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NPC 174
: Komor, Paws’ Crutch Bearing Beggar[+bye +job +name]
You see a beggar leaning on a crutch. His eyes shine like diamonds with sheer bitterness.
"Happy days, <AvatarName>?" Komor asks.
name{
"My name is Komor."
}[-name]
job{
"I am a dancer, <AvatarName>." He cannot keep a straight face and almost falls off his crutches.
[+beggar]
<Fenn> "Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! 'Tis a ripe one, Komor!"
}
beggar{
"I was not always a beggar. Like Fenn and Merrick, I used to be a farmer, too. But times got worse, and times are always bad in Paws."
}[+give +Paws +Merrick +Fenn -beggar]
Fenn{
"Fenn and me are chums and will be to the day we die. We share in each other's vast expanses of wealth."*
[-Fenn +wealth +chums]
<Fenn> "Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! With thy wit thou shouldst be on stage!"*
}
chums{
"Fenn and me have been friends since we were little tiny babes."
"I would bet thee that thou didst not think we would end up like this. Eh, Fenn?"
<Fenn> "Not in me wildest dreams, Komor."
}[-chums]
wealth{
"Yea verily, Fenn and I share all that we own. Which, in its totality, is the clothes on our backs and the snot in our throats!"
}[-wealth]
Merrick{
"A royal rotten egg, he is. Merrick turned his back on us and now spends each night in a warm, cozy bed. Which is more than either one of us have had for some time."
}[+bed +turned his back -Merrick]
Paws{
"A veritable wonderland, is it not?"
}[-Paws]
turned his back{
"The only thing worse than this miserable existence is having Merrick sniff around and try to recruit us! The bloody parasite!"
}[-turned his back]
bed{
"Merrick sleeps in the shelter run by The Fellowship. They feed him, too. He had to join before they would help him."
}[+Fellowship +shelter -bed]
shelter{
"The shelter? 'Tis the large building filled with fawning hypocrites. Thou shouldst have little trouble finding it!"
}[-shelter]
Fellowship{
"We could have joined, but they are a foul lot. Anybody acting so bloody nice must be up to no good. There are some compromises we will not make, even to survive."
}[-Fellowship]
give{
"Wilt thou give me a bit of money?"
yes{
How much? <5 4 3 2 1 0>
"Thank thee, <AvatarName>."
"I am unable to take thy money, for some strange reason."
"Hmpf! Thou dost not have that much gold! Thou art almost as poor as I!"
}else{
"Fine. Go on and live thy life in peace and happiness."
}
}[-give]
bye{
"Hold thine head high, <AvatarName>." END
}//Spare coin for the wretched? ... A modest handout, good person? ... Mercy may change thy luck! ... Any money for me, friend?//