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** Named rules and rulebooks
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(WAIT UNTIL [time] command; Delayed Gratification)
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A WAIT UNTIL [time] command which advances until the game clock reaches the correct hour.
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{*}"Delayed Gratification"
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Hanging around until is an action applying to one time.
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Check hanging around until:
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if the time of day is the time understood, say "It is [time understood] now!" instead;
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if the time of day is after the time understood, say "It is too late for that now." instead.
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Carry out hanging around until:
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while the time of day is before the time understood:
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follow the turn sequence rules.
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Report hanging around until:
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say "You yawn until [time understood]."
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Understand "wait until [time]" as hanging around until.
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The Empty Field is a room. "It's an ordinary empty field. Nothing to see here at all-- yet. Wait until 11:45 PM, though."
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At 11:45 PM:
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say "Suddenly the air is filled with light and the sounds of an approaching band. Over the crest of the hill comes a parade of singing, stomping, hooting people: and not just people, but dogs, horses, elephants, giraffes... There are banners, and candles, and a flag that glows eerie-green in the dark; there is a float shaped like an enormous turtle, its shell covered with winking green lights; there is an old man dressed as a skeleton, carried in a litter, his neck garlanded with dried chiles. There are small girls throwing rose petals from a basket, and grown women half-naked carrying the emblems of Bacchic revelry, and two little boys each with a silver basin of clear water. All these go by in procession, and you join on at the end.";
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end the story finally.
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Test me with "look / z / z / wait until 11:45 PM". |