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"Working Late" by Lazy Natrix

Release along with an interpreter.

The Office Room is a room. "You are standing in a clean-looking office room, rows upon rows of cubicles stretching into seemingly infinite distance."

Instead of going nowhere from the Office Room:
    say "You choose a direction and start walking. After a while, though, you start hearing a familiar sounds of curses and clacking on the keyboard. Did you...circle back, somehow?"

Gobu Rin is in the Office Room. "A green-skinned goblin girl is furiously typing at the keyboard in one of the cubicles. She mutters curses under her breath occasionally."
Gobu Rin is a female person.  Understand "goblin" or "girl" or "goblin girl" as Gobu Rin.  The printed name of Gobu Rin is "the goblin girl".
The description of Gobu Rin is "A goblin girl is scowling at the screen as if her greatest enemy is hiding on the other side. Her fingers dance over the keyboard, producing soft clacking noises. The cryptic text on the screen is constantly shifting as paragraphs and expressions fall into various shapes, then disappear when [printed name of Gobu Rin] lets out a dissatified grunt and presses 'delete.'"

Every turn:
    say "You hear [printed name of Gobu Rin] mutter, 
        [one of]'Friggin[apostrophe] cache invalidation...'
        [or]'Who the hell thought this would be a good idea?!'
        [or]'Nope. This won[apostrophe]t work.'
        [or]'Argh! Now I gotta rewrite the whole thing from scratch!'[at random]"

Talking to is an action applying to one visible thing. Understand "talk to [someone]" as talking to.
Check talking to:
    If the noun is not Gobu Rin:
        say "Talking to [the noun] would be pointless. Perhaps there are more suitable conversational partners around?" instead.

Instead of talking to Gobu Rin:
    say "She glares at you, as if trying to will you into non-existance by simply looking. It looks like [printed name of Gobu Rin] is not in the mood for small talk. Perhaps you should try asking about something specific."

Instead of asking Gobu Rin about a topic listed in the Table of Gobu's replies:
    say "[response entry][paragraph break]"

Table of Gobu's replies
Topic   Response
"name"  "'Gobu Rin.' she repeats patiently, rolling her eyes at your forgetfulness."
"work"  "'Classified!' she growls, desperately trying to cover the screen with her small hands."
"office room" or "office/room"  "'I dunno,' she shrugs. 'It's calm, air-conditioned, and empty. An ideal work environment, if you ask me.'"

Instead of asking Gobu Rin about "name" for the first time:
    say "She stops typing just long enough to give you an appraising glance before returning to her work.
        'Gobu Rin,' she introduces herself flatly.";
    now the printed name of Gobu Rin is "Gobu Rin";

Test naming with "x gobu/ask gobu about name/x gobu".
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Pub: 27 Sep 2024 07:39 UTC

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