his nose is giant, sharply crooked like it's been broken; his lips are tinged a dark purple-brown, like a dog's blackened lips. When he speaks, or pants for breath, he reveals a mouth crammed full of too many sharp teeth. He's got a shaggy mane of a beard that extends up to cover nearly his entire face: coming up high over his cheeks, with his hairline extending down nearly to his heavy brows.\n\nHe looks over at you.<<nobr>>\n/% !!first time: %/\n\n<div class="npc_resp">What?</div>\n\n<<autoresponse "I got some questions, if you have the time.">>\n\nHe snorts, making a half-mocking laugh.\n<div class="npc_resp">You wanna play detective? Sure, ask away.</div>\n\n/% !!repeated visit, without fucking him:\n<div class="npc_resp">You again. Asking questions not working out so good for you, huh?</div>\n\n<<autoresponse "i just have a few more things to ask...">>\n\n!!repeated visit, after having sex with him:\n<div class="npc_resp">You again.</div>\nHe leers, slinging the barrel over his shoulder down on its pallet with a loud //crash//. if you sucked his dick: He gropes his crotch with his newly-free hand, outlining the bloated mound of his sheath.\notherwise: He turns to face you, and his sheath is mounded up against the front of his pants, cocktip wetly oozing pre through the coarse fabric. He gives it a squeeze, milking out a darkening stain.\n\n<div class="npc_resp">Back for more, huh?</div>\n\n<div class="responses"><<response "i just have a few more things to ask...">>\n<<response "yeah please fuck my throat">></div>\n%/\n<<endnobr>>

<<set $interrupt to true>>\n<div class="npc_resp">What, that all the questions you got?</div>\n\n/%if you've raised heat by >2 pts in this convo: %/\\n<<autoresponse "Yeah, that's all for now">>\n\nYou head off.\n[[→|map]]\n/%\notherwise:\nhe gives you a clear once-over, eyes gleaming green-red when they catch the light, mouth opening in a bestial leer.\n\n<div class="responses"><<response "Yeah, that's all for now">>\n<<response "actually i got one more question; you wanna fuck around?">></div>\n%/

<dialog "How's your little beast hunt going?">>\n\nfound him\nhaven't found him

<div class="npc_resp">In the undercity for more //pedestrian// reasons, eh?</div>\nHe snorts and gropes his crotch.\n<<dialog "I got some time before my shift's up; you can blow me if you want.">>\n\nHis gaze roves, from the docked ship to the bays between the vaults of the riverside path, and, specifically, at a stacked pallet with a haphazard line of barrels next to it, forming a barrier half a person tall. He jerks his head to the side:\n<<dialog "Behind those barrels.">>\n\nHis lower half is even more transformed. His coarse hair thickens into shaggy fur, entirely coating his legs, and his feet are starting to warp and arch up into a beast's paws.\n\nUnsurprisingly, he has a beast's cock: sheath fat and heavy between his thighs, oversized balls lopsided in a drooping sac that hangs most of the way to his knees. He cants his hips and his balls lurch over to slap against his thigh, the nearly fist-sized orbs lolling against his hairy skin. His bestial cocktip pushes out into the open: flesh leeched of all color from the murky blue lights of the undercity, making his shaft appear an inky purple, with pitch-black veins. It shines in the dim light, already slick and slimy. He reaches down to squeeze his sheath milks out a cloudy droplet of pre from his sloped cocktip, smearing it across his gleaming cockhead with one clawed finger.

<<display "intro blurb">>\nA night watchman with an oil lamp clutched in his left hand.\n\nHe's visibly transformed: he's wearing a guard's coat that no longer fits the bestial contortions of his body; his chest -- his ribcage -- bulges out from his body, shaped like it fits an entirely different kind of being, and his coat hangs open, impossible to button across the protruding bulk of his animal chest. Because of the sheer stretch of his ribs, his stomach looks sunken and gaunt: taut skin tightly drawn from his bottom ribs down to his hips.\n\nHe's covered his face with a scarecrow's burlap-sack head as a mask, with stray handfuls of straw bulging out its shape, giving his head a misshapen appearance. All you can make from his facial features is that he's unshaven, with a shaggy beard that joins with the fur growing across his neck and fanning out over his shoulders, giving the appearance of wearing a fur mantle.\n\nMaybe he does it to hide his transformed face, or maybe because his animal eyes and nose can no longer tolerate the light and scented fumes from his watchman's lamp.

