#AREA
Desert Canyon~
Phule Kreel~
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#48500
Mouth of a Winding Canyon~
Pebbles tumble quietly down the jagged, rocky edges of a canyon that

stretches beyond the eastern horizon.  This is the western apex of the

canyon, where the ground is only beginning to sink.  Sharp, misshapen

slats of sandstone litter the sandy ground; to the west is a rock ledge

that runs far to the north and south.  A large, discolored slab stands

out in the west wall.  To the east begins a winding trail into the belly

of the canyon.

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[Finius] look canyon. should be 'as it burrowed'

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canyon~
This canyon was forged by a mighty river, which carved away millions of

tons of sand and rock and it burrowed into the desert over the years. 

The river has long since dried, leaving a hollow canyon that winds

through the Naraki Desert.

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sandstone slats~
Broken slats of sandstone litter this entire area, poking up out of the

sand and making the ground uneven and treacherous.

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slab wall~
Looking closely, you see that someone has laid a massive slab of stone

carefully in the west wall to give it the appearance of being solid.

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trail~
A narrow trail hugs the south wall of the canyon, leading downward toward

its belly far below.

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if( is_open( room, west ) ) {

  act_tochar( #char, ch );

  act_notchar( #rchar, ch );

  close( room, west );

  send_to_room( #closes, find_room( 35958 ) );

  }

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char~
The section of stone you just walked through closes.

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rchar~
The section of stone $n just walked through closes.

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closes~
A section of stone on the east ridge swings shut.

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press push move~
stone wedge slab~
if( is_open( room, west ) )

  act_tochar( #already, ch );

else {

  act_tochar( #open, ch );

  act_notchar( #ropen, ch );

  open( room, west );

  send_to_room( #opens, find_room( 35958 ) );

  }

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opens~
A section of rock to the west swings open.

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open~
You press the stone, and a section of rock to the west swings open.

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ropen~
$n presses $s hand to the rock ridge, and a section of rock to the west swings open.

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already~
The section of rock is already open.

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#48501
High On the Canyon Trail~
To the north is nothing but air, plummeting to the cavern floor, a

dizzying half-mile below.  The ground here is sandy and littered with

broken, jagged sandstones and a gritty, abrasive layer of sand.  To the

west, the trail meets the even land of the canyon's western mouth.  The

trail also drops sharply, then continues eastward on its descent to the

cavern floor.

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[Finius] add room code if they try to go north, about something (an inner

voice/force?) preventing them from suiciding.  eeesh.

[Finius] probably should be 'sandstones as well as a gritty, abrasive'

[Finius] look stones, should be 'most of them'

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stones sandstones~
Far from being clear, the trail is covered with stones of all shapes -

most of the broken from the canyon wall.

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#48502
High On the Canyon Trail~
To the south, the canyon wall rises monolithically, its crumbly sandstone

dropping pebbles and dust.  Across of mile of open air to the north is

the opposite side of this canyon, its jagged stones standing like

soldiers.  This trail heads off to the east on its gradual descent to the

canyon floor, or heads upward toward the canyon's western apex, which is

very close.

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[Finius] should be 'Across a mile of'

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wall~
The walls are rough and brittle, crumbling away with the slightest

footfall.

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#48503
Trail Around Sandtone Outcropping~
To the east, a powerful finger of sandstone juts from the canyon wall. 

This trail heads northward around the outcropping, or heads west toward

the canyon's mouth.  The walls here seem particularly unstable, the trail

littered with an inch-think layer of sand and boulders as large as a

human head.

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[Finius] probably need a comma:  'layer of sand, and boulders as large'

[Finius] you think 'boulders each as large as a human head.'?

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finger outcropping stone~
A mound of rock protrudes from the south wall.  The path moves northward

around the stone, but seems to grow narrower.

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boulders~
These large boulders have broken away from the walls and lie in

obstructive clusters on the already rough trail.

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#48504
Steep Drop in Canyon Trail~
The trail heading toward the cavern floor was probably not made by hand,

because no rational being would have intentionally made the steep drop to

the north.  A jagged, steep, precarious slope, it drops almost straight

down to a rock ledge 15 feet below.  Two large, iron spikes have been

hammered into the ground, fragments of rope still clinging to them.  The

trail also heads southward around a large stone outcropping.

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[Finius] the steep drop to the north being the down exit?

