text: [Themes: Fantasy, sidekick NPC, culinary theme, fantasy]
  
  > look around
  This is the Shireton Bakery. This is where you, the Baker of Shireton, bake bread for all the citizenry (and adventuring visitors) of Shireton.
  
  The oven where you bake bread dominates a corner of the bakery out of reach of the clientele.
  
  A highly polished wooden counter divides the room.
  
  On the counter are a tip jar (empty) and a hand bell.
  
  Everything you need to make dough (flour, water) is on your work table.
  
  On the work table are seven metal pans.
  
  Behind the counter is a strong box with a narrow slot to catch your earnings.
  
  Ah, the delicious smell of fresh baked bread fills the bakery.
  
  > open the oven
  You open the oven. Inside you see:
  an unrisen dough
  a rock hard biscuit
  a hot rock hard biscuit
  
  The moss robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > take the bread
  Taken.
  
  You move the empty pans from the oven to the work table.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the moss robed citizen.
  
  The yellow robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery, causing the blue curtain over the back room door to flutter.
  
  > give the bread to the moss robed
  You nod to the moss robed citizen, whom you recognize as the Senator of Shireton.
  "Ah, thank you, good Baker of Shireton! "This is hard as a rock!" exclaims the moss robed citizen, "I sha'n't pay for such rubbish! Hmpfh!"
  
  The moss robed citizen goes north.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the yellow robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > give bread to the yellow robed
  You nod to the yellow robed citizen, whom you recognize as the Seamstress of Shireton.
  (first taking the hot rock hard biscuit)
  "Ah, thank you, good Baker of Shireton! "This is hard as a rock!" exclaims the yellow robed citizen, "I sha'n't pay for such rubbish! Hmpfh!"
  
  The yellow robed citizen goes north.
  
  You move the empty pans from the oven to the work table.
  
  The green robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > make the dough
  You create a ball of bread dough.
  
  That dough is perfect. It nestles in the pan beautifully.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > examine the dough
  It seems to be an unrisen dough, and it's rather unrisen dough-shaped and sized, with a distinctly unrisen dough-esque styling and vibe to it.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > Exit
  You open the blue checked curtain.
  
  This is the Shireton Bakery. This is where you, the Baker of Shireton, bake bread for all the citizenry (and adventuring visitors) of Shireton.
  
  The oven where you bake bread hangs open, blasting heat into the bakery.
  
  A highly polished wooden counter divides the room  The display case contains nothing.
  
  On the counter are a tip jar (empty) and a hand bell.
  
  Everything you need to make dough (flour, water) is on your work table.
  
  On the work table are a pan of unrisen dough and eight metal pans.
  
  Behind the counter is a strong box with a narrow slot to catch your earnings.
  
  You can also see a green robed citizen here.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery, causing the blue curtain over the back room door to flutter.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You have in current possession:
  an apron (being worn)
  a baker's hat (being worn)
  a quest to give
  a song in your heart
  a name response
  a job response
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > Sing
  Your lusty reel paints the air with melody:
  
  "Oh I am the Baker of Shireton
  And I bake bread because baking is fun
  For just a coin I'll bake some bread
  And I'll be the Baker until I am dead!"
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > examine the dough
  The unrisen dough is rather nondescript.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > look at the box
  You got this magical strong box from a wizard. It's magic because nobody, even you, can open it. But, there is a narrow slot
  on the top through which you can insert the coins you earn from selling bread to the citizenry of Shireton. That way nobody can steal your money and make off with it!
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > look in the oven
  In the oven is a pan of unrisen dough.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery, causing the blue curtain over the back room door to flutter.
  
  > close the oven
  You close the oven.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  > examine the oven
  This oven is your livelihood, your baby, and your pride and joy. It is where you bake bread for all the citizenry of Shireton. It can bake up to five loaves of bread at the same time! The iron door is firmly shut. It keeps the heat in the oven at the perfect temperature to bake bread, but cannot in any way possibly contain the sweet, delicious aromas of baking.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  > look in the oven
  Your X-Ray vision stat is not high enough yet.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  > open the oven
  You open the oven. Inside you see:
  a rock hard biscuit
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > take the biscuit
  Taken.
  
  You move the empty pans from the oven to the work table.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > make the dough
  You'll need your hands for this...
  
  You put the rock hard biscuit on the work table.
  
  You knead another ball of bread dough.
  
