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Vinyl Records
by
xavea
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"Vinyl Records" by xavea The story headline is "A hipster's challenge". Use serial comma, no scoring. The release number is 2. Include Conversational Defaults by Eric Eve. Volume - Playing When play begins, say "Finding the perfect birthday gift can be a challenge, but you take pride in you superior gift giving skills. Rumour has it that this records shop has just received a rare copy of an album made by your best friends favourite band, [italic type]The Screeching Cats[roman type], from before they sold out. Getting him that record will cement your position as the ultimate gift-giver for at least the next ten years. It must be here somewhere..." The description of the player is "Wearing a plaid shirt, skinny jeans, thick rimmed glasses, and pair of vintage shoes, you often get mistaken for a hipster." The player carries a cup of coffee. The description of the cup of coffee is "A paper cup with a flimsy plastic lid full of coffee from your favourite coffee shop." Instead of drinking the cup of coffee: say "You take a tiny sip to see if the coffee has cooled enough to drink and burn the tip of your tongue." instead. Instead of giving the cup of coffee to Natalie: say "Natalie looks at you as if you're a bug on her shoe and says, 'I don't drink coffee.'" Carry out dropping the coffee: say "You drop the coffee cup, splashing it on your pants and creating a large puddle that quickly begins to spread across the floor. Natalie sees the puddle and springs to attention. You mutter pathetic apologies and offer to help clean up. She sighs and points you to the back room.". After dropping coffee: remove cup from play; move puddle to the shop front. The description of the puddle is “The brew from your favourite coffee shop is now all over the floor of your favourite record shop.†The printed name of the puddle is "puddle of coffee". Understand “stain†or “spill†or “coffee†or “brew†as the puddle. The floor is a backdrop which is everywhere. The description of the floor is "A linoleum covered floor." Instead of cleaning the floor: say "You would rather just clean up a specific spill instead." instead. Instead of taking the puddle: say “You aren’t naturally absorbent, so a mop would be better to clean up the coffee.†Instead of drinking the puddle: say "Your mama did not raise you in a barn!" instead. Book - Getting Hired Part - The Front The Shop Front is a room. The description is "A large picture window painted with cassettes and vinyl records let light into the front room of the used records shop. Shelves full of records line the walls and large bins of cassettes and eight-tracks create an island in the center. Beside the sales desk on the western wall is the front door. On the opposite wall, a heavy velvet curtain with a 'Staff Only' sign leads to the back room." The window is scenery in the shop. "The window takes up most of the western wall. It is painted with pictures of cassette tapes and vinyl records." Understand "paint" or "painted" or "pictures" or "picture" or "light" as the window. The bins are scenery in the Shop Front. "You have neither the time nor money to look for worthy additions to your cassette collection today. Focus." Understand "cassettes" or "tapes" or "island" or "center" or "eight" or "eight-tracks" or "tracks" as bins. Instead of taking the bins: say "You dream about buying the store someday. It won't be today, though." instead. The shelves are scenery in the Shop Front. "You unsuccessfully hunt through the shelves. Maybe they haven't cataloged and put it out yet." Understand "records" or "vinyl" or "vinyls" or "record" as shelves. Instead of taking the shelves: say "You dream about buying the store someday. It won't be today, though." instead. The walls are scenery in the Shop Front. "The walls are lined with shelves full of records." The sales desk is scenery in the Shop Front. "The sales desk is a small counter, just large enough for a cash register and a small space for setting down purchases." Understand "counter" or "desk" as the sales desk. Instead of taking the sales desk: say "Maybe you will buy the store someday. Not this one, though." instead. The cash register is scenery in the Shop Front. "The cash register is a manual thing, basically just an adding machine with a drawer attached." Instead of taking the cash register: say "Natalie would love the excuse to beat you up.[line break]" instead. The curtain is east of the Shop Front and west of the Back Room. The curtain is an open unopenable door and scenery. "A heavy curtain separates the customer section of the store from the section meant only for staff." Instead of taking the curtain: say "The curtain is hung securely from the top of the door frame." Check going through the curtain: if the location is the back room: if the player is not carrying the record: say "The record must be back here somewhere. Better not go back out front until you find it." instead; else if the player is not carrying the mop: say "It might not be wise to go back to the front without the mop." instead; otherwise [the player is in the shop front]: if the player is carrying the coffee cup: say "As you begin to lift the heavy curtain out of your way, Natalie calls out, 'You know you can't go in there. Even as much as you hang out here, you still aren't staff.' You let the curtain fall back into