1982 (2014)
> x boxes (@ Cellar)
You browse through one of the boxes but don't find anything of interest.
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Let's look at boxes! This page is for both generic boxes and any other types of boxes not listed elsewhere.
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1982 (2014)
> x boxes (@ Cellar)
You browse through one of the boxes but don't find anything of interest.
Alcohol solves everything (2007)
> x boxes (@ The Cave (1))
You shine the light slowly around the boxes, casting deep shadows. The crates are set slightly apart from each other towards the north forming a corridor one could perhaps wriggle through.
> x boxes (@ The Cave (2))
You shine the light slowly around the boxes, casting deep shadows on the walls. A large, oblong box, light upright against a stack of crates, stands out.
> x oblong box (@ The Cave (2))
You move closer to the oblong box, shining your light on the floor to make sure you do not trip on anything lying there.
Alias 'The Magpie' (2018)
> x shoebox (@ Major's Bedroom)
A cardboard box, formerly home to a pair of brown Oxfords, size nine. A number of holes have been punched in the lid, and the words "coleoptera incertae sedis" are scrawled in childish letters on the side.
All Quiet on the Library Front (1995)
> x boxes (@ Ground Floor Stacks)
The games on these shelves range from every installment of the Zork series, through something simply marked as LTOI. There is a special shelf devoted to a game called, simply, "Curses", with labels like "R12", "R14", "R15", and "Curses95". Other shelves cover "Christminster", "Theatre", "Balances", and many, many others.
Off in one corner are several magazines dedicated to IF, including XYZZYNews and SPAG.
Amusement Park (2004)
> x box (@ Middle of the Park)
It has a broken lever [if pliers attached] with a pair of pliers attached to it [end if] on its back, and the map of the park on its front.
And yet it moves (2014)
> x box (@ Barber's attic)
there is a small label on the outside that says "property of Florence Bank".
Another Goddamn Escape the Locked Room Game (2006)
> x band-aids (@ Bathroom)
This is a box of band-aids. Er, I mean, store-brand adhesive bandages. You pop the flap and look inside to find, not unexpectedly, many band-aids. Which is good, since the very fact that they're here at all probably indicates that you're going to need them at some point.
> x red box (@ West Wall)
This is a red metal box with a glass front [if broken] (or rather, which had a glass front until you smashed it with the fire extinguisher) [end if], which has been mounted on the wall of the room. A little sign above it says "In case of emergency, break glass".
Arborea (2022)
> x royal box (@ Jousting Arena)
"E.R." is written on the front. It's empty, so the queen must be elsewhere right now.
> x money box (@ Amazonian Simulation Room)
There's a slot in the top for dropping money in, in case you're feeling generous.
Are You A Chef? (2000)
> x pizza box (@ East Road)
It's jut one of those big flat boxes pizzas come in.
Art D's First Batch Adventure (1997)
> examine box (@ East edge of paved road)
The box is made of cardboard and wrapped in decorative colored paper. An ad hanging from the box depicts a smiling crowned man in a cave carrying a long thin food item. The caption reads 'When someone asks me what I want for a snack, I always say BREADSTICK! Try it! It's new!'
The Ascent of the Gothic Tower (2014)
> x box of crackers (@ First Floor Hallway)
You regard the box with a minimum of interest. Crackers strike you as a very dull proposition.
Augmented Fourth (2000)
> x display box (@ Library)
There are several hundred pamphlets in the box.
Aunt Nancy's House (1997)
> x boxes (@ Attic)
Some cardboard boxes have been crammed under the desk.
> x plastic box (@ Attic)
A small, clear plastic box.
> x metal box (@ Bathroom)
A metal box with the "Band-Aids" logo on it.
> x boxes (@ Basement)
A few boxes have been piled against the wall.
> x box (@ Entrance)
A blue plastic box.
Baking with Lizzie (2017)
> x milk carton (@ Kitchen)
A carton of milk, with a cute picture of a cow on the front.
Balances (1994)
> x cedarwood box (@ Ramshackle Hut)
The box bears the calligraphed initial H.
Ballymun Adventure (2006)
> x box (@ Room 7)
The box contains lots of differently coloured files. Orange , Yellow, Blue, Olive etc.
> x vaulting box (@ Storage area)
A large vaulting box used in gymnastics. Most students enjoy learning how to perform handsprings, headsprings, etc.
A Beauty Cold and Austere (2017)
> x bronze box (@ Solar)
This bronze box has several knobs and small wheels on it. It appears to be a primitive mechanical calculator.
Beneath: a Transformation (2007)
> x box (@ Pet Store)
There is a large, square, heavy duty wooden box hanging from the ceiling in a especially dark corner of the room. There's a tag tied to it that reads: $1.30
Berrost's Challenge (2008)
> x box (@ Tavern)
Its a small wooden box with a hinged lid on top. Its closed. A small placard is glued to the front of the box.
