Keee-Keee-Keee-Chee, Leader of the Folk and major quest NPC

PFLAG 0 - spoken to him
PFLAG 1 - threatened him
PFLAG 2 - Will get fish


##
##	Start
##

[page="start"]
[if_not met_daemons][goto="notready"]
[if stoned][goto="stoned1"]
[if_not_pflag 0][goto="start2"]
[goto="start3"]
[endpage]

##
##	Drugs
##

[page="stoned1"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

[link="Argle bargle morsh wumf?"]
[linkto="stoned2"]
[link="Worsh mumph nursh argle?"]
[linkto="stoned2"]
[link="Whee whee whee whee!"]
[linkto="stoned2"]
[link="Umsh wurfle morsh."]
[linkto="stoned2"]
[endpage]

[page="stoned2"]
[image="kkkc2.pcx"]

[colour="#808080"]
You hear an exasperated sigh in your head.
[colour="#ffffff"]
"Stay off the drugs, human.
 They will destroy your mind."

[colour="#808080"]
Disappointed, the pink bird jumps from the candy-striped
tree and flies away.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]

##
##	Start properly (first time)
##

[page="start2"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

[colour="#808080"]
You see an impressive-looking osprey perched on a
treestump in front of you.

A deep voice booms inside your head!
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Hail $PLAYER, there are matters we must discuss."

[link="Who are you?"]
[altlink="What was your name again?"]
[linkto="name"]
[link="What are you?"]
[linkto="what"]
[link="Come here birdy, birdy, birdy..."]
[linkto="comeherebirdy"]
[link="Die, bird!"]
[linkto="diebird"]
[link="This can't be happening.  I'm going to lie down for a while."]
[linkto="bye1"]
[link="Er, goodbye."]
[linkto="bye2"]
[set_pflag 0]
[endpage]

##
##	Start (all other times)
##

[page="start3"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

[colour="#808080"]
You see an impressive-looking Osprey perched on a
treestump in front of you.

A deep voice booms inside your head.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[if_pflag 2]"Hello again, $PLAYER.  Do you have the fish?"
[if_not_pflag 2]"Hello again $PLAYER."

[link="What was your name again?"]
[linkto="name"]
[link="What are you?"]
[linkto="what"]
[link="Tell me about fish."]
[linkto="aboutfish"]
[link="Come here birdy, birdy, birdy..."]
[linkto="comeherebirdy"]
[link="Die, bird!"]
[linkto="diebird"]
[if_not_knowname][link="This can't be happening.  I'm going to lie down for a while."]
[if_not_knowname][linkto="bye1"]
[if_know_name][link="Goodbye."]
[if_know_name][linkto="bye2"]
[set_pflag 0]
[endpage]

##
##	Name
##

[page="name"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]
"I am $CHARNAME, elected chieftan of the Folk.

 I don't suppose you happen to have any fish with you?"

[learn_name]
[link="How is it that you can talk?"]
[linkto="talk"]
[link="What are you?"]
[linkto="what"]
[link="You don't have the brain capacity to do this!"]
[linkto="brain"]
[link="Yes, I have a fish."]
[linkto="fish"]
[link="I have some bloater paste.  Will that do?"]
[linkto="fishpaste"]
[link="I'm afraid not."]
[linkto="nofish"]
[endpage]

##
##	No fish
##

[page="nofish"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]
"A pity.  I have much to say, and it is our custom to
 discuss important matters over food."

"If you would be so kind as to fetch me a large fish,
 we can then get down to business."

[link="What kind of fish do you want?"]
[linkto="whatfish"]
[link="No.  You want to talk, YOU bring the fish!"]
[linkto="wontfish"]
[link="Okay."]
[linkto="willgetfish"]
[endpage]

# What kind of fish?

[page="whatfish"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"A salmon or trout would be best, 10 to 12 inches long.
 Raw.  And dead."