[Finius] ah makes more sense now.

[Finius] make climb down do the same thing as down?

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drop slope~
This slope is dangerously steep, but seems to be the only way to go if

you want to reach the canyon floor.  However, the slope does offer

several rough surfaces and gouges, which might provide handholds.

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spikes iron rope fragments~
Two heavy iron spikes, eaten with rust, have been hammered into the stone. 

The wispy fragments of rope that cling to them suggest that there was

once a rope ladder here.

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if( can_fly( ch ) )

  continue;

send_to_char( #climb, ch );

act_notchar( #climbr, ch );

continue;

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climb~
Grasping the jagged rock, you slowly lower yourself down the precarious

length of the sandy stone slope.

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climbr~
$n lowers $mself along the sandy length of the precarious slope.

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#48505
Base of a Steep Incline~
This is the intersection of a narrow sandtone ledge and a steep, sandy

incline.  The ledge heads off to the east along the south wall of the

canyon on its way to the floor.  The steep incline heads almost straight

up toward a trail that pushes off to the west.  The cavern floor is close

here - perhaps three stories below.  A gritty layer of sand covers this

ledge, demanding that travellers be cautious.

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[Finius] this is a well written area.

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slope incline~
A rocky slope heads upward on the trail to the desert surface.  The slope

is quite steep, and should only be attempted with extreme care.

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if( can_fly( ch ) )

  end;

if( random( 1, 6 ) < 3 ) {

  send_to_char( #slip, ch );

  act_notchar( #slipr, ch );

  }

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slip~
You slip on the sandy floor, but manage to maintain your balance.

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slipr~
$n slips on the sandy floor, but manages to maintain $s balance.

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#48506
Rocky Canyon Ledge~
This precarious sandstone ledge heads east and west.  The wall of the

canyon rises mountainously to the south, its many jagged slats of

sandtone protruding like claws to rake the flesh of those who get too

close.  The canyon winds off into the distant east and west, while just a

few feet to the east the trail takes a sharp southward turn.

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[Finius] mabye have a rattlesnake jump out at you in one of these rooms?

[Finius] maybe make south give some kind of 'You cannot scale the sheer cliff' type message

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slats sandstone claws~
As rock has crumbled over the years, it has left sharp surfaces

protruding from the walls.  The slats of sandstone here seem particularly

sharp.

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#48507
Bend in Cavern Ledge~
The narrow cavern ledge bends south and west around a sandstone abutment. 

Fragments of the ledge break away, and pebbles tumble along the jagged

wall amid a powdery cloud of dust.  The ledge is freakishly narrow, but

appears to widen to the south and west.

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[Finius] have random room noise that makes you feel like you might go skittering by next?

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sandstone abutment~
A rock protrusion forces the trail to turn south here.  The abutment

seems awfully close to the edge of the trail.

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#48508
Atop a High Slope~
Sheltered in the shady nook where a rock outcropping meets the canyon's

south wall, this rock platform is a transition point.  To the north, a

narrow ledge curves around the outcropping.  To the east is long, sandy

slope leading almost to the floor of the canyon.  The slope is steep, but

seems rocky enough to provide handholds.

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slope~
A long slope plunges sharply toward the canyon floor.  Though not

dangerously steep, it is steep enough to demand caution.

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#48509
On The Canyon Slope~
Midway along this steep slope, several rocks have crumbled away from the

wall, covering the trail with a treacherous layer of rubble and dust. 

The canyon winds off into east and west; the floor here is very close. 

At the bottom of this slope, the canyon trail resumes heading northward

on its gradual descent.

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#48510
Bottom of Canyon Slope~
What was once a trail has been almost entirely covered by rockslides. 

Large piles of stone suggest that someone has cleared the path before,

only to have the surrounding rock consume it again.  The trail seems to

head northward around a large sandstone boulder.  To the west the path

meets an enormous, flat slope heading upward.

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rockslides piles stones path~
This path seems to have been covered and covered again with rockslides. 

The boulders have been cleared aside; still, a thick layer of rubble

crowds the trail.

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boulder sandstone~
To the east is a massive boulder, blocking any more progress to the east. 

Instead, the trail moves northward alongside the boulder, heading toward

the floor.

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slope slant up~
A long, steep slope heads upward, hugging the south wall.  Covered with

dust and littered with slats of sandstone, it does not look like an easy

path.

