>x holes They're about the size of a large seed or bulb. A thin layer of ice coats the bottom of the holes. >x ice You don't see the frozen lake here. It was at Frozen Shore. ------- Pine Barrens You stand among snow-covered pine trees. The snow is relatively shallow to the east and west. You see some small holes frozen in the ground, presumably dug by hungry squirrels. >x pines You don't see any pines here. -------- >enter spring As you approach the steaming hot spring, you have a vivid sense of what it would do to your skin and decide against testing the theory. Maybe you could put something else in, though. >put shell in spring That can't contain things. --------- Muddy Shore You stand on the shore of the lake. An island is visible to the north, but the water is rough. Open ground lies to the west and south. >x island You don't see the distant island here. It was in the dungeon (in fall). ---------- Calm Pines A soft wind whispers through the pine trees that cast shadows on the path below. Pine needles soften the sound of your footsteps. There is a clearing to the west, and to the east, there are mounds of disturbed earth. >x pine needles You don't see any pine needles here. ---------- Pine Barrens You stand among snow-covered pine trees. The snow is relatively shallow to the east and west. You see some small holes frozen in the ground, presumably dug by hungry squirrels. >x pines You don't see the healthy pine trees here. They were at Calm Pines (in spring). ---------- Ditch-in-Progress Mounds of dirt block the path to the east, with the beginnings of a ditch between them. Someone's put a lot of effort into digging it, but there's a long way to go. You can see pine trees to the west. >x ditch You don't see any ditch here. ------------ North of Hut Here, alongside the north wall of the hut, the ground is flat and covered in bootprints. Off to the east, you can see a body of water. You can see a ladder here. >search ground You don't see any ground here. --------- Hut A quaint one-room hut, rough around the edges, built out of logs and mud. It's hard to imagine that this humble hut will become the center of the Order of the Fiery Doom compound! The door leads out to the east. An oak door leads the way out of the hut. An unkempt man smiles at you. >x mud You don't see any mud here. >x logs You don't see any logs here. ------------ >x ground Open Ground Barren ground covered in a thin layer of snow. A plume of steam rises to the south, and the shore of a lake is to the east. >pour water on ground You don't see any ground here. --------- >polish plaque You rub the plaque. >x plaque The bronze plaque hasn't been polished lately, but you can see that it commemorates the Ladder-Steadying Pilgrim and advises the reader to follow their example. The figure in the image is wearing a suit like yours, but otherwise the likeness is only vaguely recognizable. --------------- Base of Stairs You stand in an elaborate building made from dark stone. An ominous stairway leads upwards. Archways lead north, east, and south. The mystical cocoon hovers here, the anchor for your spell. A weathered door blocks the way west. There is a small, bristly mat on the ground here. >enter mat That's not something you can enter. >stand on mat That's not something you can stand on. >stand A wall blocks your path. -------------- Laundry This small room is crowded with cabinets and a large washbasin. A doorway leads north. An acolyte is here, poking at a pipe with a screwdriver. >x basin You don't see any basin here. >put plaque in washbasin That can't contain things. ----------- >take mat One edge is stuck to the ground with caramel. >x caramel You don't see any caramel here. ---------- >x doormat It looks like it would let you walk all over it. There seems to be lettering, but it's too faded to read. >x lettering You don't see any lettering here. ------------ >x basket A large woven basket containing a ridiculous quantity of dried corn kernels. >take kernel You don't see any kernel here. ---------- Expanded Hut This hut seems to be larger than you remember, more solidly built, almost as if they were preparing to add a second story. A rough wooden door blocks north. A smooth oak door leads the way out of the hut. A clear stone sits on a windowsill. >x windowsill You don't see any windowsill here. >open wooden door You don't see any wooden door here. ------------- >x pot A giant pot, full of dirty laundry. Very dirty laundry. >pour water in pot The smelly pot can't hold a liquid! --------- Makeshift Laundry Clotheslines are strung across the clearing, over a large, smelly pot. Yellow tape blocks off a depression mostly covered by a slab of rock. The construction site is back to the north. >fill flask with water You don't see the seashell here. You left it at Snowy Clearing (in winter). ------------ Sun-baked Island The sun beats down on this small stretch of gravel and sand that, based on the surrounding lake, must be an island. Just a small, unglamorous one. You see a seagull. Or, a lake gull? That's not the sea. Whatever kind of gull it is, it is picking up shiny rocks. A nest is perched on top of a stunted tree close by. A strange orange cone made out of some rubbery material is here. >x gravel You don't see any gravel here. >x sand You don't see any sand here. ---------- Barren Island This island seems scoured clean by the wind, little more than rocks and sand. A red metal octagon is leaning against a rock. >x octagon It is a large red octagon made of some sort of metal. It has the word "stop" written across it in white letters. >x rock You don't see the rock slab here. It was at Makeshift Laundry (in summer). -------------- >x gull A drab-looking seagull. It's picking up shiny rocks and moving them around the shore. You notice a small yellow leather band around one ankle. >x band You don't see any band here. >x leather band You don't see any leather band here. >x ankle You don't see any ankle here. ------------- >put quartz in cone The quartz crystal balances perfectly on the tip of the traffic cone. Sunlight shines through it, splitting into the colors of the rainbow. Red shines onto a rock shaped like the number 7. Orange shines onto the number 5 carved into a tree. Yellow shines onto a cluster of six barnacles. Green shines onto a turtle shell with the number 2 painted on it. Blue shines onto a pair of cheap sunglasses shaped like the number 8. Indigo shines onto a pile of exactly nine grains of sand. And violet shines onto exactly one hidden compartment in the shadow of an overhang. >take sand You don't see any sand here. >take sunglasses You don't see any sunglasses here. >take turtle shell You don't see any turtle shell here. >take barnacles You don't see any barnacles here. >take rock You don't see the rock slab here. It was at Makeshift Laundry. -------- >take thyme You grab some fresh thyme from the lockbox. >smell it You smell nothing unexpected. ------- >show notes to apprentice The woodworker gets a panicked expression, then glares at you and waves his saw threateningly. >x saw You don't see any saw here. ------- >give all to woerk *** Run-time problem P31: Attempt to use a property of the 'nothing' non-object: property season You don't see any all here.