screw around with descent some more

bot.py

@@ -8,10 +8,22 @@ import discord
 STATE_FILE = 'state.json'
 CHANNEL_NAME = 'therapy-elevator'
 DELETION_SECONDS = 300
+TYPING_DELAY = 2
 
 SETUP_MESSAGE = 'Welcome to Nemuro Memorial Hall. Please give your name and class year for our records.'
 INITIAL_MESSAGE = 'All right, please begin.'
-BUTTERFLIES = ['🦋', '🥐', 'Deeper. Go deeper.', '🐛', '🍃']
+BUTTERFLIES = ['🦋', 'Deeper. Go deeper.', '🥐', '🐛', '🥚', '🍃']
+ELEVATOR_SHIT_PERIOD = 7
+ELEVATOR_SHIT = [
+    '*the elevator creaks eerily*',
+    '*menacing discordant music plays*',
+    '*drawers rush past on the walls outside*',
+    '*the lights flicker*',
+    '*the elevator jolts, then continues its descent*',
+    '*a rattling. the elevator begins to shake*'
+    '*a squealing of cables and pulleys*'
+]
+CRASH = '***the elevator crashes to the bottom***'
 FINAL_MESSAGE = 'I understand. Your only choice is to revolutionize the world. The path you must take has been prepared for you.'
 ROSE = '🌹'
 
@@ -21,6 +33,13 @@ async def try_send(channel, message):
     except discord.DiscordException as e:
         print(f"error sending message in channel {channel}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
 
+async def try_move(channel, **kwargs):
+    try:
+        await channel.move(**kwargs)
+    except discord.DiscordException as e:
+        print(f"error moving channel {channel}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        await try_send(message.channel, "Dammit, the elevator's stuck!")
+
 def text_only(channels):
     return [channel for channel in channels if isinstance(channel, discord.TextChannel)]
 
@@ -76,24 +95,18 @@ class MikageClient(discord.Client):
         channels = text_only(channels)
         channel_index = channels.index(message.channel)
 
-        if channel_index == len(channels) - 1:
+        if category_index == 0 and channel_index == 0:
+            await try_send(message.channel, INITIAL_MESSAGE)
+
         if category_index == len(categories) - 1:
             return
-            target_category = categories[category_index+1][0]
+        if channel_index == len(channels) - 1:
-            target_position = 0
+            if category_index == len(categories) - 2:
-        else:
+                await message.channel.move(category=categories[-1][0], end=True)
-            target_category = category
+                await try_send(message.channel, CRASH)
-            target_position = channel_index+1
+                await asyncio.sleep(TYPING_DELAY)
-        try:
-            await message.channel.move(category=target_category, beginning=True, offset=target_position)
-        except discord.DiscordException as e:
-            print(f"error moving channel {message.channel} in guild {message.guild}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
-            await try_send(message.channel, "Dammit, the elevator's stuck!")
-            return
-
-        final_category_channels = text_only(message.guild.by_category()[-1][1])
-        if len(final_category_channels) > 0 and message.channel == final_category_channels[-1]:
                 await try_send(message.channel, FINAL_MESSAGE)
+                await asyncio.sleep(TYPING_DELAY)
                 await try_send(message.channel, ROSE)
                 await asyncio.sleep(DELETION_SECONDS)
                 try:
@@ -105,12 +118,13 @@ class MikageClient(discord.Client):
                     return
                 await self.initialize_elevator(message.guild)
                 return
-
+            else:
-        if category_index == 0 and channel_index == 0:
+                await try_move(message.channel, category=categories[category_index+1][0], beginning=True)
-            await try_send(message.channel, INITIAL_MESSAGE)
+                await try_send(message.channel, BUTTERFLIES[int(category_index*len(BUTTERFLIES)/(len(categories)-2))])
-        if target_position == 0:
+        else:
-            await try_send(message.channel, random.choice(BUTTERFLIES))
+            await try_move(message.channel, category=category, beginning=True, offset=channel_index+1)
-
+            if random.randrange(ELEVATOR_SHIT_PERIOD) == 0:
+                await try_send(message.channel, random.choice(ELEVATOR_SHIT))
 
 client = MikageClient()
 with open('token', encoding='utf-8') as f: