Section - Staircase
The petter-staircase is a backdrop. It is in MGR3 and MGR3a. The printed name of the petter-staircase is "spiral staircase". Understand "spiral/staircase/stairs/steps/handrail/rail/railing" as the petter-staircase. The description of the petter-staircase is "When you get closer, the original iron staircase is visible through the coiled roots. It leads [if the location is MGR3]up to a root-covered mesh walkway that circles the greenhouse[otherwise]down to the greenhouse floor[end if]."
Instead of cutting the petter-staircase when the player carries a petter-sharp petter-machete:
say "[one of]You cut off a couple of roots from the staircase, but it doesn't make much difference[or]It would take far too much time to cut away all the roots[stopping]."
Instead of climbing or entering or taking the petter-staircase:
if the location is MGR3:
try going up;
otherwise:
try going down.
Instead of touching or rubbing or squeezing the petter-staircase:
say "The roots covering the staircase are slightly slippery."
Instead of touching or rubbing or squeezing the petter-broken-staircase:
say "The broken staircase seems to be covered in a fine dust."
Instead of climbing or entering or taking the petter-broken-staircase:
try going up.
The petter-broken-staircase is scenery. The printed name of the petter-broken-staircase is "broken staircase". Understand "spiral/staircase/stairs/steps/handrail/broken" as the petter-broken-staircase. The description of the petter-broken-staircase is "The staircase and a large section of the walkway above have collapsed into a large heap of roots and broken metal. There is no way up anymore."