BEGIN P#CORLT

//Coran will not leave if you are romancing him

REPLACE ~CORANJ~
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 6 // from:
SAY ~I could while away days on end in the company of friends, but there is business to attend to as well.  We must set out after our wyvern quarry soon, lest we lose the chance at all.~
IF ~OR(2) !Global("CoranMatch","GLOBAL",1) Global("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN DO ~SetGlobalTimer("Coran","GLOBAL",EIGHT_DAYS) SetGlobal("CoranWyvern","GLOBAL",1) ~ EXIT
IF ~Global("CoranMatch","GLOBAL",1) !Global("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN GOTO CorSticks
END
END

APPEND  ~CORANJ~

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CorSticks
SAY ~On another hand...I think I will follow you, <CHARNAME>, be it to the end of Faerun or beyound it.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END
END

APPEND ~BCORAN~

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",2)~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk1
SAY ~Sweetling, you look in need of a cheering up.~ [CORANG]
IF ~~ THEN GOTO others
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CO3PCTALK
SAY ~Care to listen, <CHARNAME>?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~First, I do not require cheering up.  Second, I am no sweetling for the likes of you, and third, I can read you like a book!  So I tell you outright: abandon every hope of getting into my bedroll.~ DO ~SetGlobal("COPC3","GLOBAL",1)~ GOTO COPC3.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes… the light entertainment would be timely indeed.~ DO ~SetGlobal("COPC3","GLOBAL",1)~ GOTO COPC3.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You can sing?~ DO ~SetGlobal("COPC3","GLOBAL",1)~ GOTO COPC3.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC3.1
SAY ~Ah, I shall hope as long as I draw breath.  But you are mistaking my motives, my Lady.  It is only a humorous song, nothing bawdy or indecent.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Well, keep breathing but stop hoping.~  GOTO COPC3.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Very well, let us hear that song of yours.~ GOTO COPC3.2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC3.2
SAY ~For fortnight we’re fighting goblins
In the forest and in the swamp
We’re soaked through to the bone
What would you do? That’s our job. 
For fortnight, we saw no towns 
We grew wild, hungry, and crude
Yesterday three gnomes drowned
And the fourth one went into soup.~
IF ~!InParty("QUAYLE")~ THEN GOTO COPC3.2NOQUAYLE
IF ~InParty("QUAYLE")~ THEN GOTO COPC3.2QUAYLE
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC3.2NOQUAYLE
SAY ~Chewing endlessly dry pine needles 
For breakfast, for lunch, and for dinner
I’m looking at you, and thinking: "My dear, 
What in the Hells are you doing here?"
You, my precious lady, are fair of face,
You are gentler than winds of Kythorn
You should honor the kings with your grace
Not adventure with we vagabonds.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That was a good song, Coran.  Thank you!~  GOTO COPC3.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Bah!  I will have you know that I will adventure as much as I want!  And "precious," indeed… I do not care at all for such "romance."~ GOTO COPC3.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, it is very sweet of you to compliment me, but you are mistaken.  I am as much a vagabond as yourself and the others.~ GOTO COPC3.6
END

IF ~False()~ THEN BEGIN COPC3.2.1QUAYLE
   SAY ~Chewing endlessly dry pine needles
For breakfast, for lunch, and for dinner
I’m looking at you, and thinking: "My dear, 
What in the Hells are you doing here?"
You, my precious lady, are fair of face,
You are gentler than winds of Kythorn
You should honor the kings with your grace
Not adventure with we vagabonds.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That was a good song, Coran.  Thank you!~  GOTO COPC3.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Bah!  I will have you know that I will adventure as much as I want!  And "precious," indeed… I do not care at all for such "romance."~ GOTO COPC3.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, it is very sweet of you to compliment me, but you are mistaken.  I am as much a vagabond as yourself and the others.~ GOTO COPC3.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC3.4
SAY ~A beautiful lady without mercy.  A rare type to meet, and so enticing.  A man can be in love with such a lady for his entire life.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC3.5
SAY ~Your smile is a wonderful sight and the dearest reward for a singer.  May the wind be always warm on your face, <CHARNAME>.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC3.6
SAY ~I know that my Lady is a mighty adventurer, not a porcelain statuette from Shou.  Yet I have noticed rare beauty in my lady, as well as other virtues.  Do not be too shy to shine, <CHARNAME>.  You are well set to take any man’s heart.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC3.3
SAY ~Most elves can sing quite pleasantly.  And do you know, my dear Lady, when elven voices sound the most suave?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No, when?~  GOTO COPC3.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~After love, of course.~ GOTO COPC3.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am not really interested in talking about it.  Now, leave me be and quit looking at me with those wanton eyes of yours!~  GOTO COPC3.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC3.7
SAY ~After love, my dear Lady.  But I assure you, that my voice is good enough as is.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let me judge for myself.  I will hear your song now.~  GOTO COPC3.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Maybe I shall test how true this statement is one of these days.  Will you sing the song though, so I can compare?~ GOTO COPC3.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, I will never fall for your doubtful charms.  Now, leave me be!~  GOTO COPC3.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC3.8
SAY ~Indeed.  I see that you have adequate knowledge of elven ways.~
IF ~RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~I am an elf, Coran, just like you. *Wink* Perhaps one day we can make a fine duet!  I will gladly hear your song now... to have a point of comparison.~ GOTO COPC3.2
IF ~RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, I am an elf myself!  But I will not fall for your cheap tricks.  If you and I were the last two elves in the world, and the survival of our kind depended on it, then and only then would I have considered you seriously as a mate.~ GOTO COPC3.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No, but I have heard you saying it to almost every woman in the childbearing age we have met.  But go ahead, give your song.~  GOTO COPC3.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~A guess, nothing more.  Everyone sings better after love. *Wink* Perhaps one day we can make a fine duet!  I will gladly hear your song now... to have a point of comparison.~ GOTO COPC3.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, I do not want to discuss anything with you.  I do not want to hear your singing, either.~  GOTO COPC3.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC3.9
SAY ~<CHARNAME>, <CHARNAME>, I hope that one of those day you shall abandon your scowl for a smile.  It would suit you nicely.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END
END

CHAIN3 ~BCORAN~ others
~I know a song which a man can sing to his adventuring companion should she happen to be a fair lady and in need of a smile…~
== ~BGARRI~ IF ~InParty("GARRICK")~ THEN ~My, a song like that is always good to know!  Sing on, Coran!  Now, uh, where's my notebook...~
== ~BELDOT~ IF ~InParty("ELDOTH")~ THEN ~You better sing to her that the scars she got the other day do not show all that much.  That will cheer her up.~
== ~BKIVAN~ IF ~InParty("KIVAN")~ THEN ~*sighs* Coran, Coran...~
== ~BAJANT~ IF ~InParty("AJANTIS")~ THEN ~That was chivalriously said, elf.~
== ~BXANNN~ IF ~InParty("XAN")~ THEN ~With the way our misadventure is going, a requiem is more in order.~
END ~BCORAN~ CO3PCTALK

CHAIN3 ~BCORAN~ COPC3.2QUAYLE
~~
== ~BQUAYL~ IF ~InParty("QUAYLE")~ THEN ~Three gnomes drowned and fourth one went into soup?  Now *that* doesn't sound very likely.  Personally, I'd suggest dwarves - they are mentally inferior to my kind, after all, and utterly lacking personal hygiene...~
== ~BCORAN~ IF ~InParty("QUAYLE")~ THEN ~Not a single word more about gnomes, Master Quayle, I promise you.~
END ~BCORAN~ COPC3.2.1QUAYLE

APPEND ~BCORAN~

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",4)~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk2
SAY ~There is perfection in every woman, yet no woman is perfection.  Alas.~ [CORANG]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That’s what you are searching, Coran?  Perfection?  You are up for a disappointment.~ GOTO COPC5.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~In this case, Coran, your only hope is to turn your searching gaze elsewhere.  But I think that you would find males no less flawed than females.~ GOTO COPC5.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Why do you say that?~ GOTO COPC5.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~There is one.  Me.~ GOTO COPC5.4
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC5.1
SAY ~Fear not, I can cope with the disappointment.  I invented a peculiar system.  I believe there is a perfection in every woman: one has the earlobe made for the most gentle kisses, another can dance you into the ground, and yet another’s eyes spell trouble so irresistibly... so, when put together, they make a beautiful image.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You... collect women like pieces of a mosaic?  That’s disgusting, Coran!~ GOTO COPC5.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~How interesting.  I think that it can be successfully used with men as well.  One can protect you against dragons and other such things, another will read you poetry, yet another is good for... other pleasures.~ GOTO COPC5.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC5.2
SAY ~* Laughs * Indeed.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC5.3
SAY ~I was looking at you and could not find any fault but one. And usually, one woman has the ear lobe made for the most gentle kisses, another can dance you into the ground, and yet another’s eyes spell trouble so irresistibly.  So when put together, they make the perfect woman I am dreaming of.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You... collect women like pieces of a mosaic?  That’s disgusting, Coran!~ GOTO COPC5.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~How interesting.  I think that it can be successfully used with men as well. One can protect you against dragons and other such things, another will read you poetry, yet another is good for... other pleasures.~ GOTO COPC5.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And what is this only fault you find in me?~ GOTO COPC5.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC5.4
SAY ~Ah, you are as near to perfection as any I have ever seen, lacking but one important detail: you are not in love with me. *Sigh*  I have hope, however, that that will be amended... ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC5.5
SAY ~I think you misunderstood me.  I do not wish to spoil pleasures of love by becoming a lover to more than one woman at the same time, but I notice the beauty in the others and remember it.  In fact I believe that with some woman you should NOT be in love with them in order to love them...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, what are you babbling about?  That makes no sense!~ GOTO COPC5.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You mean this odd, sweet feeling which sprouts in your soul when you know that you are in love with another and he is as well?  When you do not have to prove anything or conquer him but just stand there and enjoy his company, and feel proud and sad that no "what if" thoughts ever crossed your mind?~ GOTO COPC5.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, Coran.  You think too much of the women for your own good.  Can you do it in silence for a while?  We really ought to be going.~ GOTO COPC5.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC5.6
SAY ~I... I sometimes had this odd, sweet feeling.  I did not have to prove anything or conquer her; I simply enjoyed her company and her grace.  And I felt proud and sad that no "what if" thoughts ever crossed my mind.  What is it if not the noblest form of love?  To wish someone every happiness and wish not for anything in return?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That, Coran, is called camaraderie.  Not love.  Is it so inconceivable to you to have a lady friend, who does not share your bed?~ GOTO COPC5.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Maybe you are capable of deeper feelings than I had thought.~ GOTO COPC5.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, Coran.  What does it matter if it is love or not?  We really ought to be going now.~ GOTO COPC5.11
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC5.8
SAY ~A man who thinks too little of women is heading for troubles.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC5.9
SAY ~<CHARNAME> of Candlekeep is one.  A woman as near to perfection as I ever seen.  But one tiny little detail was lacking: she was not in love with me. *Sigh*  But I have hope that that will be amended...~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC5.10
SAY ~Not so loud, if you please!  I have a reputation to live up to, you know.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC5.7
SAY ~Yes, my friend.  Sometimes I think that it is the noblest form of love.  To wish someone every happiness and wish not for anything in return?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That, Coran, is called camaraderie.  Not love.  Is it so inconceivable to you to have a lady friend, who does not share your bed?~ GOTO COPC5.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Maybe you are capable of deeper feelings than I had thought.~ GOTO COPC5.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, Coran.  What does it matter if it is love or not?  We really ought to be going now.~ GOTO COPC5.11
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC5.11
SAY ~Loves means life, <CHARNAME>, and one can never think of these two things too much.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END


IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",6)~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk3
SAY ~Wake up, beautiful... My, did I startle you? I am Coran, your companion and...oh! The flowers, right? ~ [CORANG]
= ~ I’ve dreamt a dream that I met the twelve months who took the form of elvenkind. They sat together by a campfire and when they saw me they asked what I was doing. I said: "I am looking for a flower for the lady of my heart."~
= ~Before I knew it each of them offered me a flower, except for Hammer; He gave me a birch branch crusted with ice... Severe on the surface, but gentle at its heart. Alturiak gave me a snowdrop and inconstant Chess presented me with a violet for you. Mild Tarsakh produced a daffodil, and Mirtul sent his kind regards with this Lilly of the valley...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, did you break into a wizard’s garden? ~ GOTO COLT1.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~The ice...why does it not melt from the branch?! ~ GOTO COLT1.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Sigh and allow Coran to continue his recital*~ GOTO COLT1.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ But you do HAVE the flowers! I thought you said it was a dream!? ~ GOTO COLT1.2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.1
SAY ~I am glad that you think me skilled enough to steal from wizards in my sleep, but alas, I did not. Do you want to know what happened, or do you want just to take the flowers and kiss me?~
IF ~InParty("Minsc")~ THEN REPLY ~Well, Boo is running out of food and toiletries... That will likely serve both purposes. Do you prefer to give that broom directly to Minsc, or should I serve as a middle-woman?~ GOTO COLT1.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ The story, Coran, the story! I will not interrupt again...well, I’ll try not to. ~ GOTO COLT1.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ To tell you the truth, I am growing tired of your stories. The flowers will suffice. ~ GOTO COLT1.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Three kisses if you shut up and throw away the assorted flora you are waving under my nose!~ GOTO COLT1.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.2
SAY ~ I am getting to that. So, do you want to know what happened, or do you want just to take the flowers and kiss me?~
IF ~InParty("Minsc")~ THEN REPLY ~Well, Boo is running out of food and toiletries... That will likely serve both purposes. Do you prefer to give that broom directly to Minsc, or should I serve as a middle-woman?~ GOTO COLT1.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ The story, Coran, the story! I will not interrupt again...well, I’ll try not to. ~ GOTO COLT1.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ To tell you the truth, I am growing tired of your stories. The flowers will suffice. ~ GOTO COLT1.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Three kisses if you shut up and throw away the assorted flora you are waving under my nose!~ GOTO COLT1.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.3
SAY ~Generous Kythorn gifted you with a peony, and from passionate Flamerule I received a daisy. Splendid Elasias asked me to give you this aster. Eleint presented me a proud gladiolus and Marpenoth conjured a dahlia out of the last warm rays of the sun. Uktar furrowed his brow, when he saw what his kin were doing; however, when his turn came he had a chrysanthemum for you. This carnation is from Nigtal. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, the truth is that you broke into a wizard’s garden, did you not? If so, you had better confess now, for we need to prepare to do battle. Fearsome is a gardener’s fury, and listen to reason he will not- ~ GOTO COLT1.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, the ice on the birch branch.... it does not melt! ~ GOTO COLT1.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Right. Nigtal gave me a carnation. And? ~ GOTO COLT1.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.4
SAY ~I’d give the flowers to Boo, but I am afraid that Minsc might get jealous. So it will have to be you.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Boo! Boo! See what <CHARNAME> has for you?~ GOTO COLT1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I...I reconsidered. I’ll hang onto them. But no silly stories, please.~ GOTO COLT1.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~On second thought… Tell me the rest of the tale, Coran. .~ GOTO COLT1.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.5
SAY ~I did get these flowers from the twelve months, <CHARNAME>. I don’t think they will ever wither...not exactly my kind of thing, but here they are. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~GiveItemCreate("X#CFLOW",Player1,1,0,0)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.6
SAY ~You are the most amazing woman, my sweet! Come kiss me, and let us forget about silly magical flowers. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.7
SAY ~ You think I would dare to invoke such peril on my sweet <CHARNAME>?~
= ~No, I did not rob a magical garden, nor did I sneak away to Everemeet... I simply reveried and then woke and thought: what a dream!~
= ~And then I realized that I was standing with my hands full of flowers, the very same ones I got in the dream for you. Imagine that! One flower for each month in a season!~
= ~ Being an elf has its inconveniences, sweetling. Random magical occurrences with unknown consequences...and other such things.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Do you often...erm...walk in your reveries?~ GOTO COLT1.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Oh...Wow...Ah!...Uhm... ~ GOTO COLT1.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ You...you brought me flowers from the twelve months? Oh, Coran, why could not you just go with red roses like every other man? That would have been "I love you" as clear as it was written on every petal! Now I do not know *what* to think! ~ GOTO COLT1.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Thank you! Oh, thank you! These are wonderful! ~ GOTO COLT1.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.8
SAY ~ Because it’s magical, sweetling. I doubt that these flowers will wither... You see, after I woke, I thought: what a dream! ~
= ~And then I realized that I was standing with my hands full of flowers, the very same ones I got in the dream for you. Imagine that! One flower for each month in a season!~
= ~Being an elf has its inconveniences, sweetling. Random magical occurrences with unknown consequences...and other such things.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Do you often...erm...walk in your reveries?~ GOTO COLT1.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Oh...Wow...Ah!...Uhm... ~ GOTO COLT1.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ You...you brought me flowers from the twelve months? Oh, Coran, why could not you just go with red roses like every other man? That would have been "I love you" as clear as it was written on every petal! Now I do not know *what* to think! ~ GOTO COLT1.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Thank you! Oh, thank you! These are wonderful! ~ GOTO COLT1.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.9
SAY ~ I woke and I thought: what a dream! ~
= ~And then I saw that I stood with my hands full of flowers, the very same ones I got in the dream for you. Imagine that! One flower for each month in a season!~
= ~Being an elf has its inconveniences, sweetling. Random magical occurrences with unknown consequences...and other such things.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Do you often...erm...walk in your reveries?~ GOTO COLT1.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Oh...Wow...Ah!...Uhm... ~ GOTO COLT1.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ You...you brought me flowers from the twelve months? Oh, Coran, why could not you just go with red roses like every other man? That would have been "I love you" as clear as it was written on every petal! Now I do not know *what* to think! ~ GOTO COLT1.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Thank you! Oh, thank you! These are wonderful! ~ GOTO COLT1.14
END
  
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.10
SAY ~Yes, Boo, see what <CHARNAME> has for you? Go ahead with your morning deposit and make it a good one!~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.11
SAY ~There is a first time for everything. You are a bad influence on me sweetling.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END
 
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.12
SAY ~Exactly. That makes two of us incapable of speaking coherently when confronted with a bunch of magical flowers. I don’t think they will ever wither...not exactly my kind of a thing, but here they are. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~GiveItemCreate("X#CFLOW",Player1,1,0,0)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.13
SAY ~Well, sweetling, I was looking for flowers for you in the oddest of places... Does that not convey the same gentle message as the rose petals? Those flowers will never wither either, at least I don’t think they will...but do not jump to conclusions because of it!~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~GiveItemCreate("X#CFLOW",Player1,1,0,0)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT1.14
SAY ~*Smile* And you are quite welcome.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~GiveItemCreate("X#CFLOW",Player1,1,0,0)~ EXIT
END 

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",8)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk4
SAY ~Do not be afraid of my love, <CHARNAME>.  It is not such a fearful thing. I love tenderly, gently...~ [CORANG]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are forgetting "inconstantly".~ GOTO COPC10.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Erm... I am lost. Are you confessing your love to me, Coran, or you are simply rehearsing the pick-up lines?~ GOTO COPC10.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And why do you think that I am afraid of your love, Coran?~ GOTO COPC10.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I... I love you too.~ GOTO COPC10.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.1
SAY ~Is it a fault?  What is constant?  Look at the mountains, beloved <CHARNAME>, even they are not eternal, and they are made of a hard stone.  You and I, we are made of flesh, not of stone.  Why should I pretend to be a mountain?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No matter how fine your words are, I cannot bring myself to believe that they are sincere.  I do not know if you love me.  I do not know if there is such an oath that you will not foreswear. ~ GOTO COPC10.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Because that is how I want to love and to be loved, Coran.  Eternally.  I do not want to follow the rules, I want to be an exception.  You need to be a mountain to have your head in the clouds.~ GOTO COPC10.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Well said, my friend, well said.  I think that I might adopt this inconstant approach of yours....~ GOTO COPC10.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.2
SAY ~Never rehearse anything when flirting, for then you will be truly unprepared, caught in your own imagination.  Courtship is an improvisation game, <CHARNAME>, not a bard’s play where everyone simply says what was written.  I am confessing my love to you, my Lady, and it is your turn.  Surprise me with "yes" or challenge me with "no."~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Stay silent and smile quizzically* ~ GOTO COPC10.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I believe that I am too young to play this game with the likes of you.  It is safer for me to stay away.~ GOTO COPC10.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Ah, Coran… when you look at me like this I cannot deny you anything.  I... I love you.~ GOTO COPC10.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.3
SAY ~Did I misjudge the trembling of your eyelashes when you look at me and the uncertainty nesting in the corners of your lips?  Prove me wrong, <CHARNAME>.  A sweet kiss will convince me.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do you take me for a complete fool?  I know you well enough not to follow my silly little heart, no matter how I feel about you.  I will not end up as yet another notch on your belt!~ GOTO COPC10.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I opened my heart to you, is not that enough?~ GOTO COPC10.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~* Kiss Coran* Is that sweet enough for you?~ GOTO COPC10.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I gather that you are a man who likes thrills.  Here is a dangerous game for you, then: Kiss me, Coran, and I will either kiss you back like you have never been kissed before, or I will slap you.  You will not know until you try which one it will be.~ GOTO COPC10.13
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.4
SAY ~Sweet words to hear.  I wonder if your kiss is as sweet, <CHARNAME>?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do you take me for a complete fool?  I know you well enough not to follow my silly little heart, no matter how I feel about you.  I will not end up as yet another notch on your belt!~ GOTO COPC10.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I opened my heart to you, is not that enough?~ GOTO COPC10.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~* Kiss Coran* Is that sweet enough for you?~ GOTO COPC10.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I gather that you are a man who likes thrills.  Here is a dangerous game for you, then: Kiss me, Coran, and I will either kiss you back like you have never been kissed before, or I will slap you.  You will not know until you try which one it will be.~ GOTO COPC10.13
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.7
SAY ~I like the way you say might.  A sweet kiss to seal the deal, my Lady?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do you take me for a complete fool?  I know you well enough not to follow my silly little heart, no matter how I feel about you.  I will not end up as yet another notch on your belt!~ GOTO COPC10.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I opened my heart to you, is not that enough?~ GOTO COPC10.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~* Kiss Coran* Is that sweet enough for you?~ GOTO COPC10.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I gather that you are a man who likes thrills.  Here is a dangerous game for you, then: Kiss me, Coran, and I will either kiss you back like you have never been kissed before, or I will slap you.  You will not know until you try which one it will be.~ GOTO COPC10.13
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.5
SAY ~The bones are rigid, and the heart is soft.  A man will survive a broken bone, but will not live with his heart pierced by an arrow.  Do not think with your bones, think with your heart and then you will see that I am sincere.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.6
SAY ~Waiting and chasing are the two most difficult things in life, <CHARNAME>… especially if you are waiting for and chasing a dream.  Take a peak through the clouds and see what the Faerun is like.  Perhaps you shall like what you see.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.8
SAY ~You know how to hold a pause.  Bravo, <CHARNAME>.  You are skilled in the game, yet appear innocent of the knowledge.  *Bows*  That betrays the true master, My Lady.  I am officially giving you my heart to wear in your belt pouch... or behind your corsage, which I would much prefer.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.9
SAY ~That is a mistake, <CHARNAME>.  When the heart is young, it learns swiftly but can go wild without a teacher.  A more experienced man is a better tutor than a novice.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.10
SAY ~I do not think that you are a fool, <CHARNAME>, and your heart is neither silly, not small.  That is why I do not lie to you or give you the false promises.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.11
SAY ~You open your heart and I entered, just like you came into mine. Now we only need to seal the doors, to keep the rest of the world away.  And what better lock than a kiss?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Wouldn’t a thief rather *open* a lock?~ GOTO COPC10.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do you always move that quickly into unknown terrain, Coran?~ GOTO COPC10.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am not falling for your pretentious declarations, artful as they are.  I know you well enough not to follow my silly little heart.  It does not matter how I feel about you.  I will not end up as yet another notch on your belt!~ GOTO COPC10.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.12
SAY ~It is sweet... but you know what’s many times sweeter than a kiss?  Many kisses, <CHARNAME>.  I shall prove you this simple rule one day.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.13
SAY ~I gambled for lesser prizes.  Let us see if Lady Luck is jealous of you, <CHARNAME>.  *Coran cups <CHARNAME>’s chin with his fingers and kisses her lips.*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You respond to the kiss with all passion you can master*~ GOTO COPC10.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*As soon as Coran’s lips touch yours, you give Coran a heavy handed slap and jump away wiping your moth in disgust.*~ GOTO COPC10.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You respond to the kiss, but slap Coran’s face softly*~ GOTO COPC10.17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.14
SAY ~Perhaps your beauty made me lose my head?  M’lady, I lost myself so completely in the depth of your eyes that even my ways have changed.  I never felt such passion, such admiration, or such noble trepidations of soul as I feel now, standing by your side, looking at you... I swear, I love you!~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Chuckle* Here is your kiss.  You earned it by your readiness to say that sort of nonsense. *Kiss Coran. *~ GOTO COPC10.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I think your ways stayed just the same as they always had been.  And I will not kiss you even if you spend the whole night trying to talk me into it.  So do not waste your time!~ GOTO COPC10.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Am I to believe that Coran of Tethyr has fallen in love for the first time?~ GOTO COPC10.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Smile* If you do feel so strongly, my friend, than a few short days... or weeks... or even years should change nothing.~ GOTO COPC10.20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.15
SAY ~*Somehow Coran makes the kiss to last as if some wizard casted a time stopping spell on you. When finally you pull away from one another, Coran’s tilted eyes are darker than you remember.*~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.16
SAY ~Ouch!  You are going to lose a valuable companion this way.  I am no mage, but I still need my brains.  Unless you intended me to forget the taste of your lips... but I never will.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.17
SAY ~You give and you take at the same time.  Bravo, <CHARNAME>. You are skilled in the game, yet appear innocent of the knowledge. *Bows* That betrays the true master, my Lady.  I am officially giving you my heart to wear in your belt pouch...or behind your corsage, which I would much prefer.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.18
SAY ~I...I will talk to you after you will grow a heart, <CHARNAME>.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.19
SAY ~Not for the first time, <CHARNAME>, but maybe for the very last time... who knows?  We can all die before the sand leaves the cup of the hourglass.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Chuckle* Here is your kiss.  You earned it by your readiness to say that sort of nonsense. *Kiss Coran. *~ GOTO COPC10.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I gather that you are a man who likes thrills.  Here is a dangerous game for you, then: Kiss me, Coran, and I will either kiss you back like you have never been kissed before, or I will slap you.  You will not know until you try which one it will be.~ GOTO COPC10.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Still, let us wait.~ GOTO COPC10.18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COPC10.20
SAY ~Maybe... but do I deserve to die without even knowing the taste of your lips?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Chuckle* Here is your kiss.  You earned it by your readiness to say that sort of nonsense. *Kiss Coran. * Is it sweet enough for you?~ GOTO COPC10.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I gather that you are a man who likes thrills.  Here is a dangerous game for you, then: Kiss me, Coran, and I will either kiss you back like you have never been kissed before, or I will slap you.  You will not know until you try which one it will be.~ GOTO COPC10.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Still, let us wait.~ GOTO COPC10.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You kiss Coran with all passion you can master*~ GOTO COPC10.15
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",10)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk5
SAY ~There is emptiness about. It is hanging in the air and is going round and round, sneaking up on us. Look, it’s already in your bedroll!~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~And the gods sent you to combat it… in my bedroll?~ DO~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",11)~ GOTO COLT2.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ My bedroll is quite safe, thank you very much.~ DO~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",11)~ GOTO COLT2.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ The turmoil of my days makes me love the emptiness of my nights, Coran.~ DO~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",11)~ GOTO COLT2.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ You are right! And it has already consumed yours! Together we can save mine at least!~ DO~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",11)~ GOTO COLT2.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ *Giggle and smile invitingly*~ DO~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",11) SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO COLT2.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.1
SAY ~I hoped that you’d see it that way. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Hope is a wonderful emotion, Coran. One can almost live off it.~ GOTO COLT2.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~A gold piece to you for your imaginative approach, but I do not think that I need an ally to face the horrors of the night. Not yet.~ GOTO COLT2.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~*Smile confidently* Yes, I do.~ GOTO COLT2.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~*Darling, I see a crossroad of two ways here. Yours and mine….~ GOTO COLT2.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.2
SAY ~ I was mistaken then. It’s a relief to know that you are out of danger. You are sure that you do not need an extra cloak? A bedtime story? A…~
IF ~RACE(Player1,ELF) ~ THEN REPLY~ I require nothing at the moment. You may go now, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT2.9ELF
IF ~ RACE(Player1,ELF) ~ THEN REPLY~ Let us enjoy the safety then, but…apart. . ~ GOTO COLT2.9ELF
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF) ~ THEN REPLY~ I require nothing at the moment. You may go now, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT2.9NELF
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF) ~ THEN REPLY~ Let us enjoy the safety then, but…apart. . ~ GOTO COLT2.9NELF
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ A bedtime story would be nice. ~ GOTO COLT2.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Another cloak may come handy. ~ GOTO COLT2.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.3
SAY ~ Loving emptiness is a way to induce turmoil of the heart, for it requires substance to live on.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ The substance called imagination?~ GOTO COLT2.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ And loving you in turn brings emptiness to the heart, as the substance is illusionary.~ GOTO COLT2.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Perhaps I can fill one night and see if it shall quell my heart, for it is in uproar.~ DO~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO COLT2.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.4
SAY ~ I move at the enemy then! It’s going to be one epic battle, <CHARNAME>. The bards shall sing about it in the ages to come. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I trust that you will not divulge any details to the minstrels, Coran? In order not to hinder their imagination, of course.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO COLT2.14
IF ~Class(Player1,BARD)~ THEN REPLY~ The songs I write are unrivaled, Coran. Hopefully, I will not have to exaggerate your prowess in battles fought amongst the sheets too much.~ DO~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO COLT2.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Onward, to strike at the emptiness!~ DO~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO COLT2.5
IF ~RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY~  Wipe that smug grin right off your face, Coran. I will stand up to the emptiness alone tonight.~ GOTO COLT2.9ELF
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY~  Wipe that smug grin right off your face, Coran. I will stand up to the emptiness alone tonight.~ GOTO COLT2.9NELF
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.5
SAY ~ By the Golden Rose! I’ll drink the wine of the Year of the Great Harvests to your good nature, <CHARNAME>!~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.6
SAY ~ There is no need to create a second Great Glacier, <CHARNAME>. One is quite enough for Faerun. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I doubt that two glaciers would chill your eagerness, Coran. It would take a half-dozen at least. Have you ever thought of moving to Icewind Dale?~ GOTO COLT2.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ One more stupid joke out of you and I will tie you up to a wyvern’s tail and let it lose... in the Cloudpeak Mountains. ~ GOTO COLT2.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ *Giggle* I cannot stay angry with you for too long, elf. Perhaps fighting the emptiness under the blankets with you will prove fun. I’ll give it a try. ~ DO~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO COLT2.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.7
SAY ~ My captain, thou shalt find no ally more loyal to thy cause. Light the signal fires on the eve of the battle and I shall come to your aid.~
IF ~~ THEN DO~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.8
SAY ~There is something about crossroads that makes every adventurous heart beat faster. Perhaps it’s because that’s where you can choose a different direction. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I prefer to stay off the roads all together. I do not want to walk in the tracks of the others. ~ GOTO COLT2.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Follow me from this crossroad onward, stranger, and help me to fight off the emptiness of the night. ~ DO ~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO COLT2.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ But after a crossroad the two ways can also run further and further apart, if you get my meaning. ~ GOTO COLT2.18
IF ~Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY~ Coran, it’s not that I am not enjoying chatting with you, but the gleam in your eye causes me great discomfort. Can we continue this discussion some other time?~ GOTO COLT2.9ELF
IF ~!Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY~ Coran, it’s not that I am not enjoying chatting with you, but the gleam in your eye causes me great discomfort. Can we continue this discussion some other time?~ GOTO COLT2.9NELF
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.9NELF
SAY ~ If I was not an elf, sweetling, I would happily have gone to my bedroll, knowing that like any other man of flesh and blood I’d dream about you in my embrace through the night. Alas, my kin reveries instead of dreaming, which means we relive events that occurred in our past.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I am pretty sure, that you will have a very pleasant reverie, full of beautiful women, majestic forests and treasure chests. ~ GOTO COLT2.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ So, being a man of flesh and blood, you will reverie about...some other woman instead? ~ GOTO COLT2.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Even an elf can sleep and dream, Coran, if he is so inclined. And I know that if you did that, you will get the dream you were just talking about. Or you can continue daydreaming about me. So there is no cause for you to complain. ~ GOTO COLT2.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I...I did not think about it that way. I cannot bear that unhappy look in your eyes. I...I think we can create a beautiful memory for you, Coran. ~ DO~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO COLT2.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.9ELF
SAY ~Our kin, sweetling, has a wonderful gift of reverie instead of sleep, reliving the events that did occur in our past. Alas, that also means that I cannot dream about you in my embrace through the night, like any other man of flesh and blood would. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I am pretty sure, that you will have a very pleasant reverie, full of beautiful women, majestic forests and treasure chests. ~ GOTO COLT2.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ So, being a man of flesh and blood, you will reverie about...some other woman instead? ~ GOTO COLT2.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Even an elf can sleep and dream, Coran, if he is so inclined. And I know that if you did that, you will get the dream you were just talking about. Or you can continue daydreaming about me. So there is no cause for you to complain. ~ GOTO COLT2.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I...I did not think about it that way. I cannot bear that unhappy look in your eyes. I...I think we can create a beautiful memory for you, Coran. ~ DO ~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO COLT2.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.11
SAY ~Take mine, sweetling, for I would not need it tonight. I want to love you, at least in my imagination. Since the wonderful gift of reverie replaces sleep, I cannot, like a human man conjure a dream of something that has never happened… so, I’d rather stay wakeful and chase my illusive <CHARNAME>-fantasy.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I am pretty sure, that you will have a very pleasant reverie, full of beautiful women, majestic forests and treasure chests. ~ GOTO COLT2.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ So, being a man of flesh and blood, you will reverie about...some other woman instead? ~ GOTO COLT2.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Even an elf can sleep and dream, Coran, if he is so inclined. And I know that if you did that, you will get the dream you were just talking about. Or you can continue daydreaming about me. So there is no cause for you to complain. ~ GOTO COLT2.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I...I did not think about it that way. I cannot bear that unhappy look in your eyes. I...I think we can create a beautiful memory for you, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT2.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.10
SAY ~A bedtime story? ~
= ~There was a priestess of Hanali Celanil, who spent a thousand years studying during her every waking hour. She learned to predict what couldn’t be predicted: the path of the snake through the sands and the birds’ path through the clouds. I met her once and bowed to her wisdom. I asked her, what she was trying to perceive now.~
= ~ "The most aleatory path of all," she replied. "The path of the man’s heart to the woman’s." I laughed at her, since I thought then that I knew more than the wise priestess and only after fifty years of learning.~
= ~Now, I wish I had not been so arrogant, and had enrolled as her pupil. Good night, <CHARNAME>. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Thank you and good night to you too. ~ GOTO COLT2.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Indeed, you should have. You know naught of it.~  EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ And you would be none the wiser, elf. Good night. ~ GOTO COLT2.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Wait! Do not go. I…I changed my mind. My bedroll is indeed cold and empty without you. ~ GOTO COLT2.5
END
 
