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Section of the Mirror (object)

The mirror is a fixed in place thing. It is in the Hallway.

The description is "At the end of the corridor hangs a full-length mirror. It was, a long time before, the inside of a wardrobe door. The mirror shows the corridor behind you."

The mirror is [a not openable, not lockable, not enterable, opaque, unlit, fixed in place and closed container. It is ] in the Hallway.

[Instead of searching mirror when the player is not in the mirror (this is the looking into mirror rule):

try examining the mirror.]

[unnecessary because things can't be in the mirror anymore]

[Rule for printing room description details of the mirror:

stop.

]

Before searching the mirror (this is the looking into mirror rule):

try examining the mirror instead.

After examining the mirror when the player is not in the mirror:

if the player is real:

display figure of the mirror;

otherwise:

display figure of the other mirror;

Say "[run paragraph on]You look at yourself in the wardrobe-door mirror.";

Say "Hmm. I had better get a new haircut!";

try taking inventory.

Instead of examining the mirror during Home Alone:

say "The mirror shows the corridor behind you; that is only to be expected. But reflected in the mirror are your parents. They stand awkwardly in the reflection of the hall. They seem sad and alone. As you watch, they wave to you, slowly, with limp hands. Your father has his arm around your mother. Your father opens his mouth and says something, but you can hear nothing at all. Your mother breathes on the inside of the mirror glass, and quickly, before the fog fades, she writes with the tip of her forefinger:[line break]";

display figure of the help message;

say "The fog on the inside of the mirror fades, and so do your parents, and now the mirror reflects only the corridor, and you."

Instead of attacking the mirror, say "It wouldn't feel right to break the mirror. And there is no need to, anyway."