MARIA MARTEN'S TALK FILE

MUD:

> *add c
A clay form just wandered in.
Creature created.
> *cn clay -k1 ghost
Key done.
> *cn clay -k2 maria
Key done.
> *cn clay -k3 marten
Key done.
> *cn clay Ghost of Maria Marten
Name done
> *cn ghost -d The spectral remains of a murdered farm mistress
Description done.
> *cn ghost -t What happened? Where am i? Is that you Will?
Talk String done.
> *set c ghost f 15
The Ghost of Maria Marten's flag #15 on = undead.
> *set c ghost f 24
The Ghost of Maria Marten's flag #24 on = cannot be harmed.
> *set c ghost f 25
The Ghost of Maria Marten's flag #25 on = talks.
> *set c ghost l 25
Level set.
> *set c ghost r 5
Race set = human.
> *set c ghost hp 500
Health set.
> *set c ghost hm 500
max Health set.
> *save c ghost 567
Creature #567 might already exist.
Creature #567 updated.

> *mon 567					[pop that critter]
> *perm c ghost 1200		[perm that critter with 1200 sec re-pop]
> *save						[save the room with the new perm]
> *purge					[purge the copy, allowing the perm to pop]


./objmon/talk/Ghost_of_Maria_Marten-25  file contents:

happened
It is dark, I am scared, there was a noise and then nothing.
scared ACTION nervous
I do not understand what has happened to me.
dark
I was to meet Will here in the afternoon.
afternoon
Will had promised to take me away and marry me.
away ACTION sigh
Anywhere but this farm - cursed it is.
cursed 
So much unexplained death = the brothers Corder and my dearest sons.
unexplained
Well, unexpected and close together, such bad fortune.
fortune
Reba fortold much sorrow and hardship for this family.
sons ACTION cry
I have had three beautiful sons, now only one remains.
marry
A wife for the third time I am to be - much married am I.
noise
Someone knocked something over in the toolshed, I went to investigate.
investigate
I thought it might have been Will. I know my way around.
toolshed
Will keeps his workshop tools and farm equipment there.
where ACTION confused 
This looks like the cellar. How did I get here?
cellar
I was upstairs in the barn, waiting like I was told.
barn
the Redbarn is where Will and I often liaised.
redbarn
Well, it is just normal thatch, but has bits of red roof.
liaised ACTION blush
Well, we were in love, at least that is what he said.
love ACTION sniff
My true love is Romany, but my parents would never approve.
romany
Gypsies the locals call them. Ignorance is a poweful force.
gypsies
Free spirits - I wish I was with Andree now, but alas his betrothed would not be impressed.
ignorance ACTION roll
Will and his father always said an education was wasted on a woman.
parents
Mother and Father are very strict and did not understand my situation
situation ACTION sigh
It is impossible in such a backward place for a woman of letters.
will
William Corder - my betrothed, do you know him?
corder
This barn is rented by his family. Mrs Cook the nosy neighbor charges too much for this dump.
betrothed ACTION wsmile
William agreed to make an honest woman of me, when he found out I was with child.