  Another loaf-shaped dough plops into a metal pan.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > put the dough in the oven
  (first taking the pan of sour dough)
  You put the pan of sour dough into the oven.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > close the oven
  You close the oven.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  > Sing
  Your lusty reel paints the air with melody:
  
  "The Bread is Life
  The Bread is Art
  I bake my Bread
  Straight from the Heart!"
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Ah, the delicious smell of fresh baked bread fills the bakery.
  
  > open the oven
  You open the oven. Inside you see:
  a delicious hot loaf of sourdough bread
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery, causing the blue curtain over the back room door to flutter.
  
  > take the loaf
  Which do you mean, the delicious hot loaf of sourdough bread or the rock hard biscuit?
  
  > Delicious
  Taken.
  
  You move the empty pans from the oven to the work table.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > give it to the robed
  You nod to the green robed citizen, whom you recognize as the Watchmaker of Shireton.
  "Ah, thank you, good Baker of Shireton! May these two coins bring you prosperity!" says the green robed citizen.
  
  "Delicious!" proclaims the green robed citizen, and yet another copper clinks into your tip jar.
  
  The green robed citizen goes north.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > close the oven
  You close the oven.
  
  > Inventory
  You have in current possession:
  two copper coins
  an apron (being worn)
  a baker's hat (being worn)
  a quest to give
  a song in your heart
  a name response
  a job response
  
  > look at the coin
  It's one copper. Real Shireton currency. The visage of the King has been nearly worn off, but you recognize the noble arch of his nose, the most prominent feature of the likeness.
  
  > put two coin in the box
  copper coin: Clink!
  The copper coin lands in the box with all the rest of them.
  copper coin: Clink!
  
  > examine the tip jar
  In the tip jar is a copper coin.
  
  It's glued to the counter with magic indestructable glue. Nobody's going to steal your magic tip jar.
  
  > take the coin
  Taken.
  
  > put it in the box
  Clink!
  
  > enter the backroom
  This is a mind-bogglingly huge storage space whose horizon falls off at the round edge of your perception. You could probably go any direction and no direction here at the same time. Flat representations of nine balls of dough, twenty loaves of barley bread, twenty loaves of wheat bread, twenty loaves of sourdough bread, nineteen rock hard biscuits, a haze of acrid smoke, an aroma, forty-seven copper coins and a cursed pickle are both here and not here.
  
  You can see a blue checked curtain here.
  
  > examine the curtain
  The blue checked curtain is open.
  
  > close it
  You close the blue checked curtain.
  
  > Leave
  You open the blue checked curtain.
  
  This is the Shireton Bakery. This is where you, the Baker of Shireton, bake bread for all the citizenry (and adventuring visitors) of Shireton.
  
  The oven where you bake bread dominates a corner of the bakery out of reach of the clientele.
  
  A highly polished wooden counter divides the room  The display case contains nothing.
  
  On the counter are a tip jar (empty) and a hand bell.
  
  Everything you need to make dough (flour, water) is on your work table.
  
  On the work table are nine metal pans, a rock hard biscuit and a pan of sour dough.
  
  Behind the counter is a strong box with a narrow slot to catch your earnings.
  
  Available for sale:
  a rock hard biscuit.
  
  > take the flour
  The sack of flour is magical. And endless. And bigger than you can carry. You don't need the whole bag just to MAKE DOUGH.
  
  > put the flour in pan
  (first taking the endless sack of flour)
  The sack of flour is magical. And endless. And bigger than you can carry.
  
  > make the dough
  You knead another ball of bread dough.
  
  You slide the dough into a pan, admiring the smooth curvature. You give it a jaunty slap: Pale as a schoolmarm's buttock.
  
  > eat the biscuit
  You'd never get your teeth into that. It's practically a doorstop.
  
  > make the dough
  You knead another ball of bread dough.
  
  Another loaf-shaped dough plops into a metal pan.
  
  > Continue
  You knead another ball of bread dough.
  
  That dough is perfect. It nestles in the pan beautifully.
  
  > Continue
  You knead another ball of bread dough.
  
  You slide the dough into a pan, admiring the smooth curvature.
  
  > Continue
  You knead another ball of bread dough.
  
  You shape the dough into a loaf and lay it snugly in a pan.
  
  > open the oven
  You open the oven.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > put the dough in the oven
  (first taking the pan of risen dough)
  You put the pan of risen dough into the oven.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > Continue
  (first taking the pan of risen dough)
  You put the pan of risen dough into the oven.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery, causing the blue curtain over the back room door to flutter.
  
