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Volume Seven - "Carthage"

Quackery is a recurring scene. Quackery begins when the location is in Phoenicia. Quackery ends when the location is not in Phoenicia.

Test diagnosis with "W / S / Remove Toga / Sit on table / show cock to doctor / get up / wear toga / n / e ".

Test madame with " n / n / e / e / ask madame about pumpkin / ask madame about syra / ask madame about secret / ask madame about fortune / ask madame about secret / w".

Test necropolis with "x gate / touch raven / touch vulture / touch crab / touch worm / n / search tombs / get weed / s/ s / s".

Test cure with "w / s / give weed / remove toga / sit on table / show cock to doctor / s / remove toga / sit on table / show cock to doctor / get up / wear toga / n / e".

Test Carthage with "test diagnosis / test madame / test necropolis / test cure"

Test min-carthage with "D / test diagnosis / n/n/e/e/ ask madame about fortune/ask madame about secret/w/test necropolis/w/s/give weed/remove toga/sit on table / show cock to doctor / e / e"

When Quackery begins:

choose row with expected-port-name of "Syracuse" in the Table of Ports;

now the port-name entry is "Syracuse";

now the flavor-text entry is ", soon arriving in Syracuse.";

now the disembarkation-location entry is Syracuse;

choose row with expected-port-name of "Carthage" in the Table of Ports;

now the flavor-text entry is ", steering you uneventfully to Carthage.";

move the brothel_notice to Syracuse.

Every turn during Quackery:

if the location is the Clinic for the first time

begin;

choose a row with a character of "Doctor Nick Riviera" in the Table of Fictional Cast Members;

now the met entry is true;

end if;

if the location is the Fortune-teller's Tent for the first time

begin;

choose a row with a character of "Madame Sosostris" in the Table of Real Cast Members;

now the met entry is true;

end if;

if the location is in Generic_Carthage, move the Carthaginians to the location;

if the greenish pus is held by the player and a random chance of 1 in 3 succeeds

begin;

if the Carthaginians are in the location, say "You notice a passer-by staring in horror at your pus-dripping penis.";

if Madame Sosostris is in the location, say "Madame Sosostris shakes her head and says, 'You should see a doctor about that. By the way, that wasn't a prophecy, just a diagnosis.'";

end if.

Phoenicia is a region. Generic_Carthage is a region in Phoenicia. Clinic, Fortune-teller's Tent, and Cemetery are in Phoenicia.

Generic_Carthage is a region. Carthage Docks, Harbor Ruins, Agora, and Industrial Wasteland are in Generic_Carthage.

Carthage_sky_scenery is sky_scenery in Generic_Carthage. It is in the Cemetery. The description is "Partly cloudy."