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#43000
Hidden Trail~
The path takes a sharp turn here, bending around to the east and south. 

The drab grey of the surrounding area mirrors the dull gravel of the

path, creating a lackluster, dismal landscape.  Looking northward, you

see only a barren field of grey stone.  To the south, trees loom at ever

closer intervals, split by a small path which winds its way deep into the

stone forest.

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#43001
A Winding Trail~
The somber, grey trail runs through the colorless area surrounding it. 

The vegetation which borders the trail has sickened and died, leaving

only brown leaves and blackened stems behind.  Standing at irregular

intervals, a few tall, slender trees dot the area to the south of the

path.  The trees are a drab, grey color, right down to the leaves.

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trees~
Closer examination of the slender trees reveals that they have been

turned to stone.  The delicate stone leaves have broken off in places,

leaving razor-sharp shards of broken stone behind.  Littering the ground

near the trunks of the trees is a myriad of broken stone in the shapes of

twigs, leaves, and even the occasional branch.

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#43002
A Hidden Trail - Near a Stone Sapling~
In the middle of the trail upon which you stand, a small stone tree

stands.  The sapling's trunk is only as thick as a man's forearm,

indicating its scant age.  Grey vines of ivy wind their way around the

oak sapling, giving the semblance of leaf-bearing limbs.  The rocky

ground around the tree supports only dead and dying vegetation.  A few

scraggly young trees try to grow in the poor soil around the trail,

though their leaves are scant and brown.

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leaves plants vegatation~
The leaves are curled up at the tips and slightly brown along the edges

as though the plants have gone too long without water.

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tree sapling stone~
This tall, thin sapling was once a thriving, vibrant young oak.  Its

lifespan was cut short and it has been preserved forever in its summer

glory by its metamorphosis into grey stone.  Greyish-green ivy winds

itself around the stone tree, giving a semblance of life to the petrified

sapling.

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trees scraggly~
These young saplings are twisted and in poor health.  The few leaves

boasted by the twisted branches are mostly brown and dead.

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#43003
On Path to Woods~
Dying, scraggly trees hang their bare limbs down over the path, as if

reaching for what little life is still left near the forest floor.  The

few green plants left among the brownish dead brush struggle to reach the

sun.  Greying ivy strangles the last bits of life out of the dwarfed

trees, even as the vines themselves perish.

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#43004
A Narrow Path Through the Stone Forest~
A gentle breeze blows through the silent forest, passing over you in a

gentle caress.  The stone leaves of the tall oak trees stir not at all,

immobilized forever.  Petrified bushes border the trail through the

forest, pruned and trimmed into patterns nature never intended.  A few

stone birds perch on the limbs of the petrified oaks, frozen for all time.

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birds~
Frozen on their perches for all eternity, a few birds of unidentifiable

species sit in the stony boughs of the young oaks.

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#43005
A Narrow Path Through the Stone Forest~
Bushes of solid rock line the trail along this portion of it, while

beyond the bushes stand a wealth of tall, slender oaks.  Well trimmed and

pruned, the bushes were in full bloom when their metamorphosis was

effected.  Delicate stone flowers peek out from between the flinty leaves

of the shrubbery.  A small fox, caught in the act of slinking through the

flowery flora, was petrified along with the vegetation.  His fluffy tail

and beady eyes are clearly visible between the stalks of the bushes.

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fox~
A small fox, barely full grown, stands poised to take its next silent

step.  Caught forever in the pause between strides, the petrified

animal's progress has been halted permanently.

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bushes flowers shrubs~
A row of unfamiliar flowering bushes lines each side of the trail. 

Obviously trimmed to display the blossoms for maximum effect, the

decoratively pruned stone flora will forever show the expert, loving care

with which it was shaped.

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#43006
Hidden Trail~
The silent, somber trail is bordered here by drab, ashen vegetation.  The

plants cling to their precarious existence, the hard, rocky ground

allowing no room for water to flow to their roots.  Dwarfed, twisted

trees grow in small patches to the south, their leaves long since fallen. 

