The Beast of Torrack Moor
An interactive fiction by Linda Wright (2007) - the Inform 7 source text
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Understand "lock [something]" as locking keylessly. Understand "lock [an unlocked lockable thing]" as locking keylessly. Understand "lock [a lockable thing]" as locking keylessly.
Locking keylessly is an action applying to one thing.
Check locking keylessly:
abide by the can't lock without a lock rule;
abide by the can't lock what's already locked rule;
abide by the can't lock what's open rule;
abide by the need a matching key rule.
Carry out locking keylessly:
say "(with [the matching key of the noun])[command clarification break]";
try locking the noun with the matching key of the noun.
Check someone trying locking keylessly:
abide by the can't lock without a lock rule;
abide by the can't lock what's already locked rule;
abide by the can't lock what's open rule;
abide by the need a matching key rule.
Carry out someone trying locking keylessly:
try the person asked trying locking the noun with the matching key of the noun.