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Chapter of the Chase

The Chase is a scene. The Chase begins when Searching the Other World ends.

Every turn during the Chase:

if the time since the Chase began is greater than 3 minutes:

if the location of the mother is not the location of the player:

say "You hear terrible screeching noises from behind you.";

let x be a random room which is adjacent to the location of the mother;

[say "(mother is in [x])";]

if x is not nothing, move the mother to x;

otherwise:

have the mother win.

After going east from the Drawing Room during the Chase:

say "You hurry through the door and manage to slam the door shut just in time before the other mother comes through. You aren't sure, but she may have already had her hand on the other side.[Paragraph break]You hear a scuttling noise, from a big rat, maybe.";

continue the action.

Instead of listening during the Chase:

if the the player is in the Very Dark Corridor:

say "You hear a scuttling noise.";

otherwise:

continue the action.

Every turn during the Chase:

if the player has been in the Very Dark Corridor for one turns:

say "You hear a scuttling noise.";

if the player has been in the Very Dark Corridor for two turns:

now the mother is in the Very Dark Corridor;

have the mother win.

To have the mother win:

say "The mother catches you.";

say "You were too slow.";

end the story saying "Your story is finished.";

Before going somewhere during the Chase:

if the time since the Chase began is greater than 3 minutes:

if the location of the mother is the location of the player:

have the mother win.

Instead of dropping something during the Chase:

say "You don't have the time for that."

Instead of throwing at something during the Chase:

say "You don't have the time for that."

After going somewhere from the Very Dark Corridor during the Chase:

now the father is in the Kitchen;

now the mother is in the Kitchen;

if the player does not enclose the toy box:

now the toy box is nowhere;

now the wooden door is not passable;

continue the action.

The Chase ends when the player is in the real Drawing Room.