Rocks color are scattered liberally throughout the area, cluttering the

trail.  The absence of vivid color is profound; the faint green of the

dying plants the only hue other than the dismal grey.

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bushes~
All the plant life in the area, including the bushes, look very healthy. 

Several of the bushes have delicious-looking berries growing on them.

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rocks~
Rocks of all shapes and sizes lie in the area.  Upon closer inspection,

you think you see the lines of deliberate carving upon the weathered

stones.  Time has eroded the shapes beyond recognition, however.  Still,

the feeling of definitive shapes remains.

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#43007
Hidden Trail~
The drab landscape around you is limned in shades of grey.  The light grey

of the dry, ash-like dirt which covers the ground on and around the trail

blends with gravel of a darker grey.  The few struggling plants which grow

in the harsh, rocky soil are limp and wilting, all the green draining out

of them to be slowly replaced by a greyish-brown color.

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plants~
Only a very few small plants have braved the rocky ground, here.  Slowly

dying, the plants' drop their leaves as they are give in to the lack of

water and nutrients.

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#43008
Hidden Trail~
An opaque, swirling mist creeps along the ground.  A faint breeze blows in

from the north, tattering the veil of mist aside in places to reveal

rocky, uneven ground.  Patches of gravel and grey, lifeless dirt are

visible for a moment before the mist closes back in.  The smell of death

and decay wafts past your nostrils, carried in from the north by the light

breeze.

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#43009
A Narrow Path Through the Stone Forest~
The trail winds its way through the crowded stone trees of the petrified

forest.  Preserved in their summer glory for all eternity, the stone oaks

hang their flinty limbs over the small trail.  Looking up into the boughs

of the trees, you see a stone robin seated among the stone leaves, his

once red breast turned a somber grey.

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robin up~
Perched on a thin branch, the stone robin's chest is puffed out proudly. 

His thrown back head and open beak give the impression of a bird about to

burst into song.

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#43010
A Narrow Path Through the Stone Forest~
Tall, slender pillars of stone jut out of the grey earth, the remnant of

these once magnificent young oaks.  Branching out from the stone trunks

are thin, fragile limbs covered with delicate stone leaves.  A few of the

flinty leaves have fallen to the ground to shatter into a myriad of

jagged shards.  The path which runs north and south through the desolate

forest has fallen into disrepair and you must pick your way carefully

through the broken fragments of stone.

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shard action here

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fragments path~
The sharp fragments of stone which litter the path seem to have fallen

from the stone trees with border the path.  In a few razor-sharp shards

you can see the delicate tracery of the veins of an oak leaf.  In others

piece, the slightly gnarled lengths were perhaps small limbs of the young

trees.

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trees~
Tall and straight, these young oak trees must have been truly beautiful

in their living splendor.  Now they stand as silent sentinels, hanging

their slender stone limbs eternally over the narrow path until the

weather grinds them to dust.

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#43011
A Narrow Path Through the Stone Forest~
The narrow path winds its way through the tall, relatively slender stone

oaks of the forest's outskirts.  The stone flora bordering the path is all

decoratively trimmed and shaped, giving the impression of painstaking

care.  To the south, the path narrows even more, and the trees grow more

densely, their trunks thicker than those to the north.

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south~
The trees to the south grow close together, all but eliminating the

narrow trail.  The trees are older, their trunks thick and their boughs

intertwined with those of neighboring trees.

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#43012
Rotting Woods~
This area is under construction.

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#43013
A Narrow Path through the Stone Forest - Path's End~
The trees crowd in closely around you, the path all but obscured by the

moderately slender oaks.  Stone bushes and shrubs border the path, ending

abruptly with a wide trellis on each side.  The stone vines which cling to

the trellises bear large, delicately shaped flowers.  To the south, the

narrow path fades away, absorbed by the dense stands of trees.

