(Are you bored at your private home? Try to do these!)

VERBS

YOUR ACTION FROM YOUR OWN PERSPECTIVE

YOUR ACTION AS VIEWED BY OTHERS

CLEAN <HEATSOURCE>

You pick up a piece of broken pottery from beside the small fireplace and scoop out most of the ashes and coals from its bottom. You then dump them in a worn-out backpack and sweep out the rest with a bundle of dried grasses.

Eratika picks up a piece of broken pottery and a bundle of dried grasses from beside a small fireplace, and uses them to clean the ashes and coals from its bottom into a worn-out backpack.

CLOSE <PERSON> <HOME> or CLOSE <DESCRIPTION OF HOME>

You close the door to a cozy fieldstone cottage.

Eratika closes the door to a cozy fieldstone cottage.

FALL (from standing on BED)

You fall down on the bed!

Eratika falls down on the bed!

FALL (from standing on TABLE)

You fall off the table!

Eratika falls off the table!

GO <PERSON> <HOME> or GO <DESCRIPTION OF HOME>

You walk through the door to your cottage.

Eratika walks through the door of a cozy fieldstone cottage.

GO WINDOW
(by Sylvankind only, as they are the thinnest race and only they can fit through the window of a private home)
>go window
You wiggle through the window and land on the ground with a *thud*.

(Note: You must have both hands free, and after you crawl though the window, you will be lying down.)

Cattriona wiggles through the window.

JUMP or LEAP <TABLE or BED or RUG>

You leap atop the table!

Eratika leaps atop the table!

JUMP or LEAP <TABLE or BED or RUG> (from BED or TABLE or RUG)

You leap from the table to the bed!

You leap from the bed to the rug!

Eratika leaps from the table to the bed!Eratika leaps from the bed to the rug!

JUMP or LEAP <WALL> >jump wall
You don't see anywhere to land.
Eratika crouches and stares at the wall.

KNEEL <BED>

You kneel down on the bed.

Eratika kneels down on the bed.

KNOCK <PERSON> <HOME> or KNOCK <DESCRIPTION OF HOME>

You knock on a cozy fieldstone cottage's door.

A sharp rapping sound comes from the door!

LEAN <BED or WALL or TABLE or DOOR> (from kneeling position)

You walk on your knees to the bed and lean against it.

Eratika walks on her knees to the bed and leans against it.

LEAN <BED or WALL or TABLE or DOOR or RUG> (from leaning position; i.e., you've already LEANed against the household ITEM once, then you LEAN again against the same household ITEM)

You scratch your back against the table.

Eratika scratches her back against the table.

LEAN <BED or WALL or TABLE or DOOR> (from seated position)

You scoot over to the table and lean against it.

Eratika scoots over to the bed and leans against it.

LEAN <BED or WALL or TABLE or DOOR> (from standing position)

You walk over to the wall and lean against it.

Eratika walks over to the wall and leans against it.

LIE <BED>

You lie down on the bed.

Eratika lies down on the bed.

LIE <BED> (while already lying on BED)

You roll over on the bed.

Eratika rolls over on the bed.

LIGHT <HEATSOURCE> (after you have stocked then stacked the firewood)

Using a tinderbox from beside the small fireplace, you light the fuel on its bottom.

Using a tinderbox from beside the small fireplace, Eratika lights the fuel on its bottom.

LIGHT <HEATSOURCE> (when you haven't stacked the firewood yet)

You pick up a tinderbox from beside the small fireplace, then realize there is nothing to light, so put it back down.

Eratika picks up a tinderbox from beside the small fireplace, then sets it back down again when she finds it empty of fuel.

LOCK <DOOR> (while inside HOME)

You lock the door.

Eratika locks the door.

LOCK <PERSON> <HOME> or LOCK <DESCRIPTION OF HOME>

You lock the door to a cozy fieldstone cottage.

Eratika locks the door to a cozy fieldstone cottage.

LOCK <PERSON> <HOME> or LOCK <DESCRIPTION OF HOME> (when door is already locked)

You rattle the handle of the door. It's locked.

Eratika rattles the handle of the door.

LOOK IN <PERSON> <HOME> or LOOK IN <DESCRIPTION OF HOME>

This cottage belongs to Trakkar.

N/A

LOOK IN <HEATSOURCE> (after fire has burned out and has been cleaned)

Looking in the small fireplace, you see that it is unlit and less than half filled with unburned fuel. No ash obstructs the proper ventilation of burning materials.