  > Continue
  (first taking the pan of sour dough)
  You put the pan of sour dough into the oven.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > Sing
  Your lusty reel paints the air with melody:
  
  "MAKE some DOUGH
  Do it AGAIN
  Repeat that step
  Till I have ten!"
  
  Ah, the delicious smell of fresh baked bread fills the bakery.
  
  > open the oven
  You open the oven. Inside you see:
  a delicious hot loaf of wheat bread
  a hot loaf of wheat bread
  a hot loaf of wheat bread
  a hot loaf of wheat bread
  a delicious hot loaf of sourdough bread
  
  Bob the Hobo arrives from the north.
  
  "Feed the hopeless?" asks Bob the Hobo. "Gimme either a coin or a loaf, don't matter which!"
  
  > look at the quest
  Which do you mean, a hot loaf of wheat bread or the delicious hot loaf of sourdough bread?
  
  You really could use some barleycorn to make delicious barleycorn bread. Too bad the approaching raiders have cut off all supply channels.
  
  The green robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  Seeing your inattention, Bob panhandles the Optometrist of Shireton, who has been patiently waiting, receiving an indignant "Hmph!" in return.
  
  The green robed citizen goes north.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > give the hot wheat loaf to Bob
  Oh here's Bob the Hobo, again.
  
  (first taking the hot loaf of wheat bread)
  "Ah, many blessings upon ye're establishmen'," invokes Bob the Hobo. The hobo tears into the hot loaf of wheat bread with fervor.
  Bob the Hobo scurries out the door with his prize.
  
  Bob convulses strangely.
  
  You move the empty pans from the oven to the work table.
  
  The purple robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery, causing the blue curtain over the back room door to flutter.
  
  > take all from the oven
  hot loaf of wheat bread: Taken.
  delicious hot loaf of sourdough bread: Taken.
  hot loaf of wheat bread: Taken.
  delicious hot loaf of wheat bread: Taken.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the purple robed citizen.
  
  The yellow robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > give sourdough to the purple
  You nod to the purple robed citizen, whom you recognize as the Doctor of Shireton.
  (first taking the delicious hot loaf of sourdough bread)
  First putting down four metal pans.
  
  "Ah, thank you, good Baker of Shireton! May these two coins bring you prosperity!" says the purple robed citizen.
  
  "Mmmm, and still warm!" exclaims the purple robed citizen, dropping another coin in the jar.
  
  "Delicious!" proclaims the purple robed citizen, and yet another copper clinks into your tip jar.
  
  The purple robed citizen goes north.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the yellow robed citizen.
  
  Bob the Hobo arrives from the north.
  
  "Help the lowest of the low?" asks Bob the Hobo. "Gimme either a coin or a loaf, don't matter which!"
  
  > give the wheat to the yellow
  You nod to the yellow robed citizen, whom you recognize as the Village Idiot of Shireton.
  "Ah, thank you, good Baker of Shireton! Here is your well-deserved, but meager coin," says the yellow robed citizen.
  
  The yellow robed citizen goes north.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > give the wheat to Bob
  Oh here's Bob the Hobo, again.
  
  (first taking the loaf of wheat bread)
  "Ah, another loaf of bread," invokes Bob the Hobo. The hobo tears into the loaf of wheat bread with fervor.
  Bob the Hobo scurries out the door with his prize.
  
  Bob convulses strangely.
  
  The yellow robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > Inventory
  You have in current possession:
  a loaf of wheat bread
  three copper coins
  an apron (being worn)
  a baker's hat (being worn)
  a quest to give
  a song in your heart
  a name response
  a job response
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the yellow robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > give the wheat to the yellow
  You nod to the yellow robed citizen, whom you recognize as the Doctor of Shireton.
  "Ah, thank you, good Baker of Shireton! Here is your well-deserved, but meager coin," says the yellow robed citizen.
  
  The yellow robed citizen goes north.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery, causing the blue curtain over the back room door to flutter.
  
  > put four coin in the box
  copper coin: Clink!
  copper coin: Clink!
  copper coin: Clink!
  copper coin: Clink!
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > make the dough
  You knead another ball of bread dough.
  
  Another loaf-shaped dough plops into a metal pan.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  doug2008 arrives from the north.
  
  > put the dough in the oven
  (first taking the pan of unrisen dough)
  You put the pan of unrisen dough into the oven.
  
  [2:57 pm:3|861160]  doug2008 : Name?
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > close the oven
  You close the oven.
  
  [2:57 pm:15|193852]  doug2008 : Name?
  
