Faithful Companion — 12 of 17

Chapter - The Reliquary

The Reliquary is inside from the marble door. "When you were here last, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room. Only fragments remain.[paragraph break]A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.[paragraph break]The marble door leads back out."

The fragments are scenery in the Reliquary. First instead of doing something when the current action involves the fragments: say "They're nothing but smashed bits. The caretaker will clean them up, if she can bring herself to stay here long enough." Understand "bits/crosses/statues" as the fragments.

The granite door is a closed scenery door. The granite door is inside from the Reliquary. The description is "The door is a plain slab with three latches. The steel latch is [if the steel latch is open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]; the copper latch is [if the copper latch is open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]; the bronze latch is [if the bronze latch is open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]."