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Object tiny_claws "sound of tiny claws" thedark
with article "the",
name "tiny" "claws" "sound" "of" "scuttling" "scuttle"
"things" "creatures" "monsters" "insects",
initial "Somewhere, tiny claws are scuttling.",
before
[; Listen: "How intelligent they sound, for mere insects.";
Touch, Taste: "You wouldn't want to. Really.";
Smell: "You can only smell your own fear.";
Attack: "They easily evade your flailing about in the dark.";
default: "The creatures evade you, chittering.";
],
each_turn [; StartDaemon(self); ],
number 0,
daemon
[; if (location~=thedark) { self.number=0; StopDaemon(self); rtrue; }
switch(++(self.number))
{ 1: "^The scuttling draws a little nearer, and your breathing
grows loud and hoarse.";
2: "^The perspiration of terror runs off your brow. The
creatures are almost here!";
3: "^You feel a tickling at your extremities and kick outward,
shaking something chitinous off. Their sound alone
is a menacing rasp.";
4: deadflag=1;
"^Suddenly there is a tiny pain, of a hypodermic-sharp fang
at your calf. Almost at once your limbs go into spasm,
your shoulders and knee-joints lock, your tongue swells...";
}
];
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