The Bibliophile (2014)
> x damaged books boxes (@ Lower Room)
These are white boxes stuffed with books without covers, or other significant damage. They are here in the hopes of one day either being restored, sold as-is, or otherwise catalogued for upstairs display.
> x unsorted books boxes (@ Lower Room)
These are white boxes stuffed with books that you recently acquired from the George Peabody Library which is just a few blocks away from you.
> x boxes (@ Organized Clutter)
These are old, cardboard boxes holding the detritus of old office equipment and who-knows-what else.
> x boxes (@ Auxiliary Storage)
Old boxes that, for some reason, was relegated here rather than being properly thrown away. You'd have to search them to find out anything more.
Bio (2003)
> x black box (@ Control Room)
It's a black box attached to the wall, and is labeled "POWER MANAGEMENT". It's currently closed.
Biscuit (2001)
> x storage box (@ Office)
A typical floppy disc storage box.
> x medium box (@ attic)
a medium sized box made out of cardboard.
> x tiny box (@ attic)
a tiny box, hardly big enough to hold anything.
> x large box (@ attic)
a large box, made out of plywood, probably a former tea chest.
> x small box (@ attic)
a box made of some light coloured wood.
Bobby and Bonnie (2017)
> x boxes (@ Attic)
Various boxes of stuff that doesn't get used very often.
Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! (2015)
> x blue box (@ Five and Dime)
"WATE-ON" it says, in large block letters. It's [closed right now or open].
The Bryant Collection (2009)
> x old dented strongbox (@ Yard Sale)
This strongbox is made of metal, and is a foot across in each dimension. It is covered in rust and dented in a few places. A tattered label on the lid reads "Laura Bryant Collection." A garish orange sticker asks for $23. Some inner feeling makes you want to possess it.
> x old dented strongbox (@ Living Room)
This strongbox is made of metal, and is a foot across in each dimension. It is covered in rust and dented in a few places. A tattered label on the lid reads "Laura Bryant Collection." You pried the box open with a crowbar you borrowed from a friend after failed attempts at picking the lock. The metal around the latch is twisted out of shape.
Bullhockey 2: The Return of The Leather Whip (2019)
> x small box (@ Guessed Room)
It's a box that fits in the palm of your hand. Printed on the label--
YARDMOJO
Exorcize your lawn with YARDMOJO!
Have no more EVIL SPIRITS festering in your yard! Ladies, ROB YOUR MAN of one more excuse not to MOW THE LAWN!
Directions--
1. Place powerful YARDMOJO stone onto offending area in your yard.
2. Watch spirits fly for dear life--OR DEATH!
3. Enjoy lawn, evil-free!
WARNINGS--For outdoor use only, works only on plant life, will not exorcise houses. Sorry, does not cut grass--mow the lawn after application--watch out for the stone while cutting grass!--pick up stone and refresh it for re-use!
> x magic box (@ Laundry Room)
It is about the size of a cereal box, indeed it looks like one, with rainbow colored label and lettering. However it feels almost empty.
The label reads--
Magic Re-Sizing! For temporary relief from OVERSIZED CLOTHING! Just a TINY BIT to each article makes YOUR WARDROBE look like it belongs to a HOLLYWOOD STAR! Or your FAVORITE MODEL! (Please read directions on back of box).
It has a convenient spout (or, it HAD one, someone pulled the metal thingy off, and now there is just a square hole) on the side of the box, which is open.
Bullhockey! (2018)
> x black wooden box (@ Living Room)
It is a cubical box made of thin mahogany pieces. It has a hinged lid, with a white label pasted to the top.
Cacophony (2009)
> x pizza boxes (@ Real Kitchen)
Empty, tragically.
The phone number "06634734521" is shown on the boxes.
> x box (@ Breezy Office)
The box has been torn open, and contains 3 doughnuts.
Captain Cutter's Treasure (2021)
> x box (@ Warehouse Attic)
It's a large wooden box with a distinctly Oriental feel to it. It appears to be made from a dark-stained teak. It has some intricate carvings of dragons, most notably around the lock.
Captivity (2020)
> x enamel box (@ Front Parlor)
A design of blue and green lumpy blobs on a black background decorates the hinged lid of the little enamel box. On close inspection, the blobs may be crudely illustrated sheep.
> x metal box (@ Kitchen)
The metal box is small enough to fit in your hand.
The Case of LeAnne's Missing Bunny, Wendy (2015)
> x boxes (@ Basement)
There were so many boxes that Sheridan couldn't believe it.
Castaway (1986)
> x box (@ Southeast Corner of the Island)
Catventure (2019)
> x litter box (@ Hut)
That's where you do your business. Usually.
Channel Surfing (2008)
> x metal box (@ Cat or dead cat)
A solid-looking metal box. Polished and shiny. [either] It sits completely still. [or] Every few seconds you think you see it move slightly.
[either] It sits off to the right of the stage, mostly hidden in darkness. [or] It has been wheeled onto the stage.
Chicken and Egg (1998)
> x box (@ Interrogation Chamber, In the Chair)
Presumably all your possessions are inside the box on the desk. You can't see inside, though. All that is apparent is the large red `KFC' logo on the side of the box.