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pick flower

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trellises~
These lovely grey structures are fan-shaped and provide excellent support

for the flowering stone vines which cling to them.  Closer inspection

reveals that the trellises are stalks of the bordering bushes which have

been trained to brace the climbing vines.

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flowers blooms~
The petals of these large flowers are shaped like tear drops.  The

original color of these stone blooms is impossible to determine, as they

are now a uniform shade of grey.

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pick get~
flower bloom blossom petal~
if( random( 1, 20 ) <= 3 ) {

  if( rflag( reset0, room ) ) {

    remove_rflag( reset0, room );

    act_tochar( #pick, ch );

    act_notchar( #rpick, ch );

    obj_to_char( oload( 2712 ), ch );

    }

  else {

    act_tochar( #nope, ch );

    act_notchar( #rnope, ch );

    i = 10d2+10;

    dam_message( ch, i, "The shards of the shattered flower" );

    inflict( ch, mob, i, "the shards of a shattered stone flower" );

    }

  }

else {

  remove_rflag( reset0, room );

  i = 10d2+10;

  act_tochar( #nope, ch );

  act_notchar( #rnope, ch );

  dam_message( ch, i, "The shards of the shattered flower" );

  inflict( ch, mob, i, "the shards of a shattered stone flower" );

  }

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pick~
You attempt to pick one of the stone flowers, but only manage to break

away a single petal.

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rpick~
$n attempts to pick one of the stone flowers, but only manages to break

away a single petal.

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nope~
You try to pick one of the stone flowers, but it shatters in your hand.

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rnope~
$n tries to pick one of the stone flowers but it shatters in $s hand.

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#43014
Edge of Woods~
The path turns east here, continuing

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#43015
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43016
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43017
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43018
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43019
Stone Forest~
Standing silent and lonely, the stone trees of the forest seem to radiate

an almost tangible sadness.  Boughs broken by the force of their own great

weight litter the ground in chunks and shards of grey stone.  Shattered

slivers of unreconizable stone lie scattered about the area, razor-sharp

and gleaming with pointed edges.

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#43020
Stone Forest - Within the Borders of the Forest~
The forest stands silent and desolate in its monotonous greyness.  The

tree trunks are close together, their stony boughs hopelessly intertwined

into a flinty canopy overhead.  Precious little light could filter through

the tangled mass above.  The ground is littered with broken shards of

stone leaves that have fallen in a rather sad parody of autumn.  It is

possible to make your way through the trees on three sides, but to the

east the trees form an impenetrable barrier of stone trunks.

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canopy up boughs~
The crowded oaks have stood together so long that their boughs have

become irreversibly tangled.  The current petrified state of the forest

ensures that the mass of limbs and leaves will never be untangled.

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#43021
The Stone Forest - A Wall of Oaks~
Crowded oaks end your westward progress at this desolate edge of the

forest, and the jutting pillars of the greater oaks can be seen in an

almost panoramic view to the east.  A shattered pile of stone lies on the

ground, with a few delicate grey feathers littering the area around it. 

To the west, the oak trees crowd in, forming a flinty wall of grey stone

trunks.

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pile stone ground feathers area~
It seems that not every inhabitant of the forest was able to leave its

confines before the transformation claimed them.  Tiny fragments of stone

are all that remain of this unfortunate bird.

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nest feather~
if( random( 1, 10 ) >= 9 ) {

  if( rflag( reset0, room ) ) {

    remove_rflag( reset0, room );

    act_tochar( #get, ch );

    act_notchar( #rget, ch );

    obj_to_char( oload( 2808 ), ch );

    }

  else {

    act_tochar( #search, ch );

    act_notchar( #rsearch, ch );

    }

  }

else {

  remove_rflag( reset0, room );

  act_tochar( #search, ch );

  act_notchar( #rsearch, ch );

  }

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search~
You search through the nest, but find nothing.

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rsearch~
$n searches through the nest, but finds nothing.

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get~
You search through the nest and find a long, silver feather!

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rget~
$n searches through the nest and finds a long, silver feather.