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.12
SAY ~The substance called "adventure". ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Oh, then my heart is in no danger whatsoever. I found far too many of those already. ~ GOTO COLT2.22
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ In case you did not notice, I am trying to *avoid* that as hard as I can. Adventures, bah! ~ GOTO COLT2.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Of course. Everything is an adventure to you! ~ GOTO COLT2.23
END 

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.13
SAY ~I have been told differently, <CHARNAME>. You will never learn the truth if you won’t…experiment. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I do know the truth, and it is that you are the most shallow man that ever existed. Now leave me be. ~ GOTO COLT2.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Then let us experiment, but I will not live an illusion for long. ~ GOTO COLT2.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Coran, I am too tired to continue this debate. Let us talk about something else…perhaps you can tell me a bedtime story... ~ GOTO COLT2.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.14
SAY ~My lips are sealed, <CHARNAME>. Besides, mere words cannot describe the sweetness of loving you, so why waste them? Let me bare your gentle shoulders and hold you close.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.15
SAY ~Icewind Dale? Frozen deer for breakfast, dried deer for lunch, salted deer for dinner, snow water with deer blood for wine and barbarians in deerskin for women. Thank you, but no.~
IF ~~ THEN DO~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.16
SAY ~Ah, fireheart, you look marvelous when you are angry. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.17
SAY ~I am glad that you have passed my way, traveler. I’ll let you sleep then. You look like you need it.~ 
IF ~~ THEN DO~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.18
SAY ~Indeed, that is inevitable. I have yet to discover if you praise or loathe the crossroad and the parting. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.19
SAY ~I take it you are not inclined to talk to me today. Perhaps I’ll have better luck on the morrow. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.20
SAY ~Yes. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I...I did not think about it that way. I cannot bear that unhappy look in your eyes. I...I think we can create a beautiful memory for you, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT2.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ You would not DARE! ~ GOTO COLT2.24
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Go ahead then. The campfire is nice and pleasant but it is nothing when compared to the sun in all its glory. ~ GOTO COLT2.25
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.21
SAY ~Good night, sweetling.~
IF ~~ THEN DO~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.22
SAY ~But if you feel that the dangers are near, light the signal fires on the eve of the battle and I shall come to your aid.~
IF ~~ THEN DO~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.23
SAY ~And you do not approve? I cannot help you here, sweetling. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.24
SAY ~I do not control what I see in my reveries, <CHARNAME>, but if I could I would conjure an image of the most passionate-~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Coran, your most passionate lover was an ice cube compared to me. I am going to prove it to you right this moment! ~ GOTO COLT2.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Go ahead then. The campfire is nice and pleasant but it is nothing compared to the sun in its full glory. ~ GOTO COLT2.25
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ *Yawn* And so would I. Good night, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT2.26
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.25
SAY ~I’ll let the fires warm me up until I am able to bask in the sunlight.~
IF ~~ THEN DO~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT2.26
SAY ~ *Stiffly* Good night.~
IF ~~ THEN DO~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",12)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk6
SAY ~Sweetling, the way things are turning out…I have a feeling that someone’s hand guides you. I do not like it, for it smells like a trap.~ [CORANG]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I agree with you, and I suspect that the same man who killed my father is the one who pulls the strings.  However, the trap is only deadly when you do not know that it is set for you. Perhaps we can spring this one in such a way that it will catch my father’s murderer.~ GOTO COLT4.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are exaggerating, Coran. Someone wants to kill me, but guide me into a trap? Nope. Do not think so.~ GOTO COLT4.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~We will get through it one way or another, elf. And if not - so be it.~ GOTO COLT4.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And do you have any other plan, than playing it by ear?~ GOTO COLT4.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.1
SAY ~ That’s my woman! *Chuckles admiringly* I have done that before and I can tell you that there is nothing more thrilling than the game of wits, especially when the stakes are high. Although, I’ve never had my life at stake.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Anyone in our company is free to go, Coran. I…I would not force anyone into risking death on my account.~ GOTO COLT4.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Judging from the bounty notices, my life is not worth much, so I hope we win a fortune besides.~ GOTO COLT4.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I’d sure like to hear about any plans that succeeded.~ GOTO COLT4.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.2
SAY ~Be wary, <CHARNAME>. Do you think that I will allow you to get yourself killed because of carelessness? The traps are something you’d never have expected, <CHARNAME>! Take that time I played a lute - ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, we cannot stop to banter right now.~ GOTO COLT4.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You played a lute? ~ GOTO COLT4.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Next time I will be wary of answering any question you pose me, for fear of being trapped into hearing about yet another one of your escapades. ~ GOTO COLT4.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, I must warn you, that you have come dangerously close to making me believe that your feelings for me run deeper than lust. ~ GOTO COLT4.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.3
SAY ~ I won’t let you get yourself killed! If you do not want to be wary, I’ll be. I have been through a game or two of wits…take that time I played a lute, for example…~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, we cannot stop to banter right now.~ GOTO COLT4.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You played a lute? ~ GOTO COLT4.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Next time I will be wary of answering any question you pose me, for fear of being trapped into hearing about yet another one of your escapades. ~ GOTO COLT4.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, I must warn you, that you have come dangerously close to making me believe that your feelings for me run deeper than lust. ~ GOTO COLT4.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.4
SAY ~ I suggest that we keep our eyes and ears peeled for any signs of betrayal or trap. I’ve played it by ear my whole life, and I managed just fine, but with your neck at stake, I’d rather be…the Nine Hells!  I’d just rather be more cautious, <CHARNAME>. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I made you into a coward! ~ GOTO COLT4.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, the Cautious - does that mean that you are going to scratch your head *before* climbing wet cliffs on a stormy night?~ GOTO COLT4.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Right. I promise, I will be on guard, and if a trap does exist, perhaps we can spring it in such a way that it will catch the hunter. ~ GOTO COLT4.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, I must warn you, that you have come dangerously close to making me believe that your feelings for me run deeper than lust. ~ GOTO COLT4.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.5
SAY ~ Did you just suggest I leave you to fight it on your own? Thank you kindly, but someone has to figure out a way to keep you alive. I have been through a game or two of wits…take that time I played a lute, for example…~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, we cannot stop to banter right now.~ GOTO COLT4.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You played a lute? ~ GOTO COLT4.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Next time I will be wary of answering any question you pose me, for fear of being trapped into hearing about yet another one of your escapades. ~ GOTO COLT4.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, I must warn you, that you have come dangerously close to making me believe that your feelings for me run deeper than lust. ~ GOTO COLT4.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.6
SAY ~ Greed is the assassin of thieves. Your life is what’s important, but worry not, if you should be distracted by gold, I’ll ensure you don’t get yourself killed. I have played a game or two of wits…take that time I played a lute, for example…~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, we cannot stop to banter right now.~ GOTO COLT4.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You played a lute? ~ GOTO COLT4.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Next time I will be wary of answering any question you pose me, for fear of being trapped into hearing about yet another one of your escapades. ~ GOTO COLT4.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, I must warn you, that you have come dangerously close to making me believe that your feelings for me run deeper than lust. ~ GOTO COLT4.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.7
SAY ~ Ah, it began when I saw a lady of exquisite beauty on the market square in Baldur’s Gate. I was smitten on the spot, so I did not make further acquaintance. I later found out that she belonged to a powerful and rich family. Unfortunately, gaining admittance to her house was not an easy matter, until I learned that she was quite a connoisseur of bardic arts and welcomed musicians under her roof. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh* Coran, did you really become a bard just to court some petty noblewoman? ~ GOTO COLT4.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Roll your eyes, but stay silent*~ GOTO COLT4.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, dear, *grind your teeth* you have a choice between being attacked by a furious and wicked female or shutting up RIGHT THIS MINUTE! I CANNOT HEAR ANY MORE ABOUT YOUR OTHER WOMEN !~ GOTO COLT4.16
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.8
SAY ~ *Innocently* Then why are we standing around chattering? ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.10
SAY ~Surely, it cannot be that bad? (end dialogue)~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.11
SAY ~ *Shrugs* I was always a risk taker. Even with that damned lute! You see, I saw a lady of exquisite beauty once, on the market square in Baldur’s Gate. I was smitten on the spot, so I did not make further acquaintance. I later found out that she belonged to a powerful and rich family. Unfortunately, gaining admittance to her house was not an easy matter, until I learned that she was quite a connoisseur of bardic arts and welcomed musicians under her roof.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh* Coran, did you really become a bard just to court some petty noblewoman? ~ GOTO COLT4.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Roll your eyes, but stay silent*~ GOTO COLT4.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, dear, *grind your teeth* you have a choice between being attacked by a furious and wicked female or shutting up RIGHT THIS MINUTE! I CANNOT HEAR ANY MORE ABOUT YOUR OTHER WOMEN !~ GOTO COLT4.16
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.12
SAY ~ No, you did not, <CHARNAME>, though, perhaps, you made me wiser.~
IF~~ THEN GOTO COLT4.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.13
SAY ~ Erm…well… that particular event was long ago and not entirely true… Do you want to hear the story about the lute? You see, I saw a lady of exquisite beauty once, on the market square in Baldur’s Gate. I was smitten on the spot, so I did not make further acquaintance. I later found out that she belonged to a powerful and rich family. Unfortunately, gaining admittance to her house was not an easy matter, until I learned that she was quite a connoisseur of bardic arts and welcomed musicians under her roof. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh* Coran, did you really become a bard just to court some petty noblewoman? ~ GOTO COLT4.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Roll your eyes, but stay silent*~ GOTO COLT4.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, dear, *grind your teeth* you have a choice between being attacked by a furious and wicked female or shutting up RIGHT THIS MINUTE! I CANNOT HEAR ANY MORE ABOUT YOUR OTHER WOMEN !~ GOTO COLT4.16
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.14
SAY ~ *Nods solemnly* We will get out of it unscathed, just like I did that other time… You see, I saw a lady of exquisite beauty once, on the market square in Baldur’s Gate. I was smitten on the spot, so I did not make further acquaintance. I later found out that she belonged to a powerful and rich family. Unfortunately, gaining admittance to her house was not an easy matter, until I learned that she was quite a connoisseur of bardic arts and welcomed musicians under her roof. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh* Coran, did you really become a bard just to court some petty noblewoman? ~ GOTO COLT4.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Roll your eyes, but stay silent*~ GOTO COLT4.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, dear, *grind your teeth* you have a choice between being attacked by a furious and wicked female or shutting up RIGHT THIS MINUTE! I CANNOT HEAR ANY MORE ABOUT YOUR OTHER WOMEN !~ GOTO COLT4.16
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.15
SAY ~I did not become the greatest minstrel of this age, but I did learn to play the lute. Alas, my talent, however small, made the lady’s husband jealous. Or so I reasoned one night, when I was to play in the presence of a half-hundred guests and found all the strings of my lute gone. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Are you sure it was the husband, not a competitor in the…artistic field? ~ GOTO COLT4.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, that is wicked! How did the lady take you leaving her guests without entertainment? ~ GOTO COLT4.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You certainly deserved a little bit of humiliation. ~ GOTO COLT4.19
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.16
SAY ~Should I restrict the accounts of my past to the times of my infancy or would you rather get a Potion against Jealousy? ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.17
SAY ~You flatter me. *Smiles* I am sure it was the husband. That is why I did play that night. I unstrung my bow and put the string on the lute.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh and wave for Coran to continue with the story* ~ GOTO COLT4.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Did you get a standing ovation from the audience? ~ GOTO COLT4.21
IF ~Class(Player1, BARD)~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, I’ll eat my flute raw if you replicate that! ~ GOTO COLT4.22
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.18
SAY ~ Oh, but they *were* entertained. I unstrung my bow and put the string on the lute.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh and wave for Coran to continue with the story* ~ GOTO COLT4.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Did you get a standing ovation from the audience? ~ GOTO COLT4.21
IF ~Class(Player1, BARD)~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, I’ll eat my flute raw if you replicate that! ~ GOTO COLT4.22
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.19
SAY ~ Perhaps, but not that night! I unstrung my bow and put the string on the lute.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh and wave for Coran to continue with the story* ~ GOTO COLT4.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Did you get a standing ovation from the audience? ~ GOTO COLT4.21
IF ~Class(Player1, BARD)~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, I’ll eat my flute raw if you replicate that! ~ GOTO COLT4.22
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.20
SAY ~ Even an elf cannot play well with only one string! But, I announced before starting that it was a comical trick. You should have seen them all laughing as I plucked at that only string over and over again.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.21
SAY ~ Of course. You see, sweetling, before starting I announced that it was a comical trick. You should have seen them all laughing as I plucked at that single string over and over again.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT4.22
SAY ~ I’d rather you eat strawberries from my lips. Besides, I would never want to hear that sound again. But the audience was delighted. I had announced before starting that it was a comical trick. You should have seen them all laughing as I plucked at that only string over and over and over again.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

//AtRest
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",14)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk7
SAY ~ My love -~ [CORANG]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~My dearest-~ DO~ SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",15)~ GOTO COLT5.1
IF ~!Class(Player1, THIEF_ALL)~ THEN REPLY ~Love...*Laugh bitterly* My shame and my madness it is that I allow a vagrant and a thief to court me freely. ~ DO~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",15)~ GOTO COLT5.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What is it? ~ DO~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",15)~ GOTO COLT5.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Look at Coran, smile and wait for him to continue*~ DO~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",15)~ GOTO COLT5.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.1
SAY~ Were I a slave in Mulhorand, once a day I would catch a glimpse of your sandals while I prostrate myself on the marble floors at your feet and I would be the happiest man in Mulhorand. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Mulhorand? ~ GOTO COLT5.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I really, really doubt it. ~ GOTO COLT5.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Are you trying to flatter me? ~ GOTO COLT5.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.2
SAY~ Alas, my noble lady, none that follow you is anything like me. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Indeed, no one is. Still, I am a fool of a woman for falling for you. I shall not...I will not let it go on any longer. ~ GOTO COLT5.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Whatever...You were saying? ~ GOTO COLT5.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You mean so ready to fall for any woman who comes in sight, break into a person’s house or do something else stupid and wild? ~ GOTO COLT5.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ And, alas, when the moon shines, madness oft overcomes shame and common sense. Still I wish it wouldn’t have been you I fell for. It would have been easier. ~ GOTO COLT5.9
IF ~InParty("Ajantis")~ THEN REPLY~There is a young man of suitable birth and disposition in the party... A *true* cavalier~ GOTO COLT5.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.3
SAY~ Were I a slave in Mulhorand, once a day I would catch a glimpse of your sandals when I prostrate myself on the marble floors by your feet and I would be the happiest man in Mulhorand. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Mulhorand? ~ GOTO COLT5.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I really, really doubt it. ~ GOTO COLT5.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Are you trying to flatter me? ~ GOTO COLT5.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Look at Coran, smile and wait for him to continue*~ GOTO COLT5.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.4
SAY ~Mulhorand is one of the old empires among sands where pharaohs rule and is very unlike Cormyr. Speaking of Cormyr... If I was a court bard at Suzail and you were my queen, I would have been hanged, my dearest. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hanged? But why? ~ GOTO COLT5.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, the day is done; we are alone and you lecture me on the cultural, historical and geographical implications of our feelings? ~ GOTO COLT5.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~But I am not a queen of Cormyr, Coran, I am a <CLASS> from Candlekeep and you are a rogue from Tethyr. ~ GOTO COLT5.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.5
SAY ~Maybe you can try not to doubt me for once? If I was a court bard at Suzail and you were my queen, I would have been hanged, my dearest. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hanged? But why? ~ GOTO COLT5.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, the day is done; we are alone and you lecture me on the cultural, historical and geographical implications of our feelings? ~ GOTO COLT5.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~But I am not a queen of Cormyr, Coran, I am a <CLASS> from Candlekeep and you are a rogue from Tethyr. ~ GOTO COLT5.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I will always doubt you, Coran.~ GOTO COLT5.15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.6
SAY ~I am trying to tell you how I feel about you. If I were a court bard at Suzail and you were my queen, I would have been hanged, my dearest. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hanged? But why? ~ GOTO COLT5.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, the day is done; we are alone and you lecture me on the cultural, historical and geographical implications of our feelings? ~ GOTO COLT5.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~But I am not a queen of Cormyr, Coran, I am a <CLASS> from Candlekeep and you are a rogue from Tethyr. ~ GOTO COLT5.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.7
SAY ~ If I was a court bard at Suzail and you were my queen, I would have been hanged, my dearest. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hanged? But why? ~ GOTO COLT5.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are wasting your time, Coran. It’s over…~ GOTO COLT5.25
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, do you ever quit imagining things? I am no queen, I am a <CLASS> from Candlekeep and you are a rogue from Tethyr.~ GOTO COLT5.14
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.8
SAY ~Yes, but also I am ready to do anything to win your love. If I was a court bard at Suzail and you were my queen, I would have been hanged, my dearest. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hanged? But why? ~ GOTO COLT5.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, the day is done; we are alone and you lecture me on the cultural, historical and geographical implications of our feelings? ~ GOTO COLT5.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~But I am not a queen of Cormyr, Coran, I am a <CLASS> from Candlekeep and you are a rogue from Tethyr. ~ GOTO COLT5.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.9
SAY ~ I wish it were as easy for you to love me as it is for me to love you. If I was a court bard at Suzail and you were my queen, I would have been hanged, my dearest. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hanged? But why? ~ GOTO COLT5.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, the day is done; we are alone and you lecture me on the cultural, historical and geographical implications of our feelings? ~ GOTO COLT5.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~But I am not a queen of Cormyr, Coran, I am a <CLASS> from Candlekeep and you are a rogue from Tethyr. ~ GOTO COLT5.14
END

 IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.10
SAY ~While the knightling is too busy with the things righteous and noble… I beg you to listen to the poor rogue’s plea, my Lady. For were I a slave…~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT5.1
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.11
SAY ~ If I was a court bard at Suzail and you were my queen, I would have been hanged, my dearest. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hanged? But why? ~ GOTO COLT5.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, the day is done; we are alone and you lecture me on the cultural, historical and geographical implications of our feelings? ~ GOTO COLT5.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~But I am not a queen of Cormyr, Coran, I am a <CLASS> from Candlekeep and you are a rogue from Tethyr. ~ GOTO COLT5.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Keep smiling and listening to what Coran has to say.*~ GOTO COLT5.16
END 

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.12
SAY ~ Because my first duty would have been to sing hymns of your beauty and grace, and I could not. My love for you would have left me speechless, for no bard has enough skill to sing of you. And I would have been the happiest man in Cormyr. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, Bloody Nine Hells, did you spend the whole day coming up with this nonsense?~ GOTO COLT5.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ * Laugh* Coran, this tirade does lead into the seduction phase, right? ~ GOTO COLT5.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran you could have been a court bard. ~ GOTO COLT5.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ If I were a queen, Coran, and you were a court bard, I would have been hanged alongside you...since the infidelity to the King is treason. ~ GOTO COLT5.20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.13
SAY ~That’s because I am rendered half-witless by desire. Be mine tonight, sweetheart, and I swear that I would not utter a single word about geography, history or culture...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Now, that’s good old Coran for you. Absolutely not, my cute elf. Good night.~ GOTO COLT5.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Add math, biology of dragons, arcane arts, theology and alchemy to that list and I am yours!~ GOTO COLT5.22
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Tremble in a cute way* Ah, Coran... *roll your eyes and announce dramatically* YES!~ GOTO COLT5.23
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ On the other hand you have not told me much about Tethyr. I think it is very important that I know you better, so maybe you can tell me of your childhood and life prior to meeting me? Kissing can wait. ~ GOTO COLT5.24
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.14
SAY ~Indeed, and that is why it’s not enough for me to gaze at your footwear, and why I cannot keep silent and be happy. I am rendered half-witless by desire. Be mine tonight, sweetheart, and let them Mulhorandians and Cormyrians do what they will! ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Now, that’s good old Coran for you. Absolutely not, my cute elf. Good night.~ GOTO COLT5.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Tremble in a cute way* Ah, Coran... *roll your eyes and announce dramatically* YES!~ GOTO COLT5.23
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ On the other hand you have not told me much about Tethyr. I think it is very important that I know you better, so maybe you can tell me of your childhood and life prior to meeting me? Kissing can wait. ~ GOTO COLT5.24
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.15
SAY ~ I have no cure for doubts, I am afraid. Try a priest of Torm. Good night. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.16
SAY ~ *Sigh* Because my first duty would have been to sing hymns to your beauty and grace, and I would not. My love for you would have rendered me speechless. For no bard has enough skill to sing of you. And I would have been the happiest man in Cormyr.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, Bloody Nine Hells, did you spend the whole day coming up with this nonsense?~ GOTO COLT5.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ * Laugh* Coran, this tirade does lead into the seduction phase, right? ~ GOTO COLT5.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran you could have been a court bard. ~ GOTO COLT5.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ If I were a queen, Coran, and you were a court bard, I would have been hanged alongside you...since the infidelity to the King is treason. ~ GOTO COLT5.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Smile and wait for him to continue*~ GOTO COLT5.26
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.17
SAY ~I guess I am talking nonsense, but it’s because I am rendered half-witless by desire. Be mine tonight, sweetheart, and let them Mulhorandians and Cormyrians gaze at footwear and swallow their tongues if that makes them happy! ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Now, that’s good old Coran for you. Absolutely not, my cute elf. Good night.~ GOTO COLT5.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Tremble in a cute way* Ah, Coran... *roll your eyes and announce dramatically* YES!~ GOTO COLT5.23
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ On the other hand you have not told me much about Tethyr. I think it is very important that I know you better, so maybe you can tell me of your childhood and life prior to meeting me? Kissing can wait. ~ GOTO COLT5.24
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.18
SAY ~Erm...yes.  I was going to tell you that I am rendered half-witless by desire. It’s not enough for me to gaze at your footwear for I cannot keep silent and be happy. Be mine tonight, sweetheart, and let the Mulhorandians and Cormyrians do what they will! ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Now, that’s good old Coran for you. Absolutely not, my cute elf. Good night.~ GOTO COLT5.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Tremble in a cute way* Ah, Coran... *roll your eyes and announce dramatically* YES!~ GOTO COLT5.23
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ On the other hand you have not told me much about Tethyr. I think it is very important that I know you better, so maybe you can tell me of your childhood and life prior to meeting me? Kissing can wait. ~ GOTO COLT5.24
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.19
SAY ~I do not want to be a court bard, sweetling, if that means remaining silent. Neither I can be happy just watching your footwear. I am rendered half-witless by desire. Be mine tonight, sweetheart, and let them Mulhorandians and Cormyrians do what they will! ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Now, that’s good old Coran for you. Absolutely not, my cute elf. Good night.~ GOTO COLT5.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Tremble in a cute way* Ah, Coran... *roll your eyes and announce dramatically* YES!~ GOTO COLT5.23
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ On the other hand you have not told me much about Tethyr. I think it is very important that I know you better, so maybe you can tell me of your childhood and life prior to meeting me? Kissing can wait. ~ GOTO COLT5.24
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.20
SAY ~Do we think alike then? My dear, infidelity cannot be complete without....actual infidelity. Look, I am rendered half-witless by desire. Be mine tonight, sweetheart, and let the Mulhorandians and Cormyrians gaze at footwear and swallow their tongues if that makes them happy!~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Now, that’s good old Coran for you. Absolutely not, my cute elf. Good night.~ GOTO COLT5.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Tremble in a cute way* Ah, Coran... *roll your eyes and announce dramatically* YES!~ GOTO COLT5.23
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ On the other hand you have not told me much about Tethyr. I think it is very important that I know you better, so maybe you can tell me of your childhood and life prior to meeting me? Kissing can wait. ~ GOTO COLT5.24
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That’s untrue. A clever plot can blacken a Queen’s honor, even if she was perfectly true to her King. Politics, Coran -~ GOTO COLT5.21
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.21
SAY ~*Sigh* ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.22
SAY ~*Nothing about *kiss* geography, *kiss* culture, *kiss* history, *kiss*, math, *kiss* biology of dragons, *kiss* arcane arts, *kiss* theology and *kiss* alchemy... ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.23
SAY ~ By Henali's Heart, I love decisive women! ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.24
SAY ~*Grinds his teeth* I...I will tell you about Tethyr another time. We cannot cover the geography of all of Faerun in one night. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.25
SAY ~How can something be over if it never began?~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.26
SAY ~*Sigh* I am done talking…you may now stop watching me with that unchangeable expression of fascination.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Hey, I am trying not to yawn here. It’s the worst of your seduction stories ever!~ GOTO COLT5.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~* Smile and wait for him to continue*~ GOTO COLT5.27
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, I was just waiting for a pause to tell you that it’s over. ~ GOTO COLT5.25
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, good. I thought you'd never stop talking. Can we make love now?~ GOTO COLT5.23
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT5.27
SAY ~You have not been hammered on the head, have you? Oh well, good night. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",16)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk8
SAY ~*A plump serving wench giggles over something Coran is whispering to her. Her hoop earnings dangle and she presses her palm to her abundant bosom. "You’ve always been such a kidder, Master Coran!" she exclaims, but eagerly settles herself on Coran’s laps. Coran wraps his arm around her waist and an easy smile curves his lips. The elf shares a cup of wine with her, and licks a few spilled scarlet droplets from her skin. Suddenly he lifts his head and searches the common room with his gaze, frowning worriedly when he does not see you where he had last left you. Coran suddenly gets up, and with a charming grin and quiet words he slips a few coins down the maid’s bodice. Then he leaves, and the woman stares for a few moments after him, with a surprised expression on her face.*~
++ ~You follow Coran to his room; the door is not locked, so you take a look inside.~ DO~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",17)~ + COFL1
++ ~You spend the rest of the night drinking, brooding and giving dark looks to the plump wench.~ DO~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",17) RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~You take your leave from the common room and hit the sack. Love or not, this day was trying and tomorrow is also likely to test you to your limits.~ DO~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",17) RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL1
SAY~A candle is burning on the table, and in its dancing light Coran’s elven features appear less sharp and he looks older.  If that is at all possible for an ageless elf. Coran’s hands lay on the table, palms facing up, and his dark slanted eyes are fixed on the twirling fame. ~
++ ~Carefully you leave the room and close the door.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~ So, Coran sleeps alone tonight?~ + COFL2
++ ~You walk quietly and cover Coran’s eyes with your sleeve: "Guess who?"~ + COFL3
++ ~You walk over and blow out the candle.~ + COFL4
++ ~You hesitate in the doorway, watching Coran meditate.~ + COFL5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL2
SAY ~Yes. Unless you’d share my cold blankets, <CHARNAME>. *Sighs heavily* Do not expect me to apologize. I am not made of mithril! *Smirks* Besides, it was you who showed up in my head uninvited and bare-naked, and destroyed a perfectly nice fling.~
++ ~*Stare at Coran with your mouth ajar*~ + COFL6
++ ~ *Start undoing the fasteners of your garment* Bare-naked you say? *Sliding out of your clothes* Like this?~ + COFL8
++ ~ Your sulking completes the illusion of a boy who missed a hoop with his stick. *Snort* Good night.~ DO ~ RestParty()~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~No, that doesn't sound real inviting with the mood you are in.  As for the "apology", did you get one when I was flirting with that sailor? No and you won't.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~Serves you right, but I don't recall asking you for an apology Coran.  I just came up here to see if you were alright.  Obviously you are... so to speak.  When you are in more of a mood to talk, or whatever...oh, never mind.  Good night.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL5
SAY ~Either in or out, sweetling. I have already missed out on a perfectly nice fling with you showing up uninvited and bare-naked in my head. Must I not reverie now for your standing in the doorway in the flesh?~
++ ~ *Stare at Coran with your mouth ajar*~ + COFL6
++ ~ *Giggle* Really?~ + COFL7
++ ~ *Closing the door you start undoing the fasteners of your garment* Bare-naked you say? *Sliding out of your clothes* Like this?~ + COFL8
++ ~Your sulking completes the illusion of a boy who missed a hoop with his stick. *Snort* Good night.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~ "Master Coran" seems a bit testy.  *Grinning at him* We’ll talk more after this mood has passed.  Seems we have been having similar thoughts about each other.  Good night Coran. ~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL9
SAY ~Well, I am good at all sorts of things. Have you noticed that there are only two of us here... you are a woman, and I am a man... and I have already missed out on a perfectly nice fling with you showing up uninvited and bare-naked in my head.~
++ ~*Stare at Coran with your mouth ajar*~ + COFL6
++ ~ *Giggle* Really?~ + COFL7
++ ~ *Start undoing the fasteners of your garment* Bare-naked you say? *Sliding out of your clothes* Like this?~ GOTO COFL8
++ ~ Your sulking completes the illusion of a boy who missed a hoop with his stick. *Snort* Good night.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~Who would not notice that? And I am sure if you go back downstairs, you can pick up right where you left off.  *Blow Coran a kiss and go back to your own room whistling a jolly song.* ~ DO ~RestParty()~  EXIT
++ ~ And maybe one day we will see if that holds true.  But not right now because I was not the woman you chose to be with first.  Keep that in mind next time.~ + COFL16
++ ~Good... serves you right.  I found out what I needed to know.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL10
SAY ~Then you must be the continuation of the vivid visions that filled my head just when I was about to engage in a perfectly nice fling. Only you were much more...naked then.~
++ ~*Stare at Coran with your mouth ajar*~ GOTO COFL6
++ ~ *Giggle* Really?~ GOTO COFL7
++ ~ *Start undoing the fasteners of your garment* Bare-naked you say? *Sliding out of your clothes* Like this?~ GOTO COFL8
++ ~ Your sulking completes the illusion of a boy who missed a hoop with his stick. *Snort* Good night.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~Well, at least I now know I am not the only one having thoughts like that pop up at inopportune times.  *wink at Coran*  Something else for you to think about.  Good night. ~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL11
SAY ~No...*Coran shakes his head* I am done with chasing dreams for tonight. I have already missed out on a perfectly nice fling with you showing up uninvited and bare-naked in my head.~
++ ~*Stare at Coran with your mouth ajar*~ GOTO COFL6
++ ~ *Giggle* Really?~ GOTO COFL7
++ ~ *Start undoing the fasteners of your garment* Bare-naked you say? *Sliding out of your clothes* Like this?~ GOTO COFL8
++ ~ Your sulking completes the illusion of a boy who missed a hoop with his stick. *Snort* Good night.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~Well, at least I now know I am not the only one having thoughts like that pop up at inopportune times.  *wink at Coran*  Something else for you to think about.  Good night , my sweet elf.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL3
SAY ~I do not need to guess, for I know. You are <CHARNAME> of Candlekeep. ~
++ ~*Give Coran a light kiss on the top of his head* Good, very good.~ GOTO COFL9
++ ~ No, I am not! *Laugh*~ GOTO COFL10
++ ~ *Sit on the table-top by Coran, fold your arms under your breasts and look into his eyes* So, Coran sleeps alone tonight?~ GOTO COFL2
++ ~And you are Coran of Testiness.  I think it would be best if we talk "after" this mood of yours has passed.  Good night Coran. ~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL4
SAY ~ *The soft red glow appears around Coran’s eyes* I can see you in the dark as well as in the bright light, <CHARNAME>. * He makes a step towards you, intending to catch you in his arms*~
++ ~ *You move away fluidly, but make an inviting gesture with your hand*~ GOTO COFL11
++ ~ *You dash for the door and shut it tight behind you. You stand for a moment, trying to catch your breath and your heart pounds in your ears like mad. The hot flush raises to your cheeks, what you might have done, if you did not run away...*~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~ *You stand very still, mesmerized, then lift your own arms to meet Coran’s palms with yours...* ~ GOTO COFL12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL6
SAY ~ Oh, close your mouth and go sleep, child. I want a woman’s love tonight, not a girls’ adoration, no matter how sweet it is. You will understand when you’d grow up.~
++ ~ Coran!  That was totally uncalled for!~ GOTO COFL7
++ ~I understand more than you are willing to admit right now.   Maybe the "elder elf" should find better ways of dealing with his… frustrations. ~ GOTO COFL7
++ ~Hold on right there elf!  Picking is one thing but if you just want someone to insult because you're "frustrated", then go back to the wench downstairs.  And if that's how you feel, then do not concern yourself with any chance of future "adoration" from me.~ + COFL17 
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL7
SAY ~Right.... Let us go, I’ll walk you to your room. Tackle you into bed. Sing you a lullaby. *Sighs* Oh, Henali...what are you doing to me? ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL8
SAY ~ *Swallows hard* No...my imagination failed me, it seems. You are much more beautiful. I...I wonder if other aspects of my dreams will be significantly improved upon. Will you...erm...give me a comparison mark?~
++ ~Perhaps...but not tonight.~ GOTO COFL6
++ ~ *Slowly and seductively* But of course...~ DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL",2) SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
++ ~It will be beyond anything you can imagine, Coran. When I deem you a deserving accomplice.~ GOTO COFL13
++ ~I...I do not know. I am not very...*You feel yourself blushing. Darn it all, but you should have lost your virginity *ages* ago!* ~ GOTO COFL14
++ ~ Nope.  *Grinning at him as you dress..*   Our first time together is not going to be just a simple way for you to relieve some… frustration.  I hope that I made it a little bit worse.~  GOTO COFL13
++ ~ *You kiss Coran passionately, pressing your hips firmly against him, then pull away and start dressing up*  Listen to me Coran.  I love you, but I will *not* lay with you until I am the only one you want.~  GOTO COFL18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL12
SAY ~*Coran’s fingers stop a hair’s breadth away from yours, and you can almost feel their warmth. Then they touch gently to your fingertips and slide between yours, intertwining. Coran looks down at your joined hands and then he glances up at you. An unvoiced question is in his dark liquid eyes. Or perhaps their slant makes it into a plea...*~
++ ~*Pull your hands from out of Coran’s grasp* I am sorry...but not tonight.~ GOTO COFL6
++ ~*Slowly and seductively* Closer, elf, come closer...~ DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL",2) SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
++ ~I...I do not know. I am not very...*You feel yourself blushing. Darn it all, but you should have lost your virginity *ages* ago!*~ GOTO COFL14
++ ~ *You kiss Coran passionately, pressing your hips firmly against him, then pull away and start dressing up* Listen to me, Coran.  I love you, but I will *not* lay with you until I am the only one you want.~  GOTO COFL18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL13
SAY ~You walk the high-rope well, my dear, and you can even do cartwheels on it.*Sighs* I hope that you are starting to get dizzy. Go now, woman, leave me to my reverie.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL14
SAY ~You are *very*, sweetling. Come here, I will prove it to you. ~
++ ~Some...some other time, alright?~ GOTO COFL7
++ ~ Ah, what the heck?~ DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL",2) SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
++ ~ I will give you the gift that a woman can give to a man but once tonight.~ GOTO COFL15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL15
SAY ~ I will gather the tender flower and carry it by my heart always.~ 
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL",2) SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL16
SAY ~Not the first one?  Which part of "I want you" you did not understand last time I begged you to be tender with me?~
= ~I am sorry. I should not have said that. *Sighs* Oh, Henali...what are you doing to me? ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL17
SAY ~I am sorry. I should not have said that. *Sighs* Oh, Henali...what are you doing to me? ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COFL18
SAY ~ You are, sweetling… It’s just I started to doubt that  you are still interested. *Sighs* I’ll keep my breeches laced, and my sheets cool. Oh, Henali...what are you doing to me? ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",18)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk9
SAY~Old Echtelion back in the Forest of Tethir used to cast an enchantment at the very first flower that opened in his garden in the spring.~
= ~ It did not matter if it was an anemone or a snowdrop or a dandelion.~
= ~I once asked him, why does he do it ~
++ ~And the old sage relied?~ + COAD1.1
++ ~Coran, get away from me with your stupid stories!~ + COAD1.2
++ ~Who’s Echtelion?~ + COAD1.3
++ ~You know, Coran, I wish I met you back when your inquisitiveness was directed to much more interesting subjects, than barmaids. ~ + COAD1.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COAD1.1
SAY ~Echtelion said: "When you see something special it is natural to desire to  preserve it. "~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COAD1.1A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COAD1.1A
SAY ~Sweetling, I cannot cast an enchantment on you or turn time back magically. But I can ask you to forgive what I have done the other night. ~
++ ~Am I… special to you then?~ + COAD1.5
++ ~I have forgiven you the moment you got up and went upstairs alone, Coran. I knew then that whatever you feel for me is stronger than your old habits.~ + COAD1.5
++ ~Shh… The other night has passed. ~ + COAD1.6
++~ Infidelity  leaves long memory, Coran. Things will never be the same between us.~ + COAD1.7
++ ~I do not have it in my heart to forgive you. ~ DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN COAD1.2
SAY ~Please, listen to me! Echtelion did it to preserve a special thing… even if the flower was one of many. I care not about the flowers that much, but you… ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COAD1.1A
END