The Chinese Room (2007)
> x box (@ Hill)
It's a smooth and very plain wooden box, with the mysterious words "Ding an Sich" inscribed on the lid. The martyr for truth told you to open it when you really needed to dispel an illusion. Is that time now . . . ?
Chlorophyll (2015)
> x box (@ Quiet Apartment)
A bright blue gift box. "For Zo" is written on it.
A Christmas Game (2016)
> x Amazon boxes (@ Your House)
The amazon boxes fill the room, it doesn't help that they are all so big compared to the contents. The biggest one in the room is nearly the size of the sofa and contains a single memory stick.
A Christmas Game: The Sequel (2017)
> x Amazon boxes (@ Your House)
The amazon boxes fill the room, it doesn't help that they are all so big compared to the contents. The biggest one in the room is nearly the size of the sofa and contained a single memory stick.
A Christmas Quest (2020)
> x tin (@ Santa's Office)
You see a very sturdy tin. It is fitted with quite a sturdy lock. [either] It is currently locked. [or] The lid of the tin is open.
Chronicle Play Torn (2004)
> x box (@ House of the painter)
It's filled with dried tubes of paint, shriveled brushes and a palette.
> x boxes (@ By the storehouse)
Grey, cardboard boxes, stacked on each other.
> x boxes (@ House of the toy maker)
Large boxes holding raw materials enough for years.
> x round box (@ House of the toy maker)
A round box that fits conveniently in the hand. It is made of some sort of slightly blackened metal with carvings of tiny soldiers on it. There is no obvious way to open or operate the box, except for a small knob on its back.
Citizen of Nowhere (2019)
> x trinket boxes (@ Inside the Wooden Shack)
small wooden trinket boxes with tongue and groove joints.
> x flag box (@ Entrance to The Old King's Castle)
A tall polished oak cabinet, with separate compartments. You recognise it as part of a form of communication to the castle when the drawbridge is raised; something that hasn't happened since the republic was formed. It's useless without the current signal code though.
> x box (@ Inside The Airship Gondola)
It is a black box with a large red push button on top. Written on the side it says 'Alternative Universe Transporter (product of O.E.D.)'
Something tells you that you need to make a decision, either press the large red button or give the button box back to Donella.
City of Dead Leaves (2016)
> x boxes (@ Machine Room)
The circuit boxes sport various dials, not that you know what they mean. Right now the needles are all immobile, pointing at zero.
Clusterflux (2019)
> x boxes (@ Mildewy Basement)
These boxes are all rotting into one another. Whatever forgotten storage is in them must be useless.
The Coast House (2001)
> x box (@ Back porch)
On the cover of the box is imprinted “TX Gulf Coast Power”.
> x tacklebox (@ Inside Boatshed)
Unlike most of the other items around the property, the hot sun and salty air has done nothing to tarnish the quality of this fine tacklebox.
Coffee Quest II: A Day At The Office (2002)
> x box (@ little cupboard)
A small, battered box with a hinged lid at one end.
Coke Is It! (1999)
> x boxes (@ South Half of Archive)
Cardboard boxes, all taped shut. Each one has been labeled with a black magic marker.
The Colour Pink (2005)
> x sound box (@ The shop entrance, at the base of a hill)
Cough Cough (2003)
> x boxes (@ Alley behind Casino)
Just some rotten boxes sitting in an alley... [if knife untaken:] Near the crates lies a knife.
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
> x box (@ Mansion)
A box of fine Italian cigars, it is a gift you like to give all visitors to your home.
Cragne Manor (2018)
> x silver box (@ Railway Platform)
A smooth, solid silver box. It rattles when shaken, but has no visible hinges, latch, or any other way to open it. On the top is an embossed image of a train.
> x pewter box (@ Cragne Family Plot)
A dull pewter box, unaccountably heavy. Your gaze skids over the engravings. Damp and glistening, they look very nearly alive.
> x fuse box (@ Tunnel Entrance)
The rear wall of the niche in the northwestern wall is made up of some fuse box of sorts. It consists of three stacked panels with holes with screw threads in each of them. The top panel has three holes, the bottom panel as well, and the middle panel is missing the middle hole, where instead a badge with the Vermont United Gas and Electric Company logo is attached. There are old fuses in the middle right and top middle holes.
Next to the fuses is a large switch labeled "Southeast Tunnel." It is currently switched [off or on].
> x ornate metallic box (@ Tiny Windowless Office)
The palm-sized box seems to be carved out of a dull gray metal. A clear seam around the top of the box suggests that it should be able to be opened. The lid is adorned with elaborate painted panels. On one side you see a large flat button and five smaller engraved buttons.
> x black box (@ Living Room)
The box is rectangular with rounded corners and a lid, though no hinges are visible.
> x lockbox (@ Chapel)
A wooden box about a foot long. The lid has a drawing engraved on it depicting several cloaked figures kneeling in front of a dollar sign. Underneath the engraving is a caption. A few of the letters have worn away, but it appers to read: "The Al-ighty -ollar."
