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Section - Minor Verb Default Replacement Texts

[Hi, I'm Ryan, I put these here. I don't know if Emily would want them to be in one of those previous sections, but TOO BAD]

Instead of singing:

say "You mutter the West High fight song under your breath:[paragraph break][italic type]Fight, Fight, West High[line break]Stomp [']Em Out Like Ants[line break]Mortify The Other Guy[line break]And Make Him Pee His Pants[roman type][paragraph break]But it doesn't make you feel any better."

Understand "dance" as a mistake ("If you remember correctly, that's a sin.").

Instead of attacking something:

say "You have to assume you'd get in huge trouble if you [if the noun is a person]attacked [the noun][em dash]like suspended-at-the-very-least levels of trouble[otherwise]broke anything[end if]."

Instead of attacking Robin:

say "The worst abuse you see fit to dispense upon yourself is muttering 'Get it together, Robin!' under your breath."

Instead of thinking:

say "You notice that you're thinking, and for a second you start thinking about thinking, but that doesn't get you anywhere."

Instead of waking up:

say "You pinch yourself on the hand[unicode 8212]but it turns out that you were already awake, and now your hand hurts."

Instead of waking the player:

try waking up.

Instead of burning:

say "You don't have any matches."

Understand "pray" and "pray to [god]" and "pray to [jesus]" as a mistake ("You don't know how.").

Instead of swearing mildly:

say "You mutter the word quietly, and wonder if the building will notice."

Instead of swearing obscenely:

say "You can only utter the onset of a syllable before you stop yourself. You're in a church!"

Understand "plug [text]" as a mistake ("You don't know where any of the outlets are in this building.").

Understand "bite [something]" as eating.

Understand "xyzzy" as a mistake ("You sneeze.").

Check jumping when Robin is on something:

say "Your current position is too precarious for that kind of thing." instead.

Check jumping:

say "You jump up and down a few times and feel a bit warmer after the exercise." instead.

The block jumping rule is not listed in the check jumping rulebook.