An Escape To Remember

An interactive fiction by the IF Whispers Team (2006) - the Inform 7 source text

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Chapter 11.2 - The Great Fire Chasm! Scary!

The Great Fire Chasm is a room. "You come across an impossibly deep chasm in the ground, which runs as far as the eye can see to the east and the west." North Of Marsh is up from The Great Fire Chasm.

The drawbridge is in The Great Fire Chasm. "The only apparent way across is a rickety looking drawbridge[if the drawbridge is raised], which oddly enough is currently raised[end if]." The drawbridge can be raised. The drawbridge is raised. The description of the drawbridge is "It's an old looking bridge, but it seems sturdy enough. The drawbridge is currently [if the drawbridge is raised]raised[otherwise]lowered, and can be crossed northwards[end if].[line break]You also notice a small toll box just off to the side of the bridge." Understand "draw" and "bridge" as the drawbridge.

Instead of going north from The Great Fire Chasm:
    if the drawbridge is raised begin;
        say "You cannot cross the drawbridge right now. You need to lower it somehow.";
    otherwise;
        say "You carefully make your way across the bridge, being careful not to look down into the maddening depths that begin a mere handbreadth below your soles, ending what seems to be miles below you in a boiling, churning mass of flame and brimstone. No sir, you don't think of any such thing.";
        now the player is in A Mysterious Cavern;
    end if.

The toll box is a container in The Great Fire Chasm. The toll box is scenery. The description of the toll box is "It's a smallish metal box, painted a nice shade of red, with a slot in the front and a little sign that reads, 'Put Yer Toll In Here, See'." Understand "red", "sign", and "slot" as the toll box.

Instead of inserting the enormous stone 3 into the toll box: say "You take the enormous stone 3, and walk up to the toll box. Either you and the stone get smaller, or the toll box gets bigger, or neither and both at the same time - well, whatever hijinxery is going on here, you manage to put the stone into the toll box slot with ease. You strongly suspect either one heck of a good optical illusion, or that the drinks you had last night were even better than you thought you remembered.[line break]The drawbridge lowers itself, allowing you to cross."; now the drawbridge is not raised; remove the enormous stone 3 from play.

After inserting something into the toll box: if the drawbridge is raised, say "The drawbridge wiggles slightly as [the noun] hits the bottom of the box, but it stays up."

Instead of pushing the toll box: if the drawbridge is raised begin; say "As you push down on the toll box, the drawbridge wiggles a bit, but stays up."; otherwise; say "Nothing further happens."; end if.

Instead of going nowhere from The Great Fire Chasm, say "There's no sign of anything useful in that direction, and the only way across this chasm is to the north."