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Part 6 - Flute

The flute is a small thing. "A flute lies on the grass near the gate." The flute is secondary and dirty.

The flute can be blocked. The flute is blocked.

The description of the flute is "It's a small and thick koudi flute that used to be a dog. It's [if the flute is dirty]quite dirty and covered in grit[otherwise]fairly clean[end if]."

Understand "koudi" as the flute.

Understand "block" and "blockage" as the flute when the flute is blocked.

Definition: the flute is lipsticked if the dog is lipsticked.

Report examining the lipsticked flute:

say "There's lipstick smeared on the mouthpiece."

The block playing rule does nothing if the noun is the flute.

Before playing the flute when the player is not holding the flute:

carry out the implicitly taking activity with the flute;

if the player is not holding the flute:

stop the action.

Check playing the dirty flute:

say "The flute is so dirty that [we] don't want to play it." instead.

Check playing the lipsticked flute:

say "There's lipstick on the mouthpiece. Playing it now would only make a mess." instead.

Check playing the blocked flute:

say "[first time]Remembering what it used to be, [we] reluctantly put the flute on [our] lips and blow. [only]The air escapes through the fingerholes. There must be a blockage inside the flute somewhere." instead.

Report playing the flute:

say "The flute has a low, dark sound to it."

Instead of searching the blocked flute:

say "There's something blocking the flute."

Check listening to the flute:

say "No-one's playing it, so it doesn't make a sound." instead.

Check washing the dirty flute with something:

say "[The second noun] wouldn't clean it." instead.

Before washing the flute with the koi pond when the flute is not carried:

say "(first taking the flute)[command clarification break]";

silently try taking the flute.

Instead of washing the dirty flute with the koi pond:

say "[We] clean the flute the best [we] can using the water from the pond.";

clean the flute.

Instead of washing the lipsticked flute with the koi pond:

say "[We] rub the lipstick off the flute.";

clean the flute.

To clean the flute:

now the flute is clean;

now the dog is not lipsticked;

now the dog is clean.

Instead of watering the flute with the koi pond:

try washing the flute with the koi pond.

Check rubbing the dirty flute:

say "The dirt is hardened and stuck tight to the flute's surface. [We] need water to clean it." instead.

Check rubbing the lipsticked flute:

say "Rubbing the lipstick only smears it more." instead.

Definition: a thing is thin if it is the chopstick or it is the scissors.

Instead of clearing the blocked flute with a thin thing:

say "Using [the second noun], the wad of dirt that was blocking the flute pops cleanly out. That must be a relief to the dog as well.";

now the flute is not blocked.

Check clearing the blocked flute with:

say "[We] need something long and thin to clear the blockage." instead.

Check clearing the flute with when the flute is not blocked:

say "[We]['ve] already cleared the blockage from the flute." instead.

Instead of inserting something into the flute:

say "(clearing the flute with [the noun])[command clarification break]";

try clearing the flute with the noun.

Instead of washing the blocked flute with a thin thing:

say "(clearing the flute with [the second noun])[command clarification break]";

try clearing the flute with the second noun.

Check clearing the flute with a thin thing:

say "The blockage has already been cleared." instead.

After changing the flute into the clean dog for the first time:

say "The flute sparkles and changes back into the dog, who looks a lot cleaner than the last time."

After changing the flute into the lipsticked dog for the first time: [1]

say "The flute sparkles and changes back into the dog.

He has lipstick messily smeared all over its nose. [We] allow [ourselves] to smile briefly at the sight."

After changing the flute into the tame dog for the first time:

say "[We] change the flute back into the dog. The dog looks a bit confused for a moment, but then [if the dog is in the holder of the player]walks calmly to [us] and starts to lick [our] hand[otherwise]sits down and starts looking at us, panting[end if]." [2]

After changing the flute into the tame dog:

say "The flute sparkles and changes back into the dog[first time]. The dog doesn't look like it realized what happened[only]."