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Section Office Block

There is a room called Office Block.

The description of Office Block is "The office building's lobby is incredibly boring. Brown chairs and brown tables are on one side, while a [desk] with a [typewriter] is on the other. An exit opens to the east."

The lobby is scenery in the Office Block.

The description of the lobby is "The office building's lobby is incredibly boring.".

The desk is a fixed in place supporter in the Office Block.

The description of the desk is "A brown desk, with a very high wood-grain. Various sheets of [paperwork] are on the desk, talking about such generic subjects as 'the merger', 'the product' and 'overseas marketing' in such a way that leaves many questions as to what this place is selling."

The paperwork is a thing on the desk.

Understand "sheets" as the paperwork.

The paperwork is fixed in place.

The paperwork is scenery.

The description of the paperwork is "The paperwork is utterly baffling."

Instead of taking the paperwork:

say "The paperwork is too boring to consider.";

stop the action.

The typewriter is a container on the desk. Understand "ribbon" or "ink ribbon" or "type writer" as the typewriter.

The typewriter is fixed in place.

The description of the typewriter is "A Bede & Aquinas Always Clear Typewriter with a full ink ribbon."

Instead of taking the typewriter:

say "It's too heavy to carry around.";

stop the action.

The paper is a thing in the typewriter.

Understand "sheet" as the paper.

The description of the paper is "A blank sheet of typing paper."

The paper is unkeyed.

[THE BROWN CHAIRS]

The brown chairs are scenery in the Office Block.

The brown chairs are a supporter.

The brown chairs are enterable.

The printed name of the brown chairs is "brown chair".

Understand "brown tables" or "chairs" or "tables" or "table" or "chair" as the brown chairs.

The description of the brown chairs is "They're brown and ugly."

After entering the brown chairs:

say "The secretary gives you a nervous side-eye.";

now the chairedness of Max is chaired.

After getting off the brown chairs:

say "The secretary continues with her work.";

now the chairedness of Max is unchaired.

[Secretary]

The secretary is a woman. Secretary is in the Office Block.

Understand "woman" as the Secretary.

The Secretary is hittable.

The description of the Secretary is "The secretary behind the desk somehow manages to maintain a feeling of being both attractive and plain. Her hair is loose, and falls behind her shoulders. She wears a plain gray sweater and a pencil skirt."

Secretary wears the pencil skirt. Understand "skirt" as the pencil skirt.

The description of the pencil skirt is "It hugs her quite closely, and you can see a thick outline of her thighs through the fabric."

Secretary wears the gray sweater. Understand "gray" as the gray sweater.

The description of the gray sweater is "It's a bit tight, and you suspect you could somewhat accurately measure certain aspects of her form."

Instead of shooting the Secretary with the toy gun:

say "BANG![paragraph break]The secretary dissolves into a cloud of crackling blue light and then is gone.";

now the Secretary is nowhere.

Carry out hitting the Secretary with the clawhammer:

say "PSST![paragraph break]The secretary pulls out a can of pepper spray and gets you right in the eyes.[paragraph break]It burns like crazy. Your watery swollen eyes will barely open to be assaulted by the overhead lights.[paragraph break]When the world begins to come into focus, you are lying in the floor, handcuffed, and the sheriff's deputy is staring down at you. He is fidgeting with his gun...";

end the story.

Instead of attacking the Secretary:

say "PSST![paragraph break]The secretary pulls out a can of pepper spray and gets you right in the eyes.[paragraph break]It burns like crazy. Your watery swollen eyes will barely open to be assaulted by the overhead lights.[paragraph break]When the world begins to come into focus, you are lying in the floor, handcuffed, and the sheriff's deputy is staring down at you. He is fidgeting with his gun...";

end the story.

[TALKING TO Secretary]

Instead of talking to Secretary:

say "[one of]'I know.'[or]'She went, wearing that?'[cycling]".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- office/work/job/shop":

say "'Oh, it's just enough to pass the time trying to find a husband.'"

Instead of asking Secretary about "the/-- office block":

try asking Secretary about "office".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- junkyard":

say "'I'm not much for that sort of thing.'"

After asking Secretary about "the/-- paper":

if the player carries the paper:

say "'I don't think anyone will miss one sheet of paper.'";

otherwise:

say "'We have reams of the stuff.'"

After asking Secretary about "the/-- child/children/kid/kids":

say "'I hope to have some some day. Taking them to school, dressing them, changing them, burping them.'"

After asking Secretary about "the/-- dress/dresses/gown/gowns":

say "'Oh, I love dresses!' She proceeds to regale you with all sorts of talk of dresses for a considerable length of time."

After asking Secretary about "the/-- old man":

say "'Such a kindly old man.'"

Instead of asking Secretary about "the/-- kindly old man":

try asking Secretary about "old man".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- candy man":

say "'I've never met him, but apparently he doesn't actually like nuts!'"

After asking Secretary about "the/-- clerk":

say "'He doesn't like it when you tease him about his glasses.'"

Instead of asking Secretary about "the/-- clothing clerk":

try asking Secretary about "clerk".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- herself/her/woman/secretary":

say "'Oh, I keep myself mostly occupied with my work here.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- dressmaker/lady":

say "'She used to be an actress herself, before the incident.'".

Instead of asking Secretary about "the/-- dress maker":

try asking Secretary about "dressmaker".

Instead of asking Secretary about "the/-- fancy lady":

try asking Secretary about "dressmaker".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- waitress":

say "'She's so standoffish. Like she thinks she's too good for the rest of us.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- gun":

if the player carries the toy gun:

say "'I think I need to write this down.'";

otherwise:

say "'I don't know.'"

Instead of asking Secretary about "the/-- toy gun":

try asking Secretary about "gun".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- toy/toys":

say "'I'm an adult, I don't play with toys.'"

After asking Secretary about "the/-- diner":

say "'A bit too bland.'"

After asking Secretary about "the/-- max/player/me/myself":

say "'A hot new player on the scene.'"

After asking Secretary about "the/-- name":

say "'I don't know you.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- town/city/here/location/whereabouts":

say "'I dunno, West Dakota?'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- clothing clerk":

say "'He scares me.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- librarian":

say "'Who?.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- nurse":

say "'She always draws blood from me, even when the doctor says I don't need to give any.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- teller":

say "'She's always very nasty whenever I walk in there.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- deputy":

say "'He's very nice, always taking off his cap when he talks to me.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- grocer":

say "'He's always helping me with my groceries.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- waiter":

say "'I don't know that guy.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- bartender":

say "'He's not very nice, always kicking me out early.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- pharmacist":

say "'He's the guy who gives everyone drugs.'".

After asking Secretary about "the/-- meat man":

say "'I think he's in the butcher.'".

Instead of asking Secretary about "the/-- butcher":

try asking Secretary about "meat man".

Instead of showing the toy gun to Secretary:

try asking Secretary about "gun".

Report telling Secretary about something:

say "[one of]'I know.'[or]'She went, wearing that?'[cycling]".

Report asking Secretary about something:

say "[one of]'I've never heard anyone say anything about that.'[or]'I didn't hear about that.'[cycling]".

The block asking rule does nothing when asking the Secretary about something.

The block telling rule does nothing when telling the Secretary about something.