place." instead; else if the player is carrying the record: if the puddle is in the shop front: say "You promised to clean up your mess." instead; otherwise: say "Natalie is back there! Make your escape before she discovers you took the record!" instead. Instead of opening the curtain: if the location is the back room: say "It might not be wise to go back to the front without the mop." instead; otherwise: if the player is carrying the record: say "Natalie is back there! Make your escape before she discovers you took the record!" instead; otherwise: if the player is carrying the coffee cup: say "As you begin to lift the heavy curtain out of your way, Natalie calls out, 'You know you can't go in there. Even as much as you hang out here, you still aren't staff.' You let the curtain fall back into place." instead; otherwise: move the player to the back room. Before closing the curtain: say "The curtain drapes closed naturally." instead. The sign is scenery in the Shop Front. "A construction paper sign, hand lettered to read 'Staff Only' and pinned to the curtain." Instead of taking the sign: say "Natalie would love the excuse to beat you up.[line break]" instead. Chapter - Natalie A woman called Natalie is in the Shop Front. "Natalie slouches behind the sales desk, reading a magazine." Understand "woman" or "clerk" or "young woman" or "girl" or "Nat" as Natalie. The description of Natalie is "A young woman with spiky green hair, heavy black eyeliner, several facial piercings, and large stretched earlobes. You are in the store often enough to have learned that this hostile young clerk's name is Natalie. [line break]She doesn't like you. Actually, you aren't certain she likes anyone." Instead of taking Natalie: say "You respect Natalie's bodily autonomy and recognize that you may not take her without her permission." instead. Instead of searching Natalie: say "You respect Natalie's bodily autonomy and recognize that you may not search her without her permission." instead. default ask-tell response for Natalie: say "She rolls her eyes but otherwise ignores you." Instead of asking Natalie about "record": say "Natalie avoids eye contact and shuffles her feet.[line break]'Where did you hear that? I haven't heard that we were getting in anything like that.'" instead. Instead of asking Natalie about "mop": say "[if the player is carrying the cup of coffee]She rolls her eyes but otherwise ignores you.[line break] [otherwise]She huffs at you and points at the curtain. 'Obviously it would be in the back.'" instead. Instead of asking Natalie about "[cup of coffee]": say "[if the player is carrying the cup of coffee]Natalie scoffs. 'Are you seriously trying to ask me out? You aren't my type.'[otherwise]Natalie glares at you. 'You said you would clean it up, so get to it before I kick you out of here!'" Part - Back The Back Room is a room. "Dingy and grimy, the back part of the store contains two sections: a disorganized jumble of boxes of various size, colour, and state of decay, and a small staff nook in the northeast corner. Noticeably absent is an emergency door, which you are pretty sure is some sort of violation. A small room, where you assume the cleaning supplies are kept, stands open to the north." There are boxes in the back room. They are scenery. Understand "pile" or "piles" or "box" or "jumble" as the boxes. The description is "You attempt to quietly search the new-er looking boxes near the top and front of the piles." After examining the boxes for the fourth time: say "Your attempt fails. The boxes make a loud noise as they shift unexpectedly. [paragraph break]Natalie calls out from the front of the store 'What's going on back there?' [paragraph break]'I tripped over some boxes!' you yell back nervously. [paragraph break]Scorn and boredom creep into Natalie's voice. 'Watch where you're walking, then.'" Instead of examining the boxes at least five times: say "The record doesn't seem to be in the pile and you don't want to encourage Natalie to come back here by banging around anymore." instead. The Staff Nook is northeast of the Back Room. "A small staff area is made up of a desk, chair, and coat hook." The coat is scenery in the staff nook. “Natalie’s coat - black leather with spikes on the shoulders – hangs on the coat hook.†Understand “hook†or “rack†or “coat rack†or “coat hook†or “jacket†as the coat. Instead of taking the coat: say “It is cold outside. You don’t get on with Natalie, but you don’t want her to freeze on the way home either.†The wooden desk is scenery in the staff nook. “An old and battered-looking wooden desk and chair set, reminiscent of one used by a schoolteacher, appears to be the only office furniture required to run the shop. There is a long drawer just below the desktop. The desktop is scattered with papers.