"Haunted" by DANM 132

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Chapter - Mechanics

A thing can be haunted. A thing is usually not haunted.

Before taking a haunted thing, say "You feel a tingling in your fingertips as you reach for it."

[Instead of taking anything, say "Your hands are full already."]

[After taking a haunted thing, say "As you take [the noun], you hear a terrible shriek."]

Chapter - Zapping

Zapping is an action applying to one thing.

Understand "zap [something]" as zapping. Understand "exorcize [something]" as zapping.

The player holds the ghost gun.

Check zapping when the player does not hold the ghost gun: instead say "You need the ghost gun to do that!"

Check zapping when the noun is not haunted: instead say "[The noun] does not appear to have any buildup of spirit energy."

Before zapping when the player does not hold the ghost gun and the ghost gun is visible: say "You reach for the ghost gun first."; try taking the ghost gun.

Carry out zapping: now the noun is not haunted.

Report zapping: say "You dispel the spirit energy from [the noun]."

[Singing is an action applying to nothing.]

Chapter - Rooms

Elegant Foyer is a room. "Dusty [old furniture] and cobweb-strewn [chandeliers] decorate this grand entrance hall. Rooms lie to the east and west."

Some dusty old furniture and some cobweb-strewn chandeliers are scenery in Foyer. Understand "chandelier" as chandeliers.

A mouldering umbrella and a dusty opera cloak are in Foyer. The opera cloak is haunted.

Dining Room is west of Elegant Foyer. "A [huge oak table] fills most of this wood-panelled room, while [eerie pictures] hang from the walls. The foyer is back to the east."

A huge oak table is a supporter in Dining Room. Some eerie pictures are haunted scenery in Dining Room.

A candlestick and a silver chalice are on the table. The candlestick is haunted.

Library is east of Elegant Foyer. "The shelves are covered in [crumbling books], and the [red carpet] is thick with dust. The foyer is back to the west."

Some crumbling books and a red carpet are scenery in Library. 

A wooden mask is in Library.

A glass box is a transparent openable closed container in the Library. The golden letter opener is in the box.

Before taking the letter opener when the glass box is closed, try opening the glass box.