<<display "intro blurb">>\n{...}\n\n<div class="npc_resp">Well, aren't you looking fabulous tonight!</div>\nShe leans in closer.\n<div class="npc_resp">What do you say, darling?</div>\n\n<div class="responses">\\n<<response "I'm gay, actually." "lady gay">>\n<<response "I'm not interested in sex." "lady not interested">>\\n</div>

She rolls her eyes with a sarcastic flourish.\n<div class="npc_resp">It's always the handsome ones.</div>\n<div class="npc_resp">But gay or not, if you want some of my time, you better be prepared to pay.</div>\nYou flip her a silver.\n<<autoresponse "I have some questions.">>\n<div class="npc_resp">Well, I'll see what I can do.</div>

<div class="npc_resp">Good for you, but if you want some of my time, you better be prepared to pay.</div>\nYou flip her a silver.\n<<autoresponse "I have some questions.">>\n<div class="npc_resp">Well, I'll see what I can do.</div>

<<display "intro blurb">>\nA beast in churchclothes, slouching in all fours.\n\nHis ornate robe -- thick panels of starched white cloth, hemmed with gilt thread and tied with golden tassels -- drags on the ground, drenched in mud, hems shredded into scraps. At some point he began wearing a mask to hide his transformed face, but now to hide his muzzle he needs a half-dozen, strapped across his head in a haphazard fashion. He's slavering, and drool spills from the hollow eyes and mouths of his lower masks.

<div class="npc_title">Street Drunkard</div>\\n<ul class="npc_ranks"><li>Rank II Confabulator</li>\\n<li>Rank I Rumormonger</li></ul>\\n\nyr talking to a human, etc

"human know humans" chunk

"human know altered" chunk

"human know beasts" chunk

there are rumors that some among __the wanderers__, who camp outside town, have turned into __jackal-headed beasts__.\n\n<<grantTopic "the wanderers" "people">>\n<<grantTopic "jackal-headed beasts" "people">>\n\nthey say that down in __the gulches__ there's a __ram-headed beast__ that perches among the tombstones.\n\n<<grantTopic "the gulches" "locations">>\n<<grantTopic "ram-headed beasts" "people">>

> me? not specifically, no. there are vagrants and thieves all over the city who are ashen beasts __in disguise__ though.\n\n<<grantTopic "beasts who can hide as humans" "people">>

> are there others, besides __the executioner__? i imagine __the royals__ would be very pleased to hear of one, and equally as displeased to hear anybody's been poking around looking.\n\n<<grantTopic "the executioner" "persons">>\n<<grantTopic "the royals" "persons">>

> if i did, i certainly wouldn't tell you. those who can hide, hide to hunt, and deal brutally with those who betray their confidence. i wouldn't continue prying in those corners, if i were you.

i was passing through __the sewers__ a fortnight ago and saw the great gleaming eyes of some grotesque __rat beast__ just downstream.\n\n<<grantTopic "the sewers" "locations">>\n<<grantTopic "rat beasts" "people">>

last night, there was some drunkard outside the beerhall who was screaming about how there were giant __rat-beasts__ down in __the sewers__\n\n<<grantTopic "the sewers" "locations">>\n<<grantTopic "rat beasts" "people">>

there's __the king of kane street__; he and his gang are mostly ashen beasts. i wouldn't go looking for them if i were you, though.\n\n<<grantTopic "the king of kane street" "persons">>\n<<grantTopic "the kane street gang" "persons">>\n\nmikhel the crusher spends his nights at the bar down the street, __the hind's heart__. he's not so friendly, though.\n\n<<grantTopic "mikhel the crusher" "persons">>\n<<grantTopic "the hind's hart" "locations">>

<<nobr>>\n<<set $_granted to parameter(0)>>\n<<set $_topic to parameter(1)>>\n<<set $_check to (function (kind, topic) {\n let vartable = state.history[0].variables;\n let which = null;\n switch (kind) {\n case "locations":\n which = vartable["locations"];\n break;\n case "people":\n which = vartable["people"];\n break;\n case "persons":\n which = vartable["persons"];\n break;\n case "events":\n which = vartable["events"];\n break;\n default:\n throw new Error ("unexpected kind of \"" + kind + "\"");\n return false;\n }\n if (which.indexOf (topic) === -1) {\n which.push (topic);\n return true;\n } else {\n return false;\n }\n })($_topic, $_granted)>>\n<<if $_check>>\n''You can now ask about "<<print $_granted>>", under "<<print $_topic>>".''\n<<endif>>\n<<endnobr>>

<<if $prompt>>\\n<span class="askd"><<if $prompt !== "goodbye">><<print $prompt>><<if $what>> <<print $what>><<if $who>> <<print $who>><<endif>><<endif>>?<<else>>goodbye.<<endif>></span>\n<<endif>>