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#43022
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43023
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43024
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43025
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43026
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43027
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43028
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43029
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43030
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43031
Stone Forest - Near a Tiny Stream~
A thin trickle of water runs through the center of this area of the

forest.  Dancing over the rocks and stones of the small streambed, the

tiny brook burbles along cheerfully.  A few drooping plants have taken

root near the stream, trying desperately to leech life out of the sterile

layer of dust.  The stone trees stand in a forbidding wall to the south,

blocking any attempt at passage.

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stream

naiad here.

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stream brook water~
The tiny stream is a mere three feet wide and perhaps a foot deep. 

Clear, clean water flows into the densely packed stands of trees to the

south.

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plants drooping~
Desperately clinging to life, the few tiny plants whose seeds were

unlucky enough to take root here are slowly dying in the deficient soil.

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look~
stream spring water~
if( rflag( reset0, room ) ) {

  if( !mob_in_room( 437, room ) ) {

    remove_rflag( reset0, room );

    act_tochar( #look, ch );

    act_notchar( #rlook, ch );

    wait( 1 );

    act_tochar( #naiad, ch );

    act_notchar( #rnaiad, ch );

    wait( 1 );

    act_tochar( #attack, ch );

    act_notchar( #rattack, ch );

    mload( 437, room );

    mob = mob_in_room( 437, room );

    attack( mob, ch, 10d10+100, "grasping hand" );

    attack( mob, ch, 10d10+100, "grasping hand" );

    }

  else {

    act_tochar( #look, ch );

    act_notchar( #rlook, ch );

    wait( 1 );

    act_tochar( #reflection, ch );

    }

  }

else {

  act_tochar( #look, ch );

  act_notchar( #rlook, ch );

  wait( 1 );

  act_tochar( #reflection, ch );

  }

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look~
You bend down to look into the crystal clear water.

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rlook~
$n bends down to look into the crystal clear water of the spring.

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reflection~
You see your face reflected in the clear water.

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naiad~
To your astonishment, you see not your reflection, but that of a lovely,

blue-skinned woman.

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rnaiad~
$n gasps in astonishment at something $e sees in the spring.

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attack~
@eThe lovely girl reaches out a very solid hand and grabs for you.  As you

stumble back from the water's edge, the naiad rises out of the spring and

leaps at you!

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rattack~
@eA slender blue arm reaches out of the spring, grabbing for $n.  As $e

stumbles back from the water's edge, a naiad rises from the spring and

leaps at $n!

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#43032
Stone Forest - A Silent Corner of the Woods~
This corner of the forest is silent and grim.  The lovely stone trees

stand as silent sentinels, watching over the forest eternally.  A few

blades of grass struggle to grow in the lifeless grey soil, which is

little more than the dust of ground stone.  Stone limbs lie scattered

around on the forest floor, shattered by the drop to the hard ground.

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#43033
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43034
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43035
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43036
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43037
The Stone Forest - Twin Oaks~
Twinned oak trees stand silently in the desolate remains of the forest. 

The texture of the two trunks reveal that they had grown together from

time long past, and had not merely toppled against each other after being

unable to support their new weight.  The elegant arching of the two trees

creates a long patch of twilight grey against the slate-colored ground of

the forest.

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#43038
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43039
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43040
A Devastated Area in the Stone Forest~
A small gust of wind blows through the area, briefly stirring the dust

and a few of the smaller shards of stone which cover the ground.  Stone

tendrils of ivy wind their way up the splintered trees stumps that jut up

from the charred ground.  The sober grey of the area coupled with the

devastated trees creates a barren, lackluster landscape.

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ivy stumps~
A few stone tendrils of ivy still cling tenaciously to the stumps of the

trees which ones supported them in life.  The delicate stone leaves of

the ivy vines are the only beauty that remains in this blasted area.