  > Sing
  Your lusty reel paints the air with melody:
  
  "Then I TAKE ALL RISEN DOUGH
  And SING the SONG to pass the hour
  I BAKE the BREAD I have in hand
  And leave the rest to wonderfully sour!"
  
  [2:57 pm:18|240777]  doug2008 : Name?
  
  > open the oven
  You open the oven. Inside you see:
  a rock hard biscuit
  
  [2:57 pm:26|536354]  doug2008 : A/S/L?
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > take the biscuit
  Taken.
  
  You move the empty pans from the oven to the work table.
  
  [2:57 pm:30|740386]  doug2008 : Name?
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery, causing the blue curtain over the back room door to flutter.
  
  > give the name to the doug
  You turn toward the human fighter who has been perusing the bakery. "Why, I'm the Baker of Shireton!" you say.
  
  [2:57 pm:38|183535]  doug2008 : Anyone here from milwaukee?
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > close the oven
  You close the oven.
  
  [2:57 pm:52|98120]  doug2008 : anyone know where how to get rats tails for the quest LEARN HOW TO FULFILL A QUEST?
  
  [2:57 pm:52|101642]  doug2008 : Anyone reading this?
  
  > give the quest to the doug
  Quest Offered! I am the Baker of Shireton, and I would
  like to bake some delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton. Unfortunately, raiders have cut off all trade routes to the north, where barleycorn is currently in season. If you can bring me but a handful of barleycorn, I can begin baking delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton once again! Go forth adventurer, and ye shall be rewarded handsomely!
  
  Quest Refused.
  
  [2:58 pm:4|900780]  doug2008 : Job?
  
  [2:58 pm:4|902749]  Kateri: WTS   20 Demonic Dominos
  [2:58 pm:4|902919]  DPinaTP: Any CANADA in'na house???
  
  [2:58 pm:4|902995]  80Daze: BEST OFFER FOR  Mysterious Shield of the Infuriating Mud
  
  > look at the doug
  doug2008 appears to be a humanoid human fighter.
  
  [2:59 pm:6|44223]  doug2008 : Job?
  
  > give the job to the doug
  "Why, I bake bread and other sundry baked goods for all the citizenry of Shireton!" you say.
  
  [2:59 pm:14|570357]  doug2008 : hellooooooo?
  
  > give the biscuit to the doug
  You have offered barter to doug2008!
  You offer: a rock hard biscuit.
  doug2008 offers: 4 copper.
  Do you accept?
  
  > Yes
  You received 4 copper coins.
  
  [2:59 pm:43|494846]  doug2008 : Quest?
  
  [2:59 pm:43|499006]  doug2008 : a;slkdfja;sdlkfja;sdlkfjasdf
  
  > put four coin in the box
  copper coin: Clink!
  copper coin: Clink!
  copper coin: Clink!
  copper coin: Clink!
  
  [2:59 pm:51|173989]  doug2008 : Quest?
  
  Legolas31 arrives from the north.
  
  > give Quest to the doug
  Quest Offered! I am the Baker of Shireton, and I would
  like to bake some delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton. Unfortunately, raiders have cut off all trade routes to the north, where barleycorn is currently in season. If you can bring me but a handful of barleycorn, I can begin baking delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton once again! Go forth adventurer, and ye shall be rewarded handsomely!
  
  doug2008 accepted your quest!
  
  doug2008 goes north.
  
  [3:00 pm:2|706680]  Legolas31 : Name?
  
  > look at Quest
  You really could use some barleycorn to make delicious barleycorn bread. Too bad the approaching raiders have cut off all supply channels.
  
  > give the name to the legolas
  You turn toward the elvish ranger/archer person who has been perusing the bakery.
  "Why, I'm the Baker of Shireton!" you say.
  
  [3:00 pm:21|403881]  Legolas31 : Job?
  
  > give the job to the legolas
  "Why, I bake bread and other sundry baked goods for all the citizenry of Shireton!" you say.
  
  doug2008 arrives from the north.
  
  [3:00 pm:27|789102]  Legolas31 : Quest?
  
  shmokey420 arrives from the north.
  
  > give Quest to the legolas
  Quest Offered! I am the Baker of Shireton, and I would
  like to bake some delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton. Unfortunately, raiders have cut off all trade routes to the north, where barleycorn is currently in season. If you can bring me but a handful of barleycorn, I can begin baking delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton once again! Go forth adventurer, and ye shall be rewarded handsomely!
  
  Legolas31 accepted your quest!
  
