John Byrd

Part 6 - Messages

Table of custom library messages (continued)

	Message Id	Message Text
	LibMsg <unknown object>	"[You] [can't] see any such thing, nor would you want to, for seeing that might increase the [depressing noun] in your [depressing self]."
	LibMsg <object not held>	"[You] [aren't] holding that, nor would you perhaps desire to."
	LibMsg <Inventory initial text>	"[You] [are] carrying the burden of"
	LibMsg <Inventory no possessions>	"Your hands are as [one of]empty[or]devoid[or]vacant[then at random] as your [depressing adjective] [depressing self]."
	LibMsg <cannot take scenery>	"[That's\|they're] not something that can be taken, especially given the current state of your [depressing adjective] [depressing self]."
	LibMsg <cannot take something fixed>	"[That's\|they're] fixed in its current location, like the [depressing adjective] [depressing emptiness] in your [depressing self]."
	LibMsg <empty line>	"[one of]I am sure you were thinking something, regardless of how [depressing adjective] it may be.[or]Silence.[or]The [depressing noun] fails to speak.[or]Nothing but [depressing emptiness].[or]True, there is [intensifier] no point in doing anything.[or]The [depressing emptiness] is unbearable.[or]Nothing to be said or done.[then at random]"
	LibMsg <examine undescribed things>	"[You] [see*] nothing special about [the % dobj], aside from the [intensifier] [depressing adjective] [depressing noun]."
	LibMsg <examine direction>	"[You] [see*] nothing unexpected in that direction, except a general [depressing noun]."
	LibMsg <cannot search unless container or supporter>	"[You] find[-s] nothing of interest, thus increasing the [depressing adjective] [depressing noun] in your [depressing self]."
	LibMsg <report player inserting>	"Done, although the [depressing adjective] [depressing noun] in your [depressing self] is no less [depressing adjective]."
	LibMsg <cannot eat unless edible>	"[That's\|they're] plainly inedible, and anyway, the hunger in your [depressing self] cannot [intensifier] be nourished."
	LibMsg <block drinking>	"[There's] nothing suitable to drink [here], though drink (if it had it existed) might have dulled the [depressing noun] for a time."
	LibMsg <block tasting>	"[You] tast[e-s] only [depressing adjective] [depressing noun]."
	LibMsg <block smelling>	"[You] smell[-s] only [depressing adjective] [depressing noun]."
	LibMsg <block listening>	"[You] [hear*] only the [depressing adjective] sound of [depressing noun], which may as well be emanating from your [depressing self]."
	LibMsg <report player touching things>	"[You] [feel*] nothing except the [depressing adjective] [depressing noun] of the [noun]."
	LibMsg <confirm Quit>	"Are you sure you want to quit? Not that I blame you for quitting from the [depressing noun] and [depressing adjective] [depressing noun]."

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