Escapade!
An interactive fiction by Juhana Leinonen (2008) - the Inform 7 source text
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fried fish is a thing in the tin foil. It is not conversable. It is proper-named. The plural of fried fish is fried fish. It is not conversable. The description is "They have fried the fish whole but it still looks quite raw. It is reddish in color; it might be a red herring.[if the creature is present][line break][c]I'm quite sure it is not,' [the creature] doubts.".
Understand "dinner/food" as fried fish.
Understand "herring" as fried fish.
Understand "red/reddish" as fried fish.
Understand "slimy/slime" as fried fish.
Understand "that fish" as fried fish.
The creature response of the fried fish is "[if the fried fish is enclosed by the cell]'[Creature], do you like fish?' you ask.[paragraph break]'Oh yeah,' the creature responds and a gush of saliva falls from its mouth.[otherwise]'How was the fish?' you ask.[paragraph break]'Super,' [the creature] says and burps."
Check taking fried fish:
if the player is carrying the tin foil:
say "You don't want to touch it with bare hands.";
otherwise:
try taking the foil;
stop the action.
Instead of eating fried fish:
say "You can't bring yourself to eating it.[if the creature is present][line break][c]What, you can't eat the sweet, sweet fish? You're one mysterious dude,' the creature says.".
Instead of touching fried fish:
say "The fish feels slimy.".
Instead of squeezing fried fish:
say "The fish's eyes bulge and it opens its mouth. Your hands feel icky.".
Instead of smelling fried fish:
say "The fish has a slight rotten smell to it.".
Instead of listening to fried fish:
say "Its days of making fish noises are over.".
Instead of tasting fried fish:
say "You lick the fish. It tastes slimy and repulsive.[if the creature is present][line break][c]Oh it must be delicious,' the creature dreams.".
Instead of rubbing fried fish:
say "Polishing won't make it any better.".
Instead of kissing the fried fish:
try tasting the fried fish.
Understand "slap [the fried fish]" as a mistake ("Whap! The fish loses a point of stamina.").
Test dinner with "test oil/remove clothes/pour oil on yourself/enter duct/yell/give bottle to guard/get hole/put hole on door/open door/trade clothes/wear clothes/look under rug/push sticker/pour glue remover on sticker/put sticker on door/push sticker/z/z".