Stationery box

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Stationery box Information
Category Fluff
Class Container
Type Crafting, Storage
How to Unlock Certificate
Customizable ✓
Related Scripts Stationery paper, Stationery quill, Stationery signet, Ink pot
Safety Feature Stay Put
Item Restrictions ✓
Verbs Used
CLOSE EXTINGUISH EXTRACT LOOK NUDGE OPEN PLACE PLUCK PROD PULL PUSH PUT

The Stationery box is a fluff crafting and storage script that applies to container items. It was originally released at Premium Festival 2017. The following facets are able to be customized by a merchant: placed appearance. Items with this script can be PUT on the ground for a limited duration, during which other players and the janitor cannot pick them up. Stacks matching sheets of stationery paper. Certificates can unlock Stationery envelope stacking, Stay-Put placement, and unlimited PERM-ified paper.

Analyze

You analyze your stationery box and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

This is a stationery box that will bundle loose paper of the same design.  It will also hold other stationery supplies such as quills, ink, envelopes, sealing wax, and signet rings.  You may alter the description of the box, but it should remain a non-wearable box with a lid.  The box may also be locked with an appropriate key.
-PUSH the box to add a sheet of paper.
-PULL the box to remove a sheet of paper.
-PLUCK the box to duplicate a sheet of paper without removing the original.
-There are 2 sheets of paper inside the stationery box.  It can stack 10 sheets.
-Current Paper: a piece of oyster-hued vellum.

This box is unlocked to also store stationery envelopes.
-EXTINGUISH the box to remove one envelope.
-EXTRACT the box to duplicate a stored envelope without removing the original.
-There are 3 envelopes inside the stationery box.  It can stack 10 stationery envelopes.
-Current Envelope: an ecru linen envelope.

A talented merchant can improve the capacity of the box to hold more paper or envelopes.

This box is unlocked to be PLACEd on the ground or NUDGEd onto a surface, where it can still be used without picking it up.  A talented merchant can also give the box a different appearance to take on while it is set out, such as a writing desk, which is removed when you pick the box back up.  The placed desk can take a long and a show as two separate merchant services.  The box does not currently have a placed appearance.
-While the box is set out, PROD will toggle whether anyone can add or take items from it, or only you.

This item has Stay-Put qualities.  If you PLACE it, it will be moved to the ground in your current room and stay there, unable to be picked up by others or taken by the janitor, for 4 hours.  You may NUDGE it at a valid container to place the box on top of the container until you NUDGE it out of its place again.  After the duration expires, the item is fair game for others and for the janitor.  Alternately, the item may be PLACEd by the owner of a private property within the grounds of the property or by the owner of a stall or loft in and will stay there until PLACEd or NUDGEd again.

Try as you might, you cannot get a good sense of whether or not the box's pockets could get any deeper, but you can tell that the box is as light as it can get.

Usage Information

Off the Shelf

Boxes hold up to 10 sheets of stationery paper off the shelf, and a merchant can raise this to 50. Every sheet must match the first one stored, including its long and show descriptions. PULL all of the original sheets to empty the box before PUSHing in a new design.

Verb Item First Third
CLOSE n/a Folding over the writing slope, you push it forward into the stationery box and close the lid to secure it in place. XXX folds the writing slope into the stationery box and closes the lid.
OPEN n/a You lift the lid of the stationery box and release the front flap, pulling it forward to serve as a writing slope. XXX lifts the lid on the stationery box, releasing the front flap on the box, and pulls it forward.
PULL Stationery paper As you push a small button on the side of the stationery box, a discreet drawer in the bottom of the box slides open. You carefully remove a scrap of waterstained paper from the stationery box and slide the drawer closed. XXX removes a scrap of waterstained paper from the stationery box.
PUSH Stationery paper As you push a small button on the side of the stationery box, a discreet drawer in the bottom of the box slides open. You carefully place a scrap of waterstained paper inside, taking care not to crease it. The drawer slides smoothly shut again with the slightest touch. XXX places a scrap of waterstained paper inside the stationery box.
PUT Ink pot You gingerly place your glass bubble inkpot in a cup inside the stationery box. Not a drop spilled! XXX gingerly places her glass bubble inkpot into a small cup inside the stationery box without spilling a single drop.
PUT Stationery quill You place your flamingo quill into a narrow space provided in the stationery box, being careful not to touch the quill's nib. XXX places her flamingo quill into a narrow space inside the stationery box.
PUT Envelope You slide your ecru linen envelope into a narrow slot inside the stationery box. XXX slides her ecru linen envelope into a narrow slot inside the stationery box.
PUT Stationery signet You reverently place your silver signet ring into a velvet-lined depression inside the stationery box. XXX reverently places her silver signet ring inside the stationery box.
PUT Sealing wax You slip your jade wax stick into a small compartment inside the stationery box. XXX slips her jade wax stick into a small compartment inside the stationery box.
PUT Any other item You place your cotton cloth into a small compartment inside the stationery box. XXX places her cotton cloth into a small compartment inside the stationery box.

