Gnu in the Zoo — 11 of 30

Section 1 - Your Stall

Your Stall is a covered room. "[if unvisited]You jerk await. It really [italic type]is[roman type] cold. Okay, your stall is draughty at the best of times, but tonight… You drag yourself to your hooves and poke your head out.[paragraph break]That’s odd: the gate is open. Your keeper, Lee, would never leave the gate open. Then you remember: Lee didn’t tuck you in last night, it was that new stallman − sorry, junior keeper. You thought there was something shifty about him. No matter. A night of exploration awaits.[paragraph break][end if]Your stall is wooden structure lined with straw. It smells a little unpleasant. Another stall lies to the west, and the rest of your enclosure lies to the north and east."

Your straw is an object in Your Stall. "Reassuringly scratchy and warm, but it could do with changing." It is scenery.

Instead of taking your straw:

say "Though it is not exactly fixed in place, there's no way you can carry it. It would soon get soggy in your mouth."

Instead of going nowhere from Your Stall:

if the noun is outside:

try going south;

otherwise:

say "You’ve already memorized every inch of this enclosure. Why waste time wandering around in here?"

After going south from Your Stall for the first time:

say "You experience a frisson of excitement stepping through the gate and out into forbidden territory.";

continue the action.