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"firstbed-bobinator" by Andrew

A bed is a kind of container. It is enterable. A bed can be made or unmade. A bed is usually unmade.
[note: this is more general than saying bed 1 can be made or unmade. It also allows you to try to make bed 2 w/o much additional code.]

Dormitory is a room.

bedmaking is an action applying to one thing.
[this is the key thing that is missing. Inform doesn't know bedmaking is an action or what it applies to. When you said Making the First Bed, it could've been an action applying to nothing--but that'd get confusing because it, well, was meant to apply to 1 thing.]

Before bedmaking:
   if noun is not a bed:
      say "You can only MAKE beds in this game." instead;
   if noun is unmade:
      now the first bed is made;
      say "You put in a tremendous level of effort hoisting the covers back onto the bed, carefully smoothing them back under the pillows. Why you do this, even though you know you'll just make a mess of them again, you aren't entirely sure." instead;
   otherwise:
      say "This is added to the example to make sure there's a message if you try to make the bed twice. You did, so, bam." instead;

Understand the command "make [something]" as something new.
[you also need this before understanding something as something concrete.]

Understand "make [something]" as bedmaking.

The first bed is a bed. the first bed is in Dormitory.

The printed name of first bed is "bed".

The description of the first bed is "Quite possibly one of the best friends you've made during your time at the school. Sure, you hate the way the covers are stitched in, leaving your feet to roast under them. Sure, you hate the way one of the springs jab into your back if you lean into it a certain way. But, when it all comes down to it, it helps you get to sleep.[If bed is made]The pea-green covers are neatly straightened out.[Otherwise]The pea green covers are dangling over the edge of the bed where you left them.[END IF]"

Carry out going east from Main Grounds:
   say "That way leads over towards the movie theatre. While you'd love to catch 'Boy Gets Hit In Face With Rather Large Pie 2' again, you're too busy right now."
After going west from Main Grounds:
   say "That wasy leads towards the classrooms. Since you've got a good excuse today to skip class, you'd rather make use of it."
After going northwest from Main Grounds:
   say "That goes towards the girl's dorms. If you wanted to sneak over there, it'd be better to not do it in broad daylight."
After going northeast from Main Grounds:
   say "That way leads to more dorms that don't belong to you."
After going southwest from Main Grounds:
   say "A crowd of students block any movement towards that direction."
After going southeast from Main Grounds:
   say "Nothing's over that way besides some training grounds, which you have no time for at the moment."

Every turn when Jernon Follows is happening:
   if the location of Jernon is not the location of the player:
      let the way be the best route from the location of Jernon to the location of the player;
      silently try Jernon going the way;
      say "Jernon follows after you.";

Instead of going east in Main Grounds: say "That way leads over towards the movie theatre..."

Every turn when Jernon Follows is happening:
   if the location of Jernon is not the location of the player and the player is not in the bathroom:
      let the way be the best route from the location of Jernon to the location of the player;
      silently try Jernon going the way;
      say "Jernon follows after you.";

A room can be forbidden or permitted. A room is usually permitted. The bathroom is forbidden.

Every turn when Jernon Follows is happening:
   if the location of Jernon is not the location of the player and the player is not in a forbidden room:
      let the way be the best route from the location of Jernon to the location of the player;
      silently try Jernon going the way;
      say "Jernon follows after you.";

A jacket is a wearable thing. Arctic is a region. Ice Floe is a room in Arctic. Snowy Field is a room in Arctic, north of Ice Floe. Base Entry is north of Snowy field.

Jernon is a man in Base Entry. Yourself is in Base Entry.

Jernon Follows is a scene. Jernon Follows begins when play begins.

To decide if (R - a room) is Jernon-friendly:
   if R is regionally in Arctic and Jernon does not wear the jacket, no;
   yes.

Every turn when Jernon Follows is happening:
   if the location of Jernon is not the location of the player:
      if the location is Jernon-friendly:
         let the way be the best route from the location of Jernon to the location of the player;
         silently try Jernon going the way;
         say "Jernon follows after you.";
      otherwise if the player was in the location of Jernon:
         if the location is regionally in Arctic and Jernon does not wear the jacket:
            say "Jernon hangs back. 'I'm freezing already!'"

A room can be forbidden or permitted. A room is usually permitted. The bathroom is forbidden.

Every turn when Jernon Follows is happening:
   if the location of Jernon is not the location of the player and the player is not enclosed by a forbidden room:
      let the way be the best route from the location of Jernon to the location of the player;
      silently try Jernon going the way;
      say "Jernon follows after you.";