Under the Floorboards by Bjorn

Under the Floorboards

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When play begins: say "[bold type]Under the Floorboards[line break][roman type][italic type]A text-based interactive fiction in which young Emily discovers some interesting things about her new house. [line break]Inspired by Emily Carroll.[line break]"

Player is carrying the picture.
Instead of examining picture: say "A picture you drew for Mom."
Mom is a person.
Tall Mover is a person.
Stout Mover is a person.
Wax Doll is a person.

Bulk is a kind of value. The Bulks are any number. [Default to 0]
All things have bulk. If an object is fixed in place, it has a bulk of 10.

Understand "Heft [something]" as hefting.
Hefting is an action applying to one thing.
Carry out hefting: say "Hefty."

Encumbrance is a number that varies. Encumbrance is 0.


Thursday afternoon is a scene. Thursday evening is a scene.
Thursday afternoon ends when the player carries the peanut butter jar.
Thursday evening begins when Thursday afternoon ends. 
When Thursday evening begins: say "Done.";


Your Bedroom is a room. 
"[if Your Bedroom is unvisited]You've finished the drawing you've been working on. Now it's ready to give as a gift to your mother. The white door in the East wall leads outside."
There is a large bed in your bedroom.  Large bed is fixed in place. Instead of examining Large bed: say "Your extra-soft bed".
Instead of looking under large bed: Move loose floorboards to your bedroom; say "There are several floorboards beneath your bed that aren't nailed down."
There are crayons in your bedroom. Instead of examining crayons: say "A small box of used crayons."
There is a big brown dresser in your bedroom. Instead examining big brown dresser: say "A big brown dresser with big brown drawers." Big brown dresser is a closed, openable container. The drawers are a part of big brown dresser. Big brown dresser is fixed in place.
The White Door is a closed unlocked door.
The White Door is east of your bedroom and west of The South Hallway.

Mom is in Mom's Bedroom.
Instead of examining mom: say "Mom looks really tired."
Instead of asking Mom about something: say "Mom: Have you finished unpacking yet? I need your help to put away all the boxes outside."
Instead of showing something to Mom: say "Mom: That's nice, sweetheart."
Instead of telling Mom about something: say "Mom: That's nice, sweetheart."
Instead of giving something to Mom: say "Mom: Have you finished unpacking yet? I need your help to put away all the boxes outside."

The South Hallway is a room.
"The white door to your West is from your room. The doorway to the East goes into the Kitchen. The hallway North leads to your Mom's room."
The Wooden Door is a closed unlocked door.
There is a portrait in the south hallway. Instead of examining portrait: say "It is a young woman. You can't tell whether it's a painting or an old  photograph."
After taking portrait:
Move a hole to the south hallway;
say "There is a hole in the wall behind the portrait."

The North Hallway is a room.
"The wooden door to the North opens to Mom's bedroom. Down the hallway to the South is your room. To the East is the living room."
The North Hallway is south of The Wooden Door.
The Wooden Door is south of Mom's Bedroom.
The south hallway is south of the north hallway.

Mom's Bedroom is a room.
There is a neat white bed in Mom's Bedroom. Neat white bed is fixed in place. Instead of examining neat white bed: say "Mom's bed is neatly made."
There is a cardboard box in Mom's bedroom. Cardboard box is an openable container.
There is a  small wooden dresser in Mom's bedroom. Small wooden dresser is fixed in place.
The small wooden drawers are a closed, openable container. Inside small wooden drawers is a shiny little key and a stack of Mom's clothes. The small wooden drawers are a part of small wooden dresser.
The White Door is a closed unlocked door.
Instead taking small wooden dresser: say "That's fixed in place.[line break][line break]Mom: What are you doing?". Instead of taking neat white bed: say "That's fixed in place.[line break][line break]Mom: What are you doing?".


The Living Room is a room.
The Living Room is north of The Kitchen.
The living room is west of The Front Door.
The living room is east of the North hallway.
There is a padded green couch in the living room.
Padded green couch is fixed in place. Instead of examining padded green couch: say "[if we have not examined padded green couch]You think you notice some fingers sticking up between the cushions, but they disappear  into the couch before you can get a good look.[else]A comfortable sofa. It would be nice-looking, too, if it weren't for the ugly green fabric.".

The Front Door is a closed unlocked lockable door.
Instead of examining front door: say "The small window is too high for you to see out of.".

Outdoors is a room.
Outdoors is east of The Front Door.
Tall mover is in outdoors. Stout mover is in outdoors.
Instead of examining tall mover: say "A lanky man, probably close to seven feet tall. He's unloading cardboard boxes from the truck."
Instead of examining stout mover: say "A very round man. [line break]When he notices you looking at him, gives a friendly smile, and you notice he's missing several teeth."
Instead of asking or telling stout mover about something: say "He smiles his low-tooth-count smile and nods his head, but you get the feeling he doesn't understand what you're saying."
Instead of showing something to stout mover: say "He gives you a thumbs-up and a gap-filled smile."
Instead of showing something to tall mover: say "Tall mover: That's nice. [line break](He doesn't look up.)"
Instead of asking or telling tall mover about something: say "Tall Mover: Uh-huh. [line break](He doesn't seem to be paying attention.)"
There is a moving truck in the outdoors. Moving truck is fixed in place. Instead of examining moving truck: say "A big WeHaul moving truck."

