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Chapter 2 - Warming Up

Every turn:

if the player is cold:

if the player is in Nasty or the player is in Backstage and a random chance of 1 in 9 succeeds:

say "Man you're stressed, and you have to do a show soon! You need to warm up (type WARM UP to do this). You can do so multiple times, and it's best with your team.".

Warming Up is an action applying to nothing.

Understand "crazy 8s" or "do crazy 8s" or "crazy eights" or "do crazy eights" or "warm up" as warming up.

Check warming up:

if player is in Arena:

say "Uh, you're already on stage?" instead.

Carry out warming up:

if player can see Terry Jinn:

say "Terry refuses to warm-up. His cold calculated stare makes you not want to either.";

else if player can see The Lament:

say "You and The Lament sneak off to the back hallway and do a quick round of crazy eights, then go back to the backstage. Warming up with your team is the best!";

else if player can see an improv group (called observer):

say "You[if player is in House] (quietly, to not disturb the show)[end if] start a quick round of crazy eights. [observer] joins in.";

else if player can see a non-player person (called observer):

say "You[if player is in House] (quietly, to not disturb the show)[end if] start a quick round of crazy eights. [observer] joins in.";

else:

say "You[if player is in House] (quietly, to not disturb the show)[end if] do a quick round of solo crazy eights. Ah, you feel warm.";

if observer is Besser:

say "Besser grins and adds 'I'm not above crazy 8s.' Then he gets serious and says 'Though I think most warm ups are kinda bs, right? Just do scenes.'";

else if observer is Delaney:

say "Delaney says 'That might have been the first time I've ever done that.'";

else if observer is Amy:

say "Amy adds 'Next time we're going to freestyle rap for half an hour; warm this shit up right.'";

else if observer is Billy:

say "Billy adds 'Generally, I prefer to bobsled. For a warm-up. You don't know the bobsled warm-up?'";

else if observer is Walsh:

say "Walsh does Crazy 8s with you, but he just uses his fingers. 'Del told me that was okay,' he assures.";

else if observer is Ian:

say "Ian does surprisingly energetic crazy 8s, and then says to the audience 'I apologize for that, but as a founder of the theater I felt compelled to yes-and.'";

else if observer is Mullaney:

say "Mullaney starts to ask if you've heard of this new warm-up he learned from a group in Minneapolis, then says he'll tell you later.";

else if observer is Christina:

say "Christina gamely runs through crazy 8s with you.";

else if observer is Gethard:

say "Gethard says if you were bad ass, you'd do that shit AND be yes-anding the way each other said it. Just saying, he says.";

else if observer is Terry Jinn:

say "There is no point to warming up.";

if the player is cold:

say "(You can warm-up whenever you want, around whoever you want [if noun is not the lament]- you get a point for warming up with your team[end if]).";

now the player is warm.

Instead of warming up when the player can see Amy for more than one time:

say "You and Amy free-style rap for half an hour.".

Instead of warming up when the player can see Ian for more than one time:

say "Ian says 'I should just watch the shows now.'".

After warming up when the player can see The Lament the first time:

increase the score by 1;

record "warmed up with your team" in Table of Notes.