r16
>w
Contraption Room
The cartoonist Heath Robinson used to specialise in drawings of fantastically complicated machines of string, pulleys, levers, counterweights, cogs, mice running about on wheels and the like. Just such a contraption fills the west end of this room, though most of the workings are behind a glass wall which, although running with age, is as solid as the day it was built. The parts are very old (hand-made, not machined) but uncorroded.
The only way out appears to be via the crawl to the east.
The north edge of the room is a big sheet of dull amber-coloured metal.
Amid the glass wall is an iron panel divided into a three-by-five grid.
Behind the glass is a kind of see-saw of two leather baskets at opposite ends of an oak pivot. In one corner of the roof, above the far end of the see-saw, is a hole through which dim natural light emanates.
Projecting out of the back of the panel mechanism at the near end is a metal hand, which grasps a cannonball in mid-air.
The lower basket contains a glowing golden orb.
r17
>w
Contraption Room
The cartoonist Heath Robinson used to specialise in drawings of fantastically complicated machines of string, pulleys, levers, counterweights, cogs, mice running about on wheels and the like. Just such a contraption fills the west end of this room, though most of the workings are behind a glass wall which, although running with age, is as solid as the day it was built. The parts are very old (hand-made, not machined) but uncorroded.
The only way out appears to be via the crawl to the east.
The north edge of the room is a big sheet of dull amber-coloured metal.
Amid the glass wall is an iron panel divided into a three-by-five grid.
Behind the glass is a kind of see-saw of two leather baskets at opposite ends of an oak pivot. In one corner of the roof, above the far end of the see-saw, is a hole through which dim natural light emanates.
Projecting out of the back of the panel mechanism at the near end is a metal hand, which grasps a cannonball in mid-air.
Look: ! r18
if (self has general) {
print "^The lower basket contains a cannonball, and the upper is empty.^";
rfalse;
}
if (child(hanging_cord) ~= nothing) {
print "^The lower basket contains ";
WriteListFrom(child(hanging_cord),8 + 64);
".";
}
rfalse;
The CR object is missing code for "Look" in the after property: