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"Basic Followers 01" by John Timmons

Include Simple Followers by Emily Short.

The release number is 1. The story creation year is 2008. The story headline is "An example of getting someone to follow the player around." The story description is "A basic example of commanding someone to follow the player around and to stop someone from following the player around by using the commands 'ED, FOLLOW ME' and 'ED, STOP' respectively. This requires the Simple Followers extension by Emily Short."

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When play begins:

say "To command Ed to follow you, type this: 'ED, FOLLOW ME'. To command Ed to stop following you, type this: 'ED, STOP'."

The Foyer is a room. "The Kitchen is to the north and the Living Room is to the south."

The Kitchen is north of the Foyer. "The Foyer is to the south."

The Living Room is south of the Foyer. "The Foyer is to the north."

Ed is a man in the Foyer.

[We use an instead rule to force Ed to follow the player when the player types 'ED, FOLLOW ME'.]

Instead of asking Ed to try following yourself:

say "Ed agrees to follow you around.";

now Ed is shadowing yourself.

[We use an instead rule to force Ed to stop following the player when the play types 'ED, STOP'.]

Instead of asking Ed to try ceasing to follow Ed:

say "Ed agrees to stay here.";

now Ed is not shadowing yourself.