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Chapter - When Interesting Things Happen

[ Whenever something new or unusual happens, we reset the boredom meter.]

To reset the boredom meter with (msg - some text):

if drama manager is being debugged, say "// Drama: resetting the boredom meter (because [msg]).";

now boredom meter is 0.

To assuage boredom with (msg - some text):

if drama manager is being debugged, say "// Drama: assuaging boredom (because [msg]).";

decrease boredom meter by 25;

if boredom meter < 0, now boredom meter is 0.