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taking and dropping

Anything is takeable unless something says otherwise. The two classic "otherwise"s: the scenery trait, which refuses with the platform's fixed_in_place, and an on taking it guard, which refuses with the entity's own words.

The author writes:

create the Lamp Room
  a room

  Shelves of unlit lamps line every wall.

create the brass lantern
  aka lantern
  in the Lamp Room

  A dented brass lantern with a wire handle.

create the marble statue
  aka statue
  scenery
  in the Lamp Room

  A blank-eyed statue, far too heavy to move.

create the iron ring
  aka ring
  scenery
  in the Lamp Room

  A ring set into the floor slab.

  on taking it
    refuse ring-fused
  end on

create the player
  starts in the Lamp Room

define phrase ring-fused
  The ring is fused to the slab; your fingers just slip off it.
end phrase

The player sees:

> take the statue
The marble statue is fixed in place.

> take the ring
The ring is fused to the slab; your fingers just slip off it.

> take the lantern
Taken.

> drop the lantern
Dropped.