†Understand “chair†as the wooden desk. The drawer is part of the desk. It is a closed, openable container. The description of the drawer is "A long drawer just beneath the top of the desk." In the drawer is the record. The printed name of the record is " Screeching Cats Album". The description of the record is "[italic type]The Screeching Cats[roman type]. The holy grail of lost records." Understand "album" or "screeching" or "cats" or "screeching cats" as the record. After opening the drawer: say "You open the drawer of the desk and discover it: [italic type]The Screeching Cats[roman type]. The holy grail of lost records. [paragraph break]It looks like Natalie was trying to hide it away for herself. You hide the record in your clothes like a shoplifting magician."; now the player carries the record. Instead of dropping the record: say "You wouldn't dream of it." instead. The papers are scenery in the staff nook. "You glance at the top paper and realize it is an inventory slip marked with today's date. You scroll down the list of new arrivals until you find the [italic type] Screeching Cats[roman type] album. A note, probably from Natalie to the owner of the shop, says 'SC album did not arrive'." Understand "desktop" or "surface" or "tabletop" or "table" or "top" or "paper" or "paperwork" or "note" as the papers. The Broom Cupboard is a room. It is north of the back room. The description of the broom cupboard is "A small janitors' closet. Cleaning supplies are crammed onto shelves all around the tiny room. Ironically, this is probably the dirtiest place in the whole building." The supply is scenery in the broom cupboard. Understand "supplies" or "cleaning" or "cupboard" or "broom" as the supply. Instead of examining the supply: try looking. Instead of doing anything other than examining with the supply: say "You only want the mop." The mop is a thing in the broom cupboard. The description of the mop is "A rag mop, with spaghetti looking rags that might once have been white used to soak up spills and move cleaning solutions around on the floor." Mopping is an action applying to nothing. Understand "mop" or "mop up" or "clean" or "clean up" as mopping. Check mopping: if the player carries the mop: say "You'll have to be specific about what you are mopping."; otherwise: say "You'll need a mop for that!" Cleaning is an action applying to one thing. Understand "mop [something]" or "mop up [something]" or "clean [something]" or "clean up [something]" as cleaning. Check cleaning: if the puddle is in the shop front: if the noun is the puddle: if the player carries the mop: say "You swirl the coffee around the floor, spreading the mess wider and wider.[paragraph break]Natalie grows increasingly agitated at your incompetence until she take the mop from you and cleans the spill herself, muttering unkind things about you just loud enough so you can hear. She storms through the curtain to put the mop away. Now would be a great time to make your escape!"; remove puddle from play; now Natalie carries the mop; move Natalie to the back room; now the curtain is locked; otherwise: say "You'll need a mop for that!"; otherwise: if the player carries the mop: say "It would work better if you mopped up the spilled coffee."; otherwise: say "You'll need a mop for that!"; otherwise: say "There is nothing to clean up!". Instead of cleaning Natalie: say "She really wouldn't appreciate that!" instead. Instead of giving the mop to Natalie: say "Natalie growls as she take the mop from you and cleans the spill herself, muttering unkind things about you just loud enough so you can hear. She storms through the curtain to put the mop away. Now would be a great time to make your escape!"; now Natalie carries the mop; remove the puddle from play; move Natalie to the back room; now the curtain is locked. Instead of rubbing something: try cleaning the noun instead. Part - Leaving Street is a room. The description is "The street outside the record shop." The front door is west of the Shop Front and east of the Street. The front door is an open unopenable door and scenery. The description of the door is "A large glass panel in a metal frame with a matching metal handle." Understand "handle" as the front door. Check going through the front door: if the player is not carrying the record: say "You will not be defeated.[line break]You [bold type]will[roman type] find the record. [line break]Your gift-giving skills [bold type]will be LEGENDARY![roman type][paragraph break]" instead; else if the player is carrying the mop: say "You promised to clean up your mess." instead. After going through the front door: say “You might never be able to step foot inside the record shop again, but your gift-giving skills will be [bold type][italic type]legendary[roman type]. [paragraph break]Here’s hoping Natalie doesn’t call the cops.â€; end the story saying "You make off with the record like a thief (which you now are) in the night (even though it isn't)!". Volume 2 - Programming Instead of telling someone about something, try asking the noun about [topic]. Understand "talk to [someone]" as a mistake ("To start a conversation, try to ASK [the noun] ABOUT something or TELL [the noun] ABOUT something."). Understand "smell" as smelling. Carry out smelling: say "[if the player is in the shop front]It smells like vinyl and coffee.[otherwise]It smells like mold, mildew, and mothballs. Just like Grandpa![end if]" Commenting is an action out of world applying to one topic. Understand "* [text]" as commenting. Carry out commenting: say "Comment noted. Thank you!" About is an action applying to nothing. Understand "about" as about. Carry out about: say "[paragraph break]'Vinyl Records' is a game written and programmed in Inform 7 by xavea. This game was written for a speed-IF challenge run by David C. Writing was begun February 28, 2016 and first release was published ______2016.[paragraph break]Thanks to Graham Nelson and Emily Short for development of Inform 7. [paragraph break]Thanks to my play testers: Stu Trebelco and Mike Sousa." Instead of searching something: try examining the noun instead.
