Verb:NUDGE

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NUDGE
Type Roleplaying, Special case
Wedding Yes
Citizen Wehnimer's Landing
Special Case Food and drink

NUDGE is a versatile verb with a variety of messaging based on target and location. It is also a common verb trap for a variety of merchant items.

Help

Usage:
    NUDGE {self}             - Squirm and fidget oddly
    NUDGE {object on ground} - Edge closer to target
    NUDGE {target}           - Nudge someone or something
    NUDGE SET [option]       - Shows or sets the NUDGE verb options available

Verb Info

Verb information for verb "NUDGE":

People targets:
CATHEDRAL WEDDING
  FIRST PERSON     - You give (target's) ribs a gentle poke with your elbow,
                     letting him/her know he's/she's just been inappropriate.
  SECOND PERSON    - Xeraphina prods your ribs gently with her elbow and you flinch,
                     rubbing your side.
WAVEDANCER WEDDING - You nudge (target) and pout, giving him/her a sad-eyed stare.
CHAPEL WEDDING     - You gently nudge (target), and as your eyes meet, you both
                     chuckle softly at a shared memory.
ETERNAL WEDDING    - You give (target) a gentle nudge to the ribs, and once you
                     have his/her attention, you jerk your head to one side,
                     suggestively raise your brows a couple of times, and generally
                     gesture away with your elbow.  Time to get a room!
LANDING CITIZEN    - You push past (target), roughly bumping into (him/her) on
                     your way past.
STANDARD
  FIRST PERSON     - You elbow (target) in the ribs in a playful sort of way.
  SEDOND PERSON    - Xeraphina just nudged you.

Self target:
  FIRST PERSON     - Enjoying a little joke with yourself, huh?
  OTHERS           - Xeraphina squirms and fidgets oddly for a moment.

Object targets:
  ON THE GROUND
    FIRST PERSON   - Surely there are more interesting things to nudge than the (object)!
    OTHERS         - Xeraphina just edged a little closer to the (object)!
  ALL OTHERS       - You try to nudge (object)!

Creature targets:
  FIRST PERSON     - Feeling extremely foolhardy or lucky, you edge a little closer
                     to the (creature)!
  OTHERS           - Xeraphina just edged a little closer to the (creature).

No target:
LANDING CITIZEN
  FIRST PERSON     - You push forward purposefully, letting nothing and no one
                     stand in your way!
  OTHERS           - Xeraphina storms about, wildly swinging his elbows around.

NOTE:  ONLY first person messaging is listed unless it differs substantially from other versions.  Wedding messaging will only work with your spouse, all other targets default to standard messaging.  Messaging without an option shown applies to all options.  Special scripts and areas may override listed messaging.

Usage

Standard

Target First Second Third
Self Enjoying a little joke with yourself, huh? N/A Person squirms and fidgets oddly for a moment.
Person You elbow (target) in the ribs in a playful sort of way. Person just nudged you. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Object on Ground Surely there are more interesting things to nudge than the (object)! N/A Person just edged a little closer to the (object)!
Other Objects You try to nudge (object)! N/A This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Creature eeling extremely foolhardy or lucky, you edge a little closer to the (creature)! N/A Person just edged a little closer to the (creature).

Wehnimer's Landing Citizen

Target First Second Third
None You push forward purposefully, letting nothing and no one stand in your way! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! Person storms about, wildly swinging his elbows around.
Person You push past (target), roughly bumping into (him/her) on your way past. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!

Wedding

Style First Second Third
Cathedral You give (target's) ribs a gentle poke with your elbow, letting him/her know he's/she's just been inappropriate. Person prods your ribs gently with her elbow and you flinch, rubbing your side. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Wavedancer You nudge (target) and pout, giving him/her a sad-eyed stare. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Chapel You gently nudge (target), and as your eyes meet, you both chuckle softly at a shared memory. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Eternal You give (target) a gentle nudge to the ribs, and once you have his/her attention, you jerk your head to one side, suggestively raise your brows a couple of times, and generally gesture away with your elbow. Time to get a room! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!

Food and Drink

NUDGE can also be used with hot drinks and pastries (donut, cookie, tart, muffin, cake, roll, or bread) to dunk the pastry in the drink via NUDGE <hot drink> AT MY <pastry>.

First Third
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