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Table of Quip Followups (continued)
quip               option      result
greeting            "Hello!"      greeting2
greeting            "Good Day!"   greeting2

The talk-window is a bordered g-window spawned by the main-window.

The position of the talk-window is g-placebelow.

Window-drawing rule for the talk-window (this is the construct talk rule):
move focus to talk-window, clearing the window;
continue the action;   
return to main screen.

Before quipping:
follow the window-drawing rules for the talk-window.

Carry out QBC responding with (this is the new perform talking rule):
   let qbc_index be 0;
   repeat through the qbc_litany:
      if the enabled entry is 1:
         increase qbc_index by 1;
         if qbc_index is the number understood:
            now the enabled entry is 0;
            deliver the response entry quip;
            display the QBC options;
            rule succeeds;
   follow the RQ out of range rules for qbc_index;
   move focus to the talk-window, clearing the window.

The perform talking rule is not listed in any rulebook.

Carry out responding with [when the pertinent quip is not quip_null] (this is the new perform responding rule):
   let rq_index be 0;
   move focus to talk-window, clearing the window;
   repeat through Table of Quip Followups:
      if the quip entry is the pertinent quip:
         increase rq_index by 1;
         if rq_index is the number understood:
            deliver the result entry quip;
            rule succeeds;
   follow the RQ out of range rules for rq_index;
   move focus to main-window.

The perform responding rule is not listed in any rulebook.

To display the QBC options:
   if the story has ended, stop;
   if RQ is active, stop;
   let qbc_index be 0;
   move focus to talk-window, clearing the window;
   repeat through qbc_litany:
      if the enabled entry is 1:
         increase qbc_index by 1;
         say "[bracket][qbc_index][close bracket] [prompt entry][line break]";
   if qbc_index is not 0, now the number understood is 0;
   otherwise terminate the conversation;
   move focus to main-window.

The sleeping conventioneer is a man in the conventioneer's room. The greeting of the conventioneer is cv-greeting. The litany of the sleeping conventioneer is the Table of Conventioneer Comments. The conventioneer can be lying, hanging or fallen. The conventioneer is lying.

To say snore:
   say "[one of]The resulting snore tells you nothing[or]The snores sound a little deeper[or]The snores sound unimpressed[or]You[']re met with snores[or]He[']s just as talkative as ever[or]The wall might make a better conversation partner[purely at random]."
   
To say give up:
   say "[one of]You give up on the conversation[or]You abandon your line of questioning[or]It[']s clear you won[']t get much out of him, so you stop[or]He doesn[']t seem to mind[purely at random]."
   
To disable all quips:
   disable the cv-menu quip;
   disable the cv-end quip;
   disable the cv-tentacle quip;
   disable the cv-battery quip;
   disable the cv-niceroom quip;
   disable the cv-uncle quip;
   disable the cv-end2 quip;
   disable the cv-thanks quip.
   
Usedquips is a container. Exhaustedquips is a container. Uncle and niceroom are things.
      
Table of Quip Texts (continued)
quip         quiptext
cv-greeting      "'Ahem...' you begin."
cv-menu      "[snore]"
cv-end         "[snore]"
cv-tentacle      "[snore]"
cv-battery      "[snore]"
cv-niceroom      "[snore]"
cv-uncle      "[snore]"
cv-end2         "[snore]"
cv-thanks      "[snore]"
cv-snore      "[snore]"

Table of Quip Followups (continued)
quip      option                                          result
cv-battery   "Nah, didn[']t think so."                              cv-snore
cv-battery   "I wonder where Dr. Fred could have put them?"               cv-snore
cv-battery   "I bet they[']re someplace obvious."                        cv-snore
cv-battery   "Oh, well."                                       cv-snore
cv-niceroom   "It reminds me of a greeting card store I used to work at."         cv-snore
cv-niceroom   "It reminds me of a pack of cards I was very fond of."            cv-snore
cv-niceroom   "Where on Earth do you BUY furnishings this color?"            cv-snore
cv-niceroom   "I[']d better be going now."                           cv-end
cv-uncle   "The steel works next door complained about the noise."         cv-snore
cv-uncle   "He lived in California until he was declared an earthquake hazard."   cv-snore
cv-uncle   "Once he inhaled a pillow."                           cv-snore
cv-uncle   "I[']d better be going now."                           cv-end

Table of Conventioneer Comments
prompt                                             response      enabled
"Late night?"                                          cv-menu      1
"Do you ever inhale flies when you snore like that?"               cv-menu      1
"Are you interested in particle physics?"                        cv-menu      1
"Oh, never mind."                                    cv-end         1
"I[']m trying to save the world from a nasty tentacle."               cv-tentacle      0
"You haven[']t seen any plans for a super-battery around, have you?"   cv-battery      0
"Nice room you[']ve got here."                              cv-niceroom      0
"I had an uncle who snored as loud as you do."                  cv-uncle      0
"Well, never mind."                                    cv-end2         0
"Well, thanks, you[']ve been really helpful."                     cv-thanks      0

After quipping when the current quip is cv-menu:
   disable all quips;
   enable the cv-tentacle quip;
   enable the cv-battery quip;
   if a random chance of 1 in 2 succeeds:
      if uncle is not in exhaustedquips:
         enable the cv-uncle quip;
      otherwise:
         if niceroom is not in exhaustedquips:
            enable the cv-niceroom quip;
   otherwise:
      if niceroom is not in exhaustedquips:
         enable the cv-niceroom quip;
      otherwise:
         if uncle is not in exhaustedquips:
            enable the cv-uncle quip;
   enable the cv-end2 quip.
   
After quipping when current quip is cv-tentacle or current quip is cv-battery or current quip is cv-niceroom or current quip is cv-uncle:
   if something is in usedquips:
      disable the cv-end2 quip;
      enable the cv-thanks quip.
   
After quipping when the current quip is cv-uncle:
   move uncle to usedquips;
   if niceroom is not in usedquips and niceroom is not in exhaustedquips, enable the cv-niceroom quip.
   
After quipping when the current quip is cv-niceroom:
   move niceroom to usedquips;
   if uncle is not in usedquips and uncle is not in exhaustedquips, enable the cv-uncle quip.
   
After quipping when current quip is cv-end or current quip is cv-end2 or current quip is cv-thanks:
   disable all quips;
   if uncle is in usedquips, move uncle to exhaustedquips;
   if niceroom is in usedquips, move niceroom to exhaustedquips;
   repeat with item running through things in usedquips:
      remove the item from play;
   enable the cv-menu quip;
   enable the cv-end quip;
   terminate the conversation.