From 7a61a454d06d729f5b25d6f534c67e84afab8dd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kestrel Gregorich-Trevor Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 09:00:34 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add fortune cookie encyclopedia entry. Sourced from xnethack. --- dat/data.base | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/dat/data.base b/dat/data.base index cb5b9dc4e..51217b2ab 100644 --- a/dat/data.base +++ b/dat/data.base @@ -1872,6 +1872,22 @@ fog* cloud Dorothy found them all to be delicious, and she ate every bit of luncheon in the box before she had finished. [ Ozma of Oz, by L. Frank Baum ] +fortune cookie + Nemesis cracked another cookie and wrinkled her nose. "_You will + have great fortune when you least expect it,_" she read. "That's + exactly the sort of nonsense I hate. Someone opens a cookie, and + suddenly they have a prophecy that they'll be rich! I blame that + tramp Tyche. Always dispensing good luck to people who don't + deserve it!" + Leo looked at the mound of broken cookies. "Uh ... you know those + aren't real prophecies, right? They're just stuffed into the + cookies at some factory--" + "Don't try to excuse it!" Nemesis snapped. "It's just like Tyche + to get people's hopes up. No, no. I _must_ counter her." Nemesis + flicked a finger over the slip of paper, and the letters changed + to red. "_You will die painfully when you most expect it._ + There! Much better." + [ The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan ] fountain Rest! This little Fountain runs Thus for aye: -- It never stays