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You balance the yellow ball attached to your greenish fir paddle on its smooth, flat surface for a brief moment before gently flicking it upward. The ball launches into the air but is tugged back to the surface by the securing string.
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! Bounces !! Message
! Bounces !! Message
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| 0 || A slight twitch of the wrist causes the yellow ball to miss the surface completely. Better luck next time!
| 0 || You balance the yellow ball attached to your greenish fir paddle on its smooth, flat surface for a brief moment before gently flicking it upward. The ball launches into the air but is tugged back to the surface by the securing string.

A slight twitch of the wrist causes the yellow ball to miss the surface completely. Better luck next time!
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| 1 || X
| 1 || X
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| 2 || You balance the yellow ball attached to your greenish fir paddle (#212,584,550) on its smooth, flat surface for a brief moment before gently flicking it upward. The ball launches into the air but is tugged back to the surface by the securing string.
| 2 || Becoming a yellow blur, the ball strikes the surface for the first time and launches into the air again...

Becoming a yellow blur, the ball strikes the surface for the first time and launches into the air again...
and again...
and again...


A slight twitch of the wrist causes the yellow ball to miss the surface completely. Better luck next time!
A slight twitch of the wrist causes the yellow ball to miss the surface completely. Better luck next time!


As the yellow ball dangles on its string from the paddle (#212584550), you realize that you managed to bounce it a measly 2 times before finally missing.
As the yellow ball dangles on its string from the paddle, you realize that you managed to bounce it a measly 2 times before finally missing.
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Revision as of 13:30, 11 April 2020

Suede-handled greenish fir paddle

Examine

Fashioned of greenish fir, the paddle has a large round surface and a firm handle wrapped in suede. A tiny tack in the center has a white string attached to it, which in turn is connected to a small yellow ball.

Analyze

You analyze your greenish fir paddle and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Created in the Spring of 5120 as a Gift Box toy, a suede-handled greenish fir paddle (#212584550) is a game that lets you bounce a ball on it for fun!

The last time that you played, you managed to bounce the ball X times before missing the paddle.

You currently have X ranks. Practice makes perfect, keep trying!

Highest Bounces Achieved: X

Available Verbs: bounce, point at self, point at [player], turn, twist.

This item is account-bound.

You get no sense of whether or not the paddle may be further lightened.

Messaging

You balance the yellow ball attached to your greenish fir paddle on its smooth, flat surface for a brief moment before gently flicking it upward. The ball launches into the air but is tugged back to the surface by the securing string.

Bounces Message
0 A slight twitch of the wrist causes the yellow ball to miss the surface completely. Better luck next time!
1 X
2 Becoming a yellow blur, the ball strikes the surface for the first time and launches into the air again...
and again...

A slight twitch of the wrist causes the yellow ball to miss the surface completely. Better luck next time!

As the yellow ball dangles on its string from the paddle, you realize that you managed to bounce it a measly 2 times before finally missing.