Five Gods Exiled — 60 of 191

Part 2 - Where Were You

Historic location is a kind of value. The historic locations are location 1, location 2, location 3, location 4, location 5, location 6, and death location.

The chronology location list is a list of historic locations that varies. The chronology location list is {location 1, location 2, location 3, location 4, location 5, location 6}.

A historic location has a list of people called the occupancy list.

Murder location is a historic location that varies.

Murder time is a time that varies.

Discovery location is a historic location that varies.

Discovery time is a time that varies. The discovery time is 11:59 PM.

A person has a number called the activity level.

A person has a time called the personal discovery time. The personal discovery time of a person is 11:59 PM.

Definition: A person (called the referenced person) is suspicious if the referenced person is the player or the referenced person is an NPC.

Table of Murder Chronology

To choose the murder time and location:

now murder time is a random time between 11:00 AM and 10:00 PM;

sort the chronology location list in random order;

now murder location is entry 1 in the chronology location list;

if a random chance of 1 in 2 succeeds:

now discovery location is murder location;

let table-start time be murder time - 4 hours;

let table-end time be murder time + 4 hours;

choose row 1 in the Table of Murder Chronology;

blank out the whole row;

repeat with target person running through suspicious people:

now the activity level of target person is a random number between 0 and 5;

if the target person is an NPC:

now the target person is known;

let L be the table-start time;

sort the chronology location list in random order;

let the temporary location be entry 1 in the chronology location list; [This helps keep sedentary people sedentary.]

while L < the table-end time:

choose a blank row in the Table of Murder Chronology;

now time entry is L;

now person entry is target person;

if L is murder time:

if target person is the victim or target person is the murderer:

now historic location entry is the murder location;

otherwise:

sort the chronology location list in random order;

now historic location entry is entry 1 in the chronology location list;

while the historic location entry is the murder location and the target person is the player:

sort the chronology location list in random order;

now historic location entry is entry 1 in the chronology location list;

let the temporary location be entry 1 in the chronology location list;

otherwise if L > murder time and target person is the victim:

now historic location entry is death location;

otherwise if a random chance of the activity level of target person in 5 succeeds:

sort the chronology location list in random order;

now the historic location entry is entry 1 in the chronology location list;

let the temporary location be entry 1 in the chronology location list;

otherwise:

now the historic location entry is the temporary location;

let K be a random number between -1 and 1;

now the activity level of target person is the activity level of target person + K;

now L is L + 30 minutes;

DM "At [time entry], [person entry] was at [historic location entry].[line break]";

repeat with target location running through the historic locations:

now the occupancy list of the target location is { };

let the time tracker be the the table-start time;

while the time tracker <= the table-end time:

repeat with target location running through the historic locations:

repeat through the Table of Murder Chronology:

if the time tracker is the time entry and the target location is the historic location entry:

add the person entry to the occupancy list of the historic location entry;

DM "At [time tracker], ";

repeat with target location running through the historic locations:

if the occupancy list of the target location is { }:

DM "[target location] was empty.[line break]";

otherwise:

DM "[target location] contained [the occupancy list of the target location].[line break]";

repeat with target location running through the historic locations:

now the occupancy list of the target location is { };

now the time tracker is the time tracker + 30 minutes;

DM "The victim is [victim] and the murderer is [murderer]. The murder took place at [murder location] at [murder time].[line break]".