;  hostage situation

SCENE 90 bglibrary, SCENE, "&*(*&^ Residence"

ACTOR	1,	"Mr. $#@#@$",	joshTownsfolk,	9,	25,	90

	GIVE T90
	1: My wife is being held for ransom by the Seachainn Castle bandits!
	1: They want five million gold, but I don't have that much money...
	1: Maybe I should just let them keep her.
	POSE 10
	1: ...But if she ever got loose and found out that I didn't try to rescue her, she'd kill me!
	1: ...But if I had a broken leg I'd have an excuse for not trying to rescue her.
	POSE 9
	1: ...I'm going to go throw myself down the stairs a few times. Excuse me.
	MOVE 1, -25, 90
	END

SCENE 97 hillside, SCENE

	ACTOR	1,	"Explorer",	Pic046a,	1,	25,	90
	
	1: This cave was just recently discovered.
	1: The monsters inside are much stronger than they look!
	1: It'd probably be best to fight monsters lower in level than yourself.



	GOTO LINK   26, 0
	END
SCENE 98 cave2, SCENE

	IF T99, @end

	ACTOR	1,	"Mark",	Pic046a,	1,	25,	90
	
	1: What? Who's there? Oh! You're not one of those thieves...
	1: Maybe you have my keys?
	ASK 99999
	HOST_GIVE T98
	IF Qyes+I44, @thanks
	IF Qno+I44, @take
	END
@take
	1: You do have them?? Where are they?! Please give them to me!
	1: Finally, I have them back! Here, take this gold and my thanks.
	POSE 2
@poor
	HOST_GIVE G100000
	HOST_GIVE T99
	HOST_TAKE I44.99
	END
@thanks
	POSE 2
	1: Thank you again for finding my keys!
	COMPARE #<num.hostGP>, "100000"
	IF< @poor
	HOST_GIVE G#<num.hostGP>
	HOST_GIVE T99
	HOST_TAKE I44.99
	END

@end
END


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