~
A
pick get~
ivy leaf stone~
if( random( 1, 20 ) >= 18 ) {

  if( rflag( reset0, room ) ) {

    remove_rflag( reset0, room );

    act_tochar( #pick, ch );

    act_notchar( #rpick, ch );

    obj_to_char( oload( 2701 ), ch );

    }

  else {

    act_tochar( #nope, ch );

    act_notchar( #rnope, ch );

    }

  }

else {

remove_rflag( reset0, room );

  act_tochar( #nope, ch );

  act_notchar( #rnope, ch );

  }

~
E
pick~
You snap off one of the delicate stone leaves of ivy.

~
E
rpick~
$n carefully picks one of the ivy leaves from its stone vine.

~
E
nope~
You try to pick an ivy leaf but you clumsily shatter the delicate leaf.

~
E
rnope~
$n tries to pick an ivy leaf but $s clumsily shatters the delicate leaf.

~
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#43041
A Devastated Area of the Stone Forest~
A light, powdery film of grey dust blankets the area, presumably all that

remains of trees vaporized in the explosion which laid waste to this area. 

Still other stone trees were shattered like glass, the jagged remnants of

the riven trees litter the area.  Charred trunks of stone trees dot the

area, looking like rows of sharpened stakes.  A tiny stone mouse stands

caught in the poise of running, its little tail close to the ground.

~
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mouse~
The little mouse was obviously running some mousely errand of its own

when the transformation to stone ended its foray.  Amazingly untouched by

the devastation, the tiny mouse is frozen to the spot.

~
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#43042
The Stone Forest - Near an Abandoned Den~
A large, angular stone provides a roof for a den that was created by

hollowing out the ground under the jutting eastern edge.  Tracks

cris-cross the small clearing, heading in every direction.  Small, flinty

pieces of stone, some vaguely in the shapes of leaves create piles

at the base of some of the larger trees.

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den rock stone~
Looking closer into the animal den, one can see fossilized tufts of fur

and tiny wolf tracks interspersed with larger paw prints from the cubs'

mother.

~
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#43043
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43044
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43045
A Low Hill in the Stone Forest - Before a Holy Shrine~
The trees have all been cleared away from this low hill.  Set on the

summit of the small mound, a circle of smoothly polished stone rings the

crown of the hill.  Only six inches high and perhaps three inches wide,

the stone ring is nearly fifteen feet in diameter.  In the middle of the

ring stands the charred and blasted remains of what must once have been a

tall, majestic, stone oak.

~
shrine here

acode here for evils touching the ring to get zapped/.

spectre of the mage here

read runes?

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tree oak~
The wide, splintered stone trunk is all that remains of this once

majestic tree.  Nearly five feet in diameter, the tree trunk ends

abruptly in a charred, splintered mass of broken stone.

~
E
stone ring~
Made of the finest alabaster, the stone ring which encircles the crown of

the hill is enscribed with an unbroken chain of silvery sigils.  The thin

ring of stone sits like a fragile tiara on the summit of the small hill.

~
E
runes sigils symbols~
The runes are an indecipherable scrawl of interlocking symbols and lines. 

The thin, graceful sigils were etched into the stone, then an iridescent

silver powder was set into the graven lines.  A faint argent glow

radiates out from the runes, casting an ethereal light on the alabaster

stone ring.

~
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#43046
A Devastated Area of the Forest - Near a Lone Oak~
In the midst of this decimated, shattered area of the forest, one lone

oak stands untouched by the devastation.  Preserved in every aspect, the

stone oak tree stands untouched in the midst of mass destruction.  The

area all around it is covered with glistening shards of razor-sharp stone. 

The splintered trunks of other trees not so lucky are testimony to the

fact that some force intervened to preserve the lone oak.

~
pick acorn

[Orb] This dryad has mflag confusion because she's insane.