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#48511
Just Above the Canyon Floor~
This small rock shelf stands just a few feet above the canyon floor,

which winds off into the east and west.  Soaring a half-mile upward, the

canyon dwarfs even the mountainous boulders that lie along its floor.  A

little trail heads southward, where it meets a high, rising slope.

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#48512
Junction on the Cavern Floor~
This junction is roughly midway between the eastern and western ends of

this long, sinuous canyon.  A dried-up riverbed forms a trail of sorts

that leads off to the east and west.  Additionally, a stone ramp heads

upward toward a trail that seems to go to the top of the canyon.

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ramp trail~
To the south is a stone ramp, which heads into the trail that leads to

the surface of the desert.

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#48513
Stone Shelves in Canyon~
From the walls jut several small, stone shelves, littered with small

bones.  Most of the bones are scattered, but some are together in the

form of long, thick snake skeletons.  This is a long, straight shaft of

stone, heading far to the east.  A short distance to the west, the canyon

bends north.

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stones shelves~
These shelves are of varying sizes, protruding from the canyon walls. 

Many of those closer to the ground are littered with bones.

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bones skeletons~
These are the scattered bones of snakes, their small vertebrae lying

around like bleached-white twigs.  In some cases the skeletons are whole,

and in rare cases they still contain flesh, giving off a rancid, rotting

odor as they bake in the desert heat.

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#48514
Sandstone Corridor~
This is the midpoint of a long corridor, which stretches east and west

through the blistering Naraki desert.  The ground here is tiled with

mudcracks, where the heat-blasted mud of the ancient riverbed was dried,

eventually turning to stone.  To the east is more of the canyon, while to

the west a ramp juts outward, offering a possible route to the surface.

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mudcracks cracks mud~
The remnants of the river, now dried, that carved this canyon, the

mudcracks have dried and are now as hard as stone.

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ramp~
To the west is a small ramp, heading upward to the trail that leads to

the surface.

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#48515
West in the Canyon Hall~
The high stone canyon walls form a mountainous hall that stretches into

the distant east.  The cavern seems somewhat unstable - the light brown

sandstone crumbling in large chucks to litter the rubbled floor.  Just to

the west is a northward bend in the canyon.

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#48516
Rocky Bend in Canyon~
This long canyon hall turns northward around a rough stone piling.  It is

easy to see how a river formed this canyon - the floor meandering like a

river.  Deep, jagged cracks scar the floor, where the mudcracks formed by

the ancient, now-dried river have petrified.

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piling~
The stone piling to the west is rough and heavy, seemingly of darker,

denser stone than the rest of the canyon.

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cracks mud scars~
When the ancient river dried up, it left a bed of mud that quickly dried

in the desert sun, then petrified over the years.  Now the cracked floor

is as solid as granite.

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#48517
In the Twisting Canyon~
The canyon sweeps up from the south and gradually bends westward around a

massive stone abutment.  The stone to the south seems harder, less

maleable that the crumbling sandstone that forms the rest of the canyon. 

The hardness of the stone would explain why the river that formed this

canyon seemed to take such an eratic course through the desert.

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#48518
In the Twisting Canyon~
The massive, hulking canyon walls loom on both sides, giving this stone

corridor the impression of being narrow, when it is, in fact, almost a

quarter of a mile across.  The corridor heads east and west around a

massive stone outcropping.  In either direction is a southward bend.

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outcropping~
A large pillar of stone juts from the canyon wall, rising like a tower. 

The canyon bends around this stone, as the ancient river that carved the

canyon must have done.

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#48519
Shadowy Canyon Bend~
The twisting corridor of stone bends east and south.  The walls here are

ridged with broad, heavy stone shelves that lead almost to the top of the

canyon.  High above the floor, nestled in a rocky alcove, is a massive

clump of what looks like twigs and bones.

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shelves~
These shelves head far upward, to the dizzying heights of the desert

surface.  The shelves are, for the most part, thick and broad.

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climb twigs bones alcove~
Far above is a massive cluster of twigs and bones, lying in a rocky

alcove set into the canyon wall.