  Legolas31 goes north.
  
  doug2008 presents you with a handful of barleycorn and flashes majestically while leveling up! Quest Completed!
  
  doug2008 receives 3 copper coins for their effort!
  
  [3:00 pm:35|585950]  shmokey420 : WTS 10 Feral Beast Potion 20cp OBO.
  
  [3:00 pm:35|588695]  shmokey420 : WTS crafted Hookah of Ancient Memory 30cp.
  
  > look at the barleycorn
  It seems to be a handful of barleycorn, and it's rather handful of barleycorn-shaped and sized, with a distinctly handful of barleycorn-esque styling and vibe to it.
  
  > examine Quest
  You really could use some barleycorn to make delicious barleycorn bread. Too bad the approaching raiders have cut off all supply channels.
  
  [3:01 pm:50|217351]  shmokey420 : Name?
  
  [3:01 pm:50|220884]  shmokey420 : LFG Greedy Duke - anyone know how to win it?
  [3:01 pm:50|220967]  Legolas31 : I think Greedy Duke requires poison in food?
  [3:01 pm:50|221003]  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger : I think he's got a taster and if he dies the jig is up.
  [3:01 pm:50|221643]  doug2008 : anyone know the hockey score?
  
  > give the name to the shmokey
  You turn toward the zargan pyromancer/alchemist who has been perusing the bakery.
  "Why, I'm the Baker of Shireton!" you say.
  
  Legolas31 arrives from the north.
  
  [3:02 pm:2|390094]  shmokey420 : Job?
  
  [3:02 pm:2|393625]  doug2008 : A/S/L?
  
  AnUUsSpOoPy69 arrives from the north.
  
  > give the job to the shmokey
  "Why, I bake bread and other sundry baked goods for all the citizenry of Shireton!" you say.
  
  Legolas31 presents you with a handful of barleycorn and flashes majestically while leveling up! Quest Completed!
  
  Legolas31 receives 3 copper coins for their effort!
  
  [3:02 pm:17|355648]  AnUUsSpOoPy69 : Name?
  
  [3:02 pm:17|357396]  shmokey420 : Quest?
  
  [3:02 pm:17|361091]  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger : Smokey - I'll trade you 50 Debased Mushrooms for your hookah.
  [3:02 pm:17|361212]  shmokey420 : Hahahahahaahaha.
  [3:02 pm:17|361495]  Legolas31 : /me strides ardently into the tiny bakeshop in this rocky mountain-locked hamlet of Shireton, whipping his cape around so none might guess his true identity.
  [3:02 pm:17|361977]  doug2008 : Anyone here from milwaukee?
  
  AnUUsSpOoPy69 goes north.
  
  > give Quest to the shmokey
  Quest Offered! I am the Baker of Shireton, and I would
  like to bake some delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton. Unfortunately, raiders have cut off all trade routes to the north, where barleycorn is currently in season. If you can bring me but a handful of barleycorn, I can begin baking delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton once again! Go forth adventurer, and ye shall be rewarded handsomely!
  
  shmokey420 accepted your quest!
  
  shmokey420 goes north.
  
  MysticMegan95 arrives from the north.
  
  [3:02 pm:32|531196]  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger : So who are you?
  [3:02 pm:32|531257]  Legolas31 : /me casts a dark pall over the interloper's psyche, "I AM NO ONE" he declares...
  [3:02 pm:32|531310]  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger : Um, what? [3:02 pm:32|531772]  doug2008 : anyone know where how to get rats tails for the quest LEARN HOW TO FULFILL A QUEST?
  
  > Inventory
  You have in current possession:
  two handfuls of barleycorn
  an apron (being worn)
  a baker's hat (being worn)
  a quest to give
  a song in your heart
  a name response
  a job response
  
  > make the dough
  You'll need your hands for this...
  
  You put the handful of barleycorn on the work table.
  
  You put the handful of barleycorn on the work table.
  
  You knead another ball of bread dough.
  
  You mould the dough into a loaf and slap it into an empty pan.
  
  [3:03 pm:8|583328]  MysticMegan95 : Name?
  
  [3:03 pm:8|586432]  Legolas31 : /me peruses the baked goods on sale in this ramshackle bakery, wondering if perhaps the baker holds secrets endemic to the noble quest at hand...
  
  > give the name to the mysticmegan
  You turn toward the dwarf hunter/fighter who has been perusing the bakery.
  "Why, I'm the Baker of Shireton!" you say.
  
  shmokey420 arrives from the north.
  
