"Hello," he adds, a moment later. "I think I've found the way in. A small metal door with a fiendish puzzle lock."

>x lock There are a large number of small moving parts.

"Yes, quite fiendish indeed," Peyton says. "And very intricate."

He draws back a foot and then kicks the door hard. The puzzle lock comes apart with a twang. "Too intricate for its intended purpose, really. Let's head down when you're ready." — Love, Hate, and the Mysterious Ocean Tower

CEJ Pacian is a versatile and prolific IF author, writing with many different tools, mechanics, story lengths and genres. Playing through Pacian's catalog, I get the sense of an author impatient with intricate puzzle locks that get in the way of story; an author constantly looking for new ways to design around the conventional limits and boundaries of text adventures.

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