> x box of Nilla wafers (@ Chapel)
The box is made of light cardboard and emblazoned over its surface with the color yellow. The word "Nilla" is written in bold red letters, with "wafers" in a more subdued blue font underneath. There is a photograph of a pile of wafers as well as a single wafer splashing into a glass of milk. It's a classic box design.
> x cardboard box (@ Greenhouse)
It's labeled "Vacuum Component".
> x box of vials (@ Dishelved Studio)
A box of glass vials, in all different colors. The sides are greasy and stained with a dark substance.
The Crescent City at the Edge of Disaster (2001)
> x box (@ NOLA Kitchen)
Close inspection of the box shows why it has survived. The contents are pretty much entirely artificial. How embarrassing for Emeril.
Crocodracula: The Beginning (2020)
> x shoebox (@ Becca's House)
It's one of your mom's shoeboxes. If your mom knew what Lindsay was doing with her shoebox... She probably wouldn't care. She lets Lindsay get away with everything.
The Cruise (2001)
> x box (@ Gift Shop)
The wooden box is about half the size of a shoebox. It has a hinged lid, which is [closed or open]. In the lid is a small keyhole.
The Day I mauled Mao! (2008)
> x box of fireworks (@ The Potter Room)
Hm, most of this stuff is potentially dangerous, made in Latin America and not approved by any security standards.
The Day I shot Alex (2017)
> x flat box (@ Junction)
It's a small, wooden box labelled "Return to Niðavellir by Bifröst".
Diddlebucker! (2018)
> x invisible box (@ River Walk (North))
Well, it's not a real box, is it? But the mime is pretending to be trapped in it all the same.
Dr Horror's House of Terror (2021)
> x music box (@ Studio Crypt)
The little metal music box has a small handle on the side. It looks like you could wind it, maybe.
Dream Pieces (2013)
> x box (@ Bedroom)
When you were younger you use to keep your toys in there but no longer.
Dreary Lands (2005)
> x metal box (@ In a Wierd Oblong Room)
It's a metal box, perhaps of blued steel. It is unadorned save for a very small keyhole and hinges in the back.
> x wooden box (@ In a Wierd Oblong Room)
This box is only slightly smaller than the one you found it in, though it is much different in appearance. First off, it is made of wood -- fine maple, you would say. Whereas the metal box is unadorned, this box is quite decorative, having an old cryptic look because of engravings and designs carved into it, although there seems no obvious way to open it.
Three carvings on the top of the box stand out: an intracate square, a fancy broadsword, and an amulet shaped like an hourglass. These seem carved deep into the wood; they look as though they could be depressed like buttons.
> x brown box (@ In a Wierd Oblong Room)
It is by far the smallest box you've encountered yet -- just a four-by-two-inch brown rectangle. It seems rather un-boxlike; it has neither an obvious way of being opened nor any engravings or designs of any type or form at all. Furthermore, and stranger still, it doesn't look textured in any way that would suggest a solid, tangible material. In fact, it looks to be soft and plyable.
Strange hot rods, strange room, strange boxes -- everything about your life seems strange today. You just hate these days when you wake up in a tiny cramped (and wildly-colored) chamber. No good for mental health.
> x intricate box (@ In the Foyer of a Museum)
It's the box which was a button on the puzzle-box. And you'll bet its also the third of the sacred objects! Oh, the thoughts of your struggle now past weary you; how inviting the door to the south looks!
Dutch Dapper IV: The Final Voyage (2002)
> x black box (@ Dead End)
The black box has some lights and a display and is used to summon wormholes in case of emergency. The trouble is, these wormholes are never completely stable...
> x box (@ Kitchen)
It's a small metal box. It says 'coffee' on it.
The Empty Chamber (2019)
> x safe deposit box (@ The Empty Chamber)
A hardy metal safe that at one time must have belonged to a bank. It was about the size of a suitcase, upturned. There was a four-character combination lock securing its contents. Celia would need to turn lock to the correct number, to open it.
The Enchanted Castle (2019)
> x box (@ Throne Room)
The box is wrapped in yellow paper with a pink ribbon and a white tag.
> x wooden box (@ Dragon's Nest)
You will need to dig it out of the ground first.
The Enigma of the Old Manor House (2022)
> x metal box (@ Kitchen)
The breaker panel is currently switched [off or on].
Escape from the Arboretum (2002)
> x grey box (@ under the stairs)
The electricity meter is a squat grey box attached to the wall.
It was invented to make sure bills were always paid.
There is a slot for cards in its front and a small display.
The meter is rather lifeless at the moment.
The useless hippies must have spent the leccy money on something else.
> x post-box (@ outside a pub)
The post-box is one of the good old fashioned red ones,
a remnant from the days when the British postal service was Great.
It has a slit for posting things in.
An Escape to Remember (2006)
> x flat box (@ Your Suite)
A flat wooden box, perhaps twice as big as your outstretched hand. [if closed] A thin seam runs around the side, but of course the brass lock on top is the only way to open it. [else] Inside the box you see [contents].