  MysticMegan95 examines an easily delegated quest closely, hoping to discover hidden clues.
  
  shmokey420 is checking the World Map.
  [3:03 pm:27|532331]  AnUUsSpOoPy69 : Are you for real, dude?
  [3:03 pm:27|532381]  Legolas31 : I AM REAL AS THE WINTER WIND, as real is the quarrel's bite into warm flesh, and the living trees that bramble in the woods.
  [3:03 pm:27|532872]  doug2008 : Anyone reading this?
  
  > put the barleycorn in the dough
  You work the barleycorn into the unrisen dough.
  That will be tasty!
  
  MysticMegan95 zones out a bit, rummaging through her inventory screen.
  
  shmokey420 goes north.
  
  [3:03 pm:56|106818]  MysticMegan95 : Hey ranger, you know slash-me doesn't do anything in AoA chat, right?
  
  doug2008 goes north.
  
  > put the dough in the oven
  (first taking the pan of unrisen dough)
  The oven is closed.
  
  shmokey420 arrives from the north.
  
  [3:04 pm:9|523320]  MysticMegan95 : Job?
  
  [3:04 pm:9|524541]  Goldie58: Need someone to run Ascension of the Sun [3:04 pm:9|524659]  Goldie58: Is there a way to stealth-kill G.D.?
  
  shmokey420 casts Divine Hallucination on himself.
  Legolas31 checks for secret doors...
  
  > give the job to the mysticmegan
  "Why, I bake bread and other sundry baked goods for all the citizenry of Shireton!" you say.
  
  shmokey420 presents you with a handful of barleycorn and flashes majestically while leveling up! Quest Completed!
  
  shmokey420 receives 3 copper coins for their effort!
  
  [3:04 pm:20|817564]  MysticMegan95 : Quest?
  
  shmokey420 goes north.
  
  Legolas31 casts Call Woodland Creatures...
  
  There is a brief stampede of rabbits and chipmunks into the door of the bakery, but without purpose, they quickly and harmlessly disperse.
  
  > give Quest to the mysticmegan
  Quest Offered! I am the Baker of Shireton, and I would
  like to bake some delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton. Unfortunately, raiders have cut off all trade routes to the north, where barleycorn is currently in season. If you can bring me but a handful of barleycorn, I can begin baking delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton once again! Go forth adventurer, and ye shall be rewarded handsomely!
  
  MysticMegan95 accepted your quest!
  
  MysticMegan95 goes north.
  
  [3:04 pm:37|79215]  Legolas31 : /me decides to indulge himself in the humble Baker's wares, but not seeing any donuts, resolves never to think about it again.
  
  > open the oven
  You open the oven.
  
  > put the dough in the oven
  (first taking the pan of sour dough)
  You put the pan of sour dough into the oven.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  [3:04 pm:52|569806]  Legolas31 : Name, Job, Quest, the Ranger thinks...wondering if there might be some sort of special idiomatic language spoken in this far corner of the world known as "Shireton"...
  
  > close oven
  You close the oven.
  
  Legolas31 goes north.
  
  > Sing
  Your lusty reel paints the air with melody:
  
  "I SING the SONG
  The bread is done
  Don't wait too long
  It's incredibly fun!"
  
  Ah, the delicious smell of fresh baked bread fills the bakery.
  
  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger arrives from the north.
  
  > open the oven
  You open the oven. Inside you see:
  a delicious hot loaf of sourdough bread
  
  The Narvish Raider arrives from the north.
  
  [3:05 pm:11|493516]  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger : Name?
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  > take Bread
  Which do you mean, the delicious hot loaf of sourdough bread, a loaf of wheat bread or the rock hard biscuit?
  
  > Delicious
  Which do you mean, the delicious hot loaf of sourdough bread or the delicious loaf of wheat bread?
  
  > Hot
  Taken.
  
  You move the empty pans from the oven to the work table.
  
  MysticMegan95 arrives from the north.
  
  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger moves about the bakery, taking in all the sights.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  It appears the raider has made it to the front of the queue...and he'd like to show you his collection of sharp, pointy objects...
  
  > Milestones
  The milestones you have encountered so far include:
  
  Shanked by a Raider
  
  Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last command or review the MILESTONES you've seen so far?
  
  > give the hot loaf to Raider
  You nod to the Narvish Raider, whom you recognize as the Candlestick Maker of Shireton.
  (first taking the delicious hot loaf of sourdough bread)
  The raider shakes his head and rubs his tummy. Apparently, he's not hungry for what you're offering.
  
  You move the empty pans from the oven to the work table.
  
