Buckets in Interactive Fiction

• The Acorn Court (1997)

  > x tin bucket (@ Court Yard)

  The old bucket is bent and dented and rust encrusted. It has obviously seen better days. A number of small, roughly spherical holes decorate the marginally useful container. It would seem that it has been used for target practice in the past. In the bucket you see [a list of items].

• At The Bottom Of The Garden (2000)

  > x bucket (@ Garden)

  This nondescript bucket is filled with thick sticky black pitch. You must have left it out here the last time you felt it necessary to do something involving a bucket of pitch. Fortunately, it hasn't rained since then.

• Atrocitron (2016)

  > x pail (@ (random location))

  • The pail is made of faded blue plastic. There's a layer of pale green crystals at the bottom, fine as sand.
  • Faded blue plastic.

• Berrost's Challenge (2008)

  > x well bucket (@ Abandoned Farmstead)

  Its a thick-sided wooden pail, octagonal in shape. In the well bucket you see some sludge.

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  > x paint bucket (@ Silver Mine Site)

  Its a bucket of red paint. Its [closed or open].

• The Bible Retold: The Bread and the Fishes (2006)

  > x pail (@ The Synagogue)

  Just a run-of-the-mill, utilitarian pail. Can hold any number of liquids.

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  Birmingham IV (2018)

  > x bucket (@ Prison Cell)

  It is better not to examine that too closely.

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  Bobby and Bonnie (2017)

  > x pail (@ At Well)

  A dented tin pail.

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  > x bucket (@ At Well)

  A shiny new bucket full of water, attached to the well by a rope.

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  Bullhockey! (2018)

  > x bucket (@ Dim Front)

  It looks to be about 5 gallons, and hangs from what looks like a yardstick high above, on the scaffolding.

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  Captivity (2020)

  > x bucket (@ Kitchen)

  It’s probably leaky, but at the moment it’s dry inside.

• Channel Surfing (2008)

  > x bucket (@ beach)

  A large metal bucket filled with ice.

• The Chinese Room (2007)

  > x bucket (@ Outside the Mill)

  A bucket of pitch. It's black as, well. . . pitch.

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  Citizen of Nowhere (2019)

  > x bucket (@ Coley's Mill)

  A small conical tin bucket with a list attached to it.

  The list reads:

  Get filled.

  Get carried.

  Swim with dolphins.

• Dreary Lands (2005)

  > x tar bucket (@ Inside a Small, Mud-brick Hut)

  The metal, slightly rusty bucket is simply labelled "TAR." A look inside the open lid confirms this.

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  Gaucho (2012)

  > x bucket (@ Barber Shop)

  This battered metal pail has a convenient handle for carrying.

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  Hollywood Hijinx (1986)

  > x bucket (@ Closet)

  It's an old metal bucket which is beginning to rust through on the bottom. It has a rusty handle and [one of] it's empty [or] is full of water [or] more than half full of water [or] is about half full of water [or] is less than half full of water [or] is nearly empty of water [as appropriate].

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  The House of Mystery (2018)

  > x bucket (@ Bloodroom)

  • An empty, dry bucket.
  • A wet, water-filled bucket.
  • Empty again.
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  The House on Sycamore Lane (2019)

  > x bucket (@ Servants Quarters)

  Its an old tin bucket probably used for mopping. Luckily it looks like it could still hold liquid.

• In a Manor of Speaking (2012)

  > x bucket (@ Shed)

  It's a small, metal bucket.

• The Island (2013)

  > x bucket (@ Ferry Dock)

  The white plastic bucket has flecks of fish blood and scales encrused on its side.

• The King's Ball (2023)

  > x bucket (@ Farrier's Stable)

  It's a bucket that's used to quench horseshoes after they've been heated in the forge and shaped on the anvil.

• The Lesson of the Tortoise (1997)

  > x bucket (@ Your Garden, in a bucket carried by Wang Su)

  Looking out of the bucket, you can see that:

  • [if in garden:] Su is carrying the bucket past the trees of your garden.
  • [if in kitchen:] The roof of the kitchen seems fairly uninteresting.
  • [if downstairs:] The downstairs has been converted into a dining room for the evening meal. A table is set up for the diners to seat themselves, and a screen cuts off the rest of the room.

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  Lydia's Heart (2007)

  > x bucket (@ Beside the Shed)

  It’s an old-fashioned, leaky-looking wooden bucket. [if upside-down] At the moment, it’s upside down. [else if full] There’s water in it, and the water is dribbling from narrow gaps in the sides. [end if]

• Moon-Shaped (2006)

  > x bucket (@ Side Yard)

  • [Release 1:] The bucket sways just above the opening of the deep well.
  • [Release 2:] The unusually large bucket sways just above the opening of the deep well.
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  The Mouse Who Woke Up For Christmas (2018)

  > x bucket (@ Greenhouse)

  An improvised bucket that you made from a plant pot and some duct tape.

• Not Much Time (2002)

  > x bucket (@ The Well)

  This bucket was once a handy tool for fetching water from the well. Today it is useless because of the holes in its side.

• Opening Night (2008)

  > x bucket (@ Storage Room)

  The bucket is filled with a viscous white fluid.

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  Perdition's Flames (1993)

  > x bucket (@ Barnyard)

  It's an old rusty metal bucket. It's [either] empty [or] full of bucket water.

• Plaque (2000)

  > x bucket (@ Backstage)

  • It's empty.
  • It's full of water.

• Shades of Gray: An Adventure in Black and White (1992)

  > x bucket (@ Forest Glade)

  [if unfixed] It is a leaky wooden bucket. [else] The bucket looks as if it will hold water. [end if] You find it amazing that a bucket like this could fit inside such a small vial.

• So I Was Short Of Cash And Took On A Quest (2021)

  > x bucket (@ Kitchen)

  • The bucket is half full (or half empty, if you're a pessimist) with water.
  • The bucket is empty.
    [if turned, add:] You have put the bucket standing upside down on the floor under a mitt hanging high up on the wall.
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  Stuff of Legend (2020)

  > x bucket (@ Barn)

  • [if untaken:] It is difficult to see the milking bucket from here with Minnie Moomoo blocking your view.
  • [else:] The milking bucket is fashioned from wooden staves and metal rings, with a handle at the top. Unfortunately, this bucket is pretty useless for milking. Between the loose staves and the big hole near the bottom ring where the cow kicked it several days ago, you doubt it could safely hold even a small amount of liquid. [if unwashed, add:] And judging by the smell of spoiled milk, it needs to be cleaned as well.

• Underground (2019)

  > x bucket (@ Stream side)

  • You catch just a hint of water at the bottom.
  • The bucket contains about twelve fluid ounces of water.

• You Are Here (2001)

  > x ice bucket (@ Opulent Suite)

  A fancy-schmancy bucket of ice water, kept at precisely the right temperature through minor enchantment. Inside the bucket chills a bottle of very good champagne.

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  Zeppelin Adventure (2018)

  > x bucket (@ kitchen)

  A metal bucket with stained sides and a centimetre of half-dried oil at the bottom. It provides a stark insight into the insipidness of everyday negative space.

• Default response instances

  • Headless, Hapless (2013): bucket @ Lake of Bottomless Despair (South Side).
  • The Holy Grail (1989): bucket @ Garderobe.
  • in the skin of a lion quest: caravaggio's journey (2012): bucket @ roof.
  • YAGWAD (2000): bucket @ Old Well.