N/A

LOOK IN <HEATSOURCE> (after fire has burned out and has not been cleaned)

Looking in the small fireplace, you see that it is unlit and less than half filled with unburned fuel. Minimal amounts of ash obstructs the proper ventilation of burning materials.

N/A

LOOK IN <HEATSOURCE> (after the fire has been burning a little)

Looking in the small fireplace, you see that it is burning and less than half filled with unburned fuel. Minimal amounts of ash obstructs the proper ventilation of burning materials.

N/A

LOOK IN <HEATSOURCE> (just after you cleaned it and started a fire)

Looking in the small fireplace, you see that it is burning and less than half filled with unburned fuel. No ash obstructs the proper ventilation of burning materials.

N/A

OPEN <PERSON> <HOME> or OPEN <DESCRIPTION OF HOME>

You open the door to a cozy fieldstone cottage.

Eratika opens the door to a cozy fieldstone cottage.

PEER <PERSON> <HOME> or PEER <DESCRIPTION OF HOME>

You peer in the window, but see nothing. It's too dark inside.

Eratika peers in a cozy fieldstone cottage's window.

SHOW <PERSON> TO DOOR

(NOTE: This is how you get rid of an unwanted visitor in your private home.)

 

Note that the first time you try this command, it comes out as merely a warning:

>show Eratika to door

You glance at Eratika and point towards the door.

If you type the command a second time, you do kick your unwanted visitor out, and that person will be unable to reenter (presuming the door would be unlocked and open) for a few hours.

>show Eratika to door

You walk over to the door and escort Eratika outside.

 

 

 

 

Kelista glances at you and points towards the door.

 

 

 

 

Kelista walks over to the door and escorts you outside.

Note that if you attempt to reenter after being escorted out, you will get this message:

>go second residence

You must wait a few hours before entering this home again.

SIT (from laying position on BED)

You sit up on the bed.

Eratika sits up on the bed.

SIT (from standing on BED)

You shift your legs to sit on the bed.

Eratika shifts her legs to sit on the bed.

SIT <BED or TABLE>

You sit down on the bed.

Eratika sits down on the bed.

STACK <HEATSOURCE>

You stack some of the stockpiled fuel from beside the small fireplace into its bottom.

Eratika stacks some of the stockpiled fuel from beside the small fireplace into its bottom.

STAND (while kneeling on BED)

You get off the bed.

Eratika gets off the bed on which she was kneeling.

STAND <BED or RUG or TABLE> (while sitting on the BED or RUG or TABLE)

You stand up on the bed.

Eratika stands up on the bed.

STAND <BED or RUG or TABLE>

You step onto the table.

Eratika steps onto the table.

STAND <BED or TABLE> (from leaning position)

You move away from the table.

Eratika moves away from the table on which she was leaning.

STAND <BED or TABLE> (while already standing on BED or TABLE)

You step off the bed.

Eratika steps off the bed.

STAND <BED> (while already lying on BED)

You climb off the bed.

Eratika climbs off the bed on which she was laying.

STAND <BED> (while already sitting on BED)

You get off the bed.

Eratika gets off the bed on which she was sitting.

STAND <RUG> (while already standing on RUG)

You stand up on the rug.

Eratika stands up on the rug.

STAND <WALL> (while leaning or sitting against WALL)

You push yourself off the wall and onto your feet.

Eratika pushes herself away from the wall and onto her feet.

STOCK <HEATSOURCE> (first time)

You start a stockpile of fuel next to the small fireplace with a chunk of dry firewood.

Eratika starts a stockpile of fuel next to the small fireplace with a chunk of dry firewood.

STOCK <HEATSOURCE> (subsequent times)

You add a chunk of dry firewood to the small fireplace's stockpile of fuel.

Eratika adds a chunk of dry firewood to the small fireplace's stockpile of fuel.

STOKE <HEATSOURCE>

Using a jagged, broken longsword from beside the small fireplace, you pull aside the remaining wood and stir up the coals at its bottom. This causes a slight brightening of the coals, the flames to leap higher and a wave of heat to billow out into the room.

Using a jagged, broken longsword from beside the small fireplace, Eratika pulls aside the remaining wood and stirs up the coals at its bottom. This causes the flames to leap higher and a wave of heat to billow out into the room.

UNLOCK <DOOR> (while inside HOME)

You unlock the door.

 

UNLOCK <PERSON> <HOME> or UNLOCK <DESCRIPTION OF HOME>

You unlock the door to a cozy fieldstone cottage.

Eratika unlocks the door to a cozy fieldstone cottage.