Olfactory Settings
Example 249
★While this isn't very interesting as IF, it runs through most of the adaptive-text tricks.
"Olfactory Settings"
The Doghouse is a room. "Not so much a place as a state of being."
The player carries a ticket to the opera, some papers, and a bouquet of flowers. The bouquet is ambiguously plural.
Instead of eating something inedible, say "[The noun] [don't] seem likely to agree with [us] at all. [We][']d be wiser to leave [regarding the noun][them] alone."
Instead of touching something: say "[regarding the noun][Those] [are] all prickly."
Instead of smelling something: say "[Our] nose [regarding nothing][are] too weak to get much smell from [regarding the noun][those]."
Instead of smelling the bouquet: say "[regarding the noun][They]['re] lovely."
Instead of tasting something:
say "Whew, [regarding the noun][are] [those] ever nasty!"
Test me with "x ticket / eat it / eat them / touch it / touch them / smell it / smell them / taste it / taste them / x papers / eat it / eat them / touch them / smell them / taste them / x bouquet / eat it / eat them / touch them / smell them / taste them".
Test me with "x ticket / eat it / eat them / touch it / touch them / smell it / smell them / taste it / taste them / x papers / eat it / eat them / touch them / smell them / taste them / x bouquet / eat it / eat them / touch them / smell them / taste them".
Doghouse
Not so much a place as a state of being.
>(Testing.)
>[1] x ticket
You see nothing special about the ticket to the opera.
>[2] eat it
The ticket to the opera doesn't seem likely to agree with you at all. You'd be wiser to leave it alone.
>[3] eat them
I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
>[4] touch it
That is all prickly.
>[5] touch them
I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
>[6] smell it
Your nose is too weak to get much smell from that.
>[7] smell them
I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
>[8] taste it
Whew, is that ever nasty!
>[9] taste them
I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
>[10] x papers
You see nothing special about the papers.
>[11] eat it
The ticket to the opera doesn't seem likely to agree with you at all. You'd be wiser to leave it alone.
>[12] eat them
The papers don't seem likely to agree with you at all. You'd be wiser to leave them alone.
>[13] touch them
Those are all prickly.
>[14] smell them
Your nose is too weak to get much smell from those.
>[15] taste them
Whew, are those ever nasty!
>[16] x bouquet
You see nothing special about the bouquet of flowers.
>[17] eat it
The bouquet of flowers doesn't seem likely to agree with you at all. You'd be wiser to leave it alone.
>[18] eat them
The bouquet of flowers doesn't seem likely to agree with you at all. You'd be wiser to leave it alone.
>[19] touch them
That is all prickly.
>[20] smell them
It's lovely.
>[21] taste them
Whew, is that ever nasty!
Not so much a place as a state of being.
>(Testing.)
>[1] x ticket
You see nothing special about the ticket to the opera.
>[2] eat it
The ticket to the opera doesn't seem likely to agree with you at all. You'd be wiser to leave it alone.
>[3] eat them
I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
>[4] touch it
That is all prickly.
>[5] touch them
I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
>[6] smell it
Your nose is too weak to get much smell from that.
>[7] smell them
I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
>[8] taste it
Whew, is that ever nasty!
>[9] taste them
I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
>[10] x papers
You see nothing special about the papers.
>[11] eat it
The ticket to the opera doesn't seem likely to agree with you at all. You'd be wiser to leave it alone.
>[12] eat them
The papers don't seem likely to agree with you at all. You'd be wiser to leave them alone.
>[13] touch them
Those are all prickly.
>[14] smell them
Your nose is too weak to get much smell from those.
>[15] taste them
Whew, are those ever nasty!
>[16] x bouquet
You see nothing special about the bouquet of flowers.
>[17] eat it
The bouquet of flowers doesn't seem likely to agree with you at all. You'd be wiser to leave it alone.
>[18] eat them
The bouquet of flowers doesn't seem likely to agree with you at all. You'd be wiser to leave it alone.
>[19] touch them
That is all prickly.
>[20] smell them
It's lovely.
>[21] taste them
Whew, is that ever nasty!