INTERACTIVE :: 07/08/16 - Hypertext Exercises

We have been asked to create three objects for an in-game world as part of our homework for our lesson on hypertext - A tome, a weapon + flavor text, and a steampunk item + flavor text.

[[Here are the first two and I'll do the third when i'm more awake in the morning]]

1.  Tome

[[A scrap of paper found on the nightstand of a room at a tavern.  The following is scrawled on it in an orderly but still untidy script

"Dearest Brother,
I pray you are well.  Travel has led us to the warm air of the south and Vasili and I are considering settling down.
Five towns ago a man tried to knife me in the night, we found a letter with your script on him and it pains my heart that you continue to pursue us still.  It has been ten years brother, surely you want to rest as much as we do?  We are hale and hearty and we can be swift, should you follow us we will find a way to disappear.
Please take care of yourself and your own family.  Treat us as the ghosts you wish we already were.

You are my blood and I love you still,
Siehlo"]]


2.  Weapon

[[Pokey Blade

A rare and quirky blade, needle thin and razor sharp.  The craftsmanship suggests it hails from the under-earth and the nocturnal folk that live within.  This particular blade is stamped with the seal of the Hedgefolk Queen, and was no doubt a favor bestowed to her champion once upon a kingdom ago.  The hedgehog motif commands loyalty from the hedgefolk court, and brandishing it towards them will cause them to rally to you no matter what your cause.]]


3.  Steampunk Object

[[The Hand Mirror of Madame Banshee

Always eager to entertain the unwary guest, the Madame Banshee kept a series of seven vanities fitted with ecto-suppressing watchwork devices.  Pressurized by steam and sprockets, each device suppressed a spirit that was causing her grief about her graveside home.  The madame was notorious for leaving this particular hand mirror in the rooms of her guests, where the spirit would grow restless and moan if the mirror was left alone, or offer a hearty fright to the unsuspecting victim who peered into its depths.  Each mechanism could be depressurized to release the spirit within but after such cramped confines, one would find it to be loathe to return to its prison.]]