> x boxes (@ Warehouse)
You wander around looking at boxes for a bit, but have no idea what you're looking for.
> x toll box (@ Great Fire Chasm)
It's a smallish metal box, painted a nice shade of red, with a slot in the front and a little sign that reads, "Put Yer Toll In Here, See".
Excelsior (2014)
> x box (@ Guarded Room)
The box is [closed or open]. [if open and has coin, add:] A gold coin rests on the dark velvet lining.
Fifteen (1998)
> x security box (@ In the Site)
It's the size of a small suitcase.
FORK: The Great Underground Dining Room (2007)
> x switchbox (@ Warren's Lair)
Although its wires have been severed, this is the box once required to switch between "Game" and "Antenna" when a home system was hooked up to one's television. It's currently set on the [former or latter].
> x game boxes (@ Jaguar Library)
You can't see the Jaguar games clearly from down here. There aren't as many as there could've been, that's for sure.
> x game boxes (@ ET Landfill)
The tall stacks of deserted software seem to implore you to take them home and care about them.
Friar Bacon's Secret (2000)
> x steel box (@ Hidden Study)
It's shiny and a little rounded, with a pair of finger-thick slots on top. The smaller side sports a lever and a knob.
Gaucho (2012)
> x box (@ General Store)
It appears to be an old humidor. The top of the case says "Old School" in black block lettering. The box is closed.
> x boxes (@ Post Office)
The boxes are crushed and lie nearly flat. On the outside they read: "Made in China". Likely tourist trinkets to sell during the tours.
Genie (2002)
> x plastic box (@ Living Room)
A plastic box with a flat glass screen that lights up under the impact of electrons, showing images of other places. Mortals call it a TV set.
Ghost Train (2003)
> x signal box (@ Railway Track)
A old looking signal box. The white paint is peeling from its wooden sides. There are some steps at the side of the building that lead up to a door.
> x box (@ A Black Carriage)
From a small black box, just a few inches square, comes a jumble of desperate voices. It's hard to listen as they all try to speak at once.
Glowgrass (1997)
> x white box (@ Service Area)
It's a small box made from some decay-resistant pressed fibre, possibly spun carbon or silicon. A label reads "Surefire palladium ignitor coils, contents 6". The white box is [closed or open].
Goldilocks is a FOX! (2002)
> x cartons (@ In the pantry)
The bears must spend a fortune on porridge oats - there must be three hundred cartons here! I wonder if they save the coupons?
> x carton (@ In the pantry)
"McScottie's Porridge Oats - Fortified with 6 vitamins and anabolic steroids. They'll make a wee man of ye!" There's a picture of a man in a kilt tossing the haggis or whatever it is they do, and the words "FREE GIFT INSIDE!" emblazoned across the bottom. The carton is suspiciously light. [if closed] The carton of porridge oats is closed. [else if contains pendant] There is a plastic pendant at the bottom of the carton, but it is otherwise empty. [else] The carton of porridge oats is empty. [end if]
> x fusebox (@ In the cellar)
There is a volt meter inside, and two switches marked A and B.
A Good Breakfast (1997)
> x box of cereal (@ Kitchen)
The print on the box is faded, but it probably contains cornflakes -- no matter what it was to begin with, cereal invariably becomes cornflakes four weeks after opening. Since you can't remember when you actually bought it, there's a good chance that it's already undergone transformation. The only other thing of note is the writing in the corner, too bright to fade: FREE!!! SUPER LUCKY MAGNET!!!! As your eyes start watering, you wonder why fluorescent colouring of this severity hasn't yet been subject to a UN ban.
Got Toast? (2000)
> x breadbox (@ Your Kitchen)
This is your wooden breadbox. It has served you faithfully as a container for your bread for a number of years.
Grooverland (2021)
> x black box (@ Understage)
A little black box that must have been misplaced.
Halothane (1999)
> x cardboard box (@ In a deserted storeroom)
An overfilled cardboard crate, left understandably open.
> x box (@ Tower Room)
A small cardboard box, with the word FEROX underlined in two shades of green printed along one side.
> x box (@ Room 4, in the Aviators Saloon)
A wooden toy-box of the sort that children used to own years before you were born, which is, at the moment, [closed or open].
> x large box (@ Sweeney's Lair)
The box is massive, and resembles a coffin, but has a thin slit in front that suggests a Brobdignagian mailbox. There is an inscription carved on it.
Happy Ever After (2000)
> x box (@ Inside the Lab)
Judging from the massive wire connecting this to the Alchemotron, you'd wager this was the control panel. It has three buttons on it : an indigo one, a peach one, and a maroon one.
Hercules! (2021)
> x box (@ Labyrinth)
It's very large, heavy, blue, and made of metal. Small lettering on the side of the box reads:
LABYRINTH LOST-AND-FOUND BOX
Courtesy of Hephaestus, Inc, now a proud member of the Frobozz Corporation.