IF ~~ THEN COAD1.3
SAY ~An old elf who taught us philosophy. And an avid gardener. What he said about the flower was: 
"When you see something special it is natural to desire to  preserve it. "~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COAD1.1A
END

IF ~~ THEN COAD1.4
SAY ~My interest right now lay in the most interesting subject I have ever encountered - you.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COAD1.1A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COAD1.5
SAY ~If I was old Echtelion, I would have compared you to edelweiss - a flower that blooms so far out of reach and is so desirable. *Bows* ~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COAD1.6
SAY ~It passed, but I see its shadow in the corners of your eyes. I feel like a fool and I will remember this sensation. The air escaped my lungs when I looked down at the girl on my laps and it was not you. I almost screamed in terror, as if someone tricked me. But there was none to blame, except myself for the fakery. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COAD1.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COAD1.7
SAY ~Yes, but I do not know if they have changed for the better or for the worst. I feel like a fool and I will remember this sensation. The air escaped my lungs when I looked down at the girl on my laps and it was not you. I almost screamed in terror, as if someone tricked me. But there was none to blame, except myself for the fakery.~ 
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COAD1.5
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",20)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk10
SAY ~You wanted to hear about Tethyr, <CHARNAME>? ~ [CORANG]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is near Calimshan, is it not?~ GOTO COLT6.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I wanted to hear, not so much about Tethyr itself, but about one of her sons. I know very little of you, Coran.~ GOTO COLT6.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You remember that? ~ GOTO COLT6.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.1 
SAY ~Yes, Tethyr borders on Amn and Calimshan, to the south of here. But, sweetling, it has not always been so. Only 19 millennia back, the great elven realm of Keltormir spanned over what is now Tethyr, Amn, Erlkazar and Calimshan. ~
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ Of course. Ask an elf to tell you a bit about himself and he will start with the Crown Wars. I want to hear about you, Coran.~ GOTO COLT6.4
IF ~RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ *Sigh* Keltormir fell some ten millennia ago, Coran, and I have been instructed in its history. I wish to know of someone who did not make it into the Candlekeep scrolls of ages. About you, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT6.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That’s quite...large. Whatever happened that it became but a patch of greenery betwixt the human Empires build on the sand? ~ GOTO COLT6.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Skip right to Tethir the Dragonslayer, Coran. I’d like a tale about the great hero of old! ~ GOTO COLT6.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Forget it. I got bored with it already. ~ GOTO COLT6.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.2
SAY ~I was born in the Forest of Tethir, in the midst of the elven lands in the year eleven hundred and something in Dale reckoning. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Wait, wait, which year? ~ GOTO COLT6.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~At moments like this I am almost happy that I have no relatives, because nobody is going to tell me the inevitable: "He is old enough to be your *father*, <CHARNAME>!" ~ GOTO COLT6.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~So you were born. Did this event have any notable consequences? ~ GOTO COLT6.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.3
SAY ~Nothing has transpired to cloud my memory, <CHARNAME>. The Forest of Tethir  was once a part of the ancient elven realm of Keltormir. It spanned over what is now Tethyr, Amn, Erlkazar and Calimshan. ~
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ Of course. Ask an elf to tell you a bit about himself and he will start with the Crown Wars. I want to hear about you, Coran.~ GOTO COLT6.4
IF ~RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ *Sigh* Keltormir fell some ten millennia ago, Coran, and I have been instructed in its history. I wish to know of someone who did not make it into the Candlekeep scrolls of ages. About you, Coran. ~GOTO COLT6.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That’s quite...large. Whatever happened that it became but a patch of greenery betwixt the human Empires build on the sand? ~ GOTO COLT6.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Skip right to Tethir the Dragonslayer, Coran. I’d like a tale about the great hero of old! ~ GOTO COLT6.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Forget it. I got bored with it already. ~ GOTO COLT6.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.4
SAY ~An unworthy descendant of the wood and moon elves of Keltormir, of which I shall not speak any further, I was born in the Forest of Tethir in the year eleven hundred and something in Dale reckoning. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Wait, wait, which year? ~GOTO COLT6.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~At moments like this I am almost happy that I have no relatives, because nobody is going to tell me the inevitable: "He is old enough to be your *father*, <CHARNAME>!" ~GOTO COLT6.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~So you were born. Did this event have any notable consequences? ~GOTO COLT6.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.5
SAY ~ Ever heard of thew Flights of the Dragons, sweetling? I think you are too young to remember the one of that year ...but it’s a rather terrible and beautiful thing, when the dragons herd together and roam around burning and plundering. In one such event, 10 millennia ago, the red dragons destroyed much of my kin and desecrated Keltormir. Three woods now keep the memories of its former glory: The Wyrmwood, the Forest of Mir and the Forest of Tethir.~
= ~Darling, if you don’t shut me up with the kiss I’ll start complaining about greedy humans taking elven lands next. ~
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, Coran, please do...It’s so...elven. Almost like dancing naked in the moonlight. ~ GOTO COLT6.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Here is your kiss, and indeed, that’s enough about the Forest of Tethir. Let’s switch to more recent histories. I know very little about you, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT6.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Skip right to Tethir the Dragonslayer, Coran. I’d like a tale about the great hero of old! ~ GOTO COLT6.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.6
SAY ~ Tethir was kin to Keltormir and a mighty warrior, tall and proud. The star shone on his brow and when he wielded his mighty long sword, the fair folk fainted with awe. In the year 11700 before Dale reckoning, mighty Tethir had slain, in single-handed combat, two ancient reds. The dragons everywhere were truly impressed and agreed that elves are not just the source of tasty meat, but can serve for battle practice as well. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh* Now, that’s one version of the tale Tethir would have loved to hear. ~ GOTO COLT6.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You, on the other hand, do not sound too impressed. ~ GOTO COLT6.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I would have preferred to hear the tale in the true bardic tradition. ~ GOTO COLT6.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Great man. I bet you went adventuring because of him. ~ GOTO COLT6.15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.7
SAY ~ Ah, the next battle is only a few minutes away, <CHARNAME>. Then we’ll not have time to be bored.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~How do you know? Did you betray me and the ambush is waiting ahead?~ GOTO COLT6.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yep.~ GOTO COLT6.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You wish. I bet we will wander around aimlessly for hours, encountering nothing but a minor skirmish.~ GOTO COLT6.18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.8
SAY ~ The year eleven hundred and eighty five.  *Sighs* ~
= ~Yes, <CHARNAME>, the Year of the Immoral Imp. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Giggle* How very fitting!~ GOTO COLT6.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I presume you left your homeland after a while?~ GOTO COLT6.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Go on. ~ GOTO COLT6.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.9
SAY ~ I understand. I am not an avid listener of my elders myself.  That’s why I left the Forest of Tethir and the conversations of elven destiny, glorious past and evil humans. I thought it would be a grand adventure to see the world of N’Tel’Quess.~
= ~ I could not have picked a better time to face the human’s wrath. At that time, the royal family of Tethyr started the persecutions of Tel’Quessir.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~But why? .~ GOTO COLT6.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I am sure it was all fun and games to you.~ GOTO COLT6.22
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Well, I think I can imagine the rest of your "adventures". Hiding around, being sheltered by women, stealing… *Sigh* I think I’d rather hear about Tethir the Dragonslayer, Coran.~ GOTO COLT6.6
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ N’Tel’Quess... Non-people. I do not think you are *that* different from the rest of your kin, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT6.23
END 

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.10
SAY ~ I did not reshape the realms and my deeds were left unsung. But perhaps, it shall change one day, <CHARNAME>. I admit that I am much more curious about N’Tel’Quess and their world, than many of my kin. That’s why I left the Forest of Tethir  and the conversations of elven destiny, glorious past and evil humans. I thought it would be an adventure to come across humans and see for myself.~
= ~I could not have picked a better time to face the human’s wrath. At that time, the royal family of Tethyr had started the persecutions of Tel’Quessir.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~But why? .~ GOTO COLT6.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I am sure it was all fun and games to you.~ GOTO COLT6.22
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Well, I think I can imagine the rest of your "adventures". Hiding around, being sheltered by women, stealing… *Sigh* I think I’d rather hear about Tethir the Dragonslayer, Coran.~ GOTO COLT6.6
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ N’Tel’Quess... Non-people. I do not think you are *that* different from the rest of your kin, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT6.23
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.11
SAY ~ Ah, yes, complaining about humans - the pride part of elven heritage. For me, however, human females always compensated for the shortfalls of the race...and I did face human wrath, sweetling. I left the elven lands right at the time the royal family of Tethyr started the persecutions of Tel’Quessir.  Still, it is a grand adventure and the more I learn, the more I grow curious of N’Tel’Quess and their world.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Why would someone persecute the elves? ~ GOTO COLT6.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Well, I think I can imagine the rest of your "adventures". Hiding around, being sheltered by women, stealing… *Sigh* I think I’d rather hear about Tethir the Dragonslayer, Coran.~ GOTO COLT6.6
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ N’Tel’Quess... Non-people. I do not think you are *that* different from the rest of your kin, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT6.23
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Ah, where would the male human be without the female of the race? ~ GOTO COLT6.24
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.12
SAY ~ Tethir was the first elf to kill a dragon, and only a person who isn’t too serious about all that has been done before him, can do something new. I am sure he was an adventurous sort and we’d all get along with him famously. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.13
SAY ~ Not impressed? I am envious, sweetling. I missed my chance to equal Tethir the last time I saw a wyrm. It was during the last dragon flight in the Year of the Wyrm, and I was…ahem…just leaving Westgate…secretly. And there it was, the black dragon Xuntlarmerphyn, rushing across the night sky. So I shot an arrow or two into it, but it was too high and too fast. But, if your luck does not run out, we will come across one sooner or later. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.14
SAY ~ I cannot tell it proper on the march, sweetling. My heart will go into chanting and I will lose the sight of everything else. A fireball could explode under my feet and I would not notice till I was aflame.~
= ~ Besides it should be told where it was written - under the canopy of the Forest of Tethir.~
=~Now, let us both look out for the foes that are sure to attack us in the next few minutes.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~How do you know? Did you betray me and the ambush is waiting ahead?~ GOTO COLT6.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yep.~ GOTO COLT6.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You wish. I bet we will wander around aimlessly for hours, encountering nothing but a minor skirmish.~ GOTO COLT6.18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.15
SAY ~ In truth, I left the Forest of Tethir because I had heard way too much of elven destiny, glorious past and evil humans. I thought it would be a grand adventure to see the world of N’Tel’Quess.~
= ~I could not have picked a better time to face the human’s wrath. At that time, the royal family of Tethyr had started the persecutions of Tel’Quessir.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~But why? .~ GOTO COLT6.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I am sure it was all fun and games to you.~ GOTO COLT6.22
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Well, I think I can imagine the rest of your "adventures". Hiding around, being sheltered by women, stealing… *Sigh* I think I’d rather hear about Tethir the Dragonslayer, Coran.~ GOTO COLT6.6
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ N’Tel’Quess... Non-people. I do not think you are *that* different from the rest of your kin, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT6.23
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.16
SAY ~ Do you really think I could betray you, <CHARNAME>? But the way your luck goes, we always run into enemies when least expected. I imagine that we’ll bump into a raving red dragon sooner or later.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.17
SAY ~ So you find it exciting when the danger keeps you on your toes… Interesting. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.18
SAY ~ It’s just that there are many more xvarts, orcs and goblins out here than dragons…but don’t lose sight of hope. We’ll meet a ravaging red wyrm one day, I am sure of it, and my arrows will sing "The Death of the Dragon" for you. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.19
SAY ~ Great, I can already see that you will find common ground with my lady mother.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.20
SAY ~ Indeed, I left the Forest of Tethir because I had heard way too much   of elven destiny, glorious past and evil humans. I thought it would be a grand adventure to see the world of N’Tel’Quess. I could not have picked a better time to face the human’s wrath.~
= ~ At that time, the royal family of Tethyr had started the  persecutions of Tel’Quessir.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~But why?~ GOTO COLT6.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I am sure it was all fun and games to you.~ GOTO COLT6.22
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Well, I think I can imagine the rest of your "adventures". Hiding around, being sheltered by women, stealing… *Sigh* I think I’d rather hear about Tethir the Dragonslayer, Coran.~ GOTO COLT6.6
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ N’Tel’Quess... Non-people. I do not think you are *that* different from the rest of your kin, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT6.23
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.21
SAY ~King Errilam managed to get himself killed in a hunting accident. Unfortunately, he was hunting with elven friends. This was reason enough for his nephew to start cutting down the forest and killing any elves found on human lands. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I am sorry to hear that, Coran. You must have had hard times. ~ GOTO COLT6.25
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Was that when you acquired your roguish skills? ~ GOTO COLT6.26
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Well, to put it bluntly, I am bored, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT6.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.22
SAY ~Yes…yes of course, fun and games. It was one big joke when Alemander ordered to cut down the trees in the Forest of Tethir and kill elves on the human lands.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.23
SAY ~Sweetling…you do know, that it is not a belittling term, don’t you? It only means people who are not physically and spiritually connected to each other and the Weave, the way Tel’Quessir are… Sweetling?~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.24
SAY ~The same place the males of any race would be -not have been born into this world.  Even if, by some sorcery, it were possible I would not want to be born.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.25
SAY ~I lived, my gentle friend. But…thank you for caring.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT6.26
SAY ~Ah, one does not become a rogue, sweetling, one is born into the profession. However, I did a lot of running and hiding back then, and buying was all but impossible, so…. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",22)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk11
SAY ~ *Smile* Sweetling,... there has yet to be a woman who can quell the desire to push a man’s hair out of his eyes.  You cannot resist it; there is something fatalistic and poignant about it.~ [CORANG]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Smirk* I am not such a woman, Coran. You can go around with the strands of hair falling into your eyes all day. By the way, it does not adorn you in the least.~ GOTO COLT7.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ And I am but a woman *you move the runaway strand of hair and notice a small scar at Coran’s right temple*~ GOTO COLT7.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ It is called maternal instinct, elf. Do you like being mothered? ~ GOTO COLT7.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Smile* whatever you say, handsome. *You gently blow at the runaway strand of hair and kiss Coran’s temple. Your lips brush against an uneven mark on his smooth elven skin. There is a small scar at Coran’s right temple*~ GOTO COLT7.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.1
SAY ~In all things you are exceptional, my love. *With a sigh Coran brushes the hair away from his eyes and you notice a small scar at Coran’s right temple*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What’s the deal with that scar? Run out of salves once?~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, I think I just relinquished yet another misconception about elves. You know how they say: "He heals like an elf?"~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~There is what looks like an old scar at your temple, Coran. Were you hurt so badly, my poor dear, that the healer missed it?~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~OR(2) Class(Player1,CLERIC_ALL) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL)~ THEN REPLY ~*Shake your head in disapproval* Who healed that, a kobold witch doctor? I do not know what I can do *now*, but if I had been there, you’d have forgotten that you ever had that scratch!~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let us go, Coran, before we hear suggestive jokes from the rest of the company. ~ GOTO COLT7.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.2
SAY ~*Coran catches your hand and kisses your palm* What’s wrong, joy of my heart?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What’s the deal with that scar? Run out of salves once?~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, I think I just relinquished yet another misconception about elves. You know how they say: "He heals like an elf?"~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~There is what looks like an old scar at your temple, Coran. Were you hurt so badly, my poor dear, that the healer missed it?~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~OR(2) Class(Player1,CLERIC_ALL) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) ~ THEN REPLY ~*Shake your head in disapproval* Who healed that, a kobold witch doctor? I do not know what I can do *now*, but if I had been there, you’d have forgotten that you ever had that scratch!~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let us go, Coran, before we hear suggestive jokes from the rest of the company. ~ GOTO COLT7.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.3
SAY ~You, my mother? Ah, no. Then it would be entirely inappropriate of me to have those wonderful daydreams about you standing bare in a pool of moonlight. *With a sigh Coran brushes the hair away from his eyes and you notice a small scar at Coran’s right temple*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What’s the deal with that scar? Run out of salves once?~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, I think I just relinquished yet another misconception about elves. You know how they say: "He heals like an elf?"~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~There is what looks like an old scar at your temple, Coran. Were you hurt so badly, my poor dear, that the healer missed it?~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~OR(2) Class(Player1,CLERIC_ALL) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) ~ THEN REPLY~ *Shake your head in disapproval* Who healed that, a kobold witch doctor? I do not know what I can do *now*, but if I had been there, you’d have forgotten that you ever had that scratch!~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let us go, Coran, before we hear suggestive jokes from the rest of the company. ~ GOTO COLT7.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.4
SAY ~*Coran promptly wraps his arm around your waist and presses his cheek against yours* What’s wrong, my warm wind?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What’s the deal with that scar? Run out of salves once?~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~!RACE(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, I think I just relinquished yet another misconception about elves. You know how they say: "He heals like an elf?"~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~There is what looks like an old scar at your temple, Coran. Were you hurt so badly, my poor dear, that the healer missed it?~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~OR(2) Class(Player1,CLERIC_ALL) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) ~ THEN REPLY~ *Shake your head in disapproval* Who healed that, a kobold witch doctor? I do not know what I can do *now*, but if I had been there, you’d have forgotten that you ever had that scratch!~ GOTO COLT7.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let us go, Coran, before we hear suggestive jokes from the rest of the company. ~ GOTO COLT7.6
END 

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.5
SAY ~*Touches the scar lightly* No…I wanted it left unhealed. It’s a long story, <CHARNAME>. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I wish to hear it.~ GOTO COLT7.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Smile* Let me guess. A woman got you into trouble? ~ GOTO COLT7.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Woe is me, for we do not have time for long stories. Let’s be on our way, lest we hear no end of suggestive jokes.~ GOTO COLT7.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Make it a short one and I will listen.~ GOTO COLT7.9
END 

