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Section - The wire holding up the cage

The petter-cage-wire is scenery. It is part of the petter-cage. The printed name of the petter-cage-wire is "metal wire". Understand "metal/steel/-- wire/fibres/fibre/fibers/fiber" as the petter-cage-wire.

The petter-cage-wire can be petter-undamaged, petter-half-off or petter-nearly-off. The petter-cage-wire is petter-undamaged.

Instead of examining the petter-cage-wire:

if the petter-cage-wire is petter-undamaged:

say "One end of the wire is attached to the birdcage and the other to the ceiling.";

otherwise:

if the petter-cage-wire is petter-half-off:

say "The wire is frayed where you hit it. Many of the metal fibers have been cut.";

otherwise:

say "The wire is nearly cut off. The cage hangs on a single metal fiber."

Instead of pushing the petter-cage-wire:

try pushing the petter-cage.

Instead of taking or taking off or entering or climbing or swinging or opening or attacking or cutting or pushing or pulling the petter-cage when the petter-cage-wire is petter-nearly-off:

say "The wire holding up the birdcage snaps at first touch. ";

cause the birdcage to fall.

Instead of taking or taking off or swinging or pushing or pulling the petter-cage when the location is MGR3:

say "The cage seems to be firmly stuck in the ground."

Instead of taking or taking off or pulling the petter-cage-wire:

if the petter-cage-wire is petter-nearly-off:

say "The wire snaps as soon as you touch the birdcage. ";

cause the birdcage to fall;

otherwise:

if the petter-cage-wire is petter-undamaged:

say "The wire is firmly attached. Even trying to detach the huge cage would likely make you fall to your death.";

otherwise:

say "The wire is frayed, but not enough to snap yet."

Understand "detach [petter-cage]" or "detach [petter-cage-wire]" as a mistake ("Trying to detach the huge metal cage would likely make you fall to your death.").

Instead of cutting the petter-cage-wire when the player carries a petter-sharp petter-machete:

if the petter-cage-wire is petter-undamaged:

say "The wire is tough and the strike seem to have little effect, but when you look closer you see that a couple of metal fibers are loose.";

now petter-cage-wire is petter-half-off;

otherwise:

if the petter-cage-wire is petter-half-off:

say "Another cut, and you're almost through. The cage nearly hits you on the rebound and you lose your balance, but you regain it by grabbing hold of the cage for a moment. New cracks appear in glass ceiling up where the wire is attached.";

now petter-cage-wire is petter-nearly-off;

otherwise:

say "You grab the cage to steady it before placing the cut, and the last fiber of the wire snaps. ";

cause the birdcage to fall.