According to Cain (2022)
> x hook (@ Lair)
It’s a simple iron hook, crudely forged and bored into the rock wall. [if tether attached, add:] You see a tether attached to the hook.
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According to Cain (2022)
> x hook (@ Lair)
It’s a simple iron hook, crudely forged and bored into the rock wall. [if tether attached, add:] You see a tether attached to the hook.
Babel (1997)
> x hooks (@ Changing Room)
The hooks on the wall obviously were for hanging clothes and the like.
Baking with Lizzie (2017)
> x hooks (@ Kitchen)
A set of white plastic hooks, glued to the side of the refrigerator.
Ballymun Adventure (2006)
> x hook (@ Room 19)
A large metal hook.
Bellclap (2004)
> x hooks (@ Temple)
S-shaped steel hooks. Bellclap informs me that one end is buried in a thatched roof and the other end provides a hand- or foothold for the thatcher.
Beneath: a Transformation (2007)
> x hook (@ Dirt Road)
It's a pointed butcher's hook, used for hanging meat. It's stained slightly red.
Captivity (2020)
> x hook (@ Great Dining Hall)
The sturdy metal hook appears to be firmly mounted in the north wall. [if chain on it, add:] A chain of thick metal links is hooked to the hook and extends upward diagonally to the rafter directly above the chandelier at the head of the table.
The Case of LeAnne's Missing Bunny, Wendy (2015)
> x hooks (@ Garage)
Each of the hooks could have been the home of a gardening tool that could have been used in a murder.
The Coast House (2001)
> x fish hook (@ Inside Boatshed)
Despite it's small size, no doubt with the right bait you could land a fine herring.
> x boat hook (@ Under the Lost Pier)
The forgotten boat hook is about 6 feet long and made of aluminum, which has kept it from rusting, but it's covered with sea phelgm. It has an dull open hook at one end, presumably for snagging ropes that have fallen overboard.
Cragne Manor (2018)
> x hooks (@ The meatpacking plant)
The meat hooks are rusty, stained and out of reach. They are all empty except for a hook at the southern end of the room, which holds the body of a dead animal, hanging from its legs head down.
> x hook (@ Mudroom)
A black metal hook protrudes from the wall, twisting in strange ways, like the outline of the human form projected through some alien dimension. A calfskin coat hangs beside it.
[if shadow unexamined:] The floor below the hooks is lost in an unusually deep black shadow.
Crocodracula: The Beginning (2020)
> x hook (@ Boathouse)
Most of the hooks are bare. Most of the fleet must be rented at the moment.
The Day I stabbed Stalin (2010)
> x hook hand (@ Living Room)
> x pole hook (@ Garden Area)
A makeshift pole hook. Might be useful to FISH something.(Mind you, not something out of something, just fish the general thing. Okay? Thanks.)
The Dragon Diamond (2017)
> x hook (@ By Large Tree)
The metal hook is firmly attached to the bottom of the basket.
The Empty Chamber (2019)
> x hook (@ The Empty Chamber)
A dusty brass hook.
Escape From the Mechanical Bathhouse (2020)
> x hooks (@ Cubicle)
Ordinary hooks, for hanging clothing and towels.
Flotsam and Driftwood (2014)
> x hook (@ Beach)
A small hook.
The Forests of Lachryma (2011)
> x grappling hook (@ Landing Site)
This hook must have detached from the research pod automatically. It is connected to a thin strong cable which extends back to the pod.
Gaucho (2012)
> x hooks (@ Stable)
Just some old hooks that is used to hold stable tools.
The Holy Grail (1989)
> x TODO hooks (@ Narrow Path)
They're sort of curvy, and sharp at the end.
The House on Sycamore Lane (2019)
> x metal hook (@ Doll Room)
Its a metal hook with a loop on the end.
> x grappling hook (@ Doll Room)
You tied the twine and the hook together to make this makeshift grappling hook. Good for hooking things.
The King's Ball (2023)
> x meat hook (@ Backyard of Butcher's Shop)
It's a large J-shaped hook with a sharp point at the tip of the J. It has a T-shaped cross bar at the top of the J, which is used as a handle.
> x grappling hook (@ Backyard of Butcher's Shop)
It's a home-made grappling hook that you made from the rope and the meat hook.
Lazy Gods of Earth (2002)
> x grappling hook (@ Barren Plain)
A piece of metal with four points and a short handle, resembling a grappling hook. The handle even has a hole that would allow you to tie it to something.
> x rope and hook (@ Barren Plain)
A long coil of rope, attached to a grappling hook.
The Legend of the Missing Hat (2012)
> x grappling hook (@ Below the Desk)
It's a crude grappling hook, created by tying a piece of yarn around your shuriken.
Lydia's Heart (2007)
> x hook (@ Curled Up in a Cramped Box)
The iron hook protrudes several inches from the wall of the box, making the already cramped space seem almost like a torture chamber.
Martha's Big Date (2008)
> x hooks (@ Your Parents' Room)
They're mostly bare, except for one that has a long, silvery necklace hanging from it.
Motel California (2011)
> x coat hook (@ Room 103)
The coat hook isn't very useful, since it is pointed down instead of up. Actually, taking a closer look at the coat hook, it kind of looks like one of the legs from the television in the room next door.
On the Farm (1999)
> x metal hook (@ Manure Pit)
The large metal hook has a sharp point on one end, and a loop at the other.
> x grappling hook (@ Inside the Cow Pen)
The grappling hook consists of a twenty feet long section of rope with the iron hook tied to one end.
Opening Night (2008)
> x hooks (@ Cloakroom)
Poppet (2019)
> x buttonhook (@ Foyer)
A metal hook fixed to a polished bone handle.
So I Was Short Of Cash And Took On A Quest (2021)
> x hook (@ Kitchen)
The hook itself is not important.
Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life (2013)
> x pirate hook (@ A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting Stomach Acid)
The metal hook is meant to be a crude replacement for a hand. It is deeply corroded from the stomach acids of the maze beast, but it survived longer than the rest of the pirate did.
Waystation (1995)
> x hook (@ Second Floor)
It's a small, upturned piece of metal. [if rope tied to it, add:] A length of rope is tied to it, dangling out of the window frame.
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