A Christmas Game (Inform Port) — 14 of 15

Section 13 - The Butcher's Shop

The Butcher's Shop is a room.

The description of the Butcher's Shop is "You part the red strip door blind and enter the butcher's shop, the air inside has a tang of iron and bleach. Like every other shop late on Christmas eve the counters have been stripped nearly bare of produce."

The Butcher's Shop is west of Chester Street

Instead of smelling The Butcher's Shop:

Say "You can smell the sharp tang of iron, and a background of disinfectant."

Instead of listening to The Butcher's Shop:

Say "It is quiet in the Butcher's Shop."

The Butcher is a person.

The Butcher is inside the butcher's shop.

The indefinite article of The Butcher is "The".

The description of The Butcher is "A young man in his twenties, you recognise him as Robin, the son of the owner Mr U'blind. He looks tired and stressed.

He's wearing butcher's white overalls with smears of blood, and white rubber boots also smeared with blood."

Instead of talking to The Butcher:

Say "'Hello' says the Butcher, 'Been one hell of a day, been rushed off my feet since 7 o'clock this morning. I've still got my deliveries to do before I can call it a day, but my bike is all seized up.'"

Instead of asking The Butcher about "bike":

Say "'Damn thing has seized up, keep telling Dad I need a new one! I've still got Christmas deliveries to make, I'll never get them done at this rate.'"

Instead of asking The Butcher about "Oil":

Say "'That would help! But I don't have any.'"

Instead of asking The Butcher about "turkey":

Say "'Yep its the last one, a bit smaller than the rest, but free range, organic and spoilt.' says Robin.

'Farmer Bell treats them like his children, weeps like a child when December comes round. I can't give it away for free, Dad would kill me!'"

The Turkey is an object.

The Turkey is inside the Butcher's Shop.

The description of The Turkey is "A recently deceased turkey, (joined the choir invisible, shuffled off his mortal coil... etc).

It's the last one in the shop, it's small but perfectly formed, just the job."

Instead of taking the turkey:

Say "You can't afford it."

Instead of dropping the turkey:

Say "You don't want to drop the Turkey! You want to take it home for Christmas."

Unoiled bike is a rideable vehicle.

The unoiled bike is inside the butcher's shop.

Printed name of unoiled bike is "The Butcher's Delivery Bike"

Instead of mounting the unoiled bike:

Say "You mount the bike and attempt to ride it, but the pedals barely turn and you wobble and fall off."

Description of unoiled bike is "A black framed delivery bike, with a smaller wheel at the front than at the back to make space for a large wicker basket; which is full of crates and parcels of greaseproof paper tied with string. You try to turn the peddles but they are very stiff."

Oiling is an action applying to one visible thing.

Understand "oil [anything]" as oiling.

Instead of oiling unoiled bike:

If player is carrying oilcan:

Say "You oil the bike's chain and running gear. After a few rotations of the pedals it's running smooth as silk.

The Butcher says 'Thanks so much, you've saved Christmas for me and my customers, here take this.' He hands you the Turkey, gets on the bike and is off in a shot.";

Now oilcan is nowhere;

Move turkey to player;

Now the butcher is nowhere;

Now unoiled bike is nowhere;

Increase quest_count by 1;

Otherwise:

Say "You don't have anything to oil it with!".

Instead of oiling anything:

If player is carrying oilcan:

Say "That's not something that needs oiling!";

Otherwise:

Say "You don't have any oil.".