From ff712cedfc79ae835672f1e26e229e5fa60d0aae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ubq323 <ubq323@ubq323.website>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 02:48:42 +0100
Subject: launch beescroll

---
 beescroll.lua | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'beescroll.lua')

diff --git a/beescroll.lua b/beescroll.lua
index 3384c58..fe0ac86 100644
--- a/beescroll.lua
+++ b/beescroll.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ local m = peripheral.find"monitor"
 
 local W,H = m.getSize()
 
+local cities = {}
+local fp = assert(fs.open("/cities.txt","r"))
+repeat
+	local line = fp.readLine()
+	table.isert(cities,line)
+until not line
+fp.close()
+
 local verbs = {
 	"recovered",
 	"extinguished",
@@ -30,14 +38,36 @@ local verbs = {
 	"redeployed",
 	"shaken",
 	"stirred",
+	"discovered",
+	"defeated",
+	"thwarted",
+	"confounded",
+	"separated",
+	"dissected",
+	"submerged",
+	"extracted",
+	"zereod",
+	"reset",
+	"hidden",
+	"concealed",
+	"remade",
+	"detected",
+	"skolemized",
+	"reinterpreted",
+	"unfazed",
 }
-	
+
+local function choice(list)
+	return list[math.random(#list)]
+end
 
 while true do
-	local x = math.random(0,999999)
+	local x = math.random(0,99999)
 	m.scroll(1)
 	m.setCursorPos(1,H)
-	m.write(string.format("%6d",x))
+	m.write(("%5d bees have been %s in %s."):format(
+		x, choice(verbs), choice(cities)
+	)
 	os.sleep(1)
 
 end
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