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tree~
if( random( 1, 30 ) >= 27 ) {

  if( rflag( reset0, room ) ) {

    remove_rflag( reset0, room );

    act_tochar( #find, ch );

    act_notchar( #rfind, ch );

    obj_to_char( oload( 2702 ), ch );

    }

  else {

    act_tochar( #fail, ch );

    act_notchar( #rfail, ch );

    }

  }

else {

  remove_rflag( reset0, room );

  act_tochar( #fail, ch );

  act_notchar( #rfail, ch );

  }

~
E
find~
You find a tiny stone acorn hanging from a low bough.

~
E
rfind~
$n carefully examines the stone oak before plucking a tiny acorn from its

branches.

~
E
fail~
You search the tree thoroughly but find nothing but stone leaves and

branches.

~
E
rfail~
$n searches the tree thorougly but finds only stone leaves and branches.

~
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#43047
The Stone Forest - Near a Fallen Oak~
A massive trunk of stone lies on the ground here, covered in rubble from

fallen leaves.  The solid floor of the forest melds with the monolith

structure of the fallen oak, giving that this tree was downed and rotting

since before it was changed to this flinty grey stone.  The oaks that

remain standing are bare of all but the smallest leaves and the strongest

limbs, and create angular shadows across the ashen plain.

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#43048
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43049
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

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#43050
A Devastated Area of the Forest~
The stone trees in the area have all been blasted to grey shards by some

unimaginable explosion.  Only a few stumps which end in blackened, jagged

masses of broken stone are left of the mature stone oaks which once stood

here.  The floor of the forest is a charred mass of broken stone, various

old bones and other unidentifiable debris.

~
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stumps trees~
None of the stumps stand more than four feet tall, and all have had their

tops shorn away by what must have been a cataclysmic blast.

~
E
ground debris stones~
Jagged shards of razor sharp stone litter the ground, a myriad of deadly

stone slivers.  A few bones of a vaguely humanoid shape are mixed in with

the shattered stone.

~
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#43051
A Devastated Area of the Forest~
Blasted and barren, this area of the forest consists of little more than

piles of razor-sharp stone and shattered stone trunks.  Whatever laid

waste to this section of stone oaks destroyed many of the trees utterly,

leaving behind nothing more than powdery grey dust.  The shattered trunks

rise ever taller the farther they are from the center of the devastating

blast.

~
devastation caused by blast here

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#43052
The Stone Forest - Amidst the Stone Oaks~
The ground is littered with fragments of dull grey stone, leaves and

limbs of the once-living oak trees that could no longer be held aloft

after the petrification.  The large trunks of the trees jut into the sky,

forlorn and forgotten sentinels of a time much different.  The flinty

grey of the landscape almost makes the eye wander about the area,

valiantly searching for color.

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#43053
Stone Forest - A Great Crevace~
A great crack mars the relatively smooth floor of the forest.  Yellowish

blades of grass grow in a little patch around a tiny spring which wells

up from the southeren edge of the crack.  A massive stone oak stands

precariously at the northern edge of the ten foot crevice, seemingly

ready to topple in at any moment.

~
stream

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crack crevace floor~
This jagged crevace looks as though the tortured earth heaved and broke

open, possibly in protest to the leeching of the lifeforce from it.  A

trickle of crystal clear water rises up from the dark depths of the crack.

~
E
tree~
The trunk of this massive old oak is nearly five feet thick through the

middle.  It tilts to one side, half its roots losing their purchase to

dangle over the crevase at its base.

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#43054
Stone Forest~
The grim, grey silence of the stone forest is disrupted by the soft

sounds of running water to the south.  The massive stone oaks stand at

intervals, locked in the semblance of summer for eternity.  A myriad of

stone leaves have fallen to the forest floor, creating a blanket of sharp

shards of stone.  A stone snake coils near the base of one of the trees,

caught forever in readiness to strike at some unknown prey.

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snake~
This snake is of a variety unknown to you.  Its half-inch long fangs

appear extremely sharp, and it was obviously much provoked by its

long-gone prey.

~
A
get take touch grab~
snake~
act_tochar( #get, ch );

act_notchar( #rget, ch );

~
E
get~
You try to grab the snake but it is held fast to the forest floor.

