Rocking Chair Trick

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Rocking Chair Trick

Trick information
Series: Child's Play
Trickster: Kiddo
Target: Parry Mason
When: Chapter 1

The Rocking Chair Trick is a Trick in the work of interactive fiction Child's Play. It is played by Kiddo on Parry Mason in Chapter 1.

Context

Knowing that Kiddo and Zoe are likely to fight over their favorite toy, their moms have put it away in Zoe's backpack behind the rocking chair. Kiddo is unable to reach the backpack while Parry Mason, Watson's dad, is sitting on it and rocking back and forth.

Summary

Kiddo notices that if they pull up on the rocking chair, Parry picks them up in his lap and stops rocking. However, they can't reach the backpack while in Parry's lap. But they also notice that whenever Jemison sees one of the other kids pick up a toy, he immediately becomes interested in the toy and starts following them until they drop it and he can pick it up.

Kiddo picks up a toy in front of Jemison, getting him to follow them to the rocking chair. Then, putting the toy in their mouth so their hands are free, they pull up on the chair to get Parry to pick them up, causing Jemison to follow suit. They drop the toy on Parry's lap and start squirming so he will put them down and pick Jemison up instead. With Jemison in his lap distracted with the toy, Parry stops rocking for long enough for Kiddo to reach the backpack.