This has been hanging out in my drafts folder since the beginning of
this year. I've decided to finish it up and post it for the sake of
entertainment.
{This is a public contract known as Rent-a-Self. Membership in this
contract is restricted to players. Device number is a
party-to-this-contract switch, recordkept by the Minotaur, with values
0 (default) and 1. Parties to this contract are known as Masters if
this value is 0, and Slaves if it is 1. Parties to this contract other
than non-Emancipated Slaves can switch their device number or leave
this contract by announcement.
The Minotaur is a position held by an active party to this contract.
If it would not be held by any active party, it is held by the active
person who has been a party the longest. The Minotaur can transfer the
position to a different party by announcement, and SHALL do so if e is
unable or unwilling to carry out the Minotaur's duties.
For each Slave, that Slave's Chain is a singleton asset recordkept by
the Minotaur and initially owned by the Lost and Found Department.
Ownership of Chains is restricted to Masters. A Slave is Emancipated
if eir Chain is owned by the LFD. An Emancipated Slave CAN transfer
eir Chain to any Master by announcement.
A Protected Action is defined as deregistering, agreeing to a
contract, transferring away an asset, or speaking. A Master can act on
behalf of any Slave whose Chain e owns to take any non-Protected
action. A non-Emancipated Slave SHALL NOT take any non-Protected
action in Agora; if e does, e SHOULD NOT be punished until e is no
longer a non-Emancipated Slave.
If a Slave has been non-Emancipated continuously for 90 days, e
becomes Emancipated.}
—Wannabe Minotaur Tanner L. Swett