  The white robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  MysticMegan95 arrives from the north.
  
  [3:08 pm:10|621489]  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger : Name?
  
  [3:08 pm:10|622642]  Pathologist 92: Looking to sell   25 Dust Bunny Eggs
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  You notice the white robed citizen suddenly bursting into a shower of experience points. The Raider leans nonchalantly.
  
  > give the name to Bri'anne
  You turn toward the elven priest/cleric herbalist/excavation specialist who has been perusing the bakery.
  "Why, I'm the Baker of Shireton!" you say.
  
  MysticMegan95 presents you with a handful of barleycorn and flashes majestically while leveling up! Quest Completed!
  
  MysticMegan95 receives 3 copper coins for their effort!
  
  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger moves about the bakery, taking in all the sights.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery, causing the blue curtain over the back room door to flutter.
  
  > look in oven
  You don't find anything inside the oven.
  
  [3:08 pm:58|159938]  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger : Job?
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  It appears the raider has made it to the front of the queue...and he'd like to show you his collection of sharp, pointy objects...
  
  > Milestones
  The milestones you have encountered so far include:
  
  Shanked by a Raider
  
  > enter backroom
  This is a mind-bogglingly huge storage space whose horizon falls off at the round edge of your perception. You could probably go any direction and no direction here at the same time. Flat representations of nine balls of dough, twenty loaves of barley bread, eighteen loaves of wheat bread, nineteen loaves of sourdough bread, nineteen rock hard biscuits, a haze of acrid smoke, thirty-seven copper coins and a cursed pickle are both here and not here.
  
  You can see a blue checked curtain here.
  
  > Inventory
  You have in current possession:
  two handfuls of barleycorn
  a delicious loaf of sourdough bread
  a pan of risen dough
  an apron (being worn)
  a baker's hat (being worn)
  a quest to give
  a song in your heart
  a name response
  a job response
  
  > eat the dough
  You sink your teeth in and attempt to chew the sticky mass. No, it's still much better after baking.
  
  "Ting-a-Ling!" rings your counter bell, and you are duty-bound to answer the call of a customer desirous of bread...
  
  This is the Shireton Bakery. This is where you, the Baker of Shireton, bake bread for all the citizenry (and adventuring visitors) of Shireton.
  
  A Narvish Raider waits patiently.
  
  The delicious and alluring aroma of freshly-baked bread fills the entire bakery.
  
  The oven where you bake bread hangs open, blasting heat into the bakery.
  
  A highly polished wooden counter divides the room  The display case contains nothing.
  
  On the counter are a tip jar (in which are two copper coins) and a hand bell.
  
  Everything you need to make dough (flour, water) is on your work table.
  
  On the work table are seven metal pans, a handful of barleycorn, a loaf of wheat bread, a delicious loaf of wheat bread and a rock hard biscuit.
  
  Behind the counter is a strong box with a narrow slot to catch your earnings.
  
  You can also see a yellow robed citizen, a white robed citizen and Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger here.
  
  Available for sale:
  a delicious loaf of wheat bread.
  a loaf of wheat bread.
  a delicious loaf of sourdough bread.
  a rock hard biscuit.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the white robed citizen.
  
  Bob the Hobo arrives from the north.
  
  "Assistance for the hungry?" asks Bob the Hobo. "Gimme either a coin or a loaf, don't matter which!"
  
  > give the wheat bread to white
  You nod to the white robed citizen, whom you recognize as the Dairywoman of Shireton.
  (first taking the loaf of wheat bread)
  "Ah, thank you, good Baker of Shireton! Here is your well-deserved, but meager coin," says the white robed citizen.
  
  The white robed citizen goes north.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the yellow robed citizen.
  
  The Shireton Harbourmaster arrives from the north.
  
  Seeing your inattention, Bob panhandles the Cartographer of Shireton, who has been patiently waiting, receiving a flung copper as the yellow robed citizen turns away.
  
  The yellow robed citizen goes north.
  
  [3:11 pm:22|141815]  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger : Job?
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  The Harbormaster scowls, "Me, I'll be havin' one of them bland, overly puffy fairy-cakes you sell in here and make a passable attempt t'pass off as real bread! Speakin' o' hardtack, 'at reminds me of a kinda funny true story for ya! It all happened earlier this morning... And ye know, I use'ta work a business-hours job like yerself...
  
  > give the biscuit to Bob
  Oh here's Bob the Hobo, again.
  