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climb fly~
up shelf shelves rock~
if( can_fly( ch ) ) {

  send_to_char( #fly, ch );

  act_notchar( #flyr, ch );

  transfer( ch, find_room( 48532 ) );

  end;

  }

if( find_skill( ch, climb ) > random( 5, 10 ) ) {

  send_to_char( #climb, ch );

  act_notchar( #climbr, ch );

  transfer( ch, find_room( 48532 ) );

  }

else {

  send_to_char( #fail, ch );

  act_notchar( #failr, ch );

  }

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climb~
Using the stone shelves at footholds and handholds, you struggle upward

along the canyon wall.

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climbr~
$n pulls $mself upward, heaving and sweating.

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fail~
You attempt to climb the rocky handholds, but slip and fall.

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failr~
$n beings ascending the stone wall, but slips and falls.

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fly~
You fly up.

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flyr~
$n flies up.

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#48520
West of a Stone Outcropping~
Stretching off to the distant west, and toward a bend to the north, this

cavern is broad and rocky - its floor piled with massive boulders

obviously broken away from the brittle sandstone walls.  A soft wind

floats through, stirring the sand and whistling quietly in the many nooks

and hollows.  The baying of a lone coyote echoes far away.

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boulders rocks~
These boulders have tumbled away from the canyon wall to litter the floor. 

Most of them look far heaver than could conveivably be carried by a

troll, ogre or human.

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#48521
Pitted Canyon Walls~
Where the canyon walls meet the floor, several large, cavernous enclaves

mar the stone.  Perhaps four feet high, the shadow-wrapped niches are

dark enough to hide any details.  This portion of the canyon heads east

and west through a rough, rock-strewn path.

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niches enclaves holes~
Several deep niches have been gouged from the walls.  Cloaked in shadows,

the niches conceal any details.  However, on closer inspection, you see

they are not deep at all, but are shallow, their insides padded with a

layer of straw and sand.

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#48522
Near the Canyon's End~
The canyon's west wall soars in the distance, dropping pebbles from its

crumbling ledges.  This short chamber heads east and west, the path

winding through mounds of fallen boulders.  There are several massive

sandstone slats here, stood upright against the walls, and angled

somewhat to look in on cavern trail.

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slats sandstones~
These slats of standstone are perhaps five feet high and could not have

ended up in their current position - standing on end, leaning at angles

against the walls - by chance.  They seems to be some sort of

fortification, looking in on the canyon trail.

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#48523
Canyon's West End~
This is the western pinnacle of the winding cavern.  The walls here are

narrow, closing in to a point.  To the east the canyon broadens as it

continues its way across the Naraki Desert.  To the south is a large,

shadowed alcove - the scent of woodsmoke comes from that direction.

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alcove~
To the south is a sheltered alcove, covered with a ceiling of stone and

set deep into the walls.

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#48524
Sheltered Alcove and Campfire~
Set deep into the wall, this alcove would be undetectable from above. 

The ashen remains of a campfire smolder here, wisps of smoke coiling then

dissipating in the dry desert air.  Someone has placed four large

sandstone blocks around the campfire.  Deeper into the alcove are four

dishevelled bedrolls, torn, sandy and worthless.

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campfire fire ashes remains~
This campfire has burned down only recently, its embers still glowing. 

Sweet, aromatic tendrils of smoke curl softly then fade.

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blocks sandstones chairs~
Four large stone blocks surround the firepit.

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bedrolls beds~
These bedrolls - if a scraggly, moth-eaten coarse wool blanket can be

called a bedroll - are worthless, their edges frayed, their threads

coming apart.

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#48525
Painted Canyon~
Perhaps it is a trick of the light, but the walls radiate a thousand

intricate colors - reds, yellows, and oranges of all shades blends into

one another, flaming on the rock points.  This stretch of canyon heads

far to the west, and just to the east is a massive mound of fallen rock,

obstructing the canyon trail.

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colors walls~
Colors leap from the angled surfaces of the walls - reds and oranges and

yellows.  The light seems not to be supernatural, rather a trick of the

light-refracting crystals in the rock.

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mound~
To the east, a landslide has filled the corridor with a mound of stone.

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#48526
At the Rockslide~
At some point, the walls here gave way, dumping tons of stone onto the

floor of the canyon.  A pile of rock fifteen feet high obstructs the

eastward trail.  Soaring above the rock is the canyon wall, seeming to

turn south beyond the rockslide.  To the west, the canyon continues

unabated.

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mound rocks rocklide pile ~
The mound of fallen rock is high, its surface sharp with jagged rocks.