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.6
SAY ~ Some of them are not bad, actually. That one about swords and daggers left under cloaks, for example… but sweetling, one does not have to be a paladin to wield a greatsword. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.7
SAY ~ It happened when I just left the Forest of Tethir in an attempt to see the wide world. Unfortunately, shortly after I came to human lands, King Errilam died during a hunting trip with his elven friends, and his successor found it reason enough to start repressing my kin.~
= ~ There was nothing to be done about it, but dive into the shadows. In the underworld people rarely ask you to remove your cowl before dealing with you.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Sooo…. Did someone betray you and you managed a hair-raising escape with an elven maiden who was a paragon of beauty and virtue, royalty to boot? ~ GOTO COLT7.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Yes, that’s true. ~ GOTO COLT7.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Erm, Coran, it sounds like one of those boring stories about poor oppressed people. Cut it short.~ GOTO COLT7.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I am sorry, Coran…Erm…Gotta go! ~ GOTO COLT7.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.8
SAY ~ No. A woman saved me from death.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT7.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.9
SAY ~ I got hurt when trying to steal from a merchant’s house. The merchant’s wife felt pity for me though, and healed me instead of surrendering me to the authorities. She stayed faithful to her ever-absent and crude husband, despite my fervor. So I kept the scar to remind myself, that there are things that women value above passion. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ And men…perhaps men do to.~ GOTO COLT7.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Ewww. Do not tell me you were in love for the first time at that.~ GOTO COLT7.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Good story. And short in telling. Time to go! ~ GOTO COLT7.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.10
SAY ~ No, I have never become that familiar with Queen Ellesime. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT7.10A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.11
SAY ~ I would be lying  if I said that I did not enjoy this dangerous existence… but, back to the scar.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT7.10A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.10A
SAY ~I broke into a merchant’s house one night and set to opening a coffer. The lock did not look too complicated, but when I opened the lid two tentacles sprung into my face, each armed with a poisonous spike. It stung me, and I lost control of my muscles, trashing about like a leaf in the wind.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Ewww! What in the Nine Hells was it? And how did this thing end up in the chest?~ GOTO COLT7.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nasty trap… ~ GOTO COLT7.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~So? ~ GOTO COLT7.15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.12
SAY ~ Then let us go. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.12A
SAY ~No, sweetling… you do not understand… ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT7.20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.13
SAY ~ *quietly* That was the question I asked myself, sweetling. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And? Are love, duty, faithfulness and devotion important? ~ GOTO COLT7.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Well, at least you thought about it, before yelling "NO!" ~ GOTO COLT7.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Right. While you are pondering about the answer, let us catch up with the others, lest we hear no end of suggestive jokes.~ GOTO COLT7.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.14
SAY ~ First time I was in love, I was barely thirty, sweetling. Let us go. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.15
SAY ~ Apparently, I was not as good a thief as I had imagined. It was a whipsting, a beastie, which Tethyrian and Amnish merchants oft lock with the treasure to ward off rogues.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Interesting. I am glad we are in Baldur’s Gate. Antidote is expensive nowadays. ~ GOTO COLT7.16
IF ~Class(Player1, THIEF_ALL)~ THEN REPLY ~Now… that’s OUTRAGEOUS! As a rogue I protest such inhumane practice!~ GOTO COLT7.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What happened next? ~ GOTO COLT7.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am sorry, Coran…Erm…Gotta go! ~ GOTO COLT7.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.16
SAY ~ With all the noise I was making, the lady of the house awoke and came running in with a couple of maids. A vile elf caught stealing… If she’d called for guards I would have been lucky to lose only a hand. She did not though. Instead Belena tended me and would not hear of me leaving until I, as she put it, would be out of danger and properly fed. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I guess you were not much to look at as a youngster? ~ GOTO COLT7.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh* So much for lithe elven beauty. ~ GOTO COLT7.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I knew there was a woman involved somewhere! I can imagine how it ended. Let’s just go. ~ GOTO COLT7.12A
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And the scar? ~ GOTO COLT7.21
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.17
SAY ~ *smiles quizzically* you are not the only one who can play the game of no’s and maybes, <CHARNAME>. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.18
SAY ~ Did I now? ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.19
SAY ~ *Snicker* Belena had never seen an elf up close before.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT7.20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.21
SAY ~ I am getting to that. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT7.20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT7.20
SAY ~ I…I fell for her with all the fervor of my youth, <CHARNAME>. I knew that she also fancied me but stayed faithful to her ever-absent and crude husband, despite my advances. So I kept the scar to remind myself, that there are things that women value over passion. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ And men…perhaps men do to.~ GOTO COLT7.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Ewww. Do not tell me you were in love for the first time at that.~ GOTO COLT7.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Good story. And short in telling. Time to go! ~ GOTO COLT7.12
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",24)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk12
SAY ~My dearest, the heavenly curve of your neck makes me think about kissing it. *Sigh* Alas, it’s not a good time. Hmmm…did I tell you how I’d stolen a locket from Cattie-Brie Battlehammer’s own neck?~ [CORANG]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~And who is this Cattie-Brie Battlehammer? *Another* old flame of yours?~GOTO COLT8.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Stealing from Cattie-Brie! You should be ashamed of yourself. Next you will be talking about nicking Twinkle.~GOTO COLT8.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Right, and took her maidenhead to boot. ~GOTO COLT8.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~How did you do it, trickster? ~GOTO COLT8.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.1
SAY ~By the golden rose, no! I am not into...rowdy types. Cattie-Brie is an adventuress of some renown in Drizzt’s company. Perhaps Candlekeep monks do not concern themselves with local heroes, but they were quite famous in Waterdeep in the time I lived there. Fighting pirates if I recall correctly. And I had just met a beautiful wizard’s apprentice...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I knew it! Coran, do you have a single story that does not involve a woman?~  GOTO COLT8.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Wait! I did not say that I wanted to hear your story! I do not! ~  GOTO COLT8.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Ah... *that* Cattie-Brie. You should be ashamed of yourself. Next you will be nicking Twinkle. ~  GOTO COLT8.2
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.2
SAY ~I was tempted, but for the name. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT8.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.3
SAY ~Are you mistaking me for a collector of antiquities? I’ll leave this pleasure to Drizzt.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT8.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.4
SAY ~To start from the beginning…~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT8.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.5
SAY ~Of course I have. Thousands of them, but this one does.~
= ~To start from the beginning, I met a beautiful wizard’s apprentice and she told me that there was a thing, which she’d like to have but her money couldn’t buy.~
= ~ Needless to say, I immediately boasted that I could get it for her. To my surprise Allana wanted Cattie-Brie’s small locket. She said that the locket had a peculiar minor enchantment that she wanted to study, but Cattie-Brie would not sell it. I found Cattie-Brie in a small inn Allana said they frequented, and managed to strike a conversation with her.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Go on.... ~ GOTO COLT8.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am sorry, Coran. I have no time for this. ~ GOTO COLT8.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.6
SAY ~ Oh, back to watching the nape of your neck then. *Sighs*~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.8
SAY ~As it happened I met a beautiful wizard’s apprentice, and she told me that there was a thing she’d like to have but her money couldn’t buy.~
= ~ Needless to say, I immediately boasted that I could get it for her. To my surprise Allana wanted Cattie-Brie’s small locket. She said that the locket had a peculiar minor enchantment placed on it that she wanted to study, but Cattie-Brie would not sell it. I found Cattie-Brie in a small inn Allana said they frequented, and managed to strike up a conversation with her.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, have you ever told a story which did not revolve around women? Just curious. ~ GOTO COLT8.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Go on.... ~ GOTO COLT8.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am sorry, Coran. I have no time for this. ~ GOTO COLT8.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.9
SAY ~Well…frankly, not many. But I bet you will be pleased with the ending of this one!~ 
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT8.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.10
SAY ~Word for word we were arguing about Cattie’s magical bow - Taulmaril. After I saw her drinking at least two mugs of ale, I quite placidly mentioned that with my Whisperer I could hit the mark no worse than herself. Redheads being redheads, she flared up like a firecracker and challenged me to make good on my word. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Taulmaril...mmm...nice.~ GOTO COLT8.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ No wonder. I would too in her place! You are not *that* attractive, you know.~ GOTO COLT8.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~  Erm...Coran, can you tell it to someone else? That’s if you absolutely have to tell it. ~ GOTO COLT8.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You must be kidding!~ GOTO COLT8.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.11
SAY ~Yes, a wonderful bow. But I made Whisperer and I knew that with it I stood a chance against Taulmaril. Long bows are more accurate, sweetling. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT8.19
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.12
SAY ~But you like me! Your questionable taste in men aside, we shot three arrows each, quite well, and then I boasted that I could hit a golden coin at three hundred paces. ~
= ~While she dug into her pockets, she realized her money pouch was missing. She reasoned that she left it in the inn. I turned my money belt upside down with the same result. ~
= ~ I suggested my belt buckle, but could a modest woman allow a man to shoot with his breaches down? Cattie-Brie gave me her locket even before I slipped it into the argument. I asked her to stay in place while I counted the paces... and, with the locket in my hand, I started walking towards the nearest tree grove.~
= ~At two hundred paces I broke into a run. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Note to self: Do something about my taste in men. Later. ~ GOTO COLT8.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You sly fox! I bet you were just out of Taulmaril’s range too! ~ GOTO COLT8.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I should not really laugh at someone being mugged, but it’s just too funny! Terrible, but funny! ~ GOTO COLT8.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Whatever would you have done if Cattie-Brie’s money pouch had not gone missing? What a lucky coincidence! ~ GOTO COLT8.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Cringe* Coran, you are such a bastard, you know? ~ GOTO COLT8.17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.13
SAY ~I might…though it was meant for your ears.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.14
SAY ~No. I swear by Henali’s Golden Rose, it’s a true story!~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT8.19
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.15
SAY ~Much, much later.~
= ~ *Smile* Speaking of bad taste, mine was worse back then; the enchantment on the locket was a particular one. It became warmer to touch when Drizzt himself came near. ~
= ~My wizardess never studied it, just used it to aid her in stalking Drizzt, all starry-eyed and sighing enough for a dozen Ilmater priests. I doubt Allana even remembered my name once she got her hands on the thing.~
= ~ *Shrug* I was so blind!~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.16
SAY ~I thought so. My…erm…hip still has a scar, sweetling, as I miscalculated the range of that bow of hers a tiny bit...it’s a good bow that Taulmaril, very good. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, I am sure your tender wizardess rewarded you for that scratch with a night of broiling passion. ~ GOTO COLT8.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Are you finished talking yet? We have killing to do.~ GOTO COLT8.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I wish you had somehow nicked Taulmaril, not the stupid locket. Well, next time maybe.~ GOTO COLT8.22
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.17
SAY ~If it is any consolation to you, my …erm…hip still has a scar, as I miscalculated the range of that bow of hers a tiny bit...it’s a good bow that Taulmaril, very good.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, I am sure your tender wizardess rewarded you for that scratch with a night of broiling passion. ~ GOTO COLT8.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Are you finished talking yet? We have killing to do.~ GOTO COLT8.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I wish you had somehow nicked Taulmaril, not the stupid locket. Well, next time maybe.~ GOTO COLT8.22
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.18
SAY ~*A smug smile appears on Coran’s face for some reason* A very lucky turn of events. Unfortunately the luck almost did run out - my…erm…hip still has a scar, sweetling, as I miscalculated the range of that bow of hers a tiny bit...it’s a good bow that Taulmaril, very good.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, I am sure your tender wizardess rewarded you for that scratch with a night of broiling passion. ~ GOTO COLT8.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Are you finished talking yet? We have killing to do.~ GOTO COLT8.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I wish you had somehow nicked Taulmaril, not the stupid locket. Well, next time maybe.~ GOTO COLT8.22
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.19
SAY ~We shot three arrows each, quite well, and then I boasted to her that I could hit a golden coin at three hundred paces.~
= ~While she dug into her pockets, she realized her money pouch was missing. She reasoned that she left it in the inn. I turned my money belt upside down with the same result. ~
= ~ I suggested my belt buckle, but could a modest woman allow a man to shoot with his breaches down? Cattie-Brie gave me her locket even before I slipped it into the argument. I asked her to stay in place while I counted the paces... and, with the locket in my hand, I started walking towards the nearest tree grove.~
= ~At two hundred paces I broke into a run. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You sly fox! I bet you were just out of Taulmaril’s range too! ~ GOTO COLT8.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I should not really laugh at someone being mugged, but it’s just too funny! Terrible, but funny! ~ GOTO COLT8.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Whatever would you have done if Cattie-Brie’s money pouch had not gone missing? What a lucky coincidence! ~ GOTO COLT8.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Cringe* Coran, you are such a bastard, you know? ~ GOTO COLT8.17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.20
SAY ~Alas, sweetling, that was one case when a robbery did not pay. ~
= ~The enchantment on the locket was a particular one. It became warmer to touch when Drizzt himself came near. My wizardess never studied it, just used it to aid her in stalking Drizzt, all starry-eyed and sighing enough for a dozen Ilmater priests. I doubt Allana even remembered my name once she got her hands on the thing.~
= ~ *Shrug* I was so blind! ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.21
SAY ~Ah, back to killing then. Set the target, Ma’am.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT8.22
SAY ~You do not know just how right you are! I *should* have stolen the bow, not that awful golden medallion! ~
= ~The enchantment on the locket was a particular one. It became warmer to touch when Drizzt himself came near. My wizardess never studied it, just used it to aid her in stalking Drizzt, all starry-eyed and sighing enough for a dozen Ilmater priests. I doubt Allana even remembered my name once she got her hands on the thing.~
= ~ *Shrug* I was so blind!~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",26)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk13
SAY ~Sweetling, ever since I told you of my misadventure with the lute, I fear that your heart has cooled toward me. I have reasoned a way to ease your doubts and display my prowess...~ [CORANG]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, I would not care if you could not tell a lute from a flute. But to tell *me* of seeking another woman’s favor with such fervor was a turn off for sure!~ DO~ SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",27)~ GOTO COLT9.1
IF ~Class(Player1, BARD)~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, do not worry. It’s enough that *one* of us can play decent music.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",27)~ GOTO COLT9.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ What are you talking about? It was a funny story and it endeared you to me! I would be bored with a lover who is perfect in every aspect and could do just about anything!~ DO~ SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",27)~  GOTO COLT9.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ So, what’s your cunning plan?~ DO~ SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",27)~ GOTO COLT9.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.1
SAY ~ Sweetling, jealousy to the things past is the poison slipped in the wine of the present to kill the future. Look, I loved her many days ago and now I love you. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ And, one day, someone whispering into your ear will be jealous of me. Such is life. Now, what was your cunning plan?~ GOTO COLT9.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, I do not want to talk about love. Least of all with someone who has no idea about the concept. ~ GOTO COLT9.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Sometimes talking to you reminds me of the old saying that ‘love and hate are only a step apart’. ~ GOTO COLT9.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.2
SAY ~ Of course those of my kin who can actually sing, sing a capella and would not sing in the non-elven lands.  I am only a rogue, and not a proper bard, so I can lighten your heart with a song without fear of creating an unbearable longing for my music in your heart... I find it funny that my kin shows so much concern for the N’Tel’Quessir state of mind in that matter, but  tradition is  tradition. ~
IF ~!Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~Perhaps it is a secret weapon of your peoples...when all Elves leave for Everemeet, a bunch of elven bards will stay behind for a time, traveling these lands, singing and inflicting that longing in the hearts of all. Then we, poor N’Tel’Quessir, will forever miss the pointy-eared race and their legacy. ~ GOTO COLT9.7
IF ~Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~Have not you heard? The bards are our secret weapon. When our kin leaves for Everemeet, they will stay behind for a time, traveling these lands, singing and inflicting the longing in the hearts of poor N’Tel’Quessir. Thus they will be destined to forever miss our race and  our legacy. ~ GOTO COLT9.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I heard your singing before. It is pleasing enough, Coran. So the cunning plan is a song, which will make my soul wrap tightly and then fall apart, trembling and tender? ~ GOTO COLT9.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, quit babbling already and start singing! ~ GOTO COLT9.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, I am in no mood for music. Good night. ~ GOTO COLT9.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.3
SAY ~You are a diamond among the glass beads, <CHARNAME>. But I’d like to restore your confidence in me as a lute player by offering you a ballad... and a hint. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT9.2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.4
SAY ~I wish to restore your confidence in me as a lute player by offering you a ballad... and a hint.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT9.2
END
 
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.5
SAY ~Then you will never talk about love with anyone, heart of my heart. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.6
SAY ~Sayings are dusty things thrown away by our elders. Why do we even bother picking them up? Reason for yourself, sweetling, but if you ask me, there is a great distance between the two. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.7
SAY ~Ah, I never wanted to be missed once I am gone. Missing is...such a gray thing, like a mist of some sort. Please, do not ever miss me, sweetling.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Of course I would not, silly. I will have someone else to whisper gentle nonsense into my ear.~ GOTO COLT9.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I cannot promise that. ~ GOTO COLT9.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran… * sigh * just sing me your song, elf. ~ GOTO COLT9.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.8
SAY ~Yes, my good Lady. Now, I think I tuned it just right. <CHARNAME>, allow me to sing you a Ballade of the Sea-Elf King Daughter.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT9.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.11
SAY ~Oh…you look way too serious, love. Here, I must finally put this darn  lute to use. Now, I think I tuned it just right. <CHARNAME>, allow me to sing you  the Ballad of the Sea-Elf King Daughter.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT9.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.9
SAY ~Maybe it’s for the best *plucks few strings which produces a heartbreaking effect * Good night, sweetling.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.10
SAY ~I am glad that you honor my request. *Bows mockingly and plucks few strings which produces a heartbreaking effect * Good night, sweetling. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Wait! What about the song you were going to sing for me?~ GOTO COLT9.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It’s what you wanted to hear, is not it?~ GOTO COLT9.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Good night, darling. Sleep well…and see me in your dreams.  *Lean over to Coran to give him a kiss on the cheek*~ GOTO COLT9.15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.14
SAY ~Yes. Yes of course.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.15
SAY ~*Sigh* You know that I will. Gods be good woman, are you shrewd or naïve?~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.13
SAY ~Song? Oh, yes a song! Here, I can finally put this darn lute to use. Now, I think I tuned it just right. <CHARNAME>, allow me to sing you the Ballad of the Sea-Elf King Daughter.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT9.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT9.12
SAY ~One fair day on Dragonmere, 
A fisherman had little luck
"My nets are empty," he’d said
and sighed and pulled it out
Indeed his catch was only one
but ‘twas not a fish or a squid
Twas a beauty, sea-weed clad
A daughter to the Sea-elf King.~

= ~The King hath given him his word -
Three wishes he shall grant
For setting his beautiful daughter
Free, for her honor and for her life.
The fisherman wished for his nets full,
Then he wished for a chest of pearls
Third, he asked for a hundred jewels
From the crown of the Sea-elf Lord.~

=~The man’s three wishes all came true
The Elfking suited his own words
But the Human said - I am no fool,
‘Twas dowry, my good Lord.
I will take your daughter ashore
Ashore of azure Dragonmere
For I have come to love her, Sir
And she is the maiden most fair...~

= ~The Sea-king then laughed:
"Betwixt fools you’re the worst
For you had my daughter’s love
And now her heart you’ve lost.
Remember, Human, that Elven love
Amongst all wishes comes the first
If you’d asked for her hand at once
You’d have a wife by your hearth."~

= ~ * Coran touches your hand* Remember sweetling, that when I look at you, I have but one wish. Good night ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",28)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk14
SAY ~ I am lovesick, <CHARNAME>. I should have been smarter, I should not have let it take me over so completely, but I recognize the symptoms all too well. You look away - and I am saddened, you smile at something I have said- and I am pleased beyond belief. I crave to tell you time and again how much I love you and how much I want you.~ [CORANG]
IF ~!Global("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",29)~ GOTO COLT10A
IF ~Global("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",29)~ GOTO COLT10B
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10A
SAY ~Yet I hear "no" from you all the time.~
= ~ I made a wish, which only you can fulfill - a night of passion. How about we exchange wishes? Being a man of honor, I will give you yours first. I only hope you make it something I can carry out while the night is still young.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ A night with me cannot be bought or obtained in exchange for something, elf.~ GOTO COLT10.1
IF ~!InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ Luckily, you can give me my wish while fulfilling yours… let us be lovers tonight…erm…Is everyone asleep?~GOTO COLT10.2
IF ~InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ Luckily, you can give me my wish while fulfilling yours… let us be lovers tonight…erm…Is everyone asleep?~ EXTERN ~BMINSC~  MICOROM1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ A moon from the sky will suffice. Give it to me, Coran, and I am - yours. ~GOTO COLT10.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10B
SAY ~Yet you allowed me to be with you but once… It makes me dizzy to remember your loving. ~
= ~I made a wish, which only you can fulfill - another night of passion. At least one more! How about we exchange wishes? Being a man of honor, I will give you yours first. I only hope you make it something I can carry out while the night is still young.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ A night with me cannot be bought or obtained in exchange for something, elf.~ GOTO COLT10.1
IF ~!InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ Luckily, you can give me my wish while fulfilling yours… let us be lovers tonight…erm…Is everyone asleep?~GOTO COLT10.2
IF ~InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ Luckily, you can give me my wish while fulfilling yours… let us be lovers tonight…erm…Is everyone asleep?~EXTERN ~BMINSC~  MICOROM1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ A moon from the sky will suffice. Give it to me, Coran, and I am - yours. ~GOTO COLT10.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.1
SAY ~You must want it to be stolen then! O-la-la, I did not suspected that you liked those sort of games! Right. Go to sleep now, sweetling, and one of these nights I shall steal a horse, come riding in, tie you up, and off we shall go into the night! ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Idiot!~ GOTO COLT10.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Lovely. You know what? Just get me the moon from the sky and I will love you so passionately that the sunrise will look grey to you.~ GOTO COLT10.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ * Laugh * I will cut your throat if you do anything like that! ~ GOTO COLT10.7
IF ~!InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ How about we ride off now…*blush* without horses, if you get my meaning. Erm... is everyone asleep?~ GOTO COLT10.2
IF ~InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ How about we ride off now…*blush* without horses, if you get my meaning. Erm... is everyone asleep? ~EXTERN ~BMINSC~  MICOROM1
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.2
SAY ~ A chorus of familiar voices answers: "YES!" and random giggling fills the air.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT10.2A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.2A
SAY ~ Give me your hand, <CHARNAME>…get up…good, good. Now, let’s RUN!~
IF ~!Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY~ Are you serious- Oh, Hell’s Fire! Not so fast, I am not a…light-footed el…~  GOTO COLT10.8
IF ~Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY~ Running under the stars with a warm night wind caressing our faces…what more can one wish? ~  GOTO COLT10.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ You are insane, I swear you are! What are we going to tell the others when we return tomorrow?~ GOTO COLT10.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I am not *running* away with you!~ GOTO COLT10.11
END
 
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.3
SAY ~ A moon from the sky…that moon over there?~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT10.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.6
SAY ~ But sunrises already look grey to me compared to the blush on your cheeks…so you want a moon. From the sky. That moon over there?~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT10.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.5
SAY ~The round pale thing? Are you sure you do not want a lovely moonstone necklace?~
IF ~!InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ You know what? I do not need anything. I…I see how much you love me and I…I want us to be lovers tonight…erm…is everyone asleep? ~ GOTO COLT10.2
IF ~InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ You know what? I do not need anything. I…I see how much you love me and I…I want us to be lovers tonight…erm…is everyone asleep? ~EXTERN  ~BMINSC~ MICOROM1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Yes, Coran, that moon. Good night.~ GOTO COLT10.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~A necklace…yes, let it be a necklace of pale moonstones…with sapphire stars…and enameled clouds…set with diamonds…Coran, you do not have such a thing with you right now, do you? ~ GOTO COLT10.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Are you born an idiot or just pretend to be one?~ GOTO COLT10.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.4
SAY ~You do not like horses? I can make it an eagle…but you will have to wait until I travel to Evereska and back. They have the best riding eagles in Evereska.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~No, it is not the horse part of your plan that I object to. It’s the "Coran stealing <CHARNAME>" thing that does not sit well with me. ~ GOTO COLT10.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~I…I have a wish for you. A task not so arduous for a man who boasts that he can steal one of the eagles that patrol Evereska. Get me the moon from the sky and I will love you so passionately that the sunrise will look grey to you.~ GOTO COLT10.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~I just think that you are an idiot.~ DO~ RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Sure, bring an eagle. I can wait. ~ GOTO COLT10.15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.7
SAY ~* Sigh *Allow me to tell you, <CHARNAME>, that you have the strangest sense of humor. A dangerous sort, and I am not amused.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.8
SAY ~There is no need to run further, a'maelamin. Not from curious eyes, nor from your own heart… Please…the grass is like silk here and the silence will allow us to hear every sigh, every caress and every - ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Tula sinome, Coran. …is  that…correct? I meant to say ‘come here’ in Elvish… erm, I hope I did not ask you to pour soup or something.~  GOTO COLT10.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Then let’s sigh, and caress and listen - the time for words had passed. ~  GOTO COLT10.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~I do not know what madness came over me. I am returning to the camp. Linger here if you wish. ~  GOTO COLT10.18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.9
SAY ~A man…and a woman can wish for many more things than running through the night together. I…I can show you… A'maelamin, the grass is like silk and the silence will allow us to hear every sigh, every caress and every - ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Ed' i'ear ar' elenea! Dina ar’ tula sinome, Coran. (By the sea and stars! Be silent and come here, Coran) ~ GOTO COLT10.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Then let’s sigh, and caress and listen - the time for words had passed. ~ GOTO COLT10.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~I do not know what madness came over me. I am returning to the camp. Linger here if you wish. ~  GOTO COLT10.18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.10
SAY ~Does it matter tonight? Let tomorrow find it’s own answers. Here and now… the grass is like silk and the silence will allow us to hear every sigh, every caress and every -~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Tula sinome, Coran. …is  that…correct? I meant to say ‘come here’ in Elvish… erm, I hope I did not ask you to pour soup or something.~  GOTO COLT10.16
IF ~Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY~Ed' i'ear ar' elenea! Dina ar’ tula sinome, Coran. (By the sea and stars! Be silent and come here, Coran) ~ GOTO COLT10.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Then let’s sigh, and caress and listen - the time for words had passed. ~  GOTO COLT10.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~I do not know what madness came over me. I am returning to the camp. Linger here if you wish. ~  GOTO COLT10.18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.11
SAY ~* Sigh *~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.12
SAY ~ I’ll need some time to come up with something…oh, wait! Stay where you are…I’ll be right back! ~
= ~*Coran rushes away and returns with something which looks like a bucket dripping with water * ~
= ~ Here, look inside - I brought you the moon and three stars to boot. ~
= ~* The vessel Coran brought is full of water and a piece of the night sky is reflected in it…including the moon.*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~*You take the thing from Coran and pour the water out* Where is it? I do not see it. You tricked me, thief.~ GOTO COLT10.20
IF ~!InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ By the gods, Coran…you did bring me the moon from the sky. You do love me, don’t you? I…I want us to be lovers tonight…erm…is everyone asleep? ~ GOTO COLT10.2
IF ~InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ By the gods, Coran…you did bring me the moon from the sky. You do love me, don’t you? I…I want us to be lovers tonight…erm…is everyone asleep? ~EXTERN  ~BMINSC~ MICOROM1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~I do not recall asking for the stars. Once you have the moon only- ~ GOTO COLT10.21
IF ~OR(5) Class(Player1, FIGHTER_ALL) Class(Player1, RANGER_ALL) Class(Player1, PALADIN_ALL) Class(Player1, CLERIC_ALL)  Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) ~ THEN REPLY~Is it…is  that my helmet? It’s going to rust! Dry it out immediately!~ GOTO COLT10.23
IF ~OR(5) Class(Player1, MAGE_ALL) Class(Player1, BARD_ALL) Class(Player1, SORCERER) Class(Player1, THIEF_ALL) Class(Player1, MONK)  ~ THEN REPLY~  Oh my,…it is…it is…a…helmet full of water with a reflection of the moon inside. We had better dry it out before it rusts. Otherwise, the owner will not be very happy tomorrow. ~ GOTO COLT10.23
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.13
SAY ~Actually, I do…See, those are moonstones and little clouds covered with diamond dust and sapphire stars, just like you wanted… Let me put it about your neck - beautiful!~
IF ~!InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ Coran, Coran…I do not know what to say…except: I love you and I want to be your lover tonight. …erm…is everyone asleep? ~ DO ~GiveItemCreate("X#CMOON",Player1,1,0,0)~ GOTO COLT10.2
IF ~InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ Nice trinket. But who said I have to keep my word?~ DO ~GiveItemCreate("X#CMOON",Player1,1,0,0)~ EXTERN  ~BMINSC~ MICOROM1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Don’t take your hands away Coran…Hold me close and- Oh, did someone just…giggle? ~ DO ~GiveItemCreate("X#CMOON",Player1,1,0,0)~  GOTO COLT10.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nice trinket. But who said I have to keep my word? ~ DO ~GiveItemCreate("X#CMOON",Player1,1,0,0)~ GOTO COLT10.22
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.14
SAY ~ Got it. No horses, no eagles, no stealing <CHARNAME>, and not tonight or any other night. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.15
SAY ~ Well, I’ll be leaving then. Of course I will need my gear, since the road is difficult and long. Expect me in a few months time on the eagle back. *Kisses <CHARNAME>.* Good bye.~ 
IF ~~ THEN DO ~LeaveParty() EscapeArea()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.16
SAY ~ It was perfect. *Coran whispers some sweet gibberish in Elvish and lowers you onto the bed layered with grasses, fallen leaves and wild flowers. For all you know he is talking about soup…or wine…or love*~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.17
SAY ~ The sighs are unspoken words, sweetling, and I will teach you every tender word a man can say to a woman in such a way. *Coran lowers you onto the bed layered with grasses, fallen leaves and wild flowers. * ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.18
SAY ~ Madness?!~ 
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.19
SAY ~ * Without a single word Coran lowers you onto the bed layered with grasses, fallen leaves and wild flowers. * ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.20
SAY ~ Can you not see? Then you are blind, <CHARNAME>. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.21
SAY ~ I could have waited for a cloud to come and hide the stars…but I did not want to. I am tired, <CHARNAME>. Good night.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.22
SAY ~ Indeed. If you do not love me neither moon, nor necklace, nor palace will suffice.~ 
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.23
SAY ~ I bring her the moon and the stars and she is worried about rust!~
= ~*Sighs* Women…~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes I do. The condition of the fighting gear is very important to me. Our life depends on it.~ GOTO COLT10.24
IF ~!InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ I am sorry… I am embarrassed and speak nonsense. You did bring me the moon from the sky. You do love me, don’t you? I…I want us to be lovers tonight…erm…is everyone asleep? ~ GOTO COLT10.2
IF ~InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY~ I am sorry… I am embarrassed and speak nonsense. You did bring me the moon from the sky. You do love me, don’t you? I…I want us to be lovers tonight…erm…is everyone asleep? ~ EXTERN  ~BMINSC~ MICOROM1
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT10.24
SAY ~ Yes, I can see that. Makes me wonder what  my is place among your priorities? Tenth? Twentieth? Oh, do not bother to reply. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",30)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk15
SAY ~*You wake up in Coran’s embrace. The elf cups your breast with an easy manner of a man who caressed many women and says thoughtfully:*  I was born far away from the oceans, and yet I love them as much as the mighty forests or great mountains. Perhaps even more so, because of the feeling of freedom... It is a paradox because, unless you are of the sea-kin, a fish or kelp, you should feel constrained by the deadly vastness of water.~ [CORANG]
IF ~Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Hmm…the last time I looked in the mirror, I did not see a fish, nor a sea-elf, nor a sea weed. Perhaps, <RACE>s are also unconstrained by the oceans…~ GOTO COLT11.1KNOWBHAAL
IF ~!Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Hmm…the last time I looked in the mirror, I did not see a fish, nor a sea-elf, nor a sea weed. Perhaps, <RACE>s are also unconstrained by the oceans…~ GOTO COLT11.1NOTKNOWBHAAL
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It’s cold, green, salty and wavy. *Shrug* and yeah, it’s awfully big. So?~ GOTO COLT11.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Often I listened to the voice of the sea behind the tall walls of Candlekeep and dreamed of a ship with white sails to take me far away.~ GOTO COLT11.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Smile* Peculiar, indeed.~ GOTO COLT11.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Grin* I can make a sea-elf out of you easily enough! Can you swim?~ GOTO COLT11.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Gods be good, why are you talking about oceans, Coran?! ~ GOTO COLT11.6
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.1KNOWBHAAL
SAY ~You are no ordinary <RACE>, godsblood, and I doubt that anything can restrain your spirit. Of late though, I found that another thing affects me in the same self-contradictory way, as the ocean. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And what thing would that be?~ GOTO COLT11.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am not interested in listening to your soul-delving expositions. ~ GOTO COLT11.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Thoughtfully* So did I.~ GOTO COLT11.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.1NOTKNOWBHAAL
SAY ~Fireheart, nothing restrains your spirit. Of late though, I found that another thing affects me in the same self-contradictory way, as the ocean. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And what thing would that be?~ GOTO COLT11.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am not interested in listening to your soul-delving expositions. ~ GOTO COLT11.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Thoughtfully* So did I.~ GOTO COLT11.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.2
SAY ~Green suits you well.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yeah, and my hair’s wavy. Do you mean that I remind you of ocean? A vast, noisy and weepy kind of woman?~ GOTO COLT11.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You smile, pleased* ~ GOTO COLT11.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Anything looks good on a beautiful woman like me. ~ GOTO COLT11.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.3
SAY ~Were you running from something, fireheart? Or from someone?~
IF ~Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~I was not running from. I was running towards my doom. Now, that it has been announced, I understand, that my dreams were a foreboding of greater things to come. ~ GOTO COLT11.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Myself. I felt...alien in Candlekeep, an orphan girl, lonely and always cold. But why would you want to know of my grievances? You love merry women, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT11.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I wanted to run, because I knew that in Candlekeep things like life, adventures and love were turned into records on the yellowed parchments. I would give three lives as a Candlekeep monk for one as an adventurer. That’s why I dreamt of running away. ~ GOTO COLT11.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ It is a necessity of youth to break the bondage to childhood memories. Those dreams simply meant that I have grown. ~ GOTO COLT11.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.4
SAY ~What’s even more peculiar is that I found that another thing affects me in the same self-contradictory way as the ocean.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And what thing would that be?~ GOTO COLT11.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am not interested in listening to your soul-delving expositions. ~ GOTO COLT11.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Thoughtfully* So did I.~ GOTO COLT11.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.5
SAY ~There are lakes in the Forest of Tethir and streams wide enough to be called rivers. I can swim, sweetling, but I beg you not to push me into the waters this far north. Sneezing and coughing does not help a man aim accurately. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Gasp* However did you guess my intention?~ GOTO COLT11.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Chuckle* Southerner’s blood runs thin. I did not take you for a wimp, at first, who is afraid of a dip in the ocean. ~ GOTO COLT11.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Indeed, I cannot lose my archer to influenza. ~ GOTO COLT11.16
IF ~OR(2) Class(Player1, CLERIC_ALL)  Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) ~ THEN REPLY ~ If I’d gotten you sick, I’d get you healed, Coran.~ GOTO COLT11.17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.6
SAY ~Because I have just found out that another thing affects me in the same way that the oceans do.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And what thing would that be?~ GOTO COLT11.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am not interested in listening to your soul-delving expositions. ~ GOTO COLT11.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Thoughtfully* So did I.~ GOTO COLT11.9
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.7
SAY ~My love for you. When I look into my heart, I cannot see another shore. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT11.6A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.8
SAY ~Of course. Then let me give you what you are obviously interested in.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~ RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.10
SAY ~No, it’s my love for you that I find similar to the ocean. When I look into my heart, I cannot see another shore. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT11.6A
END



IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.6A
SAY ~It scares me, but it is also titillating. I can still see the beauty, grace, wit and charm in other women, but none of it attracts me as it used to. The whole notion of <CHARNAME> and "the other women" is…a novelty.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Cough* this is not really a good time for discussing such intimate matters. Everyone is up already. Let us delay it till the nightfall. ~ GOTO COLT11.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~The enchantment of novelty lasts only a short while, Coran. You’ll be back to normal soon enough, and I will have to pry you lose from every passing skirt. *Sigh* ~ GOTO COLT11.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let us hope that this fortunate affliction lasts. ~ GOTO COLT11.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Look at Coran wide-eyed*~ GOTO COLT11.21
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.11A
SAY ~My love for you is just like that ocean, and when I look into my heart I cannot see another shore. It is…a novelty, scary yet titillating.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Cough* this is not really a good time for discussing such intimate matters. Everyone is up already. Let us delay it till the nightfall ~ GOTO COLT11.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~The enchantment of novelty lasts only a short while, Coran. You’ll be back to normal soon enough, and I will have to pry you lose from every passing skirt. *Sigh* ~ GOTO COLT11.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let us hope that this fortunate affliction lasts. ~ GOTO COLT11.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Look at Coran wide-eyed*~ GOTO COLT11.21
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.11
SAY ~You are a wonder, sweetling. Of late I noticed that there is <CHARNAME> and there are "other women". I can still see the beauty, grace, wit and charm in other women, but none of it attracts me anymore...in other women. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT11.11A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.12
SAY ~Greater things? I know no thing greater than what I feel for you. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT11.24
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.13
SAY ~No, I do not love merry women, sweetling. I love you. I can still see the beauty, grace, wit and charm in other women, but none of it attracts me anymore...in other women. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT11.11A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.14
SAY ~I see… *dreamily* I did that before - I jumped on the first ship sailing out of a Waterdevian harbor. That is how I came to Baldur’s Gate. <CHARNAME>…I…thought about doing it recently when I came to realize the oneness of <CHARNAME> and love to my heart.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Then why you are still here?~ GOTO COLT11.25
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I heard about people doing such a thing when their hearts were broken… and they say that time  heals any wounds, but in our case…Coran, how did I offend that you now want to flee?~ GOTO COLT11.26
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Quietly* I have not chained your heart to mine, Coran. Take your leave when you wish or stay and be but a comrade at arms. ~ GOTO COLT11.25
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.15
SAY ~*Laughs* A small imp was dancing in the depth of your eyes. And I would have dropped myself into ocean, should I be bored with my own ruminations and want to do mischief instead. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~ RestParty()~ EXIT
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.16
SAY ~In truth, for your smile I’d swim across the Sea of Moving Ice…I guess I am going mad. You see, I noticed recently that there is <CHARNAME> and there are "other women". I can still see the beauty, grace, wit and charm in other women, but none of it attracts me anymore...in other women. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT11.11A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.17
SAY ~I know, my healer. Yet, being around you ailed me. You see, I noticed recently that there is <CHARNAME> and there are "other women". I can still see the beauty, grace, wit and charm in other women, but none of it attracts me anymore...in other women. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT11.11A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.18
SAY ~Yes, but I do not want to keep it secret! I love you and I am ready to cry that out from the mountain tops!~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.19
SAY ~*Sigh* Or not. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.20
SAY ~It is quite exciting and dangerous to put everything on one card. I think I like it.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END 

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.21
SAY ~By Hanali Celanil, <CHARNAME>, I have nothing more to say to you…as if there were *anything* more to say. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.22
SAY ~We are victims of the same affliction! When I look into my heart, I cannot see another shore.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT11.6A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.23
SAY ~I see…in my case  it’s my love for you. When I look into my heart, I cannot see another shore.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT11.6A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.25
SAY ~I could not imagine leaving you. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT11.24
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.26
SAY ~You did not break my heart, you have changed it.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT11.24
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.24
SAY ~Of late I noticed that there is <CHARNAME> and there are "other women". I can still see the beauty, grace, wit and charm in other women, but none of it attracts me anymore...in other women. My love for you is just like that very ocean, and when I look into my heart I cannot see another shore. It is…a novelty, scary yet titillating.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Cough* this is not really a good time for discussing such intimate matters. Everyone is up already. Let us delay it till the nightfall ~ GOTO COLT11.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~The enchantment of novelty lasts only a short while, Coran. You’ll be back to normal soon enough, and I will have to pry you lose from every passing skirt. *Sigh* ~ GOTO COLT11.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let us hope that this fortunate affliction lasts. ~ GOTO COLT11.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Look at Coran wide-eyed*~ GOTO COLT11.21
END
 

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT11.9
SAY ~What is it, sweetling?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Love.~ GOTO COLT11.22
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Gorion’s death. At first I thought the world would kill me without his protection and guidance. But I have survived and learned infinitely more than I would have been allowed should I have trod in his wake. So it both robbed me of my freedom, and gave me a new one.~ GOTO COLT11.23
IF ~Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~ My heritage…On one hand I have to be extremely careful abut every choice I make, and on another hand - I am a demi-god, and that means I can do pretty much anything.~ GOTO COLT11.23
IF ~OR(2) Class(Player1, CLERIC_ALL) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) ~ THEN REPLY ~ The tenets of my faith both hold me to certain ways of behavior, but they also make my soul soar free and bathe in bliss. ~ GOTO COLT11.23
IF ~ Class(Player1,PALADIN_ALL)~ THEN REPLY~My duty binds me, but only in committing righteous deeds, no matter what sacrifices I make, I find freedom and happiness.~ GOTO COLT11.23
IF ~OR(2) Class(Player1, FIGHTER_ALL) Class(Player1, MONK) ~ THEN REPLY ~ When I was young, I was afraid that my body would not have enough strength, agility and endurance to follow the routines my mind had devised. But quite often my body acts independently of my mind and I feel marvelous.~ GOTO COLT11.23
IF ~Class(Player1, MAGE_ALL) ~ THEN REPLY ~ The Weave, the magical entity I draw upon, limits my power, but fills me with joy at the same time.~ GOTO COLT11.23
IF ~Class(Player1, BARD_ALL) ~ THEN REPLY ~ When I play other people’s music I am restricted by their words and tune, but as they go through me, they change…And my feelings are often expressed more freely by the words of great masters than by mine own. ~ GOTO COLT11.23
IF ~Class(Player1, SORCERER) ~ THEN REPLY ~ I have to guard the secret of my gift closely, for its origin is mysterious, and the unknown oft breeds fear, but never do I feel more free than when I channel those magical energies. ~ GOTO COLT11.23
IF ~OR(2) Class(Player1, RANGER_ALL) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) ~ THEN REPLY ~ The towns and villages slow my step and it is hard to breathe in the crowds, but a woman has to run with her own pack from time to time. ~ GOTO COLT11.23
IF ~OR(2) Class(Player1, THIEF_ALL) Class(Player1, BARD_ALL) ~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, mine? The Flaming Fist. Those guys are quite restrictive, heh. Yet eluding them makes a woman feel free and unbound by the commoner’s morale. ~ GOTO COLT11.23
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~My rage renders me nearly unthinking and exhausted… still, if I did not let my fury show, I would be a prisoner of it. ~ GOTO COLT11.23
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGLoveTalk","GLOBAL",32)
~ THEN BEGIN CoLoveTalk16
SAY ~A rogue’s life is not a long one.~ [CORANG]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And that is why it’s so sweet. ~ GOTO COLT12.1
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~Even an elven one? ~ GOTO COLT12.2ELF
IF ~!Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~Even an elven one? ~ GOTO COLT12.2NELF
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Any adventurer risks dying before their time, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT12.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It’s not like you to lament it, Coran. ~ GOTO COLT12.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.1
SAY ~Yes, and that is why I thought that I’d never promise to settle down, my light. Nor could I promise neither love eternal, nor that I should return after parting.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT12.1A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.2ELF
SAY ~ Even elven. But I want a life full of adventures and dangers, even if I would not live to tell tales to bored younglings five hundred years from today. That is why I thought that I’d never promise to settle down, my light. Nor could I promise neither love eternal, nor that I should return after parting.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT12.1A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.2NELF
SAY ~Yes. That might not be such a bad thing, since it makes it unnecessary to worry about our age difference. And, being adventurers, we have a fair chance of dyeing together, no matter what our life-span is.~
= ~ But I want a life full of adventures and dangers, even if I would not live to tell tales to bored younglings five hundred years from today. *Sighs*~
= ~ I thought that I’d never promise to settle down, my light. Nor could I promise neither love eternal, nor that I should return after parting.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT12.1A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.3
SAY ~I do not lament it, sweetling. I want a life full of adventures and dangers, even if I would not live to tell tales to bored younglings five hundred years from today. That is why I thought that I’d never promise to settle down, my light. Neither could I promise love eternal, nor that I should return after parting.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COLT12.1A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.1A
SAY ~ *Coran cups your cheek with his palm* But now it sounds like half-forgotten rules of a game I played as a boy.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Promises are only made, to be broken, Coran. I never asked for vows from you. ~ GOTO COLT12.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~The grownups play the same games and the rules change but  little. ~ GOTO COLT12.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Then make new rules, good enough for a man. ~ GOTO COLT12.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, this conversation makes me uncomfortable. Please, let us stop it here. ~ GOTO COLT12.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, no! I can smell your intentions! *You* are not breaking up with me. *I* am breaking up with you! It’s over. Finished. Done. ~ GOTO COLT12.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.4
SAY ~I know, and all the same, I want to make a promise.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Only one? Should I choose which one I like the best from your "never" list?~ GOTO COLT12.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Then promise away, but know, that I will not hold you to your word. ~ GOTO COLT12.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I think...I think I’d better sit down. ~ GOTO COLT12.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not want any promises! ~ GOTO COLT12.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You wrap your arms around Coran’s neck* Then promise me eternal love, my joy and that we shall never part. ~ GOTO COLT12.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.5
SAY ~All things change, <CHARNAME>. I want to make a promise to you. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Only one? Should I choose which one I like the best from your "never" list?~ GOTO COLT12.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Then promise away, but know, that I will not hold you to your word. ~ GOTO COLT12.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I think...I think I’d better sit down. ~ GOTO COLT12.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not want any promises! ~ GOTO COLT12.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You wrap your arms around Coran’s neck* Then promise me eternal love, my joy and that we shall never part. ~ GOTO COLT12.12
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.6
SAY ~I am about to do that very thing. I want to make a promise to you.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Only one? Should I choose which one I like the best from your "never" list?~ GOTO COLT12.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Then promise away, but know, that I will not hold you to your word. ~ GOTO COLT12.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I think...I think I’d better sit down. ~ GOTO COLT12.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not want any promises! ~ GOTO COLT12.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You wrap your arms around Coran’s neck* Then promise me eternal love, my joy and that we shall never part. ~ GOTO COLT12.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.7
SAY ~If you wish, but even as it was left unsaid, I have made a promise to you in my heart. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranVow","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.8
SAY ~Erm…can you postpone the breakup until you have heard me out? I want to make a promise to you. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Only one? Should I choose which one I like the best from your "never" list?~ GOTO COLT12.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Then promise away, but know, that I will not hold you to your word. ~ GOTO COLT12.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I think...I think I’d better sit down. ~ GOTO COLT12.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not want any promises! ~ GOTO COLT12.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You wrap your arms around Coran’s neck* Then promise me eternal love, my joy and that we shall never part. ~ GOTO COLT12.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Have you not heard me? We are history! ~ GOTO COLT12.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.9
SAY ~If I asked you to choose, which one would you have chosen?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That you shall never love another woman, but me. ~ GOTO COLT12.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That no matter what has happened during your absence you should return to me. ~ GOTO COLT12.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That you abandon the ways of a vagrant and settle into a peaceful and quiet life. ~ GOTO COLT12.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~None. I do not want any promises!~ GOTO COLT12.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I leave the choice to you, my sweet lover.~ GOTO COLT12.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.10
SAY ~ <CHARNAME> of Candlekeep, daughter of Gorion, I love you. My love will not fade, and to you alone my heart is given. No matter what should transpire on my lonely walks they will all end by your campfire. You arms, beloved, are my home, and by your side I will stay. By the stars and the sun and the twelve winds so I, Coran Sullussaer swear.~  
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranVow","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.11
SAY ~ Yes, sit… *kneels by your side* <CHARNAME> of Candlekeep, daughter of Gorion, I love you. My love will not fade, and to you alone my heart is given. No matter what should transpire on my lonely walks, they will all end by your campfire. You arms, beloved, are my home, and by your side I will stay. By the stars and the sun and the twelve winds so I, Coran Sullussaer swear.~
 IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranVow","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.12
SAY ~ You are serious, aren’t you?~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.13
SAY ~ <CHARNAME> of Candlekeep, daughter of Gorion, I love you. My love will not fade, and to you alone my heart is given. By the stars and the sun and the twelve winds so I, Coran Sullussaer swear. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranVow","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.14
SAY ~ <CHARNAME> of Candlekeep, daughter of Gorion, I love you. No matter what should transpire on my lonely walks they will all end by your campfire. By the stars and the sun and the twelve winds so I, Coran Sullussaer swear.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranVow","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COLT12.15
SAY ~ <CHARNAME> of Candlekeep, daughter of Gorion, I love you. You arms are my home, and by your side I will stay. By the stars and the sun and the twelve winds so I, Coran Sullussaer swear. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranVow","GLOBAL",2)~ EXIT
END

//Bored Talks

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CBoredTalk","GLOBAL",2)
~ THEN BEGIN CBLoveTalk1
SAY ~ *Whistles quietly* Now, that’s a pretty girl! I do so like grand dames, but sometimes a tavern maid… They have this special sort of vulgar, flashy beauty to them. Look at her bearing, when she walks with that pile of plates. She could have been a queen in the palace- ~ [CORANF]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Slap*~ GOTO COBT1.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yeah, she is definitely very pretty. Beautiful hair…nature was truly generous to her…perhaps even overly generous as far as her legs are concerned. No wonder she wears those woolen stockings. But other than hairy legs, she is a cutie. ~ GOTO COBT1.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Am…Am I pretty? ~ GOTO COBT1.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Excuse my absence for a while…that is if you even notice it. *Skulk away in frustration* ~ GOTO COBT1.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.1
SAY ~ I have heard a slap. Listen, sweetling that is no way to treat a lover.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ *Slap*~ GOTO COBT1.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Get used to it. It is *my* way to treat a lover who’s ogling some tavern wench. ~ GOTO COBT1.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~  Oh. I…am *so* sorry. I do not know what came over me. The light just went out …I do not know what happened next. Did I hurt you? ~ GOTO COBT1.7
IF ~OR(2) Class(Player1, CLERIC_ALL) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL)~ THEN REPLY~ It will leave a bruise on your pretty face - do not come running to me for healing, Coran. Of *any* sort. ~ GOTO COBT1.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.2
SAY ~ Oh, yes, now that you mentioned it. So why are we standing around, sweetling? ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END 

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.3
SAY ~ Of course you are pretty. My <CHARNAME> is the prettiest of them all. *Kisses you somewhat absentmindedly*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ You…you are just saying that to console me! I am not pretty…*sob* ~ GOTO COBT1.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ *Kiss Coran back and smile* I knew it! I am the best! ~ GOTO COBT1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ *Slap*~ GOTO COBT1.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I… I am ready to give you everything and you peer at barmaids! ~ GOTO COBT1.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.4
SAY ~ What’s the matter sweetling? ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~*Slap*~ GOTO COBT1.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Nothing. Nothing is the matter. ~ GOTO COBT1.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Coran, you were good for me and I was good for you. But now I figure is a good time to call it quits. ~ GOTO COBT1.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Am…Am I pretty? ~ GOTO COBT1.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~*What’s the matter? What’s the matter?! I… I am ready to give you everything and you peer at barmaids! ~ GOTO COBT1.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Thanks for asking Mr. Womanizer. ~ GOTO COBT1.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.5
SAY ~ *Catches your hand* I said - enough!~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBT1.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.6
SAY ~ Hmmm… a rather crude way.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBT1.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.7
SAY~ I will live. Let us go, <CHARNAME>, before the owner starts selling tickets to the customers who watch us. It would have been a good thing, but we do not have our man in the crowd to profit from such a stir. And I do not like wasted opportunities. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.8
SAY~ As you wish, <CHARNAME>. May you be as fortunate in your next lover as you were in me. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.9
SAY~ Of course, you are. Come, sweetling, a bit of a melancholy now and then is quite attractive, but no man can stand it day in and day out. At least I cannot. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.10
SAY~ Ah, the sun is shining again. Let us go, sweetling, there are matters to attend to and foes to kill and other things like that. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.11
SAY~ So, my little bird got jealous? It’s a good thing, <CHARNAME>. Love expires quickly if there’re no excitement and no challenges. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not like games, Coran. You were good for me and I was good for you. But now it is time to call it quits. ~  GOTO COBT1.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, I swore to myself that the day I cannot have your undivided attention I would leave you. It is apparent that this day has come. ~  GOTO COBT1.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Wriggle away frantically* I…I hate you! ~ GOTO COBT1.14 
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are right, but I loathe to be challenged by some lowlife serving wench with hairy legs. ~ GOTO COBT1.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Oh…I…am *so* sorry. I do not know what came over me. The light just went out …I do not know what happened next. Did I hurt you? ~ GOTO COBT1.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.12
SAY ~ Really? You look like you are ready to chew through the inn’s wall and pavement besides, all the way through to the sewers.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBT1.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.13
SAY ~ Yes, you are right. It is starting to grow wearisome. May you be as fortunate in your next lover as you were in me.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.14
SAY ~ In that case, we better call it quits, before you try to do nasty and unspeakable things. May you be as fortunate in your next lover as you were in me. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT1.15
SAY~ Hairy? Hmmm…you are right! That’s why she wears those ugly woolen stockings. But, <CHARNAME>, the game is no fun if you know where it will come from.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CBoredTalk","GLOBAL",4)
~ THEN BEGIN CBLoveTalk2
SAY ~ I yearn for you, beautiful *Coran moves hair away from your neck and kisses it*~ [CORANF]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Giggle* You, troublemaker. *Ruffle Coran’s hair* ~ DO ~SetGlobal("CBoredTalk","GLOBAL",5)~ GOTO COBT2.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Listen, no offence, but a man has to *really* impress me if I’m to bed him more than once.~ DO ~SetGlobal("CBoredTalk","GLOBAL",5)~ GOTO COBT2.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Gods be good, not again!~ DO ~SetGlobal("CBoredTalk","GLOBAL",5)~ GOTO COBT2.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Moan, pleased, and lean on Coran*~ DO ~SetGlobal("CBoredTalk","GLOBAL",5)~ GOTO COBT2.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT2.1
SAY ~Trouble is better than stability and boredom. Just like it is better to be full than to be starved…and it is better to live with love in your heart, than with hatred. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And it is better to be silent between kisses, than to talk.~ GOTO COBT2.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Well said, elf! Now, I think I just know what we can do to stir trouble and commove our hearts. Let’s eat these exotic sweets you nicked the other day. Such a funny name…chocolate, was it?~ GOTO COBT2.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are quite wrong…but when you look at me like that, I just do not care. ~ GOTO COBT2.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Can you prove any of it? ~ GOTO COBT2.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT2.2
SAY ~Oh… I must have formed a misconception of what the life in Candlekeep Library is. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Indeed…Now, I would like to go to sleep. Alone. ~ GOTO COBT2.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Candlekeep Library has quite a collection of books and manuscripts, from all corners of the known world and on every subject imaginable. Younger acolytes are oft interested in applying bookish knowledge to the matters of everyday life. Out of the desire to learn, of course. ~ GOTO COBT2.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh lightly* I was just teasing you, silly. Come here and let us enjoy each other. ~ GOTO COBT2.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT2.3
SAY ~You are right. Repetition of even the sweetest thing gets boring, but we can introduce some…differences.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not think there are any fruits that we have not yet savored from Sune’s garden. ~ GOTO COBT2.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh lightly* I was just teasing you, silly. Come here and let us enjoy each other. ~ GOTO COBT2.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ It might well be, but I’d rather not.~ GOTO COBT2.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT2.4
SAY ~Fireheart, you are most passionate presently…oh, what a merry time we’ll have…once I help you out of that shift…have you thought of something less…erm… antique?~
IF ~~ THEN DO~ RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT2.5
SAY ~Woe to pauses! In your arms I will even forget to breathe. Love me, sweetling, will you?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And presently I am slaying foes or what? You are real slow sometimes, Coran. *Sigh*~ GOTO COBT2.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Moan, pleased, and lean on Coran*~ GOTO COBT2.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No. I would like to go to sleep. Alone. ~ GOTO COBT2.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT2.6
SAY ~If that is your wish… *quietly* Damned delicacy!~
IF ~~ THEN DO~ RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT2.7
SAY ~Then I shall look at you rather than talk, and I will kiss you all over. Love me, sweetling, will you?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And presently I am slaying foes or what? You are real slow sometimes, Coran. *Sigh*~ GOTO COBT2.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Moan, pleased, and lean on Coran*~ GOTO COBT2.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No. I would like to go to sleep. Alone. ~ GOTO COBT2.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT2.8
SAY ~Here is my proof. *Coran kisses you deeply* Does that…convince you that loving me is an enjoyable trouble? ~ 
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is a very good proof, though I am insisting on a more thorough investigation into the matter. ~ GOTO COBT2.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Moan, pleased, and lean on Coran*~ GOTO COBT2.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No. You did not prove anything. I would like to go to sleep. Alone. ~ GOTO COBT2.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT2.9
SAY ~Ah, how disappointing. *Yawns* But, on the other hand, you are right. Repetition of even the sweetest thing gets boring. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1) RestParty()~ 
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT2.10
SAY ~ *Coran’s eyes light up* I thirst to drink of this fountain of knowledge soon.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~ RestParty()~ 
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT2.11
SAY ~But you forgive me this small flaw… oh, what a grand time we’ll have…once I help you out of that shift…have you thought of something less…erm… antique?~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~ RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CBoredTalk","GLOBAL",6)
~ THEN BEGIN CBLoveTalk3
SAY ~ Look, <CHARNAME>, the sun is rising again. Is that not a wonderful sight to behold? The new day has begun, and novel dreams are stirring in my heart.~ [CORANF]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ The sun is up already? Darn, there are never enough hours in the day for me! ~ GOTO COBT3.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ New dreams are good, but let us hope to encounter none but the old troubles. Gods be good, some of them almost feel like childhood friends! Who knows what to expect from the new ones. ~ GOTO COBT3.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ It’s wondrous, is it not? Even as we have tread through the darkness, and despair almost had me.  But now I am well and hopeful again, looking at the bright disk of the sun. ~ GOTO COBT3.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Let the Morning Lord smile on us. ~ GOTO COBT3.4
IF ~Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL)~ THEN REPLY ~ Rebirth is the greatest of all the Great Mother’s miracles.~  GOTO COBT3.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.1
SAY ~Ah, that is why you have to devote your nights to love and nothing else. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You think so? Can you explain? ~ GOTO COBT3.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Yes, Coran, that is the best time of my day, when I let go of all the day-troubles and think only of you. ~ GOTO COBT3.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Let me remind you, that we snatch time for leisure and gallantry whenever we can; whether the sun shines, the moon glimmers or the stars twinkle in the sky above us. ~ GOTO COBT3.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.2
SAY ~But that’s what is fascinating about troubles! They are an enigma, a puzzle, and a mystery, while they are new. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBT3.2A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.5
SAY ~ Perhaps that is why, all of us, Nature’s children love novelty so. Indeed, who can resist the temptation of the unknown? New troubles are fascinating! They are an enigma, a puzzle, and a mystery, while they are new. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBT3.2A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.2A
SAY ~But let them age unsolved, and they turn into problems and worries and issues.~ 
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Just like men?~ GOTO COBT3.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, I would not mind you talking so much, if you only talked sense. Troubles are troubles, new or old. I hope to have less of them. ~ GOTO COBT3.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Unlike the bird’s, your chirping spoils the glory of the sunrise, Coran. ~ GOTO COBT3.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.3
SAY ~Sweetling, have you not learned anything from me? Nights should be devoted to love and adventure, not to despair. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Let me remind you, that we snatch time for leisure and gallantry whenever we can; whether the sun shines, the moon glimmers or the stars twinkle in the sky above us. ~ GOTO COBT3.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Nobody tells me what to do with my nights. If I wish to despair, I will despair for as long as I wish and whenever I wish. ~ GOTO COBT3.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Yes, you taught me that, beloved. *You run your fingers from Coran’s high cheekbone to his lips*~ GOTO COBT3.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *You make your best effort at a carefree smile. * ~ GOTO COBT3.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.4
SAY ~Erm...yes, of course, let him. Though I‘d rather wish for Lady Luck’s smiles. I am sorry, <CHARNAME>, but sunrises never put me into a pious mood. I’ll leave you to your revelations. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Thank you, Coran. ~ GOTO COBT3.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, no, Coran, do not go away. ~ GOTO COBT3.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ What does turn your thoughts to gods then? ~ GOTO COBT3.17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.6
SAY ~I thought, I had shown you the difference between a night of worries and a night of love. If you did not grasp it from my lessons, you need a different teacher, <CHARNAME>.~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.7
SAY ~*Coran takes your chin with his fingers and turns your head, so you look into his eyes* I cherish that you see no difference between thinking of me and of love, but I beg you to make this distinction. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.8
SAY ~Sweetling, the main thing is that you do make time for it. What happens elsewhere is not important when the lips touch. Though I have not yet kissed a girl under snow, It must be a bit like eating strawberries with ice...*closes his eyes* mmgh...perhaps a brunette, her hair color highlighted by the snow... ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am a brunette...but I bet it was not me you were imagining. ~ GOTO COBT3.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Mmgh....perhaps, snowflakes melting on a man’s blond beard...and radiant blue eyes under the fir-trimmed hood...and we would listen to the sound of the snowflakes touching the ground in the crystal calm of the icy world. ~ GOTO COBT3.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~A brunette? I think I’d rather have someone with hair like fire to kiss amidst the snowflakes. Such a beautiful contrast! ~ GOTO COBT3.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh* I dream only of *you*, Coran, not of some unknown lads.~ GOTO COBT3.20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.9
SAY ~Yes, and just like women. *Kisses the tip of your nose* Let us go now, sweetling.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.10
SAY ~*Laughs* As for me, I dream to have more…but opposites attract each other. *Kisses the tip of your nose* Let us go now, sweetling. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.11
SAY ~Then I shall let you enjoy it in silence. But, really, many say that I have a pleasant singing voice. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.12
SAY ~*Waves his hands in front of his face as if dissipating poisonous vapors* Of course, my dear, of course. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.13
SAY ~ *Coran kisses your fingers* Sweetling, I too wish we could stay like this in the sunshine for the rest of the day.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.14
SAY ~ *Laughs merrily* Oh, no, that was not a smile. That was a crooked cane, or a bent willow…come, my joy, show me a real smile!~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.15
SAY ~ *Coran bows politely and walks towards the rest of the group*~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.16
SAY ~ *Coran embraces your shoulders* Sweetling, I too wish we could stay like this in the sunshine for the rest of the day.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.17
SAY ~ I worship Henali Celanil, sweetling, the goddess of love. I experience the most fervent spiritual experience every time I love a woman. It is a wonderful way to show devotion in my opinion. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.18
SAY ~ *Plays with your hair* It could have been you, I suppose. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.19
SAY ~ It is a beautiful dream…I can imagine that you will make quite a handsome couple. But then again, you would look good on any man’s arm. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBT3.20
SAY ~ *Coran takes your chin with his fingers and turns your head, so you look into his eyes* I cherish that you have so completely given your heart to this fancy we have taken in one another, but I beg of you not to close your eyes to other men, when our dream ends. I’d hate to rob the world of the way you love. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CBoredTalk","GLOBAL",8)
~ THEN BEGIN CBLoveTalk4
SAY ~You know how I live, sweetling? I live in haste and try to savor as many pleasures as I can get to.~ [CORANF]
= ~ I love not knowing what the next day brings and I take ships without asking captain what his destination is. This is the only way for a man to live in order not to be diminished to a rotting stump.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What you say may sound wise, but… Coran, You are rushing across the lands, and your friendships last mere hours. In the houses of strangers, you undress obedient wives and your exhilaration while you lay together comes, not from passion, but from the danger of discovery. Do you not want a change from the constant…chaos?~ DO~ SetGlobal("CBoredTalk","GLOBAL",9)~ GOTO COBT4.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh* How romantic...I can love a man like that forever.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CBoredTalk","GLOBAL",9)~ GOTO COBT4.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Same goes for women, Coran. I conclude that just like me, you start feeling weighed by our constancy. My darling, it is long past time we sought new experiences.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CBoredTalk","GLOBAL",9)~ GOTO COBT4.3
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.1
SAY ~Perhaps, <CHARNAME>, but today is not that day. *Takes your hand* But if it were such a day, I would look for no other mate to settle down with, than you.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Smile* I will yet wear you down, elf. It’s for your own good, you know. ~ GOTO COBT4.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Are you trying to tell me something, beyond confessing that you like to live on impulse? ~ GOTO COBT4.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I wish I had a stronger hold on you, but you already fancy someone else. Right? ~ GOTO COBT4.5
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.2
SAY ~Not "a man", <CHARNAME>, but "men". Trust me, you’ll learn much more about love and life if you don’t stick with the same old lover forever.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Old lover? Coran, we hardly even started...but what’s the point of arguing? You fancy someone else, do you not? ~ GOTO COBT4.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is not some "same old lover" we are talking about. It’s *you*! Coran, I love you to distraction, with all your quirks and silliness. You should never worry about me leaving you. ~ GOTO COBT4.6
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~I will always be faithful to you, even after you leave. All these women you’ve bedded, and will bed in passing, do not matter. I will be the one you’ll return to in the end and you will bond with? me. ~ GOTO COBT4.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hmmm....Just the other day I looked at...erm...never mind whom, and all sorts of frivolous thoughts entered my mind, and then I remembered you, and grew ashamed, as if I had stolen something of yours. I did not like the feeling. ~ GOTO COBT4.8
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.3
SAY ~Forthright women are such a joy to deal with. *Kisses you on the cheek* Shall we drink to new beginnings, sweetling?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Bring the bottle, Coran. Cheers, my friend. ~ GOTO COBT4.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh* Coran, do find someone else to drink with. ~ GOTO COBT4.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes! Getting fully and properly drunk is a great way to start the new era in my life! ~ GOTO COBT4.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Salute Coran with the glass*  To the new beginnings, Coran. Makes me wonder...what you shall feel laying with a regular woman after you have tasted the daughter of Bhaal? ~ GOTO COBT4.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Nibble at the tip of Coran’s ear gently*~ GOTO COBT4.12
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.4
SAY ~ *Coughs* What I am trying to say, sweetling, is that you need a man that you do not need to "wear down" and who will be glad to commit his whole life to you...if that is what you wish. I would tell you to make it "men", not "a man". Trust me, you’ll learn much more about love and life if you don’t stick with the same old lover forever.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You… You fancy someone else, do you not? ~ GOTO COBT4.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is not some "same old lover" we are talking about. It’s *you*! Coran, I love you to distraction, with all your quirks and silliness. You should never worry about me leaving you. ~ GOTO COBT4.6
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~I will always be faithful to you, even after you leave. All these women you’ve bedded, and will bed in passing, do not matter. I will be the one you’ll return to in the end and you will bond with? me. ~ GOTO COBT4.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hmmm....Just the other day I looked at...erm...never mind whom, and all sorts of frivolous thoughts entered my mind, and then I remembered you, and grew ashamed, as if I had stolen something of yours. I did not like the feeling. ~ GOTO COBT4.8
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.5
SAY ~ Yes, you might say so, and Her name is Freedom. Sweetling, there is fire for each other in our hearts yet, and it is now that we should part, not wait till it extinguishes itself or turns into hatred. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I thought that you loved me as a man would, but I was wrong. You speak like a boy, and I do not need a fuzzy youngster’s adoration. Go, find yourself a giggling wench; You are good at it. I love you no more. ~ GOTO COBT4.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I always leave the feast table slightly hungry, Coran. Let us remain friends and keep fond memories of our affair. ~ GOTO COBT4.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You’ve become disenchanted, and you make a two-hour speech out of it? One doesn’t waste that many words to break up, Coran! ~ GOTO COBT4.15
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~So be it, a'maelamin. We will part now and when passion renews itself as the phoenix-bird, we shall walk together again in the starlight. ~ GOTO COBT4.16
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.6
SAY ~ But I want you to leave me and I want to leave you myself. Sweetling, there is fire for each other in our hearts yet, and it is now that we should part, not wait till it extinguishes itself or turns into hatred. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I thought that you loved me as a man would, but I was wrong. You speak like a boy, and I do not need a fuzzy youngster’s adoration. Go, find yourself a giggling wench; You are good at it. I love you no more. ~ GOTO COBT4.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I always leave the feast table slightly hungry, Coran. Let us remain friends and keep fond memories of our affair. ~ GOTO COBT4.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You’ve become disenchanted, and you make a two-hour speech out of it? One doesn’t waste that many words to break up, Coran! ~ GOTO COBT4.15
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~So be it, a'maelamin. We will part now and when passion renews itself as the phoenix-bird, we shall walk together again in the starlight. ~ GOTO COBT4.16
END


