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John Byrd

Release 1

Section 2 - Winning the Plastic Ring Scene

Winning the Plastic Ring is a scene.

Winning the Plastic Ring begins when Winning the Plastic Ring has started.

Winning the Plastic Ring ends when the Winning the Plastic Ring has ended.

To decide whether Winning the Plastic Ring has started:

if the carnival barker has the plastic ring, yes;

no.

To decide whether Winning the Plastic Ring has ended:

if the suitor has the plastic ring, yes;

if the first wedding proposal is not pending, yes;

no.

Every turn during Winning the Plastic Ring:

repeat through the Table of Winning the Plastic Ring:

say "[event description entry][paragraph break]";

if the suitor is not carrying the plastic ring and the suitor is not carrying nothing:

move a random thing carried by the suitor to the barker;

blank out the whole row;

stop;

say "[The carnival barker] [give] [the plastic ring] to [the suitor].";

move the plastic ring to the suitor.

Table of Winning the Plastic Ring

event description
"[The suitor] [throw] the first ball."
"[The suitor] [throw] the second ball."
"[The suitor] [throw] the third ball."
"'What?! This thing is tiny!'"
"'What's up with that?'"