Global prepared_flag = false;      !  Prepared for resurrection?
Global hearing_good  = false;      !  Sharp hearing?
Global number_filled = 0;          !  Sockets in the temple filled

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
!   A "questions" verb.  Thus,
!      "who is my friend helistar"
!      "what was the great change"
!   and so on are recognised.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ QuerySub;
  noun.description();
];
[ Topic i;
  if (scope_stage==1) return 0;
  if (scope_stage==2)
  {   objectloop (i ofclass Question) PlaceInScope(i);
      rtrue;
  }
  "At the moment, even the simplest questions confuse you.";
];

Class Question;
Question
  with name "helistar" "my" "friend" "colleague",
       description
      "Helistar is your colleague, an Enchanter like you who has been much
       on your mind lately.  She has been investigating some very dark
       magic indeed, and seems not to be around any more.  You feel rather
       vague about the details.";
Question
  with name "magical" "magic" "burin",
       description "A burin is an engraving and writing tool.";
Question
  with name "change" "great",
       description
      "Something you had a lot to do with, but what exactly?  No, it's gone.";
Question
  with name "cyclops",
       description
      "A one-eyed giant, usually hostile.  (Don't they teach anything at
       adventurer school these days?)";
Question
  with name "grue",
       description
      "The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the
       earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite
       is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the
       light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to
       tell the tale.";
Question
  with name "grimoire",
       description
      "According to Chambers English Dictionary, a grimoire is ~a magician's
       book for calling up spirits~.";
Question
  with name "spells" "work",
       description
      "Your memory is still dream-hazed, but it's coming back. As a trained
       Enchanter, you have the ability to cast spells like ~frotz~, provided
       you have learned them in advance.  Some of these spells can be cast
       at something; others can be cast alone.
     ^^Spells are very complicated.  Each time you cast one, you forget it
       (though you can get around this by learning it several times, so as
       to have several uses up your sleeve).  The only way to hang on to
       a spell is to have it written down, on a scroll or in a spell book.
       Scrolls are not ideal for this, and you can only learn a spell from
       your spell book.  (But you can add spells to your book.)
     ^^[Type ~learn frotz~ and then ~frotz coin~ for an example.  You can
       also type ~spells~ to see what you currently have memorised.]";