The first thing you should do when you arrive is learn to control your character.  Start trying out commands, and learn to make your character do things.  Don't worry too much about getting lost, you are probably already lost anyway, and you can't get any more lost. Relax, and try out some commands.  Try walking around, but try to stay inside the city of Athens where you first appear. Try talking, even if there is no one else in the room to talk to. Try some different commands, like lay, stand, jump, wave, smile, etc., just to see what they do. Don't try out just those five either. Be creative, and see how many different commands you can identify in ten or fifteen minutes.

The best thing to do is just to find a quiet place without many people and just go crazy. If you think you may want to do it, type it and you're liable to be able to. Want to cackle? Type it and see what happens.  Want to dance? Go for it. Think you know what the POSE verb does? Think again... some verbs, like pose, will do different things depending on your position. Try posing while kneeling, sitting, and lying down as well as standing. Think you've mastered grinning?  Nuh uh! Try grinning at yourself, type GRIN <your name> and see what happens. Several verbs will do different things when targeted at yourself. Got the SIGH verb down pat? Probably not, some verbs allow adverbs to make them even more meaningful. Try to SIGH SCARED, or ANGRY, or SLEEPY, or MEEK... and that's not even half of the options for that one verb alone.

Explore the town, get to know how to interact with your environment. Go into shops and browse the merchandise with the MENU and ORDER commands. Type SET MONSTERBOLD if using eScape or the Wizard and watch out for NPCs (Non-player Characters) highlighted in yellow. Try to interact with them. Ask them things. Want to ask Vania how life is going? ASK VANIA ABOUT LIFE and see what she says. Play with the stray animals, pet the kittens and scratch the dogs. There are all sorts of things you can do.

Type DIR EMPLOYMENT and get a job to earn some dinars. It'll also help you learn to use the DIR command and portals and how to get around town. You'll also learn how to interact with NPCs. Want to give some laurels to a priest? Type GIVE LAURELS TO PRIEST.

Just keep your etiquette in mind when running wild around town and learning new things. Some people will understand that you are new and excited and just trying to get hang of things, but others won't be so forgiving... whether it be because they're just mean or because the role-play someone who takes no guff.

When you feel like you are able to make your character walk around and communicate, you are ready to go on... but the learning never stops.  You'll find something new all the time.

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