Hero, Inc Part 1: Calling All Heroes (1997)
> x drop box (@ Nytemare Video Plaza)
The drop box has a slot for putting a video cassette in.
The Hidden King's Tomb (2022)
> x coffer (@ Secret Queen's Tomb)
It was once beautiful, but its lid has since been collapsed by rot.
Hippo on Elm Street (2015)
> x box (@ On the Table)
It's a flat white box with a mini television screen and a small circle at one end. The scary sounds seem to be coming out of it.
The Holy Grail (1989)
> x caskets (@ Treasury)
Every last casket is empty.
The House (by Remington) (2007)
> x boxes (@ Basement Storage Room)
They are all empty.
The House of Mystery (2018)
> x large box (@ Basement)
A cardboard box.
> x boxes (@ Backroom)
The House on Sycamore Lane (2019)
> x boxes (@ Storage Cellar)
They are so moldy that you'd rather not even get near them.
I Never Promised You A Nose Guard (1999)
> x boxes (@ Lido Deck, HMS Recalcitrant (Eighth-class))
There certainly are a lot of them. Each one is stamped with a different, exotic locale. Look, here's one bound for sunny Rio De Janeiro! And here's one going to Perth Amboy. Well, you can't win 'em all.
The Impossible Bottle (2020)
> x music box (@ Master bedroom)
[normal:] On the music box is a hollow cylinder, open on one side, with pegs on the outside. When you turn a crank, the cylinder spins, and the pegs play a melody on little metal prongs.
Mom bought it in Switzerland, when she was there on a conference.
> x boxes (@ Storage room)
Old worn boxes full of history.
Indigo (2011)
> x box (@ Blue Tower)
A rough box, somewhat the worse for wear.
Internal Documents: A Memo (2003)
> x black box (@ Study)
A tiny black box, about 1 inch by 2 by 1/2, with a single button. On the back it says "OpenSesame: FCC 34554334, 2 AAA".
Intro to Jabberwocky (2004)
> x window boxes (@ In Front of House)
The windowboxes are filled with wildflowers.
> x tool box (@ South of House)
The Island (2013)
> x tin box (@ Kitchen)
Blake's Faust Blend #1. A Strictly High Grade Coffee.
Islands Far Away (2010)
> x tissue box (@ bedroom)
Alas, you have been busy lately and there is not a single tissue left.
Jon Doe - Wildcard Nucleus (2019)
> x boxes (@ Stockroom)
These are really big boxes, all look almost the same and are bolted very solid.
The King's Ball (2023)
> x sentry box (@ Palace Gates)
It's a small wooden structure that's shaped a bit like a house, but it's only big enough to hold one person standing up. You can see a large key hanging on a hook inside the sentry box, but you can't get to it because the guard is blocking the entrance.
Krakatoa Tuna Melt (2002)
> x black box (@ Village)
It's a mysterious black box all right. The only clue to what it is are the words "Frobozz Magic Mini Nuke" in bright yellow letters on the top.
Labyrinth (2006)
> x wooden box (@ A Sweet-Smelling Room)
The box is about six inches square, and two inches deep. The entire surface of the box is beautifully carved with various geometric designs. There is a small circular depression, about two inches in diameter, in the center of the lid.
Lazy Gods of Earth (2002)
> x wooden box (@ Guest Bedroom)
The small box is made of wood, worn smooth by time. It has no markings, but it looks very old. The box is closed.
Lazy Wizard's Guide to Passing the Very Final and Super Difficult Magical Exam (2022)
> x box (@ Winecellar)
A metal box that is painted red. White crosses are also painted onto the sides. The box has a glass lid that is welded shut, with the words Break in an emergecy printed on top of it.
Learning to Cross (1998)
> x metal box (@ Inside the Barn)
It's a crudely-made metal box with a hinged cover. It's affixed to the wall.
The Lesson of the Tortoise (1997)
> x puzzle box (@ The Cellar)
Looking for Godot (1996)
> x box (@ Porch)
Cardboard. Unlikely to hold very much.
The Lost Islands of Alabaz (2011)
> x glass box (@ Maintenance Area)
It's a cube a few inches on a side, made out of perfectly clear glass. Inside it you can see a red pearl. A sign on the pedestal underneath reads IN CASE OF EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS.
Lowell's Paradise (2008)
> x pine box (@ "B" Utility Shed)
The pine box is nailed shut.
Lydia's Heart (2007)
> x fuse box (@ Closet)
> x cigar box (@ In the Shack)
The cigar box says “Havana Panatellas” on the lid in ornate gold letters.
The Mage Wars: Statue (2003)
> x box (@ Museum, Statue Exhibit)
It was impossible to tell what the box actually was supposed to be. It was small and fit easily into the statue's hand, but had no distinguishable markings.
Man Overboard!!! (2006)
> x boxes (@ Cargo Hold)
Nothing too interesting really. Just stacks and stacks of wooden boxes. It would be interesting if the boxes suddenly burst open,and a hundred and one belly dancers jumped out and did a little dance to theme of Coca Cabana, but that's not very likely now, is it?