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climb fly~
up eat rockslide rocks pile boulders mound~
if( can_fly( ch ) ) {

  send_to_char( #fly, ch );

  act_notchar( #flyr, ch );

  transfer( ch, find_room( 48527 ) );

  end;

  }

send_to_char( #climb, ch );

act_notchar( #climbr, ch );

transfer( ch, find_room( 48527 ) );

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fly~
You fly east over the rockslide.

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flyr~
$n flies east over the rockslide.

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climb~
Grabbing the jagged stones, you pull yourself atop the stone mound, then

ease yourself down to the east.

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climbr~
$n pulls $mself atop the stone pile, then disappears over its crest.

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#48527
East of a Rockslide~
An enormous rockslide, standing fifteen feet high and sharp with jutting

fingers of sandstone, blocks movement to the west.  The walls seem to be

a little unstable, still, as clusters of stone break away and tumble to

the floor.  The canyon heads south toward another bend on its sinuous

path through the desert.

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rockslide mound rock~
A massive pile of stone, the remnant of a rockslide, blocks the trail to

the west.

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climb fly~
west down rockslide stones rocks pile mound boulders~
if( can_fly( ch ) ) {

  send_to_char( #fly, ch );

  act_notchar( #flyr, ch );

  transfer( ch, find_room( 48526 ) );

  end;

  }

send_to_char( #climb, ch );

act_notchar( #climbr, ch );

transfer( ch, find_room( 48526 ) );

~
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fly~
You fly westward over the massive rockslide.

~
E
flyr~
$n flies westward over the massive rockslide.

~
E
climb~
Grabbing the rough boulders, you pull yourself atop the rockslide, then

ease your way down to the west.

~
E
climbr~
$n pulls $mself atop the mound of stones, then disappears over its crest.

~
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#48528
Black Gravestone~
This passage heads eastward a short way, then turns to the south.  It

also heads north toward a massive rockslide.  Amid the many boulders that

litter the floor of this canyon is a small, black grave marker - dwarfed

by the surrounding rock.

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grave marker headstone gravestone~
The unmarked gravestone stands two feet high, and is of the classic,

arced shaped.  It is forged of black stone.  Strangely, it has been wiped

clean of the sand and dust that cover everything else.

~
A
dig~
grave~
if( !has_obj( 1489, ch ) ) {

  send_to_char( #shovel, ch );

  end;

  }

if( !rflag( reset0, room ) ) {

  act_tochar( #no, ch );

  end;

  }

mob = mob_in_room( 1178, room );

if( mob ) {

  send_to_char( #rage, ch );

  act_notchar( #rrage, ch );

  attack_weapon( mob, ch, 3d5, "stony fist" );

  }

else {

  remove_rflag( reset0, room );

  send_to_char( #spec, ch );

  act_notchar( #rspec, ch );

  mob_in_room( mload( 1179, room ), room );

  mob = mob_in_room( 1179, room );

  attack( mob, ch, 4d5, "icy claw" );

  }

~
E
rage~
Seeing you break the ground near the gravestone, the desert wanderer

howls with rage and leaps to attack in a blind fury!

~
E
rrage~
As $n moves to dig up the grave, the desert wander howls with rage!

~
E
shovel~
You should probably get a shovel for that.

~
E
spec~
As you clear away the earth, you feel a deep rumble and hear a distant

shriek.  A chill overtakes your body as the ground begins to boil upward. 

The spectre of woman explodes through the broken earth, shouting

"Defilers!" 

~
E
rspec~
$n breaks the ground with $s shovel.  As $e clears away more and more

earth, there comes a rumble and a distant shriek.  A cold wind overtakes

you.  Suddenly the spectre of a woman bursts upward from the grave

shouting, "Defilers!" 

~
E
no~
The grave has already been dug up and now gapes there, empty.

~
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#48529
Silent Corridor~
This is a short stretch toward the east end of this long, winding cavern. 

The cavern is narrow here, and grows narrower to the east at the canyon's

apex.  The looming walls close in here - this place is dark and strangely

cold.  The canyon heads west toward a bend, or to the east toward the

canyon's end.

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#48530
Canyon's East End~
This narrow, triangular corridor is the eastern apex of this long,

snake-like canyon.  The walls are close and jagged; the floor is clotted

with an inch-thick layer of sand and rubble.  To the west, the canyon

broadens on its path through the desert.  To the south is a shady nook.

