[page="start"]
"Hello, $MILORD.  Have you come to buy flour?"

[link="Who are you?"]
[linkto="who"]
[link="I would like to buy some flour."]
[linkto="buy"]
[always]
[if sceptre][link="Do you know anything about the sceptre?"]
[if sceptre][linkto="sceptre"]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="who"]
[learn_name]
"I am $NAME, the miller.  I have been turning grain to
 flour for my whole life, but I have never been so busy
 as since the flour crisis began."

[link="Tell me about the flour crisis."]
[linkto="crisis"]
[link="I would like to buy some flour."]
[linkto="buy"]
[always]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="buy"]

"My stocks are low, and prices are high.  For a sack of
 flour, I must ask 250 gold coins.

 I realise this is a lot, but there is a shortage on.

 If you bring your own grain, I can mill it for you at a
 cost of only 30 gold coins, $MILORD."


[link="Tell me about the flour shortage."]
[linkto="crisis"]
[link="I would like to buy a sack of flour."]
[linkto="flour"]
[always]
[link="I have some grain for you to mill."]
[linkto="grain"]
[always]
[link="Where could I get some grain?"]
[linkto="wheregrain"]
[always]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]




[page="flour"]
[take 250 gold_coins]
[if false][goto="nomoney"]
[create 1 flour_sack]

"Here you go.  A pleasure doing business, $MILORD."

[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="grain"]
[am_carrying grain_sack]
[if false][goto="nograin"]
[take 30 gold_coins]
[if false][goto="nomoney"]
[take 1 grain_sack]
[create 1 flour_sack]

"Here you go.  A pleasure doing business, $MILORD."

[link="I would like to buy a sack of flour."]
[linkto="flour"]
[always]
[link="I have some more grain for you to mill."]
[linkto="grain"]
[always]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="nomoney"]

"I'm afraid you can't afford that, $MILORD."

[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="nograin"]

"I don't see any grain, $MILORD."

[link="I would like to buy some flour."]
[linkto="buy"]
[always]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="crisis"]

"The other mill, in the southern town of New Fairford is
 abandoned.  There is a terrible beast stalking the town
 and the miller is dead along with the rest of the town.

 It is said that they angered the Lord and the Beast was
 sent to punish them.

 In the mean time, there is but one mill to make flour,
 and that is mine."

[link="I would like to buy a sack of flour."]
[linkto="flour"]
[always]
[link="I have some grain for you to mill."]
[linkto="grain"]
[always]
[link="Where could I get some grain?"]
[linkto="wheregrain"]
[always]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="wheregrain"]

"The King has a large store of grain for the winter.
 It may be possible to request some grain from the royal
 stores.

 But I do not quite know how this is done."

[link="I would like to buy some flour."]
[linkto="buy"]
[always]
[link="Tell me about the flour crisis."]
[linkto="crisis"]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="sceptre"]
[if returned_sceptre][goto="sceptre2"]

"I know only that it has been stolen, and that the King
 would pay dear for its return."

[link="I would like to buy some flour."]
[linkto="buy"]
[always]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="sceptre2"]

"I know only that it was stolen, then found and the King
 paid a handsome reward to the one who recovered it."

[link="I would like to buy some flour."]
[linkto="buy"]
[always]
[link="Goodbye"]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]



[page="bye"]

"Farewell, $MILORD."

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]