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** Listing nondescript items of something
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(People listed as a group, with their possessions afterward; Happy Hour)
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Listing visible characters as a group, then giving some followup details in the same paragraph about specific ones.
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Often it is best to have an entire paragraph about the characters present in a room, but suppose we're narrating a large party with a lot of people moving around. In that case, it might be better to list everyone together, then add a few salient details by way of follow-up, like this:
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{*}"Happy Hour"
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Before listing nondescript items:
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say "You can see [a list of people who are marked for listing] here. ";
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repeat with named party running through people:
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now the named party is not marked for listing;
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let count be the number of visible other people who are carrying something;
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if count is 0:
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say paragraph break;
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continue the action;
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let index be count;
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repeat with holder running through visible other people who are carrying something:
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if index is count, say "[The holder]";
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otherwise say "[the holder]";
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say " has [a list of things carried by the holder]";
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decrement index;
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make delimiter index of count.
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The next part could be simpler, but for rigor we will write it in such a way that it will work whether or not the serial comma is in use. This requires some extra work.
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{**}To make delimiter (index - a number) of (count - a number), continuing or halting:
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if index is 0:
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if continuing, say ". [run paragraph on]";
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otherwise say ".";
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otherwise if index is 1:
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if count is 2, say " and ";
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otherwise say "[optional comma] and ";
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otherwise:
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say ", ".
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To say optional comma:
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if the serial comma option is active:
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say ",".
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And now the scene:
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{**}The Banquet Hall is a room. "A large cheery banner over the door (which, incidentally, vanishes when you approach it) reads: HELLO NEW INDUCTEES! WELCOME TO THE AFTERLIFE!"
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Fred, George, and Larry are men in the Banquet Hall. Fred carries a dry martini. Larry carries a cream puff. Matilda and Louise are women in the Banquet Hall.
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Definition: a person is other if it is not the player.
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Every turn:
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let wanderer be a random other person;
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let place be the holder of the wanderer;
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let next place be a random room adjacent to the place;
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let the way be the best route from the place to the next place;
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try the wanderer going the way.
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The Kitchen is west of the Banquet Hall. "Dominated by a pile of dirty plates which you imagine it will be someone's privilege to wash, later." Vanessa is a woman in the Kitchen. Vanessa carries a tray. On the tray is a salmon roll. The roll is edible.
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Test me with "z / look / g / g / g ". |