Hungover In Belfast by Hotrod McCaughan

Hungover In Belfast

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"Hungover In Belfast" by "Hotrod McCaughan"

Use no scoring.

The carrying capacity of the player is 3.

When play begins:
	say "Aw balls. You got absolutely hammered last night in Lavery's last night and you've woken up on a bench out the front of City Hall. It's early on a Sunday and everywhere is shut. This has to stop, you're a grown up for fuck's sake! Now, let's get you out of this mess."

Belfast is southeast of Taxi Rank. "[if Belfast is unvisited]You sit up, trying not to boke and have a look around to see what's what. Sicking into your mouth a wee bit, you notice a little path ahead to the northwest.[end if][if Belfast is visited]There is a path to the northwest.[end if]"

A bag is in Belfast. "Your bag is on the ground.... aw shit, it's covered in kebab grot." It is a player's holdall. Inside the bag is a map, a roll of duct tape, and a feg.

Understand "supplies" as bag.

The description of the bag is "Your trusty bag, which has survived many horrible adventures and is likely to outlive you."

The description of the map is "A weird map that a pissed old man drew for you on the back of a bokey napkin last night. It seems to depict your current location, but nothing more. Shite."

The description of the roll of duct tape is "A completely used roll of duct tape you used to tape newspapers to your face as a blanket last night, you weird pissed idiot."

The feg is edible. The description of the feg is "A crinkled old feg, doesn't look like you could smoke it, but you could try eating it."

Instead eating the feg the first time:
	say "Do you actually want to eat this feg? You're crazier than I thought. Go ahead if you want though."

Instead of eating the feg the second time:
	say "You eat the feg. Everyone knows if you eat a feg, you die. You are dead, you stupid feg-eater";
	end the game in death.

After taking the bag:
	say "You fire your bag onto your back."

The newspaper is in Belfast. "Your dirty newspaper blows in the cold breeze." The description of the newspaper is "Newspaper you taped to your face last night."

After taking the newspaper:
	say "You roll up your newspaper to bring with you and it disintegrates. Your duct tape was shite, but you shouldn't have taped it to your face anyway";
	remove newspaper from play.

Taxi Rank is a room."[if Taxi Rank is unvisited]You head across the road to get a black cab home, even though they are a fucking rip off and you know your electricity has run out and it will be miserable. You realise you can't go home until you get something to eat, then you see the locked door to Burger King. You also see the trumpet violin fella.[end if][if the Taxi Rank is visited]You are at the taxi rank. You see the trumpet violin fella and the locked door to Burger King.[end if]"

The trumpet violin fella is in Taxi Rank. It is undescribed. The description of the trumpet violin fella is "You have an oul' look at the magical instrument while the man plays it, the soft tones soothing your weary head - you notice a small button on the side of the instrument, how strange!" It is fixed in place.

Understand "fella" as trumpet violin fella.

Understand "trumpet violin" as trumpet violin fella

The floor is a locked door. Floor is below Taxi Rank and above the Burger Basement. It is scenery.

Instead of closing the floor:
	say "Excuse me? You want to close the floor? Are you mad?"

The button is a part of the trumpet violin. The description of the button is "A small panel sticking out of the side of the trumpet violin."

Instead of pushing button:
	now floor is unlocked;
		now floor is open;
		say "Holy shit! The ground beneath you rumbles and the road caves in! CRASHHH! You call down below the street.... you're in the Burger Basement.";
		move player to the Burger Basement.

The Burger Basement is a room. "Wow. You're in the old basement beneath Burger King! It looks like nobdy has been here in a very long time. Looking around you can see the corpse of a teenage spide sitting on a stool in the corner. He must have gone down there on his break to get his pills and died, poor bastard. The exit back to the surface is up." The stool is in the Burger Basement. It is undescribed and fixed in place. The corpse is on the stool. The description of the corpse is "A horrible dead spide, with a rotting le coq sportif tracksuit, terrible acne, shit moustache and a key in his sovereign ringed fingers." The key is on the corpse. It is undescribed. The description of the key is "A rather substantial key which has a symbol of a burger on it."

After taking key for the first time:
	say "You manage to wrestle the key out of the dead spide's bony wee fingers. It feels quite substantial in your hands (that's what she said)."

After taking the key:
	say "It feels quite substantial in your hands."

The BK Door is a locked door. BK Door is north of Taxi Rank and south of restaurant. It is scenery. The key unlocks the BK Door. The description of the BK Door is "A huge locked door with burgers and broken dreams on it."

After unlocking the BK Door with the key:
	say "You stick your key deep into the gate and give it a mighty turn. You hear whizzing and clicking noises from deep in the wall. The doors then swing forward with a clang heard by the gods. You can now proceed to the north."

Restaurant is a room. "You walk into the restaurant. It smells greasy and rotten, although you don't reall notice this because a giant golden chest in the center instantly catches your eye."

The golden chest is a container in restaurant. It is undescribed, locked, and fixed in place. The description of the golden chest is "A large, very special looking golden chest in the shape of a burger."

The wall is in restaurant. It is fixed in place and undescribed. The description of the wall is "A wall covered in burger posters. Upon further inspection you notice a weird wee switch"

Understand "posters" as wall.

The switch is a device. The switch is part of the wall. It is switched off.

Instead of pushing switch:
	try switching on the switch.

Carry out switching on switch:
	now the chest is unlocked;
	say "You hear a very suspicious click coming from the burger chest."

Before opening the chest:
	if the chest is locked:
		say "You yank on the chest's lid but it is fastened tight. Disheartened, you look around the room. You see a wall with some strange posters, but sadly that is it."

Instead of opening the chest:
	if the chest is unlocked:
		say "You wrench open the chest and OH MY GOD IT IS FULL OF THE NICEST BURGERS YOU HAVE EVER SEEN! Your hangover disappears instantly and you suddenly have loads of money and your house has electricity, and your taxi driver is going to be amazing and not a ballbag. You've won.";
		end the game in victory.