Envelope Stacking Unlock

Lets the box stack plain stationery envelopes in a slim tray beneath the drawer, up to the same capacity as its paper. As with paper, every envelope must match the first one stored. Envelopes PUSHed in are stacked. Envelopes PUT in are stored loose, as before.

Verb Item First Third
EXTINGUISH Stationery envelope As you push a small button on the side of the stationery box, a slim tray slides out from beneath the drawer. You carefully remove an ecru linen envelope from the box and slide the tray closed. XXX removes an ecru linen envelope from a stationery box.
PUSH Stationery envelope As you push a small button on the side of the stationery box, a discreet drawer in the bottom of the box slides open. You carefully place an ecru linen envelope inside, taking care not to crease it. The drawer slides smoothly shut again with the slightest touch. XXX places an ecru linen envelope inside the stationery box.
REDEEM Certificate A slim tray slides out from beneath the drawer of a stationery box and clicks back into place, ready to hold envelopes. XXX fiddles with her stationery box until something inside it clicks into place.

Stay-Put Unlock

Lets the box be PLACEd on the ground or NUDGEd onto a surface, where it can still be used without picking it up. See Stay Put for durations. A merchant can give the box a separate appearance to use while it is set out, such as a writing desk. The box changes back when it is picked up. While the box is set out, its owner can PROD it to choose whether anyone or only the owner can open, close, add to, or take from it.

Verb Option First Third
NUDGE At a surface You nudge a stationery box into place on top of a polished oak table. XXX places a stationery box on top of a polished oak table.
PLACE Set out You place a stationery box on the ground. XXX places a stationery box down on the ground.
PLACE Pick up You pick a stationery box up from the ground. XXX picks a stationery box up from the ground.
PROD Owner only You adjust the locking mechanism on a stationery box so that only you can take items from the box. n/a
PROD Anyone You adjust the locking mechanism on a stationery box so that anyone can take items from the box. n/a
REDEEM Certificate [Your box now has the Stay-Put unlock. After registering it, you may PLACE it on the ground or NUDGE it onto a valid surface, where it will stay for four hours, or until you pick it back up if it is in your own private property, stall, or loft. A merchant can also customize what the box looks like while it is placed, such as a writing desk or table.] XXX fiddles with her stationery box until something inside it clicks into place.

PERM-ified Paper Unlock

Treats any paper PUSHed into the box as PERM-ified. PLUCK makes a copy of the stored paper without using it up. If the box also has the Envelope Stacking unlock, EXTRACT does the same for stored envelopes.

Verb Item First Third
EXTRACT Stationery envelope As you push a small button on the side of the stationery box, a slim tray slides out from beneath the drawer. You carefully remove an ecru linen envelope from the box and slide the tray closed. XXX removes an ecru linen envelope from a stationery box.
PLUCK Stationery paper As you push a small button on the side of the stationery box, a discreet drawer in the bottom of the box slides open. You carefully remove a scrap of waterstained paper from the box and slide the drawer closed. XXX removes a scrap of waterstained paper from a stationery box.
REDEEM Certificate A slim tray slides out from beneath the drawer of a stationery box and sends out a flurry of ethereal papers, which dissipate quickly.
[Your box now has the PERM-ified paper unlock. After PUSHing in paper or envelopes, PLUCK or EXTRACT unlimited copies.]
XXX fiddles with her stationery box until something inside it clicks into place.

Additional Information

Stationery boxes were first sold in 2017, at both the Midsummer's Night Festival Premium Festival with matching keys to lock the boxes and at Ebon Gate's Caligos Isle without matching keys. Boxes bought from an EZSHOP come with a lock and a matching key. Starting in 2026, a key will be placed in the box upon purchase.

Restrictions

  • The box may be altered, but it must remain a non-wearable box with a lid.
  • Only stationery supplies can be PUT inside: quills, styluses, feathers, plumes, envelopes, keys, ink pots, ink removal cloths, signets, sealing wax, mail system stampbooks and quills, invisible ink pens, calling card cases, label boxes, and Elanthian binders and ink.
  • Only blank stationery paper can be PUSHed in, not mail paper. Paper that is written on, folded, perfumed, sealed, addressed, kissed, or marked with wax or lipstick is refused.
  • Only plain stationery envelopes can be stacked, not mailing envelopes. Envelopes that are stamped, have a lip print, or have anything inside are refused.

Look/Show

LOOK and SHOW add the box's current contents after its description:

There are 2 pieces of stationery in the bottom drawer of the stationery box.  On top of the stack rests a piece of oyster-hued vellum.  There are 3 stationery envelopes in a slim tray beneath the bottom drawer of the stationery box.  On top of the stack rests an ecru linen envelope.

See Also