~
E
rget~
$n tries to take the stone snake but it is held fast to the forest floor.

~
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#43055
Stone Forest~
Grey moss and ivy encircle the stone stumps of several trees here.  Beside

each stump grows a tiny sapling, perhaps only a few weeks old.  The tiny

leaves on the fledgeling trees are petite versions of the leaves borne by

elder oaks.  The absense of the overwhelmingly massive oaks in this area

makes the forest seem oddly barren.

~
get sapling action

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stumps~
The huge, round stumps are all that is left of the massive oaks which

once stood here.  Probably now furniture in some mage's laboratory, the

cut down trees were replaced by tiny seedlings planted next to the stumps.

~
E
seedling sapling~
These small, slender oak seedlings stand only two or three feet tall. 

They each have a couple of twiggy stone branches covered sparsely with

tiny grey leaves.

~
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#43056
Stone Forest~
The greyish trees in this area of the forest are all torn and broken.

However, the damage appears to have been done long before the trees'

transformation to stone.  One great behemoth of an oak tree lies on the

ground here, its trunk cut neatly away.  The tree lies here on its side,

surrounded by the limbs and leaves of other trees that were torn away as

the massive oak fell.

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oak tree behemoth~
This massive old oak appears to have been felled just as the

petrification swept over this part of the forest.  The freshly cut tree

transformed to stone, as well, though parts of it seem to have rotted

away as dead wood.

~
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#43057
Stone Forest~
Under Construction.

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#43058
Stone Forest - Near an Old Campsite~
A gentle breeze flows through the area from the west, carrying with it

the gentle sound of running water.  The stone flora is thick, the stone

leaves of many plants tangle together creating a barrier to the west.  A

ring of small rocks has been piled together to create a makeshift hearth

for a fire.  Two sticks of old, rotting wood jut up from the ground,

supporting a metal spit from which hangs the skeleton of small animal,

possibly a rabbit.

~
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E
fire~
This cold campfire spot contains long-dead ashes.  It was evidently left

behind in a hurry, the travelers didnt even stop to remove their dinner

before fleeing the area.

~
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#43059
Stone Forest~
A canopy of tangled stone branches shelters the area from the sky.  A

myriad of stone leaves in various states of condition lie scattered all

along the forest floor.  Moss and ivy that clings to the stone trees has

turned to flinty grey stone.  Lustrous grey stone trees surround you on

all sides, though to the north, west, and south you could probably

squeeze through the oak trunks.  To the east, an impregnable barrier of

intertwined trees prevents passage.

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#43060
Stone Forest - Before a Shattered Gap in the Trees~
The trees come to an abrupt end here, closing in so thickly that nothing

could slip through the impenetrable stone wall of oaks.  However, blown

right through the middle of the seemingly impervious bastion is a gaping

hole.  About ten feet in diameter, the hole is almost perfectly circular. 

The bottoms of the devastated trees are still intact, mostly and the

intertwined tangle of stone boughs holds the tops in their original

places, defying gravity.

~
this is where the water serpent busteed through the trees to get to his

little pond.

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#43061
Stone Forest - Near a Stone Druid~
A tall, majestically beautiful stone oak stands here, proudly hanging its

grey boughs out over the area.  Strangely enough, the oak stands in

seeming dominance over the other trees.  Its boughs spreading freely, the

other trees perhaps not quite daring to intertwine their limbs with that

of the singularly lovely oak.  At the base of the petrified oak a man

kneels, though he, too, is as petrified as every other creature in this

sad forest.  One stone hand is placed on the tree trunk, the other raised

to the heavens clasping a strange symbol.  Passage to the east is blocked

by a barrier of close oaks.

~
Acode pending a cflag for Cynnis' religion, then will load the symbol for

followers.

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man druid base~
The stone man kneels at the base of the lovely oak, his head bowed and

his posture that of a suppliant.  One hand rests lovingly on the stone

bark of the oak before him, and the other is raised high.  He clasps a

strange symbol in his upraised hand.

