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From: jgould@holli.com (Jim Gould)
Subject: Inform: NPC interaction
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(Perhaps I should set "Organization:" to "Citizens for Excessive NPC 
Reactions".  :/)

'ask <npc> for/about <whatever>' works fine.. but I can't figure out what kind 
of magic I'd have to work to have the following work:

alison, tell me about the druidic rites
holmes, who are you?
joel, what is the experiment?
paul, where are the replacements?

(I'm not certain if a 'where' is typical of the Infocom/Inform game..)

How would I arrange these things to be accepted?  Is this an 'order'?  (I've 
read the manual through twice now and understand what I've read, yet I still 
feel rather dense compared to those who are happily coding away and answering 
my silly questions.  :) )

Again, thank you all in advance for taking your time to answer and point me 
in the right direction.  Someday, all this learning will pay off in 
(hopefully) quite a good game!  :)

Jim



