
Sleazy

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You see a shady looking dwarf in a smart suit and a voice
like Humphrey Bogart.
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"'I am the new way to go.  I am the way of the future.'

 Hey there, kid.  What can I do for ya?"

[link="Who are you?"]
[linkto="name"]
[link="What's your job?"]
[linkto="job"]
[if dwarves][link="What were you singing just now?"]
[if dwarves][linkto="singing"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
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[page="startname"]

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You see Sleazy, one of the Seven Dwarves.
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"'Get in and fasten your seatbelt.'

 What can I do for ya, kid?"

[link="What's your job?"]
[linkto="job"]
[if dwarves][link="What were you singing just now?"]
[if dwarves][linkto="singing"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="name"]
[learn_name]
[set dwarves]

"The others call me 'Sleazy'.  I dunno why, 'cos ya
 never met a more honest dwarf, kid."

[link="What's your job?"]
[linkto="job"]
[if dwarves][link="What were you singing just now?"]
[if dwarves][linkto="singing"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="job"]
[set dwarves]

"We're miners, well, the others are.  I look after the
 business side of things, if ya get the picture."

[link="What are you mining for?"]
[linkto="job2"]
[link="What were you singing just now?"]
[linkto="singing"]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]



[page="job2"]
[if paid_sleazy][goto="job4a"]
"That's a trade secret.  But I can let ya in on this
 very sensitive commercial information for the low, low,
 price of 500 gold pieces."

[link="Who are you?"]
[linkto="name"]
[link="Here's the money.  Tell me what you're mining."]
[linkto="job3"]
[if dwarves][link="What were you singing just now?"]
[if dwarves][linkto="singing"]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="job3"]
[take 500 gold_coins]
[if true][goto="job4"]
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He looks unimpressed.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"No, kid.  If ya want an honest answer, ya'll have to be
 honest yerself.

 Fetch me all the money, in cash, and then we'll talk."

[link="Who are you?"]
[linkto="name"]
[if dwarves][link="What were you singing just now?"]
[if dwarves][linkto="singing"]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="job4"]
[colour="#808080"]
He pockets the money, and speaks earnestly.
[colour="#ffffff"]
[set paid_sleazy]

"We mine corpses, kid.  A very lucrative trade, y'know.

 We had a real good strike at the last dig site, a
 funny little place with flat, square rocks everywhere.
 
 And would ya believe it, kid, EVERY ONE of those lil'
 marble slabs had a body under it!  We stood to make a
 killin', but those goddam villagers went ballistic.

 Came at us with torches, pitchforks.  We had to run for
 it.  Must've broken some local taboo or somethin'."

[link="Cool."]
[linkto="job6"]
[link="That is horrible."]
[linkto="job5"]
[link="Who are you?"]
[linkto="name"]
[if dwarves][link="What were you singing just now?"]
[if dwarves][linkto="singing"]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]

[page="job4a"]

"I told ya, kid.  We mine stiffs for profit.

 We had a real good strike at the last dig site, a
 funny little place with flat rocks everywhere.
 
 And whadda ya know, kid, EVERY ONE of those lil' marble
 slabs had a body under it!  We was looking at a fortune
 there, till those goddam villagers went ballistic.

 Came at us with torches and pitchforks.  We had to run
 for it.  Must've broken some local taboo or somethin'."

[link="Cool."]
[linkto="job6"]
[link="That is horrible."]
[linkto="job5"]
[link="Who are you?"]
[linkto="name"]
[if dwarves][link="What were you singing just now?"]
[if dwarves][linkto="singing"]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="job5"]
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He shrugs.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Well, that's too bad, kid.  We can get real good bucks
 sellin' stiffs.  Gotta make us a livin' somehow.."

[link="Who are you?"]
[linkto="name"]
[if dwarves][link="What were you singing just now?"]
[if dwarves][linkto="singing"]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="job6"]

"Great stuff, kid.  I'll let ya know if we're ever
 expandin' the workforce."

[link="Who are you?"]
[linkto="name"]
[if dwarves][link="What were you singing just now?"]
[if dwarves][linkto="singing"]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="singing"]

"Oh, that's just a little song we sing when we're
 workin'.  It's called 'After The Flesh', and it's by a
 band called 'My Life With The Thrill-Kill Cult'.
 Part of the soundtrack from The Crow.

 Ugly sings the vocals.  Dopey sings the guitar parts,
 Fatso does the bassline, Girly and I chant the samples,
 and Surly sings the drums.

 We don't usually let Stupid sing, 'cos he just howls."

[link="Who are you?"]
[linkto="name"]
[link="What's your job?"]
[linkto="job"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="bye"]

"See ya around, kid."

[nextpage="exit"]
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