Martha's Big Date (2008)
> x box (@ Laundry Room)
It's a little box of nails. Nothing special.
Midair Madness (2010)
> x black box (@ Cockpit)
A two foot square cube, with a mouse-shaped platform on top, and a chute at the bottom. A gooseneck extends above the box, with a light-bulb type socket at the end. Below the box is a paper sized tray.
Mingsheng (2004)
> x wooden box (@ 山 (shan1) Mountain)
It is just over three feet long, approximately four inches thick by about six inches wide. It is rather plain looking, being made of a light wood - no pattern adorns the outer surface. A latch mechanism is mounted on the front, but no hinges are visible on the back - they must be on the inside of the box.
It is closed.
It is just over three feet long, approximately four inches thick by about six inches wide. It is rather plain looking, being made of a light wood - no pattern adorns the outer surface. A latch mechanism is mounted on the front and the box is open, revealing a painting in the lid. It [is empty or also contains some contents].
Mission from Short (2004)
> x puzzlebox (@ Opulent Hallway)
This small, black box is intricately decorated with gold carvings all over the sides. The top of the box seems to be a grid of fourteen small squares that slide around. The squares are completely jumbled, and you can't fathom what the completed image might be.
Moon-Shaped (2006)
> x tin box (@ Cavern)
The silvery-black tin box has a hinged lid.
Motel California (2011)
> x music box (@ Room 103)
A small, wooden music box with a floral pattern painted on the sides and top.
The Mouse Who Woke Up For Christmas (2018)
> x boxes (@ Inside A Cage (In the Pet Store Office))
Cardboard boxes are strewn around the human's lounge, they are labeled 'Amazon Prime delivery'.
Napier's Cache (2020)
> x wooden box (@ Workshop)
You recognise the ornately worked wooden box as your master's alchemical supplies.
> x silver box (@ Crevice)
Obviously of some age, the silver box is just under a foot long, with rusting metal edges.
Nine Lives (2015)
> x box (@ Playroom)
Not Just A Game (2000)
> x box (@ Bedroom)
A small, ornately carved wooden box with ivory inlays. The inlays show a fanciful depiction of a wizard's duel. The box is [closed or open].
> x boxes (@ Closet)
Many neatly-stacked boxes [if unmoved] (maybe too neatly, even for your teacher) [end if] cover the floor of the closet.
Not Much Time (2002)
> x tool box (@ Storm Cellar)
This is your Auntie's tool box. It is quite large and probably very heavy. How she ever got it up here, you'll never know. It is [closed or open].
Nothing But Mazes (2019)
> x box (@ Place)
The box is made of metal. It is engraved with large alien letters, which, translated into English, would read something like “mazes.m9”. It contains mazes.m.
The Obscene Quest of Dr. Aardvarkbarf (1997)
> x box (@ Dr. Aardvarkbarf's Office)
It's a box, sitting on Dr. Aardvarkbarf's desk.
Old Jim's Convenience Store (2019)
> x boxes (@ Inside The Store)
Just some empty old cardboard boxes used for storing things.
PAXLess (2010)
> x box (@ Fettucini Exhibit)
A dark, ebony-esque box that is slightly larger than a bread box. currently, it is currently closed or open].
Pen and Paint (2010)
> x sorceror's box (@ Enchanter Room)
Your ability to carry things was given to you solely so that you could have these tools ready.
> x music box (@ Dragon Rock)
Funnily enough, it has a dragon design on the top. Wait, how do you know it's a music box?
The Physiognomist's Office (2015)
> x boxes (@ Surgery)
Boxes of darkened wood with yellowing paper labels.
Plaque (2000)
> x boxes (@ Backstage)
Poppet (2019)
> x hat box (@ Sewing room)
A cylindrical hatbox made of cardboard and propped up on its side, so that you can see the vivid images imprinted on its lid: It shows a fashionable young lady with a charming smile, wearing a billowy dress, corset, and top hat, under the legend "Hute, Mutzen, und Pelzwaren bei A. Darmstadt." [if on high shelf, add:] The box is high up on the shelf and out of reach.
> x sewing box (@ Sewing room)
Professor Frank (2011)
> x blue box (@ Yellow Room)
The blue box has a label which reads: "Cage Birds Love Caledonian Bird Seed, with vitamins and minerals added. A favourite of budgies, canaries, and parrots everwhere."
> x red box (@ Store)
The red storage box has a notice:"Science Fiction Books".
The Quest of the Golden Banana (2004)
> x white box (@ Entrance Cave)
It's made of some kind of white plastic and is about nine inches long. The lid is marked with a broad red cross.
> x green box (@ Secret Passage)
The box is full of red candles.
> x blue box (@ Hold)
It's a small dark blue booth, with a blue light on the top and the words POLICE BOX above the door.
Rippled Flesh (1996)
> x box (@ Lobby)
This is an unremarkable cardboard box, with no lid.
