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Scenes Index

A map of how the scenes begin and end;   timed events, if any;   general rules about scenes; and   details of each scene in turn.
What are scenes?  ; How they link together  ; About timed events  

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  Entire Game   

  Giving Birth   

Legend:  Begins when play begins;  can begin whenever some condition holds;  follows when a previous scene ends;  begins simultaneously;  never begins;  never ends;  recurring (can happen more than once). Scene names are italicised when and if they appear for a second or subsequent time because the scene can begin in more than one way.


Timed events (if any)

Events with no specific time

At the time when Sir Charles enters  (where triggered:  )


The scene-changing machinery

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scene changing ... rulebook

 name

    scene change machinery rule   name  unlist

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General rules applying to scene changes

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when a scene begins ... a scene based rulebook

 name

    a scene (called the event)  scene description text rule   name  unlist

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when a scene ends ... a scene based rulebook

 name

There are no rules in this rulebook.

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The Entire Game scene  recurring

The Entire Game scene is built-in. It is going on whenever play is going on. (It is recurring so that if the story ends, but then resumes, it too will end but then begin again.)

Begins when: the story has not ended

Ends when: the story has ended


The Giving Birth scene 

Begins when: endgame is started 

What happens:

    (repeat with item running through things on the mahogany beauty table begin; ...) 

During this scene:

Before

    birthing for the first time during Giving Birth   

    birthing for the second time during Giving Birth   

    birthing for the third time during Giving Birth   

    doing anything other than looking, waiting, examining or birthing during Giving Birth   

Instead

    waiting during Giving Birth   

default outcome is failure

Ends when: never