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Book U - Useless Actions

Shouting is an action applying to nothing. Understand "yell" or "shout" or "scream" or "make noise" as shouting.

Report someone shouting: say "[if accessibility mode is active][The actor] [shout].[else]'AAARRRGGGHHH!!!'[end if]".

Report shouting: say "You scream at the top of your lungs."

Singing is an action applying to nothing. Understand "sing" as singing.

Report singing:

say "You start to sing at the top of your lungs:[p]

[i]With cat-like tread[br]

[t]upon our prey we steal,[br]

in silence dread[br]

[t]our cautious way we feel,[br]

no sound at all,[br]

[t]we never speak a word,[br]

a fly's footfall[br]

[t]would be distinctly heard![/i][p]

That was probably not a very good idea.".

Report someone singing:

say "[The actor] [first time][seem] puzzled, but [only][sing] a few notes."

Report the obedient Adventurer singing:

say "[The Adventurer] sustains an impressively [if the Adventurer is female]high[otherwise]low[end if] note for a few seconds.";

rule succeeds.

Dancing is an action applying to nothing. Understand "dance" as dancing.

Report dancing:

say "You do a little dance, probably looking rather ridiculous in the process."

Report someone dancing:

say "[The actor] [one of][waltz] slowly[or][twirl][purely at random] around the room."

Understand "dream" as a mistake ("One would need to be asleep to do that, and sleeping now might not be a good idea.").