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Section - Following

Following is an action applying to one thing. Understand "follow [any seen thing]" or "approach [any seen thing]" or "go to/towards/after [any seen thing]" or "go [any seen thing]" or "walk to/towards/after [any seen thing]" or "move to/towards [any seen thing]" as following.

Check following:

if noun is off-stage and noun is distant-progue, try following Progue instead;

if noun is off-stage, say "[as the parser]You can't approach or follow that noun, either because it's not important, no longer relevant, or I misunderstood the noun.[as normal]" instead;

if noun is a heavenly body, say "Would that you could." instead;

if noun is distant-rayfish and location is not Ocean Waters:

let way be the best route from location to Ocean Waters;

if way is a direction:

try going way instead;

else:

say "[cantfollowmsg]" instead;

if noun is not a backdrop and noun is enclosed by location, say "But [the noun] [is-are of noun] right here." instead;

if noun is an adjacent room, head to noun instead;

[ if noun is a landmarked room, try wordgoing noun instead;]

if noun is a view and the base room of noun is not Unroom:

if base room of noun is location, say "You're already there." instead;

let way be the best route from location to base room of noun;

if way is a direction:

unless the room way from location is base room of noun, say "(moving one area towards that destination)[command clarification break]";

try going way instead;

else:

say "[cantfollowmsg]" instead;

if noun is old path:

if location is South Beach:

try going southeast instead;

if location is Sloping Meadow:

try going west instead;

if location is Big Tree:

try going north instead;

try requesting the exits text instead;

if noun is bridge:

if location is Volcano Floor, try going northwest instead;

if location is Sloping Meadow, try going east instead;

if location is Rockslide, try going southwest instead;

if location is Jumble, try going southeast instead;

if ( location is regionally in Homeworld and noun is not regionally in Homeworld ) or ( location is regionally in Lacuna and noun is not regionally in Lacuna ) or ( location is regionally in Rebelworld and noun is not regionally in Rebelworld ) or ( location is regionally in Treeworld and noun is not regionally in Treeworld ) or ( location is regionally in Dreamlands and noun is not regionally in Dreamlands ) , say "You wish you knew how to get there from here." instead;

if noun is a person and noun is enclosed by location:

say "[The noun] [is-are] still here." instead;

if noun is a person and location of noun is adjacent to location:

head to location of noun;

do nothing instead;

[ let way be the best route from location to location of noun;

if way is a direction, try going way instead;

else say "[cantfollowmsg]" instead;]

if noun is a room:

let way be the best route from location to noun;

if way is a direction:

unless the room way from location is location of noun:

say "(moving one area towards that destination)[command clarification break]";

try going way instead;

else:

say "[cantfollowmsg]" instead;

if noun is off-stage:

say "[cantfollowmsg]" instead;

let way be the best route from location to location of noun;

if way is a direction:

unless the room way from location is location of noun:

say "(moving one area towards that destination)[command clarification break]";

if noun is distant-Progue or noun is Progue, move distant-Progue to the room way from location;

try going way instead;

say "[cantfollowmsg]" instead.

To say cantfollowmsg: say "You'll have to work out how to get there on your own.[actfast]".

[ After deciding the scope of the player while following: repeat with locale running through adjacent rooms begin; place locale in scope; end repeat. ]

The my-reach-inside-rooms rule is listed instead of the can't reach inside rooms rule in the reaching inside rulebook. This is the my-reach-inside-rooms rule: if not following and not remembering, abide by the can't reach inside rooms rule.

Carry out following:

do nothing.