| Chapter 10: Scenes |

| 10.4. During scenes

Scenes are not only useful for changing the setting, by moving items or people around and providing a little narration. We can also make the rules different in one scene from another. For instance, at a sleepy country halt there is no reason why one should not walk across the tracks: but if there is a train in the way, that would be impossible.

> Before going north during the Train Stop, say "The train blocks your way." instead.

Any rule can have the clause "during ..." attached, provided that clause goes at the end and explicitly names a scene. This is especially useful with "every turn":

> Every turn during the Train Stop, say "Water is sluiced out of the tank and into the engine."

We can test whether a scene is happening with the condition:

> Train Stop is happening ...

and there are similar conditions "Train Stop has happened" and "Train Stop has ended". We need to be a bit careful about which we mean: it's possible to set things up so that the Train Stop scene will play out more than once, so "Train Stop is happening" and "Train Stop has happened" might both be true at once.

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| Example Full Moon Random atmospheric events which last the duration of a scene.

"Full Moon" Wolf Pursuit is a scene. Wolf Pursuit begins when play begins. Every turn during Wolf Pursuit: choose a random row in the Table of Pursuit Events; say "[event entry][paragraph break]". Table of Pursuit Events event "A twig snaps behind you!" "The wind howls in your ears." "You feel chilly." When play begins: say "You have lost your spectacles, and the lamp, and can see barely further than the next tree. Roots keep trying to trip you, too..." The Dark Forest is a room. "You are mostly aware that you are not as alone here as you would like, and that the ground is uneven." Test me with "z / z / z / z".

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| Example Space Patrol - Stranded on Jupiter! We'll be back in just a moment, with more exciting adventures of the... Space Patrol!

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| Example Day One A scene which plays through a series of events in order, then ends when the list of events is exhausted.

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