Santa's Trainee Elf (2020)
> x cookie box (@ Pantry)
It's a box with a hinged lid and a latch to keep it shut.
> x jam tin (@ Pantry)
It's an industrial-sized jam tin, about 45 cm in diameter.
> x foot locker (@ Elves' Bunkroom)
It's a small metal locker at the foot of your bunk. I guess that's why they call it a foot locker.
Save the Cheshire Cat! (2014)
> x boxes (@ Back section of the fur coats shop)
Around you, there are boxes with the furs that haven't been yet exposed in the shop windows.
Seeker of Magic (2019)
> x box (@ Deep Inside Cave)
It's dark grey and dusty from the ashes.
Sentencing Mr Liddell (2011)
> x boxes (@ Luggage Van)
The smell of raw wood from the unsanded planks.
Shades of Gray: An Adventure in Black and White (1992)
> x box (@ Main Camp)
The box is sturdy, and too heavy for one person to lift.
> x box (@ Privy)
Don't worry about what might be in the box. It's just a heavy wooden box.
> x white box (@ Plain White Room)
The box seems to be built into the altar. It is open.
So, You've Never Played a Text Adventure Before, Huh? (2014)
> x box (@ Attic)
It's a lacquered wooden box, not more than six inches to a side. It has a keyhole, but no visible hinges. It's oddly heavy.
[if tab visible, add:] A hidden panel is built into one side, and a tab is sticking out of the other.
A speedIF O entry (2001)
> x box (@ Convention Floor)
It's a box of Cracker Jack(tm), basically carmel popcorn and peanuts. There's usually a wimpy prize inside too.
Spellbreaker (1985)
> examine gold box (@ Ogre Lair)
The gold box is small, richly ornamented with allegorical figures of [animals] and cryptic symbols. It has a small latch which could hold closed the lid.
Stupid Kittens (2000)
> x shoebox (@ Closet, West End)
A box is a box is a box.
Tea and Toast (2014)
> x breadbox (@ Kitchen)
It's as big as a breadbox.
Tea Ceremony (2014)
> x box (@ Kitchen)
A brightly colored box labeled "Make Your Own HRPLS! A Traditional Glorpian Snack! High in Prglo!"
ToK (2010)
> x wooden box (@ Entrance hall)
Hastily made, the planks are barely fastened together and there are nails sticking out of the corners.
Tryst of Fate (1995)
> x ornate box (@ Kids' Bathroom)
The small ornate box is made of dark wood inlaid with silver swirls and circles.
> x box (@ General Store)
The box is adorned with a drawing of a cute redhead and the printing "Mon Cheri's Tea Sugar."
> x strongbox (@ Inside Sod Shack)
The metal container is made from polished brass and is about the size of a shoe box. On the front face of the box is small keyhole.
Unity! (1998)
> x junction box (@ West End of Corridor)
The cover has been removed and is hanging by one screw, revealing a terminal block inside. [if loose screws] The screws seem to have been loosened, and the wires are no longer making contact. [else] The screws are nice and tight.
The Valley House (2011)
> x recipe box (@ Kitchen)
It took years to fill, because only meals both of you approved of would go onto the cards contained in it.
A Very Hairy Fish-Mess (2009)
> x puzzle box (@ Gallery of Profane Relics)
It is some sort of small and elaborate puzzle box, upon all surfaces of which rare and sparkling jewels appear to have been vomited and left to congeal. The most notable of these are a set of needle-thin cut diamonds that curl up or down over the seam of the lid like cthonic fangs. Just above this bristlemouthed grin are four square depressions, left curiously undecorated, the third of which is badly chipped. There appears to be an inscription on the bottom of the box.
Waystation (1995)
> x box (@ Kitchen)
The plastic box is obviously intended to hold silverware, as there is a sign on the front that proclaims, "Silverware!" It is, of course, empty.
> x grey box (@ Hallway)
The "box" is a fine example of what happens when architects are given too much money and a boring building. It was probably meant to give the impression of a smaller, more intimate space. There are few ways to make a hallway like this feel more intimate, unless you and your date are alone in it and...at any rate, it looks silly and out-of-place.
> x grey box (@ Hallway)
It's remarkably unremarkable; it looks just like its twin back a few hallways ago.
Wearing the Claw (1996)
> x box (@ Goodman's Used Clothing Emporium)
The large box seems to contain a disorganized mass of unsorted clothes.
What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (2021)
> x box (@ Comfortable Bedroom)
A little ebony jewelry box inlaid with gold. Semiprecious jewels spell the name "Eva" on the lid. An ornate gold lock holds it closed. You adore this box and wish you had one like it. Ian gave it to Eva and you were fascinated by the little ornate gold lock and key.
Withdrawal Symptoms (2000)
> x toybox (@ Children's corner)
It's yellow and made of wood.
> x deposit box (@ Vault)
This is box number [NUMBER].
Xmaton (2007)
> x Nativity Scene (@ House)
A small box with the label "Nativity Scene" stands on the floor.
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