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~
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E
nook~
To the south is a small, shady nook.  It is large enough to be entered,

although anyone over five feet tall will have to crouch to fit.

~
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#48531
Shady Nook - Mound of Stone~
These are close quarters - the walls and ceiling closing in, casting

deep, enveloping shadows.  To the north is canyon's eastern end - a

narrow, pointed little corridor laden with fallen rocks.  A heavy

sandstone slat lies heavily against the east wall, surrounded by small

footprints in the dust.

~
[Phule] e is 49000 Mangits

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sandstone slab~
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boulder slat sandstone~
A large slab of sandstone covers the east wall of this nook.

~
E
prints footprints~
Small footprints mark the dust of this shady nook.  They move in all

directions, and frequently cover one another.

~
A
move lift~
stone sandstone slab slat~
if( is_open( room, east ) ) {

  send_to_char( #already, ch );

  end;

  }

else {

  send_to_char( #move, ch );

  act_notchar( #rmove, ch );

  open( room, east );

  }

~
E
already~
The sandstone slab has already been moved, revealing a hole in the east

wall.

~
E
move~
You pull aside the slab of sandstone, revealing a large opening in the

east wall.

~
E
rmove~
$n pulls aside a slab of sandstone, revealing a large opening in the east

wall.

~
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#48532
Canyon Hawk's Nest~
This broad, deep alcove is covered with a massive nest, easily large

enough to hold three trolls.  The nest is made from tree branches, sand,

rocks, and large animal bones.  Above is a sheer cliff, offering no way

up, but below are several stone shelves that could be climbed, albeit

with care.

~
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nest~
This enormous nest is made from a little of everything that can be found

in the desert.  However, there seems to be an unsettling abundance of

bones and skulls, and not all of them animal.

~
A
climb fly~
down~
if( can_fly( ch ) ) {

  send_to_char( #fly, ch );

  act_notchar( #flyr, ch );

  transfer( ch, find_room( 48519 ) );

  end;

  }

send_to_char( #down, ch );

act_notchar( #downr, ch );

transfer( ch, find_room( 48519 ) );

~
E
down~
Carefully you lower yourself down, using the stone shelves to support

your weight.

~
E
downr~
$n lowers $mself down the cavern wall, using the stone shelves for

support.

~
E
fly~
You fly down.

~
E
flyr~
$n flies down.

~
!
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search~
nest~
mob = mob_in_room( 1176, room );

if( mob ) {

  act_room( #anger, ch );

  attack( mob, ch, 3d5+5, "wicked talon" );

  }

else {

  if( !rflag( reset0, room ) ) {

    send_to_char( #nada, ch );

    act_notchar( #nadar, ch );

    end;

    }

  i == 1d6

  if( i == 1 ) {

    send_to_char( #silver, ch );

    act_notchar( #rsilv, ch );

    obj_to_char( oload( 14 ), ch );

    obj_to_char( oload( 14 ), ch );

    obj_to_char( oload( 14 ), ch );

    end;

    }

  if( i == 2 ) {

    send_to_char( #gold, ch );

    act_notchar( #goldr, ch );

    obj_to_char( oload( 2 ), ch );

    end;

    }

  if( i == 3 ) {

    send_to_char( #gem, ch );

    act_notchar( #gemr, ch );

    obj_to_char( oload( 998 ), ch );

    end;

    }

  if( i > 3 ) {

    send_to_char( #nada, ch );

    act_notchar( #nadar, ch );

    }

remove_rflag( reset0, room );

  }

~
E
anger~
The canyon hawk shriek in rage at having its nest defiled!

~
E
silver~
You rummage through the nest, finding a few silver coins.

~
E
rsilv~
$n rummages through the nest, finding a few silver coins.

~
E
gold~
You rummage through the nest, finding a gold coin.

~
E
goldr~
$n rummages through the nest, pulling out a gold coin.

~
E
gem~
You rummage through the nest, finding a sea-green gem.

~
E
gemr~
$n rummages through the nest, pulling out a sea-green gem.

~
E
nada~
You rummage through the nest, but find nothing.

~
E
nadar~
$n rummages through the nest, but finds nothing.

~
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#48533
Shady Nook - Mound of Stone~
Under Construction.

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