Damnatio Memoriae
An interactive fiction by Emily Short (2008) - the Inform 7 source text
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Understand "unlink [something]" as unlinking.
Unlinking is an action applying to one thing.
Carry out unlinking:
clear connections to the noun.
Report unlinking:
say "Now [the noun] is linked with nothing."
To clear connections to (item - a thing):
if the item is damning and the item mentions someone
begin;
now the item does not incriminate all the people incriminated by the item;
now the item incriminates all the people mentioned by the item;
end if;
if the item is Clemens
begin;
now Clemens is snoring;
now Clemens incriminates the player;
end if;
if the item affects something important (called the slave)
begin;
now the item affects blank;
now the slave affects blank;
clear connections to the slave;
end if;
if the item protects something (called the slave), now the item protects blank;
if something important (called the master) affects the item, clear connections to the master.