6. The first scene: the Hut and its (rather easy) secret (lines 678-714)
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0678 Class Place
0679 has light;
0680
0681 Place Hut "Ramshackle Hut"
0682 with description
0683 "Until quite recently, someone lived here, you feel sure.
0684 Now the furniture is matchwood and
0685 the windows are glassless. Outside, it is a warm, sunny day,
0686 and grasslands extend to the low hills on the horizon.",
0687 out_to Grasslands, w_to Grasslands,
0688 cant_go "There's only the one room: better go ~out~.",
0689 name "windows" "grasslands" "grass" "hills";
0690
0691 Object -> furniture "wooden furniture"
0692 with name "furniture" "broken" "wood" "wooden",
0693 before
0694 [; Examine, Search, LookUnder:
0695 self.before=0; score=score+5;
0696 move h_box to player;
0697 "Searching through the furniture, which is good for nothing
0698 but firewood now, you come across an old cedarwood box,
0699 which you pick up for a closer look.";
0700 ],
0701 has scenery;
0702
0703 Object h_box "cedarwood box"
0704 with name "cedar" "cedarwood" "wooden" "box",
0705 description "The box bears the calligraphed initial H."
0706 has container openable lockable locked;
0707
0708 SpellBook -> helistars_book "Helistar's grimoire"
0709 with name "grimoire" "helistar" "helistars",
0710 description "This must be the grimoire of dangerous spells kept by
0711 your irresponsible friend Helistar. Many pages are
0712 missing, but a few spells remain:^",
0713 has proper;
0714
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