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Book 2 - Further In

Chapter 1 - Four Seasons Room

Four Seasons Northeast is a room. It has the description "[If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 1]There is a large pond shimmering in the heat.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 2]There is a large pond with some leaves floating in it.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 3]There is a large frozen pond.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 0]There is a large pond, complete with lily pads.[end if] There are passages to the west, southwest and south, as well as a door to your east."

In the Four Seasons Northeast is a container called a pond. pond is scenery. It is enterable. It has the description "[If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 1]There is a large pond shimmering in the heat.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 2]There is a large pond with some leaves floating in it.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 3]There is a large frozen pond.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 0]There is a large pond, complete with lily pads.[end if][line break][if WentSwimming is false]You see something at the bottom of the pond.[end if]"

lily pads is a object in Four Seasons Northeast. It is scenery. It has the description "[If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 1]You can't see any such thing.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 2]You can't see any such thing.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 3]You can't see any such thing.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 0]Lily pads are scattered throughout the surface of the pond[end if]"

Instead of taking lily pads:

say "There is no reason to disturb their natural beauty."

Understand "exit pond" as exiting.

Instead of entering the pond:

If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 3:

say "The pond is frozen, you have no means to get in.";

otherwise:

continue the action;

After entering the pond:

say "You are in the pond in the Four Seasons room. Hopefully you had a reason to go down here.";

If WentSwimming is false:

move trunk to the pond;

say "[line break]There appears to be a trunk at the bottom of the pond";

now WentSwimming is true;

Before exiting:

If player is in pond:

Increment FourSeasonSteps;

If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 3:

say "Bursting through the ice you emerge back into the room.[if player has trunk][line break]The freezing impact of the ice made you drop the trunk.[end if]";

if player has trunk:

move trunk to pond;

Instead of hinting about pond, say "It seems to freeze over every winter, but you should be able to enter it any other season."

a trunk is a object. a trunk has the description "[if PlayerLevel is 10]A trunk that has been forced open, filled with notes that Willy's wife would put in his lunches.[else]A large trunk that has been rusted closed. You see a small note with a heart on it sticking out. Hopefully it will be of some use, even if you can't reach the contents."

Instead of opening a trunk:

say "The latch on the trunk has been rusted shut."

Four Seasons Northwest is west of Four Seasons Northeast and northwest of Four Seasons Southeast. It has the description "[If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 1]There is a large tree with a bee hive hanging from one of its branches. The heat makes the smell of honey palpable.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 2]There is a large tree whose leaves have changes to a variety of colors. There is a bee hive hanging from one of the branches of the tree.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 3]There is a large tree, the base of which is covered by a blanket of fresh snow. There is a bee hive that is covered in ice.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 0]There is a large tree surrounded by beautiful flowers. There is a bee hive hanging from one of the branches of the tree.[end if] There are passages to the east, southeast, and south."

flowers northwest is an object in Four Seasons Northwest. It is scenery. It has the description "The flowers are all daisies, made to be varous colors. You remember their name at the florist: Crazy Daisies."

Instead of taking flowers northwest:

say "The flowers look so pretty, you decide to not disturb them.";

large tree northwest is an object in Four Seasons Northwest. It is scenery. It has the description "It is a mighty oak tree with a bee hive hanging off a high branch. There are low branches you might be able to climb up.[if remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 2] The leaves are a plethora of different colors.[end if]"

Instead of climbing large tree northwest:

if BeeSleep is false:

say "You climb most of the way, but the buzzing of the bees in the hive makes you lose your nerve and you decend.";

if BeeSleep is true:

if GotHoneycomb is true:

say "There's no reason to go back up the tree";

if GotHoneycomb is false:

say "You climb the tree safely, knock a small honeycomb off the hive, and then head back to solid ground.";

move honeycomb to Four Seasons Northwest;

now GotHoneycomb is true;

Four Seasons Southwest is south of Four Seasons Northwest and west of Four Seasons Southeast and southwest of Four Seasons Northeast. It has the description "[If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 1]There is a large fountain making brown liquid dance in the hot air.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 2]There is a large fountain of brown liquid, but its difficult to discern the pattern as the tree leaves behind it are a similar hue.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 3]There is a large fountain with frozen brown liquid covering it in a glaze.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 0]There is a large fountain making brown liquid dance. There are flowers nearby that occasionally get splashed by the festivities.[end if] There are passages to the north, northeast, and east."

flowers southwest is an object in Four Seasons Southwest. It is scenery. It has the description "The flowers are all daisies, made to be varous colors. You remember their name at the florist: Crazy Daisies."

Instead of taking flowers southwest:

say "The flowers look so pretty, you decide to not disturb them.";

Before examining fountain:

move root beer to Four Seasons Southwest;

fountain is an object. It is in Four Seasons Southwest. It is scenery. It has the description "It is a fountain that inexplicably uses root beer. The owner's exquisite taste knows no bounds."

root beer is an object. It has the description "It is a sugary drink, popular with young children."

Instead of drinking root beer:

if remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 3:

say "It's frozen solid, do you want your tongue to get stuck?";

else:

say "Taking a sip, you are reminded of many birthday parties you went to as a child.";

Instead of taking root beer, say "[if remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 3]The frozen root beer is stuck to the fountain.[else]Good luck trying to grab a stream of liquid!"

Four Seasons Southeast is south of Four Seasons Northeast and southeast of Four Seasons Northwest. It has the description "[If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 1]There are a number of trees surrounding you. The sun's blistering rays are blocked by their foliage.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 2]The trees around you are a masterpiece of orange, yellow and brown.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 3]You are surrounded by trees stripped of their leaves. Their trunks shield you from the frigid wind.[end if][If remainder after dividing FourSeasonSteps by 4 is 0]You are surrounded by trees with flowers at their base.[end if] There are passages to the west, northwest, and north."

flowers southeast is an object in Four Seasons Southeast. It is scenery. It has the description "The flowers are all daisies, made to be varous colors. You remember their name at the florist: Crazy Daisies."

Instead of taking flowers southeast:

say "The flowers look so pretty, you decide to not disturb them.";

large tree southeast is an object in Four Seasons Southeast. It is scenery. It has the description "A large tree with a heart carved in it. Inside the heart is [fixed letter spacing] W+B [variable letter spacing]"

a bee hive is an object. It is scenery. It is in Four Seasons Northwest. bee hive has the description "A bee hive that is too high to reach.[if BeeSleep is true] The bees inside are deeply asleep."

Instead of hinting about bee hive:

say "It contains bees and honey. It is too far to climb up to, but maybe you can bring it down[line break]Would you like another hint?";

if player consents,

say "You need to find some way to calm down the bees.";

otherwise stop the action;

a honeycomb is an object. It has the description "[if PlayerLevel is 10]A beautiful honey glaze on the roast.[else]A honey comb glistening with sweet, sweet honey". Understand "honey" as honeycomb.

Instead of eating honeycomb, say "You go to take a bite, but you stop out of fear that a bee or two are still in there."