Escapade!
An interactive fiction by Juhana Leinonen (2008) - the Inform 7 source text
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The potion vial is a liquid. It is not conversable. The description is "The glass vial is very small and delicate. There's some purple liquid inside it and the words 'DRINK ME' written on it with beautiful cursive." The printing is "'DRINK ME'".
Understand "small" and "glass" and "liquid" and "purple" and "phial" as the potion vial.
Instead of pouring the potion vial on something:
if the second noun is the player:
say "You splash a few drops from the vial on yourself. There's a faint smell to it, but it's definitely not perfume.";
otherwise:
say "You drop a few drops from the vial on [the second noun], but nothing happens.";
if the second noun is the creature:
say "[line break][c]Except that [the creature] gets very mad,' it growls."
Before rubbing the potion vial on the player:
try pouring the potion vial on the player instead.
Should the game choose when comparing the potion vial against the glass:
never.
[ See the next chapter.
Instead of drinking or tasting the potion vial:
say "[one of]You take a sip from the vial. It has a very faint taste, something flowery, but you can't quite put your finger on it. Then suddenly the vial starts to get larger and larger; [if the player is clothed]your clothes seem to grow bigger and [end if]the walls and the ceiling seem to move further apart from each other.[paragraph break][if the player is clothed]You climb out from under your clothes that are now too huge to wear. [end if]The cell and everything in it seems to have grown at least tenfold. [The creature] is a towering monster far away.[if the creature is present][line break][c]Or could it be that you have just shrunk a lot smaller?' the creature booms.[end if][or]You take another sip and again shrink to a minuscule size.[stopping]";
repeat with x running through things carried by the player:
move x to the cell;
if the player wears the adventuring clothes:
move the adventuring clothes to the cell;
now the creature is absent;
now the player is tiny;
the potion's effect wears out in 4 turns from now.]
Instead of drinking or tasting the potion vial:
say "[one of]You take a sip from the vial. It has a very faint taste, something flowery, but you can't quite put your finger on it. Then suddenly the vial starts to get larger and larger; [if the player is clothed]your clothes seem to grow bigger and [end if]the walls and the ceiling seem to move further apart from each other.[paragraph break][if the player is clothed]You climb out from under your clothes that are now too huge to wear. [end if]The cell and everything in it seems to have grown at least tenfold. [The creature] is a towering monster far away.[if the creature is present][line break][c]Or could it be that you have just shrunk a lot smaller?' the creature booms.[end if][or]You take another sip and again shrink to a minuscule size.[stopping]";
pause the cutscene;
say "Very soon you find out that the effect doesn't last very long: you stretch back to your original size.";
repeat with x running through things carried by the player:
move x to the cell;
if the player wears the adventuring clothes:
move the adventuring clothes to the cell.
Instead of drinking or tasting the potion vial when the guard is in the cell:
say "You take a sip from the vial and the world starts to grow smaller and smaller. Very soon you are so small you can't see the guard's eyes anymore - and apparently he can't see you either.
[g]NOW WHERE did you GO[interrobang]' the guard yells. 'OH BUGGER, I'm going to GET FLOGGED if I let him ESCAPE!'
He opens the door and peeks inside. 'HEY! WHERE DID YOU GO!' You take advantage of the situation and start running through the door.
You run and run and run for what feels like eternity. Then the potion's effect starts to wear out and you grow quickly to your normal size. You managed to cover almost two meters from the door. Running with legs the size of a toothpick doesn't get one very far. You stand there, naked, grinning to the guard who leaps at you and throws you back inside.";
pause the cutscene;
say "[g]YOU STAY HERE and I'll take THIS WITH ME so NO TRICKS ANYMORE!' the guard shouts and takes the potion vial before slamming the door shut.";
now the creature is present;
make the guard leave;
repeat with x running through things carried by the player:
move x to the cell;
if the player wears the adventuring clothes:
move the adventuring clothes to the cell;
remove the potion vial from play;
mark the escape down as "cheating the guard by becoming tiny".
Instead of eating the potion vial:
say "You gnaw on the vial until your teeth hurt.[if the creature is present][line break][c]It does say DRINK ME, not EAT ME,' [the creature] instructs. [question intelligence][line break][paragraph break]".
Test tiny with "test scissors/cut photo/trade scissors".