I'm trying to test out the Ask/Tell feature to see if it works, but I can't test it because I don't know how to even commit to the action. Can anyone help by telling me the command or such that the player would use to ask, tell, or order?

The patterns seem to be:

ask #object# about #text#
tell #object# about #text#

So, for example, the player could type: "Ask Dave about fishing" or "tell guard about football"

If you ask or tell the same person a second question or statement you don’t need the name, you can use “ ask him about whatever” ( or her or it)
Handy if his name is Zipperowskiconson

Alright, thanks for the info.