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Communication

Speaking commands can be abbreviated by using the punctuation marks on the left
(e.g. "Hello is the same as say Hello).

Abbrev.	Command	Does
" (quotes)	say words	speak aloud to everyone in the room
` (backtick)	to em words	speak aloud, directing words to em
: (colon)	emote words	show yourself doing words
	mu em words	say words privately to em (local)
' (apostrophe)	page em words	say words privately to em (remote)
+ (plus)	+ em words	show yourself doing words privately to em (remote)

Movement

@exits	show names of exits from the room you're in
exit	go through the exit named exit
walk to words	walk to the room named words
join person	walk to the location where person is
home	go to your home (where you are when you start)
@sethome	set current location as your home, if permitted

Looking

Try these special words for look: here, me. Note that looking at an exit often shows what you can see through it.

look	look at the room you're in
look words	see description of object words
look in obj	look inside the container obj
@find em	find the person em
exam words	get detailed information about a person or object
@contents	show the contents of the room you are in

Other commands

@audit em	see what player em owns
@d word	get information about object word
help topic	get help with a particular topic
help help	get an explanation of the in-MOO help system
idle	display message for 'real life intrusion'
inv	find out what you are carrying
@who	see who's logged in and where they are
@quit	disconnect from MOOville