The Contest by Everett Wilson

The Contest

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"The Contest".
The story headline is "A game".
When play begins: say "I had an idea. A contest. Everyone who wants to enter, make the title of it 'Entry for contest'. Remember, don't make new entries (or edit them) after 10/20/2020.[line break][line break]Now for a game...".
A thing can be broken.
A thing is seldom broken.
Hurt is a number that varies.
Hurt is 0.
Roof is a room."You are on the roof of a house. There [if the skylight is broken]are two ways down. The broken skylight, and the steep, slippery roof.[else]is only one way down: the steep, slippery roof.[end if]".
Instead of attacking the skylight for the first time: say "You break the skylight. Shards of glass fly away, and slide down the roof. Blood runs down your knuckles."; now the skylight is broken; now the skylight is open; now the skylight is unopenable; now hurt is 1.
The skylight is a closed unopenable door.
It is down from the roof and up from the Bathroom.
Every turn:
     if hurt > 0 begin;
          if hurt is 1, say "Your knuckles hurt.";
          if hurt is 2, say "Your knuckles hurt real bad.";
          if hurt is 3, say "Your knuckles hurt so much you can't really move them.";
          if hurt is 4, say "Your knuckles are white because they've lost so much blood.";
          if hurt is 5, say "It isn't just your knuckles that are getting affected. It's your whole arm.";
          if hurt is 6, say "Actually, you feel quite giddy.";
          if hurt is 7 begin;
               say "You... get... very... dizzy... and... fall... to... the... ground...";
               end the story;
          end if;
          increment hurt;
     end if.
The bathroom is a room."You are in someone's bathroom.".
The wooden door is a closed locked door. It is west of the bathroom."A wooden door is here, closed and leading west.".
The cabinet is a closed openable container in the bathroom."There is a cabinet here.".
Instead of taking the cabinet, say "You can't.".
The bandage is in the cabinet.
Instead of wearing the bandage:
     say "You put on the bandage. Now you feel a lot better.";
     end the story.
The potty is in the bathroom.
Understand "toilet" as the potty.