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Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz
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If you "float" an object in your inventory, it stays in your inventory #79

Open eriktorbjorn opened 3 years ago

eriktorbjorn commented 3 years ago 
>INVENTORY
You are carrying:
  A elvish sword
  A Wizard's magic wand
  A lamp (providing light)

>WAVE WAND AT SWORD
The wand grows warm, the elvish sword seems to glow dimly with magical essences,
and you feel suffused with power.

>SAY "FLOAT"
The wand glows very brightly for a moment.
The elvish sword floats serenely in midair.

>INVENTORY
You are carrying:
  A elvish sword (floating in midair)
  A Wizard's magic wand
  A lamp (providing light)

So you are carrying the sword, yet it's still floating in midair. I guess this is technically a bug in zork-substrate, since that's where V-ENCHANT is defined, but it's still unique to Zork II.

arcanetrivia commented 3 years ago

I don't find it too strange that you're considered to still "have" a floating object - we could perhaps picture it following the spellcaster around. But it does make the standard prefatory text of "carrying" a little odd.