@;@The Last Stand
@;@By Jason Brown
@;@@PROGRAM@ GATEWAY
@;@@VERSION@ 1.0
@;@@NAME@ `6The Last Stand
@;@@LIMIT@ 6

@SHOW@
`7The gateway deposits you near a strange wooden town
`7in a desert.
@IF@ USER1>4 `7You fell like you've been here enough for today.
`7Do you want to see what the town offers?  `l
@YESNO@
@##N
@GOTO@ @#EXIT
@##Y
@#MAINMENU
@CLEAR@
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`6You look around the town, while weeds tumble by.  You see a
`6number of shops, but they all seem empty.
@IF@ USER1>4 `4You're very bored about the whole place.

  `@(`7L`@)`@ook in a store window
  `@(`7B`@)`@other the strange man
  `@(`7V`@)`@iew you stats
  `@(`7R`@)`@un back to the Gateway!
@PROMPT@ RVBL
@##R
@GOTO@ @#EXIT
@##V
@STATS@
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@##B
@IF@ USER1>4 @GOTO@ @#NOTNOW
@;@Maybe something involving Vash the Stampede?

`6You walk towards the man, and see he's wearing a very
`6strange `@red `4coat and sunglasses.  His blonde hair
`6is stuck up into spikes.  He looks very agitated...

`4Are you sure you want to bother him?`l
@USER1@ 1
@YESNO@
@##Y
@##N
`4You decide he's probably not the type to be bothered.
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@##L
@IF@ USER1>4 @GOTO@ @#NOTNOW
@USER1@ 1
@#RANDOMSTORE

`6You walk up to a store and `l
@RANDOM@ 5
@##1
@##4
`6look in the window.
`6The store has been abandoned, there's nothing in it!
@MORE@
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@##2
`6bust open the door.
`6You see a strange chest.  When you open it, you find
`6a pile of gold!
@VARIABLE1@ =0
@VARIABLE1@ USER1*LEVEL
@GOLD@ VARIABLE1*20
@MORE@
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@##3
`6take a look at the sign.
`6It says "Livery," and has a large double door in front.

`@Go inside?  `l
@YESNO@
@##Y
`6You go inside the building and find `l
@IF@ HORSE @GOTO@ @#GOTHORSE
`6a horse!
`6`o seems very happy to see you, and starts to follow
`6you around.
@HORSE@
@MORE@
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@##N
`6You deside not to go into buildings when you can't read
`6the sign...
@MORE@
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@#GOTHORSE
`6piles of livestock feed.
`6Your horse looks very hungry, so you let `> have `]
`6fill.  Your horse looks much stronger now!
@FOREST@ 3
@MORE@
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@##5
`6your foot breaks through
`6the wooden sidewalk!  It looks like there might be
`6something shiny under the floor...

`@Do you reach in and grab it?  `l
@YESNO@
@##N
`6You brush yourself off and look for adventure elsewhere...
@MORE@
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@##Y

`6You pull up your sleave and carefully reach into the hole...
`6You feel around and `l
@RANDOM@ 8
@##1
@##2
@##3
`6find a couple of gems!
@GEMS@ 2
@MORE@
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@##4
@##5
@##6
`6come up empty.
@MORE@
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@##7
`6find a key.
`6You feel like checking a couple more buildings today,
`6to find where this key goes!
@USER1@ 2
@MORE@
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@##8
`#something bites your arm!
@RANDOM@ 3
@##1
@##2
`6You feel a little weak, but soon recover from the venom.
@HITPOINTS@ =1
@MORE@
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@##3
`6Everything starts to fade to black, as you hear a rattling.
`6The rattling noise slowly fades into the distance...
@GOTO@ @#KILL
@#KILL
@NEWS@
`2  @*@NAME@*@ `@disappeared into the `4Gateway, but did not return...`@.
@NEWSLINE@
@NEWSEND@   @;@ 08/06/07. added NewsEnd command line.
@KILL@
@#NOTNOW

`6You're too bored to do anything else.
@GOTO@ @#MAINMENU
@MORE@
@#EXIT


`6You re-enter the gateway and are transported back to
`6your own time...
@END@

@;@ Added missing NEWSEND command line. 08/06/07.
@;@ 04/19/09: Added SHOW command.