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Section A - Light Solution

To decide whether the vent is noticable:

[if the Clean-Room is light-filled:

repeat with the item running through visible things in the Closet:

if the item is the player, next;

if the item is lit, no;

yes;

no.]

if there is a lit thing in the oven, yes;

no.

To solve the vent:

if the vent is unsolved:

now the vent is solved;

award points for "finding a backdoor into the Clean Room";

move the vent to the Disused Closet.

Every turn when the vent is unsolved (this is the discover the vent rule):

if the vent is noticable and the player is in the Disused Closet:

say "A strange light shines from an inconspicuous metal grating near the floor.";

solve the vent.

Rule for writing a paragraph about the small vent:

if the vent is noticable:

say "A strange light shines from an inconspicuous metal grating near the floor.";

otherwise:

say "An inconspicuous metal grating is set into the wall near the floor.";