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Section 1 - Statues

A statue is a kind of thing. Understand "statue" and "statues" and "stone" as a statue. The description of a statue is always "The statue is not very tall and is carved from solid black stone.[if not handled] It's set here by the path as a decoration for passersby.[end if] This one depicts a [word number 1 in the printed name of the item described]."

A dragon statue is a statue. The dragon statue is in the Hiking path.

A lion statue is a statue. The lion statue is in the Hiking path.

The plural of a statue is notinuse. [1]

Before listing nondescript items when the location is the Hiking path and two statues are in the Hiking path and all statues are not handled:

say "Two small stone statues depicting a lion and a dragon are greeting visitors on both sides of the path.";

now all statues are not marked for listing.

Check pushing a statue when the noun is in the Hiking path:

say "It would be easy to topple the statue, but [we] have no reason to do so."

After taking a statue for the first time:

say "[We] lift [the noun] and hold it with both hands. It looked small, but it weighs a ton."

[The statues are too heavy to hold for longer than one turn. These rules enforce that and some special cases.]

Every turn when the player is carrying a statue (called the burden) and the current action is not taking a statue:

say "[The burden] gets too heavy to hold and [we] have to drop it.";

silently try dropping the burden.

Before taking a statue when the player is carrying a statue (called the burden):

if the burden is not the noun:

say "(first dropping [the burden])[command clarification break]";

silently try dropping the burden.

Check going up when the location is the Hotel lobby and the player is carrying a statue:

say "There's no way [we] lug the statue all the way up the stairs." instead.