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Section 47 - Hardware Store

Hardware Store is a room.

Hardware store is southwest of city plaza.

Printed name of hardware store is "Inside Block & Quayle Blacksmith Store".

Description of hardware store is "The store sells a plethora of iron and steel hardware. One particular tool takes your eye, a massive pair of heavy duty bolt cutters, but they are expensive at 100 zlich."

Inside the hardware store is a shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper is a person.

Description of shopkeeper is "A bald headed man in his fifties, he is wearing a black boiler suit and bright orange apron with B&Q emblazoned on it."

Inside hardware store is a bolt cutter.

Printed name of bolt cutter is "heavy duty pair of bolt cutters"

understand "heavy duty pair of bolt cutters", "pair of bolt cutters", "bolt cutters" and "bolt" as bolt cutter.

Instead of asking shopkeeper about "bolt cutters":

If player is carrying voucher:

Say "You hand over the voucher to the shopkeeper in exchange for the bolt cutters. The shopkeeper says 'Thank you Sir, have a good day!'";

Move bolt cutter to player;

Now voucher is nowhere;

Otherwise:

Say "'Sorry, I can't gie them away' says the shopkeeper."

Instead of buying bolt cutter:

try taking bolt cutter.

Instead of talking to shopkeeper:

Say "'Good day to you Sir! How can we help?'"

Instead of taking bolt cutter:

If player is carrying voucher:

Say "You hand over the voucher to the shopkeeper in exchange for the bolt cutters. The shopkeeper says 'Thank you Sir, have a good day!'";

Move bolt cutter to player;

Now voucher is nowhere;

Otherwise:

Say "You don't have the money to pay for it, and you are no thief."

Instead of dropping bolt cutter:

Say "They are too useful to leave lying around."