A Quite Ordinary Day at School
A Non-Interactive Fiction by Arnt Richard Johansen
Version 0.01ß


Classroom of 1AFE, on the chair
The walls in this room are made of concrete, just like all the other rooms
in this school.  A featureless master's desk stands in front of the blackboard.
Your bag and satchel sit on the floor right next to your desk.

  A dozen of students sits behind you.
  Geir Myhre stands in front of the blackboard.

>x geir
Geir Myhre is explaining linear equations.

>read watch
Time is 9:08:26

>wait
Time passes...
Geir Myhre talks about origo and the co-ordinate system.

>x students
They look utterly bored.

>x desk
Your desk contains three books and a pencil case.

>open books
The books are already open.

>read books
Boring.

>listen
Geir Myhre is demonstrating the addition of two fractions.

>wait
Time passes...

>wait
Time passes...
Geir Myhre asks you to solve an equation at the blackboard!

>get up
Okay, you are no longer sitting on the chair.

>x blackboard
There is an equation written on the blackboard.  In the groove attached to
it you see four pieces of chalk.

>get chalk
And get an electric shock?  No way!

>touch groove
And get an electric shock?  No way!

>x masters desk
There are some books on the master's desk.  It has two drawers.

>open drawer
Which drawer do you mean, the upper drawer or the lower drawer?

>lower
Opening the lower drawer reveals some sheets of paper, a packet of coloured
chalks, a candle, and a piece of chalk.

>get chalk
Taken.

>x equation
It looks complex, but you should be able to solve it without making a fool
of yourself.

>solve equation
You have to be more specific than that.

>resolve parentheses
Done.

>simplify fractions
Done.

>put variables on left side and constants on right side
variables: Done.
constants: Done

>simplify variables and constants
Done.
The equation is now solved!
(Your score just went up!)

>sit
(on the chair)
Okay, you are now sitting on the chair.

>x satchel
In the satchel you see some books, a ruler, a bus schedule, a floppy disk,
and a student ID card.

>get schedule
Done.

>x it
An ordinary booklet from Nordtrafikk, describing the bus routes in the district.
>read watch
Time is 9:25:06

>read blackboard
The blackboard is now almost completely filled with scribblings of formulae,
co-ordinate systems and graphs.

>read watch
Time is 9:32:30

>sleep
You're surely not contemplating sleeping in the middle of class?

>x books
The books are stuffed with maths exercises.

>do exercises
I don't know how to do the math exercises.

>listen
Geir Myhre explains the difference between equations and inequations.

>x watch
Time is 09:44:20

>wait
Time passes...

The school bell starts to ring.
The other students start to put down their books.

>put books in satchel
Done.

The school bell continues to ring.

>x pencil case
In the pencil case you see four pencils, three fluorescent markers, a green
waterproof marker, a black waterproof marker, and two rubbers.

>close it
Done.

The school bell stops ringing.
The other students are leaving the class room.

>leave classroom
Done.

Your score is 1 point out of a possible infinite number of points, which
makes you a rank Amateur.  Better luck next time (not!).

Please type RESTORE, RESTART, UNDO or QUIT> quit