<<set $asking to false>>\\n<<set $prompt to "">>\\n<<set $what to "">>\\n<<set $who to "">>\\n/% this generates a blank statement to start, which would serve as the intro/splash text for a given encounter %/\n<<display "_response">>\\n\n<<display "build ask">>\\n<<display "construction ui">>

<<block ask>><<if !$asking>><<display "current statement">> <<display "ask click">><<else>><<display "stated">>\n<<display "_response">>\\n<<set $asking to false>>\\n\n<<display "build ask">>\\n<<endif>><<endblock>>

<<block base>><<block what>><<block who>><<if complete($prompt, $what, $who)>><span class="askq"><<replace "ask →">>\\n<<set $asking to true>>\\n<<set reshow("ask")>>\\n/% this strips away the outer layer of 'ask' wrapping, so that when we toggle 'ask' to render a new 'ask' inside of the old 'ask', we don't totally wipe the entire history when we _next_ toggle 'ask' etc. %/\\n<<set unroll (document.querySelector(".passage .ask"))>>\\n<<endreplace>></span><<endif>><<endblock>><<endblock>><<endblock>>

<<set $prompt to "">>\\n<<block base>><<set $what to "">><<set $who to "">>\\n<<block what>><<set $who to "">>\\n<<block who>>\\n<<if $prompt neq "">><div class="askcur"><<print $prompt>> <<print $what>> <<print $who>></div><<endif>>\\n<<endblock>><<endblock>><<endblock>>

<<nobr>>\n<<block asktable>><<if !$interrupt>><table><tbody><tr valign="top"><td>\n<<toggle $prompt "base" "what..." "what...">>\n<<toggle $prompt "base" "where is..." "where is...">>\n<<toggle $prompt "base" "have you heard of..." "have you heard of...">>\n<<toggle $prompt "base" "have you seen..." "have you seen...">>\n<<toggle $prompt "base" "do you know..." "do you know...">>\n<<toggle $prompt "base" "where were you..." "where were you...">>\n<<toggle $prompt "base" "goodbye" "goodbye">></td>\n<td><<block base>>\n<<if $prompt == "what...">>/% facts %/\n<<print groupList ("what",\n [ {title:"information",content:$facts}\n ])>>\n<<else if $prompt == "where is...">>/% locations, persons %/\n<<print groupList ("what",\n [ {title:"locations",content:$locations}\n , {title:"persons",content:$persons}\n ])>>\n<<else if $prompt == "where were you...">>/% times %/\n<<print groupList ("what",\n [ {title:"times",content:$times}\n ])>>\n<<else if $prompt == "have you heard of...">>/% persons, events %/\n<<print groupList ("what",\n [ {title:"persons",content:$persons}\n , {title:"events",content:$events}\n ])>>\n<<else if $prompt == "have you seen...">>/% people, persons %/\n<<print groupList ("what",\n [ {title:null,content:["any..."]}\n , {title:"persons",content:$persons}\n ])>>\n<<else if $prompt == "do you know...">>/% people, persons %/\n<<print groupList ("what",\n [ {title:null,content:["any..."]}\n , {title:"persons",content:$persons}\n ])>>\n<<else>>\n<<endif>>\n<<endblock>></td>\n<td><<block base>><<block what>><<if $what == "any...">>\n<<print groupList ("who",\n [ {title:"people",content:$people}\n ])>>\n<<else>>\n<<endif>><<endblock>><<endblock>></td></tr></tbody></table><<endif>>\n<<endblock>>\n<<endnobr>>

/% todo: when this gets run it should force a scroll to the latest question (currently it scrolls to the top of the page, which would get annoying on actual interactions) %/\\n<<set $_q = []>>\\n<<set $_q.push ($prompt)>>\\n<<if $what>><<set $_q.push ($what)>><<endif>>\\n<<if $who>><<set $_q.push ($who)>><<endif>>\\n/% asking about <<print ($_q\n .map(x => '"' + x + '"')\n .reduce((a, b) => a + ", " + b))>> %/\\n/% asking vs. <<print (function (p){\n return p.map (function (s){ return "'" + s.name + "'"; }).reduce(function(a,b) {return a + " -> " + b; });\n})($_p)>> %/\\n<<set $_a = lookupAnswer ($_q, $_conv.dialog)>>\\n<<set $interrupt to false>>\\n<<if $_a !== 0>>\\n/% got "<<print $_a.match>>" from "<<print $_a.archetype>>" %/\n<div class="resp"><<display $_a.match>></div>\\n<<else>>\\nERROR: null result; not even a fallback available\n<<endif>>\\n<<set reshow("asktable")>>

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