IF ~~ THEN COBT4.7
SAY ~ I do not know the future, lirimaer, but I know that it is time for us to part, for now, while there is fire for each other in our hearts. Ever that is the way of our kin. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I thought that you loved me as a man would, but I was wrong. You speak like a boy, and I do not need a fuzzy youngster’s adoration. Go, find yourself a giggling wench; You are good at it. I love you no more. ~ GOTO COBT4.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I always leave the feast table slightly hungry, Coran. Let us remain friends and keep fond memories of our affair. ~ GOTO COBT4.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You’ve become disenchanted, and you make a two-hour speech out of it? One doesn’t waste that many words to break up, Coran! ~ GOTO COBT4.15
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~So be it, a'maelamin. We will part now and when passion renews itself as the phoenix-bird, we shall walk together again in the starlight. ~ GOTO COBT4.16
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.8
SAY ~ Fireheart, I’ve met no woman like you, but I know a man who is just like you. Me. I have never thought it possible, but we are going to have the best kind of fun sitting side-by-side and trading stories of our adventures and lovers. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Laugh* If I ever need a pretend husband or a man to kindle jealousy in an inattentive lover, I know whom to ask. ~ GOTO COBT4.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Do you realize, Coran, that you will never be able to disengage from me, and you will not let me become disengaged from you? ~ GOTO COBT4.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ That will *not* happen, Coran. I prefer being discrete. ~ GOTO COBT4.19
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.9
SAY ~ Cheers! To new beginnings!~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.10
SAY ~ Oh, do not be such a spoilsport! I want to drink with a happy person…well, if not with you, then I’ll drink to you. Hail the true lady of wit and charm and beauty. *Winks* And to the fool who left her. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.11
SAY ~ One does not know such things in advance, sweetling.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.12
SAY ~ Did I mention not to do that unless you mean to dance with me between the sheets? You do not mean to -?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Smile evasively and kiss Coran*~ GOTO COBT4.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I thought we might as well since we have already broken up. It will be as nonchalant as it is exciting.~ GOTO COBT4.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Of course I do not, you bastard. But that expression on your face is priceless.~ GOTO COBT4.13
END 

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.13
SAY ~ *Bows silently and turns away* ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.14
SAY ~ It will be as you say. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.15
SAY ~I do, sweetling. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.16
SAY ~Until then I am glad to serve you for as long as you have need of my skills. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.17
SAY ~*Laughs* I am afraid I cannot use you to spur jealousy, <CHARNAME>.  Seeing you would dissuade any woman from competing.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.18
SAY ~Then we shall write long letters to each other. You can start the first one now. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1) LeaveParty() EscapeArea()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.19
SAY ~*Winks* You do not have to name names, <CHARNAME>. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN COBT4.20
SAY ~*Coran pulls you close* That’s quite…alluring, especially since there is a great chance that you will cut my throat in the morning. Irresistible, simply irresistible! ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

//Neutral talks

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",2)
~ THEN BEGIN CNLoveTalk1
SAY~ The most amusing thing it was that Briel actually believed that I would have her back, the moment she presented me, with her babe. *Sighs* Some people just cannot let go.~ [CORANN]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Wink* So, luck does not always side with the romantic?~ GOTO COCT1.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~She might not have been willing to let you go, but from the way she looked, she did let *herself* go. Ewww... I’d never listen to anyone who says that maternity embellishes a woman!~ GOTO COCT1.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You, definitely, taught her how, Coran. Now, let us talk of *me*.~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do not you speak to me about *that* woman and your get, or I’ll ship you back to them. Gift-wrapped. ~ GOTO COCT1.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.1
SAY ~ It does, for my <CHARNAME> was there to talk me out of the madness, I had contemplated for a moment. *Kiss*~
IF ~!Class(Player1,SORCERER)~ THEN REPLY ~I was not going to lose you to this...sorceress.~  GOTO COCT1.4NS
IF ~Class(Player1,SORCERER)~ THEN REPLY ~I was not going to lose you to this pathetic woman who dares to call herself a *sorceress*. ~  GOTO COCT1.4S
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You can always return and enjoy the quiet life of a husband and father.  The way Briel looks, she will have a tough time finding a man willing to wed her. ~ GOTO COCT1.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Kiss* The matter is hardly worth you thinking on it, my love. ~ GOTO COCT1.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You almost disappointed me with your sudden outbreak of "I must do my duty" disease. I thought you to be more elevated above banal, than that. ~ GOTO COCT1.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.2
SAY ~Eww...no. Pregnancy sometimes does. But the most striking change of all comes sometimes to an old maid, rewarding her for succumbing to temptation, she rejected sternly afore. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Indeed, I have heard of that. Men are not so lucky. So many lose all their attractiveness after the freshness of youth withers away under the winds of time… and women’s touch.~  GOTO COCT1.8
IF ~GlobalLT("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~ A subtle hint, I see. *Smile wantonly* I will let you to find it out on your own if I am a spinster, or not. ~ GOTO COCT1.9
IF ~ GlobalLT("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1)~  THEN REPLY ~ And tell me, Coran, why do you deserve a gift of my maidenhead? ~ GOTO COCT1.10
IF ~OR(2) Global("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) Global("CoranLover","GLOBAL",2) ~  THEN REPLY ~ Well, you took care of that for me, dearest. *Kiss*~ GOTO COCT1.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Fascinating, but hardly worth wasting more time on debating it. ~ GOTO COCT1.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, what you say sometimes makes me suspect that you yourself are a virgin. ~  GOTO COCT1.13
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.3
SAY ~Pink ribbon, I hope?  *Grins* It is always pleasing when your woman is ready to go to all sort of troubles to make you presentable. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.4NS
SAY ~Quite clever, my darling, quite clever.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.4S
SAY ~I have a thing for sorceresses. It is fascinating to lay with a woman who has magic flowing through her. Your sort bewitches me.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.5
SAY ~ Sweetling, I think that if I ever have such a desire, it will be long after both Briel and that bastard, as humans would call her, are dead of old age.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.6
SAY ~ Anything, that prompts you to kiss me, is worth thinking of.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.7
SAY ~So did I, but no matter how one sweeps his house, the spiders weave the sticky nets of "you must" in the corners.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I will help you to kill the spiders, Coran.~  GOTO COCT1.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Fascinating, but hardly worth wasting more time on debating it. .~  GOTO COCT1.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am happy that you have dodged the webs.~ GOTO COCT1.15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.8
SAY ~Ah, but you do not have to worry about it with me. My youthfulness is going to last for a few centuries yet. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It will, no doubt, last longer than my infatuation with you.~ GOTO COCT1.16
IF ~Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~Ah, but I still will be young and beautiful when the weariness of the world seizes you.~ GOTO COCT1.17ELF
IF ~!Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~That is why I always wanted an elven lover. ~ GOTO COCT1.17NELF
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Fascinating, but hardly worth wasting more time on debating it. .~  GOTO COCT1.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.9
SAY ~I am a devoted seeker of truth in that matter. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.10
SAY ~Because I am handsome, gentle and will never try to collar you with your gift. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~So you say now, but as we have just learned, you have an unfortunate habit of leaving young sprouts in your wake. ~ GOTO COCT1.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I will think on what you have said. ~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Fascinating, but hardly worth wasting more time on debating it.~ GOTO COCT1.2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.11
SAY ~Yes, and that was lovely. I have to confess that you made me change my faith. I used to be an adept of the "virgins are too much bother and no pleasure boot." School of thinking.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.12
SAY ~I rarely speak to myself, for the fear of convincing myself to do something risqué. So, I will follow your example and remain silent.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.13
SAY ~And you know perfectly well, that it is not true. Thus, you know that your mind is a liar. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.14
SAY ~Thank you, darling.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.15
SAY ~And so am I.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.16
SAY ~No doubt at all.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.17ELF
SAY ~ *Shrug* I will not tarry overly long on this Plane. Certainly not long enough to allow weariness to quell my spirit.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.17NELF
SAY ~You have an exceptionally good taste, m’lady. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT1.18
SAY ~I assure you that I found it quite suspicious. I know how to brew Cassil herb better than any druid. It never failed me before.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

//at rest
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",4)
~ THEN BEGIN CNLoveTalk2
SAY ~I am growing tired of the reprobating glances. My merry girl, you alone are my consolation.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are imagining things, elf. Nobody is even looking at you.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",5)~ GOTO COCT2.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Well, I am here. What are you waiting for? Wrap your hands about me and kiss me already.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",5)~ GOTO COCT2.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let them stare, they are either hypocrites, or stupid.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",5)~ GOTO COCT2.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Ah, well. People are too quick to judge and to demand others to do their duty. For themselves they always find an excuse. ~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",5)~ GOTO COCT2.2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.1
SAY ~They are all *avoiding* me. *Angrily* Because of that bastard!~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, no, not again! Coran...Coran, are you drunk? ~ GOTO COCT2.3
IF ~!Race(Player1, ELF) !Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Hmm...which one? Gorion’s or yours?~  GOTO COCT2.4ELF
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF) !Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Hmm...which one? Namara or me?~ GOTO COCT2.4NELF
IF ~Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~*Laughs* Your bastard or Bhaal’s bastard?~ GOTO COCT2.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Mockingly* And what did you expect, you, undeserving elven brat? Leaving a hapless babe like that...Tsk, tsk...a poor little girl...~ GOTO COCT2.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Pack up and go. I do not need a milksop in my party! ~ GOTO COCT2.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.2
SAY ~And they would only sniff when I tell them that it’s how it is *always* done. A half-breed stays with a *mother*. Why am I supposed to be better than others?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, no, not again! Coran...Coran, are you drunk? ~ GOTO COCT2.3
IF ~Race(Player1, HALF_ELF) !Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Tell me that! Never seen a whiff of my mother in my whole life! ~ GOTO COCT2.8
IF ~!Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, there are always settled men about, who sooner or later will do the job for you. *Shrug* I knew no father, but Gorion, and perhaps, I am much better for that. ~ GOTO COCT2.9
IF ~Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Ha, Coran, you aren’t that bad. At least, you did not *force* yourself upon Briel as my beloved Sire. ~ GOTO COCT2.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You know that for a fact? About half-bloods, I mean? ~ GOTO COCT2.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are better than others, more honest, at least. ~ GOTO COCT2.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.3
SAY ~*With dignity* Yes. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ And proud of it? ~ GOTO COCT2.13
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, good. That should loosen you up. *Laugh* Let me see now, if you are drunk enough to be seduced by a passing wench...*Kiss Coran*~ GOTO COCT2.14ELF
IF ~!Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~  Oh, good. That should loosen you up. *Laugh* Let me see now, if you are drunk enough to be seduced by a passing wench...*Kiss Coran*~ GOTO COCT2.14NELF
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~  Because of the bastard? ~ GOTO COCT2.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Pack up and go. I do not need a milksop in my party. ~ GOTO COCT2.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.4NELF
SAY ~Gorion had a bastard child? I thought he was above such base instincts.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Why, is not that obvious? Would a lonely sage adopt an "orphan", such as I, out of desire to have a snooty girl running under his feet? ~ GOTO COCT2.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I meant myself, my smart lover. Since I have no memory of my mother, I cannot vouch for her decent nature, can I? Though, I also do not know just how indecent. Perhaps, it was not just Gorion who played with her on the wrong side of the sheets. Or, perhaps, I am a legitimate heir to some crown, spirited away from court intrigues. ~ GOTO COCT2.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Shrug* I heard it whispered, that I am Gorion’s bastard, or that he bedded my mother and she entrusted him with her get from another man...No! It cannot be true! ~ GOTO COCT2.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran...Coran, are you drunk? ~ GOTO COCT2.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.4ELF
SAY ~Namara. *Sighs* Those stupid humans invented the silly notion of legitimacy of parentage. Our kin does not care a single bit for it. So you are not a bastard in my eyes...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ So, I am not a bastard, and Namara is? ~ GOTO COCT2.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Unfortunate it is, that Namara is half-human. These terrible brutes are going to treat her unfairly...who knows why... ~ GOTO COCT2.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ A simple orphan then? Alas. There is a certain romantic appeal in the status of a base-born amongst humans. ~ GOTO COCT2.21
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.5
SAY ~Shhh… I am not drunk enough to be fully uncaring about what I am saying. It is an ill omen to name your...erm...parent. But I do not think that anybody would dare to begrudge me our liaison. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran...Coran, are you drunk? ~ GOTO COCT2.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Commoners are more like to pity you for it, my poor lamb. ~ GOTO COCT2.22
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh* Why would not you tell that it was demonical and arrogant <CHARNAME>, who coerced you to abandon your babe and her rival? I bet there would be a line-up of women from here to Westgate, weeping over your fall from grace and striving to redeem you with their genteelness. ~ GOTO COCT2.23
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You do not mind kissing Bhaal’s daughter, but you would not name my father? ~ GOTO COCT2.24
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.6
SAY ~But that’s how it’s *always* done. A half-breed stays with a *mother*. Why am I supposed to be better than others?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, no, not again! Coran...Coran, are you drunk? ~ GOTO COCT2.3
IF ~Race(Player1, HALF_ELF) !Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Tell me that! Never seen a whiff of my mother in my whole life! ~ GOTO COCT2.8
IF ~!Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, there are always settled men about, who sooner or later will do the job for you. *Shrug* I knew no father, but Gorion, and perhaps, I am much better for that. ~ GOTO COCT2.9
IF ~Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Ha, Coran, you aren’t that bad. At least, you did not *force* yourself upon Briel as my beloved Sire. ~ GOTO COCT2.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You know that for a fact? About half-bloods, I mean? ~ GOTO COCT2.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are better than others, more honest, at least. ~ GOTO COCT2.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.7
SAY ~*Laughs* Delicious. Will you return my kiss with the same passion and decisiveness?.*Coran leans to kiss <CHARNAME>’s neck and starts to undo the laces at her collar.* ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I…I forgive you…just do not stop, darling. ~ GOTO COCT2.25
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Pout* That’s all you ever want of me, kisses and tumbling on straw. Do you ever *listen* to me? ~ GOTO COCT2.26
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~  *Coldly* I said - go.~ GOTO COCT2.27
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.8
SAY ~And that made you into a proper charming brat! ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.8A
SAY ~*Coran leans to kiss <CHARNAME>’s neck and starts to undo the laces at her collar.*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I…I forgive you…just do not stop, darling. ~ GOTO COCT2.25
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Pout* That’s all you ever want of me, kisses and tumbling on straw. Do you ever *listen* to me? ~ GOTO COCT2.26
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Coldly* Quit it, pert rapscallion. ~ GOTO COCT2.39
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.9
SAY ~ Hopefully, Namara has enough of my blood to overcome such bad influences. Settled men...phew...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Laugh and kiss Coran* Just be careful when you pass through Baldur’s Gate in forty years, lover. As the bards teach us, the old sinners are oft punished by unknowingly bedding their daughters of like temperament or in some twisted revenge plot.~ GOTO COCT2.28
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I wish you were more like them...like Gorion, Coran. I am serious.~ GOTO COCT2.29
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Sigh*~ GOTO COCT2.30
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.10
SAY ~ The day I force myself upon a woman I am done for. I am glad, that as ever the toothless saying is wrong, and you do not look for the like of your Sire for a lover. For I largely prefer women going after me, and not claiming that I’ve got a child by them. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You know, I doubt that all of them were forced. There was a certain dark attractiveness of power about my Sire.~ GOTO COCT2.31
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ Brrr...such unpleasant thoughts...rapes, family matters... Should we conjure something more exhilarating for the heart? *Kiss Coran*~ GOTO COCT2.14ELF
IF ~!Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ Brrr...such unpleasant thoughts...rapes, family matters... Should we conjure something more exhilarating for the heart? *Kiss Coran*~ GOTO COCT2.14NELF
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I would know better than to tell you if I carry your son. ~ GOTO COCT2.32
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.11
SAY ~ It’s customary, yes. Unfortunately, her mother is Human, and stupid humans invented the silly notion of legitimacy of parentage.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.20
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.12
SAY ~ *Grins* Not to mention - more handsome. Now, that we have established that fact- ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.13
SAY ~ *Nods and giggles* I am searching for the truth...they say it’s in wine. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~From all places for it to be, a full goblet is certainly the most attractive as a search destination. Pass me that wine skin, Coran, be a good elf. ~ DO~ SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) RestParty()~ EXIT
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ *Grin* Let us see now, if you are tipsy enough to be seduced by a passing wench...*Kiss Coran* ~ GOTO COCT2.14ELF
IF ~!Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ *Grin* Let us see now, if you are tipsy enough to be seduced by a passing wench...*Kiss Coran* ~ GOTO COCT2.14NELF
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not need a man who cannot hold his wine. Go, sleep it off, and if you ever drink yourself silly like that again, I will leave you in a roadside ditch.~ GOTO COCT2.35
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.14NELF
SAY ~ I am drunk, in love and my wench has fire in her. I’m a happy man. Hmmm...did some dwarf forged the lacing on your bodice? It’s worst than some locks I’ve picked. *Giggles* Let us sell it to some merchant who can use it for his treasure chest. You do not need it anyway in my company. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.14ELF
SAY ~I am drunk, in love and my wench has fire in her. I’m a happy man. Hmmm...did some dwarf forged the lacing on your bodice? Its worst than some locks I’ve picked. *Giggles* Let us sell it to some merchant who can use it for his treasure chest. You and me, we should just follow the ways of our kin and walk around in the sun-bathed nudity. *Giggle* Much more convenient this way.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.15
SAY ~ Well, yes! Why I should be better than everyone else? The half-blood *belongs* with her mother. ~
IF ~Race(Player1, HALF_ELF) !Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Tell me that! Never seen a whiff of my mother in my whole life! ~ GOTO COCT2.8
IF ~!Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, there are always settled men about, who sooner or later will do the job for you. *Shrug* I knew no father, but Gorion, and perhaps, I am much better for that. ~ GOTO COCT2.9
IF ~Global("KnowBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN REPLY ~Ha, Coran, you aren’t that bad. At least, you did not *force* yourself upon Briel as my beloved Sire. ~ GOTO COCT2.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You know that for a fact? About half-bloods, I mean? ~ GOTO COCT2.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are better than others, more honest, at least. ~ GOTO COCT2.12
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ All right, I got it. *Laugh* Let me see now, if you are drunk enough to be seduced by a passing wench...*Kiss Coran*~ GOTO COCT2.14ELF
IF ~!Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ All right, I got it. *Laugh* Let me see now, if you are drunk enough to be seduced by a passing wench...*Kiss Coran*~ GOTO COCT2.14NELF
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.16
SAY ~ Perhaps, he hoped that a mischievous brat would grow into the beauty I see now afore me and will fall for him... But, I beat the old goat to your maiden charms! ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.17
SAY ~Choose a Kingdom dear, and I shall name you its Queen. What do you want? Tethyr? Cormyr? Mulhorand? ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ That’s peanuts. I want the whole world to hail me as their Queen and bow to me.~ GOTO COCT2.36
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Tethyr, of course. Then, I will be your Queen and can order you around. Unfortunately, that chit Zaranda is more likely to get it than I.~ GOTO COCT2.37
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Ah, they do not have kings and queens in Mulhorand, just pharaoh.~ GOTO COCT2.38 
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ <CHARNAME> to succeed the mighty King Azuon IV? Might not be a bad idea, but I would not marry that man even for the title of the Queen! .~ GOTO COCT2.38 
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.18
SAY ~ *Nods agreeably* Of course it is not.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.19
SAY ~ You are… different. Namara’s mother is Human and she is therefore bound to be raised among these brutes, who invented the silly notion of legitimacy of parentage.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.20
SAY ~Elven kin does not care a single bit for it! But, the humans think that bastards are all lewd and untrustworthy.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Laugh* Are you base-born, per chance, Coran? ~ GOTO COCT2.33
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Namara was certainly conceived of both lust and treachery. ~ GOTO COCT2.33
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, cap it. Plenty of are baseborns raised high in human society. Why, even in your own Tethyr, there was a half-elven bastard Kymer who succeeded King Alemander II or some such. ~ GOTO COCT2.34
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.21
SAY ~Is that so? I am of the opinion that the humans think all bastards lewd and untrustworthy. But luck is always on the side of a romantic.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Laugh* Are you base-born, per chance, Coran? ~ GOTO COCT2.33
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Namara was certainly conceived of both lust and treachery. ~ GOTO COCT2.33
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, cap it. Plenty of are baseborns raised high in human society. Why, even in your own Tethyr, there was a half-elven bastard Kymer who succeeded King Alemander II or some such. ~ GOTO COCT2.34
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.22
SAY ~ Ah, yes. Poor, poor Coran. Will you take pity on the lad and warm him up, my good woman? ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END 

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.23
SAY ~ Perhaps, we can start on creating this legend right now, my man-eating Bhaalspawn? Let us spin a tale that will make all good women’s hair to bristle, their tongues to wage in disapproval, and their hearts grow small with envy! ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.24
SAY ~ Let me see if I mind kissing you.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.25
SAY ~I am drunk, in love and my wench has fire in her. I’m a happy man.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.26
SAY ~ *Continues to fight with the lacing* We have not yet tried it on the straw pile...it can be a prickly affair, if you take my meaning. See, I listen to you.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Pull away* Get lost. ~ GOTO COCT2.39
IF ~Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~* Laugh breathlessly* Prickly indeed...oh, do not stop! ~ GOTO COCT2.14ELF
IF ~!Race(Player1,ELF)~  THEN REPLY~ *Laugh breathlessly* Prickly indeed...oh, do not stop! ~ GOTO COCT2.14NELF
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.27
SAY ~*Mocking bow* Fare thee well, little bird. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~ LeaveParty() EscapeArea()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.28
SAY ~ Ah, yes, revenge...it is sort of odd when a person tries to avenge someone giving her a life. Hopefully, Namara won’t be that mule-headed...and I will avoid bedding half-elves...that should be a punishment enough for an old sinner. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.29
SAY ~ You want me to become a stuffy old wizard? Wow, you have quite a taste...Perhaps, *this* can convince you otherwise.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.30
SAY ~Hey, what this sigh’s for? I think I know what you need, fireheart. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.31
SAY ~Yes...some women’s tastes are...peculiar. But yours is excellent, my sweet lover. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.32
SAY ~ *Looks abashed* Wh-what? Are you...by any chance?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Smile smugly* I am not telling you... ~ DO ~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) RestParty()~ EXIT
IF ~Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~ With child? Oh, no. Do not worry. Children are perhaps the only thing which I enjoy trying to make, never succeeding. *Kiss Coran* Come here, Coran. ~ GOTO COCT2.14ELF
IF ~!Race(Player1,ELF)~  THEN REPLY~ With child? Oh, no. Do not worry. Children are perhaps the only thing which I enjoy trying to make, never succeeding. *Kiss Coran* Come here, Coran. ~ GOTO COCT2.14NELF
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.33
SAY ~ Whatever you say, sweetheart.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.34
SAY ~ And he was greatly loved by his people. That’s why they called him Shade King and an Usurper. Why are we talking about politics, sweetling? The night grows short! ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.35
SAY ~ Where I no doubt belong...poor, poor Coran. Nobody loves him. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) RestParty()~ 
EXIT
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.36
SAY ~You sound too serious. Have sweet dreams of your world empire. I am interested in more… local affairs.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.37
SAY ~She is no match to you! Why are we talking about politics, sweetling? The night grows short! ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.38
SAY ~ Why are we talking about politics, sweetling? The night grows short! ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT2.8A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT2.39
SAY ~Right.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) RestParty()~
EXIT
END

//in an inn
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",6)
~ THEN BEGIN CNLoveTalk3
SAY ~ *Whistles quietly* Now, that’s a pretty girl! I do so like grand dames, but sometimes a tavern maid… They have this special sort of vulgar, flashy beauty to them. Look at her bearing, when she walks with that pile of plates. She could have been a queen in the palace- ~ [CORANF]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Slap*~ GOTO BCOCT3.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yeah, she is definitely very pretty. Beautiful hair…nature was truly generous to her…perhaps even overly generous as far as her legs are concerned. No wonder she wears those woolen stockings. But other than hairy legs, she is a cutie. ~ GOTO BCOCT3.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Am…Am I pretty? ~ GOTO BCOCT3.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Excuse my absence for a while…that is if you even notice it. *Skulk away in frustration* ~ GOTO BCOCT3.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.1
SAY ~ I have heard a slap. Listen, sweetling that is no way to treat a lover.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ *Slap*~ GOTO BCOCT3.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Get used to it. It is *my* way to treat a lover who’s ogling some tavern wench. ~ GOTO BCOCT3.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~  Oh. I…am *so* sorry. I do not know what came over me. The light just went out …I do not know what happened next. Did I hurt you? ~ GOTO BCOCT3.7
IF ~OR(2) Class(Player1, CLERIC_ALL) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL)~ THEN REPLY~ It will leave a bruise on your pretty face - do not come running to me for healing, Coran. Of *any* sort. ~ GOTO BCOCT3.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.2
SAY ~ Oh, yes, now that you mentioned it. So why are we standing around, sweetling? ~
IF ~~ THEN
EXIT
END 

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.3
SAY ~ Of course you are pretty. My <CHARNAME> is the prettiest of them all. *Kisses you somewhat absentmindedly*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ You…you are just saying that to console me! I am not pretty…*sob* ~ GOTO BCOCT3.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ *Kiss Coran back and smile* I knew it! I am the best! ~ GOTO BCOCT3.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ *Slap*~ GOTO BCOCT3.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I… I am ready to give you everything and you peer at barmaids! ~ GOTO BCOCT3.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.4
SAY ~ What’s the matter sweetling? ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~*Slap*~ GOTO BCOCT3.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Nothing. Nothing is the matter. ~ GOTO BCOCT3.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Coran, you were good for me and I was good for you. But now I figure is a good time to call it quits. ~ GOTO BCOCT3.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Am…Am I pretty? ~ GOTO BCOCT3.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~*What’s the matter? What’s the matter?! I… I am ready to give you everything and you peer at barmaids! ~ GOTO BCOCT3.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~Thanks for asking Mr. Womanizer. ~ GOTO BCOCT3.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.5
SAY ~ *Catches your hand* I said - enough!~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO BCOCT3.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.6
SAY ~ Hmmm… a rather crude way.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO BCOCT3.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.7
SAY~ I will live. Let us go, <CHARNAME>, before the owner starts selling tickets to the customers who watch us. It would have been a good thing, but we do not have our man in the crowd to profit from such a stir. And I do not like wasted opportunities. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.8
SAY~ As you wish, <CHARNAME>. May you be as fortunate in your next lover as you were in me. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.9
SAY~ Of course, you are. Come, sweetling, a bit of a melancholy now and then is quite attractive, but no man can stand it day in and day out. At least I cannot. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.10
SAY~ Ah, the sun is shining again. Let us go, sweetling, there are matters to attend to and foes to kill and other things like that. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.11
SAY~ So, my little bird got jealous? It’s a good thing, <CHARNAME>. Love expires quickly if there’re no excitement and no challenges. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not like games, Coran. You were good for me and I was good for you. But now it is time to call it quits. ~  GOTO BCOCT3.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, I swore to myself that the day I cannot have your undivided attention I would leave you. It is apparent that this day has come. ~  GOTO BCOCT3.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Wriggle away frantically* I…I hate you! ~ GOTO BCOCT3.14 
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are right, but I loathe to be challenged by some lowlife serving wench with hairy legs. ~ GOTO BCOCT3.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Oh…I…am *so* sorry. I do not know what came over me. The light just went out …I do not know what happened next. Did I hurt you? ~ GOTO BCOCT3.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.12
SAY ~ Really? You look like you are ready to chew through the inn’s wall and pavement besides, all the way through to the sewers.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO BCOCT3.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.13
SAY ~ Yes, you are right. It is starting to grow wearisome. May you be as fortunate in your next lover as you were in me.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.14
SAY ~ In that case, we better call it quits, before you try to do nasty and unspeakable things. May you be as fortunate in your next lover as you were in me. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN BCOCT3.15
SAY~ Hairy? Hmmm…you are right! That’s why she wears those ugly woolen stockings. But, <CHARNAME>, the game is no fun if you know where it will come from.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

