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is inside from Room 9. "Oh, this is a total disaster. Mrs. McClintock usually insists that everyone hang their coats and schoolbags in the morning, but of course they all just dump them in a heap on the floor. Sucks to be you right now. From here you can go back out to the classroom."

Instead of going west in Room 9, try going inside.

Instead of going east in the Closet, try going outside.

Understand "enter" as going when the noun is the Closet.

A heap of students' belongings is fixed in place in the Closet. The description of the heap is "A completely disorganized, tangled mess of coats, hats, school bags, gloves, lunch boxes, scarves, and other belongings. Considering everyone is out at recess, it's surprising how much stuff is still in here right now...." Understand "coats" or "hats" or "school bags" or "schoolbags" or "gloves" or "lunch" or "boxes" or "lunchboxes" or "scarves" as the heap. The heap can be tangled or untangled. The heap is tangled.

Instead of taking the heap: say "You try to pick up one of the items from the pile, but they're too tangled together. This could take a while to search through."

Understand "untangle [something]" or "sort through/out [something]" or "sift through [something]" or "unravel [something]" or "extricate [something]" or "unsnarl [something]" or "look under [something]" as searching.

Your backpack is a closed openable container. The description of the backpack is "It's bright yellow canvas with black patches on the sides and black straps. There are blue ball point pen doodles all over the front panel. When your mother asked you how they got there, you said, 'I don[']t know....' Hanging off of the strap is a Pokemon keychain." Your backpack is familiar.

Instead of wearing the backpack: say "As much as you[']d like to just take your backpack and go home now, you decide it[']s better to get this work done so you can go out to recess."

The front panel is a jotter. It is part of the backpack. The description of the front panel is "You've doodled all over the front panel in ball point pen. You tried to erase it once, after your mom yelled at you, but it wouldn[']t come off."

The Pokemon keychain is part of your backpack. The description of the key chain is "Yes, yes, you know it's not 'cool' any more, but you still like the little yellow stuffed Pikachu."

The strap is part of the backpack. The description of the strap is "The black padded shoulder straps are starting to come apart at the seams. The one on the left is much more worn out, since you usually just sling it over one shoulder when you carry it."

The seams are part of the strap. The description of the seams is "The yellow threads are coming to pieces and the strap is starting to come apart. Time to ask Mom for a new one, probably." Understand "yellow" or "thread" or "threads" or "seam" as the seams.

Inside your backpack are a ski hat and Spiderman mittens. The hat and mittens are familiar and thermals. The description of the ski hat is "This is the black ski hat you [if we have examined the mittens]also [end if]got for Christmas. It spends more time in your backpack than on your head." The description of the mittens is "You [if we have examined the ski hat]also [end if]got these for Christmas, so they're still pretty new."

Instead of searching the tangled heap:

say "As you dig through the pile, you catch a glimpse of the Pokemon keychain you have attached to the strap of your backpack.";

now your backpack is in the Closet;

now the heap is untangled.

Instead of searching the untangled heap:

say "You dig around a bit more, but you don't find anything else worth mentioning.".

Section 3 - The Door