There is a box of your clothes in the outdoors. After taking box of your clothes: say "I should put these in my dresser."
Box of your clothes is an openable closed container.
Inside box of your clothes is a stack of shirts, a stack of pants and a stack of undergarments. Instead of examining stack of shirts, say "Brightly colored shirts in a variety of colors. Mom picked out most of them." Instead of examining stack of pants, say "Slacks and bluejeans that Mom made you try on. They fit nicely." Instead of examining undergarments, say "Underwear is gross, unless it's yours."

There is a box of toiletries in the outdoors. After taking box of toiletries: say "These belong in the bathroom cupboard."
Box of toiletries is an openable closed container.
Inside box of toiletries is a bar of soap, a bottle of shampoo, your toothbrush, mom's toothbrush, a tube of toothpaste, a soft soap dispenser and a comb. Instead of examining bar of soap: say "A bar of Bone brand soap. It's white." Instead of examining bottle of shampoo: say "A bottle of Urbane brand shampoo. Nothing makes your head hairier." Instead of examining tube of toothpaste: say "Peak whitening anti-cavity toothpaste. Recommended by at least one doctor." Instead of examining soft soap dispenser: say "Crater brand soap is addictively delightful." Instead of examining a comb: say "The teeth are closer together on one side."

There is a box of kitchen supplies in the outdoors. After taking box of kitchen supplies: say "These all go in the kitchen cupboard."
Box of kitchen supplies is an openable closed container.
There is a knife block, a cutting board, a silverware case, a pot, a pan, and a stack of bowls in box of kitchen supplies. Knife block is a container. There is a Paring Knife, a Chef's Knife, a Butcher's Cleaver and a Bread Knife in Knife Block. Instead of examining paring knife: say "A small, sharp knife for cutting fruit." Instead of examining Chef's Knife: say "A large knife for chopping vegetables." Instead of examining Butcher's Cleaver: say "A heavy, squarish knife for chopping meat." Instead of examining Bread Knife: say "Bread knives have serrated blades for sawing through bread so they don't flatten the bread." Silverware case is a container. There is a butter knife, spoon and fork in silverware case. Instead of examining butter knife: say "A dull knife for spreading butter."

There is a box of food in the outdoors. After taking box of food: say "This belongs in the pantry in the kitchen."
Box of food is an openable closed container.
Inside box of food is a Peanut Butter Jar, a Red Pear, a Jelly Jar and a loaf of bread. A peanut butter jar is closed, openable container. Instead of examining peanut butter jar: say "Skitter Peanut Butter. Preferred by Moms." Inside peanut butter jar are two eyeballs. Instead of examining eyeballs: say "They appear to be human. One is green, one is blue." Instead of examining Jelly Jar: say "An unlabeled jar containing deep crimson gel." Instead of examining bread, say "Moonbeam plain white bread." Instead of examining red pear: say "A sweet red d'Anjou pear." Instead of opening jelly jar: say "The lid is stuck on tightly."
Red pear and loaf of bread are edible.


The Kitchen is a room.
After looking in the kitchen: say "Through the North doorway is the living room. Through the West doorway is the hall leading to the bedrooms."
The Kitchen is east of the Hallway.
There is a broken oven in the kitchen. Broken oven is fixed in place. Broken oven is a closed, openable container.
Instead of examining broken oven: say "[if broken oven is closed]This oven looks pretty old.[else]The oven is empty, save for a little bit of soot stuck to the sides.".
There is a cupboard in the kitchen. The cupboard is a closed, openable container. The cupboard is fixed in place.
There is a stove in the kitchen. Stove is fixed in place.
There is a Counter in the kitchen. Counter is fixed in place. 
Silverware drawer is a closed openable container.  Silverware drawer is part of Counter.
Kitchen sink is part of the counter. Instead of examining kitchen sink: say "A sink with two handles, the left one for cold water and the right one for hot water."
There is a pantry in the kitchen. The pantry can be opened.
Pantry is fixed in place. Pantry is a closed, openable container.

The blue door is a closed unlocked door.

The Bathroom is a room.
"The blue door to the South goes back into the living room."
There is a bathroom cupboard in the bathroom. Bathroom cupboard is a closed, openable container.  Bathroom cupboard is fixed in place. Instead of examining bathroom cupboard: say "The cupboard under the sink in the bathroom."
There is a flashlight in the bathroom cupboard.
There is a bathroom sink, a toilet, and a shower in the bathroom. Instead of examining shower: say "A small shower with a pale blue shower curtain." Instead of examining bathroom sink: say "A sink with two handles, the left one for cold water and the right one for hot water."
A bathroom sink is fixed in place. A shower is fixed in place. A toilet is fixed in place.

The blue door is south of the Bathroom and north of the Living Room.

Secret Room is a room.
There is a hole in the secret room.
Instead of examining hole: say "There is a small square room in the middle of your house with no entrance. [if player is not carrying flashlight]There is a large shape in the middle, but it's too dark to see clearly.[end if][if player is carrying flashlight]With the light from your flashlight, you can see that there is a tall mirror in the middle, with a few cobwebs surrounding it. But as you look, you see your reflection has nothing but empty sockets where the eyes should be."
Instead of taking hole: say "That's fixed in place."
There are loose floorboards in secret room.
Instead of examining loose floorboards: say "Small rectangular pieces of wood."
After taking loose floorboards: move wax doll to your bedroom; say "There is a white wax doll lying in a small wooden box under the floorboards."
Wax doll is in secret room.
Instead of examining wax doll: say "An inscription in the box says [line break][quotation mark]I'm made of wax and very small[line break]Though so much more than just a doll [line break]If you treat me right, I'll be your friend [line break]But do me wrong and I'll be your end.[quotation mark]".