Inspiration

High, aristocratic windows cast an air of arrogance over the silk upholstered walls of the hallway. The crystal candelabra mounted on the walls between the windows try vainly to outmatch the paned haughtiness. The polished ebony floorboards glow in proud contempt. Soothing tapestries of bold blue silk hang on either side of the spartan doorway in the north wall, giving this part of the hallway a very serious feel to it.

There are three obvious exits: north, east and west.
A Sung family guard and a pretty geisha are standing here.
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draw brush
You draw the enamelled calligraphy brush from the red lacquer brush case into your left hand.
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get book from pit
Su Su the Sung family peacock arrives from the west.
You get an open cheap flimsy chapbook from a pocket in Bottomless Pit.
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rip page from book
You rip a page from the open cheap flimsy chapbook.
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look su su

Strutting around in obvious grandeur is a beautiful specimen of a male peacock. The Sung family keeps Su Su, as he is called, in the best feed and the best care. The Lady Sung regards her pet with love and devotion and would be very disappointed if anything happened to him. The bird however, probably cares less. Su Su, while a beautiful bird, has that obvious look of birdy disdain.

He is in good shape.
He is standing.
> The pretty geisha flutters her eyelashes.

You exclaim in Agatean: nice birdie!
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pat su
You pat Su Su the Sung family peacock on the head.
> A passenger junk drifts lazily across Pearl River outside the window.
The Sung family guard leaves west.
> Su Su the Sung family peacock makes soft clucking sounds.
write with brush on paper in agatean
You start writing on the sheet of cheap writing paper with the enamelled calligraphy brush.

You finish writing on the sheet of cheap writing paper.
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sign paper with brush
You sign the sheet of cheap writing paper with the enamelled calligraphy brush.
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read paper
You read the sheet of cheap writing paper:
Written in messy gleaming silver ink calligraphy in Agatean:
Drinking is good
but not in excess.
Procure moderation.
Written in cursive gleaming silver ink is the authentic and attested signature of Winswand in Agatean:
Master Winswand

> A Sung family guard arrives from the west.
A young geisha arrives from the north.

You say in Agatean: umm... quite a bad haiku. And doesn't match the syllables either...
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shrug
You shrug.