  (first taking the rock hard biscuit)
  "Sure y'wouldn't rather part with a coin," invokes Bob the Hobo. The hobo tears into the rock hard biscuit with fervor.
  Bob the Hobo scurries out the door with his prize.
  
  Bob convulses strangely.
  
  The green robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  [3:11 pm:55|904290]  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger : Job?
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  The Harbormaster continues: "... Visiting the estate of the Sultan
  El Katet, and his glorious palace in the desert ... and along the way skeletons ... snared us in a trap ... it was probably the most fiendish and difficult struggle of our lives."
  
  You notice the green robed citizen suddenly bursting into a shower of experience points. The raider catches your eye and gives you a friendly nod.
  
  > give the Job to Bri'anne
  You turn toward the elven priest/cleric herbalist/excavation specialist who has been perusing the bakery.
  "Why, I bake bread and other sundry baked goods for all the citizenry of Shireton!" you say.
  
  Bob the Hobo arrives from the north.
  
  "Help the lowest of the low?" asks Bob the Hobo. "Gimme either a coin or a loaf, don't matter which!"
  
  > make dough
  You'll need your hands for this...
  
  You put the rock hard biscuit on the work table.
  
  You put the copper coin on the work table.
  
  You put the handful of barleycorn on the work table.
  
  You put the delicious loaf of sourdough bread on the work table.
  
  You put the handful of barleycorn on the work table.
  
  You put the pan of risen dough on the work table.
  
  You knead another ball of bread dough.
  
  You shape the dough into a loaf and lay it snugly in a pan.
  
  The green robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  Seeing your inattention, Bob panhandles the Italian Restaurant Owner of Shireton, who has been patiently waiting, receiving an indignant "Hmph!" in return.
  
  The green robed citizen goes north.
  
  [3:13 pm:2|357996]  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger : Quest?
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  The Harbormaster concludes: "And the moral o' that story is:
  rum and beholders cause you to wake up with mysterious
  bruises."
  
  > give Quest to Bri'anne
  Quest Offered! I am the Baker of Shireton, and I would
  like to bake some delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton. Unfortunately, raiders have cut off all trade routes to the north, where barleycorn is currently in season. If you can bring me but a handful of barleycorn, I can begin baking delicious barley bread for the citizenry of Shireton once again! Go forth adventurer, and ye shall be rewarded handsomely!
  
  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger accepted your quest!
  
  Bri'anne Wayverlyn the CrystalSinger goes north.
  
  The white robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  "Feed the hungry?" asks Bob the Hobo. "Gimme either a coin or a loaf, don't matter which!"
  
  > give the coin to Bob
  Oh here's Bob the Hobo, again.
  
  (first taking the copper coin)
  "Gods bles ye," snaps Bob the Hobo, biting the coin to assure its validity.
  
  Bob the Hobo goes north.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the white robed citizen.
  
  The moss robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery.
  
  The Harbormaster scowls, "Me, I'll be takin' one of them bland, overly puffy fairy-cakes you sell in here and make a passable attempt t'pass off as real bread! Speakin' o' hardtack, 'at reminds me of a terrifyin' yarn for ya! It all happened on a Monday in 1587. Or 1588, I don't remember which... About once a year we used to go finboatin'...
  
  > give the sourdough to the white
  You nod to the white robed citizen, whom you recognize as the Lawyer of Shireton.
  (first taking the delicious loaf of sourdough bread)
  "Ah, thank you, good Baker of Shireton! May these two coins bring you prosperity!" says the white robed citizen.
  
  "Delicious!" proclaims the white robed citizen, and yet another copper clinks into your tip jar.
  
  The white robed citizen goes north.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the moss robed citizen.
  
  The green robed citizen arrives from the north.
  
  > give the wheat to the moss
  You nod to the moss robed citizen, whom you recognize as the Schoolteacher of Shireton.
  (first taking the delicious loaf of wheat bread)
  "Ah, thank you, good Baker of Shireton! Here is your well-deserved, but meager coin," says the moss robed citizen.
  
  "Delicious!" proclaims the moss robed citizen, and yet another copper clinks into your tip jar.
  
  The moss robed citizen goes north.
  
  "A loaf of bread, please!" requests the green robed citizen.
  
  Heat blasts from the open oven into the bakery, causing the blue curtain over the back room door to flutter.
  
  The Harbormaster continues: "... While luncheoning with the Queen
  of Aeons ... and on the way back six skeletons ... enticed us off of our route into a hovel in the desert ... we were taken to a restaurant that served th' most succulent calamari you could ever imagine."