[link="Too bad.  You want to talk, YOU bring the fish!"]
[linkto="wontfish"]
[link="Okay, I'll get one"]
[linkto="willgetfish"]
[endpage]

# I don't want to.

[page="wontfish"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"I have brought something for YOU.

 You must now return the gesture, reciprocate!
 Bring me a nice, big fisshh!"

[link="Okay, I'll get one"]
[linkto="exit"]
[link="I don't want to.  I'm going home."]
[linkto="bye1"]
[endpage]

# I'll get it.

[page="willgetfish"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]
[colour="#808080"]
The large bird's head bobs slightly.
[colour="#ffffff"]
"Thanks.  Come and find me again when you have the fish."

[set_pflag 2]
[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]

##
##	What are you?
##

[page="what"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"I am a fish-hawk.  An Osprey.  Pandion Haliaetus.
 A dictionary you read when you were seven defines us
 as 'medium-sized falconiforme that feed almost
 exclusively upon fish'.

 Of course I have evolved far beyond the simple creatures
 in the dictionary, so to be honest, I'm not wholly sure.

 But that is unimportant."

[link="What do you want with me?"]
[linkto="whatdoyouwant"]
[link="How is it that you can talk?"]
[linkto="talk"]
[link="You don't have the brain capacity to do this!"]
[linkto="brain"]
[endpage]

##
##	What do you want?
##

[page="whatdoyouwant"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"I want to talk to you.  There is something very
 important that must be done.  You are the only person we
 can trust to help.

 But first, we must observe protocol.  Do you have any fish?"

[link="Yes, I have a fish."]
[linkto="fish"]
[link="I have some bloater paste.  Will that do?"]
[linkto="fishpaste"]
[link="I'm afraid not."]
[linkto="nofish"]
[endpage]

##
##	Got fish
##


KKKC gives player chocolate biscuits
Player gives KKKC fish.
KKKC eats fish as below.
KKKC begins monologue about the Folk and the fall of humanity.
KKKC tells you that you must help him make contact with the aircraft.
KKKC joins your party and changes state so he can be picked up.
     He flies and so does not set off triggers.  You can either wield him or 
     have him as a separate party member.  If wielded need logic to prevent
     switching to KKKC if in pocket.


##
##	Got a fish.
##

[page="fish"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]
[colour="#808080"]
$CHARNAME lands at your feet and drops a carrier bag
containing a sealed packet of chocolate biscuits.
He flies back onto his perch and waits.

You throw the fish into the air and $CHARNAME
deftly catches it.  Decapitating the fish, he eats the
head before speaking.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"First, I must tell you the history of the Folk.
 I have seen in the minds of others that we were animals
 introduced from the world you call Earth."

[colour="#808080"]
$CHARNAME pauses to gut the fish with his talons
before continuing.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Since those days, we have changed.  We see each others'
 minds, as I see into yours now.
 We do not know why we have changed."

[nextpage="fish2"]
[endpage]


[page="fish2"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]
[colour="#808080"]
$CHARNAME slices the fish into fine strips and
begins to eat them one by one.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"In the older days were were migratory creatures.
 We would fly to the southern continents to avoid the
 harsh winter, and the lack of fish it causes."

"To migrate, we followed the magnetic fields of the
 Earth.  But on this planet, we became lost and migration
 was not successful."

"When the Men found that we could not migrate, they would
 bring us fish in the winter.  One day, this stopped."

[colour="#808080"]
Gulp!
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Fortunately, we had learned much before this had
 happened.  We could already see each other's minds, and
 we had learned how to pickle fish for the winter."

[nextpage="fish3"]
[endpage]

[page="fish3"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

[colour="#808080"]
$CHARNAME eats another strip of fish.
[colour="#ffffff"]
"In the years leading up to this time, we noticed changes
 taking place in the minds of Men.
 They began to lose their reason, and primeval feelings
 rose up to replace intellect.  They became superstitious.
 We did not realise what was happening.

 Soon men began to fight each other in the name of the New
 God.  All who did not worship were killed or driven away.

