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Section 2 - The Skull

a glowing skull is a gift in iO Theatre. The description of the skull is "This is a real skull, very real, except that is glowing bright green with magick. Yes, with a 'k'.".

The desired of Del is the skull.

Instead of showing skull to Del, try giving skull to Del.

Instead of giving skull to Del:

say "Del takes the skull and examines it. After a moment he seems to recognize that this is HIS skull. He starts laughing. 'I am hilarious,' he says. Then he looks at you. 'Here, you keep this, and also I'm going to give you the final lesson.' He gives you the skull, reaches into his inner coat pocket and pulls out a packet of opium which he casts into the air...";

now Del is warm;

try teaching truth;

record "went back in time and learned from Del Close" in Table of Notes;

now player is holding skull.

Gazing into is an action applying to one thing.

Understand "gaze into [something]" as gazing into.

Check gazing into:

if player is not holding noun, say "You must be holding it." instead;

if noun is not skull:

say "It seems too ordinary for true gazing." instead;

if the player is in iO Theatre:

say "You're already where the skull takes you to: the iO Theatre in 1994.".

Carry out gazing into:

say "As you gaze into [noun] you feel yourself dissolving from space and reappearing somewhere and someWHEN else...";

if noun is skull:

now player is in iO Theatre.

After taking skull:

say "You feel a very strong urge to GAZE INTO the skull...".

After examining skull:

say "You feel a very strong urge to GAZE INTO the skull...".

[windy city alternate life]

NYC Improv Megapolis Office is a room. The description is "This is an office in NYC Improv Megapolis Office, a multi-billion dollar corporate improv organization with offices in every major city in the world. The sole exit is to the south.".

Terry Jinn is a man in NYC Improv Megapolis Office. The description of Terry is "A serene man who is standing here with his hands calmly folded.".

Cubicle is south of NYC Improv Megapolis Office. The description of Cubicle is "A boring lifeless cubicle where you work on documenting improv forms forever. There's a desk here but you're too depressed to sit at it or do anything. Exit to the north.".