~
E
symbol~
The symbol depicts a wolf under a blanket of snow-covered trees, howling

at a quarter moon with a naked female llewyrr stretching to complete its

diameter.  The symbol is made of an untarnished silvery metal, possibly

mithril or silver alloy.

~
A
get pry~
symbol~
act_tochar( #get, ch );

act_notchar( #rget, ch );

~
E
get~
You try to pry the symbol from the stone man's hand but it is held fast.

~
E
rget~
$n tries to pry the symbol from the stone man's hand but it is held fast.

~
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#43062
Stone Forest - Near a Crimson Blossom~
Overshadowed by a forbidding wall of densely packed trees to the east, the

forest is grim and grey.  Stone ivy vines rest lightly on the petrified

trunks of adult oak trees.  A few petrified plants resting around the

bases of the oak trees bear delicate stone blossoms, brittle to the touch.

One flowering plant retains a single red flower, a splash of crimson

which breaks the desolate monotony of the grey landscape.

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flower blossom red rose crimson~
This small, crimson flower looks to be some variety of wild rose.  The

stone stalk from which it grew is covered with sharp thorns.  The rose

itself retains its vibrant red color, though its petals long ago turned

to stone.

~
A
~
~
act_tochar( #pick, ch );

act_notchar( #rpick, ch );

dam_message( ch, i, "The razor-sharp stone thorns" );

inflict( ch, mob, i, "the razor sharp thorns of a stone rose bush" );

~
E
pick~
The thorns of the stone rose bush prick your hand as you reach for the

flower.

~
E
rpick~
The thorns of the stone rose bush prick $n's hand as $e reaches for the

flower.

~
!
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#43063
Edge of Woods~
Under Construction.

~
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#43064
A Shattered Path Through the Crowded Trees~
The trees here have been shattered to create this tunnel-like path through the

closely crowded copse.  The stone trees have been melted away in places,

though mostly it looks like something crashed through by sheer force

alone.  There are a few tooth marks and slashes on the still standing

remains of several shattered stone oaks.

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trees~
Smashed aside by the might of some obviously powerful force,

stone trees lay in a myriad of shards and chunks all over the ground.  The

marks of giant teeth marr the surrounding trees.  The remaining oaks close

in around their fallen comrades, making the path constrictingly close.

~
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#43065
A Shattered Path Through the Crowded Trees~
The narrow confines of this enclosed path seem to bear down on you.  The

air is heavy and still, tinged slightly with a faint odor of decay.

Shards of stone that have been melted together lie in heaps along the

ground.  Splintered tree trunks combine with the residual stone to make

progress through the area slow and painful.  Ominous creaks and cracks

filter down from above, where the stone boughs of the still-standing oaks

support a canopy of torn tree tops.  To the east, the stench of decay

grows stronger, accompanied by the moist scent of water.

~
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#43066
A Brackish Pond~
This old pool is covered with moss and a greyish-green slime.  The

brackish water beneath the viscous covering roils uneasily.  A few

forlorn plants have taken root in the slimy foam around the edge of the

pool, their stunted leaves and brown stems showing the sickly influence

of the unhealthy liquid in the pond.

~
Big chomping serpent

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~
~
wait( random( 1, 3 ) );

if( !mob_in_room( 1954, room ) ) {

  if( rflag( reset0, room ) ) {

    remove_rflag( reset0, room );

    act_room( #monster, ch );

    mload( 1954, room );

    mob = mob_in_room( 1954, room );

    ch = rand_player( room );

    attack( mob, ch, 10d2+100, "lightning fast strike" );

    attack( mob, ch, 10d2+100, "lightning fast strike" );

    }

  else

    act_room( #nomonster, ch );

  }

else

continue;

~
E
monster~
@eA sinuous body rises from the brackish pool!

~
E
nomonster~
The pool roils uneasily, the brackish water bubbling and hissing.

~
!
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#43067
A Dark Crevace Beneath the Stone Forest~
Under Construction.

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