//at rest
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",8)
~ THEN BEGIN CNLoveTalk4
SAY ~ I am feverish <CHARNAME>, and my delusional dreams are of you. Do me a kindness, and put your cool narrow hand on my forehead. ~ [CORANN]
IF ~!Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) !Class(Player1, CLERIC_ALL)~ THEN REPLY~ *You are genuinely concerned about Coran’s sudden ailment and do not know its cause* You are burning indeed! Has the healer missed a wound?~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",9)~ GOTO COCT3.1
IF ~OR(4) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) Class(Player1, CLERIC_ALL)  Class(Player1, PALADIN_ALL)  Class(Player1, RANGER_ALL)  ~ THEN REPLY~*You are genuinely concerned about Coran’s sudden ailment and think it to be very strange indeed. You need to delve Coran to learn the cause of it* Hmm...you are right. Perhaps a brew of white willow bark is all you need, but I would like to examine you.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",9)~ GOTO COCT3.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *You smile contentedly remembering how you slipped poison in Coran’s wine and ask with vivid interest* Tell me, is your throat going dry yet?~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",9)~ GOTO COCT3.2
IF ~!Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~*You remember how you slipped poison in Coran’s wine and say coldly * I thought that elves never got sick.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",9)~ GOTO COCT3.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *You struggle with pangs of guilt remembering slipping poison in Coran’s wine* You have been poisoned, Coran.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",9)~ GOTO COCT3.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *You start sobbing* Coran...I...I have poisoned you! I am so...so sorry.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",9)~ GOTO COCT3.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.1
SAY ~Excuse me...I think I am going to be...sick... *Coran chokes and starts retching. He is obviously having a difficulty standing. Rivulets of sweat are trickling down his forehead into his eyes.*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Thank you for sharing. Well, get lost and we’ll talk when you get better. *you walk away in disgust*~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~OR(4) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) Class(Player1, CLERIC_ALL)  Class(Player1, PALADIN_ALL)  Class(Player1, RANGER_ALL)  ~ THEN REPLY~ Coran this smell...it is vaguely familiar to me. Have you met anyone who’d have a reason to try to poison you or have you chewed on anything unwittingly? ~ GOTO COCT3.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Coran...I do not like how you look. ~ GOTO COCT3.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ The Nine Hells, you only getting sicker! Drink some water, I beg of you...or something. ~ GOTO COCT3.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ You are *drunk* again, that’s what it is! ~ GOTO COCT3.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Sleep well, my love, and get better by the morning. *you walk away* ~ GOTO COCT3Death
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3Death
SAY ~I… I do not think that I shall… get better.  Wicked poison… Darn, it hurts! ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~Kill("CORAN") RestParty() ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.2
SAY ~How...how do you know? *Coran chokes and starts retching. He is obviously having a difficulty standing. The rivulets of sweat are trickling down his forehead into his eyes.* ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ A guess. *Smirk* Sleep well, my love, and get better by the morning. ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ Because that’s how the belladonna’s powder is supposed to work. You are going to be dead in about three hours…or so. I heard that elves have exceptionally low resistance to this poison.~ GOTO COCT3.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY~ I put belladonna’s powder into your drink, Coran. You are dying a slow death.~ GOTO COCT3.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.3
SAY ~ Much good it does to me now...I need healer, <CHARNAME>...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Smirk* No you do not. Just sleep it over and you will get better in the morning. ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let me see if I am good at delving. Do you feel like retching? Is your throat going dry?~ GOTO COCT3.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I put belladonna’s powder into your drink, Coran. You are dying a slow death.~ GOTO COCT3.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN  COCT3.4
SAY ~You...you have poisoned me?! But why? *Coran’s breath becomes labored and he begins choking again.*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Coldly* I’m only making myself safe, Coran. I foresee that you would betray me for love, and I cannot allow it to happen. Let me kiss you a farewell now. I love you and I will mourn you, elf. ~ DO ~ ReputationInc(-2) ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Remember that girl in the inn you stared at? I decided that if I won’t have you, than nobody shall.~ GOTO COCT3.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I hate you for how much it hurts every time you look at another. I hate you and I want it to stop!~ GOTO COCT3.9
IF ~OR(2) Global("CoranLover","GLOBAL",1) Global("CoranLover","GLOBAL",2) ~ THEN REPLY ~ *Hiss* You are clueless, aren’t you, thief? You had stolen from me that which a woman can give only once, and it means naught to you! You have despoiled me, made me into a street woman, left me witless and quivering with desire.... And now I see clearly that for all that, you are going to walk out on me. You will die for that!~ GOTO COCT3.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I wanted to see you kneeling before me and begging for your life.~ GOTO COCT3.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I do not truly know...just a gray mood, I guess. ~GOTO COCT3.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN  COCT3.5
SAY ~That girl...the girl in the inn. She fetched me a drink and we...we talked when you left. I did not tell you, but I knew her once.~
= ~And her brother...though him I knew only momentarily. He caught us and attacked me - insane man. What was I supposed to do?~
= ~ She said at the time that he was the meanest thing which lived, a drunkard and that he beat her...so I thought she was better off anyway. And she did not bring it up at all yesterday. But perhaps...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Perhaps she thought that you returned to take care of her or some such sentimental nonsense and got severely disappointed when she saw me on your arm. ~ GOTO COCT3.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Nod* She changed her mind. I see. Now, let us try to put some water and some antidote in you. If that does not help, I do not know what will. ~
DO ~ RestParty()  SetGlobal("Co3Healer","GLOBAL", 1)~ EXIT
IF ~OR(4) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) Class(Player1, CLERIC_ALL)  Class(Player1, PALADIN_ALL)  Class(Player1, RANGER_ALL)  ~ THEN REPLY~ Whatever. Let us pray she used only belladonna, not some exotic mix. Try to wretch and drink...drink as much water as you can! I’ll add betony leaf to antidote and then...then we can only hope for the best. ~ DO ~ RestParty()  SetGlobal("Co3Healer","GLOBAL", 1)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh...well, I am afraid we can only hope that she knew nothing of poisons or that your elven resistance will prevail. ~ GOTO COCT3Death
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.6
SAY ~Then turn away, you stupid girl! Go somewhere! *Coran’s breath becomes labored and he begins choking again.*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Pout* Talk to me when you are...hale. ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You are *drunk* again, that’s what it is!~ GOTO COCT3.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ No, Coran, I am not leaving you alone like that. Say...do you think anyone might have tried to...poison you?~ GOTO COCT3.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.7
SAY ~Leave me be! Leave me alone...do not stare...damn you! *Coran’s breath becomes labored and he begins choking again.*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Pout* Talk to me when you are...hale. ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You are *drunk* again, that’s what it is!~ GOTO COCT3.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ No, Coran, I am not leaving you alone like that. Say...do you think anyone might have tried to...poison you?~ GOTO COCT3.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.8
SAY ~Woman...cannot you tell the difference between sickness and hangover? I need a healer. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Pout* Talk to me when you are...hale. ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) Class(Player1, CLERIC_ALL)~ THEN REPLY ~ Hold on, dear, help is near. Erm...tell me, did you eat anything you should not or something? Or...can it be...poison?~ GOTO COCT3.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ No, Coran, I am not leaving you alone like that. Say...do you think anyone might have tried to...poison you?~ GOTO COCT3.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.9
SAY ~Why...why would not you kill the wench instead?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Smile* I have already done it, Coran. I quite enjoyed cutting your little hussy’s throat, but I thought it would be too easy of an end for you.~ GOTO COCT3.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You underestimate me. She is comparing the touch of your lips with the touch of the Sea of Swords bottom.~ GOTO COCT3.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Chuckle* She drunk the same wine you did when you met yesterday behind my back, Coran.~ GOTO COCT3.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~All three of us will die tonight~ DO ~ActionOverride(Player1, Kill(Player1))~ EXIT 
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And what’s her fault? You are the one who deserves to be punished.~GOTO COCT3.15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.10
SAY ~I did not steal your maidenhead, <CHARNAME>, neither you have mentioned that you considered it a bribe. At any rate, my death won’t make you back into a virgin. But if I live...if you wish so much to wed me...I promise I will marry you. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Really? I...I did not plan for it. I have no antidote, Coran. ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You dare to propose a marriage? Pathetic... Beg, worm, beg for your useless life.~ GOTO COCT3.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That’s so exciting! *clap your hands* I guess, I need to keep you alive then... Now, let us try to put some water and some antidote in you. If that does not help, I do not know what will. ~ DO ~ RestParty()  SetGlobal("Co3Marriage","GLOBAL", 1) ReputationInc(-2) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.11
SAY ~*Coran kneels and extends his hands toward you* Please...have mercy, <CHARNAME>... antidote...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Very satisfactory. A pity it is, that I do not have it.~ DO ~ReputationInc(-4)~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Laugh* How could I ever have loved you, weakling? Here, drink this. ~ DO ~ RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive", "GLOBAL", 1) ReputationInc(-2) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.12
SAY~ No woman yet tried to poison me...just stabbing for some reason. I remember how my, would be killer’s hand was bandaging me gently afterwards. Has your mood changed yet, <CHARNAME>?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes. Now I want you dead even more than before. ~ DO ~ReputationInc(-4) ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Healing you? It could be interesting. And this paleness makes you look sophisticated. It would be a pity to waste it in the death convulsions. Here, drink this. ~ DO ~ RestParty()  ReputationInc(-2) ~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~My poor dear... How could I have been so cruel? *Cry* ~GOTO COCT3.16
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.15
SAY ~You chastised me sufficiently, <CHARNAME>...No woman yet tried to poison me...just stabbing for some reason. I remember how my would be killer hand was bandaging me gently afterwards. Has your mood changed yet, <CHARNAME>?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes. Now I want you dead even more than before. ~ DO ~ReputationInc(-4) ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Healing you? It could be interesting. And this paleness makes you look sophisticated. It would be a pity to waste it in the death convulsions. Here, drink this. ~ DO ~ RestParty()  ReputationInc(-2) ~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~My poor dear... How could I have been so cruel? *Cry* ~GOTO COCT3.16
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.13
SAY ~ I would never know what exactly she thought... if I perish. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ But you should perish knowing that you death was well deserved. It should be comforting. ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Let us hope that she knew nothing of poisons or that your elven resistance will prevail. ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Nod* Time is running short for you, from the look of it. Let us try to put some water and some antidote in you. If that does not help, I do not know what will. ~ DO ~ RestParty() SetGlobal("Co3Healer","GLOBAL", 1)~ EXIT
IF ~OR(4) Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL) Class(Player1, CLERIC_ALL)  Class(Player1, PALADIN_ALL)  Class(Player1, RANGER_ALL)  ~ THEN REPLY~ Whatever. Let us pray she used only belladonna, not some exotic mix. Try to wrtech and drink...drink as much water as you can! I’ll add betony leaf to antidote and then...then we can only hope for the best.~ DO ~ RestParty() SetGlobal("Co3Healer","GLOBAL", 1) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.14
SAY ~Get away from me, murderous snake. There is enough of your venom coursing through my veins to listen to your poisonous words. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~ ReputationInc(-8) Kill("CORAN") RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT3.16
SAY ~ *Impatiently* ANTIDOTE! Give it to me, you...stup- erm... stupendous beauty. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ A...antidote? I...I do not have any. You are not angry with me, are you? ~ DO ~ ReputationInc(-2) ~ GOTO COCT3Death
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Rats and crows! Here, drink this.~ DO ~ RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive", "GLOBAL", 1) ReputationInc(-2) ~ EXIT 
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes...yes...of course. Here it is... You are not angry with me, are you?~ DO ~ RestParty() ReputationInc(-2) ~ EXIT
END

//ma1
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("Co3Healer","GLOBAL", 2)
~ THEN BEGIN CNMorning1
SAY~ My healer...my gentle healer...come sit closer and I shall whisper into your ear all the dreams I had about you in my fever. I think we should try to have one or two to come to life...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ If Coran is flirting, Coran is alive. *Kiss* I am glad that you lived, my love, but I cannot delay our departure any further.~ DO ~SetGlobal("Co3Healer","GLOBAL", 3)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Giggle* Really? You have the command of my ear...and of my body, Coran. ~ DO ~SetGlobal("Co3Healer","GLOBAL", 3)RestParty()~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, I watched over you this night. I heard you calling my name and I guessed at the nature of your dreams. I must confess that my imagination carried me away also, so I think we are going to have a very lively...erm...discussion. ~ DO ~SetGlobal("Co3Healer","GLOBAL", 3)RestParty()~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I have done a lot of thinking, while watching over you last night, Coran. We cannot go on like this.~ DO ~SetGlobal("Co3Healer","GLOBAL", 3) SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive", "GLOBAL", 1) ~ EXIT
END

//ma2
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("Co3Marriage","GLOBAL", 2)
~ THEN BEGIN CNMorning2
SAY~ So, where is my beautiful fiancée? By the way, I would like to appoint the date. We shall be wed on that very date exactly 1000 years from now, sweetling. I should write to my parents, they would be pleased.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You, trickster! You...cheated!~ DO ~SetGlobal("Co3Marriage","GLOBAL", 3)~ GOTO COMCT3.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Raise you hand to stop Coran from speaking* I have done a lot of thinking. I was wrong. I free you of your vow. You do not have to marry me. Not now, not a 1000 years from now.~ DO ~SetGlobal("Co3Marriage","GLOBAL", 3)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Sounds good. I can just imagine you coming to seek me out, gray and bent and weary with years...perhaps we can combine both wedding and funeral feast.~ DO ~SetGlobal("Co3Marriage","GLOBAL", 3)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Cry* I thought... I thought you loved me... Just...just leave me be! Forever!~ DO ~SetGlobal("Co3Marriage","GLOBAL", 3)~ GOTO COMCT3.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You! I am going kill you!~ DO ~SetGlobal("Co3Marriage","GLOBAL", 3)~ GOTO COMCT3.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COMCT3.1
SAY ~ *Bows* I am learning from you, my little poisoner and black-mailer.~ 
IF ~~ THEN
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COMCT3.2
SAY ~ *Mockingly* There is no pleasing you, is there, my love?~ 
IF ~~ THEN  DO ~ SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive", "GLOBAL", 1) ~ EXIT
END
 
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COMCT3.3
SAY ~Now, that’s just getting boring. I am afraid it is bad for my health to stay in your company. Fare thee well, my tender assassin. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~LeaveParty() EscapeArea()~
EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",10)
~ THEN BEGIN CNLoveTalk5
SAY ~ Another day, another slaughter. Do you not find it tedious? Would that I be loved by a woman for every man I kill nowadays and every monster too. What a game it would be!~ [CORANN]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are loved by a woman for every man you slaughter.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",11)~ GOTO COCT4.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do not be greedy, Coran. Exclude the monsters, lest you overexert yourself... by counting.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",11)~ GOTO COCT4.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Loved, Coran, or lusted after?~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",11)~ GOTO COCT4.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Be careful of what you wish for, elfman, for it may come to pass.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",11)~ GOTO COCT4.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, what we are doing is not a game. There is nothing jolly about it!~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNeutralTalk","GLOBAL",11)~ GOTO COCT4.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.1
SAY ~ Exactly, by *one* woman. And I am going too slow to achieve my goal of fondling my thousand’s wench on my deathbed. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Sigh* Oh, bother... ~GOTO COCT4.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~  *Wink* That would be me, of course.~ GOTO COCT4.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You are setting your plank too low. I, myself, would not settle for less than five thousands. Maybe I should join an army.~ GOTO COCT4.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I...I hate you!~ DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 4) ~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Dreamily* Killing a man is a reward in itself... All men are bastards. ~ GOTO COCT4.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.4
SAY ~No, the way *you* do it, grouchy one.~ 
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT4.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.5
SAY ~ I used to adventure with a bard called Helg. Once, we hired ourselves out to beat back a band of goblins which terrorized some village in Amn, near Trademeet or some such. It would have been a grim going, with all those greenish devils jumping up at us, screaming and spluttering us with their black blood.~
IF ~~ THEN  GOTO COCT4.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.6
SAY ~But Helg offered me a deal - to buy a night with a concubine for every monster I kill above his count. Needless to say I offered to do the same, and we had the most jovial competition. And fun time in Athkatla afterwards. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ That’s just...disgusting. One should not turn kills into fun.~ GOTO COCT4.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I have better things to do, than listening about you whoring around with and without friends! ~ DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 4) ~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ So, who won?~ GOTO COCT4.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ What has happened to this Helg? He’d make a fine companion, I wager. ~ GOTO COCT4.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Coran, do you suggest that *I* buy you a wench?~ GOTO COCT4.13
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.3
SAY ~ Why, love of course, my precious. Love is the spice that makes rations into a gourmet dish. *winks*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You presume to inspire deeper feelings than you have yourself?~ GOTO COCT4.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I pity you then, for you have spent your life eating but dried meat and waybread.~ GOTO COCT4.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I have forgotten what a die-hard romantic you are. Perhaps, you can remind me of it later? ~ GOTO COCT4.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Too much spice in a meal can make one cry... ~ GOTO COCT4.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.7
SAY ~ Perhaps. One never knows, eh? *Brightens up* But one can always lift his or her spirits with a clever trick... ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT4.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.8
SAY ~ *Laughs* A good one! There is always a way to make things less dull.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT4.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.9
SAY ~ And all women are fools. I can live with that.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I am an exception then, for I will not keep a lover of such a persuasion. ~ GOTO COCT4.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You can. Not for very long though. Never take anyone for a fool, Coran.~ GOTO COCT4.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Laugh and ruffle Coran’s hair* Of course, my boy.~ GOTO COCT4.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *You turn aside to conceal trembling of your lips* We... we better get going, dear. ~ GOTO COCT4.18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.10
SAY ~Sweetling, let me teach you one thing. Never do that, which does not please you or interest you or is fun for you.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ One has no choice in the matter.~ GOTO COCT4.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ But duty and obligations... ~ GOTO COCT4.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You are right. I will start thinking on what I’d want to do, rather than wondering across the land and slaying everything I perceive as an enemy. ~ DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 4) ~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ And what makes you think that you are in a position to *teach* me?~ GOTO COCT4.20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.11
SAY ~ Do you doubt me?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Never!~ GOTO COCT4.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Of course! ~ DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 4) ~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ What happened to this Helg? He’d make a fine companion, I wager. ~ GOTO COCT4.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Whatever. Tell me what, did you mean to suggest that *I* buy you a wench?~ GOTO COCT4.13
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.12
SAY ~ Hmm... about Helg... You see, the last time I saw him we were waiting at Athkatla’s dock for a merchant ship to sail to Calimport.~
= ~ Inopportunely, the Magistrate was passing through, and since I had a small matter unresolved with her... and she had a dozen of city’s watchmen on her heels, I chose to take the first ship that sailed off.~
= ~ It so happened, that I was carrying our company’s treasury on me. Not that it was much, but knowing Helg, I’d have to fight him the moment I see him, and I would not want to injure an old comrade at arms… or let him cut me into stripes before I explain things.~
= ~But you have a good eye for men, sweetling. Helg is a great fellow.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 5) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.13
SAY ~Unless you can come up with a better bet. I, for example, can advise you how to seduce a man of you choice... or something.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I’d agree to my part of a bargain if you put up one faithful year for each kill I have on you?~ GOTO COCT4.22
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I do not want to play a stupid game like that.~ GOTO COCT4.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Sounds good to me!~ GOTO COCT4.21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ How about we just make it mugs of ale?~ GOTO COCT4.23
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Now, that I though of it, I like the concubine’s plan.~ GOTO COCT4.21
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.14
SAY ~ *Grins* Do you presume to measure love?~ 
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 4) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.15
SAY ~ Just give a command to stop for rest, sweetling. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 5) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.16
SAY ~ I am sorry to disappoint you, but you just proved that you are not an exception, but the rule. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 4) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.17
SAY ~ Beware of Wisdom, my love, or rather of its twin sister Boredom.~ 
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 4) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.18
SAY ~Are you in melancholy, sweetling. That won’t do at all. Perhaps you *should* think of doing something different. Or, at least come up with a trick, which will make your life more bearable. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COCT4.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.19
SAY ~*Shrugs* There are only two choices, sweetling. To live your life the way you want it, or to let everyone and his dog to push you into doing what they want. Chose the first one, dear, I beg of you. You are way too beautiful to become one of them who drift listlessly to their graves and with a satisfied smile find no difference between life and death.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 4) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.20
SAY ~ *Laughs* ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 4) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.21
SAY ~That’s my girl! *Coran kisses you on your cheek first, than on your lips...and again....* Sweetling, do not you think that it’s long past time that we... erm... halted for rest? ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 5) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.22
SAY ~ I may not be the cleverest thief in the Realms, but I can see a trap when it is laid by my feet, <CHARNAME>. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath","GLOBAL",4) ~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COCT4.23
SAY ~ We could. But where is the thrill in that? ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomancePath", "GLOBAL", 4) ~ EXIT
END

//boredneutral
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CNBoredTalk","GLOBAL",2)
~ THEN BEGIN CNBLoveTalk1
SAY ~ Look, <CHARNAME>, the sun is rising again. Is that not a wonderful sight to behold? The new day has begun, and novel dreams are stirring in my heart.~ [CORANF]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ The sun is up already? Darn, there are never enough hours in the day for me! ~ GOTO NCOBT1.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ New dreams are good, but let us hope to encounter none but the old troubles. Gods be good, some of them almost feel like childhood friends! Who knows what to expect from the new ones. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ It’s wondrous, is it not? Even as we have tread through the darkness, and despair almost had me.  But now I am well and hopeful again, looking at the bright disk of the sun. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Let the Morning Lord smile on us. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.4
IF ~Class(Player1, DRUID_ALL)~ THEN REPLY ~ Rebirth is the greatest of all the Great Mother’s miracles.~  GOTO NCOBT1.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.1
SAY ~Ah, that is why you have to devote your nights to love and nothing else. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You think so? Can you explain? ~ GOTO NCOBT1.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Yes, Coran, that is the best time of my day, when I let go of all the day-troubles and think only of you. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Let me remind you, that we snatch time for leisure and gallantry whenever we can; whether the sun shines, the moon glimmers or the stars twinkle in the sky above us. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.2
SAY ~But that’s what is fascinating about troubles! They are an enigma, a puzzle, and a mystery, while they are new. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO NCOBT1.2A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.5
SAY ~ Perhaps that is why, all of us, Nature’s children love novelty so. Indeed, who can resist the temptation of the unknown? New troubles are fascinating! They are an enigma, a puzzle, and a mystery, while they are new. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO NCOBT1.2A
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.2A
SAY ~But let them age unsolved, and they turn into problems and worries and issues.~ 
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Just like men?~ GOTO NCOBT1.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Coran, I would not mind you talking so much, if you only talked sense. Troubles are troubles, new or old. I hope to have less of them. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Unlike the bird’s, your chirping spoils the glory of the sunrise, Coran. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.3
SAY ~Sweetling, have you not learned anything from me? Nights should be devoted to love and adventure, not to despair. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Let me remind you, that we snatch time for leisure and gallantry whenever we can; whether the sun shines, the moon glimmers or the stars twinkle in the sky above us. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Nobody tells me what to do with my nights. If I wish to despair, I will despair for as long as I wish and whenever I wish. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Yes, you taught me that, beloved. *You run your fingers from Coran’s high cheekbone to his lips*~ GOTO NCOBT1.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *You make your best effort at a carefree smile. * ~ GOTO NCOBT1.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.4
SAY ~Erm...yes, of course, let him. Though I‘d rather wish for Lady Luck’s smiles. I am sorry, <CHARNAME>, but sunrises never put me into a pious mood. I’ll leave you to your revelations. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Thank you, Coran. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Oh, no, Coran, do not go away. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ What does turn your thoughts to gods then? ~ GOTO NCOBT1.17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.6
SAY ~I thought, I had shown you the difference between a night of worries and a night of love. If you did not grasp it from my lessons, you need a different teacher, <CHARNAME>.~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.7
SAY ~*Coran takes your chin with his fingers and turns your head, so you look into his eyes* I cherish that you see no difference between thinking of me and of love, but I beg you to make this distinction. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.8
SAY ~Sweetling, the main thing is that you do make time for it. What happens elsewhere is not important when the lips touch. Though I have not yet kissed a girl under snow, It must be a bit like eating strawberries with ice...*closes his eyes* mmgh...perhaps a brunette, her hair color highlighted by the snow... ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am a brunette...but I bet it was not me you were imagining. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Mmgh....perhaps, snowflakes melting on a man’s blond beard...and radiant blue eyes under the fir-trimmed hood...and we would listen to the sound of the snowflakes touching the ground in the crystal calm of the icy world. ~ GOTO NCOBT1.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~A brunette? I think I’d rather have someone with hair like fire to kiss amidst the snowflakes. Such a beautiful contrast! ~ GOTO NCOBT1.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh* I dream only of *you*, Coran, not of some unknown lads.~ GOTO NCOBT1.20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.9
SAY ~Yes, and just like women. *Kisses the tip of your nose* Let us go now, sweetling.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.10
SAY ~*Laughs* As for me, I dream to have more…but opposites attract each other. *Kisses the tip of your nose* Let us go now, sweetling. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.11
SAY ~Then I shall let you enjoy it in silence. But, really, many say that I have a pleasant singing voice. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.12
SAY ~*Waves his hands in front of his face as if dissipating poisonous vapors* Of course, my dear, of course. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.13
SAY ~ *Coran kisses your fingers* Sweetling, I too wish we could stay like this in the sunshine for the rest of the day.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.14
SAY ~ *Laughs merrily* Oh, no, that was not a smile. That was a crooked cane, or a bent willow…come, my joy, show me a real smile!~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.15
SAY ~ *Coran bows politely and walks towards the rest of the group*~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.16
SAY ~ *Coran embraces your shoulders* Sweetling, I too wish we could stay like this in the sunshine for the rest of the day.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.17
SAY ~ I worship Henali Celanil, sweetling, the goddess of love. I experience the most fervent spiritual experience every time I love a woman. It is a wonderful way to show devotion in my opinion. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.18
SAY ~ *Plays with your hair* It could have been you, I suppose. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.19
SAY ~ It is a beautiful dream…I can imagine that you will make quite a handsome couple. But then again, you would look good on any man’s arm. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN NCOBT1.20
SAY ~ *Coran takes your chin with his fingers and turns your head, so you look into his eyes* I cherish that you have so completely given your heart to this fancy we have taken in one another, but I beg of you not to close your eyes to other men, when our dream ends. I’d hate to rob the world of the way you love. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CNBoredTalk","GLOBAL",4)
~ THEN BEGIN CNBLoveTalk2
SAY ~You know how I live, sweetling? I live in haste and try to savor as many pleasures as I can get to.~ [CORANF]
= ~ I love not knowing what the next day brings and I take ships without asking captain what his destination is. This is the only way for a man to live in order not to be diminished to a rotting stump.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What you say may sound wise, but… Coran, You are rushing across the lands, and your friendships last mere hours. In the houses of strangers, you undress obedient wives and your exhilaration while you lay together comes, not from passion, but from the danger of discovery. Do you not want a change from the constant…chaos?~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNBoredTalk","GLOBAL",5)~ GOTO NCOBT2.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh* How romantic...I can love a man like that forever.~DO~ SetGlobal("CNBoredTalk","GLOBAL",5)~ GOTO NCOBT2.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Same goes for women, Coran. I conclude that just like me, you start feeling weighed by our constancy. My darling, it is long past time we sought new experiences.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CNBoredTalk","GLOBAL",5)~ GOTO NCOBT2.3
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.1
SAY ~Perhaps, <CHARNAME>, but today is not that day. *Takes your hand* But if it were such a day, I would look for no other mate to settle down with, than you.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Smile* I will yet wear you down, elf. It’s for your own good, you know. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Are you trying to tell me something, beyond confessing that you like to live on impulse? ~ GOTO NCOBT2.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I wish I had a stronger hold on you, but you already fancy someone else. Right? ~ GOTO NCOBT2.5
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.2
SAY ~Not "a man", <CHARNAME>, but "men". Trust me, you’ll learn much more about love and life if you don’t stick with the same old lover forever.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Old lover? Coran, we hardly even started...but what’s the point of arguing? You fancy someone else, do you not? ~ GOTO NCOBT2.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is not some "same old lover" we are talking about. It’s *you*! Coran, I love you to distraction, with all your quirks and silliness. You should never worry about me leaving you. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.6
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~I will always be faithful to you, even after you leave. All these women you’ve bedded, and will bed in passing, do not matter. I will be the one you’ll return to in the end and you will bond with? me. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hmmm....Just the other day I looked at...erm...never mind whom, and all sorts of frivolous thoughts entered my mind, and then I remembered you, and grew ashamed, as if I had stolen something of yours. I did not like the feeling. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.8
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.3
SAY ~Forthright women are such a joy to deal with. *Kisses you on the cheek* Shall we drink to new beginnings, sweetling?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Bring the bottle, Coran. Cheers, my friend. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh* Coran, do find someone else to drink with. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes! Getting fully and properly drunk is a great way to start the new era in my life! ~ GOTO NCOBT2.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Salute Coran with the glass*  To the new beginnings, Coran. Makes me wonder...what you shall feel laying with a regular woman after you have tasted the daughter of Bhaal? ~ GOTO NCOBT2.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Nibble at the tip of Coran’s ear gently*~ GOTO NCOBT2.12
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.4
SAY ~ *Coughs* What I am trying to say, sweetling, is that you need a man that you do not need to "wear down" and who will be glad to commit his whole life to you...if that is what you wish. I would tell you to make it "men", not "a man". Trust me, you’ll learn much more about love and life if you don’t stick with the same old lover forever.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You… You fancy someone else, do you not? ~ GOTO NCOBT2.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is not some "same old lover" we are talking about. It’s *you*! Coran, I love you to distraction, with all your quirks and silliness. You should never worry about me leaving you. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.6
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~I will always be faithful to you, even after you leave. All these women you’ve bedded, and will bed in passing, do not matter. I will be the one you’ll return to in the end and you will bond with? me. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hmmm....Just the other day I looked at...erm...never mind whom, and all sorts of frivolous thoughts entered my mind, and then I remembered you, and grew ashamed, as if I had stolen something of yours. I did not like the feeling. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.8
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.5
SAY ~ Yes, you might say so, and Her name is Freedom. Sweetling, there is fire for each other in our hearts yet, and it is now that we should part, not wait till it extinguishes itself or turns into hatred. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I thought that you loved me as a man would, but I was wrong. You speak like a boy, and I do not need a fuzzy youngster’s adoration. Go, find yourself a giggling wench; You are good at it. I love you no more. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I always leave the feast table slightly hungry, Coran. Let us remain friends and keep fond memories of our affair. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You’ve become disenchanted, and you make a two-hour speech out of it? One doesn’t waste that many words to break up, Coran! ~ GOTO NCOBT2.15
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~So be it, a'maelamin. We will part now and when passion renews itself as the phoenix-bird, we shall walk together again in the starlight. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.16
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.6
SAY ~ But I want you to leave me and I want to leave you myself. Sweetling, there is fire for each other in our hearts yet, and it is now that we should part, not wait till it extinguishes itself or turns into hatred. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I thought that you loved me as a man would, but I was wrong. You speak like a boy, and I do not need a fuzzy youngster’s adoration. Go, find yourself a giggling wench; You are good at it. I love you no more. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I always leave the feast table slightly hungry, Coran. Let us remain friends and keep fond memories of our affair. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You’ve become disenchanted, and you make a two-hour speech out of it? One doesn’t waste that many words to break up, Coran! ~ GOTO NCOBT2.15
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~So be it, a'maelamin. We will part now and when passion renews itself as the phoenix-bird, we shall walk together again in the starlight. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.16
END


IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.7
SAY ~ I do not know the future, lirimaer, but I know that it is time for us to part, for now, while there is fire for each other in our hearts. Ever that is the way of our kin. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I thought that you loved me as a man would, but I was wrong. You speak like a boy, and I do not need a fuzzy youngster’s adoration. Go, find yourself a giggling wench; You are good at it. I love you no more. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I always leave the feast table slightly hungry, Coran. Let us remain friends and keep fond memories of our affair. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You’ve become disenchanted, and you make a two-hour speech out of it? One doesn’t waste that many words to break up, Coran! ~ GOTO NCOBT2.15
IF ~Race(Player1, ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~So be it, a'maelamin. We will part now and when passion renews itself as the phoenix-bird, we shall walk together again in the starlight. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.16
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.8
SAY ~ Fireheart, I’ve met no woman like you, but I know a man who is just like you. Me. I have never thought it possible, but we are going to have the best kind of fun sitting side-by-side and trading stories of our adventures and lovers. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Laugh* If I ever need a pretend husband or a man to kindle jealousy in an inattentive lover, I know whom to ask. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Do you realize, Coran, that you will never be able to disengage from me, and you will not let me become disengaged from you? ~ GOTO NCOBT2.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ That will *not* happen, Coran. I prefer being discrete. ~ GOTO NCOBT2.19
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.9
SAY ~ Cheers! To new beginnings!~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.10
SAY ~ Oh, do not be such a spoilsport! I want to drink with a happy person…well, if not with you, then I’ll drink to you. Hail the true lady of wit and charm and beauty. *Winks* And to the fool who left her. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.11
SAY ~ One does not know such things in advance, sweetling.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.12
SAY ~ Did I mention not to do that unless you mean to dance with me between the sheets? You do not mean to -?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *Smile evasively and kiss Coran*~ GOTO NCOBT2.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I thought we might as well since we have already broken up. It will be as nonchalant as it is exciting.~ GOTO NCOBT2.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Of course I do not, you bastard. But that expression on your face is priceless.~ GOTO NCOBT2.13
END 

