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Section Sheriff's Office

There is a room called Sheriff's Office.

The description of Sheriff's Office is "A very plainly made room. The floor is concrete and the walls match its color. A small divider separates what you think is a lobby side from the side with all the desks. The divider is so small that it presents no reasonable challenge in climbing over. Further back are [file cabinets], and a pathway that leads to jail cells.[paragraph break]An exit opens to the east."

The concrete floor is scenery in the Sheriff's Office. Understand "floor" or "ground" as the concrete floor.

The description of the concrete floor is "The floor of the sheriff's office is made of concrete."

The gray walls are scenery in the Sheriff's Office. Understand "wall" or "walls" as the gray walls.

The description of the gray walls is "The walls of the sheriff's office are gray."

The small divider is scenery in the Sheriff's Office. Understand "divider" or "fence" as the small divider.

The description of the small divider is "A small wooden divider, or in-door fence. It functions slowly to divide the room without providing real barriers to entry."

The lobbyy side is scenery in the Sheriff's Office. Understand "lobby" or "lobby side" as the lobbyy side.

The printed name of the lobbyy side is "lobby side".

The description of the lobbyy side is "A very plainly made room. The floor is concrete and the walls match its color. A small divider separates what you think is a lobby side from the side with all the desks. The divider is so small that it presents no reasonable challenge in climbing over."

The office side is scenery in the Sheriff's Office. Understand "office" or "desk side" as the office side.

The description of the office side is "A small divider separates what you think is a lobby side from the side with all the desks. The divider is so small that it presents no reasonable challenge in climbing over. Further back are file cabinets, and a pathway that leads to jail cells."

The police desks are scenery in the Sheriff's Office. Understand "desk" or "desks" as the police desks.

The description of the police desks is "There are several desks in the back of the sheriff's office."

The file cabinets are a container in the Sheriff's Office.

The file cabinets are openable and closed.

Understand "filing cabinets" or "cabinets" or "cabinet" or "file cabinet" or "file" or "files" as the file cabinets.

The description of the file cabinets is "In the very back of the sheriff's office is a row of file cabinets."

Check opening the file cabinets:

if the Deputy is in the Sheriff's Office:

say "The deputy won't let you anywhere near those file cabinets.";

stop the action;

otherwise:

continue the action.

The police records are a thing in the file cabinets.

The indefinite article of the police records is "some".

Understand "record" or "records" as the police records.

The description of the police records is "It seems there are a lot of violent crimes in this town. You wouldn't expect it with these people, but everyone in town has an extensive record."

Carry out reading the police records:

say "The lists of crimes go on and on and on. Some of the crimes are strange... gluttony? sloth?"

The pathway is scenery in the Sheriff's Office. Understand "path" as the pathway.

The description of the pathway is "In the back of the sheriff's office, a pathway leads to the jail cells."

The jail cells are scenery in the Sheriff's Office. Understand "jail" or "cell" or "cells" as the jail cells.

The description of the jail cells is "You can hardly see the jail cells from here."

[Deputy]

The deputy is a man. Understand "man" as the Deputy.

The Deputy is hittable.

Deputy is in the Sheriff's Office.

The description of the Deputy is "You don't like accusing people of being fat, but this guy is fat. He's clearly never seen a donut he's disliked. He also seems like the type to look down the barrel of a loaded gun to see why it didn't fire."

Instead of shooting the Deputy with the toy gun:

say "BANG![paragraph break]The deputy dissolves into a cloud of crackling blue light and then is gone.";

now the Deputy is nowhere.

Carry out hitting the Deputy with the clawhammer:

say "POW![paragraph break]Before you can raise your hammer, the deputy has shot you in the knee. You are on the ground in agony.[paragraph break]'Oh, goody,' the deputy chuckles,'now it's playtime.'";

end the story.

Instead of attacking the Deputy:

say "SNAP![paragraph break]The deputy breaks your nose. Then some ribs. Then a leg. Then an arm.[paragraph break]He cuffs you and tosses you in a cell.[paragraph break]'Maybe I'll come back and smack you around once a year if I feel like it,' the deputy laughs.";

end the story.

[TALKING TO Deputy]

Instead of talking to Deputy:

say "[one of]'Yup.'[or]'Nah.'[cycling]".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- sheriff/work/job":

say "'Oh, you know how it is, lockin['] up the town drunk every other day.'"

After asking Deputy about "the/-- Sheriff's Office":

try asking Deputy about "sheriff".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- child/children/kid/kids":

say "'The good kids are all in school, the bad ones are slinging dope and snorting reefer.'"

After asking Deputy about "the/-- candy/candies/chocolate/chocolates":

say "'I'm not a kid, I prefer healthy things.'"

After asking Deputy about "the/-- nut/nuts":

say "'Don't curse.'"

After asking Deputy about "the/-- old man":

say "'Can't say I've had much cause to meet him.'"

Instead of asking Deputy about "the/-- kindly old man":

try asking Deputy about "old man".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- himself/man/him/Deputy":

say "'I'm the good old sheriff's loyal deputy.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- waitress":

say "'She always scoffs when she brings me those donuts.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- gun":

if the player carries the toy gun:

say "'If you are going to act like a child, I suggest you leave.'";

otherwise:

say "'I'm afraid that's not something I know about.'"

[In case I forget, do you want something to happen here? I'll change it if we don't.]

Instead of asking Deputy about "the/-- toy gun":

try asking Deputy about "gun".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- toy/toys":

say "'What, like a fire engine? Don't you think this conversation is a little immature?'"

After asking Deputy about "the/-- diner":

say "'They sell donuts. Donuts!'"

After asking Deputy about "the/-- donuts":

say "'Policin['] is hard work.'"

After asking Deputy about "the/-- max/player/me/myself":

say "'I'd appreciate if you didn't cause any trouble while you were here in our little town.'"

After asking Deputy about "the/-- dressmaker/lady":

say "'I shouldn't tell you this, but she's been known to be disruptive and drunk. Don't tell her I said that.'"

Instead of asking Deputy about "the/-- fancy lady":

try asking Deputy about "dressmaker".

Instead of asking Deputy about "the/-- dress maker":

try asking Deputy about "dressmaker".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- name":

say "'The sheriff hasn't been pleased with me lately, so my name is mud.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- town/city/here/location/whereabouts":

say "'A bit away from Cave City.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- clothing clerk":

say "'He's nothing but trouble.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- librarian":

say "'I'm glad she hasn't done much since the incident.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- nurse":

say "'I worry about her.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- secretary":

say "'We don't travel in the same circles.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- teller":

say "'She has too much of a tongue for gossip.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- grocer":

say "'We haven't had much time to talk.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- waiter":

say "'Fella keeps thinking I'm there as some kind of quality control. I just care that they're not burning the place down.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- bartender":

say "'He does the best he can.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- pharmacist":

say "'Sometimes I think we would be better off without him.'".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- meat man":

say "'He always makes me nervous. Former air force pilots do that.''".

Instead of asking Deputy about "the/-- butcher":

try asking Deputy about "meat man".

After asking Deputy about "the/-- candy man":

say "'He hasn't done anything again, has he?''".

Instead of showing the toy gun to Deputy:

try asking Deputy about "gun".

Report telling Deputy about something:

say "[one of]'I should file a report about that.'[or]'They might allow that in the city, but we don't.'[cycling]".

Report asking Deputy about something:

say "[one of]'I don't know.'[or]'I'm afraid that's not somethin['] I've heard of.'[cycling]".

The block asking rule does nothing when asking the Deputy about something.

The block telling rule does nothing when telling the Deputy about something.