Rubies in Interactive Fiction

• The Cabal (2004)

  > x ruby cluster (@ The Slab Room)

  You see nothing special about the ruby cluster. It's just a regular cluster of rubies.

• Dawn of the Demon (2005)

  > x ruby (@ Demon's Lair)

  The ruby is red and cut in a hex-shape, just like the emerald and saphire.

• Grayscale (2001)

  > x ruby (@ Stone Lion)

  The ruby is a rich red color, like a perfectly cut drop of blood.

• The Holy Grail (1989)

  > x ruby (@ Magick Shoppe)

  The ruby is about the size of a small pigeon's egg. It glows with a crimson aura.

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  Lydia's Heart (2007)

  > x ruby (@ The Threshold of the Room of Sand)

  The ruby is a perfect polished sphere as large as a softball. Deep within it, red light pulses warmly.

• Tookie's Song (2002)

  > x ruby (@ Summer Display Room)

  It's the most brilliant ruby you've ever seen! Not pink like those lab-created rubies, this one is a true red, and gorgeous too. You recognize the squarish cut as the one they call "emerald-cut," ironically enough, but it sets off the light and facets of this ruby magnifecently.

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  Trinity (1986)

  > examine ruby (@ Broad Walk)

  Its finely cut edges sparkle with crimson fire.

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  The Wand (2017)

  > x rubies (@ Vault)

  The pile of rubies is almost knee-high.

• YAGWAD (2000)

  > x ruby (@ Crosspaths)

  A more bloody red you cannot imagine.

• You Are Here (2001)

  > x ruby (@ Ancient Shrine)

  The ruby flickers with a magical light--a light that makes you distinctly uneasy.

• Default response instances

  • Castaway (1986): ruby @ Worship Room.
  • Fifteen (1998): RUBY @ In the Site.
  • The robocop_is_bleeding scenario (2009): ruby @ Scary Room.

• Synonyms of other things instances

  • Toonesia (1995): rubies ≡ jewels @ Inside the Mine.