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Section A - The Mosaic Floor

The mosaic floor is magical scenery in the Antechamber. Understand "tiles" or "sand" or "tile" or "red" or "gold" as the mosaic floor.

The description of the mosaic floor is "The mosaic in the library antechamber is unlike any other you've ever seen. The tiles range in size from almost a meter across to finer than grains of sand, and seem to pull in and intensify the moonlight. Though the stones around your feet remain in one place, the rest of the floor is constantly shifting and swirling to create new messages or patterns.[p][mosaic activity]".

Every turn when the location is the Antechamber and the mosaic floor is visible and a random chance of 1 in 4 succeeds:

if the player's capture is happening, make no decision; [Don't put messages in this scene.]

say mosaic activity.

After looking in the Antechamber when the security lockdown is happening and the mosaic is visible:

say "The mosaic flickers to '[tt]Hello, footpad![/tt]' before resuming its normal cycle.".

To say mosaic activity:

say "The [one of]pattern of the mosaic changes[or]mosaic shifts again[or]tiles in the mosaic create a new message[then at random]: '[tt][one of][if the first day flag is true]Welcome, [player's full name]![/br][else]Library CLOSED for foreseeable future.[/br][end if][or][if the first day flag is true]Library hours: 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM today[else]Emergency hours: NONE at present[end if].[/br][or]The Spell Research Area is to the north.[/br][or]Storage areas lie to the northeast and southeast.[/br][or]To the east is the Basic Spells Collection.[/br][or]Returns are processed to the southwest.[/br][or]Scrying crystals are available to the northwest.[/br][or]The Main Stacks are to the west.[/br][or]This mosaic was enchanted by H. Ondricek and M. T. Winter of the Class of 925.[/br][cycling][/tt]'[br]".

Instead of taking the mosaic floor:

take full time;

say "You [one of]scoop up a bit of sand, but it flows through your fingers and rejoins the mosaic[or]grab a small chip of stone, but it jumps from your hand[or]lift the edge of a large tile slightly, but it slides from your grasp[or]take a pinch of sand, but it slips away[at random]."

Effect of casting kulcad at the mosaic floor:

say "The shining red and gold tiles dim, their colors fading until they are indistinguishable from mundane stones.";

remove the mosaic floor from play.