 There are a few men left who have clung to reason.
 We know that they have been watching us and suspect what
 we have become.  But we have decided not to make contact
 with them, until now."

[nextpage="fish4"]

[colour="#808080"]
$CHARNAME eats the last strip of fish.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"That was a good fissh.

 Now I must ask for your aid.  There are some men left
 who do not worship the New God.  They have machines
 that fly and they know much.

 We want to make contact with them, but we need you to
 act as our emmisary."

[nextpage="fish3"]
[endpage]



Negotiate with Mason.  (bloater paste)

[page="mason_fishpaste"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]
[colour="#808080"]You hold out the jar and $CHARNAME examines it cautiously, puzzling
[colour="#808080"]over the object for several seconds.

"Is this really the best you could manage?"

[colour="#808080"]$CHARNAME concentrates on the jar for a few seconds.
[colour="#808080"]Suddenly the lid begins to rotate slowly of its own accord.

"You have spoken with the F-15C Strike Eagle, and he has told you of the trout
 which he breeds as a hobby.
 You know that we have been, shall we say, 'appropriating' them."

[nextpage="mason_fishpaste2"]
[endpage]


[page="mason_fishpaste2"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]
[colour="#808080"]
The Osprey ducks as the jar depressurises suddenly and the lid shoots off.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"I'd like you to arrange a meeting with Mason, so that we can negotiate some
 form of payment, in exchange for a continued supply of trout for the Folk."

[colour="#808080"]
He pauses to dip his wicked-looking beak into the small jar.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"I know everything, but I did not understand that they belong to him, until
 very recently."

[colour="#808080"]
$CHARNAME sucks at the fishpaste, slurping loudly.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"I cannot read his thoughts yet.
 So far I've only learned to read the emotions of aircraft."

[colour="#808080"]
$CHARNAME discovers that his beak is wedged tightly into the jar.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"By the way, he's done very good job sculpting the pond.
 I was convinced it was a natural feature of the land, and not his property."

[colour="#808080"]
With a murderous look, the Osprey concentrates again and the jar splits
cleanly in two.  The two halves bounce off the tree-stump and onto the grass.
[colour="#ffffff"]
[nextpage="mason_fishpaste3"]
[endpage]

[page="mason_fishpaste3"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

[colour="#808080"]
$CHARNAME wipes the fishpaste from his beak with a leaf and eats it.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Will you do this?"

[link="Yes, I'll take you to him."]
[linkto="mason_y"]
[link="No, I don't want to."]
[linkto="mason_n"]
[link="No, I'm too busy."]
[linkto="mason_n2"]
[endpage]


[page="mason_y"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"Excellent!"

[colour="#808080"]
You hold out your arm like a falconer, and the Osprey
hops gently onto it.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[callvrm="osprey_to_arm"]
[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]

[page="mason_n"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]
"Damn it, Human!  This is important!
 I ask you to reconsider."

[colour="#808080"]$CHARNAME glowers at you angrily for a few moments more.
[colour="#808080"]Then he flies into the distance, leaving you alone.
[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="mason_n2"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]
"Very well.  But this is important.
 If you could help me, you will earn the eternal gratitude of the Folk."

[colour="#808080"]
$CHARNAME looks despondent.
Then he flies into the distance, leaving you alone.
[colour="#ffffff"]
[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]

##
##	Insults
##

[page="comeherebirdy"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

[colour="#808080"]
The osprey looks at you unpleasantly, and with a little
effort makes an obscene gesture with razor-sharp talons.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Don't be difficult, human."
[set_pflag 2]

[nextpage="start"]

[endpage]

##
##	You don't have the brains to do this
##

[page="brain"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"I know.  We'll find out how it works one of these days."

"Now.  About that fish?"

[link="First, tell me how you can talk."]
[linkto="talk"]
[link="Yes, I have one."]
[linkto="mason_fish"]
[link="I have some bloater paste.  Will that do?"]
[linkto="mason_fishpaste"]
[link="I'm afraid not."]
[linkto="mason_nofish"]
[endpage]

##
##	How can you talk?
##

[page="talk"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"Many years ago, we were the simple creatures that
 arrived from Earth.

