Garden of Live Flowers

"The Garden of Live Flowers" by Sam Hains

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The House is a room."You are at the door to your house. If you head north there is a path that leads to the top of a hill in the distance.". The Garden is a room. “The path gives to a sudden twist and shakes itself, the next moment you find yourself walking in at the door. There is nothing to be done but to start again. However, this time there is a large flower-bed, with a willow-tree growing in the middle.” .The Corkscrew Path is a room."How curiously the path twists! It is more like a corkscrew than a path! Well, THIS turn goes to the hill, I suppose- no, it doesn't!". The Dark Garden is a room."The garden has been covered in a cloak of darkness. There are many sets of eyes in the night sky, and you can hear the sound of television static and canned laughter.  You feel paranoid.". The Corkscrew Path is north of The House.

Following is an action applying to nothing.
Understand “follow” or "follow path" as following.
Release along with an interpreter. 
[house]
A sign is in the House.  A rusty nail is in the house.  A metal protractor is in the house. The description of a sign is "The key is to follow the path.".


[garden]
Carry out following: now the player is in Garden. 

A flower is a kind of thing.  
A human is a kind of thing.  
A vampire is a kind of thing.
A cutter is a kind of thing.

The Heart Queen is a vampire. The description of the Heart Queen is "The Blood Countess, The Decapitating Queen. It is said she bathes in the blood of innocents. She is vain, arrogant, courteous, quick to anger and generous when it suits her.".

A flower can be dead or alive. Flowers are usually alive.

A pair of scissors is in the Garden. A pair of scissors is a cutter. Some rusty chains are in the garden. A dead bird is in the garden. A tiger-lilly is a flower.  A rose is a flower. A tiger-lilly is in the garden.  A tiger-lilly can be cut.  The description of a tiger-lilly is "A rude, overly entitled flower with a tendancy to fly into frightful rages.".The printed name of the tiger-lilly is “[if alive]tiger-lilly[else]corpse of a tiger-lilly[end if]”. The printed name of a rose is "[if alive]crestfallen rose[else]corpse of a crestfallen rose[end if]". The description of a rose is "This rose is vibrating with grief.".


Talking is an action applying to one touchable thing. Understand "talk [something]" as talking.

Picking is an action applying to one touchable thing. Understand "pick [something]" as picking.


Report picking:
	say "As you attempt to pick [the noun], you hear a disturbing grumbling emerge from the flower bed.  Better not pick [the noun]!"
	
Before cutting:
	if the player is not carrying a cutter:
		say “You got nothing to cut it with!”;
		stop the action;
		
The block cutting rule is not listed in the check cutting rulebook.

Every turn:
	if the Heart Queen is in the Dark Garden:
		say “The vampiric Heart Queen has appeared in the garden before you.”;
		end the story saying “The queen lunges towards you, and inserts her teeth into your flesh. You fall to your death. The audience cheer. You did great!”;


Check cutting:
	if the noun is a tiger-lilly:
		say "You slice the stalk on the ground, a greenish, red liquid flows from the stalk. You hear the sound of an infant softly crying. You drop the scissors.";
		now the player is in the Dark Garden;
		now pair of scissors is in the Dark Garden;
		now the tiger-lilly is dead;
		now the tiger-lilly is in the Dark Garden;
		now the rose is in the Dark Garden;
		stop the action;
	if the noun is a rose:
		say "You are seized by your violent impulses. You take hold of the scissors and slice open the rose standing before you. It falls the the ground, its petals float to the floor in cinematic slow motion. You drop the scissors.";
		now pair of scissors is in the Dark Garden;
		now the rose is dead;
		now The Heart Queen is in the Dark Garden;
		stop the action;
	else:
		say "You can't cut that!";
		stop the action.


Playing is an action applying to one touchable thing. Understand "play [something]" as playing.

Report playing:
	say "You play a tune on [the noun]. It sounds lovely."