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is a fixed in place container. "[if the Main Office is visited and the lost-and-found is unseen]You didn[']t notice it before, but behind[otherwise]Behind[end if] a partition in the main office is the school lost-and-found." The description of the lost-and-found is "A tall rack with many hooks and a bin at the bottom. It is full of shirts, coats, hats, gloves, scarves, lunch boxes, and other lost items." Understand "lost" or "found" or "lost and found" as the lost-and-found. [This begins the game out of play--it will get moved to the office when it is mentioned by one of the NPCs in conversation. The idea is that the player isn't aware of it, or doesn't think about it, until reminded.]

After printing the name of the lost-and-found: now the lost-and-found is in the Main Office. [This moves the lost-and-found to the main office as soon as it is mentioned anywhere to the player.]

Some lost items are fixed in place scenery in the lost-and-found. The description of the lost items is "There are so many unclaimed items here, you have trouble finding anything." Understand "shirts" or "coats" or "hats" or "gloves" or "lunch" or "boxes" or "lunchboxes" or "scarves" as the lost items.

The winter coat is a thermal. The description of the winter coat is "One of the few cool things your mom has ever gotten, your coat is black with yellow and orange patches. It's also really warm." The winter coat is familiar.

Instead of taking the lost items: say "You pick up one of the items from the pile, but you see that it's not yours and you put it back. This could take a while to search through."

Instead of searching the lost-and-found:

say "After a few minutes of rummaging, you finally see your winter coat hanging on one of the hooks at the back. Whew! Your mom would have been really annoyed if you came home without it.";

now the winter coat is in the lost-and-found.

Instead of searching the lost items, try searching the lost-and-found.

Chapter 5 - Principal's Office