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// Purpose: Britannia Actor Script
// Notes:  This is used for general information pertaining to all Britannian Actor's
// Current Keyword List:
//	job, ac*tor, what*do*do, ac-tore, stage, perform, Noble, Lord British,
//	art, theatre, theater, costume, clothe, sissy, wuss, priss,  real job
//
[SPEECH jobActor]
ON=Hi*
ON=Greet*
ON=Hello*
ON=Hail*
	IF ( <SRC.KARMA> >= 0 )
		SAY=Ah! Hello, <SRC.NAME>!  Dost thou require my autograph?
	ELIF ( <SRC.KARMA> >= -1000 )
		SAY=Good day fellow! Dost thou require my autograph?
	ELSE
		SAY=Please just leave me be! I've done you no harm.
	ENDIF

ON=*job*
ON=*work*
ON=*what*do*do*
ON=*profession*
ON=*occupation*
ON=*ac*tor*
ON=*ac-tore*
	DORAND 4
		SAY I am an Ac-tore!
		SAY I have performed, to the best of my humble abilities, for Lord British and other Nobles of this fine land.
		SAY The stage, my ignoble friend, is my - as thou dost say - job.
		SAY I, <SRC.SEX milord/milady> am no mere actor. I am an ... ac-tore!
	ENDDO
ON=*stage*
ON=*perform*
	DORAND 3
		SAY To paraphrase: All our land is a stage, acted upon by men and women who shall, in their lives, play many parts. I just happen to be one of the best of them.
		SAY To live is to act. And the world is our stage. And thou art the janitor, my friend.
		SAY The stage is that which I yearn for.
	ENDDO
ON=*Noble*
ON=*Lord British*
ON=* art*
	IF ( <COMPLEXITY.HIGH> || <COMPLEXITY.MEDIUM> )
		DORAND 3
			SAY The nobility of this land supports the fine arts. They seem to appreciate our humble efforts.
			SAY Lord British is well-known as one of the greatest supporters of the arts.
			SAY The arts prospers in Britannia, thanks to the generosity of Lord British and the great nobles of this land.
		ENDDO
	ELSE
		DORAND 3
			SAY The nobility of this land are our main supporters, I'm told.
			SAY Lord British enjoys the theater.  He has been known to help support many performers.
			SAY We don't tend to go hungry in Britannia, thanks to Lord British and some of the nobles of this land.
		ENDDO
ON=*theatre*
ON=*theater*
	DORAND 2
		SAY The theatre IS my life!
		SAY Ah! That grande analogy of life! The theatre!
	ENDDO
ON=*costume*
	DORAND 3
		SAY What thou dost wear ... is not that thy costume? So is all that I doth put on, mine.
		SAY I doth wear clothes, <SRC.SEX milord/milady>. Even that which I wear on the stage, is but clothing.
		SAY Clothes do make the man, do they not?
	ENDDO
ON=*clothe*
	IF ( <COMPLEXITY.HIGH> || <COMPLEXITY.MEDIUM> )
		DORAND 3
			SAY Buy thy clothes from a tailor, <SRC.SEX milord/milady>.
			SAY A tailor can supply thee with clothes.
		ENDDO
	ELIF ( <COMPLEXITY.MEDIUM> )
		DORAND 2
			SAY A good tailor can sell thee clothes.
			SAY If thou art needing clothes, look to a tailor.
		ENDDO
	ELSE
		DORAND 2
			SAY A tailor will sell thee clothes.
			SAY Find a tailor and thou'lt find clothes.
		ENDDO
	ENDIF
ON=*sissy*
ON=*wuss*
ON=*priss*
ON=*real job*
	IF ( <COMPLEXITY.HIGH> || <COMPLEXITY.MEDIUM> )
		DORAND 3
			SAY I shall brook no discourtesy from the likes of a bottom-dweller like thyself![Leave]
			SAY Art thou mocking me? Well thy ignorant words fall on deaf ears.
			SAY Thou art not of the intelligence to understand what it is that we suffer so diligently to accomplish, <SRC.SEX milord/milady>. Compassion is not a virtue of thine!
	ELSE
		DORAND 3
			SAY I shall brook no discourtesy from the likes of a bottom-dweller like thyself![Leave]
			SAY Art thou mocking me?
			SAY Thou art not of the intelligence to understand what it is that we suffer so diligently to accomplish, <SRC.SEX milord/milady>. Compassion is not a virtue of thine!
		ENDDO
	ENDIF

ON=Job
ON=What do you do
	SAY=Thou must ask? I am an Actor!    *applause*    Thank you!

ON=Bye
ON=Goodbye
ON=Farewell
	SAY=Fare thee well.
	BYE
	return 1

ON=ACTOR
ON=ACTORE
	SAY=Thou hast need of a thespian?

ON=ART
	SAY=I cause the joyful to be melancholy and the woeful to be merry.

ON=CLOTHE
ON=COSTUME
	SAY='Tis merely the raiment of the thespian.
ON=NOBLE
	SAY=Yes, I am quite noble -- that is no act, friend! My thanks to thee.  ON=PERFORM
	SAY=If thou wouldst see me perform then come to the theater this eve.
ON=PRISS
	SAY=I do not PRISS. I move with grace and style.
ON=REAL
	SAY=Who among us can say what is real.
ON=SISSY
	SAY=Excuse me but I will not banter words with a fool.
ON=STAGE
	SAY=Ah!  My playground! Thou shouldst attend the theatre!
ON=THEATER
ON=THEATRE
	SAY=Pick a theater, any theater!  I will perform for thee!
ON=WUSS
	SAY= Excuse me but I will not banter words with a fool.
	//RANDOM= Hear ye! Hear ye! Thou art invited to view the spectacle  of life and death at the grand theater.

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