Damnatio Memoriae
An interactive fiction by Emily Short (2008) - the Inform 7 source text
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To destroy (item - a person):
if the item is the player
begin;
say "That turns out to have been a humungous mistake.";
end the game in death;
end if;
clear connections to the item;
let context be the holder of the item;
move corpse to context;
obliterate the item.
To destroy (item - a thing):
clear connections to the item;
let context be the holder of the item;
if the item is visible and something underlies the item, say "[line break]Left behind [is-are list of things which underlie the item].";
now every thing which underlies the item is in the context;
obliterate the item.
To destroy (item - a container):
clear connections to the item;
let context be the holder of the item;
if the item is visible and the item contains a liquid (called substance)
begin;
remove the substance from play;
say "[line break][The substance] [spilling description of the substance].[line break]";
end if;
if the item is visible and something is in the item, say "[line break]Left behind [is-are list of things in the item].";
if the item is visible and something underlies the item, say "[line break]Also, formerly underneath [is-are list of things which underlie the item].";
now every thing which underlies the item is in the context; now every thing in the item is in the context;
obliterate the item.
A thing can be whole or ruined. A thing is always whole.
To obliterate (item - a pictorial thing):
now the item is ruined;
now the item does not incriminate the player.
To obliterate (item - a thing):
now the item is ruined;
remove the item from play.