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.13
SAY ~ *Bows silently and turns away* ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.14
SAY ~ It will be as you say. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.15
SAY ~I do, sweetling. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.16
SAY ~Until then I am glad to serve you for as long as you have need of my skills. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.17
SAY ~*Laughs* I am afraid I cannot use you to spur jealousy, <CHARNAME>.  Seeing you would dissuade any woman from competing.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.18
SAY ~Then we shall write long letters to each other. You can start the first one now. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1) LeaveParty() EscapeArea()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.19
SAY ~*Winks* You do not have to name names, <CHARNAME>. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN NCOBT2.20
SAY ~*Coran pulls you close* That’s quite…alluring, especially since there is a great chance that you will cut my throat in the morning. Irresistible, simply irresistible! ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CoranRomanceInactive","GLOBAL",1)~
EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CNSexTalk","GLOBAL",2)
~ THEN BEGIN CNSLoveTalk1
SAY ~I remembered just now how it happened when I first loved you. It was a small gesture you made, a twirl of your wrist, no more, that you did inadvertently, and that attracted my attention. Your sleeve slid down, revealing your arm to the elbow, and suddenly I was aware that your garments were but wrapping that concealed a thing I wanted more than anything else in the world.~ [CORANN] 
= ~My heart pounded within its cage, and cried unto my ears to run away for surely it should burst if I would be denied upon asking. My mind stilled it with a gentle word, pitying it, and I went to you, as a humble beggar. Whereas I wished you naked and in my arms, I bared myself to you first. Not my body, but my soul and I told you the truth of my affliction.~
= ~Every word of yours was as a raindrop descending onto a man stranded in the Calimshan Desert - a miracle and life. I shed your clothes and they lay scattered, as I watched you. For all my pleasurable efforts to bring you to just that state, it was a sudden experience of beauty, as if I beheld a masterfully cut statue hidden behind a turn of the path in the garden maze.~
= ~I was reduced for a moment to a babe then reaching for your bosom with my lips. That gentlest touch turned me into a grown man again and my hands quested to help my overwhelmed eyes to see your desires. I found many and tried to fulfill each, while gasping at your gifts to me.  It was a joyous race, which exhausted us and left us breathless.~
= ~I have loved you again and again since. It was never the same joy, but the changes brought by it filled me with insatiable curiosity. Like a nightingale that cannot help itself, but sing sweetly at the descent of the sun, begging to stay with it as it hides itself, so I cannot see you lowering yourself into our blankets without asking the same of you, who are my sun. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You pretend being asleep*~ DO~RestParty() SetGlobal("CNSexTalk","GLOBAL",3)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Shut up, dive in and do your thing, nightingale.~ DO~RestParty() SetGlobal("CNSexTalk","GLOBAL",3)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~My nightingale, on the other side of the horizon I am greeted by an early morning bird…to which I have pledged my shiny perfection tonight.~ DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CNSexTalk","GLOBAL",3)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ You sang sweetly, nightingale. Stay with me awhile and delay the sunrise. ~ DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CNSexTalk","GLOBAL",3)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *You laugh and pull Coran into your bedroll* ~ DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CNSexTalk","GLOBAL",3)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ Tonight I wish to be alone, Coran, but not because I do not love you. I will make it up to you later. ~ DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CNSexTalk","GLOBAL",3)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ *You reply to Coran in kind, and after an hour or so of talking consent to let him lie with you.*  ~ DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CNSexTalk","GLOBAL",3)~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You reply to Coran in kind, and after an hour or so of talking reject him.* ~ DO ~RestParty() SetGlobal("CorMonologue", "GLOBAL",2) SetGlobal("CNSexTalk","GLOBAL",3)~ EXIT
END

//babytalks
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGBabyTalk","GLOBAL",2)
~ THEN BEGIN CGBabyTalk1
SAY~Luck be a Lady, <CHARNAME>, and it seems to me that you are both my lady and my luck. ~ [CORANB]
++ ~Why do you say this?~ + COBAB1.1
++ ~ So, you finally figured that one out, eh? ~ + COBAB1.2
+ ~!Global("KnowBhaal", "GLOBAL",1)~ + ~ How can I be anybody’s luck, Coran? Look at my life...it seems to be a string of unhappy coincidences.~ + COBAB1.3
+ ~Global("KnowBhaal", "GLOBAL",1)~ + ~ With my heritage, I am more like to be someone’s Lady of Death, Coran.~ + COBAB1.4
++ ~ *Smile and stroke Namara’s head* I think, that title rightfully belongs to this little lady.~ + COBAB1.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.1
SAY~Because I desire to. Since meeting you, I have been through hair-raising adventures, and amazingly have managed to keep my head attached to my shoulders. There is ever a coin to buy meat and wine and to add to that I have done something...well… good. ~
++ ~Your idea of Lady Luck is a combination of a healer, preacher and a bank.~ + COBAB1.6
++ ~ Thank...thank you, I guess.~ + COBAB1.7
++ ~ And since meeting you, I have had to restrain you from fits of reckless abandon, wasting money, and abandoning your own child. *sigh* And what have I received in exchange for that, hmm? ~ + COBAB1.8
++ ~ Yes, we are lucky that it has all come to pass. But aren’t you forgetting- ~ + COBAB1.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.2
SAY ~Yes, my dearest. ~
++ ~Thank...thank you, I guess.~ + COBAB1.7
++ ~ *Sigh* Since meeting you, I have had to restrain you from fits of suicidal bravery, wasting coin, and abandoning your own child. *sigh* And what have I received in exchange for that, hmm?~  + COBAB1.8
++ ~ So, do you have any other stunning revelations?~ + COBAB1.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.3
SAY ~Unhappy coincidences? By Hanali’s golden heart! How many times you should have been good and dead, and yet you have escaped with your life? And crossing that little bridge by the Lodge, just when I was watching the dark waters of the Cloakwood Creek - was not that a good fortune?~
++ ~Good fortune!? Since meeting you, I have had to restrain you from fits of reckless abandon, wasting coin, and abandoning your own child. *sigh* And what have I received in exchange for this, hmm?~ + COBAB1.8
++ ~ You are right! I was sulking for no good reason.~ + COBAB1.11
++ ~ Uh-huh. Meeting *you* surely is a compensation for me being exiled from my home-town, a madman who killed my step-father and sent assassins after me and all the blood I had to spill while trying to keep alive. If that’s how life rewards us, I’d be probably better of dying on the spot.~ + COBAB1.12
++ ~You have an amazing talent for finding a pearl in the midden heap.~ + COBAB1.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.4
SAY~ I have looked into the eyes of Lady Death, sweetling. I must say she is much older and much more ragged than you. Not to mention that she isn’t at all beautiful.~
++ ~ I did see her too, Coran…in the mirror. She was young and pretty, her cloak was lined with shiny fir and embroidered brightly. Yet she was death...and anyone who comes too close to her will be burned by the fires of the Hells. Consider yourself warned, Coran.~ + COBAB1.13
++ ~ And am I...beautiful?~ + COBAB1.14
++ ~ You are right! I was sulking for no good reason.~ + COBAB1.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.5
SAY ~ I met with her because of you... It was the greatest surprise in my life. When I saw the child, my heart went cold, for thoughts of what you were going to do.~
= ~ I was expecting you to berate me every time you were cross for Namara’s existence, turning our sweet companionship into the unbearable. ~
= ~Yet, you insisted on me doing something...good. I was lucky that it was you by my side that day, or as the Seldarine know I would have acted like selfish brat.~
++ ~ It was...a tempting thing to do. But it was not going to solve anything, and there was a child in need of a father. ~ + COBAB1.15
++ ~ I am not of the Seldarine, but I know that you would not have acted as a selfish brat, Coran. There is honor in you. Sooner or later you would have done the right thing.~  + COBAB1.16
++ ~That does it! Fatherhood has turned you into a scatterbrain! You are making me sick, speaking like that. Will you refuse to steal next???!!! ~ + COBAB1.17
++ ~ Why should I be cross with something that you have done long ago? I knew that you did not come to me whole and accepted it. Just do not give me a *real* reason to become angry with you.~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.6
SAY ~No, sweetling, it is not. Luck is not a combination of things; it is a whole...entity. It is either with a man or not. ~
++ ~ I am glad that you understand that.~ EXIT
++ ~ I have no idea what you mean.~ EXIT
++ ~ Coran, if you don’t shut down this fountain of meaningless words, I will be forced to close your mouth with a kiss.~ + COBAB1.18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.7
SAY ~Why do you sound so uncertain? Do you not think that crossing that little bridge by the Lodge, just when I was watching the dark waters of the Cloakwood Creek was a manifestation of a good fortune?~
++ ~Good fortune!? Since meeting you, I have had to restrain you from fits of reckless abandon, wasting coin, and abandoning your own child. *sigh* And what do I received in exchange for that, hmm?~ + COBAB1.8
++ ~ You are right! I was sulking for no good reason.~ + COBAB1.11
++ ~ Uh-huh. Meeting you surely is a compensation for me being exiled from my home-town, a madman who killed my step-father, sent assassins after me, and all the blood I have had to spill trying to stay alive. If that’s how life rewards us, I’d be probably better of dying on the spot.~  + COBAB1.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.8
SAY ~Me...since as my luck has it, you do want me. And, I dare say, I am a sweeter dish now, than the day you bumped into me on that bridge by Cloakwood Lodge.~
++ ~I think you are much plainer dish now, actually, but that cannot be helped. A man cannot be a charming daredevil and take care of his whelp at the same time.~ EXIT
++ ~ Yeah, very sweet. In fact if you go any sweeter on me I am like to throw up.~ EXIT
++ ~ You are just the same, as you were then. Circumstances change, but people do not.~ + COBAB1.16
++ ~ *Smile proudly* A job well done. ~ + COBAB1.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.9
SAY ~ No, of course not... You see, if in one day I had done enough to make the whole Order of the Radiant Heart go permanently green with envy, caught a ride on a red dragon’s tail, and feasted at a halfling’s table - I still would not consider myself lucky, if you were not there.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.10
SAY ~Just one more thing... <CHARNAME>, I love you.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.11
SAY ~Do not sulk, my Lady of Luck. We have adventures and we are in love. What else could there be live for?~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.12
SAY ~Do not I bring at least a little bit of happiness into your life?~
++ ~No, just problems.~ EXIT
++ ~ *You place your forefingers an inch apart* About that much.~ + COBAB1.19
++ ~ You do. I was sulking for no good reason.~ + COBAB1.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.13
SAY ~ I was never afraid to love, and never afraid of the one I loved. And I am not going to start now. ~
++ ~ *Hiss* More the fool you are.~ EXIT
++ ~ *Hug Coran tightly* I always wanted to love a brave man, and I now do.~ EXIT
++ ~ If I had not been in love with you already, I would have fallen for you for these few words alone.~ EXIT
++ ~ As you wish.~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.14
SAY ~Yes. You are the most beautiful woman I have ever met.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.15
SAY ~And a father in need of a child, even if he was stupid enough not to realize that.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBAB1.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.16
SAY ~You...you see me that way? As an honorable man?~
++ ~Yes.~ + COBAB1.20
++ ~ Well, one cannot know for sure, but I have hopes for you.~ + COBAB1.19
++ ~ Coran, I’d rather not talk about it right now.~ EXIT
++ ~ Not exactly paladin-like honorable, but close enough.~ + COBAB1.20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.17
SAY ~ *Chuckling uncomfortably* Frankly, I was thinking that I might be able to earn enough by hiring out as a mercenary now that I am better with my sword...~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.18
SAY ~Then I will keep talking... Hmm...I should have listened closer when old Echtelion taught about entities...~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.19
SAY ~ *Grins* Oh, I should try harder then.~  
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB1.20
SAY~ That’s...that’s such a strange thing to hear from a woman.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGBabyTalk","GLOBAL",4)
~ THEN BEGIN CGBabyTalk2
SAY ~<CHARNAME>, you have never asked, but…do you want to know about Briel?~ [CORANB]
++ ~Only if this story is different than all others. ~ + COBAB2.1
++ ~*Nod* ~ + COBAB2.2
++ ~Why would I? I have always known that you did not come to me whole, and I have accepted it. Please, spare me the details. ~ + COBAB2.3
++ ~I do not want to dwell on your past… victories. ~ + COBAB2.4
++ ~If you do not mind the telling. ~ + COBAB2.2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.1
SAY ~ It was different. I was always the one to go for merry women with easy wit and little fears. Brielbara was not the type at all. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBAB2.2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.2
SAY ~I was broke then and had to resort to cutting purses at the market square - the most miserable kind of thievery, if you ask me. So I was meddling in the crowds, keeping my eyes open for a well-to-do merchant without a bodyguard, and on the City Watchers…~ 
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBAB2.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.3
SAY ~You sound hurt, sweetling.  ~
++ ~I assure you, I am not. ~ + COBAB2.6
++ ~I think, I sounded jealous. ~ + COBAB2.7
++ ~Of course I am. She mothered your child, Coran, despite knowing that her infidelity would be discovered, since the baby was to be born half-elven. There must have been *something* in your relationship... ~ + COBAB2.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.4
SAY~I would not call it…erm…victory. ~
++ ~Really? Then what was it? ~ + COBAB2.1
++ ~Whatever you call it, I do not want to hear about it.~ EXIT
++ ~Coran, do have some decency and spare Brielbara’s modesty. ~ + COBAB2.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.5
SAY ~You know how in the buzz and swirl of the crowd, a single creature or object suddenly catch your attention and you focus on them, as if nothing else exists? I saw Briel this way - a woman in long robes and her head and face draped with a silken shawl, so that only her eyes were visible. ~
++ ~Now, that’s something you cannot resist! A mystery woman. ~ + COBAB2.9
++ ~Your imagination, however, quickly added details… ~ + COBAB2.9
++ ~ I think…I do not have resolve enough to hear out the rest of it.~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.6
SAY ~ I see the ever-unasked question in your eyes, <CHARNAME>. Perhaps I am simply mad…but I think it would be easier if I told it to you…well, for me at least.~
++ ~You are right…tell me that…saga. ~  + COBAB2.1
++ ~ I do not want to hear about it.~ EXIT
++ ~Coran, do have some decency and spare Brielbara’s modesty. Or what’s left of it.  ~ + COBAB2.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.7
SAY ~I think it would be easier if I told it all to you…then at least you would know the truth, instead of guessing at what has happened. ~
++ ~You are right…tell me that…saga. ~  + COBAB2.1
++ ~ I do not want to hear about it.~ EXIT
++ ~Coran, do have some decency and spare Brielbara’s modesty. Or what’s left of it.  ~ + COBAB2.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.8 
SAY ~Oh, by Hanali Celanil! I am not bragging about it to a mate in a tavern over a mug of ale! I am trying to tell you the truth, so you stop guessing at what has happened! It’s eating you, I know!~
++ ~You are right…tell me that…saga. ~ + COBAB2.1
++ ~I prefer not knowing, Coran. Please, respect my wish.~ EXIT
++ ~You presume too much. The matter does not concern me in the least.~  EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.9
SAY ~ *Grins* It is almost scary, how well you know me. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBAB2.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.10
SAY ~Brielbara stood in front of the flower merchant and looked at the blooms for a while. And I looked at her… Then she startled and hurried away. Something in this startle endeared her to me. I did not have the time to light-finger a bud, and only enough money to buy but a single red flower…and so I did and run after her. ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBAB2.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.11
SAY ~When I tried to give her the flower, there was so much surprise and gratitude in her eyes, but she shook her head and told me that she was married. "Well," I replied, "so much the better. I am for making you happy, and your husband - to take care of all your other needs."~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBAB2.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.12
SAY ~The next thing I knew, I was standing in the middle of the busy street in Baldur’s Gate, hugging a strange woman who sobbed into my shoulder. But in a moment she whipped her tears away and straightened. You met Yago…he was quite apt at devouring the very last shred of happiness from his wife. Yet, Brielbara was determined to snatch out of his jaws whatever she could. Rarely have I met woman who plunged into an affair with such decisiveness and passion. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBAB2.13
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.13
SAY ~After a while, being fed up with seeing bruises all over Brielbara’s body and listening to what her husband did to her, I suggested her that I spirit her away from Yago. At first she was quite fascinated by the prospect, but when she understood that I would neither stay with her long after our escape, nor would have settled down in a remote corner of the world, she told me that a human’s life is too short to make many new starts.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO COBAB2.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.14
SAY ~A good doze of despair in the gayety of our meetings finally wore me down, and I left. ~
++ ~So, it was the memory of happiness, which prompted her to keep Namara. ~ + COBAB2.15
++ ~I would have run away with you, even if I knew it would only last for a day…~ + COBAB2.16
++ ~Well, thank you for sharing. Let us go now.~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.15
SAY ~ And that in turn made Yago try to kill her…so that even past joy tuned into ashes for Brielbara. You know, I am glad that we have gotten rid of this man.~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB2.16
SAY ~ *Coran embraces you and kisses your hair lightly* I know, fireheart. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("CGBabyTalk","GLOBAL",6)
~ THEN BEGIN CGBabyTalk3
SAY ~ I received a message from Brielbara, <CHARNAME>. Her affairs are settled, and she’d like to take Namara back. ~
++ ~ Good speed then...And Coran...take some of the party’s gold. Brielbara will look more favorably at you if you don’t come empty-handed. ~ + COBAB3.1
++ ~ I think that giving the child back is not a good idea. ~ + COBAB3.2
+ ~!Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1)~ + ~ I am not letting you out of my sight, especially to go see your former mistress and a mother of your child! Either I am coming with you, or Brielbara can pickup Namara on her own. If she found a way of communicating with you here, she can find a way to travel! ~ + COBAB3.4A
+ ~Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1)~ + ~ I am not letting you out of my sight, especially to go see your former mistress and a mother of your child! Either I am coming with you, or Brielbara can pickup Namara on her own. If she found a way of communicating with you here, she can find a way to travel! ~ + COBAB3.4B
+ ~Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1)~ + ~Of course. Will you...will you be coming back? ~ + COBAB3.5A
+ ~!Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1) RandomNum(2,1)~ + ~Of course. Will you...will you be coming back? ~ + COBAB3.5A
+ ~!Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1) RandomNum(2,2)~ + ~Of course. Will you...will you be coming back? ~ + COBAB3.5B
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.1
SAY ~You would trust a thief with party’s gold?~
++ ~I would trust *you* with party’s gold.~ + COBAB3.6
++ ~You have earned your share of the booty, Coran.~ + COBAB3.6
+ ~Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1)~ + ~ On the second thought…will 1000 gold suffice? ~ + COBAB3.7A
+ ~!Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1) RandomNum(2,1)~ + ~ On the second thought…will 1000 gold suffice? ~ + COBAB3.7A
+ ~!Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1) RandomNum(2,2)~ + ~On the second thought…will 1000 gold suffice? ~ + COBAB3.7B
+ ~Class(Player1, THIEF_ALL)~ + ~I know for myself, that there is honor among thieves. ~ + COBAB3.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.2
SAY ~And why is that, sweetling?~
+ ~!Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1)~ + ~ Because I said so. Namara and you stay with me. ~ + COBAB3.4A
+ ~Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1)~ + ~ Because I said so. Namara and you stay with me. ~ + COBAB3.4B
++ ~Well, you seem to really love Namara, and Brielbara is likely to suggest yet again for you to stay. It is the right thing for you to- ~ + COBAB3.9
+ ~!Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1) RandomNum(2,1)~ + ~ You can go if you promise to come back. ~ + COBAB3.5A
+ ~!Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1) RandomNum(2,2)~ + ~ You can go if you promise to come back. ~ + COBAB3.5B
+ ~Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1)~ + ~ You…you may go, just remember your vows to me.~ + COBAB3.4B
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.4A 
SAY ~I love you sweetling. I love you with all my heart, but I will not be pinned to your skirt!~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~LeaveParty() EscapeArea() SetGlobal("KickedOut","LOCALS",2)~ EXIT
END 

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.5A
SAY ~ My heart will guide me as always.  Look for me in the "Sturgeon".~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~LeaveParty() EscapeArea() SetGlobal("KickedOut","LOCALS",2)~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.5B
SAY ~My heart will guide me as always.  Look for me in the "Sturgeon".~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~LeaveParty() SetGlobal("KickedOut","LOCALS",2) SetGlobal("CoranMoves","GLOBAL", 1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.4B
SAY ~ I swore a solemn vow, that no matter what transpires, I should return to you. By the sun and the stars and the twelve winds I swore it. Do you doubt my words?~
+ ~RandomNum(2,1)~ + ~I do not care what words you said! ~ + COBAB3.10A
+ ~RandomNum(2,2)~ + ~I do not care what words you said! ~ + COBAB3.10B
++ ~ I am sorry, my love. I just did not know that it should be tested so… soon. Do not tarry now. I shall await your return.~ DO ~LeaveParty() SetGlobal("CoranMoves", "GLOBAL", 1)~ EXIT
+ ~RandomNum(2,1)~ + ~ I do not know how binding such a vow is…from a man like you, Coran…Your moods changes like clouds in the sky. I just…do not know what to expect of you. ~ + COBAB3.5A
+ ~RandomNum(2,2)~ + ~ I do not know how binding such a vow is…from a man like you, Coran…Your moods changes like clouds in the sky. I just…do not know what to expect of you. ~ + COBAB3.5B
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.6
SAY ~Thank you, <CHARNAME>.  But what…what did you mean about Briel liking me?~
++ ~Coran, you sired Namara on Brielbara, and you are quite fond of the child. It is the right thing for you to- ~ DO ~ GiveGoldForce(-1000)  ReputationInc(1) ~ GOTO COBAB3.9
+ ~!Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1) RandomNum(2,1)~ + ~ Coran, do not make it more difficult than necessary. I…I do not think that you are coming back.  ~ DO ~ GiveGoldForce(-1000)  ReputationInc(1) ~ GOTO COBAB3.5A
+ ~!Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1) RandomNum(2,2)~ + ~ Coran, do not make it more difficult than necessary. I…I do not think that you are coming back. ~ DO ~ GiveGoldForce(-1000)  ReputationInc(1) ~ GOTO COBAB3.5B
+ ~ Global("CoranVow", "GLOBAL", 1) ~ + ~ Coran, do not make it more difficult than necessary. I…I do not think that you are coming back. ~ DO ~ GiveGoldForce(-1000) ReputationInc(1) ~  GOTO COBAB3.4B
++ ~ I’ll let you to figure it out on your own, elf. ~ DO ~ GiveGoldForce(-1000) ReputationInc(1) ~ GOTO COBAB3.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.7A
SAY ~It is more than generous of you, <CHARNAME>. Look for me in the "Sturgeon". ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~ GiveGoldForce(-1000) ReputationInc(1) LeaveParty() SetGlobal("KickedOut","LOCALS",2) SetGlobal("CoranMoves", "GLOBAL", 1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.7B
SAY ~It is more than generous of you, <CHARNAME>.  Look for me in the "Sturgeon".~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~GiveGoldForce(-1000) ReputationInc(1) LeaveParty() SetGlobal("KickedOut","LOCALS",2)  EscapeArea()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.9
SAY ~ Sweetling… *Coran holds you close and whispers into your ear* You and me is the right thing…the whole thing.  If you believe in this... I'll be waiting for you in the "Sturgeon".~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~ LeaveParty() SetGlobal("KickedOut","LOCALS",2) SetGlobal("CoranMoves", "GLOBAL", 1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.10A
SAY ~If you do not consider my vows seriously, then I shall follow the guidance of my heart. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~LeaveParty() SetGlobal("KickedOut","LOCALS",2) SetGlobal("CoranMoves", "GLOBAL", 1)~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.10B
SAY ~If you do not consider my vows seriously, then I shall follow the guidance of my heart. Look for me in the "Sturgeon".~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~LeaveParty() SetGlobal("KickedOut","LOCALS",2) EscapeArea()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB3.11
SAY ~I think you doubt that I shall be back. ~ 
IF ~RandomNum(2,1)~ THEN GOTO COBAB3.5A
IF ~RandomNum(2,2)~ THEN GOTO COBAB3.5B
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("ComitmentTalk","GLOBAL",1)
~ THEN BEGIN Comitment
SAY ~ <CHARNAME>? *Coran wraps his hands around you and presses his forehead against your neck* I feel a bit odd without Namara.~ 
++ ~You will soon get used to it, Coran. ~ DO~ SetGlobal("ComitmentTalk","GLOBAL",2)~ + CORE1.1
++ ~Ah, but look on the bright side: we only have to worry about the curious grown-ups. ~ DO~ SetGlobal("ComitmentTalk","GLOBAL",2)~ + CORE1.2
++ ~*Stroke Coran’s hair* ~ DO~ SetGlobal("ComitmentTalk","GLOBAL",2)~ + CORE1.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.1
SAY ~Will I? ~ 
IF ~~ THEN GOTO CORE1.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.2
SAY ~ True. *Coran lifts his head and starts arranging your hair in a semicircle around your face* ~ 
IF ~Global("RedHair", "GLOBAL",1) ~ THEN GOTO CORE1.4A
IF ~Global("BlondHair", "GLOBAL",1) ~ THEN GOTO CORE1.4B
IF ~!Global("RedHair", "GLOBAL",1)  !Global("BlondHair", "GLOBAL",1) ~ THEN GOTO CORE1.4C
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.4A
SAY ~Do not move. You look too beautiful to change anything - the rays of sun frame your face. ~
++~*You sit up and muss your hair* I have changed and I am still beautiful, love. ~ + CORE1.5
++ ~*Lay still and smile suggestively* Are you sure you do not want me to move? ~ + CORE1.6
++ ~I am *simply* beautiful? Coran, are you running out of compliments? ~ + CORE1.7
++ ~*Look at Coran attentively* Coran? Are you trying to say something? ~ + CORE1.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.4B
SAY ~Do not move. You look too beautiful to change anything - the rays of sun frame your face. ~
++~*You sit up and muss your hair* I have changed and I am still beautiful, love. ~ + CORE1.5
++ ~*Lay still and smile suggestively* Are you sure you do not want me to move? ~ + CORE1.6
++ ~I am *simply* beautiful? Coran, are you running out of compliments? ~ + CORE1.7
++ ~*Look at Coran attentively* Coran? Are you trying to say something? ~ + CORE1.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.4C
SAY ~Do not move. You look too beautiful to change anything - the rays of sun frame your face. ~
++~*You sit up and muss your hair* I have changed and I am still beautiful, love. ~ + CORE1.5
++ ~*Lay still and smile suggestively* Are you sure you do not want me to move? ~ + CORE1.6
++ ~I am *simply* beautiful? Coran, are you running out of compliments? ~ + CORE1.7
++ ~*Look at Coran attentively* Coran? Are you trying to say something? ~ + CORE1.8
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN  CORE1.5
SAY ~You moved away. *Sighs* You are farther from me and do not look the way I made you look, but I love you just the same.~
++ ~*Look at Coran attentively* Coran? Are you trying to say something? ~ + CORE1.8
++ ~*Lick your lips slowly and teasingly* Then prove it, elf. ~ + CORE1.6
++ ~Coran, I am too tired to assist you in soul-searching tonight.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~And I thought I’d get my easy-going and light-spirited lover back, with Namara gone!  ~ + CORE1.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.6
SAY ~*Laughs* Seductress…it always amazes me how little a gesture you need to have me trembling with desire for your delicious body.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.7
SAY ~ *Sighs* I never speak plain, do I? You know, I look at you now, and I see a beauty. And so I say. There is another thing I feel.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO CORE1.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.9
SAY ~ *Coran touches your brow lightly* Sweetling…I am at odds with myself. ~ 
IF ~~ THEN GOTO CORE1.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.3
SAY ~ *Coran lifts his head and looks at you with a small smile* What about you? Will you become one day a shadow and a hole in my heart?~
++ ~*In silence you find Coran’s lips with yours and kiss him passionately, trying to put in that kiss the promise of happiness.*  ~ + CORE1.10
+~Global("KnowBhaal", "GLOBAL",1)~ + ~Coran, you should not dread this day, you should welcome it, when it comes. The darkest shadow over us is that of my destiny. The more you love me, the longer you stay with me, the worse you will be hurt. ~ + CORE1.11
++ ~Coran, I am too tired to assist you in soul-searching tonight. ~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~Why…why are you so sure that it will happen? ~ + CORE1.10
++ ~There is no reason for grief now, why court future trouble, Coran? ~ + CORE1.12
+ ~!Race(Player1, ELF)~ + ~ *Quietly* My life is shorter than yours, elf, so I cannot promise to you not to die. But while I live, I’ll stay with you. ~ + CORE1.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.8
SAY ~ I am afraid, <CHARNAME>. I dread the day when you will become a shadow and a hole in my heart.~
++ ~*In silence you find Coran’s lips with yours and kiss him passionately, trying to put in that kiss the promise of happiness.*  ~ + CORE1.10
+~Global("KnowBhaal", "GLOBAL",1)~ + ~Coran, you should not dread this day, you should welcome it, when it comes. The darkest shadow over us is that of my destiny. The more you love me, the longer you stay with me, the worse you will be hurt. ~ + CORE1.11
++ ~Coran, I am too tired to assist you in soul-searching tonight. ~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
++ ~Why…why are you so sure that it will happen? ~ + CORE1.10
++ ~There is no reason for grief now, why court future trouble, Coran? ~ + CORE1.12
+ ~!Race(Player1, ELF)~ + ~ *Quietly* My life is shorter than yours, elf, so I cannot promise to you not to die. But while I live, I’ll stay with you. ~ + CORE1.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.10
SAY ~You will walk the roads beside me then? You will wake in my arms for many mornings to come? You will not be afraid to bear my son and rear him with me? ~
++ ~Coran…please…people just do not ask questions like that after a hard day! Let me think on it. ~ + CORE1.13
++ ~Yes, yes, yes and yes. Though I cannot guarantee that it will be a son.  ~ + CORE1.14
++ ~ *Sob* It’s the first time…ever…someone is proposing to me and I have no idea what I am…supposed to say. ~ + CORE1.13
++ ~Erm… let’s go-slow here. We have already started on the traveling together bit, so we can work on the waking-in-arms-morningly part next. ~ + CORE1.15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.11
SAY ~ Sweetling, if I told you that I am not afraid of omens and your grim Sire’s hand, what then? ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO CORE1.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.12
SAY ~I am not courting trouble; I am courting <CHARNAME>. If I was to tell you, that I cannot see you gone, as I have seen every other woman in my life, what then? ~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO CORE1.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN CORE1.13
SAY ~ *Sighs* I will learn patience then, the first of all the virtues that I do not have. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN  CORE1.14
SAY ~A daughter would be just as nice, and at least I have some idea of what to expect.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN  CORE1.15
SAY ~Right you are. *Coran opens his arms and whispers* Come here, sweetling.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

END

APPEND ~CORANP~

IF WEIGHT #-100 ~GlobalGT("CoranMoves","GLOBAL",1) GlobalLT("CoranMoves","GLOBAL",3)
~ THEN BEGIN CoranBack
SAY~ A'maelamin <CHARNAME>, cormamin lindua ele lle… ~
++ ~ *smile* and so does mine heart sing at the sight of you.~ DO ~SetGlobal("CoranMoves","GLOBAL",3) SetGlobal("CoranBack","GLOBAL",2)~ + COBAB4.1
++ ~ Coran, I conclude from the shine in your eyes that you are happy to see me, but what you are saying sounds elvish to me.~ DO~ SetGlobal("CoranMoves","GLOBAL",3) SetGlobal("CoranBack","GLOBAL",2)~ +  COBAB4.2
++ ~It better be good news… what are you saying?~ DO~SetGlobal("CoranMoves","GLOBAL",3) SetGlobal("CoranBack","GLOBAL",2)~ +  COBAB4.2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB4.1
SAY ~Ah, a’maelamin, I have missed you so! *Coran catches you in his arms and swirls you around* ~
++ ~*Laugh* It’s like you have never been gone!~ + COBAB4.3
++ ~ Put me down! Put me DOWN! And fall back in line, you impossible, silly, terrible- *kiss Coran* ~ + COBAB4.3
++ ~ You know, Coran, how they say: "Out of sight, out of mind?" I… I do not- ~ + COBAB4.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB4.2
SAY ~Ah, I am sorry, I was talking to you in my thoughts all the way here and slipped to elvish inadvertently. My heart sings to see thee, beloved. Hmm…it sounds more…natural in elvish than in Common. Nevermind! *Coran catches you in his arms and swirls you around*~
++ ~*Laugh* It’s like you have never been gone!~ + COBAB4.3
++ ~ Put me down! Put me DOWN! And fall back in line, you impossible, silly, terrible- *kiss Coran* ~ + COBAB4.3
++ ~ You know, Coran, how they say: "Out of sight, out of mind?" I… I do not- ~ + COBAB4.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB4.3
SAY ~How have you been, my love? Unhurt? And not seduced by some irresponsible vagabond? I want to know of every moment I have missed… ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~JoinParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN COBAB4.4
SAY ~Do not try to explain. The flaming Nine Hells, woman, you did not believe a word I was saying, did you? Ah, well, bugger it all. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~EscapeArea()~
EXIT
END

END

CHAIN3 ~BMINSC~ MICOROM1
~ Boo says everyone is, <CHARNAME>. But how can that be if I am not asleep, Boo? And neither are the valiant woman <CHARNAME> and the good elf Coran? * You hear random giggling from the rest of the party *~
END ~BCORAN~ COLT10.2A






