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Chapter of Being Home Alone

Home Alone is a scene. Home Alone begins when Sleepy Again ends.

When Home Alone begins:

say "*** Well done! A bright new day... I wonder if it will be any different... ***[line break]";

now the mother is nowhere;

now the father is nowhere;

now the basement door is unlocked;

now the attic door is unlocked.

[conversation!]

Instead of talking to real Miss Spink and Miss Forcible about "a/the/your/their/-- secret":

try talking with Miss Spink and Miss Forcible about the talisman.

Instead of talking with real Miss Spink and Miss Forcible about talisman:

if Miss Spink and Miss Forcible are carrying the talisman:

hand over the talisman;

otherwise:

continue the action.

To hand over the talisman:

if Miss Spink and Miss Forcible are carrying the talisman:

say "'Ah,' they say, 'you may be thinking of this. It is nothing, really, a mere trifle, but it may bring you luck. A gentleman once gave it to us after we put on a show for him a dream.'[line break]They give you a talisman." [needs a lot more description];

now the player is carrying the talisman.

Instead of going east from the Drawing Room during Home Alone:

if the player is not enclosing the talisman:

say "Somehow you feel you should not go unprepared.";

otherwise:

continue the action.

Instead of going somewhere from the Very Dark Corridor during Home alone: [shouldn't happen, because you can't drop anything anyway]

if the player is not enclosing the talisman:

say "You should not leave anything important behind.";

otherwise:

continue the action.

After going to the other Drawing Room during Home Alone:

if the player is not enclosing the talisman:

say "Bug! This shouldn't happen!";

continue the action.

Home alone ends when the player is enclosing the talisman and the player is in the other Drawing Room.