Meteoric I and II
Example 119
★★The game below begins at half past eleven, and one turn later, it's meteor time:
"Meteoric I"
The time of day is 11:30 PM.
At 11:31 PM:
now the meteor is in the great outdoors;
say "A meteor streaks across the sky.".
The great outdoors is a region. The Spanish Balcony is east of the Inner Court. The Court and Balcony are in the great outdoors. Inside from the Court is the Swimming Pool.
The meteor is a backdrop. Instead of doing something to the meteor, say "The meteor is no longer visible, now nothing more than a memory."
Test me with "wait / wait / examine meteor / west / examine meteor / in / examine meteor".
Test me with "wait / wait / examine meteor / west / examine meteor / in / examine meteor".
Spanish Balcony
>(Testing.)
>[1] wait
Time passes.
>[2] wait
Time passes.
A meteor streaks across the sky.
>[3] examine meteor
The meteor is no longer visible, now nothing more than a memory.
>[4] west
Inner Court
>[5] examine meteor
The meteor is no longer visible, now nothing more than a memory.
>[6] in
Swimming Pool
>[7] examine meteor
You can't see any such thing.
>(Testing.)
>[1] wait
Time passes.
>[2] wait
Time passes.
A meteor streaks across the sky.
>[3] examine meteor
The meteor is no longer visible, now nothing more than a memory.
>[4] west
Inner Court
>[5] examine meteor
The meteor is no longer visible, now nothing more than a memory.
>[6] in
Swimming Pool
>[7] examine meteor
You can't see any such thing.
Or for something a little slower-moving and with no after-image:
"Meteoric II"
The time of day is 4:30 PM.
At 4:31 PM:
now Phobos is in the great outdoors;
say "Phobos rises from the western horizon."
At 10:06 PM:
now Phobos is nowhere;
say "Phobos sets over the eastern horizon."
The great outdoors is a region. The Martian Balcony is east of the Inner Court. The Court and Balcony are in the great outdoors. Inside from the Court is the Heavy Water Swimming Pool.
Phobos is a backdrop. Instead of doing something to Phobos, say "Phobos orbits a mere 6000km above you, which is practically touching range for astronomy. On the other hand, astronomy isn't all that practical."
Test me with "wait / wait / examine phobos / west / examine phobos / in / examine phobos".
Test me with "wait / wait / examine phobos / west / examine phobos / in / examine phobos".
Martian Balcony
>(Testing.)
>[1] wait
Time passes.
>[2] wait
Time passes.
Phobos rises from the western horizon.
>[3] examine phobos
Phobos orbits a mere 6000km above you, which is practically touching range for astronomy. On the other hand, astronomy isn't all that practical.
>[4] west
Inner Court
>[5] examine phobos
Phobos orbits a mere 6000km above you, which is practically touching range for astronomy. On the other hand, astronomy isn't all that practical.
>[6] in
Heavy Water Swimming Pool
>[7] examine phobos
You can't see any such thing.
>(Testing.)
>[1] wait
Time passes.
>[2] wait
Time passes.
Phobos rises from the western horizon.
>[3] examine phobos
Phobos orbits a mere 6000km above you, which is practically touching range for astronomy. On the other hand, astronomy isn't all that practical.
>[4] west
Inner Court
>[5] examine phobos
Phobos orbits a mere 6000km above you, which is practically touching range for astronomy. On the other hand, astronomy isn't all that practical.
>[6] in
Heavy Water Swimming Pool
>[7] examine phobos
You can't see any such thing.
Though we should not really use Earthly time-keeping, since the Martian day is about half an hour longer than ours.