 But when we settled, something caused us to mutate, and
 we began to learn things, like how to preserve fish.

 When we began to hear each others thoughts it became
 possible to merge into  one large community, which we
 call the Folk."

"Now, the fisshh."

[link="Yes, I have one."]
[linkto="mason_fish"]
[link="I have some bloater paste.  Will that do?"]
[linkto="mason_fishpaste"]
[link="I'm afraid not."]
[linkto="mason_nofish"]
[link="The folk?"]
[linkto="thefolk"]
[endpage]

##
##	The Folk?
##

[page="thefolk"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"Yes.  I know it doesn't sound very imaginative but it
 seemed like a good idea at the time.

 Do you have any fish?"

[link="Yes, I have one."]
[linkto="mason_fish"]
[link="I have some bloater paste.  Will that do?"]
[linkto="mason_fishpaste"]
[link="I'm afraid not."]
[linkto="mason_nofish"]

[endpage]

##
##	Screw you guys I'm going home
##

[page="bye1"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"No!  Come back!
 There is something of great importance we need to discuss!"

[colour="#808080"]
The fishhawk's voice becomes more and more garbled as you walk out of range.
You vaguely imagine the word 'Bustard!' before your thoughts are left alone.

In the distance, the large bird dives from the tree stump and flies away.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]

##
##	Goodbye.
##

[page="bye2"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"Goodbye, human."

[colour="#808080"]
The raptor flies away to search for fish.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]

##
##	Die, bird!
##

[page="diebird"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"I wouldn't say such things if I were you."

[set_pflag 1]
[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]

##
##	Tell me about fish?
##

[page="aboutfish"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"Fish are the single most important part of our society!
 We harvest them during the summer and pickle them for
 the winter."

[link="I see."]
[linkto="start"]
[link="But Ospreys are migratory!"]
[linkto="migrant"]
[link="Are fish really good for the brain?"]
[linkto="fishgood"]
[link="Can you identify this fish for me?"]
[linkto="fish_id"]
[endpage]


[page="migrant"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"Not anymore.

 When we migrate, we use geomagnetic fields to guide us.
 The fields on this planet are different and cannot
 be used, so the urge to migrate has left us.

 The humans noticed this and brought us fish during the
 winter.  One year the humans stopped doing this, but by
 then we had learned to stockpile food for the winter."

[link="They stopped bringing you fish?"]
[linkto="stoppedfish"]
[link="Uh, right."]
[linkto="fish"]
[endpage]


[page="fishgood"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"Yes.  They contain omega-3 fatty acids."

[link="Uh, right."]
[linkto="fish"]
[endpage]



[page="stoppedfish"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"I will tell you more of this over lunch.
 Bring me a fish and I will tell you much."

[nextpage="fish"]
[endpage]

##
##	Can you identify this fish for me?
##

[page="fish_id"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"No, because certain necessary kernel thunks have not been implemented yet."

[link="What?"]
[linkto="kt2"]
[endpage]

[page="kt2"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

"Never mind."

[nextpage="fish"]
[endpage]


##
##	The player tries to kill
##

[page="bastard"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

[colour="#808080"]
[if_not_knowname]A loud voice booms inside your head.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[if_not_pflag 1]"You bastard!"
[if_pflag 1]"You asked for it!"

[colour="#808080"]
[if_knowname]A blue corona forms around $CHARNAME!
[if_not_knowname]A blue corona forms around the bird!

Inside your chest, your heart stops beating.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[if_pflag 1]"What a sad waste of human life."

[at_exit_call="kill_player"]
[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="notready"]
[image="kkkc.pcx"]

[colour="#808080"]
You see an impressive-looking osprey, watching you with a
silent intent.  There is a strange gleam in the bird's
eyes.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]
