Still confused:
>x watch
Looking back, this watch is the best thing you have ever owned. It is beautifully made, keeps excellent time and even has a second hand that moves with a satisfying silent tick. Its hands currently show ten past two.
>x hands
You can't see any such thing.
>take hands
You can't see any such thing.
>take hand
You can't see any such thing.
>x hand
You can't see any such thing.
>x watch
Looking back, this watch is the best thing you have ever owned. It is beautifully made, keeps excellent time and even has a second hand that moves with a satisfying silent tick. Its hands currently show eleven minutes past two.
>take time
You can't see any such thing.
>look back
You can't see any such thing.
>x watch
Looking back, this watch is the best thing you have ever owned. It is beautifully made, keeps excellent time and even has a second hand that moves with a satisfying silent tick. Its hands currently show twelve minutes past two.
>x watch
Looking back, this watch is the best thing you have ever owned. It is beautifully made, keeps excellent time and even has a second hand that moves with a satisfying silent tick. Its hands currently show thirteen minutes past two.
>take best thing you have ever owned
You can't see any such thing.
>take best thing
You can't see any such thing.
>i
You are carrying:
a watch (being worn)
a signalling mirror
soap
an elaborate brass key
a communication transceiver
>drop watch
(first taking the watch off)
Dropped.
>look
Laboratory
You are in the laboratory of your boss, Professor Herbert. The dusty room is filled with strange equipment, placed precariously on heavy wooden tables. Spider webs adorn the solid stone walls, lit by dim amber light bulbs and flickering sparks from several humming machines.
A door to the south leads out of the laboratory.
You can see a watch, a Transmogrifier and Professor Herbert here.
>take watch
Taken.
>give watch to herbert
He's not interested in this, yet.
>x watch
Looking back, this watch is the best thing you have ever owned. It is beautifully made, keeps excellent time and even has a second hand that moves with a satisfying silent tick. Its hands currently show nineteen minutes past two.
>take nineteen minutes past two
Only four of those are available.
>take minutes
You can't see any such thing.
>take minutes past two
You can't see any such thing.
>take four minutes past two
You can't see any such thing.
>take past two
You can't see any such thing.
>take two
You can't see any such thing.
>take four
You can't see any such thing.
>give watch to herbert
He's not interested in this, yet.