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Chapter 2 - Tunneling

The Secret Tunnel is a dark room in the Library. "A wide and spacious passage, bending from [if the hidden door is present]the Disused Closet[else]darkness[end if] at the northwest to [if the secret door is present]the Storage Area[else]darkness[end if] at the southwest. The floor, walls, and ceiling are made of smooth wood, and a couple large crates stand against the walls[first time]. It's really more of a hallway or a closet than a tunnel...but it sounds much more impressive to say that you discovered a secret tunnel than a secret closet[only]."

Effect of casting vezza at the Secret Tunnel: say "The crates lie open, the wood torn and splintered."

Empowered effect of casting vezza at the Secret Tunnel: say "The doors have been closed again and all you can see is darkness."

Inverse effect of casting vezza at the Secret Tunnel: say "A librarian closes one of the packing crates, then spots a scroll that has fallen against the wall. 'Missed one...I'll put it away later.' He picks it up and walks out, closing the door behind him."

Crates-puzzle is a puzzling scene with puzzle description "opening the packing crates in the tunnel". Crates-puzzle begins when the packing crates are known. Crates-puzzle ends when the packing crates are open.

Some packing crates are a ropable scenery container in the Tunnel. Understand "large" or "crate" or "couple" or "boxes" or "box" as the crates. They are closed and unopenable. The description of the crates is "They seem to have been nailed shut rather hastily."

Effect of casting rezrov at the closed crates:

say "The wood strains but does not give; the spell is not quite strong enough to pull the crates apart."

Empowered effect of casting rezrov at the closed crates:

say "With a splintering of wood, several planks pull away from the crates and land in a pile on the floor.";

move the splintered planks to the Tunnel;

now the crates are open.

Inverse effect of casting rezrov at the open crates: say "The spell doesn't do much. They're probably beyond repair."

Inverse effect of casting rezrov at the planks: say "The spell doesn't do much. They're probably beyond repair."

Instead of opening the closed crates: say "They're nailed shut. You'd need a crowbar or something to pry them open."

Instead of unlocking the closed crates with something: say "[The second noun] [don't] make a very effective crowbar."

Some splintered planks are fixed in place. Understand "plank" or "several" or "board" or "timber" or "wood" or "splinter" or "splintery" or "heavy" as the planks. The planks are ropable. Instead of taking the planks: say "They look awfully heavy and serve no real purpose." The description of the planks is "They seem to have been torn roughly from the crates by some burglar."

A faded scroll is a spell scroll in the packing crates with inscribed spell vaxum.

Inv List Vol 14 is a library book in the packing crates. The author is "J. Ashwell". The description is "[tt]Inventory List Volume XIV[br]...[br]'Essays and Reviews on Narrative' by E. Short[br]'Heterogenous Tasks' by S. K. Ashwell[br]'Transcendent Destinies' by Paul Lee[br]'Winter of our Discontent' by M. T. Winter[br]...[/tt]". [Reviews during IntroComp.]

Diurnal Membership Records is a library book in the packing crates. The author is "Floyd Meretzky". The description is "[tt]...[br]Jacqueline Ashwell[br]David Welbourn[br]Daniel Ravipinto[br]Joseph Geipel[br]Dan Shiovitz[br]Andrew Plotkin[br]Buster Hudson[br]Pollux[br]...[/tt]". [ClubFloyd players.]

Nocturnal Membership Records is a library book in the packing crates. The author is "Floyd Meretzky". The description is "[tt]...[br]Adri Mills[br]Zach Samuels[br]Steve Westwood[br]Olly Kirk[br]Roger Carbol[br]...[/tt]". [NightFloyd players.]