The Horrible Pyramid — 15 of 15

Section - Queen's Statue Chamber

Queenstatue is a room. "[if prog is 0]This room is dominated by a statue of Apepsikret's mysterious consort[otherwise if prog is 1]The statue in this room is a statue of Apepsikret's wife. A lucky woman[otherwise if prog is 2]Apepsikret's gorgeous queen stands here in statue form, and you nearly rival each other in beauty[otherwise if prog is 3]Apepsikret built this breathtaking statue of you because he loves you and he wants you to look at how breathtaking you are. What a sweet man he is[end if].[paragraph break]North: Canopic Chamber. West: Graven Chamber.". Queenstatue is south of Canopic Chamber and east of Graven Chamber. The printed name of Queenstatue is "Queen's Statue Chamber".

The statue of the queen is here. [I didn't have time to implement the statue itself in the first version, and didn't even notice I had skipped it! Crazy!] The statue of the queen is a supporter.

Instead of examining the statue of the queen:

say "[if prog is 0]The larger-than-life figure of Apepsikret's anonymous queen stands here facing west, toward her husband[otherwise if prog is 1]The huge beautiful queen is just a huge statue of a beautiful queen[otherwise if prog is 2]The huge statue is regal and alluring in a way that distinctly reminds you of yourself[otherwise if prog is 3]You are more beautiful even than this statue, which is impossible, because this statue looks exactly like you, but even so there is no denying the truth, which is that you are bodacious[end if][if the golden necklace is supported by the statue of the queen]. She is wearing a golden necklace[end if]."

Instead of taking the statue of the queen, say "The statue is too [if prog is 0]fragile[otherwise if prog is 1]heavy[otherwise if prog is 2]precious[otherwise if prog is 3]perfect[end if] for you to carry it around."

Rule for writing a paragraph about the statue of the queen:

say "The statue of the queen is wearing [a list of things supported by the statue of the queen]."

Instead of putting something on the statue of the queen:

if the noun is wearable:

say "[if prog is less than 2]You feel that [the noun] belongs with you rather than with the statue[otherwise][The noun] is for you, not a boring sexy statue[end if].";

otherwise:

say "[The noun] doesn't belong on the statue."

The golden necklace is on the statue of the queen. The necklace is wearable.

[This code for hooking was written by Emily Boegheim for our game Robin & Orchid; I have made only the tiniest adjustments. The relevant code in the competition release was hilariously underdone, although I guess it worked just fine. This code is better though.]

Vaguely hooking is an action applying to one thing.

Understand "hook [something]" as vaguely hooking.

First instead of vaguely hooking something:

if the player carries the crook:

try hooking the noun with the crook;

otherwise:

say "You don't have anything to hook that with."

Hooking it with is an action applying to two things.

Understand "hook [something] with/using [something]" as hooking it with.

Check hooking something with:

if the second noun is not the crook:

say "[The second noun] is unsuitable for hooking things; it has no hook." instead;

if the noun is not the necklace:

say "There doesn't seem much point in hooking that." instead;

Does the player mean hooking something held with:

it is unlikely.

Instead of hooking the necklace with the crook:

try taking the necklace.

Taking it with is an action applying to two things.

Understand "take [something] with/using [something]" and "get [something] with/using [something]" and "reach [something] with/using [something]" as taking it with.

Check taking it with:

say "It would be more convenient to grab [the noun] with your own hands."

Does the player mean taking something carried with:

it is very unlikely.

Instead of taking the necklace with the crook:

try taking the necklace.

Check taking the necklace:

if the necklace is not handled:

if the player carries the crook:

now the player carries the necklace;

say "You get the hook of the crook around the necklace, and are able to pull it down and into your hands." instead;

otherwise:

say "The necklace is up around the neck of the statue, and impossible for you to reach without some kind of hooked implement." instead.

The description of the golden necklace is "[if prog is 0]It would probably be very uncomfortable to wear such a heavy piece of jewelry[unicode 8212]but you can't stop thinking about how that weight would feel around your neck and shoulders[otherwise if prog is 1]It is a very pretty necklace. You deserve to wear it[otherwise if prog is 2]It is such a such a such a such a beautiful necklace. Your desire to wear it is inexplicable and unsettling. No it's not. It is completely normal[otherwise if prog is 3]Apepsikret is pleased that you have donned his necklace, the symbol of your eternal marriage to his mummified, magical majesty[end if]."