Death - One of the Four Horsemen.  On guard duty.

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[goto="start_unknown"]
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[page="start_unknown"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

[colour="#808080"]
You see a polished, black aircraft staring at you
ominously with large, red eyes and a deep, booming
voice.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Hold, human!  Who are you and what is your errand?"


[link="Who are you?"]
[linkto="name"]
[link="I am $PLAYER"]
[linkto="just_name"]
[link="I am Jesus the Messiah!"]
[linkto="jesus"]
[link="I wish to enter this facility"]
[linkto="letmein"]
[link="What are you?"]
[linkto="what"]
[link="I'm just leaving."]
[linkto="leaving"]
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[page="jesus"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"Another bloody whacko!

 Human, you are NOT permitted here.  Leave at once!

 If you try to enter the base I shall open fire.
 You have been warned!"

[colour="#808080"]
 As he speaks you hear the clicking sound of some
 internal weaponry being cocked.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[link="I AM the Messiah!  You cannot harm me!"]
[linkto="jesus2"]
[link="Oh well.  It was worth a try."]
[linkto="goaway"]
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[page="jesus2"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"Really?  We can soon find out if that's true.
 VERY soon, if you don't hurry up and leave."

[link="Demon, I cast you out in my Father's Name!"]
[linkto="jesus3"]
[link="I'm going, I'm going!"]
[linkto="leaving"]
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[page="jesus3"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

[colour="#808080"]
 The creature laughs evilly.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"I can cast YOU out, as well!

 Please leave now, unless you want to try the ultimate
 out-of-body experience.  Because after a few gigajoule
 pulses of laser light, you won't HAVE a body!!"

[link="DEMON, I CAST YOU OUT!  IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!"]
[linkto="jesus4"]
[link="I'm going, I'm going!"]
[linkto="leaving"]
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[page="jesus4"]
[at_exit="jet_blast_player"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"Time for tubby bye-byes!"

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]



[page="just_name"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"Very well.  And what is your business?"

[link="I am lost"]
[linkto="lost"]
[link="I want to talk to you"]
[linkto="talk"]
[link="What is YOUR business?"]
[linkto="yourbusiness"]
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[page="lost"]

"You are at the ________ compound.  Humans have gone
 medieval and are not permitted here except in
 special circumstances."

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[page="talk"]

"You come to parley with us?  Very well, but
 !"

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[page="yourbusiness"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]
[colour="#808080"]
He glowers, and the eyes seem to glow brighter.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Fool!  I am guarding this facility against
 intruders.. like you!
 
 Be off, and do not waste my time!"

[nextpage="exit"]
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[page="goaway"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"Just go away.  Please."

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="letmein"]
[if_player_is_inside][goto="enter_inside"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"This is a secure area.  I'm afraid I cannot allow
 you to enter without my Master's approval.
 There is also the small matter of a password.
 
 We have enough trouble with spies as it stands,
 without letting all and sundry in."
 
[link="What is the password?"]
[linkto="whatpass"]
[link="I'll give you 2000 gold coins."]
[linkto="bribe"]
[link="Who is your master?"]
[linkto="master"]
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[page="whatpass"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"No, no, no!  YOU tell ME the password.
 Then I let you in, or not as the case may be."

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[page="name"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"I am Death.  And if you try to enter this facility
 without my Master's consent, I shall claim you."

[link="You aren't Death."]
[linkto="name2"]
[link="Who is your master?"]
[linkto="master"]
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[page="name2"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]
[colour="#808080"]
He chuckles in a sinister way.
[colour="#FFFFFF"]

"Oh, but I AM!  Death by name, Death by nature..
 ..when the need arises, at least.
 
 We are the Riders of the Apocalypse.  Famine, War
 and Pestillence are my brothers."

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[page="bribe"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"Don't be ridiculous!  That currency has no value to me.

 Away with you!"

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]



[page="medieval"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"Humans have gone medieval.  All of them except
 the men
 at our bases.. the last strongholds of
 a more civilised
 time.
 
 Most unknown humans who approach this building are
 also
 medievals, so I hail.. er, talk to them in a
 manner they
 would find appropriate.

 If I have misjudged you, I am sorry."

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[page="enter_inside"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"But you already have!"

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[page="what"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]
[colour="#808080"]
The creature seems to enjoy the attention and
becomes boastful.
[colour="#FFFFFF"]

"I am an F-16V, or 'Guardian' class fighter.
 My exact specifications are classified, but all you
 need to know is that I cannot be killed.
 
 My hull is made from a special material usually referred
 to as 'blackmetal'.  I could fly into a mountain at
 mach 2.5 without
 taking any permanent harm.
"

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[page="leaving"]
[image="f16v.pcx"]

"Probably the best thing for both of us."

[nextpage="exit"]
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